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9,129,853 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a transistor on a semiconductor substrate; forming a first interlayer insulating film over the semiconductor substrate and the transistor; forming a ferroelectric capacitor over the first interlayer insulating film; forming a second interlayer insulating film over the first interlayer insulating film and the ferroelectric capacitor; forming a hole in the second interlayer insulating film at a portion over any one of a lower electrode and an upper electrode constituting the ferroelectric capacitor; forming a wiring over the second interlayer insulating film, wherein the wiring is in contact with the any one of the lower electrode and the upper electrode through the hole; forming a protection film over an upper surface of the wiring but not on a side surface of the wiring, wherein the protection film is formed of an alumina film; wherein the formation of the wiring includes: forming a conductive film over the second interlayer insulating film; forming the protection film over the conductive film; forming a resist pattern over the protection film; etching the conductive film and the protection film by using the resist pattern as a mask, to thereby make the conductive film into the wiring and leave the protection film only over the upper surface of the wiring; and removing the resist pattern. | 48,851 |
9,249,972 | 1. A method for producing steam, the method comprising: combusting a fuel and an oxidant to generate heat in a combustion stream; injecting impure water into the combustion stream such that the heat produces a steam stream including particulate matter precipitated from the impure water, wherein the combusting is conducted in a combustion chamber, and further including cooling the combusting chamber using a film of the impure water; establishing a velocity of the combustion stream that is greater than a saltation velocity of the particulate matter in the combustion stream; separating the particulate matter using a separator selected from the group consisting of a cyclone separator, a filter and combinations thereof; and injecting the steam stream into a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir, without conveying the steam stream through a heat exchanger. | 19,636 |
9,252,864 | 1. A method for forming a beam-link by a base station in a wireless communication system using a beamforming scheme, the method comprising: determining at least one downlink beams to be used for downlink transmission and/or uplink reception; transmitting a plurality of downlink (DL) reference signals to a Mobile Station (MS) via the at least one downlink beam, wherein the plurality of DL reference signals are separated according to each antenna element in a subarray of the MS to estimate respective channel state for each antenna element; receiving a plurality of uplink (UL) reference signals via an uplink beam from the MS, each UL reference signal generated based on the estimated respective channel state; and updating the at least one downlink beam to increase a Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) according to the received plurality of UL reference signals. | 3,831 |
8,644,688 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: maintaining profile data at a viewer device for each of a plurality of contacts of a viewer, the profile data including a trust level assigned to each contact of the plurality of contacts, the trust level being assigned by the viewer; establishing, by the viewer, a plurality of rules that each indicate an action to be performed based on a combination of a trust level and a content rating, at least one of the plurality of rules indicating a specific contact of the plurality of contacts for which the combination of the trust level and the content rating apply; receiving, at the viewer device, a recommendation for a content item, the recommendation including a contact identifier and a content rating; accessing the profile data using the contact identifier to obtain a trust level for the contact associated with the contact identifier; determining the action with respect to the recommendation for the content item to be performed at the viewer device based on the rule corresponding to the combination of the trust level and the content rating; and initiating the action at the viewer device , the action including selectively accepting the recommendation as an instruction to perform an action at the viewer device. | 49,587 |
8,525,922 | 1. An imaging device in which a regular image for recording is taken upon an operation of a release button performed during a take of a through image, said regular image being stored in a storage medium, said imaging device comprising: a first focus adjuster for performing focus adjustment by driving a focus lens so as to maximize a focus evaluation value representing contrast of said through image; a mode selector for changing a focus adjustment mode between a continuous AF mode in which said focus adjustment is repeated during the take of said through image, and a single AF mode in which said focus adjustment is performed at a time when said release button has been operated during the take of said through image; a focal-length detector for detecting a focal length on the basis of a position of a zoom lens; a mode controller for changing said focus adjustment mode to said single AF mode when said focal length falls below a predetermined threshold value, said mode controller changing said focus adjustment mode to said continuous AF mode when said focal length exceeds said threshold value; and further comprising: a subject-distance measuring unit for measuring a subject distance of a subject prior to an operation of said first focus adjuster; a second focus adjuster for narrowing, on the basis of said subject distance, a movement range of the focus lens to be moved by said first focus adjuster; a judgment portion for judging whether the subject distance measured by said subject-distance measuring unit is proper or not; and a threshold-value changer for changing said threshold value so as to lower a ratio of selection of said continuous AF mode when it has been judged that said subject distance is proper. | 14,143 |
9,749,933 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of non-transitory instructions executable with a processor of a mobile device to: support a service flow for a service operating on the mobile device; determine performance requirements for the service flow; determine a priority for the service flow; determine performance capabilities for multiple wireless networks; determine each one or more of the multiple wireless networks having performance capabilities equal to or greater than the performance requirements to be a qualified wireless network for the service flow; facilitate use of a first wireless network of the qualified networks to support the service flow; change support of the service flow from the first wireless network to a second wireless network of the qualified networks after determining the performance capabilities of the first wireless network no longer meets the performance requirements of the service; determine from system performance parameters associated with the second wireless network one or more existing service flows currently active thereon; determine from the system performance parameters a priority for each of the existing service flows; preempt one of the existing service flows of the second wireless network with the service flow through issuance of a preemption message to the second network, the preemption message being communicated from the mobile device to the second wireless network; select the one of the existing service flows to preempt to be one of the existing services flows having the priority lower than the priority of the service flow; identify within the preemption message the priority associated with the service; and identify within the preemption message the one of the existing service flows to be preempted. | 45,897 |
9,326,493 | 1. An automatic feeding system for an underwater fish farm, comprising: a marine base facility standing vertically in the sea, in which a lower portion is fixed on the seabed and an upper portion is exposed above the sea surface; an underwater fish farm for cultivating various types of fish, the fish farm including; a storage tank installed inside the marine base facility to store feed to be supplied to the underwater fish farm; a feed transfer device transferring the feed discharged through an outlet of the storage tank; a feed supply device mixing seawater with the feed transferred by the feed transfer device and supplying the mixture to the underwater fish farm; a controller installed inside the marine base facility to control operations of the feed transfer device and the feed supply device. | 25,376 |
8,815,782 | 1. A method comprising: contacting an initial RNA sample containing a population of different RNA molecules with a divalent cation and a set of DNAzymes that are designed to cleave multiple target RNAs in said initial sample, thereby producing a product RNA sample that comprises: a) uncleaved RNA molecules and b) cleaved RNA fragments that contain a 2′,3′-cyclic-phosphate and a 5′ hydroxyl as the result of DNAzyme cleavage; and ligating a first adaptor onto the 3′ ends of at least some of said cleaved RNA fragments using a 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate-specific RNA ligase, thereby producing a ligated sample comprising ligation products. | 33,873 |
9,066,982 | 1. A composition comprising (a) a plurality of intact, bacterially derived minicells, each minicell of said plurality encompassing regulatory RNA that is packaged in said minicell, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier therefor, wherein said regulatory RNA is selected from the group consisting of antisense ssRNA, ribozyme and decoy RNA, wherein there is an absence from said minicells of a construct for in situ expression of said regulatory RNA, and wherein said plurality contains a therapeutically effective amount of said regulatory RNA. | 10,228 |
9,806,318 | 1. A rollable battery unit comprising: an electric energy reservoir having positive and negative voltage supply terminals; three or more electric contact pads on an outer surface of the battery unit; a dynamically configurable connection unit comprising a controller and a plurality of switches for electrically coupling each of said positive and negative voltage supply terminals to any one or more of said electric contact pads, wherein electric energy can be drawn from the electric energy reservoir via selectively different combinations of electric contact pads; and an internal communication unit adapted to operate using a predefined communication protocol either through the electric contact pads or wirelessly, in order to communicate with at least one of other battery units and a central control unit of an electric tank and host apparatus of the battery unit to receive programming commands for selectively connecting the positive and negative voltage supply terminals to the electric contact pads, the internal communication unit being connected to the dynamically configurable connection unit in order to effect the programming commands. | 49,582 |
9,526,952 | 1. A golf club head comprising: a body comprising a heel end, a toe end, an aft end, a face portion, a crown portion and a sole portion, the body defining a sound chamber having an opening in the face portion, the sound chamber comprising a central sound sub-chamber and an outer sound sub-chamber; and a face insert positioned over the opening; wherein the body, the sound chamber and the face insert amplify the sound generated by the golf club head striking a golf ball; wherein when striking a golf ball, the golf club head has a pitch ranging from 2400 Hertz (Hz) to 2700 Hz; wherein when striking a golf ball, the golf club head has an amplitude ranging from 61.5 to 64.5 dBA; wherein when striking a golf ball, the golf club head has a duration ranging from 25 milliseconds to 45 milliseconds. | 34,271 |
8,465,150 | 1. An assembly comprising a frame member, an engaging portion on an eyeglass lens, and an adhesive composition which (i) provides at least part of an interface between the engaging portion and the frame member and (ii) extends at least part way into a passage which passes from the interface to an exposed face of the frame member or of the lens, the passage being free from any auxiliary member which is a screw. | 6,978 |
9,483,665 | 1. A method for monitoring an electronic hardware security module, which is in a control unit, the method comprising: executing a hypervisor, in the electronic hardware security module, to regulate memory accesses requested by software application executed in the electronic hardware security module, wherein the electronic hardware security module executes a cryptographic algorithm and stores secret data used by the cryptographic algorithm, and wherein the implementing separates the cryptographic algorithm and the secret data from the software application by restricting the requested memory accesses to allocated memory, and wherein access to the software functionalities and the hardware resources are possible only via a defined application programming interface (API). | 2,066 |
9,338,630 | 1. A method of processing transactions with a billing server, comprising: receiving, at the billing server, a configuration input from at least one merchant computer, the configuration input configuring a pricing matrix of countries and target prices, the pricing matrix having a set of cells, each cell corresponding to an intersection between a respective country and a respective target price, such that each country has a subset of the set of cells, the subset having a plurality of price points that are different from each other; storing, with the billing server, the pricing matrix; receiving, with the billing server, a pricing call from the merchant computer system; transmitting, with the billing server, the pricing matrix to the merchant computer in response to the pricing call; receiving, with the billing server, a payment authorization based on one of the price points; determining, with the billing server, a carrier server based on the payment authorization; sending, with the billing server, a charge request to the carrier server to charge an account on the carrier server corresponding to phone number; and transmitting, with the billing server, a transaction callback notification to the merchant computer. | 26,308 |
9,213,450 | 1. A touch sensor comprising: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a transparent conductive layer disposed on the second surface of the substrate, wherein the transparent conductive layer is disposed in a pattern so that the transparent conductive layer comprises a plurality of discrete conductive pads, the discrete conductive pads substantially overlay the entire substrate and are conductively connected to at least one connecting region of the substrate via respective conductive traces, and wherein the plurality of discrete conductive pads are formed at a first touch area and a second touch area, wherein the first touch area is formed on sides of the second touch area, and the size of said discrete conductive pads at the first touch area is substantially different from the size of said pads at the second touch area, and wherein the second touch area comprises only one first pad of the pads and the first touch area comprises a plurality of second pads of the pads, and wherein the second pads are arranged on sides of the first pad; and wherein the discrete conductive pads at the first touch area are associated with respective buttons of a display device disposed at the substrate, such that the user touches or approaches the substrate and pads at the first touch area in response to the displayed buttons as viewed by the user through the pads and substrate. | 7,315 |
9,087,001 | 1. A method for virtualizing multiple networked machines using a predetermined network recovery policy, the method comprising: identifying multiple image backups of the multiple networked machines based on a designation of the multiple image backups of the multiple networked machines received from a user; determining an order for booting the multiple networked machines as multiple networked virtual machines; determining network settings for the multiple networked machines when booted as the multiple networked virtual machines; prior to booting the multiple networked machines as the multiple networked virtual machines, storing the order and the network settings in the predetermined network recovery policy; and subsequent to the storing and in response to receiving a command to implement the predetermined network recovery policy, booting the multiple networked machines as the multiple networked virtual machines from the multiple image backups in the order stored in the predetermined network recovery policy and with the network settings stored in the predetermined network recovery policy. | 32,737 |
8,512,853 | 1. A composite sandwich, comprising: first and second fiber reinforced polymer facesheets, each facesheet comprising a respective inner surface; and a reinforced core between the first and second facesheets and connected directly to the first and second facesheets at the respective inner surface; a plurality of pins arranged in groups forming a truss, each of the pins including medial portions extending between the first and second facesheets and distal portions respectively extending generally parallel with and bonded to the first and second facesheets, the pins in each group intersecting at a node adjacent one of the first and second facesheets, the distal portions of the pins not penetrating the first face sheet and the second face sheet, and the distal portions of the pins bonded to the inner surfaces of each of the first facesheet and the second facesheet, the inner surfaces directed to the core, the truss positioned in the core; and a carrier surrounding the pins. | 49,000 |
8,893,519 | 1. A system for providing cooling in a machining process, the system comprising: a coolant supply, configured to provide coolant to a coolant activation assembly, and the coolant activation assembly, including a plurality of piezoelectric actuators, wherein each of the plurality of piezoelectric actuators is configured to emit a respective coolant stream and to impart an ultrasonic or megasonic vibration component to the respective coolant stream; wherein the plurality of piezoelectric actuators is configured to provide cooling to a single focal point in a work zone by directing multiple coolant streams emitted by the plurality of piezoelectric actuators to the single focal point such that the multiple coolant streams converge at the single focal point. | 16,117 |
9,447,572 | 1. A structure comprising: a plate having a strengthening element of high-strength concrete for increasing punching shear strength with said high-strength concrete having a compressive strength of at least 55 N/mm said strengthening element being arranged in said plate and being configured to have an annular shape and to define an opening; said strengthening element including a plurality of prefabricated individual segments arranged annularly about said opening; and, each two mutually adjacent ones of said plurality of prefabricated individual segments conjointly defining a distance (c) therebetween and being bonded to each other by casting material. | 24,336 |
8,510,598 | 1. A method for providing reduced power consumption in a computer memory system, comprising: transferring, by a memory controller coupled to a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, and a buffer, first data from the volatile memory to the buffer, wherein the buffer stores less data than either of the volatile memory and the non-volatile memory, wherein the memory controller controls data transfers between the volatile memory, the buffer, and the non-volatile memory; placing, by the memory controller, the volatile memory into self-refresh mode after transferring the first data to the buffer; and conveying, by the memory controller, the first data from the buffer to the non-volatile memory, wherein the amount of first data in the buffer exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein while conveying the first data from the buffer to the non-volatile memory, the memory controller takes the volatile memory out of self-refresh mode when the amount of first data remaining in the buffer reaches the predetermined threshold, wherein the volatile memory is ready to transfer second data to the buffer when the memory controller is finished transferring the first data from the buffer to the non-volatile memory. | 735 |
9,262,103 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a communication circuit that communicates with a portable terminal having an illuminance sensor; and a mode switching circuit that changes the image forming apparatus from a normal operation mode to a power-saving mode based on a preset power-saving time; and the communication circuit requests from the portable terminal transmission of illuminance information detected by the illuminance sensor, and the mode switching circuit changes to the power-saving mode based on the illuminance information received from the portable terminal. | 9,073 |
9,801,247 | 1. A light-dimming device, comprising: first and second terminals that allow a series circuit of an AC power supply and an illumination load to be connected between; a switch including a normally off type switching device connected between the first and second terminals; an adjuster configured to vary a conduction angle of the switch; a power supply module connected between the first and second terminals and including a controller configured to operate with electric power supplied from the capacitor of the power supply module to control the switch, the controller including the controller is configured to control the switch to turn the switching device on and then off within a half cycle of an AC voltage of the AC power supply in accordance with the conduction angle acquired from the adjuster, the control circuit further includes a determination circuit configured to determine whether or not the voltage across the capacitor detected by the detecting circuit is less than threshold, and the control circuit is configured to | 27,656 |
9,761,535 | 1. An interposer for a semiconductor package, comprising: a substrate portion having a first side, a second side, and an electrical interconnect structure between the first side and the second side, wherein the substrate portion is substantially free from conductive through vias; and a wall portion disposed on the first side and defining an aperture exposing a portion of the electrical interconnect structure, wherein the wall portion comprises an intervening layer disposed on the substrate portion and a stiffener disposed on the intervening layer, the intervening layer and the stiffener having a same width. | 24,229 |
8,674,141 | 1. An organic electronic device comprising at least one organic layer which comprises at least one aromatic borinic acid derivative, wherein the boron atom of said at least one aromatic borinic acid derivative is trisubstituted and the said at least one aromatic borinic acid derivative is a cyclic boronic acid anhydride; a cyclic boronic acid imide; a boronic acid ester; a thioboronic acid ester; a boronic acid amide; a boronic acid amidoester; a boronic acid nitride; or an oligomeric or polymeric boronic acid anhydride, boronic acid imide, boronic acid ester, or thioboronic acid ester. | 2,812 |
9,578,311 | 1. A method for operating a time of flight (TOF) system comprising: using an image processing module, interpolating an updated timing delay calibration for each of a plurality of pixel sensors based at least on an updated set of modulation frequency and duty cycle calibration combinations received by the image processing module, the plurality of pixel sensors coupled to a timing clock and receiving light generated by a light source and reflected in a 3-dimensional environment, the updated set of modulation frequency and duty cycle calibration combinations replacing the corresponding factory-preloaded timing delay calibrations; and applying the updated timing delay calibrations to pixel data corresponding to each of the plurality of the pixel sensors to generate a depth map of the 3-dimensional environment. | 9,819 |
8,603,966 | 1. A compound selected from Formula (I) Where A A A A A A A A A A A A | 39,936 |
8,547,872 | 1. A system comprising: a first end point device comprising: a first service monitor capable of determining a first usage indication, the first usage indication providing a first indication of an intended, attempted, or successful communication over the first wireless access network by the first end point device; and an integrity element capable of: | 33,196 |
8,614,916 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a wiring; a memory cell comprising: a reading circuit comprising a load, a clocked inverter, and a third transistor, wherein a material of the first channel formation region is different from that of the second channel formation region, wherein the third transistor comprises a third gate electrode, a third source electrode, a third drain electrode, and a third channel formation region, wherein an input terminal of the clocked inverter is electrically connected to the load and one of the first source electrode and the first drain electrode through the wiring, wherein an output terminal of the clocked inverter is electrically connected to one of the third source electrode and the third drain electrode, and wherein the other of the third source electrode and the third drain electrode is electrically connected to a power supply potential. | 42,135 |
8,398,757 | 1. A CO 2 recovering apparatus comprising: a CO a regenerator that reduces CO a lower liquid reservoir is located below the CO an air-bubble gathering member is located in the lower liquid reservoir of the CO the air-bubble gathering member is arranged so as to be dipped near or below a liquid surface of the lower liquid reservoir. | 41,492 |
9,722,553 | 1. A high-frequency amplifier circuit for amplifying an input high-frequency signal and outputting the amplified high-frequency signal, comprising: a first amplification unit which receives a high-frequency signal via its input terminal and amplifies said high-frequency signal so as to generate an high-frequency amplified signal; a second amplification unit which further amplifies said high-frequency amplified signal to generate an output signal and outputs said output signal via its output terminal; a first bias unit which supplies a bias voltage to said first amplification unit in response to a first operating current applied thereto; a second bias unit which supplies a bias voltage to said second amplification unit in response to a second operating current applied thereto; an intermediate potential line which supplies an intermediate potential between a first potential and a second potential to said first amplification unit and said second amplification unit; a current generating unit which generates said first operating current; and a current control unit which is connected to said intermediate potential line and which controls said second operating current on the basis of said intermediate potential, wherein said first amplification unit includes: a first field effect transistor (FET) of a first conductivity type, having a source terminal supplied with said first potential; and a first inductor connected to said intermediate potential line, and said second amplification unit includes: a second FET of a second conductivity type opposite to said first conductivity type, having a source terminal supplied with said second potential; and a second inductor connected to said intermediate potential line. | 11,840 |
9,130,656 | 1. A method for wireless communications, comprising: configuring a user equipment with a first filter configuration and a second filter configuration for use when communicating in a first frequency band, the first filter configuration having a frequency pass band covering different frequencies than a frequency pass band of the second filter configuration; and selecting between the first filter configuration and second filter configuration to reduce interference with a second frequency band, the second frequency band being proximate to the first frequency band, in which the first filter configuration and the second filter configuration are radio frequency (RF) filter configurations. | 28,583 |
8,408,736 | 1. An LED light having at least one geometric-unit that includes projection means for projecting light beams to illuminate at least one distant area remote from said LED light, comprising: at least one LED arranged to provide said light beams for projection by said at least one projection means of said at least one geometric-unit; and power and control elements for supplying power from a power source to said at least one LED, said power and control elements including circuitry having at least one of a sensor, switch, integrated circuit, detector, a power supply cord and plug or at least one battery power supply circuit, and conductive means to cause the at least one LED to turn on and off to achieve at least one of a predetermined function, timing, duration, brightness, duty cycle, frequency, and power savings, said power source including at least one of an AC or DC source, or a generator, transformer, or adaptor and a storage device for obtaining electricity from a source of solar, wind, chemical or geothermal power, wherein said projection means incorporates projection elements, said projection elements including means for predetermining a distance of the distant area illuminated by said light beams by focusing said light beams on said distant area, and also means for pre-determining at least one of a size, brightness, color, shape, dimensions, and direction of the distant area illuminated by said light beams, said projection elements including at least one of an optical element, lens, convex lens, concave lens, tubular holder, means for adjusting said focus of said light beams, and means for blocking extraneous light beams, wherein said LED light is one of a power fail light, security light, motion sensor light, evacuation light, emergency light, hazard warning light, AC powered light, and DC powered light, wherein said projection means projects said light beams only to said at least one distant area at said predetermined distance rather than a nearby area. | 35,015 |
8,692,401 | 1. A mooring for a semi-submersible platform, comprising: a plurality of buoyancy structures providing buoyancy to the semi-submersible platform; a plurality of sets of mooring lines each set coupled to one of the plurality of buoyancy structures; and a plurality of anchors embedded in a sea floor and each anchor coupled to one of the mooring lines; wherein a number of mooring lines in the set attached to one of the plurality of buoyancy structures is different from the numbers of mooring lines in the sets attached to each of the other plurality buoyancy structures. | 20,748 |
9,388,248 | 1. An isolated anti-CXCR4 antibody capable of inhibiting activation of CXCR4, wherein the antibody comprises: a light chain comprising the CDR-L1 of the sequence SEQ ID No. 1, the CDR-L2 of the sequence SEQ ID No.2, and the CDR-L3 of the sequence SEQ ID No. 3; and a heavy chain comprising the CDR-H1 of the sequence SEQ ID No. 7, the CDR-H2 of the sequence SEQ ID No.5, and the CDR-H3 of the sequence SEQ ID No. 8. | 38,381 |
9,242,844 | 1. A funnel for a water tank, for adapting to a water injection portion, the water injection portion including a first channel communicated with the interior and the exterior of the water tank, the funnel comprising: a container body, including an inner wall, an abutting portion provided on the inner wall, an internal space defined by the inner wall, and an injection opening and an output opening which are communicated with the internal space, wherein based on the abutting portion the internal space is defined as an upper space and a bottom space; a valve assembly, abuttable against the abutting portion and located within the container body, the valve assembly including an actuating member and a valve body coupled with a first end of the actuating member, the actuating member including at least one second channel communicated with the output opening, the actuating member movable relative to the container body between a first position and a second position, the actuating member being actuatable to move towards the second position by the water injection portion inserting in the container body; wherein when the actuating member is located in the first position, the valve body liquid-tightly abuts against the abutting portion, the second channel is fluidly uncommunicated with the upper space; when the actuating member moves away from the first position, the valve body is disengaged from the abutting portion and the second channel is communicated with the upper space and the bottom space; wherein the actuating member defines an axial direction, the abutting portion defines a throat port, and relative to the axial direction the valve body is greater than the throat port in radial dimension; wherein as viewed in the axial direction, the valve body is formed with a plurality of through holes distributed outside a contour of the throat port. | 5,757 |
9,226,159 | 1. A method of challenging an incoming telephone call, said method comprising: receiving a telephone call at a server computer from a caller intended for a receiver, said telephone call including a telephone number of said receiver; screening said telephone call at said server computer using a white list or a black list; splitting a functionality of said method by forwarding said telephone call to a computer remote from said server computer; accessing a database of said computer that includes at least one question and associated answers using said telephone number; playing an audio version of said question back to said caller from said computer; playing an audio version of said answers back to said caller, wherein each answer is associated with an identifier, and wherein each answer is associated with a different identifier each time said audio version of said question is played back; accepting a caller answer at said computer that includes one of said identifiers; allowing said telephone call to proceed to a telephone associated with said telephone number if it is determined that said caller answer matches a correct one of said associated answers; and not allowing said telephone call to proceed to said telephone associated with said telephone number if it is determined that said caller answer does not match a correct one of said associated answers. | 17,266 |
8,885,082 | 1. A solid-state image sensor comprising a plurality of pixel units, wherein each pixel unit comprises a plurality of pixels, and a charge-voltage converter shared by the plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric converter formed in a semiconductor substrate, the sensor comprises, on the semiconductor substrate, a structural portion including a plurality of wiring layers, an interlayer insulating film, and light waveguides configured by embedding, in portions of the interlayer insulating film which are located above the photoelectric converters, a material having a refractive index higher than that of the interlayer insulating film, the plurality of pixels in each pixel unit include a first pixel and a second pixel, and a dummy pattern is formed in the structural portion to reduce a difference between a sensitivity of the first pixel and a sensitivity of the second pixel, which is produced by a difference between a structure in a periphery of the light waveguide arranged above the photoelectric converter of the first pixel and a structure in a periphery of the light waveguide arranged above the photoelectric converter of the second pixel, wherein the dummy pattern is arranged between the light waveguides adjacent to each other. | 49,805 |
9,847,844 | 1. A method comprising the steps of: polling a plurality of digital video recorders to extract data indicative of recordings scheduled thereon, said polling being carried out over a video content network by a component at a node in said video content network that is remote from said plurality of digital video recorders; filtering, by said component at said node, said data indicative of said scheduled recordings comprising data indicative of recordings for both switched digital video channels and channels other than said switched digital video channels to determine which of said scheduled recordings are said switched digital video channels, to obtain filtered data corresponding to said switched digital video channels over a plurality of service groups and times; using at least a portion of said data corresponding to said switched digital video channels to obtain a prediction of future switched digital video channel usage for said video content network broken down by service group and time, without use or storage of tuning or remote control data; and carrying out at least one network management activity on said video content network in response to said prediction of future switched digital video channel usage for said video content network. | 40,073 |
8,507,581 | 1. A stone based copolymer substrate, comprising a copolymer resin blend formed by a thermodynamic combination of heated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) slurry in an amount from approximately two to twenty-five percent (2-25%) by weight of the substrate with a biopolymer in an amount from approximately two to twenty-five percent (2-25%) by weight of the substrate that has been thermodynamically activated by heating to between 150 and 350 degrees F., the thermodynamic combination achieved by agitation and heating to between 150 and 300 degrees F. for a period of time, the biopolymer being biodegradable and made from living organisms or chemically synthesized; and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) having a particle size of less than 5 microns in an amount from approximately fifty to eighty-five percent (50-85%) by weight of the substrate blended with the copolymer resin blend using heated agitation between 150 and 300 degrees F. for 1 to 4 hours, thereby forming a cohesive dispersion. | 37,891 |
9,023,515 | 1. An electrode terminal for electric power output used for a battery having a pair of output terminals formed from metals dissimilar to each other, comprising: a first connection portion attaching to one output terminal, and formed from the same metal as of the one output terminal; and a second connection portion connected to the first connection portion, and formed from the same metal as of the other output terminal, wherein the first connection portion and the second connection portion are unified by metallic bonding, wherein the first connection portion is a shaft in a solid cylindrical shape; the second connection portion is an outer cylinder in a cylindrical shape fit over the shaft, and wherein: the shaft is formed from aluminum or aluminum alloy; and the outer cylinder is formed from copper or copper alloy. | 18,003 |
9,658,337 | 1. A method of optically detecting the presence of a bimodal droplet size distribution in the atmosphere, the method comprising: monitoring statistical fluctuations in a backscattered signal received from a series of pulsed laser light beams having wavelengths of 905 nm and 1550 nm directed into a cloud; and analyzing the statistics of the fluctuations of the backscattered signals to identify the presence of larger diameter droplets, wherein analyzing includes: examining fluctuations in space and time simultaneously using a wavelet transformation; and calculating a characteristic magnitude of fluctuations of the backscattered signal and identifying fluctuations of backscattered signals greater than those typical for a single-mode small droplet cloud to determine whether there is bimodal droplet size distribution within the cloud. | 25,407 |
9,548,834 | 1. A reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexor (ROADM) comprising: at least one input wavelength-selective switch (WSS) including an input port for inputting a plurality of input wavelength channels and a plurality of intermediate ports, at least one ADD switch, each at least one ADD switch comprising: at least one DROP switch, each at least one DROP switch comprising: a controller for controlling wavelength channel routing between the input WS S, the at least one ADD switch, and the at least one DROP switch. | 12,712 |
9,620,807 | 1. A cable-type secondary battery, comprising: an inner electrode having an open-structured inner current collector and an inner electrode active material layer coated on the surface of the inner current collector; an electrolyte layer surrounding the inner electrode, the electrolyte layer being a polymer electrolyte film; an outer electrode having an outer electrode active material layer surrounding the outer surface of the electrolyte layer and an outer current collector surrounding the outer electrode active material layer; and a protection coating disposed to surround the outer electrode, wherein the polymer electrolyte film has a first electrolyte layer comprising a mixture of a first polymer and a first organic electrolyte solution in a weight ratio of 50:50 and 80:20; and a second electrolyte layer formed on at least one surface of the first electrolyte layer and comprising a mixture of a second polymer and a second organic electrolyte solution in a weight ratio of 20:80 and 50:50, wherein the first electrolyte layer has the tensile strength from 0.3 MPa to 6.0 MPa at 200% strain and the ionic conductivity from 2.0×10 the second electrolyte layer has the tensile strength from 0.003 MPa to 0.011 MPa at 50% strain and the ionic conductivity from 3.0×10 | 29,448 |
9,140,637 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a frame; an impact delivery unit for delivering an impact force; at least one head form adapted to be mounted to said frame such that said impact delivery unit can deliver an impact force to a designated location on said at least one head form; said head form being configured to have a helmet installed thereon; said at least one head form being operable to be: a measuring system for providing an indicator of the rotational acceleration of said at least one head form when rotated about each of said plurality of axes; wherein said system is operable, when said impact delivery unit delivers a plurality of impact forces to said designated location on said at least one head form, such that said at least one head form can be selectively constrained to rotate separately about each axis of rotation of said plurality of axes, said measurement system is operable to provide indicators of rotational accelerations about each of said plurality of axes of rotation of said at least one head form during separate rotations about each axis of said plurality of axes of rotation. | 5,828 |
9,394,291 | 1. A compound of formula (I) wherein R R or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 38,904 |
9,080,525 | 1. A method, comprising: adjusting engine operation in response to a fuel make-up, the fuel make-up based on a comparison of a first difference to a second difference, the first difference being between a first estimated air-fuel ratio at a higher assumed ethanol percentage and a second air-fuel ratio at a lower assumed ethanol percentage, the second difference being between a measured air-fuel ratio and an average of the first and second estimated air-fuel ratios, the estimated air-fuel ratios being based on variation in evaporation of fuel on an engine intake port. | 38,925 |
8,415,757 | 1. A photosensitive optoelectronic device, comprising: an anode and a cathode; a plurality of organic photoconductive materials disposed between the anode and the cathode, including wherein the plurality of organic photoconductive materials comprises at least one discontinuous layer. | 560 |
9,272,677 | 1. A method for operating an ultracapacitor system used in a mining excavator powered by a power source, comprising: detecting whether a power from the power source is present; and based on detecting that the power is not present: measuring a voltage level of the ultracapacitor system; comparing a measured voltage level with a minimum voltage level for the ultracapacitor system; and based on comparing that the measured voltage level is more than the minimum voltage level, supplying auxiliary power from the ultracapacitor system to operate mining excavator systems. | 5,849 |
9,382,996 | 1. A device for cooling an axle differential of a motor vehicle, composed of an air-guiding plate for guiding an air stream under the motor vehicle, wherein the air-guiding plate is fastened to the axle differential such that an intrinsic movement of the axle differential causes an adjustment of the air-guiding plate, wherein the air-guiding plate is fastened to a housing of the axle differential and as a result of the intrinsic movements of the axle differential, the air-guiding plate guides the air stream to the axle differential when the motor vehicle is braking, guides no air stream to the axle differential when the motor vehicle is travelling at a constant speed, and guides the air stream away from the axle differential, such that a negative pressure is generated at the axle differential, when the motor vehicle is accelerating. | 29,653 |
9,507,899 | 1. A method for register transfer level (RTL) auto-integration, the method comprising: receiving, by using at least one processor, an input indicating a connection relationship between a first device and a second device through a spread sheet; matching, by using the at least one processor, a first port included in the first device to a second port included in the second device using a naming matching algorithm; and converting, by using the at least one processor, the spread sheet into an RTL code using a result of the matching, wherein the naming matching algorithm matches the first port to the second port having a second port name most similar to a first port name of the first port. | 27,552 |
8,655,916 | 1. A computer-implemented method for constructing a profile for a target user, the method comprising: monitoring personal electronic communications across a network to identify at least one given personal electronic communication identifying a target user as an intended recipient of the given personal electronic communication, the given personal electronic communication including one or more content items; extracting metadata from the one or more content items and said at least one identified personal electronic communication, wherein the one or more content items include at least an attachment; storing the extracted metadata in a profiling database, indexed for the target user; and constructing a user profile for the target user on the basis of the extracted metadata; matching the extracted metadata in the target user profile with extracted metadata in a second user profile for a second target user to determine one or more profile similarities between the target user profile and the second target user profile; and suggesting additional content to the target user based on the one or more profile similarities between the target user profile and the second target user profile, wherein the additional content is at least one of an article, music, a video, artwork. | 34,440 |
8,436,658 | 1. A differential amplifier pair arranged to signal characteristics of a transmitted signal, comprising: a transmit amplifier coupled to receive a mode signal and coupled to adjust a common mode signal in response to the mode signal; wherein the mode signal is a control signal that is different from the common mode signal and is indicative of a determined characteristic of a data signal; and a receiving system comprising a receive amplifier coupled to receive the common mode signal and the data signal from the transmit amplifier, wherein the receive amplifier performs a separation of the common mode signal from the data signal to derive the mode signal; wherein the receiving system is configured to select one of a plurality of different modes of operation for processing the data signal according to the mode signal. | 48,264 |
8,673,034 | 1. A gasifier system comprising: a gasifier comprising a radiant cooler configured to transfer heat from a reaction zone of the gasifier to a flow of fluid through the radiant cooler; a shift knock out drum directly coupled to said gasifier and configured to remove condensate from the flow of fluid; a first heat exchanger directly coupled to said shift knock out drum, said first heat exchanger positioned to receive the flow of fluid discharged from said shift knock out drum, said first heat exchanger comprising at least one tube that includes relatively high pressure steam, said first heat exchanger increasing a temperature of the flow of fluid therethrough by transferring a portion of heat from the relatively high pressure steam to the flow of fluid; a reaction vessel coupled in flow communication with said first heat exchanger, said reaction vessel adapted to receive said flow of fluid from said first heat exchanger and generate heat in an exothermic shift reaction; a second heat exchanger coupled in flow communication downstream from said reaction vessel, said second heat exchanger adapted to produce the relatively high pressure steam using the generated heat; and a gasifier steam drum coupled in flow communication with said second heat exchanger and configured to receive the relatively high pressure steam from said second heat exchanger. | 17,007 |
8,690,628 | 1. A method comprising; preparing at least one substrate having at least one constitutional element for a phosphor and having a single layer structure that does not have any interlayer interface, as well as a raw material comprising all of the constitutional elements for the phosphor except for the at least one constitutional element contained in the substrate, in a chamber; and gradually diffusing the raw material from a surface of the substrate to an inner part of the substrate to form a phosphor layer within the substrate such that a composition of the phosphor layer gradually approaches a composition of the substrate from the surface of the substrate towards the inner part of the substrate without having an interface where a concentration discontinuity of the compositions appears. | 4,467 |
9,249,719 | 1. A turbine device, comprising: a turbine housing, the turbine housing comprising an inlet, a flow channel, an outlet, a middle partition, and an arced partition; a turbine impeller; a gas outlet; and an exhaust manifold; wherein: the turbine impeller and the gas outlet are arranged inside the turbine housing; the exhaust manifold is connected to the inlet of the turbine housing; the flow channel is arranged inside the turbine housing; the outlet of the turbine housing is arranged on the flow channel close to the turbine impeller; the middle partition is disposed inside the flow channel and divides the flow channel into a left flow channel and a right flow channel; the arced partition is arranged in both the left flow channel and the right flow channel; one end of the arced partition is in a rigid connection with the middle partition, and the other end of the arced partition is close to the outlet of the turbine housing; the arced partition arranged inside the left flow channel divides the left flow channel into a left outer flow channel and a left inner flow channel; the arced partition arranged inside the right flow channel divides the right flow channel into a right outer flow channel and a right inner flow channel; the left outer flow channel, the left inner flow channel, the right outer flow channel, and the right inner flow channel are all connected to the outlet of the turbine housing; a static cascade is arranged in a circle in each of the left outer flow channel and the right outer flow channel close to the outlet of the turbine housing; and a blade of the static cascade is inclinedly arranged at an outlet of the outer flow channel. | 27,254 |
9,409,809 | 1. A method for manufacturing a glass blank for magnetic disk, the method including a forming process of press-forming a lump of molten glass using a pair of dies, the method comprising: press-forming a lump of molten glass while falling from a direction orthogonal to the falling direction using a pair of dies; obtaining a correlation between a difference in temperature of a pair of dies in the press-forming the molten glass and flatness of the glass blank obtained after press forming, the difference being measured at positions of the pair of dies facing each other; determining a difference in temperature of the pair of dies based on the correlation, the difference corresponding to a target flatness of the glass blank; and performing the forming process so that a difference in temperature of the pair of dies is within the determined difference in temperature. | 25,137 |
9,296,522 | 1. A zipper tape comprising: an engagement portion at which a pair of male member and a female member are adapted to be mated with each other; and at least two belt-like bases provided continuously to the engagement portion, wherein at least one of the belt-like bases comprises a main body on which the engagement portion is provided; a thin portion being thinner than a main body, a projecting portion being thicker than the main body located between the engagement portion and the thin portion; and a rib provided on at least one surface of the thin portion. | 34,086 |
8,640,190 | 1. A method comprising: receiving attribute information, wherein comparing the attribute information with access control information, wherein selecting a value for an access restriction of a set of access restrictions, wherein generating an access control policy, wherein | 17,370 |
9,129,870 | 1. A package structure having an embedded electronic component, comprising: a carrier having a cavity penetrating therethrough and a metal layer disposed at one side of the carrier for covering one end of the cavity; a semiconductor chip having opposite active and non-active surfaces and received in the cavity of the carrier with its non-active surface attached to the metal layer, wherein the active surface of the semiconductor chip has a plurality of electrode pads formed thereon, and each of the electrode pads has a solder bump disposed thereon; a dielectric layer formed on the carrier and the semiconductor chip for encapsulating the solder bumps and filling up a spacing between the semiconductor chip and the cavity of the carrier; a wiring layer formed on the dielectric layer and having a plurality of conductive pads and a plurality of conductive vias formed in the dielectric layer for electrically connecting the solder bumps; and an insulating protection layer formed on the dielectric layer and the wiring layer and having a plurality of openings formed therein for exposing the conductive pads. | 46,190 |
9,094,555 | 1. A reading device comprising: an image reading unit including a place-reading contact glass on which a document to be read is placed and a feed-reading contact glass on which a transported document sheet passes, so as to perform document reading by one of place reading for reading the document placed on the place-reading contact glass and feed reading for reading the transported document sheet; a document feeder unit being capable of opening and closing with respect to the image reading unit, and configured to feed a document sheet set on a document tray and to transport the document sheet to the feed-reading contact glass; a table document detection unit for detecting whether or not there is a document on the place-reading contact glass; a document set sensor for detecting whether or not a document sheet is set on the document tray in such a manner that the document feeder unit is capable of feeding the document sheet; a size detection unit including a size sensor disposed at the document feeder unit for detecting a size in a document transport direction of the document sheet set on the document tray, the size sensor being a sensor provided in addition to the document set sensor; an open/close detection unit for detecting open and close of the document feeder unit; an input unit for accepting an instruction to start the document reading; a notifying unit configured to display a screen for request, confirmation, or selection; a history storing unit for storing history information about whether or not the document feeder unit is opened and closed in a period after a last document reading job is finished until the instruction to start the document reading is issued based on an output of the open/close detection unit; and a determining unit for detecting whether or not there is a document on the place-reading contact glass based on an output of the table document detection unit, whether or not a document sheet is set on the document tray based on an output of the document set sensor, and a size of an object placed on the document tray based on an output of the size detection unit, for determining whether to execute the feed reading, or to execute the place reading, or to be disabled to determine to execute the place reading or the feed reading, based on whether or not there is a document on the place-reading contact glass and based on the history information, in a determination necessary state in which the document set sensor does not detect that a document sheet is set on the document tray while the size detection unit detects an object on the document tray, and for permitting the feed reading or the place reading to be started not promptly but after making the notifying unit display the screen for request, confirmation, or selection, even when an instruction to execute a job accompanying the document reading is issued in the determination necessary state. | 46,677 |
9,498,359 | 1. A medical device, comprising: a scaffold crimped to a balloon; the scaffold forming a network of rings interconnected by links, including wherein | 37,751 |
9,167,389 | 1. A system for determining locations visited by a mobile device, comprising: one or more computing devices; a database storing a plurality of location points, wherein each location point is associated with the mobile device; an updater, implemented on the one or more computing devices, configured to: a query manager, implemented on the one or more computing devices, configured to: an analyzer, implemented on the one or more computing devices, configured to: a consolidator, implemented on the one or more computing devices, configured to apply a spatial clustering procedure to transform the aggregate locations of one or more time blocks into one or more locations of interest. | 35,792 |
8,447,483 | 1. A method for operating a working machine provided with: a power source and a plurality of driving wheels; a working hydraulic system comprising at least one hydraulic pump powered by the power source for moving an implement on the working machine and/or for steering the working machine; a transmission line arranged between the power source and the driving wheels for transmitting torque from the power source to the driving wheels; and a transmission unit arranged in the transmission line for reducing mechanical interaction between the power source and the driving wheels, comprising the steps of: detecting at least one operational parameter indicative of a working condition of the working machine, determining if a characteristic of the transmission unit should be altered on the basis of a magnitude of the detected operational parameter, altering the characteristic of the transmission unit if it is determined to be required, wherein the working condition determines a predetermined working operation with the implement. | 34,215 |
8,657,135 | 1. An artificial nipple, which is a molded product made of an elastic material and configured as a substantially conical hollow body, the artificial nipple comprising: a base section that widens to match an attachment object; an areola section formed contiguously to the base section and that extends while narrowing gradually; a nipple section that extends from the areola section and that narrows more than the areola section; a flange section provided in the base section and having a predetermined thickness; and a check valve formed with a valve body so as to be entirely accommodated within a thickness dimension of the flange section, wherein the areola section includes a bulge section having an opening therein, the opening being in fluid communication with the check valve such that air can pass through the check valve via the opening. | 16,629 |
8,418,522 | 1. A hand/pneumatics dual operation vacuum pulling device, comprising: an elongate shank, which has a free end forming a first internal threading; a suction cup, which forms a first external threading and has a top end forming a through hole; a coupling member, which forms a second external threading mating the first internal threading of the elongate shank to connect the coupling member to the end of the elongate shank and a second internal threading for mating the first external threading of the suction cup to couple the suction cup to the coupling member; a backward ram, which is slidably fit to the elongate shank; a ring, which is fit to the elongate shank; a transverse handle, which has a third external threading engaging and extending through a nut and the third internal threading of the ring to abut the elongate shank; a handgrip, which is mounted to an upper end of the elongate shank and comprises a pressure relief seat; a tube, which is received in the elongate shank and communicates with the handgrip via a first fitting and the through hole of the suction cup via a second fitting mounted inside the coupling member to set up fluid communication between the suction cup and the handgrip; and a ram stop section, which is arranged under the pressure relief seat to set a stop to sliding movement of the backward ram, wherein a hand-operating pump piston has an end selectively and removably coupled to and communicating with the handgrip to form a hand-operating vacuum pulling device; and a pneumatic operation seat is interchangeably and replaceably coupled to and communicating with the handgrip with a pneumatic sleeve so as to form a pneumatically-operating vacuum pulling device. | 21,887 |
9,678,549 | 1. A computer-implemented method to control downloading of an application to a mobile device based on power consumption of the application, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a server, a first power nameplate for a first application and a second power nameplate for a second application, wherein the first power nameplate identifies a first power consumption level requirement of the first application, wherein the second power nameplate identifies a second power consumption level requirement of the second application, and wherein the second power consumption level requirement is a lower power consumption level requirement than the first power consumption level requirement; receiving, by the server, a first priority rating of the first application and a second priority rating of the second application, wherein the first priority rating is a higher priority rating than the second priority rating; receiving, by the server, a power descriptor from a mobile device, wherein the power descriptor identifies an amount of power available to the mobile device from a battery on the mobile device; receiving, by the server, a set of application downloading rules, wherein the set of application downloading rules comprises a soft rule, a hard rule, and a medium rule, wherein the soft rule prioritizes downloading the first application over the second application based on the higher priority rating of the first application regardless of the higher power consumption level requirement of the first application, wherein the hard rule prioritizes downloading the second application over the first application based on the lower power consumption level requirement of the second application regardless of the higher priority rating of the first application, and wherein the medium rule prioritizes downloading the second application over the first application in response to the amount of power available to the mobile device from the battery being below a predetermined value; receiving, by the server, a request to upload the first application and the second application to the mobile device; receiving, by the server, a rule selection message, wherein the rule selection message selectively chooses a selected rule from the soft rule, the hard rule, and the medium rule; and selectively uploading, from the server to the mobile device, the first application or the second application based on the selected rule. | 37,174 |
9,068,858 | 1. A method of configuring an end device via an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) network, the method comprising: receiving, via the AMI network, a program recipe comprising one or more configuration parameters, the program recipe being specific to the end device and formatted according to a generic program table of the end device; decrypting and validating the program recipe; after the decryption and validation of the program recipe, implementing the program recipe, by the end device, to configure the end device with the one or more configuration parameters; and logging a result of the program recipe implementation such that the result can be retrieved by a collector within the AMI network, wherein the end device is associated with a first vendor and the AMI network and the collector are associated with a second vendor that is different than the first vendor, and wherein the program recipe can be decrypted by the end device but it is not able to be decrypted by the AMI network of the second vendor. | 43,564 |
9,374,012 | 1. A power supply, comprising: a direct current (DC) to DC converter supplying main power to a load, the DC to DC converter and the load each having two terminals; and a sub converter connected to the DC to DC converter and reducing output loss wherein the sub-converter includes two sub switching elements which switch the main power from the DC to DC converter; and wherein one of the two sub switching elements is turned on in a predetermined nominal mode, and the two sub switching elements are periodically turned on and turned off in a predetermined hold up mode. | 31,813 |
8,737,210 | 1. A method, stored in a memory and executing on a processor, for distributing Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) packets between a client and one of a plurality of back-end servers, the method comprising: routing by a front-end server said SCTP packets, each of which includes a distribution key created based on SCTP parameters associated with said client and said one of said plurality of back-end servers wherein said plurality of back-end servers share a virtual internet protocol (VIP) address with said front-end server; wherein said distribution key comprises: wherein said front-end server detects a clash between a first distribution key created for a first back-end server SCTP association and a second distribution key, while creating said second distribution key, for a second back-end server SCTP association and generates a replacement SCTP Initiate-Tag for said second distribution key to preserve the uniqueness of said first distribution key and said second distribution key. | 44,040 |
9,607,849 | 1. A pattern-forming method comprising: applying a resist underlayer film-forming composition on a substrate to provide a resist underlayer film on the substrate, the resist underlayer film-forming composition comprising a first polymer having a glass transition temperature of 0 to 180° C. and a second polymer having a glass transition temperature of more than 180° C.; providing a silicon-based oxide film on a surface of the resist underlayer film; providing a resist pattern on a surface of the silicon-based oxide film using a resist composition; sequentially dry-etching the silicon-based oxide film and the resist underlayer film using the resist pattern as a mask; and dry-etching the substrate using the dry-etched resist underlayer film as a mask, wherein the first polymer comprises: a structural unit represented by formula (2); and a structural unit that comprises a —CH wherein R R R wherein the second polymer comprises a structural unit represented by formula (5), a structural unit represented by formula (6), a structural unit represented by formula (7), a structural unit that comprises a fullerene skeleton, or a combination thereof, wherein R R n4 is 0 or 1, wherein R R R n5 is an integer from 0 to 6, wherein a plurality of R R wherein R wherein an amount of the first polymer is from 10 to 40 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the first polymer and the second polymer in total, and a polystyrene-reduced weight average molecular weight of the first polymer determined by gel permeation chromatography is 5000 or more. | 41,353 |
8,701,176 | 1. A method comprising: receiving at a computer security device a first indication from a firewall that a first packet is accepted based upon a first firewall rule, wherein the firewall is different from the computer security device; in response to receiving the first indication and in response to the computer security device being in an available mode, determining by the computer security device whether to send the first packet based on the first indication and on a first evaluation by the computer security device, wherein processing by the firewall and by the computer security device are performed in parallel; in further response to receiving the first indication and in response to the computer security device being in a monitor mode, sending the first packet without waiting for the first evaluation and collecting by the computer security device data about the first packet; receiving at the computer security device a second indication from the firewall that a second packet is trusted, wherein the second packet is determined by the firewall to be trusted by identifying a source of the second packet, comparing the identified source to a predetermined list, and if the identified source matches a source on the list, designating the second packet as trusted and originating from a trusted data provider; in response to receiving the second indication, sending the second packet without waiting for a second evaluation by the computer security device and irrespective of the second evaluation made by the computer security device; determining at the computer security device whether the second packet matches a signature in the computer security device; and in response to determining that the second packet matches the signature, modifying the predetermined list to designate future packets from the source of the second packet as un-trusted and originating from an un-trusted data provider. | 43,911 |
9,447,344 | 1. A method for producing a renewable gasoline from cellulosic biomass comprising: a) separating a cellulosic feedstream in an ionic separator to generate a polyol stream comprising at least one of sugars and polyols and an organic stream comprising one or more organic acids and water; b) generating hydrocarbons comprising alkanes from the polyol stream in a hydrotreating reactor and converting at least a portion of the hydrocarbons to isomerized gasoline range hydrocarbons in an isomerization reactor c) generating alcohol from the organic stream, at least a portion of the hydrocarbons from the hydrotreating reactor and hydrogen in a hydrodeoxygenation reactor d) separating the alcohol, water, and hydrogen in a cold separator, and removing water using a membrane separator; and e) producing one or more product renewable gasoline streams comprising the alcohols, at least a portion of the hydrocarbons from the hydrotreating reactor and the isomerized gasoline range hydrocarbons. | 21,179 |
9,774,217 | 1. A system for configuring and powering a wireless batteryless device, the system comprising: the wireless batteryless device comprising: | 10,474 |
8,342,457 | 1. A shape-changing structural member comprising: a shape-changing structural material capable of elastic deformation at strains of at least 5% when the shape-changing structural material softens by being heated above a glass transition temperature or phase transition temperature; one or more springs embedded in the shape-changing structural material, wherein the one or more springs provide structural support to the shape-changing material to put or maintain the shape-changing material in a desired shape when the shape-changing material is above the glass transition temperature or phase transition temperature; and ribs between segments of the shape-changing material, wherein the ribs include ribs on opposite sides of at least one of the segments of the shape-changing material. | 655 |
8,806,046 | 1. A computer implemented method for making remotely-originated application execution content and additional information available to users across an enterprise, the method comprising the steps of: identifying a user at a current endpoint; detecting a request from the user for at least one subsection of a streaming application from a remote server for execution on the current endpoint, wherein the streaming application comprises multiple specific subsections remotely-streamed from the remote server to be executed on the current endpoint, wherein each specific subsection comprises a chunk of code of the application to be executed; identifying the at least one subsection of the streaming application and gleaned additional information related to the streaming application associated with the user while at a previous endpoint as being placed as a profile object of the user under control of a central identify management system that makes the cached at least one subsection of the streaming application and gleaned information available to the user on any computer across an enterprise; and responsive to receiving cached at least one subsection of the streaming application and gleaned additional information from the central identity management system as a profile object of the user, continuing execution of the streaming application for the user in accordance with the at least one subsection and the gleaned additional information at the current endpoint, the gleaned additional information comprising: | 43,730 |
8,640,871 | 1. A stackable generally U-shaped merchandise tray container comprising, a rectangular bottom panel having a left side edge, a right side edge, a rear side edge, and a front side edge, a rectangular weight supporting left case and a rectangular weight supporting right case extending vertically upward at said left side edge and said right side edge respectively of said bottom panel, said left case and said right case having an outer vertical panel with a completely flat surface forming left and right outer side panels respectively of said tray container, each of said left case and said right case having a rectangular top panel, and a vertical interior panel, and narrow side panels aligned with said rear side edge and said front side edge of said tray container, two vertical right-angled mounting tabs located at two inner corners of said rectangular top panel of both said left case and said right case, with one side of said tabs extending upwards from said narrow side panels and another side of said tabs extending upwards from an end edge portion of said interior panel of said left case and said right case to locate immediately adjacent to the interior space of said tray container whereby the right-angle of all said right-angled mounting tabs is facing away from the interior of said tray container, four rectangular mounting openings formed at four corners of said bottom panel to provide a rectangular left front mounting opening, a rectangular left rear mounting opening, a rectangular right front mounting opening, and a rectangular right rear mounting opening, each of said rectangular mounting openings having one inner side edge perpendicular to a side edge of said bottom panel and a second inner side edge perpendicular said one inner side edge, said mounting openings having dimensions complementary to dimensions of said right-angled mounting tabs, whereby two tray containers are stackable one on top of another with said right-angled mounting tabs of the tray container located at the bottom of the stack engaging snugly with said one inner side edge and said second inner side edge of said rectangular mounting openings at the bottom panel of the tray container located at the top of the stack for securing the two tray containers firmly together. | 32,402 |
9,436,343 | 1. An organic light-emitting display apparatus comprising: a substrate; a sensing layer formed on the substrate and containing hydrogen ions; a touch sensor active layer formed on or above the sensing layer; a touch sensor source electrode and a touch sensor drain electrode that are electrically connected to the touch sensor active layer; a protective layer covering the touch sensor source electrode and the touch sensor drain electrode; a pixel electrode formed on the protective layer, wherein the pixel electrode is not formed substantially directly above the touch sensor active layer; a pixel defining layer formed on the pixel electrode, wherein first and second recesses are defined in the pixel defining layer, wherein the first and second recesses are separated from each other, and wherein at least part of the second recess is formed substantially directly above the touch sensor active layer; an intermediate layer formed in the first recess, wherein the intermediate layer is formed on the pixel electrode and comprises an organic light-emitting layer; and an opposite electrode formed on the intermediate layer and the pixel defining layer, wherein at least part of the opposite electrode is formed in the second recess. | 20,903 |
9,548,020 | 1. An apparatus comprising: an organic light-emitting panel having a plurality of pixel regions, each pixel region related with at least one scan line and one data line, each pixel region further comprising: a circuit comprising a data driver configured to apply the first data voltage to each pixel region during a first period of the sensing interval, and to detect the sensing voltage from the load capacitor during a second period of the sensing interval. | 6,652 |
9,556,848 | 1. An installation frame of a tidal current generating device, comprising: an outer frame having a height, a width and a thickness; at least two buoy units disposed on two sides of the outer frame, when the installation frame of the tidal current generating device is used, a direction of the at least two buoy units parallel to the height of the outer frame being vertical to a horizontal plane and perpendicular to a direction of water flow, each buoy unit extending the height and thickness of the outer frame; at least one inner frame detachably disposed within the outer frame, each inner frame being modular for attachment to the outer frame; and a hydro turbine, wherein the hydro turbine comprises: at least two annular wheel discs and a plurality of blades annularly disposed at the annular wheel discs; the number of the blades is at least equal to 28 and at most is equal to the integral number of centimeters in an outer circumference of one annular wheel disc; the blades are arc-shaped and the sum of arc length of one side of all the blades is 0.85-2 times the outer circumference of one annular wheel disc; a blade angle is formed between two line segments respectively connecting the middle point to the two endpoints of an arc of each blade and the blade angle is in a range of 100°-170°; and a blade installation angle is formed between the chord line having the maximum chord length of the arc of each blade and a radius line of each annular wheel disc passing through an outer endpoint of the blade and the blade installation angle is in a range of 15°-75°. | 2,007 |
8,858,301 | 1. An attachment mechanism for a cutting disc of a power tool, the attachment mechanism comprising: a rotatable drive shaft having a free end; a releasable locking member associated with the drive shaft, the locking member being movable between a locked configuration for retaining a cutting disc on the drive shaft and an unlocked configuration for releasing the cutting disc for removal from the drive shaft; a biasing member associated with the locking member for resiliently biasing the locking member toward the locked configuration; and a release mechanism associated with the locking member for moving the locking member into the unlocked configuration against the bias of the biasing member; wherein the locking member comprises a locking head of non-circular shape for selective alignment with and traversal through a similarly non-circularly shaped aperture in the cutting disc; and the locking member comprises a shaft extending from the locking head, the shaft being slidably engaged in a bore in the drive shaft; and further comprising a limiting member for limiting axial movement of the locking member within the bore of the drive shaft. | 25,021 |
9,288,453 | 1. A method for lossy encoding data having at least one of image data or audio data, said method comprising: determining quantized coefficients using a quantization of a discrete cosine transformed residual of a prediction of said data; modifying said quantized coefficients for minimizing a rate-distortion cost, wherein distortion is determined using a post-processed reconstruction of the data, the post-processed reconstruction being post-processed according to a post-processing method; and encoding said modified quantized coefficients; wherein the post-processing method is that one of n>1 different given post processing method candidates whose position in an given order of arrangement of the post processing method candidates equals a remainder of division, by n, of a sum of the modified coefficients. | 10,583 |
9,540,951 | 1. A system for pressurizing at least one chamber for lubricating bearings of a turbomachine, comprising: a supply circuit for supplying the chamber with pressurized air; and a recovery circuit for recovering an oil mist formed in the chamber and for returning the oil mist recovered by the recovery circuit to an oil reservoir of the turbomachine, wherein the supply circuit supplies the chamber with air coming from an air intake duct of the turbomachine, bled upstream from a low-pressure compressor, and wherein the air bled from upstream of the low-pressure compressor enters the chamber through an opening provided on a low-pressure shaft of the turbomachine. | 34,138 |
8,666,558 | 1. A power outage restoration system for managing a power network including a plurality of switching devices, said power outage restoration system comprising: an outage management system having a network model of said power network, said outage management system including an outage engine that uses said network model for generating restoration switching plans; a plurality of local restoration controllers in communication with said outage management system, each said local restoration controller having a distinct associated local restoration controller area of responsibility which is a portion of said power network, each said local restoration controller including a trimmed network model correlating to the respective local restoration controller area of responsibility, each said local restoration controller further including a switching analysis engine that uses said trimmed network model for generating said restoration switching plans; and wherein each said local restoration controller is operable to detect faults in its associated area of responsibility, when a fault is detected the respective local restoration controller switching analysis engine attempts to generate a restoration switching plan, and if said switching analysis engine fails, a request is sent to said outage management system for said outage engine to generate a restoration switching plan. | 45,653 |
9,506,450 | 1. A submersible power generator comprising: an inner/outer double rotational armatures-type power generation mechanism provided with an outer rotational armature and an inner rotational armature opposing the outer rotational armature to rotate in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of the outer rotational armature, a pair of propellers disposed coaxially with blades of one of the pair of propellers and blades of the other of the pair of propellers twisted in opposite directions relative to an extending direction of a central axis of the pair of propellers, wherein one of the propellers is connected to one of the inner and outer rotational armatures and the other of the propellers is connected to the other of the inner and outer rotational armatures, and a casing for accommodating the inner/outer double rotational armatures-type power generation mechanism and shielding the armatures-type power generation mechanism from an external environment, wherein the submersible power generator, as installed under water to operate in a water current, has a buoyancy F acting thereon that is larger than a gravity W acting thereon during operation of the submersible power generator, wherein, as seen on a meridian plane, a rotational moment center, around which a sum total of rotational moments generated by buoyancy F acting on the submersible power generator, gravity W acting on the submersible power generator and drag D acting on the submersible power generator in a water current becomes zero, comes to be located on the casing, and wherein the meridian plane is a vertical plane including a rotational axis of the propellers. | 28,265 |
9,111,684 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte storage element, comprising: a positive electrode which comprises a positive-electrode active material capable of intercalating or deintercalating anions; a negative electrode which comprises a negative-electrode active material capable of storing or releasing metallic lithium or lithium ion, or both thereof; a first separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a non-aqueous electrolyte which comprises a non-aqueous solvent and a lithium salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent; and an ion-exchange membrane between the first separator and the positive electrode, between the first separator and the negative electrode, or between the first separator and the positive electrode and between the first separator and the negative electrode; wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte storage element comprises an excess of lithium salt such that solid lithium salt is present in the storage element upon completion of discharge of the storage element at 25° C. and a discharge voltage of 4.0 V. | 32,504 |
8,845,233 | 1. A device for agitating a material, the device comprising: a casing defining a passage, wherein the casing comprises an opening at a first end of the casing, wherein the passage is helical; and a valve positioned and configured to close the opening, wherein the casing is configured to allow rotational insertion of the casing into a material, wherein the valve is configured to allow closure of the passage when the casing is in the material, and wherein the casing is configured to be agitated when the casing is in the material. | 33,622 |
9,209,470 | 1. A manufacturing apparatus for an electrolyte membrane with gaskets by laminating an electrolyte membrane having a predetermined region on which a catalyst layer is formed and a gasket formed with an opening shaped to match the shape of the region of the catalyst layer, the manufacturing apparatus for an electrolyte membrane with gaskets comprising: a laminating roller that abuts on the gasket to laminate the electrolyte membrane and the gasket, the laminating roller having a surface on which a protrusion is formed, the protrusion being shaped to fit in the opening of the gasket; and a controller that operates the laminating roller such that the electrolyte membrane and the gasket are laminated while the protrusion is fitted in the opening of the gasket. | 21,401 |
9,819,327 | 1. A mobile communication device, comprising: a first antenna; a transmitter circuit having an output port; a tuner circuit having one or more bulk acoustic wave resonators (BAWRs), an antenna port coupled to the first antenna, a transmitter port coupled to the output port of the transmitter circuit, and a control port; and a control circuit, coupled to the control port, configured to adjust an impedance of the tuner circuit, via adjustment of a BAWR or another component of the tuner circuit, based at least in part on an impedance of the first antenna; and a second antenna, different from the first antenna, coupled to a receiver. | 24,706 |
9,334,978 | 1. A valve device for a hydraulic circuit, the valve device comprising: an actuator unit comprising: a valve unit comprising: an opening arranged at an end of the valve unit opposite to the space, the opening comprising a valve tappet arranged therein, the valve tappet being configured to be pressure-loaded and displaceable counter to the valve closing body in an opening direction, wherein, the space is in a permanent fluidic communication with the outlet. | 45,530 |
9,767,377 | 1. A pattern extracting device comprising: circuitry configured to: extract a plurality of feature points from a captured image of an image pattern that is projected on to a display; set a subset of the plurality feature points as near-by feature points, the subset of the plurality of feature points determined as located within a range of a predetermined distance from a feature point that is missing in the captured image, and the feature point that is missing corresponding to a corresponding feature point of the image pattern that is intended to be projected; interpolate the feature point that is missing in the captured image by using the near-by feature points which are located near the feature point to obtain a corrected image; correct a distortion in the captured image based on the interpolated feature point; and display, on the display, the corrected image after correcting the distortion in the captured image. | 17,412 |
8,949,225 | 1. A computer implemented method for accessing an RDF (resource description framework) repository through a SPARQL (SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language) gateway, the method comprising: receiving, by the SPARQL gateway running on a computer having a processor, a database query, the database query received in a first query language format; converting the database query into a SPARQL query format; submitting the converted query to a SPARQL endpoint; receiving, by the SPARQL gateway, SPARQL query results from the SPARQL endpoint; and transforming the SPARQL query results into a format corresponding to the first query language format, wherein the format is not an XML format. | 27,106 |
9,752,989 | 1. A sample analyzing method using a sample analysis cartridge inserted into a sample analyzer that detects a detection target substance contained in a sample, comprising: transporting a magnetic particle supporting the detection target substance by magnetic force from a first liquid container to a second liquid container through a passage disposed between the first and second liquid containers, the first liquid container storing a first liquid containing the magnetic particle to be a support of the detection target substance, the second liquid container storing a second liquid containing a labeled substance which is to form a complex together with the detection target substance and the magnetic particle; transporting the complex, which is formed in the second liquid container, and contains the detection target substance, the magnetic particle, and the labeled substance, to a third liquid in a flow path; and transporting the magnetic particle to a detection tank to detect the detection target substance, while agitating the magnetic particle in a mixed liquid of the complex and the third liquid within the flow path. | 9,081 |
9,537,787 | 1. A method for dynamically balancing a plurality of resources according to resource requirements for each of a plurality of clients with unpredictable loads based on a resource usage history by a processor device in a computing environment, the method comprising: limiting a resource usage of each of the plurality of clients by a resource threshold; increasing the resource threshold of each of the plurality of clients increases over time; decreasing the resource threshold of each of the plurality of clients upon a depletion a plurality of resource and a resource request of one of the plurality of clients is rejected; creating a subset of clients from the plurality of clients having the resource usage greater than the resource usage of the one of the plurality of clients whose resource request has been rejected; computing a dynamic average of a normalized number of a plurality of resources from the subset of clients, wherein: increasing the resource threshold for each the plurality of clients until the resource request for an alternative one of the at least one of the plurality of clients is rejected; and in response to the rejection of the resource request for the alternative one of the at least one of the plurality of clients, performing each one of: | 7,729 |
8,713,371 | 1. A data processing apparatus comprising: data processing circuitry for performing data processing operations in response to execution of program instructions; debug circuitry for performing debug operations; said data processing apparatus comprising a data store for storing a current debug exception mask value; said data processing circuitry being configured to set said current debug exception mask value to a first value in said data store in response to executing critical code and on termination of execution of said critical code to reset said current debug exception mask value to not store said first value; wherein said data processing circuitry is configured to allow a debug exception to be taken if said current debug exception mask value is not set to said first value and not to allow said debug exception to be taken if said current debug exception mask value is set to said first value, said data processing circuitry further configured to execute program instructions corresponding to a plurality of different software hierarchical levels, a higher software hierarchical level being a level with greater privileges than a lower software hierarchical level such that there are at least some data storage locations that can be accessed from said higher hierarchical level and cannot be accessed from said lower hierarchical level, and said current debug exception mask value indicating whether taking of a debug exception at a same hierarchical level as a level software is currently operating at is allowable. | 13,891 |
9,601,935 | 1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a cradle includes a pedestal, a protrusion portion that protrudes toward a slope direction from an upper portion of the pedestal including a slope surface, and a first connector fixedly formed in the pedestal and parallel to a top surface of the pedestal in a horizontal direction; the slope surface and the top surface are in obtuse angle and a display device include a display portion and a second connector formed on a surface of the display device, wherein, even when a back surface of the display device opposed to the display portion comes into contact with the slope surface of the protrusion portion and the display device is mounted on the cradle, the first connector is connected to the second connector, and wherein, even when the back surface of the display device comes into contact with the top surface and the display device is mounted on the cradle, the first connector is connected to the second connector. | 34,016 |
9,735,369 | 1. An organic compound represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, each Z is independently N or CR at least two Zs are N, at least two Zs in the Z-containing ring bonded to L or the triphenylene group being N, R L is a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted biphenylene group, or a substituted or unsubstituted terphenylene group, the substituted phenylene group, the substituted biphenylene group, or the substituted terphenylene group being substituted with a deuterium, a C1 to C30 alkyl group, or a phenyl group, n1 to n3 are each independently 0 or 1, n1+n2+n3≧1, and a total number of 6-membered rings substituting the triphenylene group in Chemical Formula 1 is less than or equal to 6. | 6,510 |
8,753,082 | 1. A multi-stage gear box ( 122 ) of a wind power plant, the gear box ( 122 ) comprising: a gear box housing ( wherein at least one access opening for the insertion of a work instrument into the gear box housing ( at least one guiding means ( wherein parts of the gear box ( wherein the guiding means ( wherein the guiding means sections include at least one fixed section that is attached to the at least one fixed component and at least one moveable section that is attached to the at least one moveable component. | 36,940 |
8,449,761 | 1. A hydrocarbon conversion process, comprising contacting a hydrocarbonaceous feed at hydrocarbon converting conditions with a catalyst comprising a silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve having the 29 Si MAS NMR spectrum of FIG. 9 . | 38,600 |
8,687,012 | 1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a displayer; an imager; a display controller which displays a through image imaged by said imager on said displayer; an index image displayer which displays a predetermined index image being an index for imaging while being superimposed on said through image, wherein said display controller further includes a color acquirer which acquires a color of said through image, and a color setter which sets a color of said predetermined index image to a color different from the color of said through image, wherein said color acquirer acquires the color of said through image at a position where said predetermined index image is arranged. | 266 |
8,794,035 | 1. A method of manufacturing polysilicon comprising: feeding powdery raw silicon to a silicon melting unit and melting the fed raw silicon by irradiating a first electron beam to the raw silicon using a first electron gun; continuously feeding and melting the raw silicon such that molten silicon is overflowed from the silicon melting unit; receiving, by an unidirectional solidification unit which includes a dummy bar and a silicon button, the molten silicon overflowed from the silicon melting unit, transferring the molten silicon by driving, the silicon button, which is contacted directly on the dummy bar so that the molten silicon is prevented from being contaminated by the dummy bar, in a downward direction followed by solidifying the molten silicon from a lower portion thereof to an upper portion thereof by using a fluid in order to form a refined silicon ingot; and cutting off an upper portion of the refined silicon ingot to remove metal impurities from the silicon ingot. | 2,078 |
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