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10,828,731 | ACCEPTED | Door system for transit vehicle utilizing compression lock arrangement | A locking arrangement for a door system of a transit vehicle includes a combination of a lock mechanism and an electromagnetic brake. The lock mechanism enables positive locking of at least one door but does not require substantial contact between moving and stationary lock elements. The lock mechanism is connected wit... | 1. A compression locking arrangement for a door system disposed within a door portal aperture of a vehicle, said door system including at least one door having a sealing means and a door drive means having a prime mover with an output shaft connected to a drive spindle with a coupling means, said door drive means furth... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates, in general, to a door system for transit vehicles and, more particularly, the instant invention relates to transit vehicle door systems employing locking arrangements for locking one or two doors in either a pushback or non-pushback mode. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The following background information is provided to assist the reader to understand the environment in which the invention will typically be used. The terms used herein are not intended to be limited to any particular narrow interpretation unless specifically stated otherwise in ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention teaches a door system, particularly for a transit vehicle, having at least one door with a sealing means disposed at leading edge thereof. A door drive means is disposed within the transit vehicle for moving the door in an opening and a closing direction. A bra... | 20040421 | 20070612 | 20051027 | 78065.0 | 0 | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | DOOR SYSTEM FOR TRANSIT VEHICLE UTILIZING COMPRESSION LOCK ARRANGEMENT | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,828,827 | ACCEPTED | Hypoallergenic metal amino acid chelates and metal amino acid chelate-containing compositions | Hypoallergenic metal amino acid chelate compositions, hypoallergenic formulations containing hypoallergenic metal amino acid chelates, methods of preparing hypoallergenic metal amino acid chelate, and methods of administering hypoallergenic metal amino acid chelates are provided. Specifically, the present invention pro... | 1. A hypoallergenic metal amino acid chelate composition, comprising metal amino acid chelates that are substantially free of allergens such that administration of the metal amino acid chelates in an effective amount to cause a medicinal, cosmetic, or nutritional result in a subject does not produce a discernable adver... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention is drawn to hypoallergenic metal amino acid chelates and hypoallergenic formulations containing hypoallergenic metal amino acid chelates. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Amino acid chelates are generally produced by the reaction between α-amino acids and metal ions having a vale... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Amino acid chelates are generally produced by the reaction between α-amino acids and metal ions having a valence of two or more to form a ring structure. In such a reaction, the positive electrical charge of the metal ion can be neutralized by the electrons available through the ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>It has been recognized that the preparation and/or administration of hypoallergenic chelates and formulations containing such chelates would be beneficial. In accordance with this recognition, a hypoallergenic metal amino acid chelate composition can comprise metal amino acid chelat... | 20040421 | 20101123 | 20051027 | 57686.0 | 1 | ARNOLD, ERNST V | HYPOALLERGENIC METAL AMINO ACID CHELATES AND METAL AMINO ACID CHELATE-CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,828,884 | ACCEPTED | Compensated linearity voltage-control-capacitor device by standard CMOS process | Apparatus and method of providing a CMOS varactor device having improved linearity. At least two differential varactor elements are connected in parallel. Each of the differential elements includes first, second and third doped regions in a well. A first gate controls the first and second regions and a second gate cont... | 1. A method of forming a semiconductor varactor device having improved linearity comprising the steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming at least a first and a second differential varactor element on said semiconductor substrate, the forming of each of said differential varactor elements comprising the st... | TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to varactor (or voltage controlled capacitors) devices and more specifically to a varactor using a multiplicity of parallel back-to-back CMOS devices to provide a large capacitance range over a large and substantially linear voltage range. BACKGROUND The capacitance and/or ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>The capacitance and/or frequency of a varactor or Variable Voltage Capacitor varies directly as the applied voltage varies, and consequently finds significant application with oscillator circuits such as used in communication devices. As an example, an oscillator circuit that is controlled by a v... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>These and other problems are generally solved or circumvented, and technical advantages are generally achieved, by embodiments of the present invention, which describes a method of forming a semiconductor varactor device having improved linearity. The method comprises the following ... | 20040421 | 20070529 | 20051027 | 68486.0 | 0 | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | COMPENSATED LINEARITY VOLTAGE-CONTROL-CAPACITOR DEVICE BY STANDARD CMOS PROCESS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,828,933 | ACCEPTED | Tile lighting methods and systems | A tile lighting system is provided in which an interior space of a tile is lit by LEDs, such as in a grid or edge-lit formation, and a light diffusing panel is disposed over the interior space. The tile lighting system can be combined with others to tile any surface, such as a floor, ceiling, wall, or building exterior... | 1. A tile lighting system, comprising: a plurality of addressable lighting units disposed in a grid; a controller for controlling the illumination from the addressable lighting units; and a light diffusing cover for covering the grid. 2. A system of claim 1, wherein the light diffusing cover includes a phosphorescent m... | CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e), of the following U.S. Provisional Applications: Ser. No. 60/464,185, filed Apr. 21, 2003, entitled “Tile Lighting Methods and Systems; Ser. No. 60/467,913, filed May 5, 2003, entitled “Tile Lighting Methods and System... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>LED-based lighting methods and systems are known, including those developed and marketed by Color Kinetics Incorporated and those disclosed in the patents, patent applications and other documents incorporated by reference herein. A need exists for improved lighting fixtures that take full advanta... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>The methods and systems disclosed herein include those for providing a tile lighting system that may comprise a lighting system configured in a two-dimensional shape, such as a square, rectangle, circle, polygon, or other shape. Methods and systems are disclosed herein for controlling light output f... | 20040421 | 20080415 | 20050602 | 63595.0 | 2 | SHAPIRO, LEONID | TILE LIGHTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,829,106 | ACCEPTED | Benzamide 2-hydroxy-3-diaminoalkanes | The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): useful in treating Alzheimer's disease and other similar diseases. These compounds include inhibitors of the beta-secretase enzyme that are useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other diseases characterized by deposition of A beta peptide in a mamm... | 1. A compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein Z is aryl, heteroaryl or heterocyclyl, wherein said groups are optionally substituted with 1 or 2 RB groups, wherein, where RB at each occurrence is independently selected from halogen, —OH, —OCF3, —O-phenyl, —CN, —NR100R101, ... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority from U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/464,687, filed Apr. 21, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to benzamide 2-hydroxy-3-diaminoalka... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to benzamide 2-hydroxy-3-diaminoalkanes and to such compounds that are useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related diseases. More specifically, it relates to such compounds that are capable of inhibiting beta-secretas... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The invention encompasses the compounds of formula (I) shown below, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods employing such compounds or compositions in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and more specifically compounds that are capable of inhibiting beta-s... | 20040421 | 20070529 | 20050210 | 71496.0 | 0 | DENTZ, BERNARD I | BENZAMIDE 2-HYDROXY-3-DIAMINOALKANES | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,829,156 | ACCEPTED | Ink jet printer | An ink jet printer having: an ink heating device for heating an ink whose viscosity decreases as temperature increases; a printing head for jetting an ink heated by the heating device onto a recording medium; a carrying device for carrying the recording medium while supporting the recording medium to face a nozzle-plat... | 1. An ink jet printer comprising: an ink heating device for heating an ink whose viscosity decreases as temperature increases; a printing head for jetting an ink heated by the heating device onto a recording medium; a carrying device for carrying the recording medium while supporting the recording medium to face a nozz... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ink jet printer and particularly, to an ink jet printer in which an ink is jetted after being heated. 2. Description of the Related Art Recently, an ink jet printer has been widely used because images can be easily formed at a low... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ink jet printer and particularly, to an ink jet printer in which an ink is jetted after being heated. 2. Description of the Related Art Recently, an ink jet printer has been widely used because images can be easily for... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>An object of the present invention is to suppress spread of ink placed on a recording medium by increasing ink viscosity of ink placed on the recording medium to achieve high image quality. In accordance with a first aspect of the present invention, the ink jet printer comprises: an... | 20040422 | 20061114 | 20050224 | 93540.0 | 0 | TRAN, LY T | INK JET PRINTER | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,829,339 | ACCEPTED | Overheated steam oven | An overheated steam oven including a cabinet to define a cooking cavity therein, and an overheated steam generator to supply overheated steam into the cooking cavity. The overheated steam generator includes a steam generating vessel of which an outlet is connected to and communicates with the cooking cavity, with a pre... | 1. An overheated steam oven, having a cabinet to define a cooking cavity therein and an overheated steam generator to supply overheated steam into the cooking cavity, comprising: a steam generating vessel having a predetermined amount of water contained therein; an outlet, connected to the steam generating vessel, to c... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2003-63009, filed Sep. 9, 2003 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present inventi... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates, in general, to overheated steam ovens and, more particularly, to an overheated steam oven which is designed for home use by simplifying a construction and reducing a size of the overheated steam oven. 2. Description of the ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Accordingly, it is an aspect of the present invention to provide an overheated steam oven which is designed for home use by simplifying a construction and reducing a size of the overheated steam oven. It is another aspect of the present invention to provide an overheated steam oven ... | 20040422 | 20050628 | 20050310 | 93328.0 | 0 | FUQUA, SHAWNTINA T | OVERHEATED STEAM OVEN | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,829,485 | ACCEPTED | Mixed-gas insufflation system | A mixed-gas insufflation system for mixing insufflation gases includes a gas supply providing at least two sources of insufflation gas and a mixer system. The mixer system includes a chamber having at least two inlets and at least one outlet. The at least two inlets of the chamber are in fluid communication with the ga... | 1. A mixed-gas insufflation system for mixing insulation gases, comprising: a gas supply providing at least two sources of insulation gas; and a mixer system including a chamber having at least two inlets and at least one outlet, wherein the at least two inlets of the chamber are in fluid communication with the gas sup... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/465,081, filed Apr. 23, 2003. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the field of surgical instruments, and in particular, relates to the technology and instrumentation used to achieve pne... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>Surgeons have used laparoscopic surgery to perform a variety of procedures. By manipulating laparoscopes and video telescopes, surgeons gain a visualization of the abdominal cavity while minimizing tissue and muscle injury that normally accompanies conventional invasive procedures. Compared to co... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>In order to address the need for an improved apparatus to provide a mixed composition of insufflation gases, a novel mixed-gas insufflation system is described below. The mixed-gas insufflation system includes a gas supply providing at least two sources of insufflation gas and a mixer system. The mi... | 20040422 | 20100202 | 20050113 | 59775.0 | 0 | MENDEZ, MANUEL A | MIXED-GAS INSUFFLATION SYSTEM | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,829,917 | ACCEPTED | Devices, systems and methods for diagnosing and treating sinusitus and other disorders of the ears, nose and/or throat | Sinusitis, enlarged nasal turbinates, tumors, infections, hearing disorders, allergic conditions, facial fractures and other disorders of the ear, nose and throat are diagnosed and/or treated using minimally invasive approaches and, in many cases, flexible catheters as opposed to instruments having rigid shafts. Variou... | 1. A method for diagnosing and/or treating sinusitis or another disorder affecting the nose, paranasal sinuses or other anatomical structures of the ear, nose or throat, said method comprising the steps of: (A) placing a port device in the nostril or nasal cavity on at least one side of the intranasal septum, said port... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to medical devices and methods and more particularly to minimally invasive, catheter based devices, systems and methods for treating sinusitis and other ear, nose & throat disorders. BACKGROUND The human nose is responsible for warming, humidifying and filt... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>The human nose is responsible for warming, humidifying and filtering inspired air and for conserving heat and moisture from expired air. The nose is also an important cosmetic feature of the face. The nose is formed mainly of cartilage, bone, mucous membranes and skin. The right and left nostrils... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In general, the present invention provides methods, devices and systems for diagnosing and/or treating sinusitis or other conditions of the ear, nose or throat. In accordance with the present invention, there are provided methods wherein one or more flexible catheters or other flexi... | 20040421 | 20100202 | 20051027 | 74715.0 | 1 | HALL, DEANNA K | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING SINUSITUS AND OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EARS, NOSE AND/OR THROAT | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,830,144 | ACCEPTED | Tourniquet article | The present invention relates generally to first aid articles and more specifically tourniquets. One embodiment of the claimed subject matter includes a tourniquet article comprising a base, a cap disposed on said base, a strap having one free end and one end attached to said base, a buckle attached to said base, a han... | 1. A tourniquet article comprising: a base; a cap disposed on said base; a strap having one free end and one end attached to said base; a buckle attached to said base; a handle with an aperture to accommodate a portion of said strap; a ring attached to said base positioned adjacent to said base; wherein said tourniquet... | CROSS-REFERENCES TO OTHER RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS Not Applicable. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT Not Applicable. REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISK APPENDIX Not Applicable. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The pres... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to medical devices used in first aid. More specifically, this invention relates to improvements in tourniquets used for emergency medical use. 2. Description of Related Art Tourniquet cuffs are used primarily to achieve occl... | <SOH> BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates generally to first aid articles and more specifically tourniquets. One embodiment of the claimed subject matter includes a tourniquet article comprising a base, a cap disposed on said base, a strap having one free end and one end attached to said ... | 20040421 | 20100817 | 20051027 | 57862.0 | 3 | NGUYEN, VI X | TOURNIQUET ARTICLE | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,830,160 | ACCEPTED | Compact co-axial rotor system for a rotary wing aircraft and a control system therefor | A dual, counter rotating, coaxial rotor system provides an upper and lower rotor system, with a reduced axial rotor separation distance along a common axis by means of rotor tip position sensing and rotor position controls to avoid tip contact. | 1. A coaxial rotor system comprising: a first rotor system which rotates about an axis; a second rotor system which rotates about said axis, said second rotor system spaced an axial distance from said first rotor system; and a rotor control system which independently controls said first rotor system and said second rot... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a coaxial rotor system, and more particularly to a coaxial rotor system with closely spaced articulated rotors. Future military forces require enhanced vertical lift capabilities in a compact package. The CH-53E is currently the world's largest shipboard comp... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates to a coaxial rotor system, and more particularly to a coaxial rotor system with closely spaced articulated rotors. Future military forces require enhanced vertical lift capabilities in a compact package. The CH-53E is currently the world's largest sh... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The invention described herein utilizes rotor position control through a variety of methods singularly, or in any combination determined to be most advantageous, to reduce the separation between coaxial rotors and hence reduce the overall height of the aircraft such that the aircraf... | 20040421 | 20060801 | 20051027 | 60177.0 | 0 | COLLINS, TIMOTHY D | COMPACT CO-AXIAL ROTOR SYSTEM FOR A ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT AND A CONTROL SYSTEM THEREFOR | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,830,173 | ACCEPTED | Powder-coated toner particles | A color toner composition for developing latent electrostatic images includes nanopowder-coated toner particles, the powder-coated toner particles being characterized in that each comprises a core toner particle having a volume average diameter, Dp, and the core toner particles have affixed to their surfaces a pluralit... | 1. A color toner composition for developing latent electrostatic images comprising powder-coated toner particles, the powder-coated toner particles being characterized in that each comprises a core toner particle having a volume average diameter, Dp, and the core toner particles have affixed to their surfaces a plurali... | CLAIM FOR PRIORITY This application claims priority based on Korean Application Number: 10-2003-0030477, filed May 14, 2003. FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention generally relates to color toner compositions and a method of producing toners for developing latent electrostatic images in electrophotography, electrostati... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The formation and development of images on the surface of photoconductive materials by electrostatic means is well known. The basic electrophotographic imaging process as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,297,691 describes placing a uniform electrostatic charge on a photoconductive in... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>There is provided in accordance with the present invention color toner composition for developing latent electrostatic images comprising powder-coated toner particles, the powder-coated toner particles being characterized in that each comprises a core toner particle having a volume ... | 20040422 | 20070424 | 20050630 | 75028.0 | 0 | GOODROW, JOHN L | POWDER-COATED TONER PARTICLES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,830,242 | ACCEPTED | Method and system for secure content distribution | A system on a chip (SOC) device is disclosed comprising external outputs, and external inputs. A first secure storage location is operably decoupled from all of the external outputs of the SOC device during a normal mode of operation. By being decoupled from all external outputs, representations of the data stored at t... | 1. A system on a chip (SOC) device comprising: external output interfaces to provide information from the SOC device; external input interfaces to provide information to the SOC device; a first secure storage location operably de-coupled from all external output nodes of the SOC device during a normal mode of operation... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) The present application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/545,089, filed Feb. 17, 2004, entitled “METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR SECURE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AND RIGHTS MANAGEMENT,” naming inventor Paul Ducharme, which application is incorporated by reference h... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>Several forms of digital audio and video content are available to consumers. Audio and video content can be provided through media, such as compact disks (CD) or digital versatile disks (DVD). Service providers can be used to present audio and video content by broadcasting digital audio and video... | <SOH> BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS <EOH>Specific embodiments of the present disclosure are shown and described in the drawings presented herein. Various advantages, features and characteristics of the present disclosure, as well as methods, operations and functions of related elements of structure, and the combin... | 20040422 | 20080729 | 20050818 | 58956.0 | 1 | PEESO, THOMAS R | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,830,346 | ACCEPTED | Method for displaying an image, image display apparatus, method for driving an image display apparatus and apparatus for driving an image display panel | A method of displaying an image using an image display device in which the image display device has an artificial light source includes inputting primary image signals to the image display device, determining chroma state of the primary image signals for each image frame, and determining gray-scale state of the primary... | 1. A method of displaying an image using an image display device, the image display device comprising an artificial light source, the method comprising: inputting primary image signals to the image display device; determining chroma state of the primary image signals for each image frame; determining gray-scale state o... | BACKGROUND 1. Technical Field The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for displaying an image, and a method and apparatus for driving a display apparatus. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for displaying an image with adaptive color-transformation and increased... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>1. Technical Field The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for displaying an image, and a method and apparatus for driving a display apparatus. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for displaying an image with adaptive color-transformation a... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A method of displaying an image using an image display device in which the image display device has an artificial light source according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes inputting primary image signals to the image display device, determining chroma state of the ... | 20040422 | 20070123 | 20050825 | 63173.0 | 0 | AMIN, JWALANT B | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DRIVING AN IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING AN IMAGE DISPLAY PANEL | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,830,862 | ACCEPTED | Method for mapping a logic circuit to a programmable look up table (LUT) | The method for mapping a logic circuit to a plurality of interconnectable, programmable look up tables (LUT) elements includes forming logic element groups including individual logic elements and/or previously formed logic element groups that are capable of being accommodated within the fanin and/or fanout capacity of ... | 1-3. (canceled). 4. A method for mapping a logic circuit to a plurality of interconnectable, programmable look up table (LUT) elements, the method comprising: forming logic element groups including at least one of individual logic elements and previously formed logic element groups that are within at least one of a fan... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), and, more particularly, to methods for mapping a logic circuit to a programmable look up table. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A programmable logic array device has a plurality of logic elements connected through an interconnect... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A programmable logic array device has a plurality of logic elements connected through an interconnect architecture. Electrical circuits are mapped over these logic elements to allow the device to perform desired operations. Mapping of an electrical circuit to an FPGA is a time co... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>An object of this invention is to overcome the above drawbacks in the prior art and provide a method for LUT based mapping for reducing computation time taken and providing a near depth optimal mapping approach. To achieve the above and other objects, the invention provides a method... | 20040423 | 20070313 | 20050217 | 63723.0 | 1 | GARBOWSKI, LEIGH M | METHOD FOR MAPPING A LOGIC CIRCUIT TO A PROGRAMMABLE LOOK UP TABLE (LUT) | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,830,972 | ACCEPTED | 2-Nitratoethyl oxirane, poly(2-nitratoethyl oxirane) and preparation method thereof | A synthesis of an energetic prepolymer used as a high-energy binder for an insensitive and high performance explosive is disclosed. More specifically, provided are a novel compound 2-nitratoethyl oxirane expressed by formula III, a novel compound poly(2-nitratoethyl oxirane) expressed by formula IV, obtained by polymer... | 1. 2-nitratoethyl oxirane expressed by formula III. 2. Poly(2-nitratoethyl oxirane) expressed by formula IV. 3. Poly(2-nitratoethyl oxirane) of claim 2, used as an energetic prepolymer needed to prepare an insensitive and high performance explosive. 4. A method for preparing poly(2-nitratoethyl oxirane) expressed by fo... | PRIORITY CLAIM This application claims priority from Korean patent application no. 27805/2003 filed Apr. 30, 2003. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a synthesis of an energetic prepolymer used as a high-energy binder for an insensitive and high performance explosive.... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a synthesis of an energetic prepolymer used as a high-energy binder for an insensitive and high performance explosive. 1. Description of the Background Art Currently, HTPB (Hydroxyl-Terminated Polybutadiene), a prepolymer... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a monomer, 2-nitratoethyl oxirane expressed as formula III, which has energy equal to PGN and an excellent storage stability, and poly(2-nitratoethyl oxirane) expressed as formula IV, which is polymerized therefrom. The for... | 20040422 | 20071030 | 20050106 | 57484.0 | 0 | JACKSON, SHAWQUIA | 2-NITRATOETHYL OXIRANE, POLY(2-NITRATOETHYL OXIRANE) AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,831,070 | ACCEPTED | Lactobacillus acidophilus nucleic acid sequences encoding cell surface protein homologues and uses therefore | Cell wall, cell surface and secreted protein nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides and fragments and variants thereof are disclosed in the current invention. In addition, cell wall, cell surface and secreted fusion proteins, antigenic peptides, and anti-cell wall, cell surface and secreted antibodies are encompassed.... | 1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of: a) a nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/465,621, filed Apr. 25, 2003, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety. FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to polynucleotides isolated from lactic acid ba... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Lactobacillus acidophilus is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, non-spore forming, homofermentative bacterium that is a normal inhabitant of the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts. Since its original isolation by Moro (1900) from infant feces, the “acid loving” organism has been... | <SOH> BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Compositions and methods for modifying Lactobacillus organisms are provided. Compositions of the invention include isolated nucleic acid molecules from Lactobacillus acidophilus encoding cell wall, cell surface, and secreted proteins. Specifically, the present invention provid... | 20040423 | 20080325 | 20050526 | 76848.0 | 0 | NAVARRO, ALBERT MARK | LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES ENCODING CELL SURFACE PROTEIN HOMOLOGUES AND USES THEREFORE | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,831,258 | ACCEPTED | Suppression of router advertisement | In an embodiment, an apparatus for detecting a router advertisement, includes: a network device configured to generate a response when a router advertisement is received in a port in the network device. In another embodiment, a method for detecting a router advertisement, includes: generating a response when a router a... | 1. An apparatus for suppressing a router advertisement, the apparatus comprising: a network device configured to filter a router advertisement from an unauthorized device. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the network device prevents a client from routing packets to the unauthorized device. 3. The apparatus of claim... | TECHNICAL FIELD Embodiments of the invention relate generally to communication networks, and more particularly to the suppression of IPV6 router advertisement in a communication network. BACKGROUND Routing is a function associated with the Network Layer (layer 3) in the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model which is... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>Routing is a function associated with the Network Layer (layer 3 ) in the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model which is the standard model of network programming. On a communication network (e.g., the Internet), a router is typically a device that determines the next network point to which a ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus for suppressing a router advertisement includes a network device configured to filter a router advertisement from an unauthorized device. In another embodiment of the invention, an apparatus for detecting a router adver... | 20040423 | 20090728 | 20051027 | 69388.0 | 1 | RUTKOWSKI, JEFFREY M | SUPPRESSION OF ROUTER ADVERTISEMENT | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,831,397 | ACCEPTED | Recombinant separator | A heterogeneous, cellulose battery separator made of a mixture of cellulose and a polymer with hydrogen permeability for use in zinc-based batteries exhibiting increased hydrogen transport through the membrane while maintaining low electrical impedance and exhibiting resistance to zinc ion transport preventing zinc den... | 1-23. (canceled) 24. A battery according to claim 26 in which the cellulose is crosslinked with a hydrocarbon bridge containing from 2 to 12 carbon atoms between cellulose chains. 25. A battery according to claim 24 in which the bridge is an alkylene bridge containing from 4 to 8 carbon atoms. 26. A secondary, zinc ion... | TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates to a separator for an alkaline battery and, more particularly, this invention relates to a cellulosic separator for a secondary zinc ion battery such as a silver-zinc battery. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Separators play a crucial role in alkaline batteries. They keep the positive ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Separators play a crucial role in alkaline batteries. They keep the positive and negative sides of the battery separate while letting certain ions go through and blocking others. The separator is a passive element that has to perform the same task unchanged for the life of the ba... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The separator provided by the present invention consists of a membrane having both high hydroxyl conductivity and high hydrogen transport. When the separator is placed in a silver-zinc battery, hydrogen buildup in the battery is diminished. The present invention relates to a recombi... | 20040423 | 20060418 | 20050901 | 71686.0 | 0 | WILLS, MONIQUE M | RECOMBINANT SEPARATOR | SMALL | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,831,412 | ACCEPTED | Elimination of write head plating defects using high activation chemically amplified resist | Methods of forming a component of a thin film magnetic head and improving the plating of a component of a thin film magnetic head are provided. The methods include the use of a high activation energy chemically amplified photoresist (CARS) that is contacted with a low pH high saturation magnetic moment plating solution... | 1. A method of forming a component of a thin film magnetic head, wherein the magnetic head is formed from a structure that includes a substrate layer, a seedlayer deposited on the substrate layer, and a photoresist composition layer deposited on the seedlayer, comprising: providing a high activation energy chemically a... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to an improved method for making certain components for magnetic storage hard disc drives. More particularly, the invention relates to the reduction or elimination of plating defects in components of a magnetic head, such as in a write head of a thin film magnetic head for ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The need for increased storage capacity and improved read and write access to information stored on magnetic disk drives has produced a large number of improvements in hard disk drive technology. The general trend has been toward increased areal density of information stored on m... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>It is a general object of the invention to provide a method of forming a component of a thin film magnetic head, a method of improving the plating of a component of a thin film magnetic head, and a frame plating method, whereby a plated component is formed that is essentially free o... | 20040423 | 20080819 | 20051027 | 93334.0 | 0 | SULLIVAN, CALEEN O | ELIMINATION OF WRITE HEAD PLATING DEFECTS USING HIGH ACTIVATION CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED RESIST | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,831,722 | ACCEPTED | Section divider ensemble for roller grill for cooking human food | A roller grill for cooking human food is disclosed which comprises a housing having a plurality of tubular cooking members rotatably mounted within the housing and a section divider ensemble for sectioning the tubular cooking members into a first cooking area and a second cooking area. | 1. A roller grill for cooking human food comprising: a housing having a plurality of tubular cooking members rotatably mounted within the housing; and a section divider ensemble for sectioning the tubular cooking members into a first cooking area and a second cooking area. 2. The roller grill of claim 1 wherein the div... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/284,609, which was filed on Oct. 31, 2002. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT Not applicable. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to a roller gr... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>This invention relates generally to a roller grill for cooking human food, and more particularly to a roller grill for cooking human food having a section divider ensemble. Roller food grill assemblies are used in commercial establishments to quickly cook food products for custom... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In one form of the present invention, a roller grill for cooking human food comprises a housing having a plurality of tubular cooking members rotatably mounted within the housing, and a section divider ensemble for sectioning the tubular cooking members into a first cooking area and... | 20040423 | 20080226 | 20050310 | 94388.0 | 2 | ALEXANDER, REGINALD | SECTION DIVIDER ENSEMBLE FOR ROLLER GRILL FOR COOKING HUMAN FOOD | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,831,734 | ACCEPTED | Evap canister purge prediction for engine fuel and air control | In a system and a method for purging a vapor storage canister having adsorbed fuel vapor (or hydrocarbon vapor) by drawing air through the storage canister the storage canister being coupled with an engine having a system for controlling the amount of fuel provided to the engine, the amount of fuel vapor in the purge i... | 1. A method for controlling amounts of air and fuel introduced to an engine during purge of hydrocarbon vapor from a canister containing adsorbed hydrocarbon vapor, comprising the steps of: providing an initial value, CHC0, for the concentration of hydrocarbon vapor in the canister containing adsorbed hydrocarbon vapor... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to systems and methods connected with vapor storage canisters. In particular, the present invention concerns estimating hydrocarbon vapor and air drawn into an engine from purge of an evap canister and using the estimate for engine air and fuel control. BAC... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The automotive industry has actively sought improved emissions reduction, including reduction in emissions due to gasoline evaporation. Gasoline includes a mixture of hydrocarbons ranging from higher volatility butanes (C 4 ) to lower volatility C 8 to C 10 hydrocarbons. When vap... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling the engine air and fuel ratio during purging of an evaporative vapor storage canister. The apparatus includes a controller programmed to use a calculation to estimate the amount of hydrocarbon and air in purge ... | 20040423 | 20071211 | 20051027 | 64206.0 | 0 | GIMIE, MAHMOUD | EVAP CANISTER PURGE PREDICTION FOR ENGINE FUEL AND AIR CONTROL | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,831,780 | ACCEPTED | Metapneumovirus strains and their use in vaccine formulations and as vectors for expression of antigenic sequences and methods for propagating virus | The present invention provides an isolated mammalian negative strand RNA virus, metapneumovirus (MPV), within the sub-family Pneumoviridae, of the family Paramyxoviridae. The invention also provides isolated mammalian negative strand RNA viruses identifiable as phylogenetically corresponding or relating to the genus Me... | 1. A method for producing a metapneumovirus (MPV) comprising: a) introducing into a host cell expressing a heterologous RNA polymerase: a DNA molecule comprising the cDNA of the MPV wherein the DNA molecule is transcribed by the heterologous RNA polymerase; and b) isolating the virus produced by the host cell. 2. A met... | RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. provisional application Nos. 60/465,811 filed Apr. 25, 2003; 60/466,776 filed Apr. 30, 2003; 60/480,658 filed Jun. 20, 2003; 60/498,640 filed Aug. 28, 2003; and 60/550,911 filed Mar. 5, 2004, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated by... | <SOH> 2. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Classically, as devastating agents of disease, paramyxoviruses account for many animal and human deaths worldwide each year. The Paramyxoviridae form a family within the order of Mononegavirales (negative-sense single stranded RNA viruses), consisting of the sub-families Param... | <SOH> 3. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The invention relates to an isolated mammalian negative strand RNA virus, metapneumovirus (MPV), within the sub-family Pneumovirinae, of the family Paramyxoviridae. The present invention also relates to isolated mammalian negative strand RNA viruses identifiable as phylogenitical... | 20040423 | 20100427 | 20050127 | 57234.0 | 1 | HILL, MYRON G | METAPNEUMOVIRUS STRAINS AND THEIR USE IN VACCINE FORMULATIONS AND AS VECTORS FOR EXPRESSION OF ANTIGENIC SEQUENCES AND METHODS FOR PROPAGATING VIRUS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,831,801 | ACCEPTED | Closure device providing visual confirmation of occlusion | A closure device providing a visual confirmation of occlusion. The closure device includes a first and a second interlocking fastening strips which are arranged to be interlocked over a predetermined length, at least one of the fastening strips having a surface alteration providing visual confirmation of occlusion of t... | 1. A closure device comprising first and second interlocking fastening strips arranged to be interlocked over a predetermined length, said first fastening strip has a surface alteration, said surface alteration opens or closes upon occlusion of said closure device to provide visual confirmation of occlusion of said clo... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention pertains to an interlocking closure device, and, more particularly, to a closure device providing visual confirmation of occlusion. In addition, the closure device may also provide tactile confirmation of occlusion. The closure device of the present invention may be employed... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The use of fastening devices for the closure of containers, including plastic bag bodies, is generally known. Furthermore, the manufacture of fastening devices made of plastic materials is generally known to those skilled in the art relating to closure devices, as demonstrated by... | <SOH> BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention satisfies these general objects by providing a closure device in which a user is able to visually determine that the closure device has been occluded. In addition, the user may be able to tactually determine that the closure device has been occluded. The ... | 20040426 | 20090609 | 20060112 | 59932.0 | B65D3316 | 0 | LAVINDER, JACK W | CLOSURE DEVICE PROVIDING VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF OCCLUSION | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | B65D | 2,004 | |
10,831,847 | ACCEPTED | System and method for facilitating network-to-network transitions | A system and method for facilitating network-to-network transitions of mobile stations comprising includes at least one access point (204). At least one receiver (202, 224 or 230) is coupled to the at least one access point. The at least one receiver (202, 224 or 230) determines information concerning a wide area netwo... | 1. A system for facilitating network-to-network transitions of mobile stations comprising: a first receiver to provide access to a wide area network, wherein the first receiver is located at an access point; and at least one second receiver coupled to the first receiver, wherein the at least one second receiver is loca... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention relates generally to communication systems and more particularly to communication devices that transition between networks. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Systems and networks for transmitting information are well known and are often classified according to the size of the coverage are... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Systems and networks for transmitting information are well known and are often classified according to the size of the coverage area of the respective system or network. As one example, a wide area network (WAN) may provide coverage over a wide area, for example over an entire a ... | <SOH> BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS <EOH>FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing mobile devices within a WLAN/WAN according to principles of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an access point according to principles of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the system for ... | 20040426 | 20070703 | 20051027 | 95827.0 | 0 | JAIN, RAJ K | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING NETWORK-TO-NETWORK TRANSITIONS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,832,028 | ACCEPTED | Integrated wireline and wireless end-to-end virtual private networking | An end-to-end virtual private networking system transports network packets securely through a public data network. A mobile device comprises an application client and a wireless roaming client managing data transfer from the mobile device to the public data network via one of a plurality of predetermined wireless links... | 1. An end-to-end virtual private networking system for transporting network packets securely through a public data network, comprising: a mobile device comprising an application client and a wireless roaming client managing data transfer from said mobile device to said public data network via one of a plurality of pred... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS Not Applicable. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH Not Applicable. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates in general to virtual private networking, and, more specifically, to secure data network communications between a wireless networking device ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates in general to virtual private networking, and, more specifically, to secure data network communications between a wireless networking device and an enterprise server within a private, wired data network. Large and small enterprises (such as businesse... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention has the advantage of tying together a seamless wireless networking solution with a wired CPE-based IP VPN to provide an end-to-end secure connection. The invention provides a managed VPN system for mobile enterprise users who can roam between various wireless n... | 20040426 | 20080108 | 20051027 | 87589.0 | 0 | MONDESIR, ABDIAS | INTEGRATED WIRELINE AND WIRELESS END-TO-END VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKING | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,832,120 | ACCEPTED | Detection of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 by nucleic acid amplification | The present invention relates to a method of detecting the presence or absence of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in a sample based on amplifying a portion of the Glycoprotein G (US4) gene of HSV and detecting the presence of the amplified nucleic acid using primers and detector primers as described herewith. The method of ... | 1. A method of detecting a Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 (HSV-1) or Herpes Simplex Virus type 2 (HSV-2) target sequence comprising: (a) hybridizing a polynucleotide comprising a sequence consisting essentially of a target binding sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 5-25 and 36-47; and (b) detecting the HSV-1 or HSV-2 targ... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of Provisional Application No. 60/465,458, filed Apr. 25, 2003, entitled “Detection of Herpes Simplex 1 Virus by SDA” by David M. Wolfe. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to diagnostic methods and nucleic acid sequences for i... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Herpes Simplex is an enveloped double-stranded DNA virus that is responsible for primary and recurrent infections in humans and is related to the viruses that cause infectious mononucleosis (Epstein-Barr Virus), chicken pox and shingles (Varicella Zoster Virus). Symptoms of Herpe... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates to methods and compositions for determining the presence of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV), specifically Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 (HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-2) in mammals. The method involves using primers to amplify and detect Herpes Simplex Virus target se... | 20040426 | 20071106 | 20050224 | 70836.0 | 0 | PANDE, SUCHIRA | DETECTION OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPES 1 AND 2 BY NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,832,172 | ACCEPTED | Method and system for customizing views of information associated with a social network user | A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards managing a view of a social network user's personal information based, in part, on user-defined criteria. The user-defined criteria may be applied towards a user's relationship with each prospective viewer. The user-defined criteria may include degrees of separation ... | 1. A method of managing social network user information over a network, comprising: receiving a plurality of social network user information from a user; receiving a relationship criteria for viewing the social network user information from the user; receiving a request to view the social network user information from ... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to computing software for managing a social network view, and more particularly to a method and system for customizing views of a social network user. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Social networking includes a concept that an individual's online personal netw... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Social networking includes a concept that an individual's online personal network of friends, family colleagues, coworkers, and the subsequent connections within those networks, can be utilized to find more relevant connections for dating, job networking, service referrals, activ... | <SOH> BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS <EOH>Non-limiting and non-exhaustive embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the following drawings. In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the various figures unless otherwise specified. For a better understanding of... | 20040426 | 20070911 | 20050811 | 58937.0 | 1 | WONG, LESLIE | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING VIEWS OF INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A SOCIAL NETWORK USER | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,832,569 | ACCEPTED | Athletic protector convertible from hard-cup to soft-cup configuration | An athletic cup that is convertible from a hard cup configuration to a soft cup configuration. The hard cup configuration can be used for contact sports or ball sports where maximum protection is needed. The cup can be converted to the soft cup configuration for non-contact sports where a lesser degree of protection is... | 1. An athletic protector for protecting the genitals, comprising: a relatively soft and resilient soft cup molded as a one-piece structure and having a domed central portion and a peripheral edge portion extending about a periphery of the domed central portion; and a relatively rigid hard cup having a domed shape compl... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to athletic protectors for protecting the genitals. Athletic protectors for protecting the genitals during sporting activities generally fall into either the “hard cup” or the “soft cup” type. Hard cups are typically worn for contact sports or those involving hi... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates to athletic protectors for protecting the genitals. Athletic protectors for protecting the genitals during sporting activities generally fall into either the “hard cup” or the “soft cup” type. Hard cups are typically worn for contact sports or those ... | <SOH> BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention provides an athletic cup that is convertible from a hard cup configuration to a soft cup configuration. The hard cup configuration can be used for contact sports or ball sports where maximum protection is needed. The cup can be converted to the soft cup c... | 20040427 | 20071120 | 20051222 | 78662.0 | 0 | TOMPKINS, ALISSA JILL | ATHLETIC PROTECTOR CONVERTIBLE FROM HARD-CUP TO SOFT-CUP CONFIGURATION | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,832,654 | ACCEPTED | Security barrier | An apparatus and method for installing and deploying a barrier utilizing one or more gas generators. The invention includes a barrier component installed beneath the ground surface or substantially parallel to the ground and raised by activation of the gas generator. The device can be trigger automatically without huma... | 1. A ground level barrier system comprising: a. at least one first outer cylinder having a longitudinal axis of orientation and a first end and a second end wherein the first end is closed; b. at least one second inner cylinder located at least partially within the first cylinder and having the same longitudinal axis o... | BACKGROUND OF INVENTION 1. Field of Use The invention pertains to a high strength impact resistant and rapidly deployable security barrier for the protection of persons and property from objects such as trucks and cars traveling at ground surface level. 2. Prior Art Vehicle and traffic barricades are well known and are... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of Use The invention pertains to a high strength impact resistant and rapidly deployable security barrier for the protection of persons and property from objects such as trucks and cars traveling at ground surface level. 2. Prior Art Vehicle and traffic barricades are well k... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF INVENTION <EOH>The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for erecting protective barriers/bollards utilizing a gas generation system (gas generator) to power the raising of the barrier structure to block the passage of a vehicle. The gas generator can be activated by a variety of means and inde... | 20040427 | 20060905 | 20051027 | 62797.0 | 1 | HARTMANN, GARY S | SECURITY BARRIER | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,832,702 | ACCEPTED | System and a method for starch-based, slow-release oral dosage forms | A system for producing a slow release oral dosage of medication includes a starch based media, and an oral dosage formulation jetted onto the starch based media. | 1. A system for producing a slow release oral dosage of medication comprising: a starch based media; and an oral dosage formulation jetted onto said starch based media. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein said starch based media comprises one of a polymeric organic film former or a paper organic film former. 3. The syste... | BACKGROUND Traditional oral dosage drug formulations include both active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and inactive ingredients. The inactive ingredients (also called excipients), are components of the final formulation of a drug that are not considered active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) in that they do not dir... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>Traditional oral dosage drug formulations include both active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and inactive ingredients. The inactive ingredients (also called excipients), are components of the final formulation of a drug that are not considered active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) in that the... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>A system for producing a slow release oral dosage of medication includes a starch based media, and an oral dosage formulation jetted onto the starch based media. | 20040427 | 20110308 | 20051027 | 68020.0 | 0 | EDWARDS, LAURA ESTELLE | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR STARCH-BASED, SLOW-RELEASE ORAL DOSAGE FORMS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,832,796 | ACCEPTED | Programmable packet parsing processor | The present invention provides a packet processing device and method. A parsing processor provides instruction-driven content inspection of network packets at 10-Gbps and above with a parsing engine that executes parsing instructions. A flow state unit maintains statefulness of packet flows to allow content inspection ... | 1. A packet parsing processor, comprising: a parsing engine having an input to receive a signal that represents a network packet, the parsing engine to perform instruction-driven packet parsing on the packet responsive to parsing instructions; and a state-graph unit having an input/output coupled to a second input/outp... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Filed of the Invention This invention relates generally to a computer processor, and more specifically, to a packet parsing processor including a parsing engine to perform content inspection on network packets with an instruction set that provides programmable parsing operations. 2. Descr... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Filed of the Invention This invention relates generally to a computer processor, and more specifically, to a packet parsing processor including a parsing engine to perform content inspection on network packets with an instruction set that provides programmable parsing operatio... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention meets these needs by providing a dedicated parsing processor and method of parsing packets to meet the above needs. In one embodiment, the parsing processor provides instruction-driven content inspection of network packets with parsing instructions. The parsing... | 20040426 | 20090908 | 20051027 | 95336.0 | 0 | PEZZLO, JOHN | PROGRAMMABLE PACKET PARSING PROCESSOR | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,832,912 | ACCEPTED | Two conductor thermally assisted magnetic memory | A method of performing a thermally assisted write operation on a selected two conductor spin valve memory (SVM) cell having a material wherein the coercivity is decreased upon an increase in temperature. In a particular embodiment, a first write magnetic field is established by a first write current flowing from a firs... | 1. A method of performing a thermally assisted write operation on a selected two conductor spin valve memory (SVM) cell providing an alterable orientation of magnetization in a material providing a stable orientation and high coercivity below a threshold temperature, and an alterable orientation and low coercivity abov... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to magnetic memory devices (commonly referred to as “MRAM”) in a two conductor architecture. BACKGROUND Increasingly sophisticated computer systems permit users to perform an expanding variety of computing tasks at faster and faster rates. The size of the memory a... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>Increasingly sophisticated computer systems permit users to perform an expanding variety of computing tasks at faster and faster rates. The size of the memory and the memory access speed bear heavily upon the overall speed of the computer system. One principle underlying data storage in magnetic ... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>The present disclosure advances the art and overcomes problems articulated above by providing a two conductor thermally assisted magnetic memory device. In particular, and by way of example only, according to an embodiment of the present invention, this invention provides a method of performing a th... | 20040426 | 20060606 | 20051027 | 95786.0 | 0 | SOFOCLEOUS, ALEXANDER | TWO CONDUCTOR THERMALLY ASSISTED MAGNETIC MEMORY | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,832,923 | ACCEPTED | System for transmitting current including magnetically decoupled superconducting conductors | A system for transmitting current is described. The system includes at least one generator, at least one cryostat, and at least one load. The system may further include one of terminations, a refrigeration system, and terminations and a refrigeration system. The cryostat has at least one electrical phase including at l... | 1. A system for transmitting current comprising: a. at least one generator having at least one phase; b. at least one superconducting cable having at least one cryostat containing at least one electrical phase including at least one mandrel and magnetically decoupled superconducting conductors; and c. at least one load... | The present invention relates generally to a system for transmitting current and magnetically decoupled superconducting conductors for carrying at least one electrical phase of the system. BACKGROUND In the past three decades, electricity has risen from 25% to 40% of end-use energy consumption in the United States. Wit... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>In the past three decades, electricity has risen from 25% to 40% of end-use energy consumption in the United States. With this rising demand for power comes an increasingly critical requirement for highly reliable, high quality power. As power demands continue to grow, older urban electric power ... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>The present invention is directed to a system for transmitting current. The system includes a generator, a superconducting cable, and at least one load. Further, the system may include one of terminations, a refrigeration system, and terminations and a refrigeration system. The cable has at least on... | 20040427 | 20091027 | 20051027 | 57745.0 | 0 | NORRIS, JEREMY C | SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING CURRENT INCLUDING MAGNETICALLY DECOUPLED SUPERCONDUCTING CONDUCTORS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,833,009 | ACCEPTED | Dispenser of icemaker in referigerator | Disclosed is a dispenser of an icemaker in a refrigerator for maximizing an inner space when a total size is the same, and for minimizing the total size when the inner space is the same. The dispenser of the icemaker in the refrigerator includes an ice chute being a passage through which the ice produced from the icema... | 1. A dispenser of an icemaker in a refrigerator, comprising: an ice chute provided as a passage through which ice produced from a icemaker is discharged; and a container supporter provided at an outer case, and disposed to be perpendicular to an outer surface of the outer case when the ice is discharged outside through... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of Korean Application No. P2003-64503, filed on Sep. 17, 2003, which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dispenser of an icem... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dispenser of an icemaker in a refrigerator, and more particularly, to the dispenser of the ice-making apparatus with a structure for maximizing an inner space of the refrigerator. 2. Discussion of the Related Art In gen... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a dispenser of an icemaker in a refrigerator that substantially obviates one or more problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art. An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus having a function of... | 20040428 | 20080108 | 20050317 | 58292.0 | 1 | TAPOLCAI, WILLIAM E | DISPENSER OF ICEMAKER IN REFRIGERATOR | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,833,040 | ACCEPTED | Actuating device for open/close member of vehicle | A connecting rod is provided with a bent portion in a substantially middle part thereof so that a lower section of the connecting rod below the substantially middle part in a vertical direction may be inclined, with respect to the longitudinal direction of a guide rail, toward a center of an opening, and at the same ti... | 1. An actuating device to open and close an open/close member of a vehicle which is pivotally mounted to an edge of an opening of said vehicle with a hinge shaft provided substantially horizontally, said actuating device comprising: a guide rail arranged on a body pillar located on a side edge of said opening and confi... | The present application is based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-153771, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a actuating device for an open/close member of a vehicle. 2. Related Art In a convent... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a actuating device for an open/close member of a vehicle. 2. Related Art In a conventional actuating device for an open/close member of a vehicle, on each of vehicle pillars formed at both sides of an opening in a back pa... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In view of the above described problem of the related art, an object of the invention is to provide an actuating device for an open/close member of a vehicle which will not make an opening width of an opening in the vehicle narrow, and will be excellent in quality. According to the ... | 20040428 | 20061017 | 20050106 | 92135.0 | 0 | THOMPSON, HUGH B | ACTUATING DEVICE FOR OPEN/CLOSE MEMBER OF VEHICLE | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,833,085 | ACCEPTED | Display apparatus | A display apparatus including a display to display a picture; a signal processor to format a video signal to be output to the display; and a controller to output a control signal to the signal processor on the basis of a picture display state controlled through a control screen; wherein the picture display state is set... | 1. A display apparatus comprising: a display to display a picture; a signal processor to format a video signal to be output to the display; and a controller to output a control signal to the signal processor on the basis of a picture display state controlled through a control screen; wherein the picture display state i... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2003-53252, filed Jul. 31, 2003, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present inventi... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display apparatus, and more, particularly, to a display apparatus in which a favorite picture display state is optionally and objectively controlled. 2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a display apparatus such... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Accordingly, it is an aspect of the present invention to provide a display apparatus in which a favorite picture display state is optionally and objectively controlled referring to a reference screen. Additional aspects and/or advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in... | 20040428 | 20070911 | 20050203 | 75214.0 | 0 | NATNAEL, PAULOS M | DISPLAY APPARATUS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,833,204 | ACCEPTED | Method, logic arrangement and program for assigning a primary trunk | Method, logic arrangement or program employ trunking identifiers to assign primary trunking connection between a switch pair. | 1. A method for assigning a primary trunking connection between a switch pair, comprising the steps of: exchanging, between said switch pair, first identity data for each of said switch pair and second identity data for ports owned by each of said switch pair; using said first identity data, by each of said switch pair... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to loop networks, and particularly to loop networks having attached switches with trunking communications capabilities. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Loop network topologies such as Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) networks are currently starting to use switch tec... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Loop network topologies such as Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) networks are currently starting to use switch technologies in order to improve bandwidth by taking advantage of the capabilities that spatial reuse can give. In order to do this, trunking is used, where trunkin... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>This invention thus preferably uses trunking identifiers to automatically assign the correct trunk type accordingly. It makes use of the details of the connection and a commonly-implemented method which is operable independently by each member of a switch pair; because both the data... | 20040426 | 20090203 | 20051027 | 96768.0 | 0 | THOMPSON, JR, OTIS L | METHOD, LOGIC ARRANGEMENT AND PROGRAM FOR ASSIGNING A PRIMARY TRUNK | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,833,219 | ACCEPTED | 'Glow-in-the-dark' gazing globes and other ornaments, particularly for gardens | A method of fabricating glow-in-the-dark gazing globes or other objects, as well as the articles that result. The method comprises the steps of providing a hollow form having an inner wall made from a transparent or translucent material, the form including an aperture for gaining access to the interior thereof, and int... | 1. A method of fabricating a glow-in-the-dark gazing globe or other object, comprising the steps of: providing a hollow form having an inner wall made from a transparent or translucent material, the form including an aperture for gaining access to the interior thereof; and introducing one more photoluminescence or phos... | REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/466,105, filed Apr. 28, 2003, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to outdoor ornaments and, in particular, to gazing... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Garden ornaments such as gazing globes have become very popular as decorative elements in gardens and other outdoor environments. Such items are generally provided as a piece of statuary, including a spherical globe with a highly-polished or reflective surface supported by a base... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>This invention resides in a method of fabricating glow-in-the-dark gazing globes or other objects, as well as the articles that result. The method comprises the steps of providing a hollow form having an inner wall made from a transparent or translucent material, the form including ... | 20040427 | 20070807 | 20050106 | 64853.0 | 5 | AFTERGUT, JEFFRY H | 'GLOW-IN-THE-DARK' GAZING GLOBES AND OTHER ORNAMENTS, PARTICULARLY FOR GARDENS | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,833,292 | ACCEPTED | Directional broadcast feeder for fish and game | A broadcast feeder for projecting food aggregate or pellets directionally into an area up to, for example, sixty or more feet away from the feed container. The action is controlled to provide a predetermined quantity of aggregate at a predetermined time. The velocity of the feed as it exits the feeder is such that the ... | 1. A directional feeder system for propelling particulate matter, the system comprising: a funnel operable to receive the particulate matter in a top opening thereof and direct the particulate matter through a bottom opening more narrow than the top opening; an impeller top plate assembly comprising a particulate hole ... | TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION Various types of active or powered game feeders are available which utilize a battery-powered timer and electric motor to provide energy to scatter or broadcast particulate feed over an area for animal, bird or fish consumption. The simplest of this type of feeder is the scatter plate t... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The majority of existing game feeders, which function to a predetermined feeding schedule, are scatter plate type feeders. This type of feeder generally consists of a barrel type bulk container with a funnel located at the base. Suspended below the funnel is a disk or scatter pla... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>To address the issues discussed above in regard to conventional feeders, the present invention is directed to the design and application of a primary module, which is a center intake, centrifugal air blower assembly for a feeder. On a center intake compressor or blower, air is drawn... | 20040428 | 20070529 | 20051103 | 65224.0 | 1 | NGUYEN, TRINH T | DIRECTIONAL BROADCAST FEEDER FOR FISH AND GAME | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,833,356 | ACCEPTED | Radio frequency identification controlled heatable objects | A temperature controlled heatable object is provided in which a temperature sensor is connected to a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag. The RFID tag is located within the handle of the object, and the temperature sensor is placed in contact with the object. In a first embodiment of the invention, the temperatur... | 1. A radio frequency identification controlled object comprising: a temperature sensor placed in contact with a heatable portion of the object; and a radio frequency identification tag associated with said temperature sensor and located outside of a heat-generation zone for the object, said tag being operable to commun... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention is broadly concerned with temperature regulated cookware and servingware items, such as pots, pans, buffet serving pans, serving dishes, platters, and the like. More particularly, the invention is concerned with cookware and servingware objects that are temperature regulated... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Cooking is often referred to as an art, not only because of the combination of ingredients that go into a particular recipe, but also due to the skill necessary for proper application and infusion of varying levels of heat over a given period of time throughout the different phas... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>An object of the instant invention is to provide a temperature regulated object (or item). Another object of the instant invention is to provide a temperature regulated item that can be used for as servingware, cookware, and the like. Yet another object of the instant invention is t... | 20040428 | 20070102 | 20051103 | 64956.0 | 2 | ROBINSON, DANIEL LEON | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION CONTROLLED HEATABLE OBJECTS | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,833,494 | ACCEPTED | Catheter system for stenting bifurcated vessels | A catheter system and method are described for stenting a vessel at a bifurcation or sidebranch of the vessel. The catheter system includes a first balloon catheter, a second balloon catheter and a releasable linking device for holding the first and second balloon catheters arranged in a side-by-side configuration and ... | 1. A catheter system comprising: a first catheter having a shaft with a proximal end and a distal end; a second catheter having a shaft with a proximal end and a distal end; and a linking device attachable near the proximal ends of the catheters for releasably linking the first catheter and the second catheter together... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/512,259, filed Oct. 16, 2003, and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/534,469, filed Jan. 5, 2004, the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference in their entirety. FIELD OF THE INVENTION... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The following patents and patent applications relate to catheters and catheter systems for performing angioplasty and stenting of bifurcated vessels. These and all patents and patent applications referred to herein are incorporated by reference in their entirety. U.S. Pat. No. 6,... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates generally to catheters and catheter systems for performing angioplasty and vascular stenting. More particularly it relates to a catheter system and method for stenting a vessel at a bifurcation or sidebranch of the vessel. In a first aspect, the inventi... | 20040427 | 20100105 | 20050421 | 57646.0 | 0 | TRUONG, KEVIN THAO | CATHETER SYSTEM FOR STENTING BIFURCATED VESSELS | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,833,565 | ACCEPTED | Effective method to improve sub-micron color filter sensitivity | An image sensor device and method for forming said device are described. The image sensor structure comprises a substrate with photodiodes, an interconnect structure formed on the substrate, a color filter layer above the interconnect structure, a first microlens array, an overcoat layer, and a second microlens array. ... | 1. A microlens component of an image sensor formed above a color filter layer having of an array of color regions on a substrate, comprising: (a) a first microlens array formed above the color filter layer, said first microlens array having a plurality of first microlenses wherein each first microlens has a radius of c... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to a solid state imaging device (hereafter referred to as a CMOS image sensor) and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, the image sensor has an improved microlens component that increases the sensitivity of the device. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A compleme... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor is a key component of many digital video cameras. The CMOS image sensor is typically comprised of an upper stack that includes one or more layers of color filters, a microlens array, and an overcoat for the microlens a... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>An objective of the present invention is to provide a microlens component in a CMOS image sensor that offers improved sensitivity in a device that has several metal (ILM) layers and requires a long focal length. A further objective of the present invention is to provide a microlens ... | 20040428 | 20080513 | 20051103 | 71562.0 | 0 | HSU, AMY R | EFFECTIVE METHOD TO IMPROVE SUB-MICRON COLOR FILTER SENSITIVITY | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,833,582 | ACCEPTED | System and method for interleaving memory | One system may comprise an interleave system that determines a desired interleave for at least a selected portion of a distributed memory system. A migration system is associated with the interleave system to migrate blocks of data to implement the desired interleave. | 1. A system comprising: an interleave system that determines a desired interleave for at least a selected portion of a distributed memory system; and a migration system associated with the interleave system to migrate blocks of data to implement the desired interleave. 2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a map... | BACKGROUND In multi-processor systems, memory can be configured to improve performance. One approach is to spread memory across different memory controllers, which approach is referred to as interleaving. A desirable interleave distributes memory substantially evenly across available memory controllers. As memory is mo... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>In multi-processor systems, memory can be configured to improve performance. One approach is to spread memory across different memory controllers, which approach is referred to as interleaving. A desirable interleave distributes memory substantially evenly across available memory controllers. As ... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>One embodiment of the present invention may comprise a system that includes an interleave system that determines a desired interleave for at least a selected portion of a distributed memory system. A migration system is associated with the interleave system to migrate blocks of data to implement the... | 20040428 | 20140812 | 20051103 | 62732.0 | 0 | PATEL, KAUSHIKKUMAR M | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERLEAVING MEMORY | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,833,747 | ACCEPTED | Bat having a flexible handle | A bat has an elongate tubular striking member of a first material, and an elongate handle member of a second material. The handle may be of composite material laid up in selected layers and orientation to produce selected weight distribution, strength, and stiffness and improved batting capabilities. The striking membe... | 1. A bat having a longitudinal axis and capable of being tested with a three-point bend stiffness test device having first and second supports, the bat comprising: an elongate tubular striking member having a distal end, a proximal end, and a striking region intermediate the distal and proximal ends; and a separate han... | RELATED U.S. APPLICATION DATA The present invention is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent applicatoin Ser. No. 10/115,593, entitled “Bat With Composite Handle,” filed on Apr. 2, 2002 by Eggiman et al. FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a ball bat, and more particularly to a ball bat with a striking bar... | <SOH> BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Tubular metallic baseball bats are well known in the art. A familiar example is a tubular aluminum bat. Such bats have the advantage of a generally good impact response, meaning that the bat effectively transfers power to a batted ball. This effective power transfer r... | <SOH> BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Tubular metallic baseball bats are well known in the art. A familiar example is a tubular aluminum bat. Such bats have the advantage of a generally good impact response, meaning that the bat effectively transfers power to a batted ball. This effective power transfer r... | 20040428 | 20060829 | 20050106 | 58690.0 | 2 | GRAHAM, MARK S | BAT HAVING A FLEXIBLE HANDLE | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,833,914 | ACCEPTED | VOLTAGE REGULATOR | A voltage regulator, regulating a supply voltage and outputting a regulated voltage. The voltage regulator comprises a two stage OP which outputs a first voltage and a second voltage according to a reference voltage and a feedback voltage. A NMOS transistor controlled by a voltage detection unit, to receive the second ... | 1. A voltage regulator, to regulate a supply voltage and output a regulated voltage, the voltage regulator comprises: a two stage OP, wherein a first voltage and a second voltage are output according to a reference voltage and a feedback voltage, when the feedback voltage is raised, the first voltage is raised, and the... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voltage regulator, and ore particularly, to a dual mode voltage regulator. 2. Description of the Related Art Generally, for stabilizing the voltage output to an internal circuit supplied by a supply voltage, a voltage regulator is ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voltage regulator, and ore particularly, to a dual mode voltage regulator. 2. Description of the Related Art Generally, for stabilizing the voltage output to an internal circuit supplied by a supply voltage, a voltage r... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a voltage regulator, cable of providing stable voltage in various supply voltages. In order to achieve the above object, the invention provides an voltage regulator, to regulate a supply voltage and output a regulated vol... | 20040428 | 20051227 | 20051103 | 63905.0 | 0 | LAXTON, GARY L | VOLTAGE REGULATOR | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,833,991 | ACCEPTED | Implementation of protection layer for bond pad protection | A method of protecting a bond pad during die-sawing comprising the following steps. A substrate having a bond pad formed thereover is provided. A bond pad protection layer is formed over the bond pad. The substrate is die-sawed and the bond pad protection layer is removed by heating. | 1. A method of protecting a bond pad during die-sawing, comprising the steps of: providing a substrate having a bond pad formed thereover; forming a bond pad protection layer over the bond pad; die-sawing the substrate; and removing the bond pad protection layer by heating. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the substra... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A probe mark is left on bond pads after chip probe (CP) sorting. This probe mark will be enlarged during the integrated circuit (IC) assembly wafer die-sawing due to a so-called “Galvanic effect,” i.e. an electrochemical reaction on the bond pad during the die-sawing. This may: expose the bo... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A probe mark is left on bond pads after chip probe (CP) sorting. This probe mark will be enlarged during the integrated circuit (IC) assembly wafer die-sawing due to a so-called “Galvanic effect,” i.e. an electrochemical reaction on the bond pad during the die-sawing. This may: e... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Accordingly, it is an object of one or more embodiments of the present invention to provide a method of protecting bond pads during die-sawing. Other objects will appear hereinafter. It has now been discovered that the above and other objects of the present invention may be accompli... | 20040428 | 20060912 | 20051103 | 60221.0 | 0 | THAI, LUAN C | IMPLEMENTATION OF PROTECTION LAYER FOR BOND PAD PROTECTION | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,834,220 | ACCEPTED | Manhole cover | The present invention a manhole cover includes a cylindrical manhole including manhole lugs, wherein the manhole lugs extend around the upper outer periphery of the manhole; the cover includes cover lugs, the cover lugs extend around the outer periphery of the cover. The cover co-operatively mates with and closes off t... | 1. A manhole cover comprising: (a) a cylindrical manhole including manhole lugs, wherein said manhole lugs extending around the upper outer periphery of said manhole; (b) a cover including cover lugs, said cover lugs extending around the outer periphery of said cover, said cover for co-operatively mating with and closi... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to manhole covers for pressure vessels and in particular relates to a manhole cover for a railway car pressure vessel. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Currently manhole covers on railway pressure vessels are large, heavy steel plate circular covers which are bolted down ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Currently manhole covers on railway pressure vessels are large, heavy steel plate circular covers which are bolted down with six to eight large eye bolts. The eye bolts that are used are a source of maintenance in that the bolts often break, the threads wearing, the nuts seize. I... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A manhole cover comprising: (a) a manhole including manhole lugs; (b) a cover including cover lugs, said cover co-operatively mating with said manhole; (c) a strap means for clamping together said manhole lugs and cover lugs, by applying tension to said strap means. Preferably where... | 20040429 | 20060912 | 20051103 | 98298.0 | 0 | ADDIE, RAYMOND W | MANHOLE COVER | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,834,270 | ACCEPTED | Dye composition comprising 2-chloro-6-methyl-3-aminophenol, at least two oxidation bases chosen from para-phenylenediamine derivatives and at least one associative thickening polymer | The present disclosure relates to a composition for oxidation dyeing keratin fibers, for instance, human keratin fibers such as the hair, comprising 2-chloro-6-methyl-3-aminophenol as a coupler, para-phenylenediamine or para-tolylenediamine as at least one first oxidation base, N,N-bis(β-hydroxyethyl)-para-phenylenedia... | 1. A composition for oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers, comprising, in a medium that is suitable for dyeing: at least one coupler chosen from 2-chloro-6-methyl-3-aminophenol and the addition salts thereof; at least one first oxidation base chosen from para-phenylenediamine, para-tolylenediamine, and the addition salts... | This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/507,121, filed Oct. 1, 2003. The present disclosure relates to a composition for the oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers, for instance human keratin fibers such as the hair, comprising 2-chloro-6-methyl-3-aminophenol as at least one coupler, at least... | 20040429 | 20071127 | 20050106 | 68296.0 | 0 | ELHILO, EISA B | DYE COMPOSITION COMPRISING 2-CHLORO-6-METHYL-3-AMINOPHENOL, AT LEAST TWO OXIDATION BASES CHOSEN FROM PARA-PHENYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVES AND AT LEAST ONE ASSOCIATIVE THICKENING POLYMER | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||||
10,834,451 | ACCEPTED | Methods and apparatus for improving data integrity for small computer system interface (SCSI) devices | A SCSI ID of a SCSI initiator device that has won an arbitration is identified on a SCSI bus and stored in a register at a SCSI device. Subsequently, a SCSI ID of a selected SCSI target device which was selected by the SCSI initiator device is identified on the SCSI bus and compared with the SCSI ID in the register. If... | 1. A method for improving data integrity for small computer system interface (SCSI) devices, comprising: identifying, on a SCSI bus at a SCSI device, a SCSI ID of a SCSI initiator device that has won an arbitration; storing the SCSI ID in a register at the SCSI device; identifying, on the SCSI bus at the SCSI device, a... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for improving data integrity for small computer system interface (SCSI) devices. 2. Description of the Related Art A small computer system interface (SCSI) is a well known and widely used type of interface for c... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for improving data integrity for small computer system interface (SCSI) devices. 2. Description of the Related Art A small computer system interface (SCSI) is a well known and widely used type of int... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>Methods and apparatus for improved data integrity for small computer system interface (SCSI) devices are described herein. In one illustrative example of the present invention, a SCSI ID of a SCSI initiator device that has won an arbitration is identified on a SCSI bus and stored in a register at a ... | 20040429 | 20080311 | 20051103 | 65186.0 | 0 | PHAN, DEAN | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING DATA INTEGRITY FOR SMALL COMPUTER SYSTEM INTERFACE (SCSI) DEVICES | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,834,463 | ACCEPTED | Systems and methods for monitoring network exchanges between a client and a server | Systems and methods for monitoring exchanges between a client and a server across a network. Implementation of the present invention takes place in association with a client and server that use standard Internet protocol to exchange requests and responses over a network. An extendable network monitor is employed to obt... | 1. In a networked computer system that includes a plurality of interleaved packets transmitted across a network and a plurality of buffers, one or more of the plurality of packets representing a first exchange and one or more of the plurality of packets representing a second exchange, a method for sorting the packets c... | This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/579,946, filed May 26, 2000, entitled “Systems and Methods for Monitoring Network Exchanges Between a Client and a Server.” For purposes of disclosure, the foregoing application is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. The Field... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. The Field of the Invention The present invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring exchanges between a client and a server across a network. More specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods that read a network monitor trace and rebuild the re... | <SOH> BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring exchanges between a client and a server across a network. More specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods that read a network monitor trace and rebuild the requests and responses to mak... | 20040429 | 20080408 | 20050127 | 87554.0 | 0 | HARRELL, ROBERT B | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING NETWORK EXCHANGES BETWEEN A CLIENT AND A SERVER | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,834,504 | ACCEPTED | POLYMERIC STRUCTURES AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME | Polymeric structures, methods for making same, fibrous structures comprising same and product incorporating same are provided. | 1-7. (canceled) 8. A fibrous structure comprising a fiber comprising a non-PVOH hydroxyl polymer starch wherein the fibrous structure exhibits a wet lint score of less than about 25. 9. (canceled) 10. The fibrous structure according to claim 8 wherein the fibrous structure comprises two or more regions that exhibit dif... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to polymeric structures comprising a non-PVOH processed hydroxyl polymer composition comprising a hydroxyl polymer, fibrous structures comprising such polymeric structures and methods for making same. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In recent years, formulators of fibrou... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In recent years, formulators of fibrous structures have attempted to move away from wood-based cellulosic fibers to polymeric fibers. Polymeric fiber-containing fibrous structures are known in the art. See for example, EP 1 217 106 A1. However, such prior art attempts to make pol... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention fulfills the need described above by providing a polymeric structure and/or a fibrous structure comprising a polymeric structure in fiber form that exhibits substantially similar or better intensive properties as compared to wood-based cellulosic fiber-containi... | 20040429 | 20051018 | 20051103 | 59036.0 | 0 | EDWARDS, NEWTON O | POLYMERIC STRUCTURES AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,834,585 | ACCEPTED | Roller grill having rollers with a roughened surface | A roller grill assembly includes a roller grill housing and a plurality of rollers that are rotatably mounted in the housing, each roller having an external surface. The assembly also includes one or more heating elements provided in each roller for heating the external surfaces of the rollers and a roughened coating o... | 1. A roller grill assembly comprising: a plurality of rotatable rollers disposed in an array, each said roller having an external surface; a roughened coating covering at least a portion of the external surface of each said roller, wherein said roughened coating generates friction between said rollers and food items pl... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention generally relates to cooking equipment and more particularly relates to roller grills for cooking and heating food items. Roller grill assemblies typically use an array of heatable tubes that are rotatably mounted within a grill housing. In operation, food items are pla... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention generally relates to cooking equipment and more particularly relates to roller grills for cooking and heating food items. Roller grill assemblies typically use an array of heatable tubes that are rotatably mounted within a grill housing. In operation, food i... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In certain preferred embodiments of the present invention, a roller grill assembly includes a plurality of rotatable rollers disposed in an array, whereby each roller has an external surface, and a roughened coating covering at least a portion of the external surface of each roller.... | 20040429 | 20061205 | 20051103 | 94388.0 | 1 | ALEXANDER, REGINALD | ROLLER GRILL HAVING ROLLERS WITH A ROUGHENED SURFACE | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,834,678 | ACCEPTED | Bounding box signal detector | A description of signal behavior in the vicinity of a time and voltage of interest is produced by defining a region in the (time, voltage) plane that is a closed straight sided figure whose vertices are identified by threshold crossings offset for the voltage of interest and clocked by time delays offset from a clock t... | 1. A method of characterizing a work signal's behavior during a time interval, the method comprising the steps of: (a) defining a time interval by START and END timing signal transitions; (b) comparing the work signal to a first threshold voltage to produce a logical first comparison value; (c) comparing the work signa... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION There are many types of electronic test equipment whose operation includes the digital acquisition of a series of analog voltage values. In some cases, such as in real time digital oscillography, an acquisition record is required for a large number of consecutive samples taken in rapid succe... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>There are many types of electronic test equipment whose operation includes the digital acquisition of a series of analog voltage values. In some cases, such as in real time digital oscillography, an acquisition record is required for a large number of consecutive samples taken in... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A more informative description of a signal's behavior in the vicinity of a time relative to a transition in a clock and at a voltage of interest can be produced by defining a region in the (time, voltage) plane that is a closed straight sided figure whose vertices are identified by ... | 20040428 | 20070814 | 20051103 | 68047.0 | 0 | KIM, KEVIN | BOUNDING BOX SIGNAL DETECTOR | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,834,959 | ACCEPTED | Signal isolators using micro-transformer | A logic signal isolator comprising a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding; a transmitter circuit which drives said primary winding in response to a received logic signal, such that in response to a first type of edge in the logic signal, a signal of a first predetermined type is supplied to the ... | 1. A logic signal isolator comprising: a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding; a transmitter circuit which drives said primary winding in response to a received logic signal, such that in response to a first type of edge in the logic signal, a signal of a first predetermined type is supplied to ... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/466,602 entitled “BI-DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL ISOLATORS USING MICRO-TRANSFORMERS,” filed on Apr. 30, 2003, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. FIELD OF THE INVEN... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In a variety of environments, signals must be transmitted between diverse sources and circuitry using those signals, while maintaining electrical (i.e., galvanic) isolation between the sources and the using circuitry. Isolation may be needed, for example, between microcontrollers... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>These needs are addressed with a logic signal isolator comprising, in a first aspect, a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding; a transmitter circuit which drives said primary winding in response to a received logic signal, such that in response to a first type... | 20040429 | 20060711 | 20050317 | 98200.0 | 1 | TAN, VIBOL | SIGNAL ISOLATORS USING MICRO-TRANSFORMERS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,835,117 | ACCEPTED | Cross racing bike front brake lever | A cross-racing bike brake lever has on its contact surface external to the grip of the brake lever provided with multiple recesses for the fingers of the rider to hold against while executing a hand brake on the inner side of the grip so that the rider comfortably moves his or her fingers to rest flushed on the recesse... | 1. An improved structure of a cross-racing bike brake lever to provide an easy, safe and comfortable execution of a hand brake; having its outer side of a grip of the brake lever provided with multiple recesses and its inner side of the grip defined as an operation surface; the length of the cross section of the contac... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (a) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention is related to a cross racing bike front brake lever and more particularly, to one provides a safe and convenient brake lever suited to a cross racing bike. (b) Description of the Prior Art As its designation suggests, a cross-racing ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>(a) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention is related to a cross racing bike front brake lever and more particularly, to one provides a safe and convenient brake lever suited to a cross racing bike. (b) Description of the Prior Art As its designation suggests, a c... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a cross-racing bike brake lever that permits an easy and secured hand brake for improved safety. To achieve the purpose, the contact surface of fingers on the outer side of the grip of the brake lever is provided with multip... | 20040430 | 20070213 | 20051103 | 77657.0 | 0 | YOUNG, EDWIN | CROSS RACING BIKE FRONT BRAKE LEVER | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,835,197 | ACCEPTED | Maritime emissions control system | An Advanced Maritime Emissions Control System (AMECS) comprises several Exhaust Intake Bonnets (EIBs) of different size and/or shape, an Emissions Capture System (ECS), and an Advanced Maritime Emissions Control Unit (AMECU) mounted on an Unpowered Seagoing Barge (USB). The EIB comprises a cage formed by downward curve... | 1. An advanced maritime emissions control system comprising: a bonnet for capturing the exhaust from a ship stack; an emissions control unit for processing the exhaust from the stack; and a duct for carrying the exhaust from the bonnet to the emissions control unit. 2. The emissions control system of claim 1, further i... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the reduction of emissions from Ocean Going Vessels (OGVs), and more particularly to a system for capturing and processing emissions from OGVs in the vicinity of a port. A substantial quantity of pollutants are produced by burning fuel in OGVs. The pollutants... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates to the reduction of emissions from Ocean Going Vessels (OGVs), and more particularly to a system for capturing and processing emissions from OGVs in the vicinity of a port. A substantial quantity of pollutants are produced by burning fuel in OGVs. Th... | <SOH> BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention addresses the above and other needs by providing an Advanced Maritime Emissions Control System (AMECS) comprising a multiplicity Exhaust Intake Bonnets (EIBs), an Emissions Capture System (ECS) comprising a tower and actuating arm, an Advanced Maritime Em... | 20040429 | 20070821 | 20051103 | 68076.0 | 1 | PHAM, MINH CHAU THI | MARITIME EMISSIONS CONTROL SYSTEM | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,835,228 | ACCEPTED | Hydroxy-biphenyl-carbaldehyde oxime derivatives and their use as estrogenic agents | This invention provides estrogen receptor modulators having the structure: wherein R1 to R6 and R8 are as defined in the specification; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 1. A compound of the formula: wherein R1 and R2, are each, independently, H, halogen, CN, phenyl, or lower alkyl; R3, R4, R5 and R6, are each independently, H, OH, halogen, CN, phenyl, lower alkyl, or lower alkoxy; R8 are each, independently, H, —C(O)R9, or lower alkyl; and R9 is lower alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acce... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application claims benefit to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/467,394, filed May 2, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to novel 4′-hydroxy-biphenyl-carbaldehyde oxime derivatives, the... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The pleiotropic effects of estrogens in mammalian tissues have been well documented, and it is now appreciated that estrogens affect many organ systems [Mendelsohn and Karas, New England Journal of Medicine 340: 1801-1811 (1999), Epperson, et al., Psychosomatic Medicine 61: 676-6... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates to a compound of the formula: where R 1 and R 2 , are each, independently, H, halogen, CN, phenyl, or lower alkyl; R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 , are each independently, H, OH, halogen, CN, phenyl, lower alkyl, or lower alkoxy; R 8 are each, independently, H... | 20040429 | 20071009 | 20050127 | 94546.0 | 0 | VALENROD, YEVGENY | HYDROXY-BIPHENYL-CARBALDEHYDE OXIME DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE AS ESTROGENIC AGENTS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,835,255 | ACCEPTED | Weight generation method for multi-antenna communication systems utilizing RF-based and baseband signal weighting and combining | A signal weighting and combining method implemented within a receiver having a plurality of receive antennas is disclosed herein. Each receive antenna is disposed to produce a received RF signal in response to a transmitted RF signal received through a channel. The method includes weighting the plurality of received RF... | 1. In a receiver having a plurality of receive antennas disposed to produce a corresponding plurality of received RF signals, each of said plurality of received RF signals being generated in response to a transmitted RF signal received through a channel, a signal weighting and combining method comprising: weighting sai... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/467,295, entitled WEIGHT GENERATION METHOD FOR RF SIGNAL COMBINING IN MULTI-ANTENNA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, filed May 1, 2003, which is herein incorporated by reference in its enti... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Most current wireless communication systems are composed of nodes configured with a single transmit and receive antenna. However, for a wide range of wireless communication systems, it has been predicted that the performance, including capacity, may be substantially improved thro... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention is directed to a system and method for generating weight values for weighting elements included within the signal weighting and combining arrangements used in various multi-antenna transmitter and receiver structures. Specifically, the present invention may be ... | 20040429 | 20090526 | 20050407 | 89766.0 | 0 | BAYARD, EMMANUEL | WEIGHT GENERATION METHOD FOR MULTI-ANTENNA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS UTILIZING RF-BASED AND BASEBAND SIGNAL WEIGHTING AND COMBINING | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,835,420 | ACCEPTED | Liquid-repellent film-coated member, constitutive member of liquid-jet device, nozzle plate of liquid-jet head, liquid-jet head, and liquid-jet device | The present invention provides a member comprising a substrate, an undercoat film formed on a surface of the substrate, and a liquid-repellent film of metal alkoxide formed on a surface of the undercoat film. Also disclosed are nozzle head, liquid-jet head and liquid-jet device employing the above-described member. | 1. A member comprising a substrate, an undercoat film formed on a surface of the substrate, and a liquid-repellent film of metal alkoxide formed on a surface of the undercoat film. 2. The member according to claim 1, wherein the liquid-repellent film is a molecular film of a polymer of metal alkoxide. 3. The member acc... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a liquid-repellent film-coated member, a constitutive member of liquid-jet devices, a nozzle plate of liquid-jet heads, a liquid-jet head, and a liquid-jet device. In particular, the invention relates to a liquid-jet device that has an undercoat film and a liquid-... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>An inkjet printer head, one embodiment of liquid-jet head through which liquid droplets are jetted out toward media via the nozzle orifices thereof, has a nozzle plate, and a plurality of fine inkjet orifices through which ink is jetted out are formed in the nozzle plate at fine ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention has been made for solving the above-mentioned problems. Accordingly, an object of the invention is to provide a member having a liquid-repellent film of a metal alkoxide in which the adhesion of the metal alkoxide liquid-repellent film to the surface of the sub... | 20040430 | 20070911 | 20050106 | 66777.0 | 0 | SOLOMON, LISA | LIQUID-REPELLENT FILM-COATED MEMBER, CONSTITUTIVE MEMBER OF LIQUID-JET DEVICE, NOZZLE PLATE OF LIQUID-JET HEAD, LIQUID-JET HEAD, AND LIQUID-JET DEVICE | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,835,510 | ACCEPTED | Closing in an electronic market | A method for trading a security in an electronic market includes receiving closing orders and orders for the security traded in the electronic market, disseminating an order imbalance indicator indicative of predicted trading characteristics of the security at the close of trading, determining a closing price for the s... | 1. A method for trading a security in an electronic market, comprising: receiving closing orders and orders for the security traded in the electronic market; disseminating an order imbalance indicator indicative of predicted trading characteristics of the security at the close of trading; determining a closing price fo... | BACKGROUND The invention relates to trading systems, particularly financial trading systems. Electronic equity markets, such as The Nasdaq Stock Market® collect, aggregate and display trade information to market participants. Market participants initiate trades of securities by sending trade information to the electron... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>The invention relates to trading systems, particularly financial trading systems. Electronic equity markets, such as The Nasdaq Stock Market® collect, aggregate and display trade information to market participants. Market participants initiate trades of securities by sending trade information to ... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>Certain investors, including mutual funds and derivative traders, need to execute transactions in a security at the closing price using “on-close” orders. Some electronic markets perform a closing process that takes the final trade of a security executed during the trading session as the closing pri... | 20040428 | 20100112 | 20051222 | 97458.0 | 1 | APPLE, KIRSTEN SACHWITZ | CLOSING IN AN ELECTRONIC MARKET | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,835,574 | ACCEPTED | Apparatus for radar | A radar is arranged to transmit electromagnetic energy in pulse repetition intervals and to receive reflections or echoes from objects in range gates intended for the purpose, which range gates are provided with Doppler filters. The radar is arranged to approve ambiguous echoes that are desirable and to suppress ambigu... | 1. An apparatus for radar that transmits electromagnetic impulses in pulse repetition intervals and receives energy pulses reflected by reflector(s) in range gates intended for the purpose, which range gates are provided with Doppler filters, and that is arranged to approve ambiguous echoes that are desirable and to su... | The present invention relates to an apparatus for radar that is arranged to transmit electromagnetic energy in the form of pulses with given or predetermined intervals and to receive reflections or echoes from objects that reflect the electromagnetic energy. The radar works with time intervals with a fixed delay relati... | 20040430 | 20060620 | 20050217 | 62509.0 | 0 | GREGORY, BERNARR E | APPARATUS FOR RADAR | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||||
10,835,646 | ACCEPTED | Synchronous and resonant drives for producing multiple scan line pattern for electro-optically reading indicia | A raster pattern for reading bar code symbols is created by successively reflecting a light beam off scan mirrors oscillated respectively by a resonant motor drive and by another motor drive driven synchronously with the resonant drive. | 1. An arrangement for scanning a target, comprising: a) a light source for emitting a light beam; b) a first resonant drive operative in a self-resonating mode for oscillating a first scan mirror to reflect the light beam from the light source along a first direction across the target at a resonant frequency; c) a seco... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to an arrangement for, and a method of, reading indicia such as bar code symbols and, more particularly, to the use of synchronous and resonant drives for producing a multiple scan line raster pattern to read the symbols. 2. D... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to an arrangement for, and a method of, reading indicia such as bar code symbols and, more particularly, to the use of synchronous and resonant drives for producing a multiple scan line raster pattern to read the s... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH> | 20040430 | 20060613 | 20051103 | 61839.0 | 0 | CAPUTO, LISA M | SYNCHRONOUS AND RESONANT DRIVES FOR PRODUCING MULTIPLE SCAN LINE PATTERN FOR ELECTRO-OPTICALLY READING INDICIA | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,835,649 | ACCEPTED | Occlusal splint | The present invention is directed to an improved form of a splint having a contact portion for maintaining the vertical separation of rearwardly opposed teeth in the oral cavity of a patient wearing the splint. The splint is provided with a contact portion for contacting opposed forward teeth to the forward teeth to wh... | 1. An occlusal splint for suppression of the intensity of forces of bruxism resulting from grinding and/or clenching of teeth of a person subjected to bruxism, said device comprising a body portion having a retaining means for securing the splint to at least some of the forward teeth of one arch of teeth of a person su... | The present invention relates generally to intra-oral devices, and in particular to improvements in or to new forms of intra-oral devices. In particular, some embodiments of the present invention relate to intra-oral devices of the type that are worn by patients suffering from certain conditions which occur during slee... | 20040430 | 20070626 | 20050203 | 95950.0 | 0 | NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN | OCCLUSAL SPLINT | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||||
10,835,654 | ACCEPTED | SENSOR AUTO-RECALIBRATION | A sensor and method that detects a mis-calibration and automatically recalibrates itself without operator intervention. If the sensor determines that it was calibrated over an object such as a stud, the sensor may automatically update the calibration value with a new lower value without operator intervention. This proc... | 1. A method of recalibrating a stud sensing device for finding a location of a stud positioned behind a surface, the method comprising the acts of: holding the stud sensing device at a first location on the surface; placing the stud sensing device in an calibration mode; sensing a first density at the first location in... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of Invention The present invention relates to sensors that detect objects, such as studs, behind a wall covering, such as sheetrock, and more particularly to sensors that detect and correct a miscalibration. 2. Description of Related Art U.S. Pat. No. 4,464,622 entitled “Electronic ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of Invention The present invention relates to sensors that detect objects, such as studs, behind a wall covering, such as sheetrock, and more particularly to sensors that detect and correct a miscalibration. 2. Description of Related Art U.S. Pat. No. 4,464,622 entitled ... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>Some embodiments provide a method of recalibrating a stud sensing device for finding a location of a stud positioned behind a surface, the method comprising the acts of: holding the stud sensing device at a first location on the surface; placing the stud sensing device in an calibration mode; sensin... | 20040429 | 20060124 | 20051103 | 95912.0 | 1 | LEDYNH, BOT L | SENSOR AUTO-RECALIBRATION | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,835,758 | ACCEPTED | Foldable and self-opening garment hanger | A foldable and self-opening hanger has two arms that fold down to a closed position away from the hanger's hook member with adjacent bottom arm edges proximal to each other. The arms are closed manually in opposition to a restoring force provided by an internal resilient member that tends to move the arms away from eac... | 1. A collapsible clothes hanger comprising: a) a hook member; b) an anchor body supported by said hook member, said anchor body including a pivot member mounted therein, said pivot member having opposite pivot ends disposed proximal to opposite sides of said body, defining a pivot axis extending there through; c) a pai... | BACKGROUND INFORMATION BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to hangers used in clothing stores, dry cleaning establishments, and more particularly household use. Garment hangers are commonly used in clothing stores, garment factories, garment-cleaning companies, and in common... | <SOH> BACKGROUND INFORMATION <EOH> | <SOH> BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention is a foldable and self-opening hanger that uses a few simple parts. The number of garments that can utilize this feature is very large, for example, some types are suits, sweaters (standard and turtleneck), blouses, dress shirts, T-shirts, and lingerie. T... | 20040429 | 20060502 | 20051103 | 72572.0 | 0 | WORRELL JR, LARRY D | FOLDABLE AND SELF-OPENING GARMENT HANGER | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,835,990 | ACCEPTED | Highly selective nitride etching employing surface mediated uniform reactive layer films | Disclosed is a method of selectively etching nitride in a chemical downstream etching process. The invention begins by placing a wafer having oxide regions and nitride regions in a chamber. Then, the invention performs a chemical downstream etching process using CH2F2 to etch and convert the nitride regions into surfac... | 1. A method of selectively etching nitride, said method comprising: placing a wafer having oxide regions and nitride regions in a chamber; performing a etching process using CH2F2 to convert said nitride regions into surface mediated uniform reactive film regions; and rinsing said surface mediated uniform reactive film... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to selectively etching nitride in a chemical downstream etching process, and more particularly to an etching process that uses CH2F2 to etch and convert the nitride regions into surface mediated uniform reactive film (SMURF) r... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to selectively etching nitride in a chemical downstream etching process, and more particularly to an etching process that uses CH 2 F 2 to etch and convert the nitride regions into surface mediated uniform reactive... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Disclosed is a method of selectively etching nitride in a chemical downstream etching process. The invention begins by placing a wafer having oxide regions and nitride regions in a chamber. Then, the invention performs a chemical downstream etching process using CH 2 F 2 to etch and... | 20040430 | 20070911 | 20051103 | 62893.0 | 0 | GEORGE, PATRICIA ANN | HIGHLY SELECTIVE NITRIDE ETCHING EMPLOYING SURFACE MEDIATED UNIFORM REACTIVE LAYER FILMS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,836,133 | ACCEPTED | Storage switch traffic bandwidth control | A switch including a processor and method for monitoring bandwidth in the storage switch. The switch includes at least one physical port coupling at least one target and at least one initiator via the physical port. The monitoring method may include the steps of determining whether congestion occurs on the physical por... | 1. A method for use in a system for storing and accessing data, the system including at least one initiator, at least two targets, and at least one switch having a port, the method comprising: determining whether congestion occurs at the physical port; and controlling bandwidth usage by each of at least two targets bas... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The following applications are cross-referenced and incorporated by reference herein in their entirety: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/051,321, entitled STORAGE SWITCH FOR STORAGE AREA NETWORK, filed Jan. 18, 2002; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/051,339, entitled ENFORC... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention is directed to bandwidth control in a storage switch. 2. Description of the Related Art Storage Area Networks (SAN) have gained popularity in recent years. A SAN is defined by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) as a ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention, roughly described, pertains to a method for use in a system for storing and accessing data. The system includes at least one initiator, at least one target, and at least one switch having a port. The method may comprise the steps of determining whether congest... | 20040430 | 20100810 | 20060511 | 64580.0 | H04L1226 | 0 | TRAN, PHUC H | STORAGE SWITCH TRAFFIC BANDWIDTH CONTROL | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | H04L | 2,004 | |
10,836,208 | ACCEPTED | Electronic apparatus having a plurality of circuit substrates | An image forming apparatus including a first circuit substrate, a second circuit substrate, a first supporting member for supporting the first circuit substrate, a second supporting member for supporting the second circuit substrate, a holding member for holding the first supporting member and the second supporting mem... | 1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a first circuit substrate; a second circuit substrate; a first supporting member for supporting said first circuit substrate; a second supporting member for supporting said second circuit substrate; a holding member for holding said first supporting member and said second supporti... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to the layout design and mounting and dismounting of a circuit substrate in an electronic apparatus such as, for example, a printer or a copying machine. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there have been popularized image formi... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to the layout design and mounting and dismounting of a circuit substrate in an electronic apparatus such as, for example, a printer or a copying machine. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there have been popularized... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention has been made in view of such problems and an object thereof is to provide an electronic apparatus provided with electric circuit substrates having a cableless connecting method, which is enhanced in working property and maintenance property, and is low in cost... | 20040503 | 20080311 | 20050303 | 59597.0 | 0 | READY, BRYAN | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUIT SUBSTRATES | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,836,396 | ACCEPTED | Location determination and location tracking in wireless networks | The present invention is directed to systems and methods which monitor a network environment, collect client information available online, and refine location determinations of individual clients based on observed information as well as online information. More particularly, the present invention is directed to systems... | 1. A system comprising: one or more wireless network access nodes, said one or more wireless network access nodes providing a plurality of antenna patterns; calculation logic for determining receive signal strength differences with respect to a signal as received by said one or more wireless access nodes using said plu... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present invention is related to co-pending and commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/635,367 entitled “Location Positioning in Wireless Networks,” filed Aug. 6, 2003, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD The prese... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>It is sometimes desirable to locate the position of a station operable within a wireless, e.g., radio frequency (RF), network. For example, the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decreed that cellular telephone systems must implement systems to provide mobi... | <SOH> BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention is directed to systems and methods which monitor a network environment, collect client information available online, and refine location determinations of individual clients based on observed information as well as online information. More particularly, e... | 20040430 | 20080415 | 20051103 | 58694.0 | 2 | EWART, JAMES D | LOCATION DETERMINATION AND LOCATION TRACKING IN WIRELESS NETWORKS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,836,463 | ACCEPTED | Displaying least significant color image bit-planes in less than all image sub-frame locations | A color image is produced from image data. Color image bit-planes are generated from the image data. Each color image bit-plane represents a time increment for displaying one color of a plurality of colors for each pixel of the color image. For each of the colors, color patterns are displayed in a plurality of image su... | 1. A method for producing a color image from image data, the color image having pixels, the method comprising: generating, from the image data, color image bit-planes, each color image bit-plane representing a time increment for displaying one color of a plurality of colors for each pixel of the color image, a smallest... | BACKGROUND Sequential display systems produce color image frames by generating a plurality of colors of light in sequence, spatially modulating the colors of light and projecting the spatially modulated colors of light to form the image frames. The colors of light are typically derived from a white light source passed ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>Sequential display systems produce color image frames by generating a plurality of colors of light in sequence, spatially modulating the colors of light and projecting the spatially modulated colors of light to form the image frames. The colors of light are typically derived from a white light so... | 20040430 | 20060404 | 20051103 | 67133.0 | 0 | RAHMJOO, MANUCHEHR | DISPLAYING LEAST SIGNIFICANT COLOR IMAGE BIT-PLANES IN LESS THAN ALL IMAGE SUB-FRAME LOCATIONS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | ||||
10,836,603 | ACCEPTED | Ambulatory energy transfer system for an implantable medical device and method therefore | An external power system, system and method for transcutaneous energy transfer to an implantable medical device having componentry for providing a therapeutic output and a secondary coil operatively coupled to the componentry. The implantable medical device is adapted to implanted at a location in a patient. An externa... | 1. An external power system for transcutaneous energy transfer to an implantable medical device having componentry for providing a therapeutic output and a secondary coil operatively coupled to said componentry, said implantable medical device adapted to be implanted at a location in a patient, comprising: an external ... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to implantable medical devices and, in particular, to energy transfer devices, systems and methods for implantable medical devices. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Implantable medical devices for producing a therapeutic result in a patient are well known. Examples of such impla... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Implantable medical devices for producing a therapeutic result in a patient are well known. Examples of such implantable medical devices include implantable drug infusion pumps, implantable neurostimulators, implantable cardioverters, implantable cardiac pacemakers, implantable d... | <SOH> BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In one embodiment, the present invention provides an external power system for transcutaneous energy transfer to an implantable medical device having componentry for providing a therapeutic output and a secondary coil operatively coupled to the componentry. The implantable med... | 20040430 | 20090407 | 20050407 | 94992.0 | 0 | BERTRAM, ERIC D | AMBULATORY ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFORE | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,836,609 | ACCEPTED | Method for removing Cryptosporidium oocysts from water | A method for stabilizing and removing Cryptosporidium oocysts or Giardia cysts from water. The method comprises adding chitosan, a salt or solution of chitosan to water containing Cryptosporidium oocysts or Giardia cysts and a halogenating agent. The method may also include adding a secondary polyelectrolyte flocculant... | 1. A method for removing Cryptosporidium oocysts or Giardia cysts from water containing a halogenating agent, comprising: adding chitosan to water comprising Cryptosporidium oocysts or Giardia cysts and a halogenating agent, wherein the Cryptosporidium oocysts or Giardia cysts have been exposed to the halogenating agen... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION Pathogens, such as Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts, are removed from water containing a halogenating agent by the addition of chitosan. The resulting flocs of Cryptosporidium oocysts or Giardia cysts and chitosan are then filtered to remove the Cryptosporidium oocysts or Giardia cysts f... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Cryptosporidium is a water-borne parasitic protozoan responsible for the water-borne disease Cryptosporidiosis. Outbreaks of Cryptosporidiosis have been attributed to ingestion of drinking water, recreational water or food containing viable oocysts of Cryptosporidium. Cryposporid... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates to a method of removing Cryptosporidium oocysts or Giardia cysts from water containing a halogenating agent. The method includes adding chitosan, chitosan salt, or a solution thereof to water containing Cryptosporidium oocysts or Giardia cysts and a hal... | 20040430 | 20070102 | 20051103 | 63101.0 | 0 | HRUSKOCI, PETER A | METHOD FOR REMOVING CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS FROM WATER | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,836,683 | ACCEPTED | Method of processing an acoustic signal, and a hearing instrument | A method of processing an acoustic input signal into an output signal in a hearing instrument includes converting the acoustic input signal into a converted input signal, and applying a gain to the converted input signal to obtain the output signal. According to the invention, the gain is calculated using a room impuls... | 1. In a hearing instrument, a method of converting an acoustic input signal into an output signal, comprising the steps of converting the acoustic input signal into a converted input signal, determining a converted signal power value from the converted input signal determining a room impulse attenuation value being a m... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention is in the field of processing signals in or for hearing instruments. It more particularly relates to a method of converting an acoustic input signal into an output signal, a hearing instrument, and to a method of manufacturing a hearing instrument. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Rever... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Reverberation is a major problem for hearing impaired persons. The reason is that, in addition to the missing spectral cues for speech intelligibility from the broadening of the auditory filters (i.e. the reduced spectral discrimination ability of the impaired ear, due to defect ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>It is an object of this invention to provide a method and a device for suppressing reverberation, which method is robust, is computationally not expensive, and avoids drawbacks of corresponding prior art methods. More concretely, it is an object of the invention to provide a method ... | 20040430 | 20080115 | 20051103 | 82488.0 | 0 | SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH | METHOD OF PROCESSING AN ACOUSTIC SIGNAL, AND A HEARING INSTRUMENT | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,836,762 | ACCEPTED | Method and apparatus for multi-color printing using a rosette or diamond halftone screen for one or more of the colors | A method and apparatus for processing image data representing a color separation or mono-color image includes processing the color separation image data or mono-color image data in accordance with first and second or more halftone screen processings at different screen angles and obtaining results of the processings an... | 1. An apparatus for processing image data representing a color separation or mono-color image, the apparatus comprising: a processor operative to process the color separation image data or mono-color image data in accordance with first and second or more halftone screen processings at different screen angles and combin... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. ______ filed on even date herewith in the names of Tai et al. and entitled, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-COLOR PRINTING USING HYBRID DOT-LINE HALFTONE COMPOSITE SCREENS, the contents of which are incorporated herein by ref... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the field of digital encoding of pictorial information for use in forming color reproductions on display or printing systems. 2. Description Relative to the Prior Art With the advent of printing using digital technology, ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The foregoing objects are realized by the present invention, which provides an apparatus and method for the generation of halftone images with reduced image artifacts and increased number of gray levels. In accordance with a first aspect of the invention there is provided, an appara... | 20040430 | 20101123 | 20051103 | 66520.0 | 0 | ZHU, RICHARD Z | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-COLOR PRINTING USING A ROSETTE OR DIAMOND HALFTONE SCREEN FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE COLORS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,836,849 | ACCEPTED | Verification system and method | A verification system has an operational component registry 10 that includes an interface 20, a memory device 30, and a processor 40. Preferably, the interface 20 in the operational component registry 10 communicates the installed identification data 50 from the gaming units 60 to the operational component registry. Th... | 1. A verification system utilizing an operational component registry, the verification system comprising: a memory device, wherein the memory device stores registered identification data for one or more gaming units, wherein the gaming units include one or more components, and wherein the components include hardware an... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED DOCUMENTS This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/243,912, filed, Sep. 13, 2002. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/243,912, is hereby incorporated herein by reference. COPYRIGHT NOTICE A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains mat... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>There are a wide variety of software, hardware and other types of verification systems that attempt to monitor additions, deletions, changes, and updates, which are routinely performed on gaming machines. Typically, in the gaming field, verification of software or hardware instal... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Briefly, and in general terms, the claimed invention resolves the above and other issues by providing a verification system and method for identifying all components installed on one or more gaming units, and verifying that these installed components (i.e., the components that are a... | 20040430 | 20100601 | 20050106 | 80822.0 | 0 | PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY | VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,836,905 | ACCEPTED | Portable body massager | The present invention discloses a body massager comprising a portable housing including a backrest and a seat support. A longitudinal guide is provided in the backrest cooperating with a carriage for translation of the carriage within the backrest and a motor drives the carriage along the guide. A pair of massage membe... | 1. A portable body massager sized to be received and supported by a conventional chair, the massager comprising: a portable housing sized to be received and supported by a backrest of the conventional chair, the housing having a longitudinal axis and an external contact surface for receiving a portion of a body of a us... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to massagers, particularly to portable body massagers. 2. Background Art The prior art includes body massagers provided within chairs, as well as in portable cushions. These prior art body massagers commonly include a track or guide for... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to massagers, particularly to portable body massagers. 2. Background Art The prior art includes body massagers provided within chairs, as well as in portable cushions. These prior art body massagers commonly include a track ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>An aspect of the present invention is to provide a body massager comprising a portable housing having an external contact surface for receiving a portion of a body of a user. A longitudinal guide is mounted in the housing; and a carriage is oriented in the housing and cooperating wi... | 20040430 | 20061031 | 20051103 | 67041.0 | 1 | THANH, QUANG D | PORTABLE BODY MASSAGER | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,837,115 | ACCEPTED | System and method for flow control in a network | A method for controlling command message flow in a network including a server and a client. A command window, comprising a maximum number of command messages that may be outstanding at the server, is included in messages sent from the server to the client. The value of the command window at the server is modified in ac... | 1. A method for controlling command message flow in a network including a server and a client comprising the steps of: including a command window, comprising a maximum number of command messages that may be outstanding at the server, in messages sent from the server to the client; modifying the value of the command win... | RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is related to the following commonly owned and co-filed U.S. patent applications, filed Apr. 30, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference: System For Addressing Network End-Points Using Route Handles, Attorney Docket Number 200209216-1; System For Determining Network Route Quality... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>In a network that employs remote procedure call (RPC) mechanisms, these mechanisms typically use a sequenced message delivery transport (e.g., TCP/IP) to send command and response messages. When a command message is sent to an application by a client, the message arrives at the server and pends i... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>A system and method are disclosed for controlling command message flow in a network including a server and a client. A command window, comprising a maximum number of command messages that may be outstanding at the server, is included in messages sent from the server to the client. The value of the c... | 20040430 | 20091201 | 20060209 | 96812.0 | G06F1516 | 0 | MUSA, ABDELNABI O | CONTROLLING COMMAND MESSAGE FLOW IN A NETWORK | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | G06F | 2,004 | |
10,837,243 | ACCEPTED | Apparatus and method for non-invasive measurement of cardiac output | A comparatively light and compact permanent magnet arrangement for an MRI apparatus has a pair of opposed permanent magnet arrays with a shimming system to adjust the uniformity and strength of a magnetic field in a central chamber of the apparatus. The MRI apparatus is used to examine the extremities of a patient to d... | 1. A permanent magnet arrangement for use in apparatus performing MRI analysis of living tissue, said arrangement comprising: a main magnet formed as a right, cylindrical solid having a central axis, an outer wall and first and second opposed faces perpendicular to said main magnet axis; a pole piece formed from ferrom... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to the measurement of cardiac output and, more particularly, to apparatus and methods for non-invasively measuring cardiac output and claims priority from application Ser. No. 60/467015 of the same title, filed 01 May 2003. Cardiac output is the volume of blo... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>This invention relates generally to the measurement of cardiac output and, more particularly, to apparatus and methods for non-invasively measuring cardiac output and claims priority from application Ser. No. 60/467015 of the same title, filed 01 May 2003. Cardiac output is the v... | <SOH> BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS <EOH>These and firther objects of the present invention will become more apparent upon consideration of the accompanying drawings wherein: FIG. 1 is an illustration showing use of apparatus embodying the present invention to examine the arm of a supine patient; FIG. 2 is an illu... | 20040430 | 20100112 | 20050421 | 95229.0 | 0 | RAMIREZ, JOHN FERNANDO | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF CARDIAC OUTPUT | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,837,270 | ACCEPTED | Operationally interactive enclosure | A platform for electronic components has a temperature sensing array, a vibration sensing array, a programmable logic device, and one or more cooling fans. The programmable logic device receives temperature data from the temperature sensing array and structure-borne noise data from the vibration sensing array. The prog... | 1. An operationally interactive enclosure comprising: a housing; one or more thermal sensing devices; one or more transducers; an analog to digital converter; a programmable logic device; and one or more fans; wherein said programmable logic device controls said fans based on data from both said one or more thermal sen... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to temperature control and low level noise control in electronic component enclosures and other platforms. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Virtually all commercial and military industries are dependent on integrated processors, computing, and the electronic components as... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Virtually all commercial and military industries are dependent on integrated processors, computing, and the electronic components associated therewith to carry out their businesses and missions. It is well known that these electronic components, when they are energized and consum... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention addresses computing resource allocation and conflicting environmental needs. In one embodiment, a platform or enclosure has on or within it electronic components. The platform or enclosure further contains arrays of heat sensing and vibration sensing devices, b... | 20040503 | 20071204 | 20051103 | 68968.0 | 0 | JIANG, CHEN WEN | OPERATIONALLY INTERACTIVE ENCLOSURE | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,837,284 | ACCEPTED | Aligned extrudate structure | The present invention provides an improved composite material structure having large portions of additive material aligned over a substantial width of a material structure and occupying a larger percentage of the structure volume. The material structure includes a resilient substrate layer or conventional decking havin... | 1. A composite material structure comprising: a resilient substrate layer; a slurry material; and a plurality of elongated rods arranged on said substrate layer to form at least one rod layer, wherein said slurry material fills the spaces between said plurality of rods and bonds said plurality of rods to said substrate... | RELATED APPLICATION This application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/466,881 filed Apr. 30, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention generally relates to building material structures and, in particular, to building material structur... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The choice of a building material structure often involves a compromise between structure strength, weight, durability, cost and handling characteristics. Owing to the difficulties in balancing these disparate requirements in a single structural material such as stone, brick, cem... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention provides a composite material structure having large portions of additive material being aligned over a substantial width of a material structure wherein the additive material occupies a larger percentage of the structure volume. Particularly, the composite mat... | 20040430 | 20070130 | 20050113 | 71058.0 | 0 | CHANG, VICTOR S | ALIGNED EXTRUDATE STRUCTURE | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,837,336 | ACCEPTED | Method of fabricating a rat's nest RFID antenna | A method of fabricating a rat's nest radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna is disclosed. The antennas are fabricated on a substrate that includes already fabricated RFID chips. The antennas can be loop antennas. An antenna is connected to a RFID chip in an assembly order and a RFID tag including the antenna and... | 1. A method of fabricating an antenna on a substrate including a plurality of previously fabricated RFID chips, comprising: connecting the substrate with a carrier substrate; singulating the substrate to separate the plurality of RFID chips into a plurality of diesites; connecting in an assembly order, an antenna with ... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to a method of fabricating a rat's nest radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of fabricating a RFID antenna on a RFID chip die while the die is still attached to a substrate. BACKGROUND O... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE ART <EOH>Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a technology that has been in use since the 1940's where military aircraft carried large transponders as part of an IFF (Identify Friend-or-Foe) system. The transponder received electrical power from the aircraft and was thus an active RFID tran... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The method of the present invention solves the aforementioned needs by connecting a plurality of antenna in an assembly order to a plurality of previously fabricated RFID chips while the RFID chips are still connected with a carrier substrate. The method includes connecting a substr... | 20040430 | 20071204 | 20051103 | 75189.0 | 0 | TRINH, MINH N | METHOD OF FABRICATING A RAT'S NEST RFID ANTENNA | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,837,779 | ACCEPTED | Low noise op amp | The present invention relates amplifiers using metal oxide semiconductor based integrated circuits. The present invention is particularly but not exclusively related to audio application mixed signal chips. The present invention provides an analogue circuit for processing analogue signals in an integrated circuit compr... | 1. An analogue circuit for processing analogue signals in an integrated circuit comprising a number of metal oxide semiconductor transistor devices, the circuit stage comprising a first said transistor device having a first oxide thickness, and a second said transistor device having a second and different oxide thickne... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to amplifiers using metal oxide semiconductor based integrated circuits. The present invention is particularly but not exclusively related to audio application mixed signal chips. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Due to the increasing need for miniaturisation of portable ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Due to the increasing need for miniaturisation of portable devices such as MP3 players, mobile telephones and personal digital assistants, it has become increasingly important to implement both digital processing functions and related analogue, especially audio, processing functi... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In general terms the present invention provides an analogue circuit arrangement using MOS based technology which reduces flicker noise by reducing the oxide thickness of selected transistor devices, having a low operating voltage, compared with those required to operate with a large... | 20040504 | 20060926 | 20050922 | 74183.0 | 0 | MOTTOLA, STEVEN J | LOW NOISE OP AMP | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,837,891 | ACCEPTED | Variable formatting of digital data into a pattern | A method of formatting digital data and a method of decoding the formatted digital data. User selectable format parameters vary the dimensions and other attributes of spots and the cells containing those spots as well as other features which the formatting process formats into a pattern. A method of encoding the format... | 1. A method of accessing data comprising: producing digital instructions for accessing data, formatting into a pattern the series of digital data values representing said digital instructions for accesing data, distributing the pattern of formatted digital data, decoding the pattern of formatted digital data, and activ... | This is a dvisional of application Ser. No. 09/382,173, now pending, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/609,549 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,098,882. COPYRIGHT NOTICE A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>This invention relates to the formatting of digital data into a pattern, encoding that pattern onto a substrate where appropriate, and decoding that pattern to reconstruct the digital data. While computers have substantially enhanced the manner in which society conveys and works ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>It is an object of the present invention to solve the problems discussed above present in prior art systems for representing digital data on a substrate. It is another object of the present invention to greatly increase the density at which digital data can be represented on a subst... | 20040503 | 20121009 | 20050210 | 72247.0 | 38 | LE, THIEN MINH | VARIABLE FORMATTING OF DIGITAL DATA INTO A PATTERN | SMALL | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,837,908 | ACCEPTED | Spray coating device for spraying coating material, in particular coating powder | A spray apparatus for coating material, in particular for coating powders, contains a spray outlet (4) spraying the coating material, a shaping air outlet (10) in the form of a plurality of holes (14) shaping the spray jet (8) and an ambient-air passage (50) radially configured between the spray outlet (4) and the hole... | 1. Spray apparatus for coating materials (6), in particular for coating powders, containing a coating powder duct (2); a spray outlet (4) at the downstream end of the coating material duct (2) used to spray the coating material (6) onto an object to be coated; a shaping air outlet (10) for shaping compressed air, said ... | The present invention relates to a spray apparatus for coating materials, in particular for coating powders, as defined in the preamble of claim 1. In particular the present invention relates to a spray apparatus comprising at least one high-voltage electrode electrostatically charging the coating material. However it ... | 20040504 | 20090120 | 20050106 | 60911.0 | 1 | NGUYEN, DINH Q | SPRAY COATING DEVICE FOR SPRAYING COATING MATERIAL, IN PARTICULAR COATING POWDER | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||||
10,837,919 | ACCEPTED | Security cover for passive restraint buckle | A security cover is provided for a belt-type passive restraint system including a buckle with a tab and a receiver. The cover includes a slot for receiving the buckle tab and an enclosure for receiving the buckle receiver. An optional retainer assembly can be provided for retaining the cover on the buckle receiver or t... | 1. A security cover for a belt-type passive restraint system with a buckle including a tab attached to a first belt and a receiver attached to a second belt and selectively engageable with the tab and including a release button for disengaging same, which cover comprises: a body with a tab end and a buckle end; said bo... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to vehicle safety equipment, and in particular to a security cover for seat belt buckles. 2. Description of the Related Art Passive restraints for occupants are standard safety equipment in many vehicles. They generally includ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to vehicle safety equipment, and in particular to a security cover for seat belt buckles. 2. Description of the Related Art Passive restraints for occupants are standard safety equipment in many vehicles. They gene... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In the practice of the present invention, a security cover is provided for a belt-type passive restraint system including a buckle with a tab selectively received in a tab receiver. The tab receiver includes a release button for releasing the tab whereby the passive restraint system... | 20040503 | 20060124 | 20051103 | 97533.0 | 1 | SANDY, ROBERT JOHN | SECURITY COVER FOR PASSIVE RESTRAINT BUCKLE | MICRO | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,837,966 | ACCEPTED | CONNECTOR ELEMENTS INCLUDING PROTECTIVE MEMBER FOR PREVENTING CONNECTION TO CERTAIN CONNECTOR ELEMENTS | An electrical device includes a power supply that is switchable between a first mode and a second mode. The power supply includes a first connector element of the power supply, the first connector element being one of a male and a female connector element for mating with a corresponding second connector element, the se... | 1. A power supply arrangement for an electrical device, comprising: a power supply that is switchable between a first mode and a second mode; a first connector clement of the power supply, the first connector element being one of a male and a female connector element for mating with a corresponding second connector ele... | BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY The present invention relates to connector elements, such as those used with power supplies for personal computers and the like, and, more particularly, to connector elements that provide protection against connecting the connector elements to certain other connector elements, such as inadvertent... | <SOH> BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY <EOH>The present invention relates to connector elements, such as those used with power supplies for personal computers and the like, and, more particularly, to connector elements that provide protection against connecting the connector elements to certain other connector elements, such as... | <SOH> BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY <EOH>The present invention relates to connector elements, such as those used with power supplies for personal computers and the like, and, more particularly, to connector elements that provide protection against connecting the connector elements to certain other connector elements, such as... | 20040503 | 20051213 | 20051103 | 64887.0 | 0 | HYEON, HAE M | CONNECTOR ELEMENTS INCLUDING PROTECTIVE MEMBER FOR PREVENTING CONNECTION TO CERTAIN CONNECTOR ELEMENTS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,838,022 | ACCEPTED | COMPRESSED GAS-POWERED GUN SIMULATING THE RECOIL OF A CONVENTIONAL FIREARM | A compressed gas powered gun provides recoil simulating the recoil of a gun firing gunpowder propelled projectiles. The valve assembly provides both consistent shot to shot pressure, and rearward gas pressure for generating recoil. Preferred embodiments of the compressed gas powered gun may include means for adjusting ... | 1. A trigger assembly for a gas powered gun, comprising: a trigger having a finger-engaging portion and a selector-engaging portion; a selector, comprising: a first surface dimensioned and configured to abut said selector-engaging portion of said trigger and to resist movement of said trigger; a second surface dimensio... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/289,021, entitled, “Compressed Gas-Powered Gun Simulating The Recoil of a Conventional Firearm,” filed Nov. 6, 2002, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/756,891, filed Jan. 9, 2001. BA... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention This application relates to compressed gas powered guns. More specifically, the invention relates to training guns duplicating various characteristics of guns firing gunpowder propelled projectiles. 2. Description of the Related Art Guns firing projectil... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The preferred embodiment of the invention is an air or gas powered gun providing a recoil similar to that of a gun firing a powder propelled projectile. The compressed gas powered gun includes an improved magazine and magazine indexing system, contributing to the accuracy of the gun... | 20040503 | 20050405 | 20050407 | 63514.0 | 0 | RICCI, JOHN A | COMPRESSED GAS-POWERED GUN SIMULATING THE RECOIL OF A CONVENTIONAL FIREARM | SMALL | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,838,112 | ACCEPTED | Enhanced wireless handset, including direct handset-to-handset communication mode | A wireless handset is provided with enhanced features and capabilities. The wireless handset may be embodied as a full-featured handset that is capable of operating either within a wireless network (such as a cellular or PCS network) or in a direct handset-to-handset communication mode that is independent of the wirele... | 1. An electronic apparatus including a wireless transmitter having a wireless communications range, the electronic apparatus comprising: a system that initiates a find feature to determine if at least one object is within the wireless communications range; a detector to detect a message from the at least one object; an... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/968,856 filed on Oct. 3, 2001 which is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/094,600 filed on Jun. 15, 1998 (U.S. Pat. No. 6,484,027), the contents of both of which are expressly in... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF INVENTION <EOH>The present invention generally relates to the field of communications and the use of wireless handsets. More particularly, the present invention relates to wireless handsets with enhanced functionality, including the ability to operate within a wireless network and in a direct hands... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In view of the foregoing, the present invention, through one or more of its various aspects, embodiments and/or specific features or subcomponents thereof, is thus intended to bring about one or more of the objects and advantages as discussed below. An object of the present inventio... | 20040503 | 20100406 | 20050721 | 57575.0 | 6 | TRAN, TUAN A | ENHANCED WIRELESS HANDSET, INCLUDING DIRECT HANDSET-TO-HANDSET COMMUNICATION MODE | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,838,149 | ACCEPTED | Reservation gift card | A method of using a stored-value card to reserve an item includes providing a stored-value card to a customer prior to the release date of an item, adding value to the stored-value card prior to the release date of the item, and reserving the item with the stored-value card. Other method and product embodiments are dis... | 1. A method of using a stored-value card to reserve an item, comprising: providing a stored-value card to a customer prior to the release date of an item; adding value to the stored-value card prior to the release date of the item; and reserving the item with the stored-value card. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Some merchant areas, e.g. video games and books, are at distinct disadvantage competitively in the marketplace when it comes to pre-selling new releases. Current pre-sale methods using pre-loaded and/or pre-specified dollar-amount coupons, normally stored in a drawer or under lock-and-key at... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Some merchant areas, e.g. video games and books, are at distinct disadvantage competitively in the marketplace when it comes to pre-selling new releases. Current pre-sale methods using pre-loaded and/or pre-specified dollar-amount coupons, normally stored in a drawer or under loc... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A method of using a stored-value card to reserve an item includes providing a stored-value card to a customer prior to the release date of an item, adding value to the stored-value card prior to the release date of the item, and reserving the item with the stored-value card. Other m... | 20040503 | 20130813 | 20051103 | 82563.0 | 0 | VAN BRAMER, JOHN W | RESERVATION GIFT CARD | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,838,272 | ACCEPTED | Protection circuit for electro static discharge | An electro static discharge (ESD) protection circuit employing a field-effect transistor (FET) having no silicide block disposed thereon. It is connected with an internal circuit so as to prevent the internal circuit from the influence of an ESD event, wherein the internal circuit has at least a signal input end. The E... | 1. An electro static discharge (ESD) protection circuit, comprising: a pair of p-n junction diodes having a signal input end to receive an input signal of the ESD protection circuit; and an ESD clamp circuit electrically connecting to the pair of p-n junction diodes, the ESD clamp circuit having a transistor, which has... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a protection circuit for electro static discharge (ESD), and more particularly, to a protection circuit employing a metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) having no silicide block disposed on its drain. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In accord... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In accordance with the prior art, it is well known that ESD is a main factor to cause electronic devices or systems to be damaged by electrical overstress (EOS). ESD may make semiconductor devices and computer systems be damaged permanently, hence it can influence functions of in... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A main objective of the present invention is to provide an ESD protection circuit, which employs a FET component having no silicide block. As ESD occurs, an ESD clamp circuit of the ESD protection circuit turns on the FET component to provide an ESD grounding path for draining off t... | 20040505 | 20090512 | 20050120 | 96012.0 | 0 | WILLOUGHBY, TERRENCE RONIQUE | PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR ELECTRO STATIC DISCHARGE | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,838,549 | ACCEPTED | COMPACT BROADBAND ANTENNA | A compact broadband antenna. The antenna includes a first mechanism for receiving input electromagnetic energy. A second mechanism provides radiated electromagnetic energy upon receipt of the input electromagnetic energy. The radiated electromagnetic energy is provided via an antenna element having one or more angled s... | 1. A compact broadband antenna comprising: first means for receiving input electromagnetic energy; second means for providing radiated electromagnetic energy upon receipt of said input electromagnetic energy, said radiated electromagnetic energy provided via a conical antenna element; and third means for directing said... | This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. N00024-96-C-5204 ERGM. The Government may have certain rights in this invention. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of Invention: This invention relates to antennas. Specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods for selectively di... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of Invention: This invention relates to antennas. Specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods for selectively directing or receiving a beam of energy. 2. Description of the Related Art: Systems for directing beams of energy are employed in various ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The need in the art is addressed by the compact broadband antenna of the present invention. In the illustrative embodiment, the antenna is an end-fire antenna adapted for use in munitions applications. The antenna includes a first mechanism for receiving input electromagnetic energy... | 20040504 | 20071016 | 20070816 | 59493.0 | H01Q1300 | 0 | CHEN, SHIH CHAO | COMPACT BROADBAND ANTENNA | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | H01Q | 2,004 | |
10,838,868 | ACCEPTED | Associating a wireless station with an access point | A station associates with an access point in a wireless local area network conforming to, e.g., an IEEE 802.11 standard. The station measures the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for the downlink from each of the access points sending either a beacon or a probe response, and forms a first list of access points in decreasing... | 1. A method of associating a station to one of a plurality of access points in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising the steps of: (a) measuring a downlink signal quality of a message received in a signal from each of one or more access points; (b) transmitting a test link request to each of the o... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to communication networks, and, more particularly, to associating a station with an access point in a wireless local area networks. 2. Description of the Related Art Wireless local area networks (WLANs) include one or more non-fixed sta... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to communication networks, and, more particularly, to associating a station with an access point in a wireless local area networks. 2. Description of the Related Art Wireless local area networks (WLANs) include one or more n... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates to association of a station association with an access point in a wireless local area network conforming to, e.g., an IEEE 802.11 standard. The station measures link quality, such as the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), for the downlink channel from each of... | 20040504 | 20110906 | 20060622 | 57575.0 | H04B700 | 0 | TRAN, TUAN A | ASSOCIATING A WIRELESS STATION WITH AN ACCESS POINT | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | H04B | 2,004 | |
10,838,889 | ACCEPTED | Method and system for caching at secure gateways | A computer gateway for an intranet of computers, including a scanner for scanning incoming files from the Internet and deriving security profiles therefor, the security profiles being lists of computer commands that the files are programmed to perform, a file cache for storing files, a security profile cache for storin... | 1. A computer gateway for an intranet of computers, comprising: a scanner for scanning incoming files from the Internet and deriving security profiles therefor, and the security profiles being lists of computer commands that the files are programmed to perform; a file cache for storing files; a security profile cache f... | CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of assignee's pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/539,667, filed on Mar. 30, 2000, and entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING A COMPUTER AND A NETWORK FROM HOSTILE DOWNLOADABLES, which is a continuation of U.S. patent applica... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A network gateway computer conventionally serves as a proxy between a group of inter-connected computers, referred to as an intranet, such as a corporate intranet or customers of an Internet service provide, and the myriads of server computers on the Internet. The gateway compute... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention provides a method and system for improving performance of gateway computers. Specifically, the present invention mitigates network latency caused by processing time at a gateway computer. There is thus provided in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the p... | 20040503 | 20080826 | 20050106 | 68120.0 | 7 | REVAK, CHRISTOPHER A | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CACHING AT SECURE GATEWAYS | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,839,113 | ACCEPTED | Serial self-adaptable transmission line | A self-adaptable transmission line (SATL) according to the present invention is implemented as a single signal path coupled between an SATL transmitter and an SATL receiver. The SATL transmitter controls the process of transmission in an SATL architecture. Data to be sent by the SATL transmitter are first encoded to th... | 1. A receiver comprising: a symbol decoder; and a start-of-symbol detector, coupled to receive a start-of-symbol signal from said symbol decoder. 2. The receiver of claim 1, wherein said symbol decoder comprises: a counter; a first comparator, coupled to said counter; and a second comparator, coupled to said counter. 3... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to the field of data communications, and more particularly to a method and system for operating a serial self-adaptable transmission line that provides communications between devices. 2. Description of the Related Art Today's integrated circui... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to the field of data communications, and more particularly to a method and system for operating a serial self-adaptable transmission line that provides communications between devices. 2. Description of the Related Art Today's integ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In one embodiment, a receiver is disclosed. This receiver includes a symbol decoder and a start-of-symbol detector. The start-of-symbol detector is coupled to receive a start-of-symbol signal from the symbol decoder In another embodiment, a transmitter is disclosed. This transmitter... | 20040505 | 20081118 | 20051110 | 67619.0 | 0 | TRAN, KHANH C | SERIAL SELF-ADAPTABLE TRANSMISSION LINE | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,839,134 | ACCEPTED | Method for rapidly dispatching H.323 packets | A method of rapidly dispatching H.323 packets is disclosed, which is executed after an H.225 protocol connection and before a physical connection of audio/video multimedia data delivery are established between the caller and the callee, and uses Network Address & Port Translation (NAPT) to provide a changed connection ... | 1. A method for rapidly dispatching H.323 packets, implemented in a network address and port translation (NAPT) with a first network address, comprising: an H.225 message packet receiving step, which uses the NAPT to receive an H.225 connect message packet sent by a second termination, the H.225 connect message packet ... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a packet dispatching method and, more particularly, to a method for rapidly dispatching H.323 packets. 2. Description of Related Art Currently, a hardware chip or a system on chip (SoC) generally has a plurality of chips, functional ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a packet dispatching method and, more particularly, to a method for rapidly dispatching H.323 packets. 2. Description of Related Art Currently, a hardware chip or a system on chip (SoC) generally has a plurality of chips,... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>An object of the present invention is to provide a method for rapidly dispatching H.323 packets, which can increase the determination speed of a front-end dispatcher. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for rapidly dispatching H.323 packets, which can easi... | 20040506 | 20071211 | 20050407 | 67484.0 | 0 | CHURNET, DARGAYE H | METHOD FOR RAPIDLY DISPATCHING H.323 PACKETS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,839,293 | ACCEPTED | Emulsion aggregation black toner and developer with superior image quality | A black toner of toner particles including at least one binder, at least one black colorant, and a package of external additives is described, wherein the at least one binder includes a styrene acrylate binder and wherein the external additives include each of a first silica having an average particle size of from abou... | 1. A black toner comprising toner particles comprised of at least one binder, at least one black colorant, and a package of external additives, wherein the at least one binder includes a styrene acrylate binder including a cross-linked styrene acrylate gel content of from 0% to about 15% by weight of the binder, and wh... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of Invention This invention relates to black toner, developer containing the black toner, and a method of forming images with the developer utilizing a semiconductive magnetic brush development system. More in particular, the invention relates to black toner having specific toner pa... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of Invention This invention relates to black toner, developer containing the black toner, and a method of forming images with the developer utilizing a semiconductive magnetic brush development system. More in particular, the invention relates to black toner having speci... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>This and other objects are achieved in the present invention with a toner comprised of toner particles of at least one binder, at least one black colorant, and a package of external additives, wherein the at least one binder includes a styrene acrylate binder including a cross-linke... | 20040506 | 20070102 | 20051110 | 75028.0 | 0 | GOODROW, JOHN L | EMULSION AGGREGATION BLACK TONER AND DEVELOPER WITH SUPERIOR IMAGE QUALITY | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,839,373 | ACCEPTED | Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones | A packet-based, hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mobile computing devices. The network accommodates real t... | 1-21. (Canceled) 22. A multi-mode data communication system comprising: a communication terminal capable of selectively exchanging data via a first wireless communication network, the communication terminal comprising identifying information; a first transceiver communicatively coupled to the communication terminal, th... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS Claiming Benefit Under 35 U.S.C. 120 This application is a continuation in part of U.S. Ser. No. 08/487,609, filed Jun. 7, 1995 (Attorney Docket Nos. 10082US12 and DN37998XE), which is a continuation in part of U.S. application Ser. Nos. a) 08/279,148, filed Jul. 22, 1994 (Attorn... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to data communication networks having a plurality of wired and/or S wireless access servers configured to support remote processing, data storage and voice communication. More specifically, this invention relates t... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention solves many of the foregoing problems in a variety of embodiments. For example, in one embodiment, a communication network is disclosed which operates to support voice and data communication within a premises. The communication network comprises a plurality of ... | 20040505 | 20110913 | 20050120 | 67978.0 | 0 | HSU, ALPUS | HIERARCHICAL DATA COLLECTION NETWORK SUPPORTING PACKETIZED VOICE COMMUNICATIONS AMONG WIRELESS TERMINALS AND TELEPHONES | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,839,665 | ACCEPTED | Conversion of cinema theatre to a super cinema theatre | Methods of and equipment for converting existing standard motion picture theatres to one having highly immersive, large fields of view are addressed. Aspects of the methods including moving motion picture screens closer to the audience and employing different projection equipment to avoid or minimize appearance of unre... | 1. A method of converting an existing multiplex theatre hall into a wide screen immersive motion picture theatre including the steps of: erecting a motion picture screen that stretches substantially from wall to wall and floor to ceiling in a position closer to the projector than the existing screen; and employing imag... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The field of the invention is the presentation of motion picture films, and in particular in the cost effective conversion of a standard, existing multiplex theatre space into one allowing a qualitatively different motion picture presentation experience. BACKGROUND Motion picture exhibition has s... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>Motion picture exhibition has seen a number of changes since its inception in the late 19 th century. Generally, the main variables in motion picture exhibition have been the dimensions of the theatre enclosure and correspondingly the number of seats therein, the size of the screen upon which ima... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The invention is a method of cost effectively converting an existing standard motion picture theatre, such as the multiplex theatre that uses film/digital projection, to a highly immersive, large field of view motion picture theatre. Hereinafter the term “multiplex theatre” is used ... | 20040505 | 20060912 | 20051110 | 96841.0 | 1 | FULLER, RODNEY EVAN | CONVERSION OF CINEMA THEATRE TO A SUPER CINEMA THEATRE | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 | |||
10,839,668 | ACCEPTED | Invoking applications with virtual objects on an interactive display | One or more objects placed on a display surface of an interactive display system are identified by a camera that receives infrared light reflected back by the object(s) through the display surface. The interactive display system displays images on the display surface that are produced by software applications, as well ... | 1. A method for executing a software application in response to at least one object being placed on a display surface, comprising the steps of: (a) detecting at least one characteristic of each said at least one object placed on the display surface, to identify each said at least one object as a function of said at lea... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention generally pertains to responding to a physical object that is placed on a display surface by launching a software application; and more specifically, pertains to detecting one or more physical objects placed on the display surface and in response, taking all necessary steps ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A user usually launches a software application by manipulating a mouse, joystick, wheel, game pad, track ball, or other user input device to select the application from a list of files or a group of graphic icons that represent applications installed on a personal computer (PC). ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention makes use of an interactive display system that serves both for display of text and graphics and for input in an intuitive manner. In connection with this invention, the interactive display system's ability to sense objects placed on a display surface of the in... | 20040505 | 20081216 | 20051110 | 84710.0 | 0 | WU, JUNCHUN | INVOKING APPLICATIONS WITH VIRTUAL OBJECTS ON AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,004 |
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