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8,455,511 | 1. A pyrrolopyridine compound substituted with a cyclic amino group represented by the following formula [I]: (wherein the cyclic amino group is represented by the following formula [II]: in which the cyclic amino group is a 3- to 8-membered saturated cyclic amine or a 3- to 8-membered saturated cyclic amine bridged with C X is cyano, hydroxy or —OR Y is CR R R R m is an integer selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; n is 0 or 1; with the proviso that when X is hydroxy or OR R R R R R R Ar is aryl or heteroaryl which aryl or heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 or more substituents, which are the same or different, selected from the group consisting of halogen, C R R R R R R R R or R p is an integer selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; q is 0 or 1; R R r is 1 or 2; R | 37,838 |
9,348,944 | 1. A computer implemented method comprising: creating, by a computer-based system for building queries, an empty value object, wherein the empty value object comprises a plurality of variables corresponding to fields in a database table; populating, by the computer-based system, the value object with values of a database record; sending, by the computer-based system, the value object to an appropriate method in a proxy based on an action to be performed, wherein the appropriate method comprises at least one of add/update, get records, or delete; sending, by the computer-based system and from the proxy, the value object to a database layer, wherein the database layer determines a name of the value object using reflection; determining, by the computer-based system, a name of the database table based on the name of the value object; building, by the computer-based system, a parameterized query in real time based on the fields, wherein the parameterized query eliminates SQL injection risks; executing, by the computer-based system, the query; providing, by the computer-based system, a template for results of the query; returning, by the computer-based system, the results of the query to the proxy; wherein, in response to the appropriate method being get records, the proxy creates a result value object that matches a structure of a record returned by the query and populates the result value object with data in the record returned by the query, and wherein, in response to the appropriate method being add/update, a record ID of the record returned by the query is returned to the proxy; and assigning, by the computer-based system and using reflection, the results of the query into the result value object. | 19,116 |
8,786,468 | 1. A method for determining a location of an object by a remote, mobile apparatus comprising the steps of: generating a bearing signal from the object, wherein the bearing signal carries relative bearing information with respect to magnetic north; receiving the bearing signal by the mobile apparatus; determining by the mobile apparatus a relative bearing between the mobile apparatus and the object; and providing direction information, including at least the relative bearing, to a user of the mobile apparatus to aid in directing the user to the object. | 42,816 |
9,373,588 | 1. A microelectronic device, comprising: at least one first microelectronic die; a second microelectronic die, wherein the at least one first microelectronic die is attached to the second microelectronic die with a plurality of interconnects; an underfill material disposed between the at least one first microelectronic die and the second microelectronic die; and wherein the at least one first microelectronic die and the second microelectronic die are embedded within a microelectronic substrate, wherein the microelectronic substrate comprises a first laminate layer and a second laminate layer; wherein an interface forms between the first laminate layer and the second laminate layer, and wherein the interface abuts one of the underfill material, the first microelectronic die, and the second microelectronic die. | 17,668 |
8,780,223 | 1. In a system for visually comparing a part to a drawing of said part in computer memory or on a screen, the system comprising a camera for capturing either a single image or an image stream of said part, a computing module for receiving the image or image stream, for obtaining, scaling, positioning displaying said drawing of said part on a display unit and for overlaying the drawing on the image or image stream, a method for determining if a part is manufactured within predefined tolerances at least one control section, the method comprising the steps of: a. defining at least one control section, and for each control section determining the geometry thereof; b. performing a computer-aided-design-space (CAD-space) to image-space transformation of each control section; c. calculating a deviation between the CAD drawing and the part at each control section; d. providing a user with an indication of the deviation between the CAD drawing and the part at each control section; e. comparing the deviation to a predetermined tolerance in order to determine if the part at each control section is within the predetermined tolerance; and f. providing a user with an indication of the determination of each control section being within the predetermined tolerance. | 30,302 |
8,534,992 | 1. A shrouded horizontal axis wind turbine, comprising: an impeller; and a turbine shroud surrounding the impeller, the turbine shroud having an inlet, an outlet and an exterior surface extending between the inlet and the outlet and comprising a plurality of mixing lobes located along a trailing edge of the outlet, at least a portion of the exterior surface extending from the inlet to the outlet being exposed to surrounding environmental conditions, the exterior surface having a recess shaped to receive a flush-mounting advertising display panel. | 32,423 |
8,832,229 | 1. An information handling system comprising: a first server having a first remote management card associated therewith; a Network File System (NFS) server remotely located from the first server and in communication with the first server via a network, the NFS server having at least one selected file stored thereon, the selected file including an operating system; the remote management card configured to: wherein use of the NFS server address and the mount point allows the remote management card to automatically provide access to the selected file stored within the NFS server and accessed by the first server without requiring a connection to the remote administration node and also without requiring a browsing software to be installed on the first server. | 34,954 |
9,732,506 | 1. A toilet comprising: a toilet fixture comprising: the detachable primary drain fluidly connected to the primary drain interface and configured to be fluidly connected to a sewer pipe to discharge the liquid directly into the sewer pipe; and a detachable secondary drain fluidly connected to the secondary drain hole and configured to be fluidly connected to the sewer pipe to discharge backed up fluid from the toilet fixture directly into the sewer pipe. | 10,511 |
8,739,315 | 1. A garment comprising: a) a shell adapted to receive a portion of a body of a wearer therein, the shell having an interior surface, an exterior surface and an aperture through which the portion of the body of the wearer is to be inserted; and b) at least one conductive member having a first end disposed on the interior surface of the shell, a second end disposed on the exterior surface of the shell, and extending between the first end and the second end through the aperture to connect the first end and the second end, wherein the conductive member does not penetrate the shell at any point along the conductive member, wherein the garment is a glove having a number of finger stalls, a thumb stall, a palm portion and a back portion, and wherein the aperture is spaced from the palm portion or back portion opposite the finger stalls and thumb stall, and wherein the second end of the at least one conductive member includes a first portion extending between a tip of one finger stall and the palm portion and a second portion extending between a tip of the thumb stall and the first portion. | 27,425 |
8,876,527 | 1. Electronic register device for recording movements of the lower jaw of a person relative to the upper jaw of the person, the register device comprising: a bite fork for recording a position of the upper jaw relative to reference points on the head of the person, wherein the bite fork is designed to receive a plastic compound for recording an impression of the dentition of the upper jaw, a lower-jaw attachment for recording movements of the lower jaw relative to the upper jaw, and a reference body, wherein the reference body is adapted to be connected in a fixed position to the bite fork, wherein the bite fork and the reference body connected to it in a fixed position are designed such that both the impression and the reference body are arranged to be recorded by a scanning procedure, the reference body including a plurality of scan elements, and the scan elements protruding from a plane surface of the reference body in a direction opposite to a form-fit-element. | 47,264 |
9,499,238 | 1. A portable ice crusher assembly for mounting on a deck of a ship comprising: a) A ship with a deck that extends to a forward deck end at a bow of the ship; b) An ice crusher support assembly comprising: c) An ice crusher comprising a weighted container with a plurality of spikes fastened to a bottom of the weighted container; d) A deck power assembly comprising an electric motor, an electric clutch, a power pulley, and a moveable cable attached to the power pulley; e) Wherein the moveable cable extends around the upper pulley to suspend the ice crusher at a height above ice. | 42,358 |
9,493,695 | 1. A method of manufacturing a thermal energy storage material, comprising the steps: providing a phase changing salt pellet, wherein the phase changing salt pellet is inorganic; coating the exterior surface of the phase changing salt pellet in a polyimide coating; wherein the polyimide coating comprises polyimide and a surface roughener disposed in the polyimide coating, where the surface roughener is nickel, silicon carbide, or carbon; curing the polyimide coating; and encapsulating the exterior of the polyimide coating with a metal oxide or a graphene-metal oxide composite. | 30,843 |
8,402,703 | 1. A photovoltaic system, comprising: a foundation having an L-shaped concrete footing, the footing comprising an integrated wire-way ledge portion, the integrated wire-way ledge portion having a length a photovoltaic module support mechanism coupled with the foundation, the photovoltaic module support mechanism comprising a J-bolt; a photovoltaic module coupled with the photovoltaic module support mechanism; and a set of wires or cables coupled with the photovoltaic module and supported by the integrated wire-way ledge portion of the foundation, the set of wires or cables running longitudinally along the length of the integrated wire-way ledge portion. | 30,998 |
8,352,216 | 1. A method for advanced condition monitoring of an asset system, the method comprising the steps of: segmenting an operational envelope of an asset system into a plurality of operating regimes; sensing actual values of an operating condition for one of the plurality of operating regimes of the asset system using at least one sensor; estimating sensed values of the operating condition by using an auto-associative neural network (AANN) of the actual values sensed by the at least one sensor; determining a residual vector between the estimated sensed values and the actual values sensed by the at least one sensor; performing a fault diagnostic on the residual vector; and providing an alert if a change of the operation of the asset system has been determined. | 34,842 |
8,584,652 | 1. A cylinder head for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, the cylinder head having a water jacket formed in the cylinder head by using a core during casting, the cylinder head comprising: fuel injection valves each inserted into an injection valve mounting hole extending through a generally central part of a combustion chamber in each of multiple cylinders, wherein the fuel injection valves inserted into the injection valve mounting holes are fixed to the cylinder head through a plurality of bifurcated clamps, the clamps each including a base portion brought into abut contact with and supported on a stationary fulcrum portion on a side of the cylinder head, a bifurcated tip end portion pressing the fuel injection valve, and an intermediate portion fastened by a bolt having a tip end portion which is screwed into the cylinder head, wherein the clamps are arranged at an attitude aligned on a straight line along a direction of a row of the multiple cylinders, wherein the multiple cylinders are divided into two cylinder groups which include a front cylinder group and a rear cylinder group, the clamps being arranged so as to correspond to the front cylinder group and the rear cylinder group, the clamps corresponding to the front cylinder group being arranged such that the base portions are located on a front side of the engine and the bifurcated tip end portions are located on a rear side of the engine, the clamps corresponding to the rear cylinder group being arranged such that the base portions are located on the rear side of the engine and the tip end portions are located on the front side of the engine, and wherein a core supporting hole is provided in an upper surface of the cylinder head between the two cylinder groups, the core supporting hole being disposed between two of the clamps. | 30,289 |
8,528,275 | 1. An adjustable ground anchor, comprising an anchoring post for securement in a ground, a base plate fixed on the top of the anchoring post, a pair of elongated slots in the base plate, disposed symmetrically in relation to the center of the base plate and extending along a line passing through the center of the base plate, two L-shaped brackets coupled to the base plate, each L-shaped bracket having a long flange portion with at least one hole arranged at an angle to a short flange portion, said short flange portion abutting on the base plate and having an elongated slot, and the short flange portion being shorter than the long flange portion, and a through bolt mounted through the slot in the base plate and the slot in the flange of the L-shaped bracket, wherein the through bolt fastens the base plate and the L-shaped bracket together, but allowing at least one L-shaped bracket to move relative to the base plate prior to tightening the through bolt. | 9,682 |
9,465,666 | 1. A system for a game engine, the system comprising: a memory storing a control program, the control program comprising an extension of an application programming interface; a graphics processor that includes multiple computational units; and a processor that executes the control program, the control program causing the processor to perform operations including: obtaining data from the memory, the data specifying a first function and intended to execute on the multiple computational units, the first function including a ray/triangle intersection function; creating at least one map for assigning computational tasks for the first function across the multiple computational units and assigning the computational tasks to the multiple computational units based on the at least one map; storing a part of the data associated with each of the computational tasks to the respective multiple computational units that are assigned to execute the computational tasks; and executing the computational tasks on the assigned multiple computational units based on the at least one map and the stored data, wherein the multiple computational units comprises a first section which comprises upper row units, middle row units, and lower row units and a second section which comprises upper row units, middle row units, and lower row units, the at least one map assigns: | 46,985 |
9,222,149 | 1. A method for the preparation of lithium hydroxide from a brine solution containing lithium and silica, the method comprising the steps of: supplying a brine solution containing lithium and silica to a silica management step to remove silica from the brine solution containing lithium and silica and to produce a silica-lean lithium containing solution; supplying the silica-lean lithium containing solution to a lithium capture step, said lithium capture step being operable to capture said lithium from the silica-lean lithium containing solution and wherein the lithium capture step selectively isolates lithium from the silica-lean lithium containing solution; wherein the lithium capture step includes the step of contacting the silica-lean lithium containing solution with a lithium absorbent material operable to capture the lithium from the silica-lean lithium containing solution; recovering lithium from the lithium capture step to produce a lithium-rich stream; and supplying the lithium-rich stream to an electrochemical cell, wherein the electrochemical cell is maintained at conditions sufficient to produce a lithium hydroxide-rich solution. | 8,940 |
9,691,444 | 1. A device, comprising: a stack of memory dies; a command die coupled to communicate with the stack of memory dies; and a plurality of buffer dies stacked within the stack of memory dies, wherein the plurality of buffer dies are each configured to communicate with the command die, and repeat a signal between the command die and a downstream memory die in the stack of memory dies, and wherein a first buffer die is configured to communicate with a second buffer die, wherein both the first and second buffer dies are within the stack of memory dies, and the first and second buffer dies are separated from one another by one or more intermediate memory dies. | 6,988 |
9,184,317 | 1. An article, comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode comprising a material and a grid, wherein the grid is at least partially embedded in the material, the material comprising first, second, and third layers, in which | 27,951 |
9,221,703 | 1. A process for melting glass in a glass melting furnace, the furnace comprising a channel-shaped melting tank, the process comprising: introducing batch materials at an upstream end of the channel-shaped melting tank, heating the furnace by burners distributed on walls along a length of the channel-shaped melting tank downstream of the batch materials introduction point to produce a melt which flows through the channel-shaped melting tank toward a melt discharge point downstream of the burners, whereby at least 65% of combustion energy is produced by oxy-fuel combustion, causing at least 65% of the flue gas in the furnace to counterflow in the opposite direction to the flow of the melt, towards flue gas discharge upstream of the burners, discharging the counterflowing flue gas at a flue gas flow rate sufficient to maintain a mean residence time of the counterflowing flue gas in the furnace of between 10 and 40 seconds, an average velocity of the flue gas in the longitudinal direction not exceeding 3 m/s, and dynamic sealing with respect to a surrounding atmosphere, recovering a portion of the counterflowing flue gas discharged upstream of the burners, sending the portion of the counterflowing flue gas discharged upstream of the burners to a heat recuperator positioned upstream of the burners, heating a heat transfer fluid in the heat recuperator, using heat from the portion of the counterflowing flue gas discharged upstream of the burners, sending the heat transfer fluid to at least one secondary heat exchanger, heating oxygen in the secondary heat exchanger, using heat from the heat transfer fluid, conveying the heated oxygen from the secondary heat exchanger to the burners, and recovering molten glass at the downstream end of the furnace. | 33,870 |
9,356,423 | 1. A laser diode assembly comprising: a housing having a housing part and a mounting part that is connected to the housing part and that extends away from the housing part along an extension direction; a laser diode chip disposed on the mounting part, the laser diode chip having semiconductor layers on a substrate, wherein the semiconductor layers include an active layer for emitting light, wherein the laser diode chip is based on a nitride compound semiconductor material; a first solder layer arranged between the laser diode chip and the mounting part, the first solder layer having a thickness of greater than or equal to 3 μm; and a crystalline protective layer located on a radiation coupling out area of the laser diode chip. | 22,809 |
9,821,959 | 1. A remotely operated vehicle assembly for picking up storage bins from an underlying storage system, comprising: a vehicle body displaying a cavity for receiving a storage bin within the storage system, wherein the size of the cavity is adapted to contain components for a vehicle lifting device and to contain a largest storage bin intended to be picked up by the vehicle assembly, the vehicle lifting device at least indirectly connected to the vehicle body for vertically lifting the storage bin from the underlying storage system into the cavity, driving means connected to the vehicle body allowing remotely controlled movements of the vehicle assembly within the storage system, wireless communication means for providing wireless communication between the vehicle assembly and a remote control unit; a main power source supplying electrical power to the driving means; and vehicle coupling means for releasably coupling the main power source to the vehicle body, wherein said coupling means is configured to allow interchange of the main power source to a stationary charging station after receiving at least one communication signal from the control unit, wherein the vehicle assembly further comprises a management system that manages at least one of the power sources, said management system comprising: | 8,012 |
8,647,476 | 1. A method for feeding primary combustion air into a coking chamber of a coke oven of the non-recovery or heat recovery type comprising: charging coal in the oven chamber of the coke oven with primary air, and combusting a part of the evolving gas on coal carbonization above the coal charge with primary air in the oven chamber, and supplying the partially combusted gas through downcomer-channels to the heating flues in the oven chamber sole, and combusting the non-burned or partially burned gas with secondary air in the heating flues, and wherein the primary air reaches through a non-controllable opening or through non-controllable openings installed in the oven wall situated above the oven door or installed in the upper door area into the coke oven, and the primary air reaches through an air feeder duct leading through the oven top or through air feeder ducts leading through the oven wall into the oven chamber of the coke oven, and the air admittance by the air feeder ducts is controlled. | 46,830 |
9,134,052 | 1. A magnetic heat exchange unit, comprising: at least two magnetocaloric materials; at least one insulator, disposed between the at least two magnetocaloric materials; and at least one fluid pathway, formed in the magnetocaloric material, having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet to define a main fluid flowing direction, wherein the fluid pathway is tapered and a cross-section of the fluid pathway varies along the main fluid flowing direction. | 21,107 |
8,873,503 | 1. A method for transmitting information in an ad hoc network comprising at least two transceiver nodes able to receive and transmit information and communicating with each other by sending information in random access time slots organized in frames, wherein the nodes of the network are broken down into groups according to a distribution rule, the nodes of each group only having the right to transmit information in a predefined subset of frames specific to the group, comprising the steps of: defining, at each node (phase defining, at each node (phase wherein defining a constraint (neighborConstraint) by a node for the neighboring node includes estimating ( | 11,863 |
9,835,153 | 1. A variable displacement oil pump comprising: a variable displacement mechanism to change a discharge amount per rotation of an input shaft; the variable displacement mechanism including a pump housing, an oil pressure chamber, and a capacity adjuster structure; the pump housing having an oil release hole that is opened to face the oil pressure chamber and penetrates a wall section of the pump housing to partially release oil; the oil pressure chamber being provided in the pump housing; the capacity adjuster structure being displaced by oil pressure from the oil pressure chamber; the capacity adjuster structure being operated when receiving control oil pressure that is supplied from a control valve to the oil pressure chamber; and the oil release hole and a path through which the control oil pressure is supplied from the control valve to the oil pressure chamber are disposed at positions different from each other. | 2,445 |
8,801,279 | 1. A semiconductor device for a semiconductor package, the semiconductor device comprising: at least a first semiconductor chip including a first temperature sensor circuit configured to output first temperature information related to the first semiconductor chip; a first bump electrically connected to the first temperature sensor circuit without being electrically connected to a through substrate via; and a second bump electrically connected to a through substrate via of the first semiconductor chip. | 23,507 |
8,371,002 | 1. A clip for use in a cable tensioning system, the clip comprising: a. a base plate comprising b. a top plate engageable by said tensioning arms and comprising wherein said clip is adapted to secure an edge of a substantially flat medium between said base plate and the top plate when said top plate and said bottom plate are in an engaged relationship, wherein said hook can be removably attached to portion of a cable, wherein when said cable is engaged said clip will remain attached to the portion of said cable, wherein said recessed area of said base plate can receive said front edge of said top plate when inserted therein, wherein when said base plate and said top plate are in an engaged but slightly separated relationship defining a first position and said channel loosely engages said cable while permitting generally free lateral movement of said cable within said channel, an edge of a substantially flat medium can be inserted or removed from between a portion of said top plate and said base plate, and wherein when said base plate and said top plate are in an engaged and locked relationship defining a second position and said channel engages said cable, said substantially flat medium can be gripped between said base plate and said top plate and maintained under tension in a substantially flat and unwrinkled state. | 49,270 |
8,519,654 | 1. A microCHP unit including at least one pump and/or fan for circulating a cooling fluid or air through the microCHP unit in normal operation, and comprising: an electric power source independent from the mains power supply; a voltage converter or inverter or both connected between the independent power source and the cooling pump(s) and/or fan(s) of the microCHP unit for converting a supply voltage from the independent electric power source to a different voltage for operating the pump(s) and/or fan(s); a controller arranged to cause the cooling pump(s) and/or fan(s) to operate in the absence of mains power; a charging device arranged to recharge the independent power source when the mains power supply is available, and where the controller is arranged to sense both loss of power supply and sub-optimal power conditions from the mains power supply and to cause the cooling pump(s) and/or fans(s) to operate from the independent power source in the absence of the mains power or when sub-optimal power conditions are detected in the mains power supply, and wherein the controller is arranged to control the cooling pump(s) and/or fan(s) to operate until the microCHP unit has reached a safe shut down temperature. | 8,079 |
9,046,473 | 1. A method of determining the presence of an intraerythrocytic organism within a sample of liquid whole blood, comprising the steps of: providing an apparatus that includes at least one light source, at least one light detector, and a programmable analyzer; creating an image of the sample quiescently residing within a sample chamber using the light source and light detector, which imaging includes trans-illuminating the sample with light from the light source at one or more wavelengths absorbed by hemoglobin; using the analyzer to evaluate the image for the presence of at least one red blood cell within the image containing at least one first region of decreased hemoglobin content and/or hemoglobin concentration within the red blood cell, which red blood cell has an otherwise homogenous distribution of hemoglobin; and using the analyzer to determine the presence of an intraerythrocytic organism within the sample based on the image. | 48,189 |
9,822,299 | 1. A composition comprising a light-emitting compound M1 and at least one light-emitting compound M2, wherein M1 and M2 are different from each other and are each a fluorinated metal complex phosphorescent emitter comprising a ligand of any of the following compounds (I-1) to (I-8) wherein the atoms from which the arrows point away are coordinated to a metal atom, and where the positions not coordinated to the metal atom, independently of one another, may have a substituent, provided at least one of the positions not coordinated to the metal atom comprises a fluorine radical; wherein the metal atom is Ir; wherein the fluorine radical is a perfluorinated alkyl group having 5 to 15 C atoms, wherein the fluorine radical may be bonded to the ligand via a spacer, and wherein either the absorption spectrum of M1 overlaps with the emission spectrum of M2 or the absorption spectrum of M2 overlaps with the emission spectrum of M1, at least with one of its absorption and emission bands. | 4,137 |
9,693,308 | 1. A method for providing battery consumption state information of an electronic device, the method comprising: obtaining battery information changing according to a temperature and an aging state of a battery supplying a power to the electronic device; determining a minimum consumption voltage at a second time based on a consumption of a battery capacity and a battery voltage obtained by minimizing a power used in the electronic device at a first time preceding the second time; determining a consumption rate of the battery capacity based on the battery information and the minimum consumption voltage; and displaying the battery consumption state information comprising the determined consumption rate of the battery capacity. | 42,169 |
9,710,821 | 1. A method for purchasing a product or service by selecting the product or service by a user from electronically generated mobile, wireless, and internet posted, location based, customized promotions or offers, the method comprising: (a) electronically assigning and providing, on an electronic computing system via a processor, a unique identifier to said user from a client mobile device or client computer receiving a request from said user to provide said user with said unique identifier, through a client application operating on the client mobile device or computer, for the user to electronically access the location based, customized, promotion or offer comprising website or window displayed on the user's client mobile device or client computer; (b) electronically collecting and analyzing electronic behavior information data of said user comprising: (i) user electronic impressions tracking and analysis data; (ii) electronic user location information data; (iii) electronic 2D and 3D mapping data; (iv) electronic user internet activity data; and (v) electronic user social networking interaction data; wherein said (iii) electronic 2D and 3D mapping data comprises mapping data associated with mapping data of said user of three or more of mapping data selected from: (A) user, target market or demographic group locations or associated locations; or (B) product or service or promotion or offer or service provider locations or associated locations; wherein said (iv) user internet activity data comprises user data comprising internet searching, browsing, purchases, location, interactions, and interest data; and wherein said (v) social networking data comprises data comprising of interactions between said user and other users, target markets, and demographics groups and geographic data; (c) generating, via a processor on a computer system or mobile device or wireless device, first promotional data sets from said initial end user data sets, said first promotional data sets comprising first sets of customized promotions or offers or daily deal coupons or daily deal coupons aggregation that are provided as 2D, 3D, GPS, mobile mapping and location mapping, interactive displays, said first set of location based, customized, promotions or offers or daily deal coupons or daily deal coupons aggregation relating to products or services of said product or service or service providers, or related products or services, for each of (i) said initial end users or members, (ii) additional end users or members, and (iii) target end user groups; (d) electronically displaying to said users, members, target markets, or demographics groups, on said 2D, 3D, GPS, mobile mapping and location mapping, interactive displays, said first set of location based, customized, promotions or offers or daily deal coupons or daily deal coupons aggregation that are displayed as ad links, promotion or offer information, or promotional media, wherein said first set is provided as part of a first social/geo/promo link category for a first position of a social/geo/promo link promotional data set; (e) electronically identifying via a computer processor one or more second social/geo/promo link categories of said location based, customized, promotions or offers or daily deal coupons or daily deal coupons aggregation using one or more correlation criteria, at least one second social/geo/promo link category having one or more correlation criteria associated with said first social/geo/promo link category, wherein said second social/geo/promo links can be provided to additional 2D, 3D, GPS, mobile mapping and location mapping, interactive displays provided to one or more of said users, members, target markets, demographics groups or geographic data; and (f) purchasing said product or service by said user, wherein said purchasing is accomplished by an application that is executed by a processor of a computer or mobile device, the purchasing comprising the steps of: wherein selected user promotions or offers are provided as cloud-type configuration using cloud services storing and handling. | 16,674 |
9,634,162 | 1. A method of fabricating an Ag—(Cu—)In—Ga—Se (A(C)IGS) based thin film, comprising: step (a) preparing a slurry by blending Se—Ag step (b) non-vacuum coating a substrate with the slurry to form an A(C)IGS thin film; and step (c) heat-treating the A(C)IGS thin film formed on the substrate for selenization, wherein the Se—Ag wherein the multi-component nanoparticles are binary, ternary, or quaternary nanoparticles, and wherein the binder comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a chelating agent and a non-chelating agent. | 31,422 |
9,303,603 | 1. An air intake structure for a vehicle including an engine having an engine rotary shaft extending in a widthwise direction of a vehicle body, the engine comprises: a crankcase to support the engine rotary shaft; a cylinder block to protrude upwardly from the crankcase; a cylinder head mounted on the cylinder block; a supercharger disposed rearwardly of the cylinder block and operable to supply an intake air to the engine under pressure; and an air intake duct, with a front end opening, fluidly connected with an air intake port of the supercharger and operable to guide an incoming wind, which flows forwardly of the engine, towards the supercharger; in which the air intake port is positioned below an upper end of the cylinder head; the air intake duct passes across a lateral space of the cylinder block and below the cylinder head; the air intake duct has an inner side surface with respect to the widthwise direction, the inner side face being curved at a position forwardly of the air intake port of the supercharger in a direction inwardly of the vehicle widthwise direction towards a rear; and the supercharger includes a centrifugal impeller and the air intake port of the supercharger opens on one side in the widthwise direction. | 12,763 |
9,068,463 | 1. A monitoring system for use with a turbine engine, wherein the turbine engine includes a compressor and at least one compressor bleed valve coupled to the compressor, said monitoring system comprising: at least one positional sensor configured to sense an operational parameter of the compressor bleed valve during operation of the turbine engine; at least one temperature sensor configured to sense an operational parameter of the turbine engine during operation of the turbine engine; at least one proximity sensor configured to sense a rotational speed of a drive shaft within the turbine and used to calculate an operational mode of the turbine engine during operation of the turbine engine; and a controller coupled to said at least one positional sensor, temperature and proximity sensors and to the compressor bleed valve, said controller comprising: a valve performance module, wherein the valve performance module is configured to receive from the at least one positional sensor, a plurality of positional sensor signals indicative of the compressor bleed valve operational parameter during operation of the turbine engine, and to receive from the at least one temperature sensor, a plurality of temperature sensor signals indicative of the turbine engine operational parameter during operation of the turbine engine, and to receive a plurality of turbine engine operating mode signals indicative of the turbine engine operational mode during operation of the turbine engine, and further wherein the valve performance module calculates a plurality of operational values indicative of a condition of the compressor bleed valve associated with a corresponding operational mode, in response to the plurality of positional sensor signals and the plurality of turbine engine operating mode signals and further calculates a plurality of operational values indicative of a condition of the turbine engine in response to the plurality of temperature sensor signals and the plurality of turbine engine operating mode signals; a baseline operation module in communication with the valve performance module, wherein the baseline operation module calculates a plurality of compressor bleed valve baseline operational values in response to the corresponding plurality of compressor bleed valve operational values during operation of the turbine engine, and further calculates a plurality of turbine engine baseline operational values in response to the corresponding plurality of turbine engine operational values during operation of the turbine engine; a turbine operation module in communication with the valve performance module, wherein the turbine operation module is configured to receive from the at least one proximity sensor, a monitoring signal indicative of the turbine engine operational mode during operation of the turbine engine, and further wherein the turbine operation module generates the plurality of turbine engine operating mode signals in response to the at least one proximity sensor monitoring signal during operation of the turbine engine; a predictive operation module in communication with the valve performance module, baseline operation module, and turbine operation module, wherein the predictive operation module determines a condition of the turbine engine based at least partially on the plurality of bleed valve calculated operational values, bleed valve calculated baseline operational values or the turbine engine operational mode during operation of the turbine engine; and a notification module in communication with the predictive operation module, wherein the predictive module is programmed to determine the condition of the turbine engine to be less than a predefined turbine engine condition, and the notification module is programmed to generate a first alarm notification signal in response thereto during operation of the turbine engine. | 12,845 |
8,509,923 | 1. A method for managing power consumption in a sensor network, the method comprising: at a primary node, in the sensor network, having a primary node sensor profile: locating a secondary node, in the sensor network, having a secondary node sensor profile; comparing the secondary node sensor profile to the primary node sensor profile to construct a virtual sensor profile that reduces redundant sensor data gathering between the primary and secondary sensor nodes; determining a power consumption optimization hardware configuration for the secondary node to provide sensor data for the virtual sensor profile; and assigning the determined hardware configuration to the secondary node; wherein the primary node includes a first plurality of sensors and the secondary node includes a second plurality of sensors, the method further comprising; identifying a first sensor of the first plurality of sensors and a second sensor of the second plurality of sensors, where the first and second sensors are collocated and coupled to each other by the sensor network; and performing a sensor sharing negotiation function to reduce redundant sensor data gathering between the first sensor and the second sensor. | 4,944 |
9,599,950 | 1. A power supply apparatus, comprising: a transformer in which a primary side and a secondary side are insulated; a switch element that drives the primary side of the transformer; and a control unit that controls a drive frequency of the switch element, wherein, in a case where a state in which the switch element is driven at a first drive frequency is shifted to a state in which the switch element is driven at a second drive frequency lower than the first drive frequency, the control unit turns on the switch element at a timing according to a vibration cycle of the transformer, and wherein, an output voltage from the secondary side of the transformer in a state in which the switch element is driven at the second drive frequency is smaller than an output voltage from the secondary side of the transformer in a state in which the switch element is driven at the first drive frequency. | 24,055 |
8,954,201 | 1. A control system, comprising: a memory that stores executable components; and a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the executable components, the executable components including: | 13,205 |
8,378,642 | 1. A power feed apparatus, comprising: a generator for generating electrical energy; a feed apparatus connected to said generator for feeding the electrical energy produced by said generator into a power supply system or to a load; an input load connected to said feed apparatus in parallel with said generator; and a control apparatus for controlling an operation of said feed apparatus and configured to: | 5,062 |
8,829,718 | 1. A DC-DC converter that is connected to a battery through a starting switch and started up by the starting switch, the DC-DC converter comprising: a transformation unit that transforms an input voltage and supplies the voltage to the battery without the starting switch; a wiring resistance calculating unit that calculates a wiring resistance between the transformation unit and the battery based on a voltage inputted from the battery through the starting switch in connecting the starting switch and an output voltage and an output current of the transformation unit; and an output voltage control unit that controls the output voltage of the transformation unit by correcting a command value of the output voltage of the transformation unit based on the calculated wiring resistance. | 44,083 |
9,171,817 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a semiconductor chip including an electrode; a connector having a chip contact surface, an interconnecting portion, and an external electrode terminal contact surface, the chip contact surface being electrically connected to the electrode; a first connection material disposed between the chip contact surface and the electrode, the first connection material having a surface area that is greater than a surface area of the chip contact surface; a first metal plate provided between the chip contact surface and the electrode; and a second connection material disposed between the first metal plate and the electrode. | 12,607 |
9,755,096 | 1. A germanium avalanche photodiode, comprising: a substrate; a silicon device layer comprising a plurality of regions on the substrate; a germanium body adjacent said silicon device layer; a first electrical terminal in electrical communication with said germanium body by way of one of said plurality of regions of said silicon device layer; and a second electrical terminal in electrical communication with said germanium body by way of another one of said plurality of regions of said silicon device layer wherein the plurality of regions in said silicon device layer comprise, in order, a p++ doped region, a first region having a modest doping level, a p+ doped region, a second region having a modest doping level, and an n++ doped region. | 22,531 |
9,229,485 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: a casing, including a display unit for displaying on a first surface of the casing; an input unit the input unit being movably disposed on a second surface of the casing; a groove disposed on the second surface of the casing for accommodating the input unit; a cover connected to the casing via a rotary shaft, the cover having a size adapted to the groove so as to cover the grove; wherein, according to different positional relationships between the input unit and the casing, the electronic device has at least two different operating modes: a tablet operating mode or a laptop operating mode; wherein a mosaic bump is set in a predetermined position on an edge of the cover; a mosaic trough fit for the mosaic bump is set in a position corresponding to the mosaic bump on an edge of the groove so that when the cover covers the groove, the mosaic bump and the mosaic trough are used to fix the cover to the second surface of the casing. | 8,746 |
8,813,556 | 1. An intake temperature sensor comprising a housing with a temperature detecting element, inserted in an opening provided in an intake pipe to be disposed in the intake pipe, wherein the temperature detecting element is mechanically joined with a heat sink exposed to an outside of the housing of the intake temperature sensor, where the heat sink is directly exposed to an intake flow flowing in the intake pipe, and the intake temperature sensors configured to output the temperature of the intake flow based on an output obtained from the temperature detecting element. | 431 |
9,677,392 | 1. A method of hydraulic fracturing comprising: injecting a fracturing fluid into a wellbore, injecting an aqueous fluid comprising water into said wellbore, | 20,430 |
8,453,131 | 1. A method of compiling code, comprising: generating an instruction dependence graph of instructions in the code; generating a summarized graph reflecting only the instructions that protect and release critical sections; generating a relative order graph of the critical sections from the summarized graph; generating a strong connected component (SCC) graph of the relative order graph; ordering the instructions that protect and release the critical sections to improve parallel execution of the code according to an intrinsic order of the critical sections; and compacting at least one of the critical sections based on one of the summarized graph and the SCC graph; wherein at least one of the generating and ordering procedures is performed by a processor. | 3,230 |
9,340,811 | 1. A method of producing glucose, comprising a step of producing glucose as a main product by contacting a cellulase with crystalline cellulose and/or non-crystalline cellulose, wherein the cellulase has an exo-cellulase activity to produce glucose as a main product by hydrolyzing crystalline cellulose and is a cellulase isolated from Hirondella gigas. | 17,868 |
9,427,699 | 1. A hollow fiber module of a device for separating fluids, the module comprising: hollow fibers comprising walls that are comprised of partially permeable structures, the hollow fibers positioned parallel to each other; at least one areal fluid-permeable spacer medium comprising a structure that is self-supporting an areal state of the at least one spacer medium; the at least one spacer medium arranged between the hollow fibers such that the at least one spacer medium surrounds at least partially circumferentially a first one of two neighboring hollow fibers at least on a side of said first hollow fiber that is facing the second one of the two neighboring hollow fibers; wherein a first spacer medium of the at least one spacer medium is an air permeable mat of open, flexible material; wherein the mat is corrugated to form a continuous corrugated mat having a plurality of alternating corrugation valleys and corrugation peaks, the corrugation valleys opening at a first side of the corrugated mat and the corrugation peaks opening at an opposing second side of the corrugated mat; wherein a first portion of the hollow fibers are arranged directly on the corrugated mat in corrugation valleys opening at the first side of the corrugated mat; wherein a second portion of the hollow fibers are arranged directly on the corrugated mat in immediately adjacent corrugation peaks opening in the opposing second side of the corrugated mat, such that individual ones of the hollow fibers are arranged alternatingly in the corrugation valleys and corrugation peaks at opposite sides of the corrugated mat to form a hollow fiber layer. | 5,984 |
8,349,041 | 1. An abrasive article formed from a cured formulation, the formulation comprising a liquid silicone rubber, a silica reinforcing particulate, and abrasive grains. | 49,769 |
9,845,792 | 1. A wind turbine system supported and operationally coupled to a plurality of rotational blades comprising: a power generator assembly for generating electricity installed at a ground level; a hollow cylindrical tubular tower extending above ground level defined by a top end and a lower end; a base disposed atop the top end of the tower to support a wind turbine assembly thereon; the wind turbine assembly for receiving a wind stream therein; the wind turbine assembly operationally coupled to a hydraulic tank; an umbilical cord attached to the tower and extending the length of the tower; the umbilical cord having an upper end operationally coupled to and in fluid communication with wind turbine assembly; the umbilical cord having a lower end operationally coupled to and in fluid communication with the power generator assembly for generating electricity therefrom; the wind turbine assembly having a mechanism for pumping hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic tank through the umbilical cord to the power generator assembly; the tower disposed within a wellbore located below the ground level; the wellbore having an external casing that extends a length to receive and encompass the tower; the top end and the lower end of the tower being closed wherein there is no fluid communication there between; a mechanism operationally coupled to the tower for raising and lowering the tower within the wellbore by injecting fluid therein; a top check valve operationally coupled to the top end of the tower; a lower check valve operationally coupled to the lower end of the tower wherein there is fluid communication between the tower and the wellbore thereby controlling the raising and lowering of the tower within the wellbore; and a port for injecting fluid within the tower wherein fluid differential between the tower and the wellbore controls the raising and lowering of the tower. | 24,620 |
9,066,946 | 1. A compound of Formula I: wherein: R R R and | 14,229 |
8,622,003 | 1. A device for on-demand sealing of an opening provided in a frontal region of a track-guided vehicle through which a coupling shaft of a central buffer coupling connected to the track-guided vehicle extends when the track-guided vehicle is in a coupled or a coupling-ready state, wherein the device comprises: a sealing member of variable size; and a frame for supporting the sealing member, wherein the frame together with the sealing member affixed thereto enclose the opening provided in the frontal region of the track-guided vehicle through which the coupling shaft of the central buffer coupling can be guided, and wherein the sealing member is controllable such that the size of the sealing member can be varied, and wherein the sealing member includes at least one inflatable hollow chamber which is configured and pneumatically or hydraulically controllable such that an area enclosed by the sealing member enlarges upon the at least one hollow chamber being inflated to expand and press radially against a peripheral area of the opening provided in the frontal region of the track-guided vehicle, or wherein the sealing member is of a rosette-like configuration and includes a plurality of fins respectively mounted on an axis able to be rotated together in a direction of the opening surrounded by the frame by means of a mechanism so as to expand inwardly from the peripheral area of the opening provided in the frontal region of the track-guided vehicle to enlarge the area enclosed by the sealing member. | 6,303 |
9,450,176 | 1. A rectifier comprising: a one-dimensional channel formed with a semiconductor, electrons traveling through the one-dimensional channel; a source that injects the electrons into the one-dimensional channel and does not include a ferromagnetic material; a drain that receives the electrons from the one-dimensional channel and does not include a ferromagnetic material; an electrode that is provided above the one-dimensional channel and applies an effective magnetic field generated from a spin orbit interaction to the electrons traveling through the one-dimensional channel by applying an electric field to the one-dimensional channel so that a direction of the effective magnetic field generated to electrons traveling in a first direction of the one-dimensional channel is opposite to a direction of the effective magnetic field generated to electrons traveling in a second direction opposite the first direction, the effective magnetic field being in a third direction intersectional to the first direction and the second direction in which the electrons are traveling; and an external magnetic field generating unit that is provided at a side of the one-dimensional channel with respect to the first direction and the second direction and generates an external magnetic field in the one-dimensional channel so that an amount of an electron flow in the first direction is different from that in the second direction. | 48,911 |
8,671,157 | 1. A computer-implemented method for a network intermediary device communicatively coupled to a client and a server, the method comprising: receiving by the network intermediary device a request for an object, the object request associated with a network protocol; querying an object storage to determine whether the object, as identified by an object name determined from the object request, is stored in the object storage; responsive to the object being stored in the object storage, examining one or more trust properties of the object to determine whether the object was obtained from a supplier trusted by the network intermediary device; and responsive to the object being obtained from a supplier not trusted by the network intermediary device, comparing an identity of the supplier with an implied client-resolved supplier address to determine whether the supplier identity matches the implied client-resolved supplier address. | 22,310 |
8,848,370 | 1. An inverter for a vehicle, comprising: a power module provided with a power semiconductor device; a cooling module coupled to the power module and configured to flow a coolant therethrough; and a capacitor module mounted at the cooling module through a mounting unit and configured to absorb a ripple current of the power module, wherein the cooling module further comprises an inlet configured to flow the coolant in and an outlet configured to flow the coolant out, and wherein the case is provided with a pair of recesses in which the inlet and the outlet are fitted. | 11,368 |
9,454,381 | 1. A method for controlling an input device to be registered with an input handler instance, comprising: obtaining, by an input handler instance corresponding to a central processing unit frequency adjusting mode, device driver information of an input device upon detection of the input device; determining, by the input handler instance, whether the device driver information of the input device is the same as one of sets of registration match infoupation stored in the input handler instance; if so, then sending, by the input handler instance, successful registration information to an input device instance corresponding to the input device to allow an input event to be reported; if the device drive information of the input device is not the same as any of the sets of registration match information stored in the input handler instance, then sending, by the input handler instance, failure registration information to the input device instance corresponding to the input device to disallow an input event to be reported; and storing, by the input device instance corresponding to the input device, an identifier of the input handler instance upon reception of the successful registration information, and reporting an input event to the input handler instance whose identifier is stored in the input device instance when there is an input action of the input device so that the input handler instance adjusts the frequency of the central processing unit after receiving the input event from the input device instance. | 28,159 |
9,045,216 | 1. A method for retrofitting a flight vehicle fairing that has a removable panel, which removable panel has a front wall that forms part of an exterior surface of the flight vehicle, a rear wall that is not part of the exterior surface of the flight vehicle, and a honeycomb structure at least partially filled with foam and/or particles and disposed between the front and rear walls of the panel, said method comprising: removing said panel from said fairing; adhering fibers on one side of a vibration-damping nonwoven fabric to an exterior surface of the rear wall of said removed panel while leaving fibers on another side of said vibration-damping nonwoven fabric uncovered; and installing said panel with said adhered vibration-damping nonwoven fabric on said fairing with an exterior surface of the front wall of said panel being part of the exterior surface of the flight vehicle and said vibration-damping nonwoven fabric being exposed inside said fairing and not part of the exterior surface of the flight vehicle. | 26,844 |
8,749,834 | 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a determining unit configured to determine whether a page is configured by a plurality of columns; a column reduction unit configured to reduce, when it is determined that the page is configured by the plurality of columns, a blank space of a first column by reducing a blank space between objects included in the first column to a predetermined distance; a column movement unit configured to move a leading object of a second column to a blank space at a lower portion of the first column when the leading object of the second column falls in the blank space at the lower portion of the first column that has been generated by the reduction of the blank space between the objects of the first column by the column reduction unit; a page reduction unit configured to reduce, when it is determined that the page is not configured by the plurality of columns, a blank space of the page by reducing a blank space between objects included in the page to a predetermined distance; and a page movement unit configured to move a leading object of a following page that follows the page to a blank space at a lower portion of the page when the leading object of the following page falls in the blank space at the lower portion of the page that has been generated by the reduction of the blank space between the objects of the page by the page reduction unit. | 685 |
9,759,221 | 1. A vacuum pump having a rotor such that a cylindrical rotor formed in a substantially cylindrical shape out of a fiber-reinforced composite material is joined to a rotor of another material and forming a cylindrical pump section and removal processing is applied to at least a part of an outer periphery of the cylindrical rotor, wherein said cylindrical rotor is formed as a multilayer structure that includes hoop layers in which fibers are oriented in less than 45 degrees with respect to a circumferential direction, and wherein said removal processing is not applied at least at a joining portion of said cylindrical rotor so as to prevent shredding fibers in the layer that constitutes an outermost layer, from among said hoop layers. | 27,305 |
9,343,816 | 1. An array antenna comprising: a plurality of radiating elements on a first layer thereof, the plurality of radiating elements including elements that are driven in a balanced fashion; an egg crate structure below the first layer, the egg crate structure comprising a plurality of first dielectric panels arranged in a first orientation and a plurality of second dielectric panels arranged in a second orientation and interconnected with the plurality of first panels; at least one balun disposed on at least one of the dielectric panels of the egg crate structure for use in feeding at least one of the radiating elements in the plurality of radiating elements; wherein the plurality of first dielectric panels and the plurality of second dielectric panels define a plurality of open regions within the egg crate structure, wherein at least some of the plurality of first dielectric panels and at least some of the plurality of second dielectric panels have ground plane blocks attached thereto that at least partially fill corresponding open regions in the egg crate structure; and wherein at least some of the ground plane blocks include two sloped surfaces that allow the ground plane blocks to fit closely together within the open regions of the egg crate structure, wherein at least one sloped surface of a first ground plane block in a first open region is proximate to and substantially parallel with a sloped surface of another ground plane block in the first open region. | 14,941 |
9,630,300 | 1. A reversible ratchet wrench characterized by: a ratchet head including an annular driving toothed portion defining a through hole; a driving head extending rotatably through the through hole and having an outer peripheral surface formed with an accommodating space aligned with the annular driving toothed portion; a pawl unit including a first pawl and a second pawl that are disposed in the accommodating space, the first and second pawls overlapping each other, each of the first and second pawls having a ratchet toothed portion engageable with the annular driving toothed portion such that, when one of the first and second pawls meshes with the annular driving toothed portion, the other of the first and second pawls cannot mesh with the annular driving toothed portion; and a direction-selecting rotary knob disposed rotatably on the driving head and rotatable relative to the driving head between a clockwise position and a counterclockwise position such that, at the clockwise position, the pawl unit is connected between the driving head and the ratchet head so as to allow for clockwise co-rotation of the driving head and the ratchet head, while preventing counterclockwise co-rotation of the driving head and the ratchet head, and at the counterclockwise position, the pawl unit is connected between the driving head and the ratchet head so as to allow for counterclockwise co-rotation of the driving head and the ratchet head, while preventing clockwise co-rotation of the driving head and the ratchet head. | 35,247 |
9,748,007 | 1. A method, comprising: diverting a first selected portion of energy from a portion of a first nuclear reactor system of a plurality of nuclear reactor systems to at least one auxiliary thermal reservoir; diverting at least one additional selected portion of energy from a portion of at least one additional nuclear reactor system of the plurality of nuclear reactor systems to the at least one auxiliary thermal reservoir; and supplying at least a portion of thermal energy from the at least one auxiliary thermal reservoir to at least one energy conversion system of at least one nuclear reactor system of the plurality of nuclear reactor systems. | 20,085 |
9,347,216 | 1. A composition comprising: a. at least about 50% by weight date pits; and b. polyester resin. | 8,522 |
8,761,650 | 1. A fixing device comprising: a fixing member formed of a flexible material, made in a form of an endless belt, and configured to rotate; a pressing member disposed on an outer periphery side of the fixing member and configured to press the fixing member; a contacting member disposed on an inner periphery side of the fixing member and configured to be in contact with the pressing member via the fixing member upon being pressed by the pressing member; a holding member disposed on the inner periphery side of the fixing member and configured to hold the contacting member in a pressing direction of the pressing member; a heating unit configured to heat the fixing member; and supports disposed at respective ends of the fixing member to maintain a shape of the fixing member by being in direct or indirect slide contact with an inner peripheral surface of the fixing member, wherein a first central axis line passes through a center axis of the pressing member and extends in a direction orthogonal to a feeding direction of a recording medium passing through the fixing device, and a second central axis line passes through an arc axis of the supports and extends in the direction orthogonal to the feeding direction, wherein the heating unit is at least disposed on an upstream side of the first central axis line in the feeding direction and the holding member is disposed on a downstream side of the second central axis line in the feeding direction, wherein each of the supports includes a flange having a first half area that is on an upstream side in the feeding direction relative to the arc axis, the first half area is greater than a second half area of the flange that is on a downstream side in the feeding direction relative to the arc axis; wherein the holding member is contained in the second half area of the flange. | 17,675 |
9,008,147 | 1. A silicon-based thermal energy transfer apparatus that aids dissipation of thermal energy from a heat-generating device, the apparatus comprising: a base portion made of silicon and having a first primary surface, the first primary surface including at least first and second V-notch grooves thereon; and a support portion made of silicon and having at least first and second V shaped wedges that are interlockingly received in the first and second V-notch grooves when the support portion is mounted on the base portion with two surfaces of the first V-shaped wedge mating two surfaces of the first V-notch groove and two surfaces of the second V-shaped wedge mating two surfaces of the second V-notch groove. | 21,951 |
8,401,032 | 1. A method for efficient multicast transmission of a multimedia message from an originator user device to recipient user devices, the method comprising the steps of: sending a first message from the originator user device to an originator server, the first message comprising the multimedia message and an indication of addresses of the recipient user devices; identifying a recipient server associated to the recipient user devices based on the indication of the addresses; sending the first message to the recipient server; identifying the recipient user devices based on the indication of the addresses; and executing a multicast delivery of the multimedia message to the recipient user devices only when the number of recipient user devices exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein, on execution, said multicast deliver is carried out by performing the following: | 27,664 |
8,449,426 | 1. A continuously variable transmission to shift and output rotational force generated from a force source, the continuously variable transmission comprising: a one-way clutch comprising: the one-way clutch being provided to transmit the rotational force input to the input member to the output member when the rotational speed of the input member in the forward direction exceeds the rotational speed of the output member in the forward direction so as to convert oscillating motion of the input member into rotational motion of the output member; a plurality of linking members each including a first end and a second end, the first end being rotatably linked to the first supporting points on a perimeter of the eccentric discs, the second end being rotatably linked to a second supporting point provided on the input member of the one-way clutch at a position distanced from the output center axial line, such that rotational motion provided from the input shaft to the eccentric discs is transmitted to the input member of the one-way clutch as oscillating motion of the input member; and a variable gear ratio mechanism comprising: wherein the gear ratio is changed when rotational force input to the input shaft is transmitted as rotational force, to the output member of the one-way clutch via the eccentric discs and the linking members, and wherein setting of the eccentricity to zero is enabled so as to set the gear ratio to infinity. | 34,453 |
9,145,560 | 1. A method of producing a transgenic rat comprising: transfecting a packaging cell line with: recovering a recombinant pseudotyped retrovirus from the packaging cell line; infecting an oocyte or single cell embryo with the recombinant pseudotyped retrovirus; and implanting the oocyte, once fertilized, or single cell embryo in a pseudopregnant female to produce a transgenic rat; wherein the pseudotyped retrovirus is integrated into the genome of the transgenic rat, and wherein the transgenic rat is able to pass the transgene of interest to a progeny of the transgenic rat such that the progeny expresses the transgene of interest. | 32,051 |
8,593,295 | 1. A process for detecting an alarm in a operating machine, so that an operator is able to interact with such a machine determining a connection between the machine and the ground, comprising the steps of: determining a current value of a main parameter representative of an electric interaction between said operator and the operating machine under a condition of ordinary operation of said machine; comparing said determined current value with a main reference value; activating an alarm procedure as a function of said comparison; wherein it comprises a starting setting up step wherein said main reference value is determined, said starting setting up step comprising the steps of: detecting a first reference value of said main parameter under a condition of electric insulation between said operator and the operating machine; detecting a second reference value of said main parameter under a condition of electric conduction between said operator and the operating machine; said main reference value being determined in such a manner that it is an intermediate value between said first reference value and second reference value. | 22,468 |
8,961,842 | 1. A device comprising a mold having two semi-molds, wherein at least a first of the semi-molds comprises (a) a bed having a surface and an aerodynamic profile, wherein the bed is made of a composite material that has been subjected to a curing process that can lead to a deviation in the aerodynamic profile of the bed; and (b) a plurality of stiffening ribs disposed along the surface of the bed, wherein at least one of the plurality of stiffening ribs comprises an elongate body secured to the surface of the bed and having at least one actuator capable of being actuated to generate a force, the at least one actuator being disposed at a position within the elongate body such that the force generated by the actuator when actuated is capable of causing the at least one stiffening rib to impact the surface so as to modify the aerodynamic profile of the bed and correct the deviation in the aerodynamic profile. | 38,738 |
9,650,033 | 1. A hybrid power system for a vehicle, comprising: an engine; a dual-clutch automatic transmission, comprising an ISO motor, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a general input shaft and a first output shaft, a second output shaft, a general output shaft, the dual-clutch automatic transmission is connected with the engine via one end of the general input shaft, the other end of the general input shaft is connected with the first input shaft and the second input shaft, via a first clutch and a second clutch respectively, the ISG motor is connected with one of the first input shaft and the second input shaft, one end of the general output shaft is connected with the first output shaft and the second output shaft respectively, the other end of the general output shaft is connected with a front reducer of the vehicle; a first power unit and a second power unit; a power battery, connected to the ISG motor via the first power unit; a BMS, connected with the power battery, for detecting a SOC of the power battery a rear wheel drive motor, connected with the power battery via the second power unit, and connected with the rear reducer of the vehicle; and a vehicle controller, connected with the BMS, and used for controlling the vehicle to enter a corresponding working mode, according to the SOC and a wheel torque demand WTD. | 39,463 |
8,725,695 | 1. A storage system, which comprises a second NAS (Network Attached Storage) storage apparatus and a third NAS storage apparatus for migrating an object managed by a first NAS storage apparatus, wherein the second NAS storage apparatus has a processor and a storage medium capable of storing data, and wherein the processor of the second NAS storage apparatus is configured to: after receiving the object entity from the first NAS storage apparatus and migrating the object entity to the third NAS storage apparatus, store path information of the object entity of the third NAS storage apparatus in the management information of the object, and reflect the management information in the third NAS storage apparatus, wherein the custom information includes information whether the object entity is stored in the third NAS storage apparatus, and wherein, in a case where the second storage apparatus recovers from the failure, the processor is configured to: | 48,082 |
8,967,448 | 1. An apparatus for joining two hollow organ sections with an annular array of surgical staples, the apparatus comprising: a staple cartridge component including a plurality of surgical staples arranged in an annular array, the staple cartridge component including an outer wall defining a circumferential groove therein; an anvil component movable relative to the staple cartridge component between spaced apart and approximated positions to adjustably clamp the organ sections between the staple cartridge and anvil components; a buttress component configured and dimensioned to be positioned on a distal surface of the staple cartridge component, the buttress component including a buttress member and a plurality of circumferentially arranged tabs extending proximally from the buttress member, each tab having a length such that the tab extends across the circumferential groove of the staple cartridge component when the buttress member overlies a tissue facing surface of the staple cartridge component; and a fastening member configured and dimensioned to engage the plurality of circumferentially arranged tabs into the circumferential groove of the staple cartridge component to securely position the buttress component on the staple cartridge component. | 32,288 |
8,736,619 | 1. A method comprising: analyzing work units received by, a processor; determining a current utilization level of active instruction data modules of a plurality of instruction data modules; determining a first trend based on wavefront counts of the active instruction data modules; determining a second trend based on thread counts of the active instruction data modules; comparing the current utilization level of active instruction data modules with threshold values; and distributing the work units across selected ones of the plurality of instruction data modules based upon the analyzing, the current utilization level, the first trend, the second trend, and the comparing. | 32,593 |
9,744,975 | 1. An apparatus for transformation of vehicle operator intentions to wheel controller commands comprising: a vehicle control interface; a sensor reception interface (sensors); a vehicle/operator personality store (personality store); the personality store coupled to the vehicle control interface and to the sensors by an application programming interface (API); a torque budgeting circuit coupled to the API; and a motor controller interface coupled to the personality store by the API; wherein the sensors receive acceleration, yaw, speed, direction, vertical loading, traction and road condition measurements; wherein the personality store contains parameters accessible by an API to reflect an operator's skills in damping oscillations, reaction speed, observation acuity, muscularity, and hand-eye coordination; and wherein the torque budgeting circuit comprises a processor configured to determine a torque for each wheel to cause the vehicle to converge toward the driver intention as shaped by the personality store by instructions encoded in non-transitory medium in executable form. | 26,589 |
8,471,859 | 1. A device for controlling frame input and output, applied to the reception of an image data of a source device and output of the image data to a destination device, wherein the image data comprises a plurality of frames, the source device provides one or a plurality of input control signals to the device for controlling frame input and output, the one or plurality of input control signals comprises an input data enable parameter (Input DE) and an input pixel clock, the destination device provides one or a plurality of output control signals to the device for controlling frame input and output, and the one or plurality of output control signals comprises an output data enable parameter (Output DE) and an output pixel clock, the device for controlling frame input and output comprising: a buffer, for receiving the image data of the source device according to a write control signal and the input pixel clock, and outputting the image data of the buffer to the destination device according to a read control signal and the output pixel clock, wherein the input pixel clock is unequal to the output pixel clock; a buffer control circuit, coupled to the buffer, for generating the write control signal according to the Input DE and a write permission signal, and generating the read control signal according to the Output DE; and a frame write controller, coupled to the buffer control circuit, for generating the write permission signal according to the Input DE and the Output DE, wherein the write permission signal determines whether to permit the buffer control circuit to control the buffer to receive the image data of the source device, wherein the frame write controller comprises: a calculation circuit, for generating a first value according to the Input DE, wherein the first value represents duration needed for completing input of visual data of a k | 20,207 |
8,950,149 | 1. A concrete structure comprising at least two upright precast concrete plates, wherein each of the plates has at least one edge face and the edge faces directly confront each other at a joint, one of the edge faces is formed with at least one first groove and one second groove extending at approximately 90° to the first groove and the other of the edge faces is formed with at least one first tongue engaged in the first groove and at least one second tongue engaged in the second groove, whereby the mutually generally perpendicular tongues and grooves inhibit relative movement of the faces in two generally perpendicular directions. | 16,491 |
8,342,321 | 1. A toilet brush and holder, the toilet brush comprising a handle and a brush head, the holder comprising a container configured to hold disinfectant liquid in which a plurality of protrusions extend into a disinfectant receiving space defined by the container, the holder being configured: to support the toilet brush and bear the weight of the toilet brush in a first position, in which the brush head is spaced apart from liquid in the container; and to support the toilet brush in a second position, in which the brush head is at least partially immersed in liquid in the container, the holder being configured for movement of the toilet brush between the first and second positions by a user, the toilet brush and holder comprising a biasing device, which is operative to urge the brush towards the first position, the biasing device being comprised in the toilet brush. | 30,352 |
8,844,103 | 1. A method comprising: attaching a perimeter wall of a capacitive filter array to an interior wall of a ferrule, wherein the capacitive filter array defines at least one passageway extending between an internally-facing filter array side and an externally-facing filter array side; attaching a perimeter wall of a feedthrough to the interior wall of the ferrule to form a hermetic seal between the feedthrough and the ferrule; depositing a thick film conductive paste within the at least one passageway to form a filter array conductive pathway comprising depositing sufficient thick film conductive paste within the at least one passageway to cause the thick film conductive paste to contact and electrically connect to a feedthrough conductive pathway defined in the feedthrough; and heating the ferrule, the capacitive filter array, and the thick film conductive paste to convert the thick film conductive paste to a relatively solid material. | 34,657 |
9,157,388 | 1. A system comprising: a controller configured for operable coupling with an engine that is configured to drive an electrical power generation system, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust an engine speed of the engine in a closed loop in response to a relationship between oxygen and fuel crossing an air fuel ratio threshold while maintaining a tractive power transmitted to the electrical power generation system, the controller configured to adjust engine speed by adjusting fueling to the engine and torque of the electrical power generation system; wherein the engine includes a turbocharger arranged between an intake passage and exhaust passage of the engine; wherein the tractive power is an indication of an identified power setting; and wherein the relationship between oxygen and fuel includes an exhaust air fuel ratio. | 41,963 |
8,835,579 | 1. A process for polymerizing or copolymerizing, the process comprising polymerizing at least one (hetero)aromatic compound in the presence of a mixture comprising: a) a catalyst/ligand system comprising a palladium catalyst and an organic phosphine or phosphonium compound; b) a base, which is a lithium salt; and c) at least one solvent; wherein: the organic phosphine is a trisubstituted phosphine of formula (VI) or phosphonium salt thereof; X independently of Y represents a nitrogen atom or a C—R Y independently of X represents a nitrogen atom or a C—R R the two radicals R the radicals R R the (hetero)aromatic compound comprises at least one functional halide group and at least one functional boron group. | 29,671 |
8,712,102 | 1. A method for use by a system including a processor, the method comprising: receiving, by the processor, a first image data representing a first field of view of a first video camera; receiving a second image data representing a second field of view of a second video camera, wherein the second field of view is non-overlapping the first field of view; determining a motion representing each of at least four trajectories moving between the first field of view and the second field of view; and computing a relative pose between the first video camera and the second video camera using the motion, wherein the computing includes backprojecting a plurality of foot position points onto a ground plane, and determining if the backprojected plurality of foot position points matches the motion. | 36,408 |
8,566,004 | 1. A fuel injection control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, comprising: an alcohol concentration detector configured to detect an alcohol concentration in fuel supplied to the internal combustion engine; a fuel pressure detector configured to detect a pressure of the fuel; and a processing system, comprising a computer processor, configured to: | 45,514 |
9,679,944 | 1. An electronic device including a semiconductor memory, the semiconductor memory comprising: a substrate including a recess formed in the substrate; a gate including at least a portion that is buried in the substrate; a junction formed at both sides of the gate in the substrate; and a memory element electrically connected to the junction at one side of the gate, wherein the junction comprises: a barrier layer formed over the recess such that a thickness of the barrier layer formed over a bottom surface of the recess is different from that of the barrier layer formed over a side surface of the recess; a contact pad formed over the barrier layer so as to fill the recess; and an impurity region formed in the substrate and located under the contact pad. | 45,121 |
8,541,638 | 1. A process for removing dissolved metal halides from an ionic liquid, comprising: a) feeding the ionic liquid comprising dissolved metal halides to a vessel and providing metal halide seed crystals to provide a mixture comprising ionic liquid, dissolved metal halides, and metal halide seed crystals; b) cooling the mixture in the vessel to provide precipitated metal halides; c) removing the precipitated metal halides from the vessel, and d) removing from an upper portion of the vessel at least a portion of the mixture, cooling the portion in a heat exchanger, and reintroducing the portion to the vessel. | 1,374 |
8,765,408 | 1. A non-naturally occurring Escherichia coli ( E. coli ) bacterium having a genome between 4.41 Mb and 2.78 Mb and lacking CP4-6, DLP12, λ*B, RybB*B, e14, Rac, Qin, CP4-44, PR-X, KpLE1, CPZ-55, CP4-57, PheV*B, SelC*B, and KpLE2 prophage elements. | 47,022 |
8,957,269 | 1. A method of producing olefinic monomers for the production of a polymer, comprising the following stages: feeding bio oil and hydrogen gas into a catalyst bed, wherein said bio oil is a fraction separated from crude tall oil, said bio oil consisting of 95% to 98% fatty acids of tall oil and 2% to 5% of resin acids of tall oil; catalytically deoxygenating the bio oil by with hydrogen in the catalyst bed in the presence of a deoxygenation catalyst; cooling down and dividing a flow exiting the catalyst bed into a hydrocarbon-bearing liquid phase containing at least a portion of aromatics and a hydrogen-bearing gas phase; separating water from the hydrocarbon-bearing liquid phase to obtain a hydrocarbon-bearing liquid; and subjecting the hydrocarbon-bearing liquid containing said at least a portion of aromatics to stream cracking to form a product containing olefinic monomers. | 8,698 |
8,531,821 | 1. A system for securing a ball grid array (BGA) to a printed board (PWB), the system comprising: a ball grid array comprising one or more balls; a plurality of springs each comprising one or more turns and configured to attach to a ball in the ball grid array; a spacer plate comprising a plurality of holes configured to align and separate the springs; a printed wire board comprising conductive pads; and a soldering aid disposed on the printed wiring board adjacent the conductive pads, the soldering aid configured to align solder on the printed wire board, wherein the spacer plate is flush with the soldering aid, and sidewalls of the soldering aid abut sidewalls of the conductive pads; and wherein the springs are soldered to the balls of the ball grid array with the conductive pads of the printed wire board (PWB) such that the balls are reflowed inwardly with respect an interior of the springs so as to cover two or more turns of the springs. | 42,831 |
8,952,560 | 1. An energy converter system, comprising: a rotor; and a stator configured to be relatively stationary with respect to an environment; wherein one of said rotor and said stator includes a field coil array and braking magnets and the other of said rotor and said stator includes a permanent magnetic array that is configured to induce an electrical current in said field coil array in response to relative motion of the rotor and the stator, wherein magnets in said permanent magnetic array are oriented such that like poles of the magnets are disposed adjacently to concentrate a magnetic field through said field coil array, and wherein said braking magnets are oriented such that poles of the braking magnets face like poles of the closest respective magnet in the permanent magnetic array. | 16,233 |
9,224,000 | 1. A method for autonomously encrypting data associated with one or more application programs operating on one or more electronic computing devices, comprising the steps of: autonomously detecting via a particular client module operating on a particular electronic computing device an item of original data that is to be persistently encrypted; identifying via the particular client module contextual information relating to creation of the item of original data; transmitting a request for encryption of the item of original data from the particular client module to a central server module, wherein the request includes the contextual information relating to the creation of the item of original data; receiving a response from the central server module at the particular client module, wherein the response comprises unique cryptographic information generated by processing an identifier comprising at least a portion of the contextual information through a cryptographic algorithm; and generating a persistently encrypted output of the item of original data as a function of the item of original data and the unique cryptographic information, wherein the persistently encrypted output is only accessible via local decryption in a subsequent client module having appropriate access authority and operating on a subsequent electronic computing device. | 32,670 |
9,803,224 | 1. An engineered polypeptide having imine reductase activity, wherein said polypeptide has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2, and comprises a substitution at a position corresponding to position 280 of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein the amino acid at position 280 has been replaced with an aliphatic or non-polar residue. | 22,716 |
8,433,486 | 1. A method to determine a preferred operating point for an internal combustion engine mechanically coupled to an electro-mechanical transmission to transmit power to a driveline in response to an operator torque request, wherein a controller executes the following: determining a current set of candidate operating points for a current search iteration; iteratively wherein the current set of candidate operating points for the current search iteration and the subsequent set of candidate operating points for the subsequent search iteration have a common operating point; selecting the subsequent set of candidate operating points for the subsequent search iteration that define a rectangle having a common side with a rectangle defined by the current set of candidate operating points for the current search iteration when the same candidate operating point is identified as a base point for three consecutive iterations; determining the preferred operating point for operating the internal combustion engine comprising the candidate operating point with the lowest operating cost determined after a predetermined number of iterations; and controlling the powertrain based on the preferred operating point for the internal combustion engine. | 1,258 |
8,354,256 | 1. A method of producing an alcohol, comprising: (a) contacting a slurry comprising a starch substrate with at least one α-amylase, thus producing oligosaccharides; (b) contacting the oligosaccharides with at least one glucoamylase and at least one phytase, wherein the phytase has at least 98% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 5 and comprises substitutions at positions corresponding to positions 89, 92, 134, 164, 207, 209, 248, 256 and 261 of SEQ ID NO: 5, and wherein % identity is determined by the CLUSTAL-W program in MacVector version 6.5, operated with default parameters, including an open gap penalty of 10.0, an extended gap penalty of 0.1, and a BLOSUM 30 similarity matrix, to produce fermentable sugars; and (c) fermenting the fermentable sugars in the presence of a fermenting organism to produce alcohol. | 956 |
8,481,710 | 1. An isolated RNA duplex comprising a first strand of RNA and a second strand of RNA, wherein the first strand comprises at least 15 contiguous nucleotides encoded by shSCA1.F10 (SEQ ID NO:102), SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:68, SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:78, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ ID NO:84, or SEQ ID NO:88, SEQ ID NO:106, SEQ ID NO:107, SEQ ID NO:110, SEQ ID NO:112, SEQ ID NO:113, SEQ ID NO:115, SEQ ID NO:117, SEQ ID NO:119, SEQ ID NO:122, SEQ ID NO:124, SEQ ID NO:125, SEQ ID NO:126, SEQ ID NO:127, SEQ ID NO:129, SEQ ID NO:131, SEQ ID NO:132, SEQ ID NO:134, SEQ ID NO:138, or SEQ ID NO:142, and wherein the second strand is complementary to at least 12 contiguous nucleotides of the first strand. | 44,935 |
8,969,929 | 1. A power semiconductor device, comprising: (a) a semiconductor chip with first and second main surfaces; (b) a plurality of gate electrodes provided via a gate insulating film so as to protrude outward from an inside of an active cell region over the first main surface of the semiconductor chip; (c) a first gate electrode coupling portion integrally coupling intermediate parts of the gate electrodes together outside the active cell region over the first main surface of the semiconductor chip; (d) an interlayer insulating film covering the gate electrodes and the first gate electrode coupling portion over the first main surface of the semiconductor chip; and (e) a first metal electrode covering the active cell region and surroundings thereof over the interlayer insulating film, wherein the first gate electrode coupling portion comprises at least two coupling bars next to one another; wherein the first gate electrode coupling portion between the gate electrodes is covered with the first metal electrode; and wherein the first metal electrode comprises: (e1) a barrier metal film; and (e2) a metal electrode film provided over the barrier metal film, and containing aluminum as a principal component, said metal electrode film being thicker than the barrier metal film. | 31,994 |
8,978,956 | 1. A surgical instrument comprising: a handle assembly; a spine assembly operably coupled to said handle assembly and protruding therefrom to define a longitudinal axis; a closure tube assembly movably received on said spine assembly for selective axial travel thereon in a distal direction away from said handle assembly and in a proximal direction towards said handle assembly, said closure tube assembly comprising: a firing system operably supported by said handle assembly and interfacing with said closure tube assembly to selectively cause said closure tube assembly to move in said distal and proximal directions; and an end effector coupled to said spine assembly and having first and second jaw members movable relative to each other from an open position to closed positions, said first jaw member configured to support a staple cartridge therein, said first and second jaw members configured for actuatable engagement with said interior cam surface of said closure tube such that said first and second jaw members are each moved toward each other to said closed positions by non-rotating axial movement of said closure tube assembly in said proximal direction. | 30,867 |
8,583,724 | 1. A computer program product for use in connection with a computer to form a server for use in a network including a plurality of clients and a communication link operable to interconnect the server and ones of the plurality of clients, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having encoded thereon: computer readable image rendering code readable by the computer in the server to enable the computer in the server to render, from three-dimensional scene data representing a scene, a two-dimensional image, wherein the three-dimensional scene data representing a scene comprises a model from which a two-dimensional image can be rendered, and wherein rendering comprises generating a two-dimensional image from the model, the rendering code comprising computer readable rendering engine code readable by the computer to enable the computer to configure a rendering engine operable to render at least a portion of a two-dimensional image from the three-dimensional scene data; computer readable interface code readable by the computer to enable the computer to transmit the two-dimensional image rendered by the rendering engine in the server over the communication link to at least one of the plurality of clients; and computer readable user interaction control code readable by the computer to enable the computer to control interactions with ones of the plurality of clients in connection with rendering of the image from the scene data, the control interactions including requests from at least one client, the requests including scene customization information requesting at least one customization to the scene for the at least one client, the customization being responsive to the requests from the at least one client, the computer readable user interaction control code and the computer readable image rendering code being readable by the computer to enable the computer to render an image of the scene as customized in relation to the customization information responsive to the requests from the at least one client, whereby a user of the client can interactively customize the scene in a manner specific to the at least one client, wherein no rendering is performed by the client, and the client does not generate a two-dimensional image from the model, and wherein the computer image rendering code is readable by the computer in the server to enable the computer in the server to concurrently render an image of the scene for each of a plurality of clients, customized differently for each client in relation to different customization information responsive to different requests from each of the plurality of clients, whereby each of a plurality of users of respective clients can concurrently and interactively customize the scene in different manners specific to each respective client, without rendering being performed by a client, and wherein the computer readable user interaction control code includes (A) computer readable operator graph generation code readable by the computer in the server to enable the computer in the server to generate, when the server is to render the image, an operator graph comprising at least one operator, the at least one operator being configured to enable the computer to perform at least one operation in connection with rendering of the image; and (B) computer readable event manager code readable by the computer in the server to enable the computer in the server to control execution of the at least one operator in response to the occurrence of at least one event. | 15,833 |
8,722,506 | 1. A method for the production of an alignment mark on a semiconductor wafer using a light-absorbing layer for a subsequent structuring or for the protection of at least one light sensitive area of a circuit element, comprising: etching at least one cavity in at least one layer on a substrate of a semiconductor wafer thereby forming a group of pillars in the at least one cavity; depositing the light-absorbing layer in the at least one cavity around the formed group of pillars; wherein the cavity is etched with a breadth so that it is no more than partially filled after the deposition of the light-absorbing layer; and wherein the formed group of pillars is shaped as pillar row having a height that is greater than a thickness of the deposited light-absorbing layer in the at least one cavity so that upper surfaces of the pillars of the formed group of pillars are not covered by the light-absorbing layer. | 27,047 |
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