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9,092,760 | 1. A method comprising: a computing device detecting a response event to provide a communication reply that is an email message which is part of an email conversation, wherein said email conversation comprises a sequence of zero or more response email messages to an initial email message as well as the initial email message, wherein each of the response email messages and the initial email message have a set of attributes unique to that message; the computing device analyzing content of the communication reply; the computing device querying attributes of different ones of the email messages of the email conversation in context of the content of the communication reply; the computing device, for each of the different ones of the email messages, calculating a relevancy score, which is a value representing a quantified relevancy of each of the different ones of the email messages for the communication reply; the computing device determining a quantity N based on the relevancy scores, wherein the quantity of N varies based on user configured values established through a graphical user interface for including messages based on relevancy; the computing device creating a reply history set that comprises a set of history segments, wherein each history segment corresponds to one of the N different ones of the email messages of the email conversation; and the computing device incorporating the reply history set within the communication reply. | 7,180 |
8,794,455 | 1. A dish rack, comprising: a body having walls defining an interior drip area; a wire rack supported in the drip area, for supporting kitchen articles; a drip tray slidably supported below the drip area to slid from a first position to a second position; a spout rotatably connected to a bottom of the drip tray, wherein water drained on the drip tray is directed to drain via the spout, wherein the spout can be swiveled to drain water to a desired direction with respect to the body; and an apron partially covering the drip area, and defining an opening exposing the drip area to the underlying drip tray, wherein the apron is sized to maintain overlap with the drip tray when the drip tray is slid in a direction away from the drip area to the second position. | 22,492 |
9,022,311 | 1. An active pylon noise control system for an aircraft, comprising: a pylon structure connecting an engine system with an airframe surface of the aircraft and comprising at least one aperture to supply a gas or fluid therethrough; an intake portion attached to the pylon structure and configured to intake a gas or fluid; a regulator connected with the intake portion via a plurality of pipes, and configured to regulate a pressure of the gas or fluid; a plenum chamber formed within the pylon structure and connected with the regulator, and configured to receive the gas or fluid as regulated by the regulator; a plurality of injectors in communication with the plenum chamber and configured to actively inject the gas or fluid through the plurality of apertures of the pylon structure. | 4,637 |
9,269,969 | 1. A fuel cell stack comprising: a stack body formed by stacking power generation cells in a stacking direction, the power generation cells each including a membrane electrode assembly and a separator, the membrane electrode assembly including a pair of electrodes and an electrolyte interposed between the electrodes; terminal plates, insulating members, and end plates provided at both ends of the stack body in the stacking direction; wherein at least one of the insulating members has a recess at an end opened toward the stack body; and a heat insulating member and the terminal plate are placed in the recess, wherein the heat insulating member includes a corrugated metal plate, and wherein the recess is sized and dimensioned to completely mount the terminal plate and the heat insulating member. | 39,366 |
9,820,962 | 1. A method for the treatment of cancer in a cancer patient, said cancer selected from the group consisting of Ovarian Carcinoma, Breast Cancer, Neuroblastoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma, the method comprising: administering to the cancer patient a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a taxane derivative and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, said taxane derivative having a fused four member ring system wherein there is an acetal bridge between the hydroxyl groups at the 7- and 9-ring positions, of the fused four member ring system, said acetal bridge having a structure of —OC(H)(CH═CH and having α stereochemistry at the 13-ring position, of the fused four member ring system, wherein there are AcO groups having α, α stereochemistry at the 4- and 10-ring positions of the fused four member ring system. | 36,461 |
8,496,440 | 1. A method of manufacturing an aerofoil structure capable of being diffusion bonded and superplastically formed to create a substantially hollow cavity within the aerofoil structure, the method comprising: providing a metallic plate, made from a first metallic material, for forming the aerofoil structure; joining mounting elements, made from a second metallic material, the second metallic material being different than the first metallic material, to opposing end surfaces of said metallic plate; dividing said plate along a plane extending substantially in a span-wise direction so as to produce two metallic panels each with one of said mounting elements joined thereto; assembling the two metallic panels so that the surfaces of the panels opposite to the surfaces which have been divided are facing each other; and joining the two metallic panels to one another to form the aerofoil structure; wherein the mounting elements are joined to one another to form the root of the aerofoil. | 33,953 |
9,320,863 | 1. A method for controlling machine-induced expiratory airflow of a subject, the subject having an airway, the method comprising: generating a pressurized flow of breathable gas for delivery to the airway of a subject at an insufflation pressure level prior to a transition time; identifying the transition time based on one or more insufflation parameters; responsive to identification of the transition time, reducing pressure of the pressurized flow of breathable gas from the insufflation pressure level to an exsufflation pressure level; determining a value of a flow metric during expiration by the subject, wherein the flow metric indicates flow out of the lungs of the subject during exsufflation; obtaining a target level of the flow metric; comparing the determined value of the flow metric with the target level of the flow metric that corresponds to a target flow rate of gas out of the lungs of the subject; adjusting one or more of the exsufflation pressure, one or more insufflation parameters, or one or more parameters of the inexsufflation transition based on the comparison of the determined value of the flow metric with the target level of the flow metric; and implementing the adjusted exsufflation pressure, the adjusted one or more insufflation parameters, the adjusted one or more parameters of the inexsufflation transition, or any combination thereof during a subsequent breath. | 11,058 |
9,332,764 | 1. Aqueous composition for inactivating sporulated and/or non-sporulated Coccidia parasites comprising: 15 to 50 ppm chlorine dioxide; an acid solution comprising: 0.01 to 1 wt-% of an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of C6 to C18 mono- and di-alkyl diphenyl oxide disulfonates and mixtures thereof. | 12,981 |
9,078,864 | 1. A method of treating a microbial infection in an animal by stimulating the innate antimicrobial peptide defense system, the method comprising administering to the animal a medicament comprising a compound, wherein the compound is 4-phenylbutyric acid and wherein the infection is a bacterial infection caused by a microbial species selected from the group consisting of | 38,044 |
9,158,604 | 1. A method of tracking data flows in a mobile device, comprising: identifying a data source component that inputs data into a software application configured for executing on a processing core of the mobile device; identifying a data sink component that consumes data output from the software application; using a measured runtime control-flow parameter to determine a probability value that identifies a likelihood that the data source component is a critical data resource; monitoring application programming interface (API) calls made by the software application when accessing the critical data resource; associating the probability value of the critical data resource with one or more of the API calls; identifying a pattern of API calls as being indicative of non-benign activity by the software application based on the probability value associated with the one or more of the API calls; generating a light-weight behavior signature based on the identified pattern of API calls; using the light-weight behavior signature to perform behavior analysis operations; and determining whether the software application is non-benign based on the behavior analysis operations. | 7,410 |
8,980,183 | 1. An apparatus for producing a catalyst, comprising a tank configured to prepare an aqueous mixed solution containing a Mo compound, a V compound and a Nb compound, a dryer configured to spray-dry the aqueous mixed solution, and a pipe for connecting the tank with the dryer so that the aqueous mixed solution can be supplied from the tank to the dryer, wherein a heater configured to heat the aqueous mixed solution is provided in the tank and/or the pipe, and a filter configured to filtrate the aqueous mixed solution is provided in the pipe. | 3,034 |
8,582,552 | 1. A method of transmitting a request signal using a first reverse link channel, the method comprising: establishing a connection with a wireless network utilizing an access channel; receiving by a field unit, assignment information and deriving a value associated with an offset from the assignment information; applying a modulo function to at least the value to compute a series of periodic time intervals, each time interval including at least one time slot in the first reverse link channel for transmitting a request signal; wherein the request signal indicates that the field unit is requesting to transmit packet data to a base transceiver station (BTS); and transmitting the request signal using the first reverse link channel to the BTS in the computed time interval; wherein the request signal is transmitted using the first reverse link channel on a condition that the connection is established and the field unit is not allocated a second reverse link channel to transmit packet data; wherein the first reverse link channel is not an access channel. | 20,286 |
9,605,485 | 1. A hammer bit comprising: a bit body having a bit axis and a bit face; a first circumferential row of cutting elements mounted to the bit face, the first circumferential row located at an outermost radius of the bit face and extending around the bit axis; and a second circumferential row of cutting elements mounted to the bit face, the second circumferential row located radially inwardly adjacent the first circumferential row and extending around the bit axis, wherein each of the cutting elements of the second circumferential row is a semi-round top insert, each of the cutting elements of the first circumferential row and the second circumferential row having a cutting portion extending from the bit face, the cutting portions of the cutting elements of the first circumferential row defining a cutting profile in rotated profile view and the cutting portions of the cutting elements of the second circumferential row defining a cutting profile in rotated profile view, a radial distance between an inner radius of the cutting profile of the cutting elements of the second circumferential row and an outer radius of the cutting profile of the cutting elements of the first circumferential row defining a radial span, and a radial distance between an inner radius of the cutting profile of the cutting elements of the first circumferential row and an outer radius of the cutting profile of the cutting elements of the second circumferential row defining a radial overlap distance, wherein the ratio of the radial overlap distance to the radial span distance is greater than 0.25. | 12,139 |
8,562,933 | 1. A hot solids process selectively operable for purposes of generating at least one predetermined output, based on what the specific nature of the primary purpose of the hot solids process is for which the at least one predetermined output is being produced, comprising: pre-selecting a primary purpose of the hot solids process from a group of primary purposes of the hot solids process, which includes at least two members selected from the group consisting of the generation of a feedstock such as H providing a first reactor capable of being operated as a reducing reactor; providing a second reactor capable of being operated as an oxidizing reactor; supplying as inputs to the reducing reactor both a sulfur containing solid carbonaceous fuel and a source of calcium; supplying air as an input to the oxidizing reactor; effecting in the reducing reactor with the source of calcium the capture of the sulfur in the sulfur containing solid carbonaceous fuel to thereby produce CaS in the reducing reactor; effecting the discharge of the CaS as an output from the reducing reactor and then supplying such CaS as an input to the oxidizing reactor; effecting in the oxidizing reactor the production of CaSO supply feedwater to the oxidizing reactor; where the feedwater is converted to steam for electrical power generation; effecting the discharge of the CaSO selectively generating at least one predetermined output based on what the specific nature of the primary purpose of the hot solids process is for which the at least one predetermined output is being produced from the performance of one of the following wherein CaSO effecting the discharge of the at least one predetermined output that is selectively generated in one of the reducing reactor and oxidizing reactor. | 48,011 |
8,728,352 | 1. An electrical connection material, comprising about 40 wt % to about 80 wt % of a urethane-modified acrylate resin, based on a total weight of the electrical connection material, the electrical connection material exhibiting, after curing, a tensile elongation of about 100% to about 500% and a yield point strain of about 10% to about 50% in a stress-strain curve, wherein the electrical connection material further comprises at least one of an acrylonitrile butadiene copolymer and an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. | 13,480 |
8,393,460 | 1. A method for conveying a substrate, comprising the steps of: arranging a plurality of conveying rollers, which have rotary axes inclined at a predetermined angle from a horizontal plane, along a direction in which a single conveying straight line extends; arranging a plurality of upper rollers at positions above the conveying rollers; arranging the substrate in a conveying posture in which the substrate is inclined at a predetermined inclination angle from a vertical direction in the state of one side of a lower end of the substrate contacting with peripheral faces of at least two conveying rollers; contacting an upper portion of the lower surface directed downwardly of the substrate in the conveying posture with peripheral faces of the upper rollers; conveying the substrate in the conveying posture, while the conveying rollers and the upper rollers are rotating, arranging a plurality of lower rollers, along the direction in which the conveying straight line extends, at positions in which they can contact a lower portion of the lower surface of the substrate in the conveying posture on the conveying rollers; arranging the pressing rollers, with urging forces applied in a direction of the lower rollers, in such positions that the pressing rollers can contact the lower portion of the upper surface of the substrate directed upwardly; heating the lower surface of the substrate at a higher temperature than the upper surface of the substrate to slightly curve the substrate such that lower surface is made convex and the surface on the opposite side is made concave in order to collide a side face of the tip of the substrate first with the pressing roller; contacting the lower portion of the substrate moving on the conveying rollers with the pressing rollers; pressing the lower portion of the upper surface of the substrate with the pressing rollers in directions of the lower rollers when the substrate enters between the lower roller and the pressing roller; and moving the substrate, in such a state that the lower end of the substrate is sandwiched by the lower rollers and the pressing rollers. | 20,072 |
8,734,638 | 1. A method for producing a low sulfur diesel product, comprising: hydrotreating a diesel boiling range mineral feedstock in a first reaction zone under first effective hydrotreating conditions to produce a hydroprocessed feedstock; cascading the hydrotreated diesel boiling range effluent to an ebullating bed reactor; introducing a biocomponent feedstock into the ebullating bed reactor at a location above the catalyst support grid; and hydrotreating the mixed mineral and biocomponent feeds in the ebullating bed reactor under second effective hydrotreating conditions to produce a diesel boiling range product. | 38,399 |
8,410,405 | 1. A temperature control system, comprising: a temperature sensing module configured to obtain a current ambient temperature in a test box; a heating module; a heat dissipating module; a switch module configured to instruct the heating module or the heat dissipating module to keep the current ambient temperature generally equal to a reference temperature in the test box; a pulse width modulation control module configured to output a pulse width modulation signal to switch module to instruct the heating module or the heat dissipating module; and a temperature control module configured to output a control signal to the pulse width modulation control module to output pulse width modulation signal according to a difference between the current ambient temperature and the reference temperature. | 349 |
8,773,456 | 1. A halftone image generation method used in an image processing system for generating a halftone image, wherein the image processing system comprises a quantizer, a subtracter, a post-dithering module and an adder, comprising: receiving, by the quantizer, an original image comprising original pixels having original pixel values and generating a quantized image comprising quantized pixels having quantized pixel values according to a predetermined threshold; subtracting, by the subtracter, the quantized pixel values from the original pixel values so as to generate quantization error values; performing, by the post-dithering module, a post-dithering process to generate dither values by using the quantization error values; adding, by the adder, the quantized pixel values of the quantized image and the dither values and generating the halftone image comprising halftone pixels having halftone pixel values; dividing, by the image processing system, the original image into a plurality of local areas with a local area size, wherein the local area is a matrix consisting of a two-dimension array of pixels (m, n), where m and n are a positive integer and indicate an m-th row and n-th column of the matrix; performing, by the post-dithering module, the post-dithering process for each of the local areas, wherein the steps that the post-dithering module performs for the post-dithering process to generate a dither matrix consisting of the dither values with the local area size by using a quantization error matrix consisting of the quantization error values with the local area size comprise: (a) initialing the dither values to zero; (b) determining a summation of the quantization error values; (c) if the summation of the quantization error values is greater than half of negative predetermined threshold and smaller than half of the predetermined threshold, stopping the post-dithering process; (d) if the summation of the quantization error values is greater than or equal to a half of the predetermined threshold, finding an entry (m, n) which is the maximum value after adding the quantization error matrix to the dither matrix, determining that the entry (m, n) of the dither matrix is a negative predetermined threshold and determining that the summation of the quantization error values equals the summation of the quantization error values minus the predetermined threshold; (e) if the summation of the quantization error values is smaller than or equal to a half of negative predetermined threshold, finding an entry (m, n) which is the minimum value after adding the quantization error matrix to the dither matrix, determining that the entry (m, n) of the dither matrix is a predetermined threshold and determining that the summation of the quantization error values equals the summation of the quantization error values plus the predetermined threshold; and (f) repeating steps (c)-(e) until the post-dithering process is stopped, to thereby generate the dither matrix. | 43,430 |
9,014,344 | 1. A method comprising: receiving information associated with an event, the information including an indication of at least one destination for a voice message; recording the voice message through a microphone of a mobile communication device; subsequent to receiving the information, associating the recorded voice message with the event; determining capabilities of a multiplicity of servers associated with the mobile communication device to determine whether any of the multiplicity of servers is capable of evaluating that the event has occurred; and upon determining that no server of the multiplicity of servers is capable of evaluating that the event has occurred, prior to a determination that the event has occurred, sending to the at least one destination, from the mobile communication device, the voice message that had been recorded through the microphone of the mobile communication device reminding of the event. | 6,703 |
9,832,707 | 1. A multi-path radio communications network for monitoring and controlling an industrial process, the network comprising: a plurality of processor-based radio devices configured to wirelessly communicate in a mesh network wherein each radio communicates with multiple other radio devices in the mesh network, and at least one of the plurality of processor-based radio devices is configured to: receive a route request from a source radio including a destination for a proposed communication over the network; determine whether an available path to the destination exists from the processor-based radio device to the destination; and when an available path to the destination exists, generate and transmit a route reply message to the source radio according to a prioritized communication protocol after a time delay including at least a predetermined amount of time delay, the predetermined amount of delay being dependent on a path metric corresponding to the available path and corresponding to a selected one of a plurality of successive response time windows. | 37,125 |
9,068,142 | 1. A fluoride-reduced krill oil composition comprising phospholipids that are essentially free of protein and less than approximately 0.5 ppm fluoride. | 3,222 |
8,492,774 | 1. A method of manufacturing a SiC single crystal film by epitaxial growth of a SiC single crystal on a SiC single crystal substrate in a crystal growth furnace equipped with a crucible for housing a SiC solution in a solvent formed from a melt of a material selected from Si metal and a Si-M alloy (wherein M is at least one metal other than Si), a vertically movable crystal holder for holding the SiC single crystal substrate, a main chamber capable of housing the crucible and the crystal holder and having its interior which can be evacuated and adjusted so as to have a desired atmosphere, and a heating means for heating at least a region inside the main chamber where the crucible is to be disposed, characterized by comprising the following steps: an evacuation step by heating at least the region inside the main chamber where the crucible is to be disposed to at least an SiC crystal growth temperature while evacuating the interior of the main chamber in a state in which the material for a melt is not present in the main chamber, thereby reaching a vacuum pressure of 5×10 a SiC solution forming step by disposing the crucible having the material for a melt housed inside it in a predetermined position in the main chamber after said evacuation step and heating the crucible to at least the melting point of the material for a melt so as to melt the material in the crucible and dissolve carbon in the resulting melt, thereby forming a SiC solution in the crucible; and a crystal growth step using an LPE method by immersing the SiC single crystal substrate in the SiC solution using the crystal holder and maintaining a supersaturated state at least in the vicinity of the substrate in the SiC solution by supercooling to cause epitaxial growth of a SiC single crystal on the substrate, wherein an SiC single crystal obtained by the epitaxial growth has a doping concentration of nitrogen donors of 1×10 wherein the interior of the main chamber is not exposed to the ambient atmosphere from the evacuation step through the crystal growth step. | 20,101 |
9,527,394 | 1. A transportation system which includes a plurality of vehicles which can be coupled under computer control to permit the variable and flexible bidirectional distribution and sharing of electrical energy, the system comprising: a coupling system, wherein each of a plurality of vehicles is equipped with at least one coupler unit, wherein each coupler unit comprises: a system of power distribution units wherein each of a plurality of vehicles is equipped with a power distribution unit (PDU) for distributing electrical power; a communication system wherein each vehicle is equipped with a plurality of inter-vehicle communication channels and subsystems wherein each vehicle has broadcasting, reporting and information exchange capabilities with other vehicles either directly or via a wide area network mechanism; a system of electronic control units wherein each of the plurality of vehicles is equipped with an electronic control unit for initializing, managing and controlling the following functions: automatic initial stage coupling and uncoupling, intra- and inter-vehicle energy sharing, power distribution, routing, switching and storage modes, and combined driving modes and operation of coupled vehicles; an on-board electrical supply and storage device to be shared; and an extra-vehicle marking sensors subsystem further comprises a plurality of extra-vehicle markings and corresponding sensors to allow the electronic control unit based on these sensor outputs to identify markings on the external vehicle frame near an approaching location. | 16,765 |
9,193,853 | 1. A method of microbial or biological enzymatic devulcanization of rubber comprising: providing a particulate vulcanized rubber compound; swelling said particulate vulcanized rubber compound in a solvent to significantly expand a network structure of the particulate vulcanized rubber compound; and introducing a microbe or biological enzyme into said solvent containing said particulate vulcanized rubber compound in order to devulcanize the compound, wherein an environment of said method does not interfere with a biological activity of said microbe or said biological enzyme, and whereby said swelling of said particulate vulcanized rubber compound ensures that every part of the particulate vulcanized rubber compound is exposed to the microbe or the biological enzyme. | 21,934 |
8,654,649 | 1. A method, comprising: determining a current path cost in a routing topology from a particular node in a shared media communication network to a root node of the routing topology via a current parent node; determining, for each reachable potential parent node of the particular node, a respective path cost from the particular node to the root node via each potential parent and a respective link metric from the particular node to each potential parent node; determining a set of acceptable parent nodes selected from the potential parent nodes, wherein acceptable parent nodes have a respective path cost that is less than the current path cost plus a cost increase, and also have a respective link metric from the particular node that is within a link metric range; determining, for each acceptable parent node of the set, a respective number of child nodes of the corresponding acceptable parent node; and selecting a new parent node for the particular node in the routing topology based on giving preference to acceptable parent nodes having a greater respective number of child nodes. | 43,668 |
9,350,244 | 1. A switching regulator, comprising: a multiphase buck converter comprising a plurality of main phases configured to covert a power supply voltage to a lower voltage for application to an electronic device at different load conditions; and an auxiliary phase configured to operate in a pulse frequency modulation mode during a light load condition so that power is supplied to the electronic device by at least the auxiliary phase during the light load condition, wherein the auxiliary phase and the plurality of main phases of the multiphase buck converter each comprise field effect transistors, wherein the field effect transistors of the auxiliary phase are lower voltage transistors which occupy smaller physical area than the field effect transistors of the main phases, wherein the auxiliary phase and each of the plurality of main phases of the multiphase buck converter has an output coupled to an inductor, wherein the inductor coupled to the output of the auxiliary phase occupies less physical area and has a lower saturation current than the inductors coupled to the outputs of the main phases. | 1,132 |
9,209,678 | 1. A power converter system suitable to provide a load with electrical power, the power converter system comprising: an input voltage terminal (V an output voltage terminal (V the first power converter unit ( the second redundant power converter unit ( the input relay unit ( an output relay unit ( a control unit ( wherein: | 41,579 |
8,380,750 | 1. A computer-implemented method of accessing a data source to provide information comprising: defining a plurality of data objects each associated with data within the data source, wherein the data objects include search information that facilitates searching of the data objects, and the data objects further include display information that pertains to a format in which data obtained from a search of the data objects is displayed; defining one or more relationships linking at least one data object with at least one other data object so as to establish associated data objects with linking relationships; receiving a query to search for data within the data source; retrieving data within the data source satisfying the query in accordance with the search information, wherein the retrieved data comprises data from at least two associated data objects; organizing and displaying the retrieved data in accordance with the display information; displaying one or more links associated with the retrieved data so as to enable navigation between associated data objects; and navigating from a first display of retrieved data to a second display of retrieved data by selecting a link between two associated data objects, wherein the data objects include primary and foreign keys that are used to define linking relationships for associated data objects, the first display of retrieved data comprises a first instance of data, and the second display of retrieved data comprises a second instance of data that is related to the first instance of data via a primary key or a foreign key of a data object that includes the first instance of data. | 43,400 |
9,413,247 | 1. An electrical power supply device, comprising: a primary side; a secondary side; and an optocoupler arranged between the primary side and the secondary side; a modulator/demodulator pair configured to transmit and receive a rectangular-wave signal modulated in combination with frequency modulation and pulse width modulation according to a method of operating an electrical power supply device having a primary side and a secondary side, the method comprising: | 40,391 |
9,002,289 | 1. A wireless communication apparatus, wherein the wireless communication apparatus belongs to a first wireless communication system, and measures a wireless signal which causes interference to a second wireless communication system, wherein the wireless signal is transmitted by another wireless communication apparatus belonging to the first wireless communication system, wherein the first wireless communication system is different from the second wireless communication system, wherein the other wireless communication apparatus carries out transmit control on the basis of a corrected measurement result which is obtained through carrying out a predetermined correction process to a measurement result obtained by measuring the wireless signal, and wherein the correction process comprises a process of correcting a difference between a measurement condition of a receiving station of the second wireless communication system and a measurement condition of the wireless communication apparatus. | 6,992 |
9,745,518 | 1. A method of enhancing oxidative molecular weight reduction in a hydrocarbon-containing material, the method comprising: providing a first hydrocarbon-containing material comprising a first hydrocarbon, said first hydrocarbon-containing material having been exposed to particle beam irradiation, the particle beam imparting one or more functional groups to said first hydrocarbon containing material; and oxidizing the first hydrocarbon-containing material with one or more oxidants in the presence of one or more compounds comprising one or more naturally-occurring, non-radioactive group 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 or 11 elements, the one or more elements participating in a Fenton-type reaction while oxidizing, to produce a second hydrocarbon-containing material comprising a second hydrocarbon, the second hydrocarbon having a molecular weight lower than that of the first hydrocarbon, the functional groups enhancing the effectiveness of the oxidizing reaction. | 9,604 |
9,563,253 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a memory; a processing circuit coupled to the memory; a graphics processing unit (GPU) coupled to the processing circuit and the memory to process graphics-related tasks; and a graphics driver module to monitor a task of the GPU, determine when the task is complete, determine an average task completion time for the task when the task is not complete, and instruct the processing circuit to sleep for a sleep state time when the average task completion time is greater than the sleep state time to put to sleep at least one thread on which a portion of the graphics driver module is executed by the processing circuit to monitor the task and to determine when the task is complete during the sleep state. | 23,075 |
9,145,296 | 1. A method for storing and releasing hydrogen from a mass of particles of a mixed transition metal and alkali metal borohydride compound, where hydrogen is to be released from the mass of boron-containing particles upon a demand for hydrogen in a hydrogen-using application, the mixed transition metal-alkali metal borohydride compound tending to release diborane as it releases hydrogen; the method comprising: mixing particles of a metal hydride with the mass of mixed transition metal-alkali metal borohydride compound particles to form a mass of mixed hydrogen storage particles; storing the mass of mixed hydrogen storage particles at a temperature and in a chemical environment to minimize release of hydrogen until there is a demand for the hydrogen in the mixed hydrogen storage particles; and, upon such demand heating the mass of mixed hydrogen storage particles to a temperature above the storage temperature to release hydrogen for delivery to the hydrogen-using application while hydrogen is demanded; the composition and amount of the metal hydride mixed into the mass of hydrogen storage particles serving to react with boron from the mixed transition metal-alkali metal borohydride compound particles to form a solid metal boride and to suppress release of diborane as hydrogen is released from the heated mixed hydrogen storage particles. | 2,581 |
8,459,753 | 1. An electromechanical brake booster comprising: a muscular force transmitting element by means of which it is possible to use muscular force to actuate a brake master cylinder; an electromechanical actuator by means of which it is also possible to actuate the brake master cylinder; at least two return springs that move the brake booster back to a starting position after an actuation, including a first return spring that returns the muscular force transmitting element and a second return spring that returns the actuator; and a telescoping booster element for transmitting an actuator force of the electromechanical actuator to a piston of the brake master cylinder, wherein the telescoping booster element is composed of an inner tube and an outer tube; and wherein the first return spring of the at least two return springs presses against the inner tube and the second return spring of the at least two return springs presses against the outer tube. | 1,825 |
8,735,270 | 1. A method, comprising: forming a gate electrode structure above a semiconductor layer of a semiconductor substrate, wherein said gate electrode structure is embedded in an interlayer dielectric material and comprises a placeholder electrode material; forming a gate opening in said gate electrode structure by selectively removing said placeholder electrode material from said gate electrode structure; forming a material layer comprising a work function adjusting species in said gate opening and above said interlayer dielectric material, said material layer having an overhanging portion formed adjacent to an upper corner of said gate opening and a sidewall portion formed adjacent to a sidewall of said gate opening, wherein a thickness of said overhanging portion is greater than a thickness of said sidewall portion; and performing a material removal process to reduce said thickness of said overhanging portion by removing a first thickness portion of said overhanging portion while leaving a second thickness portion of said overhanging portion adjacent to said upper corner. | 46,581 |
9,376,919 | 1. A turbine blade that is used in a turbine of a gas turbine engine and cooled by cooling air, the blade comprising: a cooling channel that is formed within the turbine blade and in which the cooling air flows; a plurality of bottomed recesses that is formed on a blade surface of the turbine blade and of which each downstream-side inner wall is inclined; and an ejection hole that is formed on each bottom of the plurality of bottomed recesses and communicates with the cooling channel to eject the cooling air, wherein the ejection hole is formed so that a central line of the ejection hole extends along the downstream-side inner wall, a partition extending in a span direction is formed in an inside of the turbine blade, and the cooling channel is partitioned by the partition, and at least one of the bottomed recesses is formed on the blade surface, at a position associated with the partition, and wherein the upstream-side inner wall of the bottomed recess is formed perpendicularly to the blade surface. | 10,296 |
9,352,294 | 1. A method comprising: saccharifying a cellulosic or lignocellulosic material comprising one or more functional groups, the one or more functional groups imparted to the cellulosic or lignocellulosic material from the cellulosic or lignocellulosic material having been ionized by a plurality of charged particles comprising ions and then contacted with a fluid selected to react with one or more species of radicals. | 7,991 |
9,404,027 | 1. A process for producing antifreeze from a crude glycerol byproduct of either a C 1 to C 4 alkyl alcohol alcoholysis of a glyceride or hydrolysis of a glyceride, the process comprising: neutralizing the crude glycerol byproduct to achieve a pH between 5 and 12 to form a neutralized crude glycerol byproduct; separating C contacting the separated crude glycerol byproduct with a hydrogenation catalyst and hydrogen at a pressure of between about 0.1 and 200 bar and at a temperature between about 100° C. and 290° C. for a period of time sufficient to achieve a conversion of glycerol of between 60 and 90% to form the antifreeze, which comprises, on a water-free basis, from about 0.5% to about 60% glycerol and from about 20% to about 85% propylene glycol. | 27,256 |
8,491,899 | 1. A method of inhibiting or suppressing rejection of a tissue, cell, graft, or organ transplant from a donor by a recipient human subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the recipient human subject a therapeutically effective amount of an isolated or recombinant fusion protein, wherein the isolated or recombinant fusion protein comprises (a) a first polypeptide comprising a polypeptide sequence that has at least 96% identity to the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO:50, and (b) a second polypeptide, wherein the second polypeptide comprises an IgFc polypeptide, wherein the fusion protein has an ability to bind human CD80 or human CD86 or an extracellular domain of either human CD80 or human CD86, and/or an ability to inhibit or suppress a T cell-dependent immune response, thereby inhibiting or suppressing rejection of the tissue, cell, graft, or organ transplant by the recipient human subject. | 7,392 |
9,359,047 | 1. A vessel for installing or repairing an offshore structure, the vessel comprising: a primary platform, the primary platform moveably connected to at least one elongate support member; a secondary platform moveably connected to the or at least one further elongate support member in which the primary platform and the secondary platform are moveable in an elongate direction along the or each elongate support member wherein the elongate support member extends through the primary and secondary platforms; wherein the primary platform comprises a first drive means for driving the primary platform along one of the elongate support members and the secondary platform comprises a second drive means for driving the secondary platform along one of the elongate support members; and a control means for controlling operation of the first and second drive means in a first mode of operation in which the secondary platform and primary platform are synchronously driveable along one of the elongate support members, and wherein the control means is further configured to control the first and second drive means in a second mode of operation in which the secondary platform is driveable independently from the primary platform. | 4,670 |
9,663,102 | 1. A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle including an engine; a first motor configured to crank the engine; and a second motor used to propel the hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle being configured to perform motor driving by using the first motor and the second motor as driving force sources, the control apparatus comprising: a controller configured to a) control the first motor, b) during the motor driving, determine whether the first motor is in a single-phase locking state, and c) when it is determined that the first motor is in the single-phase locking state, | 45,846 |
8,860,834 | 1. Modular apparatus for an outside broadcast van (OB-Van), comprising: one or more broadcasting systems for a broadcast event, for producing an audio/video signal corresponding to said broadcasted event; a central control module, connectable to each of said one or more broadcasting systems and for receiving the corresponding audio/video signal produced from each of said broadcasting systems; one or more processing modules of said audio/video signal, each of said one or more modules being connectable only to said central control module for receiving and transmitting said corresponding audio/video signal from/to said central control module, a wiring, to be fixed inside the OB-Van, the wiring having a plurality of connection spots for connecting said central control module and said one or more processing modules, said spots accepting a single standard type connector, and wherein each of said central control module and said one or more processing modules are connectable to said wiring by said single standard type connector at any of said connection spots, and wherein said central control module and said one or more processing modules are housed inside a respective transportable structure such that said modular apparatus is configured to be assembled in a brick configuration. | 16,205 |
9,327,550 | 1. A wheel cover system comprising: a bracket assembly configured to couple to a wheel; a disk assembly comprising an inner portion; a push and turn securing mechanism coupled to the bracket assembly and compatible with the inner portion of the disk assembly, wherein the disk assembly is removably coupled to the wheel by the push and turn securing mechanism and the push and turn securing mechanism is shaped to receive the disk assembly and allow the disk assembly to rotate a fraction of a single rotation to a secured position. | 34,712 |
8,347,604 | 1. A device for determining deterioration of a catalyst, said device comprising: an NO a catalyst which is disposed at a location upstream of said NO a reducing agent supplying unit for supplying the reducing agent to exhaust gas at a location upstream of said NO an upstream detection unit for detecting the NO a downstream detection unit for detecting the NO an estimation unit for estimating the ratio of NO a calculation unit for calculating the NO a determination unit for determining the degree of deterioration of said catalyst having an oxidizing ability, which unit is carried out by comparison between the ratio of NO | 18,383 |
9,790,445 | 1. A method for making high density diesel fuels, comprising: heating a renewable plant oil, triglyceride, or fatty acid with at least one first acid catalyst to generate a first mixture of alkyl adamantanes with between 11 and 17 carbon atoms; separating C blending said C | 31,557 |
9,331,236 | 1. A method of forming an engineered substrate assembly, comprising: forming a shear strength enhancement material at a front surface of a donor substrate, wherein the shear strength enhancement material comprises a refractory metal and a metal nitride; implanting ions a depth into the donor substrate through the shear strength enhancement material, wherein ion implantation forms a doped portion that defines an epitaxial formation structure; attaching a defect mitigation material to the shear strength enhancement material with a bonding material, wherein the bonding material is configured to form an oxide bond with the defect mitigation material, wherein the defect mitigation material has a front surface with intra-granular roughness and defects interspersed throughout, and wherein the defects are larger than the intra-granular roughness; and transferring the epitaxial formation structure from the donor substrate to a front surface of a handle substrate, wherein the shear strength enhancement material is between the epitaxial formation structure and the front surface of the handle substrate, and wherein the shear strength enhancement material is configured to bridge defects in the front surface of the handle substrate. | 5,313 |
9,626,179 | 1. A method for using a read-only memory (ROM) patch, the method comprising: performing the following in a device comprising read-only memory (ROM) storing executable code: | 33,934 |
8,789,188 | 1. A method for associating security permissions with program code, the method comprising: creating a cache portion of memory comprising a plurality of computer executable code segments and a plurality of security permissions, each security permission associated with at least one of the plurality of computer executable code segments; identifying changes being made by a programmer to a computer program code automatically at the time these changes are being made that involve one of the computer executable code segments contained in the cache portion of memory; retrieving security permissions from the cache portion of memory automatically that are associated with the identified computer executable code segment that is involved in the edits to the computer program code; and presenting to the programmer while making the changes involving the identified computer executable code segment and before runtime of the identified computer executable code segment a list of the retrieved security permissions and programmer-selectable pre-defined functions, the pre-defined functions selectable by the programmer and comprising accepting one or more of the retrieved security permissions, modifying the computer executable code segment to apply the accepted and retrieved security permissions to the computer executable code segment, accepting one or more of the retrieved security permissions with programmer defined modifications, modifying the computer executable code segment to apply the modified and accepted retrieved security permissions, and rejecting the retrieved security permissions wherein the step of creating the cache portion of memory further comprises: identifying code libraries utilized by the changed computer program code; identifying library entries within the identified libraries that require security permissions; and identifying library entry points associated with the identified library entries that require security permissions, the computer executable code segments comprising the library entry points. | 44,738 |
9,481,394 | 1. An angle detection apparatus, comprising: a multipolar angle detector having a plurality of poles and configured to output an analog angle information signal corresponding to one cycle of an electrical angle for each of the plurality of poles; a converter configured to convert the analog angle information signal output from the multipolar angle detector into a first angle signal, which is a digital angle signal for the one cycle of the electrical angle; a first angular velocity signal detector configured to differentiate the first angle signal to detect a first angular velocity signal; a first discontinuity correction unit configured to correct a value of an angular velocity that is discontinuous in a temporal change of the first angular velocity signal, among the angular velocities indicated by the first angular velocity signals detected by the first angular velocity signal detector, to a value having a continuity; an angular velocity signal correction unit configured to carry out correction processing of reducing an error component included in the first angular velocity signal corrected by the first discontinuity correction unit; and a second angle signal detector configured to integrate the first angular velocity signal corrected by the angular velocity signal correction unit to detect a second angle signal. | 36,220 |
8,487,569 | 1. A method of controlling an electric machine, the method comprising: measuring an excitation voltage, selecting an advance time that depends on the level of the excitation voltage, and exciting a winding of the electric machine with the excitation voltage, the winding being excited in advance of zero-crossings of back emf in the winding by the selected advance time, wherein a longer advance time is selected for a lower excitation voltage and the selected advance time is fixed as the electric machine accelerates between a lower speed and an upper speed. | 41,922 |
9,739,041 | 1. A flush toilet comprising: a tank; a first compartment in the tank for holding a first type of water consisting of city water, the first compartment including a first fill valve and a first flapper, with the first fill valve being comprised of a float and being configured to control the filling of the first compartment with the first type of water, the first flapper allowing the first type of water to drain from the first compartment and into a toilet bowl when the first flapper is raised; a second compartment in the tank for holding a second type of water consisting of rainwater, with the second compartment being separated from the first compartment by a divider plate that prevents the second type of water from mixing with the first type of water, the second compartment including a second fill valve and a second flapper, with the second fill valve being comprised of a float and being configured to control the filling of the second compartment with the second type of water, the second flapper allowing the second type of water to drain from the second compartment into the toilet bowl when the second flapper is raised; a first pipe having a first diameter for connecting the first compartment to a city water supply; and a second pipe having a second diameter for connecting the second compartment to a rainwater supply, with the second diameter being larger than the first diameter. | 29,600 |
8,388,867 | 1. A composition comprising: an oxide comprising ions of a first metal and ions of a second metal; an electrically conductive material; and a binder material. | 16,419 |
9,058,444 | 1. A method for determining a generator dispatch plan for a power grid under uncertain conditions comprising: receiving data modeling power flow of active generation units over nodes of a power grid network of multiple local buses interconnected via alternating current transmission lines, said active generation units including conventional energy generators producing energy; receiving during a first time interval data of a set of forecast scenario modeling uncertainty in renewable energy output, said set capturing a finite number of scenarios generation for an immediately successive 2nd time interval; formulating a nonconvex optimization problem modeling an economic dispatch problem under renewable-generation uncertainty using said finite number of scenarios; solving said nonconvex optimization problem during said first time interval to obtain power dispatch levels for said generators and energy levels exchanging with a spot market for each scenario at said immediately successive 2nd time interval that minimizes expected cost of power generation and cost of exchanging energy with a spot market modeled for each said modeled uncertainty, wherein said solving includes solving a two-stage minimization problem by: decomposing said non-convex optimization problem based on an iterative outer approximation technique, said decomposing including solving a sequence of lower-approximation problems for a first-stage minimization problem with each iteration improving a piecewise-linear outer-approximation for a recourse function that represents the second time interval stage costs of the spot market access, wherein one or more processor units in communication with a memory storage device performs said receiving said modeling power flow and uncertainty data, said formulating and solving. | 23,372 |
8,696,798 | 1. A method of regenerating a CO2-depleted physical solvent from a CO2-rich physical solvent that is formed in a CO2 absorber by absorption of CO2 from a gas having a CO2 content of at least 10 mol % and a pressure of at least 1000 psig, comprising a step of heating the CO2-rich solvent to a temperature of at least 100° F. using heat from flash-regenerated lean solvent and heat recovered from at least one of a feed gas, and a compressor discharge, wherein the heated CO2-rich solvent is flashed to so form the CO2-depleted physical solvent. | 9,074 |
8,530,439 | 1. A method of inhibiting the expression of apolipoprotein C-III in cells or tissues comprising contacting said cells or tissues with a compound 10 to 25 nucleobases in length targeted to a nucleic acid molecule encoding apolipoprotein C-III, wherein said compound specifically hybridizes with a 5′ untranslated region or coding region of said nucleic acid molecule encoding apolipoprotein C-III (SEQ ID NO: 4), so that expression of apolipoprotein C-III is inhibited by at least 45%. | 34,252 |
8,484,994 | 1. A method for obtaining an external covering of a photovoltaic device, said covering comprising a glass substrate having surface texturing in the form of rows of mutually parallel grooves that are spaced from each other by a regular distance d from the center of the external covering to ends of the external covering, the method comprising: providing a heat softened glass substrate at a first temperature; applying a roller having parallel reliefs to a surface of the heat softened glass substrate to thereby imprint said parallel reliefs onto the glass substrate; and cooling the imprinted glass substrate to a second temperature to thereby form the external covering of a photovoltaic device having said surface texturing: wherein the spacing of successive parallel reliefs on the impressing roller are less at the center of the roller compared to the ends of the roller; and wherein said successive reliefs are spaced to account for lateral contraction of the glass substrate between the first and second temperatures to thereby produce said texturing having rows of mutually parallel grooves spaced from each other by a regular distance d. | 34,372 |
9,270,731 | 1. A method comprising: identifying a receiver machine as being available for inclusion in a consumer pool of receiver machines, the receiver machine being configurable to receive messages that correspond to a topic from a transmitter machine among a plurality of transmitter machines; generating a consumer address of the receiver machine with respect to the consumer pool based on a machine identifier received from the receiver machine, the machine identifier including a topic identifier of the topic, the generating being performed by a processor of a machine; and providing the consumer address to the receiver machine, the consumer address being usable by the receiver machine to communicate a message to the transmitter machine among the plurality of transmitter machines based on the consumer address, wherein the communicated message indicates that the receiver machine is available to receive the messages from any transmitter machine among the plurality of transmitter machines. | 38,464 |
8,466,080 | 1. A catalyst comprising: an aluminosilicate zeolite having an MOR framework type; an acidic MFI molecular sieve component having a Si/Al a metal component comprising one or more elements selected from groups VIB, VIIB, VIII, and IVA; an inorganic oxide binder; and about 1 to about 5 wt % of a fluoride component. | 32,617 |
9,799,264 | 1. A method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for reducing an image sticking effect in a display device, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of icons at at least one respective initial position on a screen of the display device, the screen comprising a first region and a second region; turning off the screen according to a predefined condition; receiving a display-on input command for turning on the screen; and shifting at least one of the plurality of icons on the first region as much as a predefined distance from the initial position on the screen such that a distance between the plurality of icons is maintained without overlapping with each other after the plurality of icons are shifted while icons on the second region are fixed, wherein the plurality of icons on the first region comprise an indicator icon indicating a status of the display device, and wherein the plurality of icons on the first region are shifted in response to the display-on input command with a higher frequency than the icons on the second region. | 40,371 |
8,916,291 | 1. A battery comprising: a cathode; an anode; and an electrolytic solution; and a film package member containing the cathode, the anode and the electrolytic solution, wherein, | 1,288 |
9,156,816 | 1. A tetrazolyloxime derivative represented by formula (1), or a salt thereof: in formula (1), X represents a halogen atom, a C1-8 alkyl group, a C1-8 alkoxy group, a cyano group, a C1-8 alkylsulfonyl group, a nitro group, a C1-8 haloalkyl group, or an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group, n1 indicates a number of X and represents an integer of 0 to 5, and X is mutually identical or different when n1 is at least 2; A represents a tetrazolyl group represented by formula (2) or formula (3): in formula (2) and formula (3), Y represents a C1-8 alkyl group, and asterisks indicate bonding sites; Het represents a group represented by formula (4) or formula (5): in formula (4) and formula (5), asterisks represent bonding sites; R represents a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a hydroxyl group, a thiol group, a formyl group, a carboxyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted amino group, an unsubstituted or substituted C1-8 alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted C2-8 alkenyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted C2-8 alkynyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group, an unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclic group, OR n2 in formula (4) indicates a number of R and represents an integer of 0 to 3, and a plurality of the R groups are mutually identical or different when n2 is at least 2; n3 in formula (5) indicates a number of R and represents 0 or 1; Z in formula (4) and formula (5) represents a group represented by formula (Z-1): in formula (Z-1), asterisks represent bonding sites; E represents a single bond or a C1-8 alkylene chain; R R | 6,725 |
8,970,347 | 1. A human body communication apparatus, comprising: a first human body communication terminal carried by a person and including a first detection unit to detect first living body physiological information of the carrying person; a second human body communication terminal including a human body contact sensor and a second detection unit to detect second living body physiological information of the person who touches the human body contact sensor; and an authentication unit included in the first or second human body communication terminal, acquiring the first and second living body physiological information, and determining a correlation between the first and second living body physiological information to permit communication between the first and second human body communication terminals in accordance with the correlation. | 42,147 |
9,554,190 | 1. A computer implemented method of controlling device use, the method comprising: receiving from a first user an indication of a schedule of required check-in communications, the schedule corresponding to a second user; determining via an agent on a mobile communication device when a check-in communication has been initiated by the second user using the mobile communication device pursuant to the schedule; and disabling at least one of an application or a functional component of the mobile communication device corresponding to the second user responsive to determining at least one check-in communication has not been received pursuant to the schedule. | 40,278 |
9,284,768 | 1. A power door opening and closing apparatus arranged to open and close a door by a power of a motor, the power door opening and closing apparatus comprising: a first unit including the motor, a first unit case connected to the motor, a first transmission mechanism received in the first unit case, and arranged to transmit a rotation of the motor, and a rotation sensor which is received within the first unit case, the rotation sensor being one of a plurality of electrical components, and being arranged to sense a rotation of the first transmission mechanism; and a second unit which includes a second unit case connected to the first unit case by a fixing member, a second transmission mechanism rotatably received within the second unit case, and connected to the first transmission mechanism, and an output shaft connected to an output side of the second transmission mechanism, and arranged to transmit a rotation of the second transmission mechanism to the door, and which does not include an electrical component. | 37,014 |
8,972,202 | 1. A method for determining the presence or absence of fetal aneuploidy from a plasma or serum sample from a pregnant female subject, wherein the sample comprises cell-free nucleic acid molecules from the genome of both the female subject and a fetus, comprising: (a) performing random massively parallel DNA sequencing on at least a portion of the cell-free nucleic acid molecules to generate random sequenced tags; (b) aligning at least a portion of the sequenced tags obtained in step (a) to a reference genome; (c) using alignment data obtained in step (b) to determine a first amount of sequenced tags originating from a first chromosome and a second amount of sequenced tags originating from at least one second chromosome; (d) determining a parameter based on the first amount and second amount, wherein the parameter is a frequency of sequenced tags originating from the first chromosome that is normalized based on the relative size of the first chromosome; and (e) comparing the parameter to a cutoff value to determine whether a fetal chromosomal aneuploidy exists for the first chromosome. | 12,789 |
9,125,750 | 1. A surgical method for inserting a vertebral body replacement device comprising: exposing a space between a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body in a spine; inserting a first end member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end into the space wherein the first end of the inserted first end member contacts the first vertebral body; inserting a second end member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end into the space wherein the first end of the inserted second end member contacts the second vertebral body; determining a distance between the second end of the first end member and the second end of the second end member; obtaining an intermediate body member at least in part as a function of the distance determined, wherein a first end of the inserted intermediate body member includes a first pair of projections and a second end of the inserted intermediate body member includes a second pair of projections; after inserting the first end member and the second end member, then inserting the intermediate body member between the inserted first end member and the inserted second end member by advancing the intermediate body member in a first direction generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the spine; while inserting the intermediate body member between the first inserted end member and the second inserted end member, engaging the first pair of projections of the intermediate body member with the first inserted end member and the second pair of projections of the intermediate body member with the second inserted end member while advancing the intermediate body member in the first direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the spine; and securing the inserted intermediate body to the inserted first end member and the inserted second end member by axially deflecting a camming device relative to the inserted intermediate body member to substantially simultaneously deflect both projections of the first pair of projections and both projections of the second pair of projections. | 34,348 |
8,683,785 | 1. A method for regenerating an open particle separator, the method comprising the following steps: a) determining at least one parameter as a characteristic variable for a regeneration capability of the open particle separator; b) comparing the at least one parameter with a first threshold value and additionally comparing the at least one parameter with a second threshold value; c) determining at least one portion, of a comparison period, during which the parameter has reached the first threshold value; d) comparing the at least one portion with a first minimum portion corresponding to a minimum regeneration time in the comparison period; e) initiating measures for influencing the parameter in such a way that the parameter at least corresponds to the first minimum portion and at least one of the first threshold value is reached or the open particle separator is regenerated; checking if the first threshold value can be reached by using a first measure for influencing the at least one parameter; and initiating the first measure in step e) only if the first threshold value can be reached by using the first measure for influencing the at least one parameter. | 3,500 |
8,921,003 | 1. A manufacturing method of a solid oxide fuel cell, comprising steps of: performing a preliminary treatment on a porous metal substrate to reduce the sizes of surface pores of the porous metal substrate; forming an anode layer, an electrolyte layer, a cathode interlayer and a cathode current collecting layer in order on the preheated porous metal substrate by tri-gas atmospheric plasma spray processes with medium currents under 520A and high voltages of 86 to 106V after the preliminary treatment; treating the plasma sprayed cell by a post treatment; and combining the porous metal substrate with a metal frame; | 16,178 |
9,355,084 | 1. A method of annotating an electronic text document, the method comprising: evaluating, by a computer, the electronic text document for one or more multi-word expressions comprising a first word and a second word; when a multi-word expression is found in the electronic text document, storing an abbreviation of the multi-word expression; evaluating the electronic text document for occurrences of the abbreviation after a location of the multi-word expression; when a competing term is found with respect to the abbreviation, annotating occurrences of the abbreviation following the competing term with the competing term; and when an occurrence of the abbreviation is found following the multi-word expression, annotating the occurrence of the abbreviation with the multi-word expression, wherein: | 34,841 |
8,567,742 | 1. A mounting bracket protection device, comprising a U-shaped polymeric base member comprising a substantially rectangular bottom joined to two opposed, upwardly-projecting side walls, said bottom having at least one aperture adapted to receive a mounting fastener capable of anchoring said base member to a substrate, a substantially rectangular polymeric cover having substantially the same dimensions as said substantially rectangular bottom and adapted to be attached to said opposed side walls of said base member, such that the bottom, opposed side walls and cover, when attached in a closed position, define a partial enclosure having at least one opening, a metallic mounting bracket having at least one aperture adapted to receive said mounting fastener such that said mounting bracket can be fastened to said bottom with said mounting fastener, said metallic mounting bracket being adapted to receive a mounting strap, such that said partial enclosure permits passage of said mounting strap or a portion of said metallic mounting bracket through said at least one opening, and such that said partial enclosure is suitable for retaining and protecting sealant placed over said mounting fastener. | 5,643 |
9,178,225 | 1. A fuel cell comprising: an electrode; a separator, wherein the electrode and the separator are stacked together; a plurality of ribs which are provided on a major surface of the separator and which form a reaction gas flow path; and a sealant, which fixes at least one rib that divides adjacent flow paths among the plurality of ribs and the electrode, is impregnated in the electrode, and has a flow property, wherein porosity of a portion of the electrode that is impregnated with the sealant is lower than the porosity of another portion of the electrode; wherein the sealant is provided where the at least one rib that divides adjacent flow paths among the plurality of the ribs contacts the electrode; wherein the plurality of ribs include at least one first rib that divides adjacent flow paths where the flows are in the same direction and at least one second rib that divides adjacent flow paths where the flows are in opposite directions to form a serpentine flow path, and a plurality of oblique ribs are provided, wherein an oblique rib is located at each turn portion in the serpentine flow path, wherein a generally triangular void is formed by at least one oblique rib, the void serves as a liquid sealant storage portion; and wherein the liquid sealant storage portion is depressed in the thickness direction. | 11,793 |
8,510,842 | 1. A system comprising: one or more processors; one or more storage mediums storing program instructions executable by the one or more processors; a scan manager, comprising at least a portion of the program instructions, configured to set a debugging breakpoint within a computer software application proximate to an instruction that is correlated with an attack; a black-box tester, comprising at least a portion of the program instructions, configured to perform the attack on the computer software application during execution of the computer software application in a debugging mode; and a debugger, comprising at least a portion of the program instructions, configured to | 21,044 |
9,671,058 | 1. A rotating mechanism used for rotating a screen, the rotating mechanism comprising: a supporting stand, a first end of the supporting stand being connected to the screen, the supporting stand supporting the screen; and a base placed on a supporting surface for supporting the supporting stand and the screen on the supporting surface, a second end of the supporting stand being fixed on the base, and the base comprising: | 19,685 |
8,972,493 | 1. A policy server, that is part of a content delivery network (CDN) having a plurality of points of presence (POPs) distributed geographically, for using a single network identifier to deliver multiple versions of a content object, the policy server comprising: a publisher interface configured to receive a notification that a multi-media content object is available for processing; a merge processor, having merge resources, that: a request interface configured to receive a query from an edge server of a POP for a version of the plurality of versions of the multi-media content object, wherein: a policy engine configured to: | 43,495 |
9,043,822 | 1. A remote time shift buffer system comprising: a client connected to a television, said client receiving a plurality of television channels, each television channel carrying live television content; and a remote video recorder in communication with said client, said remote video recorder receiving the plurality of television channels; said client operable to: determine an amount of time spent on said television channel; said remote video recorder executing a remote time shift buffer application operable to: | 26,358 |
8,590,887 | 1. An automatic teller machine (ATM) comprising: a medium transfer portion to transfer paper media; a carrier position adjustment portion rotatably mounted at a rear end of the medium transfer portion and comprising: a medium carrier mounted in the carrier position adjustment portion to receive and stack the paper media, the paper media colliding with an inner part of the medium carrier and falling to be orderly stacked in the stacking space; a sheet roller portion mounted between the medium carrier and the carrier position adjustment portion to rotate about a rotational axis to transfer each of the paper media on the medium transfer portion into the medium carrier by rotation of the sheet roller portion, the sheet roller portion exerting greater friction force on a middle area of each of the paper media than an outer area of each of the paper media when placing each of the paper media in the medium carrier, the sheet roller portion comprising: a support portion comprising: and a plurality of support ribs extending from the support body, at least one of the plurality of support ribs coming into contact with a part of an edge of each of the paper media before other support ribs and operating as an intersection point about which each of the paper media is rotated for alignment in the medium carrier so that the at least one of the plurality of support ribs and the other support ribs support the edge of the paper medium when placing each of the paper media in the medium carrier. | 14,573 |
9,017,743 | 1. A method of stimulating an immune response in a subject, comprising administering to said subject, an effective amount of an extract obtained from one or more of Escherichia coli ( E. coli ) bacterial strains selected from NCTC: 8603, 8621, 8622, 8623, 9026, 9111, 9119, 9707, and 9708 and I: 081, 082, 083, 084, 085, 086, 087, 088, and 089, lysed at an initial pH greater than 12, wherein the individual bacterial strains are grown in a medium which does not pose risk of prion diseases, wherein the extract is treated so as to reduce the nucleic acids to less than 100 μg/ml, wherein said extract comprises one or more amino acids, and wherein 3-80% of said one or more amino acids is racemized from L to D, and said one or more amino acids is chosen from aspartic acid, asparagine, glutamic acid, glutamine, serine, methionine, histidine, alanine, arginine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, leucine, lysine, valine, and threonine, wherein said extract preserves and/or retains saccharide components from Escherichia coli ( E. coli ). | 46,909 |
8,735,175 | 1. A method of decreasing the detection time of a metal-enhanced fluorescence assay used for detecting from two to seven different target nucleotides, the method comprising: applying a multiplicity of metallic particles to a glass substrate surface used in the assay system, wherein the metallic particles are silver or a combination of silver and gold or a combination of silver and aluminum; connecting from two to seven different capture nucleotides to the metallic particles, wherein each of the two to seven different capture nucleotides has binding affinity for a different target nucleotide; introducing a solution suspected of including from two to seven different target nucleotides; introducing from two to seven different detector nucleotides, wherein each of the detector nucleotides has binding affinity for a different target nucleotide and wherein each of the two to seven detector nucleotides includes a different fluorescent molecule, wherein the different fluorescent molecule is positioned from about 6 nm to about 30 nm from the metallic particles, and wherein the metallic particles are positioned a distance from each other to avoid inter-molecular energy transfer between fluorescent molecules upon excitation; applying microwave to the assay system for a time period sufficient to increase binding reactions between the two to seven different capture nucleotides and/or detector nucleotides with the two to seven different target nucleotides; applying electromagnetic energy at different frequencies to excite the different fluorescence molecules, using either one or multiphoton excitation; and detecting different fluorescence signals by either visual discrimination of emissions having emission wavelengths of perceptibly different colors or using a variety of filters and diffraction gratings for independent emission detection. | 22,827 |
8,722,267 | 1. A terminal plate joined to a fuel cell that generates power through electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, to collect the power generated by the fuel cell, comprising: a conductive plate having a plurality of conductive plate openings; a thin plate disposed on the conductive plate and including a plurality of thin plate openings, wherein a thickness of the thin plate is less than a thickness of the conductive plate, and wherein cross-sectional areas of the thin plate openings are larger than cross-sectional areas of the conductive plate openings such that the thin plate defines a respective concave portion around each of the conductive plate openings; and a layer, that has a low electric resistance and a high corrosion resistance, is formed on a surface of the conductive plate via which the conductive plate is joined to the fuel cell, the surface of the layer being flat, wherein the thickness of the layer in an electrode-facing region that faces an electrode region of the fuel cell is different from the thickness of the layer in a peripheral region that surrounds the electrode-facing region, and the thickness of the layer in the peripheral region is larger than the thickness of the layer in the electrode-facing region at opening-surrounding regions surrounding respective conductive plate openings, and wherein the layer extends into the respective concave portion defined around each of the conductive plate openings. | 43,018 |
9,787,248 | 1. A load power monitoring system comprising: an external power supply source; a renewable energy source; a distribution board including an input terminal electrically connected to the external power supply source and the renewable energy source and an output terminal electrically connected to a plurality of electronic devices; a first power measurement device installed on a first device of the external power supply source, the renewable energy source and the distribution board and configured to obtain first power information of the first device; a second power measurement device installed a second device of the external power supply source, the renewable energy source and the distribution board and configured to obtain second power information of the second device; and a monitoring server configured to estimate third power information of a device on which no power measurement device is installed and to monitor power of the plurality of electronic devices, wherein the third power information is estimated based on the obtained first and second power, and wherein the power of the plurality of electronic devices is monitored based on the obtained first and second power information and the estimated third power information. | 46,613 |
9,673,654 | 1. A multi-stage quick charging system for exchanging energy with an electrical power device that imposes a predetermined voltage, the quick charging system comprising: terminals for connection with the electrical power device; a number n of converter stages and a number m of energy internal storage stages connected in series to each other between the terminals, with n≧1, m≧0 and n+m≧2, each converter stage having a power converter coupled, on a side of the power converter opposite to a side of the terminals, to an arrangement comprising at least one of an intermediate power battery module and a connection to an electrical supply source, each energy internal storage stage having an intermediate power battery module, each intermediate power battery module being characterized by a high no-load voltage with respect to voltage drops caused by internal impedances of the intermediate power battery module, the intermediate power battery module of each energy internal storage stage and the power converter of each converter stage being connected together in order to be in condition to exchange energy with the electrical power device; a control unit controlling a contribution of each converter stage and, when applicable, of each energy internal storage stage for exchanging energy with the electrical power device; and an inductor connected between one of the terminals and one of the converter stages. | 4,855 |
8,388,715 | 1. A modular apparatus for processing air for use in classified environments and processes for preparing meat, dairy and child food and for a pharmaceutical, hospital, chemical, microelectronic, civil and nuclear field applications, said apparatus comprising a recovery air and outside air suction section, said suction section optionally comprising a free cooling fan, an air mixing section, a filtering section, a cold and hot battery section, a spacing section between the batteries of said cold and hot battery section, an air delivery ventilating section, an optional absolute filtering section, an air delivery section, a suction fan section, an ejecting section, an outside air suction section, a chemical dehumidification section including a wheel member, a heat recovery section, an active carbon filtering section, and a humidification section, wherein said apparatus comprises moreover an inner stainless steel shell, constituted by a plurality of modular sections continuously welded to one another, each modular section constituting a section of the apparatus, each said modular section being made of welded smooth stainless steel sheet metal elements coupled to one another by a continuous weldement, said recovery air and outside air suction section comprising an environment recovery air louvered arrangement and an outside air louvered arrangement, wherein said filtering section comprises a stainless steel filter framework supporting a plurality of filtering assemblies, wherein said cold and hot batteries are separated by separating walls and include a first connection for said hot battery and a second connection for said cold battery, wherein said air delivery ventilating section comprises a motor driven fan arranged on a supporting assembly, and an outlet mouth, and wherein said apparatus also comprises access doors allowing to access said modular sections to sterilize said modular sections at a sterilizing temperature greater than 80° C. | 40,897 |
9,328,968 | 1. A heat exchanger for cooling a gas with a coolant, the heat exchanger comprising: a heat exchanger core having a central longitudinal axis, with a length defined along said central longitudinal axis, the heat exchanger core having a top and a bottom, and comprising a plurality of core plates joined together in a stack and defining a plurality of first gas flow passages and a plurality of first coolant flow passages, wherein the first gas flow passages and the first coolant flow passages are arranged in alternating order throughout the heat exchanger core, and wherein the core plates, the coolant flow passages and the gas flow passages extend along the length of the heat exchanger core, parallel to the central longitudinal axis; a top plate located at the top of the heat exchanger core and extending along the length of the heat exchanger core, parallel to the central longitudinal axis; a bottom plate located at the bottom of the heat exchanger core and extending along the length of the heat exchanger core, parallel to the central longitudinal axis; a first gas outlet manifold and a second gas outlet manifold, at least one of which is in flow communication with the gas flow passages of the heat exchanger core, each of the outlet manifolds having a bottom which is open through an opening in the bottom plate and a top which is closed by the top plate; a gas inlet manifold in flow communication with both the first and second gas outlet manifolds and being located upstream of the first and second gas outlet manifolds, the gas inlet manifold having a top which is open through one or more openings in the top plate, and the gas inlet manifold having a bottom which is closed by the bottom plate; and a gas outlet chamber in flow communication with both the first and second gas outlet manifolds and being located downstream of the first and second gas outlet manifolds; a gas outlet for discharging the gas from the heat exchanger; wherein the gas inlet manifold is located between the first gas outlet manifold and the second gas outlet manifold, such that a first gas flow direction between the gas inlet manifold and the first gas outlet manifold differs from a second gas flow direction between the gas inlet manifold and the second gas outlet manifold; and wherein the gas outlet chamber receives the gas flows from the first and second gas outlet manifolds and provides a space in which the gas flows from the first and second gas outlet manifolds are combined before being discharged from the heat exchanger; wherein the gas inlet manifold extends along said central longitudinal axis and extends along substantially the entire length of the heat exchanger core; wherein each of the first gas outlet manifold and the second gas outlet manifold is spaced away from said central longitudinal axis toward a generally axially-extending side of the heat exchanger core; and wherein the first and second gas outlet manifolds each extend along one of the generally axially-extending sides of the heat exchanger core, and each of the first and second gas outlet manifolds extend along a greater part of the length of the heat exchanger core. | 14,940 |
9,407,377 | 1. A transceiver for full-duplex communication, comprising: a transmitter, having a receiver, having: wherein the first oscillator and the second oscillator are controlled such that there is a predetermined phase relationship between the transmit-carrier and receive-carrier signals at the start of each transmitted data symbol, the transceiver further comprising an interference cancellation circuit adapted to generate, based on the data signal and the predetermined phase relationship, an estimate of an interference component present in the received signal, and to compensate for the interference using the estimate. | 7,186 |
9,732,220 | 1. A thermoplastic molding composition comprising: A) 50 to 98 wt. % aromatic poly(ester) carbonate having a weight-average molecular weight of at least 25,000; B) a flame retardant; C) 1 to 20 wt. % of a graft (co)polymer having a core-shell morphology, including a grafted shell that contains polymerized alkyl(meth)acrylate and a composite rubber core that contains interpenetrated and inseparable polyorganosiloxane and poly(meth)alkyl acrylate components, wherein said core is in the form of particles having median particle size of 0.05 to 5 microns and glass transition temperature below 0° C., and wherein weight ratio of polyorganosiloxane/poly(meth)alkylacrylate/rigid shell is 5-90/5-90/5-15; D) greater than zero wt. % to 7.0 wt. % aluminum oxide particles having a particle size (d wherein the sum of the wt. %, totals 100 and wherein the composition exhibits an increased gloss level at 20 degrees over that of a similar composition not containing aluminum oxide. | 29,741 |
9,730,199 | 1. A method for receiving uplink control information (UCI) through a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a base station and comprising: transmitting data to a user equipment; and receiving at least one type of UCI, transmitted from the user equipment, through a PUCCH of a subframe, wherein transmission power of the PUCCH is determined based on a PUCCH format dependent value, PUCCH formats being classified according to a modulation scheme and the number of bits transmitted in the subframe, wherein if the PUCCH format is PUCCH format 3 which uses quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) as the modulation scheme and in which 48 bits can be transmitted, and if the at least one type of UCI includes an acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) for the data and periodic channels state information (CSI), the PUCCH format dependent value is determined based on the number of bits of the ACK/NACK and the number of bits of the periodic CSI, and wherein: if PUCCH format 3 is configured to be transmitted through two antenna ports or if a total sum of the at least one type of UCI is larger than 11 bits, the PUCCH format dependent value is determined as Equation 1 given below, and if the at least one type of UCI is transmitted through the single antenna port and a total sum of the at least one type of UCI is equal to or smaller than 11 bits, the PUCCH format dependent value is determined as Equation 2 given below, in Equations 1 and 2 given above, h(n n n n | 25,749 |
8,393,714 | 1. A printhead comprising: a plurality of ejection nozzles defined on a substrate, each nozzle having a fluid chamber and ejection port; a plurality of supply channels defined through the substrate; a plurality of feed channels connecting the supply channels to the chambers thereby supplying fluid from the supply channels to the chambers; and a plurality of ejection actuators positioned in respective ones of the chambers for causing ejection of the supplied fluid from the ejection ports, wherein each feed channel is long and narrow relative to the dimensions of the ejection nozzles such that the fluid in the chamber is restricted from flowing into the feed channels during fluid ejection by viscous drag generated in the feed channels. | 18,114 |
9,158,372 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a receiver configured to receive wireless communication signals; at least one memory device; a touch screen display; at least one application processor configured to control the touch screen display in a higher-power mode of operation; at least one processing device configured to control the touch screen display in a lower-power mode of operation; wherein the at least one application processor is configured to receive and store a graphic in the at least one memory device in the higher-power mode of operation; wherein the electronic device is configured to discontinue actively controlling the touch screen display in the higher-power mode of operation with the application processor to enter the lower-power mode of operation; wherein the at least one processing device is configured to: provide, in the lower-power mode of operation, at least one first control signal to the touch screen display; wherein the touch screen display is configured to: activate, in the lower-power mode of operation and in response to the at least one first control signal, a first portion of the touch screen display; display, in the lower-power mode of operation and in response to the at least one first control signal, a first portion of the graphic on a first area of the touch screen display that is within the first portion of the touch screen display; wherein the at least one processing device is configured to: determine, in the lower-power mode of operation, whether a first touch input that corresponds to the first area has occurred during the display of the first portion of the graphic; provide, in the lower-power mode of operation and in response to the first touch input, at least one second control signal to the touch screen display; wherein the touch screen display is configured to: activate, in the lower-power mode of operation and in response to the at least one second control signal, a second portion of the touch screen display; display, in the lower-power mode of operation and in response to the at least one second control signal, a second portion of the graphic on a second area of the touch screen display that is within the second portion of the touch screen display; and wherein the at least one processing device is configured to: store, in the lower-power mode of operation, user interaction data for the graphic, wherein the user interaction data comprises at least one of a duration of the first touch input, a duration of the display of the second portion of the graphic, or an action indication that corresponds to the first touch input. | 33,736 |
8,977,510 | 1. A system for determining charging and discharging power levels for a battery pack, the battery pack having an enclosure holding a battery module therein, the battery module having a housing, and first, second, third battery cells disposed in the housing, the first battery cell disposed adjacent to an end of the housing and between the end of the housing and the second battery cell, the second battery cell disposed between the first battery cell and the third battery cell, the system comprising: a first temperature sensor disposed between the second and third battery cells, the first temperature sensor configured to generate a first temperature signal indicative of a first temperature level of the second battery cell; a second temperature sensor configured to generate a second temperature signal indicative of a second temperature level of a cooling medium flowing into the enclosure of the battery pack; a computer programmed to determine first and second temperature values corresponding to the first and second temperature levels, respectively, based on the first and second temperature signals, respectively; the computer further programmed to determine a first difference value indicating a difference between the first and second temperature values; the computer further programmed to select a first temperature correlation value from a table stored in a memory device utilizing the first difference value, the table having a plurality of difference values and a plurality of temperature correlation values, each difference value of the plurality of difference values being associated with a corresponding temperature correlation value of the plurality of temperature correlation values; the computer further programmed to determine a third temperature value indicative of a temperature level of the first battery cell disposed adjacent to the end of the housing of the battery module based on the first temperature value and the first temperature correlation value; and the computer further programmed to determine a desired charging power level for the battery pack based on the third temperature value indicative of the temperature level of the first battery cell disposed adjacent to the end of the housing of the battery module. | 40,366 |
9,023,864 | 1. A method of treating a prostaglandin mediated disease selected from the group consisting of nasal congestion and pulmonary congestion, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I) wherein: represents either Y Y Z is selected from H and —C R R R R R R R the optional substituent for aryl and heteroaryl is 1 to 4 groups independently selected from halogen, —C or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a mammalian patient in need thereof. | 4,452 |
9,050,340 | 1. A composition comprising an isolated human Arginase I mutant and a cobalt metal cofactor, said mutant having at least one amino acid substitution that is a Ser residue substituted for an Asp residue normally found at position 181 of human Arginase I of SEQ ID NO:13 (Asp181Ser), a Cys residue substituted for a Ser residue normally found at position 230 of human Arginase I (Ser230Cys), a Gly residue substituted for the Ser residue normally found at position 230 of human Arginase I (Ser230Gly), a Phe residue substituted for a Cys residue normally found at position 303 of human Arginase I (Cys303Phe), an Be residue substituted for a Cys residue normally found at position 303 of human Arginase I (Cys303Ile), or a Glu residue substituted for the Asp residue normally found at position 181 and an Ala residue substituted for the Ser residue normally found at position 230 of human Arginase I (Asp181Glu/Ser230Ala), the composition being at physiological pH. | 43,893 |
9,615,936 | 1. An intervertebral implant for implantation in a treated area of an intervertebral space between vertebral bodies of a spine, wherein said implant comprises: a spacer having, an inferior and superior surface, wherein the inferior and superior surfaces each have a contact area capable of engaging with anatomy in the treated area, and the inferior and superior surfaces define a through-hole having an inner surface extending through the spacer; through holes extending from a side portion to the inferior and superior surfaces of the spacer; a plate rigidly coupled to the spacer, wherein the plate contains through holes for receiving fasteners; and wherein a fastener back out prevention mechanism is adapted on the plate for preventing the back out of screws from the screw holes, wherein the plate comprises an extension that is adapted to mate with a connection groove on an anterior portion of the spacer, wherein the connection groove in the spacer includes a first vertical opening for receiving a first connection pin therethrough and a second vertical opening for receiving a second connection pin therethrough to thereby secure the plate to the spacer, wherein the fastener back out prevention mechanism includes a rotatable element that in a first position allows for at least two fasteners to be inserted or removed from through holes of the plate and when rotated into a second position secures the at least two fasteners within the intervertebral implant, and wherein the plate is not moveable with respect to the spacer. | 31,822 |
8,932,840 | 1. A process for the conversion of a xylan-containing feed comprising: a) contacting, in a first reactor essentially operated at plug flow, the xylan-containing feed with an aqueous solution of an acid at a temperature in the range from equal to or more than 140° C. to equal to or less than 210° C. under conditions to produce an undercooked intermediate product; and b) contacting, in a second reactor which comprises a continuously stirred tank reactor, the undercooked intermediate product with an aqueous solution of an acid at a temperature in the range from equal to or more than 140° C. to equal to or less than 200° C. having a post-reaction pH in the second reactor in the range from equal to or more than 1.5 to equal to or less than 5.0 and a residence time in the range of equal to or more than 0.5 minute to equal to or less than 2 hours to produce an ideally-cooked final product. | 13,844 |
8,640,823 | 1. A device for limiting aerodynamic noise from a deployed aircraft undercarriage, having a hollow pin ( 1 ), while landing and/or takeoff, the device comprising: two end plates ( at least one tie ( wherein the end plates ( | 29,743 |
8,413,134 | 1. A method for assisting configuring a code execution entity, the method including: providing a package including an indication of a set of potential actions for enforcing a software feature, at least one of the potential actions being conditioned by a set of run-time parameters; evaluating the run-time parameters for the entity assigning a value belonging to a predetermined range to each run-time parameter; determining a set of actual actions from the set of potential actions to be performed on the entity for enforcing the software feature according to the assigned values; filtering the set of actual actions to produce filtered actual actions, each filtered actual action satisfying a predetermined criterion, wherein a discarded actual action is included in the set of potential actions in the package, and wherein the filtering is performed using an analyser component in an application engine at the entity; and providing an indication of the filtered actual actions to a controller for enabling the application of the package on the entity in response thereto, wherein the filtered actual actions are actual actions remaining in the set of actual actions, and wherein the application of the package on the entity modifies data in a memory associated with the entity data processing system. | 26,156 |
8,464,086 | 1. An apparatus for controlling power usage, comprising: one or more computers comprising: a software monitor component to: a launching component to launch, in response to the at least one instruction, at least one low power thread to increase a number of low power threads executing in the one or more computers, wherein the number of the low power threads launched is determined by a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) loop. | 5,310 |
9,009,355 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a write request to write data to a data store; determining if the data store is being backed up; writing the data from the write request to a cache if the data store is being backed up; receiving a read request; retrieving data from the cache if the data store is being backed up; retrieving data from the data store if the data store is being backed up; and checking the data from the data store with the data from the cache to ensure the latest data is sent to a requester of the read request. | 36,866 |
8,685,589 | 1. A fuel cell formed from at least one anode electrode and at least one cathode electrode disposed on opposing sides of a planar electrolyte sheet, the at least one anode and cathode electrodes being electrically connected to one another by at least one electrical conductor traversing at least one via hole in the electrolyte sheet, wherein said at least one electrical conductor is made from two or more precious/semi-precious elements selected from the group consisting of iridium, rhodium, platinum, ruthenium, palladium or gold and includes a via fill material located within and around said at least one via hole in the electrolyte sheet such that the via fill material extends from both sides of said at least one via hole. | 25,644 |
9,582,236 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a first display area; a second display area distinct from the first display area; and an interface physically separating the first display area from the second display area; and a display controller configured to control display of a user interface element in a first configuration in the first display area, when the user interface element is movable across the interface from the first display area to the second display area and a first criteria dependent upon a distance of the user interface element from the interface is satisfied, indicating the user interface element is within the distance of the interface, and is configured to control display of the user interface element in a second configuration, different to the first configuration, when the user interface element is movable across the interface from the first display area to the second display area and the first criteria concerning a distance of the user interface element from the interface is not satisfied. | 25,923 |
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