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1. A computer program product comprising one or more computer-storage media having thereon one or more computer-executable instructions that are structured such that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to operate a task broker, wherein the task broker is configured...
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1. A method for detecting at least one photovoltaic electricity production apparatus in an electrical distribution network comprising at least one electrical installation and at least one current sensor, each installation comprising at least one electrical apparatus and being connected to a respective distribution node...
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9,442,117
1. A method of detecting an analyte of interest in a sample, comprising (a) forming a composition comprising: wherein A is an electrogenerated chemiluminescent (ECL) moiety which can be induced to repeatedly emit electromagnetic radiation by direct exposure to an electrochemical energy source; and the ECL moiety is sol...
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8,900,379
1. A ferritic stainless steel for a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell separator, having a composition comprising 0.0083 mass % or less of C, 16-45 mass % of Cr, 0.03 mass % or less of N, 0.1-5.0 mass % of Mo, Al: 0.001-0.2 mass %, wherein a total of the C content and the N content satisfies 0.03 mass % or less and no ...
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9,368,817
1. A method for reconditioning a fuel cell stack, said method comprising: determining whether fuel cell stack reconditioning is needed; increasing the humidification level of a cathode side of the fuel cell stack over the relative humidity of the cathode side during normal operating conditions if stack reconditioning i...
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1. A material for a photoelectric conversion device, comprising phthalocyanine nanowires having a breadth of 50 nm or less and a ratio (length/breadth) of a length to the breadth, the ratio being 10 or more, wherein the phthalocyanine nanowires contain an unsubstituted phthalocyanine and a substituted phthalocyanine.
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8,414,597
1. A surgical apparatus comprising:
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1. A method for scheduling, by a mobile station (MS), data transmission and reception of neighbor base stations (BSs) adjacent to the MS in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, at the MS, number information through a specific downlink channel in first to Nth time units from each of the nei...
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8,397,584
1. A mechanical integrity testing apparatus, comprising: a testing fixture, for testing a binding strength between an insulating layer, one of a plurality of conductive posts, and a wall of a hole in which the conductive post is located of an object to be tested, the testing fixture comprising a force application mecha...
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9,505,728
1. A compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof wherein: A1 is phenyl or a 6 membered heteroaromatic ring having 1, 2 or 3 N in the heteroaromatic ring; A2 is selected from A2a or A2b wherein A2a phenyl or a 6-membered heteroaromatic ring having 1, 2 or 3 N in the heteroaromatic ring, and A2b is ...
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1. A variable stroke direct injection fuel pump system for an engine, the system comprising: a direct injection (DI) fuel pump including a stroke member and configured to pump a quantity of fuel based on a stroke of the stroke member, wherein the stroke member is a plunger; a variable fuel pump actuator assembly associ...
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1. An apparatus for delivering a quantity of medication to bone marrow of a bone comprising: a driver assembly; a plunger operating and cartridge drive mechanism rotatably engaged with the driver assembly; a removable cartridge assembly including a plunger and a drive connector attached to the cartridge assembly, the d...
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8,832,574
1. An apparatus comprising: a first display configured to be able to display user content and to have an active display state in which said user content can be stably displayed via active powering of the display; a second display configured to be able to display user content and to have a passive display state in which...
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8,714,211
1. An apparatus for filling portable storage containers with aggregate material, comprising: a supply hopper having an inlet and an outlet; a first bag filling hopper and a second bag filling hopper, each having an inlet and an outlet; and a carriage located between the supply hopper and the first and second bag fillin...
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1. An energy producing device receiving a dilute gaseous NMVOC stream, comprising: adsorbing and desorbing chambers configured to respectively adsorb and desorb NMVOC from the stream to concentrate the stream into concentrated NMVOC fuel (CNF); a gas injector configured to inject sweep gas into the desorbing chamber to...
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1. A method of tomographic analysis of a pillar-shaped sample, comprising: (a) directing one or more charged particle beams at a sample to shape the sample into a pillar shape for tomography; (b) positioning the sample in a first position and directing one of the charged particle beams in a dwell operating mode at the ...
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9,240,694
1. A method for charging a battery, the method being used for charging a solid secondary battery including a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active ma...
4,057
8,910,395
1. Sludge treatment installation, comprising: an elongated floor having a work surface for accommodating a mass of sludge spread out thereon, substantially parallel guide rails ( a chain drive system ( a movable carriage ( wherein the turning tool ( fans ( a conveying duct (
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1. A method of controlling a mild hybrid vehicle with an electric motor arranged to selectively output torque and to selectively operate as a generator to harvest electrical power during operation of an internal combustion engine of the mild hybrid vehicle, the method comprising: providing an interface accessible from ...
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8,358,513
1. A mobile device comprising: a main body having a display unit; a first magnetic member coupled to the main body; and an expansion module detachably coupled to the main body, the expansion module being configured to expand capabilities of the mobile device, the expansion module including:
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1. A sealed battery comprising: a flat electrode assembly having multiple positive electrode substrates exposed at one end and multiple negative electrode substrates exposed at the other end; and a collector and at least one collector receiving part that are resistance-welded on both sides of at least one of the multip...
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8,687,637
1. A communication control method controlling communication between a first node and a second node via a relay device, comprising: transmitting a control packet from the first node to the second node before transmitting a first packet having a higher priority than another packet to be relayed; stopping a packet from be...
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1. A power converter controller, comprising: a switch driver circuit coupled to generate a drive signal to control switching of a power switch to control a transfer of energy from an input of the power converter to an output of the power converter; an input sense circuit to receive an input sense signal representative ...
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9,497,703
1. A radio communication device, comprising: a memory circuit configured to store data to be broadcasted; a communication circuit configured to establish a wireless connection with a first further radio communication device; and a transmitter configured to at least one of broadcast signals based on the stored data or t...
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9,222,140
1. A primer set for detecting Plasmodium malariae , comprising the oligonucleotides of SEQ ID NOs: 19 to 24, the primer set being capable of amplifying a particular region of the Plasmodium malariae 18S rRNA gene.
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1. An optical bidirectional communication module comprising: a light-emitting element; a light-receiving element; an optical waveguide that includes an input port optically connected to the light-emitting element, and an output port that includes a grating at an end portion close to the light-receiving element, that pe...
7,672
9,604,858
1. A fluid vapor distillation system comprising: a source fluid input; an evaporator condenser apparatus comprising: whereby said source fluid input is fluidly connected to said evaporator condenser and said evaporator condenser transforms source fluid into steam and transforms compressed steam into product fluid; a he...
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9,129,360
1. A visualization apparatus, comprising: a differential property determination unit, implemented through a computer processor, that determines local differential properties for different regions of an image data set, including several local differential properties for a same region of the different regions of the imag...
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9,314,775
1. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst, comprising a ceria-based support, and a composite oxide of cobalt Co and an additive metal element M, supported on said ceria-based support, wherein said additive metal element comprises copper, wherein said composite oxide has a spinel structure, and wherein, when said composite o...
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1. A switching power supply device, comprising: an isolation transformer having a primary winding, an auxiliary winding, a tertiary winding and a plurality of secondary windings, the primary winding being connected to a direct current voltage source via a capacitor, leakage inductance of the isolation transformer and t...
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1. An oscillating water column type wave energy converting apparatus that is suspended underwater by a mooring device, the apparatus comprising: an damping plate connected to the mooring device; a post with a hollow of which both ends are open, the post extending vertically upwards from the mooring device; a turbine di...
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8,673,208
1. An apparatus for refining iron from high-phosphorus content iron ores comprising: a rotary reactor for mixing a high-phosphorus iron ore and an alkaline solution of between about pH 12.5 and 13.5; a grid settler for gravity separation of low phosphorus iron ore solid and an alkaline-high-phosphorus solution; a dilut...
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1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of stacked structures, located on the substrate, wherein the substrate has therein a trench between adjacent stacked structures, and each stacked structure comprises a floating gate, an inter-gate dielectric layer and a control gate sequentially located on...
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1. A method of designing, presenting, generating, and fabricating custom implants, including the steps of: obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) image of a site to receive an implant; simulating volumetric changes of the site by aligning the 3D image with an image chosen from the group consisting of a 3D CT image and an M...
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8,598,393
1. A process for reducing the oxygen content of a high-oxygen feedstock, said process comprising the step of contacting the high-oxygen feedstock with carbon monoxide and/or coke at a temperature in the range of 250-550° C., wherein said high-oxygen feedstock comprises ligno-cellulosic biomass and/or bio-oils derived t...
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1. An electromagnetic transmission system, comprising: M first chirp generators, each operating at a first frequency, each of the M first chirp generators being configured to generate P first digital chirp sample points comprising (1/M) M second chirp generators, each operating at the first frequency, each of the M sec...
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1. A substrate processing method comprising: a resist pattern forming process of forming a resist pattern on a substrate by performing a photolithography processing on the substrate; a side chain cutting process of cutting side chains of the resist pattern by irradiating energy ray on the resist pattern; and a metal pr...
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1. An apparatus for identifying a defect in an electronic circuit having periodic features, the apparatus comprising: a. a camera for obtaining an image of the electronic circuit; and b. an image processing system comprising a processing unit and a memory, the image processing system being configured to: i. receive the...
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9,725,401
1. A process for production of C 4 to C 15 esters by an esterification reaction of an aromatic carboxylic acid with a C 4 to C 15 alcohol, the process comprising: (a) forming a reaction mixture of the aromatic carboxylic acid, a stoichiometric excess of the C (b) mixing the aromatic carboxylic acid and the alcohol at a...
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1. A positive active material for lithium secondary battery comprising: a core comprising a compound capable of reversibly intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions; and a compound attached to a surface of the core and represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein the core comprises an amount of about 97.5 wt % to ab...
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1. A system comprising: a differential charge pump including:
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1. A nanocomposite comprising a repeat sequence protein polymer and a phyllosilicate, wherein the repeat sequence protein polymer is a silk elastin like protein (SELP).
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1. A method for introgressing stenospermocarpic seedlessness from Vitis subgenus Euvitis into subgenus Muscadinia , said method comprising: (a) crossing, using pollen of a SSC hermaphroditic plant of (b) crossing, using pollen of said hermaphroditic SSC backcross to (c) backcrossing, using pollen of said SSC quasi-F
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1. A battery system, comprising: an electrochemical cell; a flexible sensor assembly attached to the cell, the flexible sensor assembly including an array of spin valve magnetic field sensors exhibiting an organic magneto resistance effect; and a battery management system operably connected to the flexible array, the b...
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1. A hydrogen production system comprising: a main container; a vaporizer disposed in the main container for heating a mixed material containing a hydrocarbon-based material, water and oxygen for vaporizing the mixed material; a reforming reactor disposed in the main container for causing both a steam reforming reactio...
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1. A method for selecting a loading map for a nuclear reactor core from a plurality of envisaged loading maps, the core comprising nuclear fuel assemblies, each assembly comprising nuclear fuel rods where nuclear fuel is enclosed in a cladding, the method comprising the following steps: a) providing production data rel...
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1. A method of making a water soluble linear polymer camptothecin conjugate comprising: providing a water soluble linear polymer comprising cyclodextrin moieties and comonomers which do not contain cyclodextrin moieties (comonomers), wherein the cyclodextrin moieties and comonomers alternate in the water soluble linear...
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: outputting a first audio via at least one speaker; capturing a second audio via at least one microphone; generating audio data corresponding to a representation of the first audio removed from the second audio; performing speech recognition processing on the audio data; det...
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1. A mobile user terminal, which transmits downlink channel quality information indicating downlink channel quality and an uplink pilot signal to a base station, where a carrier frequency used for transmitting the downlink quality information and a carrier frequency used for transmitting the uplink pilot signal are sel...
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8,388,376
1. An electronic endoscope comprising a flexible insert section for introducing into a human body cavity, said insert section comprising a solid-state image sensor at its tip for capturing an image of an internal body site, said electronic endoscope comprising: a printed circuit board to which said solid-state image se...
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1. A composition comprising: the compound of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and, a citrate or succinate buffer, or mixture thereof, from about 10 mM to about 50 mM, wherein the composition is substantially free of saline and stable when exposed to room temperature for 60 or more days.
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1. A solar module comprising: a. a plurality of interconnected photovoltaic cells; b. a forward protective layer; c. a rearward protective layer; and d. an encapsulating layer disposed below the forward protective layer and above the plurality of interconnected photovoltaic cells, above the rearward protective layer an...
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1. An apparatus for identifying one or more fluid products flowing within a pipe, comprising: a flow meter having a plurality of sensors operable to detect vortical disturbances flowing with the fluid products and acoustic waves propagating through the fluid products and create signals indicative of the vortical distur...
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8,902,659
1. A non-volatile storage system, comprising: a first NAND string in communication with a shared bit line, the first NAND string includes a first channel; a second NAND string in communication with the shared bit line, the second NAND string includes a second channel; and one or more managing circuits in communication ...
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1. A method ( 40 ) for monitoring a torque of an electric motor ( 10 ), wherein the electric motor ( 10 ) is supplied with electric current (IS 1 , IS 2 , IS 3 ) in multiple phases, wherein a first torque value (M 2 ) of the torque which is output by the electric motor ( 10 ) is determined ( 58 ) on the basis of electr...
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1. A method for altering a work function material of a first isolation transistor and a second isolation transistor within an integrated circuit (IC) device, the method comprising: doping, with a first-type channel dopant concentration, a sub-fin portion of a first-type active transistor and a sub-fin portion of the fi...
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1. A microprocessor, comprising: a power supply; and a plurality of power gate zones configured to receive power from the power supply, each power gate zone including a plurality of power gates, where the power gates within any given one of the power gate zones are controlled by the microprocessor independently of its ...
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1. A sexual stimulation device comprising: an elastic body comprising a distal end, a proximal end, a body length along a longitudinal axis, and a hollow bore extending from said proximal end along said longitudinal axis of said elastic body for at least a projection distance of less than 50% of said body length, said ...
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1. A compound having the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein: R R R R R R each R and the moiety —NR wherein: R R Z
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1. A system for controlling an operation of a vehicle, the system comprising: a first wireless client station configured to be implemented in the vehicle, wherein the first client station is compliant with an 802.11 standard set forth by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), wherein the first wi...
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1. A method comprising: processing, by one or more processors, first radio frequency (RF) measurements obtained from one or more wireless devices at one or more predetermined locations in a plurality of venues, wherein individual venues of the plurality of venues comprise a physical place or locale; identifying, by sai...
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9,213,314
1. A date mechanism of a timepiece including a two-directional date corrector mechanism controlled by an actuating pull-out piece pivotally mounted about a first pivot axis, for a date mechanism of a timepiece, said date mechanism comprising: a twenty-four hour wheel driven by a movement of said timepiece; a date updat...
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1. A process for producing at least one alcohol having at least four carbon atoms, from a carbonaceous material, comprising: (a) gasifying said carbonaceous material to provide a crude synthesis gas; (b) purifying said crude synthesis gas to provide a purified synthesis gas; (c) reacting at least a portion of the carbo...
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1. A photovoltaic module and coupling assembly, comprising: (a) a photovoltaic module, comprising: (b) a coupling received into the outwardly facing groove in the frame, wherein the coupling is dimensioned such that rotation of the coupling to a locked position causes the coupling to simultaneously bear against top and...
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1. A rotary joint for a refrigerant configured to connect fluid passages between a refrigerant supplying apparatus on a stationary side and a cooling portion on a rotary side, comprising: a vacuum use cylindrical shaft supported by a main body in rotatable condition, and having a vacuum passage penetrating into the vac...
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1. A print apparatus for performing a print by a scan of a print head with heaters generating thermal energy for ejecting ink, comprising: a detecting unit configured to detect a temperature of the print head before the scan of the print head; a waiting unit configured to make the print head wait when the temperature d...
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1. A device for supporting an electric machine in a gas turbine engine wherein the electric machine includes an interface for coupling to a shaft of the gas turbine engine, the device comprising: a first support configured to secure the electric machine to a structure of the engine, the first support being configured t...
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9,590,236
1. A method comprising: forming an electrically conductive layer comprising a dendrite seeding material in an electrolyte solution disposed between a metal-containing electrode and an electrolyte permeable separator membrane; growing metal dendrites from the dendrite seeding material toward the metal-containing electro...
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8,477,930
1. A case assembly for electronic appliance, comprising: a first case having a plurality of engaging members and each engaging member having two clamping protrusions which are located apart from each other, each clamping protrusion including a supporting portion and a protruding portion which extends laterally from the...
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9,362,546
1. A method for making a material, the method comprising: providing a lithium-ion conducting ceramic powder material at a first quantity, the lithium-ion conducting ceramic powder material being characterized by a first density, the lithium-ion conducting ceramic powder material being characterized by a median particle...
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1. A machining-program generating apparatus that generates a machining program to operate a wire electric discharge machining apparatus, the machining-program generating apparatus comprising: a processor configured to: receive designation of a part where core fixing machining is performed in a machining shape forming a...
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9,524,529
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage device encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor perform a method of determining a total energy consumption savings and implementing operational control instructions in a building comprising: receiving a schedule o...
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1. A vehicle, comprising: a power storage device; a power receiving unit for receiving electric power for charging said power storage device from an external power supply; an illumination unit for emitting light to said power receiving unit in response to a first switch attaining a first conduction state, and for stopp...
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9,439,426
1. An active compound combination comprising (A) at least one derivative of formula (I) wherein T represents an oxygen atom and X is selected from the group consisting of 2-isopropyl, 2-cyclopropyl, 2-tert-butyl, 5-chloro-2-ethyl, 5-chloro-2-isopropyl, 2-ethyl-5-fluoro, 5-fluoro-2-isopropyl, 2-cyclopropyl-5-fluoro, 2-f...
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1. A heating apparatus comprising: a heater; a switching circuit configured to switch on/off current-feeding from an AC power source to the heater; a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the heater; and a current-feed controller configured to execute a first current-feed mode of changing a current...
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1. A process of synthesizing an isotropic nano-material having at least one property controlled by interfaces within the nano-material, the process comprising: selecting a first plurality of nanoparticles comprising yttria stabilized zirconia; selecting a second plurality of nanoparticles comprising strontium titanate ...
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1. A desktop milling machine, comprising: a bridge member having a front face and a rear face, an opening being formed through the bridge member through the front and rear faces, the opening having an ovate contour; a platform, the bridge member being supported on the platform; and a milling machine spindle mounted on ...
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1. A utility meter comprising: an energy storage device configured to store energy to run the utility meter after a primary source of energy to the utility meter is unable to provide sufficient energy to run the utility meter; a processor configured to: at least one data storage device configured to store the complete ...
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1. A vehicle guidance system comprising: a controller configured to receive input signals indicative of an instantaneous vehicle position relative to an external charging pad and a charging status, and transmit a vehicle status signal in response to the input signals; and an interface communicating with the controller ...
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1. A method of processing a guest event in a hypervisor-controlled system, the method comprising: triggering, based on the guest event, a first firmware service, the first firmware service being specific for the guest event in a firmware, the guest event being associated with a guest and with a guest state and a guest ...
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to: receive device profile information determined by a mobile device; receive user profile information from a social networking system, the user profile information comprising user event information for a us...
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1. An automated bioprocessing device comprising: a) one or more cartridge slots, each slot configured to receive a bioprocessing cartridge; b) a removable fluid container tray comprising at least one fluid container holder configured to hold containers for use during bioprocessing; and c) an automated control system, c...
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1. A well control system having a reduced potential mechanical energy requirement, the system comprising: a. a body defining a pressure containment cavity, wherein the body comprises a blowout preventer; b. a mechanical device associated with the pressure containment cavity, wherein the mechanical device comprises a ra...
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1. A switching power converter comprising: a power source; a first switch coupled between a negative terminal of said power source and a first switching node; a second switch coupled between said first switching node and a positive terminal of said power source; a first capacitor coupled between said first switching no...
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1. A computer implemented method of motion capture, the method comprising: accessing a 3D model; associating the 3D model with a 2D representation of a subject in a plurality of frames, wherein the plurality of frames captures the subject in a real 3D space; identifying one or more motion vectors derived from a change ...
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1. An apparatus, comprising: a first retractor device, wherein the first retractor device comprises: a second retractor device, wherein the second retractor device comprises: a body gear unit for engaging a human, comprising a plurality of hooks to attach the first retractor device and the second retractor device to pr...
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1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising: encapsulating a strip of semiconductor devices including interconnected leadframes with an encapsulation material such that a first side of each leadframe remains exposed; cutting a portion of the encapsulation material and a portion of each lea...
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1. A computing apparatus, comprising: a processor; a memory; and a memory controller comprising a data buffer located between the memory and the processor, wherein the data buffer is configured to read and temporarily store word data output by accessing the memory in an aligned word unit, and wherein the memory control...
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1. A surgical instrument for removal of material from a patient, the surgical instrument comprising: a. a retrieval bag configured to open and close; b. a first arm having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the first arm is associated with the retrieval bag; c. a second arm having a distal end and a proximal end,...
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1. A fire suppression apparatus, comprising: a housing comprising apertures adjacent an end thereof; a plurality of longitudinally extending, mutually laterally spaced gas generant containers within the housing, each gas generant container comprising apertures between an interior and an exterior thereof and containing ...
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1. An apparatus for maintaining performance of a cathode humidification unit (CHU) within a fuel cell system, the fuel cell system comprising the CHU fluidly coupled to at least one valve and a fuel cell stack, the apparatus comprising: a sensor coupled to the CHU; and a controller electrically coupled to the sensor an...
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1. A drive force transmission device comprising: a frame that supports therein a plurality of gears transmitting a rotational drive force and that has a flat portion extending in a direction intersecting a direction in which the rotational drive force is transmitted, wherein the drive force transmission device has an a...
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1. A control method for controlling an asymmetric DC-DC converter that generates an output signal, and that includes first and second power switches and a voltage-converting circuit cooperating with the first and second power switches for generating the output signal, the first and second power switches being driven re...
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1. A method of communicating content to a special needs person, said method comprising the steps of: accepting content input; using a processor to convert said content input into a converted content, providing a computerized output configuration toolbar to the special needs person; modifying output to the special needs...
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1. A semiconductor device structure, comprising: a substrate having, at least formed on its top surface, a germanium material and an amorphous germanium carbide material having the composition Ge a source region formed in the germanium material; a drain region formed in the germanium material; wherein the source and dr...
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1. An apparatus for positive retention of wood, said apparatus comprising: (a) a drive handle comprising a wheel connected to a support member, wherein said support member comprises at least one of a bar bisecting said drive handle and a rod bisecting said drive handle, and wherein said support member is generally U-sh...
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1. A process for the recovery of volatile organic compounds present in the headspace of a batch-type fermentation vessel as a distilled alcoholic liquid condensate in which a starting material in the fermentation vessel is subject to a yeast-based metabolic processing cycle to yield a fermented beverage where quantitie...
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1. A permeable paver formed into a predetermined size and shape utilizing a hydraulic-type compacting block forming machine, the permeable paver comprising (i) a base of 3 parts by weight of blast-furnace slag and 1 part by weight of sand, (ii) between about one fifth and one half part by weight of ¼″ gravel, (iii) bet...
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1. A louver, comprising: a) a generally rectangular planar support member having; b) an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface, c) an elongated front side on a side orthogonal to the plane of the upper surface, and an elongated back side opposed to and parallel with the front side, d) a right side...
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1. A method to collect and communicate energy data for analysis, the method comprising: receiving with a first analog input/output (I/O) module first energy data associated with a first electrical circuit, the first energy data having a first protocol; sampling the first energy data at a first sampling rate to generate...
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