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11,055,574 | ACCEPTED | Packages with active agents | Packages with active agents are described. Generally, the disclosed packages have a pair of opposing body panels joined together along a pair of opposing sides and a bottom bridging the sides so as to define a mouth opposite the bottom, a reclosable fastener extending along the mouth, and an active agent. The reclosabl... | 1. A reclosable package comprising: a pair of opposing body panels joined together along a pair of opposing sides and a bottom bridging the sides, the body panels defining a mouth opposite the bottom; a reclosable fastener extending along the mouth and including a pair of polymeric tracks, each of the tracks including ... | REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/375,188 filed on Feb. 26, 2003 and now pending, which application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of U.S. Patent Application No. 60/359,874 filed on Feb. 27, 2002. The present applicati... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Reclosable packages, such as food containers with fitted or hinged lids, and bags with push to close or slider fasteners, are a great convenience to suppliers and consumers of pre-packaged perishables, especially for products such as luncheon meats and cheeses where, typically, o... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Packages with active agents are disclosed herein. Generally, each of the disclosed packages of the present invention has a pair of opposing body panels joined together along a pair of opposing sides and a bottom bridging the sides so as to define a mouth opposite the bottom, a reclo... | 20050210 | 20090303 | 20051006 | 90391.0 | 0 | PASCUA, JES F | PACKAGES WITH ACTIVE AGENTS | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,055,638 | ACCEPTED | Integrated semiconductor inductor and method therefor | In one embodiment, a multi-layer inductor is formed overlying a semiconductor substrate. | 1. An integrated semiconductor inductor comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a first multilayer inductor overlying at least a portion of the semiconductor substrate, the first multilayer inductor having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first multilayer inductor also having a first conductor overlying the p... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates, in general, to electronics, and more particularly, to methods of forming semiconductor devices and structure. In the past, the semiconductor industry utilized various methods and structures to integrate filters onto monolithic semiconductor devices. Typically s... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates, in general, to electronics, and more particularly, to methods of forming semiconductor devices and structure. In the past, the semiconductor industry utilized various methods and structures to integrate filters onto monolithic semiconductor devices.... | <SOH> BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS <EOH>FIG. 1 illustrates an enlarged plan view of a portion of an embodiment of a filter integrated onto semiconductor device in accordance with the present invention; FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a portion of an embodiment of a circuit representation of the filter of FIG. 1 ... | 20050211 | 20070828 | 20060817 | 70589.0 | H01F500 | 0 | MAI, ANH T | INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR INDUCTOR AND METHOD THEREFOR | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | H01F | 2,005 | |
11,055,683 | ACCEPTED | Snorkel with whistler | Provided is a snorkel having a whistler. In one embodiment, the whistler is mounted on a breathing tube. A swimmer wearing the snorkel may seize the whistler by the mouth prior to making a clear, shrill sound by activating the whistler. | 1-5. (canceled) 6. A snorkel comprising: a) a breathing tube having: i) a tube member having a first channel; ii) a lower pipe being rotatably connected to a first end of the tube member and having a second channel; and iii) a mouthpiece connected to the lower pipe and communicating with the first channel through the s... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to snorkels and more particularly to such a snorkel having a whistler such that a swimmer may seize the whistler by the mouth prior to making a clear, shrill sound by activating the whistler. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventionally, a snorkel is designed to enable... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Conventionally, a snorkel is designed to enable the mouth of a swimmer to breath through a breathing tube having an upper opening above the surface of water while swimming just below the surface of water. It is also understood that water sports is somewhat dangerous. However, mea... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a snorkel having a whistler mounted on a breathing tube thereof so that a swimmer may seize the whistler by the mouth prior to making a clear, shrill sound by activating the whistler in case of emergency. It is another ob... | 20050211 | 20070320 | 20060817 | 61605.0 | B63C1116 | 1 | MITCHELL, TEENA KAY | SNORKEL WITH WHISTLER | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | B63C | 2,005 | |
11,055,804 | ACCEPTED | Operative arm of excavator including linkage generally interposed between bucket and hydraulic actuator | An operative arm of an earth moving machine includes a dipper stick having a distal end, a bucket coupled to the distal end of the dipper stick, a hydraulic actuator coupled to the dipper stick, and a linkage generally interposed between the bucket and the hydraulic actuator. The linkage includes the following items: (... | 1. An operative arm of an earth moving machine, the operative arm comprising: a dipper stick having a distal end; a bucket coupled to the distal end of the dipper stick; a hydraulic actuator coupled to the dipper stick; and a linkage generally interposed between the bucket and the hydraulic actuator, the linkage compri... | BACKGROUND OF RELATED ART The preferred embodiment relates to an operative arm of an earth moving machine, and in particular to an operative arm of an excavator, whereto the following disclosure explicitly refers without thereby losing its general nature. In general, the operative arm of excavators comprises a terminal... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF RELATED ART <EOH>The preferred embodiment relates to an operative arm of an earth moving machine, and in particular to an operative arm of an excavator, whereto the following disclosure explicitly refers without thereby losing its general nature. In general, the operative arm of excavators comprise... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>According to one aspect of the invention, an operative arm of an earth moving machine includes a dipper stick having a distal end, a bucket coupled to the distal end of the dipper stick, a hydraulic actuator coupled to the dipper stick, and a linkage generally interposed between the... | 20050211 | 20061017 | 20050825 | 63074.0 | 0 | UNDERWOOD, DONALD W | OPERATIVE ARM OF EXCAVATOR INCLUDING LINKAGE GENERALLY INTERPOSED BETWEEN BUCKET AND HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,055,974 | ACCEPTED | System and method for providing mutual breakpoint capabilities in a computing device | A system having at least one breakpoint generating module and a core processor and method for providing mutual breakpoint capabilities to at least one breakpoint generating module and a core processor in a computing device. Each breakpoint generating module is capable of generating a first breakpoint message for allowi... | 1. A system for allowing a DMA (Direct Memory Access) controller to halt operation of at least one of a core processor and one or more breakpoint generating modules in a system providing mutual breakpoint capabilities, the system comprising: at least one matching comparator responsive to at least one DMA bus and corres... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to providing breakpoint capabilities in a computing device. More specifically, the invention relates to providing mutual breakpoint capabilities to at least one breakpoint generating module and a core processor in a computing device. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION FIG. 1 is a ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a computer system 101 implementing a Direct Memory Access controller (referred to hereinafter as “DMA”) according to one embodiment of the invention. A core processor 102 and a DMA controller 103 both access data stored in the system's main ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention provides a system for providing mutual breakpoint capabilities to at least one breakpoint generating module and a core processor in a computing device, the system comprising: at least one breakpoint generating module capable of generating a first breakpoint mes... | 20050214 | 20081216 | 20060420 | 59094.0 | G06F1100 | 0 | MILES, NEIL D | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MUTUAL BREAKPOINT CAPABILITIES IN A COMPUTING DEVICE | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | G06F | 2,005 | |
11,056,023 | ACCEPTED | Smart polymeric multilayer sensors | Sensor suitable for submarine detection, swimmer detection, wind shear detection, missile detection and chemical warfare agent detection are in the form of multilayer polymer beads. The sensors have a change in detectable property, such as color, which occurs when said sensors are exposed to a particular stimulus such ... | 1. A sensor for detecting a triggering stimulus, said sensor comprising: a) an outer layer; b) an intermediate layer; and c) a core; wherein said triggering stimulus causes a change in a detectable property of said sensor such that said change in said detectable property is detectible by an external monitor. 2. The sen... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/543,953, filed Feb. 12, 2004, and entitled “Smart Polymeric Multilayer Sensors”. Said provisional application Ser. No. 60/543,953, is incorporated herein by reference. This application further c... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>An improved low cost method of detecting submarines, small surface craft, underwater and surface swimmers, missiles, chemical warfare agents and potentially hazadous contents of ship containers is needed. | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The Summary of the Invention is provided as a guide to understanding the invention. It does not necessarily describe the most generic embodiment of the invention or all species of the invention disclosed herein. The present invention comprises sensors that are in the form of multila... | 20050211 | 20080318 | 20050915 | 70708.0 | 0 | MULLEN, THOMAS J | SMART POLYMERIC MULTILAYER SENSORS-SUBMARINE DETECTION | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,056,089 | ACCEPTED | Intelligent biosensing meter | An intelligent biosensing meter has a parameter storing unit stored a plurality of parameters that sample strips detection needed and at least one slot for receiving a sample strip or a code card. The code card can store a plurality of parameters therein that are not stored in the parameter storing unit. Therefore, the... | 1. An intelligent biosensing meter comprising: a parameter storing unit comprising a plurality of parameters that a sample strip detection needed, at least one slot for receiving a sample strip comprising a reaction well and a plurality of electrodes thereon in contact with the reaction well or a code card stored at le... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates in general to a biosensing meter. More particularly, the present invention relates to an intelligent biosensing meter that can store parameters therein, receive a code card with at least one parameter for transmitting the parameter into... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates in general to a biosensing meter. More particularly, the present invention relates to an intelligent biosensing meter that can store parameters therein, receive a code card with at least one parameter for transmitting the pa... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In one aspect of the present invention, an intelligent biosensing meter in accordance with the present invention not only stores parameters therein but also can receive code card to store at least one new parameter or download at least one new parameter from Internet. Accordingly, t... | 20050214 | 20090407 | 20060817 | 94371.0 | G01N3300 | 2 | KINGAN, TIMOTHY G | INTELLIGENT BIOSENSING METER | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | G01N | 2,005 | |
11,056,138 | ACCEPTED | First aid adhesive plaster | A first aid adhesive plaster includes an adhesive sheet, a pad member stuck onto the center of the adhesive sheet, and release papers, which are releasably stuck to the adhesive sheet and cover the pad member. The pad member comprises a pad made of a gauze, an unwoven fabric, a woven fabric or the like, and a ultraviol... | 1-18. (canceled) 19. A first aid adhesive plaster to be placed over a wound or the like and adhered to the skin, the plaster comprising, a flexible support sheet having an adhesive coating covering one side thereof, a wound-engaging pad member adhesively attached to a portion of the support sheet centrally thereof by t... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a first aid adhesive plaster for curing or disinfecting an affected part of a skin like a wound or an insect bite by sticking it on the affected part, and particularly relates to the first aid adhesive plaster which restrains delay in curin... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a first aid adhesive plaster for curing or disinfecting an affected part of a skin like a wound or an insect bite by sticking it on the affected part, and particularly relates to the first aid adhesive plaster which restrains de... | <SOH> SUMMARY AND ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION <EOH>This invention is made in view of the above-mentioned problems. A purpose of the invention is to provide the first aid adhesive plaster in which an ultraviolet blocking function is demonstrated evenly and only at the area of the pad, so that it may be mass-produced at... | 20050214 | 20060627 | 20050811 | 95638.0 | 0 | LEWIS, KIM M | FIRST AID ADHESIVE PLASTER | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,056,144 | ACCEPTED | Auger assembly | An auger assembly transfers particulate material from a source area to a target area using a main auger, an intermediate swing auger and a loading swing auger connected in series with one another. The main auger is supported on a wheeled frame similar to conventional grain augers while the intermediate swing auger is p... | 1. An auger assembly comprising: a main auger tube containing a main auger therein to transport material from an inlet end to an outlet end of the main auger tube; an intermediate swing auger tube containing an intermediate auger therein to transport material from an inlet end to an outlet end of the intermediate swing... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an auger assembly of the type commonly used for conveying particulate material, for example grain and the like, and more particularly relates to an auger assembly having auger tubes which are pivotal relative to one another. BACKGROUND It is common to use grain au... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>It is common to use grain augers and the like to transfer grain or other particulate material from a source area to a target area, for example from a transport container to a bin or other storage type container. Transport containers generally involve a container supported for rolling movement alo... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>According to one aspect of the invention there is provided an auger assembly comprising: a main auger tube containing a main auger therein to transport material from an inlet end to an outlet end of the main auger tube; an intermediate swing auger tube containing an intermediate aug... | 20050214 | 20080930 | 20060817 | 99332.0 | B65G2110 | 0 | BURGESS, RAMYA PRAKASAM | AUGER ASSEMBLY | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | B65G | 2,005 | |
11,056,161 | ACCEPTED | Method for adding a user selectable function to a hyperlink | An enhanced hyperlink and method for providing an enhanced hyperlinked are provided. This invention permits the user to interact with a hyperlink in a variety of ways without necessarily having to open and/or follow the hyperlink. This is accomplished by detecting the presence of a cursor near a hyperlink. When the cur... | 1-21. (canceled) 22. A method for enhancing a hyperlink, comprising: displaying a hyperlink in a first window of an application, wherein said hyperlink is associated with a uniform resource locator (URL) and a page; detecting a cursor in proximity to said hyperlink; displaying a graphical toolbar in proximity to said c... | This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. ______ filed ______. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to the field of hyperlinks and computer applications utilizing hyperlinks, and more specifically, relates to software that enhances hyperlinks. 2. Des... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to the field of hyperlinks and computer applications utilizing hyperlinks, and more specifically, relates to software that enhances hyperlinks. 2. Description of the Related Art The Internet is a fast growing and important communic... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention solves this problem by providing an enhanced hyperlink that provides the user the ability to choose additional interactions with the hyperlink. To solve this problem, an application based on the Java programming platform (allowing the application to run on virt... | 20050214 | 20070417 | 20050901 | 70899.0 | 1 | TRAN, PHILIP B | METHOD FOR ADDING A USER SELECTABLE FUNCTION TO A HYPERLINK | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,056,183 | ACCEPTED | Communication system and synchronization method thereof | A clock signal of a master clock of a sender is transmitted to a receiver through a classical channel and is returned from the receiver. The clock signal is transmitted with strong light from a sender-side quantum unit to a receiver-side quantum unit through a quantum channel. A sender-side synchronization section esta... | 1. A communication system comprising first and second communication devices, which are connected to each other through at least one transmission line including first and second channels through which a signal in a state where optical power is relatively small and a signal in a normal state where optical power is relati... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication system using communication channels, one of which transmits a signal in a state where its optical power is relatively small, and the other of which transmits a signal in a normal state where the optical power is relat... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication system using communication channels, one of which transmits a signal in a state where its optical power is relatively small, and the other of which transmits a signal in a normal state where the optical po... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a system and a method for establishing synchronization over channels including a channel which is capable of accurate clock extraction and another channel which is incapable of accurate clock extraction, between a send... | 20050214 | 20100824 | 20050818 | 66890.0 | 0 | FIELDS, COURTNEY D | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD THEREOF | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,056,190 | ACCEPTED | Control panel assembly and method of manufacturing for the same | There is provided a control panel assembly and method of manufacturing the same. In the control panel assembly, a control panel is disposed at a front of the control panel assembly, a button is coupled with the control panel, and a light source is disposed at a back of the button to emit a light. The button includes a ... | 1. A control panel assembly comprising: a control panel disposed at a front of the control panel assembly; a button coupled with the control panel, the button having a body member molded with copolymer, a painted part coated on a front of the body member with a colored painting material, and a character portion carved ... | This application claims the benefit of the Korean Application No. P2004-56796 filed on Jul. 21, 2004, which is hereby incorporated by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control panel assembly, and more particularly, to a control panel assembly and method ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control panel assembly, and more particularly, to a control panel assembly and method of manufacturing the same, which requires fewer manufacturing operations. 2. Discussion of the Related Art Washing machine are widely... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a control panel assembly and method of manufacturing the same 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 a control panel ... | 20050214 | 20061114 | 20060126 | 75036.0 | H01H900 | 0 | FRIEDHOFER, MICHAEL A | CONTROL PANEL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FOR THE SAME | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | H01H | 2,005 | |
11,056,194 | ACCEPTED | Integrated apparatus for multi-standard optical storage media | An integrated apparatus for multi-standard optical media includes a compact disc/digital versatile disc (CD/DVD) processor, a high-definition DVD (HDDVD) processor and a Blu-ray disc (BD) processor; a memory unit connected to the CD/DVD processor, the HDDVD processor and the BD processor to provide a storage resource; ... | 1. An integrated apparatus for multi-standard optical media, comprising: at least two processors selected from a group consisting of a compact disc/digital versatile disc (CD/DVD) processor, a high-definition DVD (HDDVD) processor and Blu-ray disc (BD) processor, wherein the CD/DVD processor is capable of processing a ... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an integrated apparatus for multi-standard optical media, and more particularly, to an integrated apparatus using shared error correction code (ECC) engines for encoding or decoding of various optical discs, including a compact disc ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an integrated apparatus for multi-standard optical media, and more particularly, to an integrated apparatus using shared error correction code (ECC) engines for encoding or decoding of various optical discs, including a c... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>An objective of the present invention is to provide an integrated apparatus for multi-standard optical media. The integrated apparatus of the present invention uses a shared ECC engine to decode the digital data read from CD, DVD, HDDVD or BD for data correction or to encode user da... | 20050214 | 20090602 | 20060817 | 75130.0 | G06F1100 | 0 | ABRAHAM, ESAW T | INTEGRATED APPARATUS FOR MULTI-STANDARD OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIA | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | G06F | 2,005 | |
11,056,195 | ACCEPTED | LED light set | An LED light set comprising at least one LED dice and two conductive wires covered by insulated layer, a holder is installed on the wires at every certain distance, one LED dice is installed on every holder; each of the LED dice connects to two conductive wires with very thin metal wires, every LED dice is wrapped with... | 1. An LED light set comprising: at least one LED dice and two conductive wires covered by insulated layer, a holder is installed on said wire at every certain distance, one said LED dice is installed on every said holder, each of said LED dice connects to two said conductive wires with very thin metal wires, every said... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION I. Field of the Invention This invention relates generally to a LED light set and, more specifically, to an LED (Light Emitting Diode) light set that is smaller in physical size, easy to manufacture at lower cost, also has pantoscopic emission, waterproof and bendable characters. II. Descrip... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>I. Field of the Invention This invention relates generally to a LED light set and, more specifically, to an LED (Light Emitting Diode) light set that is smaller in physical size, easy to manufacture at lower cost, also has pantoscopic emission, waterproof and bendable characters.... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>It is therefore a primary object of the invention to provide an LED light set that is smaller in physical size, easy to manufacture at lower cost, also has pantoscopic emission, waterproof and bendable characters. In order to achieve the objective set forth, an LED light set in acco... | 20050214 | 20070626 | 20060817 | 93491.0 | H01L2924 | 1 | NGUYEN, CUONG QUANG | LED LIGHT SET | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | H01L | 2,005 | |
11,056,304 | ACCEPTED | Product marketing system and method | Computer-implemented systems and method for generating personalized email communications soliciting orders of custom products. Product reorder candidates are identified from customer records and a personalized email order solicitation is sent to the customer. The email is adapted to display an image of the customer's p... | 1. A computer-implemented method of soliciting an order for a customized product, the method comprising selecting a previously prepared customized product design from a plurality of designs retained in electronic form, each design having at least an associated email address, and sending an email to the email address as... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to electronic communications and more particularly to personalized electronic communications for marketing and promotion purposes. BACKGROUND Web-based providers of custom products, taking advantage of the capabilities of the World Wide Web and modern Web browsers, o... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>Web-based providers of custom products, taking advantage of the capabilities of the World Wide Web and modern Web browsers, operate Web sites that provide online design services for user's desiring to create customized materials from any computer with web access at whatever time and place is conv... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>The present invention is directed at satisfying the need for systems and methods that provide a personalized email experience. Customer order information is searched based on search parameters selected by the product vendor, such as, for example, product type, date of most recent order of the produc... | 20050211 | 20090210 | 20060817 | 83661.0 | G06Q3000 | 0 | DESHPANDE, KALYAN K | PRODUCT MARKETING SYSTEM AND METHOD | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | G06Q | 2,005 | |
11,056,305 | ACCEPTED | Product system and method | Computer-implemented systems and methods for automatically creating a second customized product design incorporating information from a first customized product design. Information from a first custom product design is automatically combined with additional automatically selected content to create a new custom product ... | 1. A computer-implemented method for creating a second customized product design related to an earlier-created first customized product design, the method comprising retaining a second product design having at least two content areas, inserting information from the first customized product design into a first content a... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to electronic custom product design and more particularly to automatically created custom products. BACKGROUND Business cards are widely used promotion and marketing tools. While business cards are quite useful, the recipient of the card often quickly, and sometimes ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>Business cards are widely used promotion and marketing tools. While business cards are quite useful, the recipient of the card often quickly, and sometimes haphazardly, places the card in a wallet, purse, briefcase, desk drawer, file folder, or other location where the card may be difficult to lo... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>The present invention is directed at satisfying the need for systems and methods that automatically create the design for a supplement product based on an existing customized product and including additional automatically selected content. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the design o... | 20050211 | 20090414 | 20060817 | 73181.0 | G06Q3000 | 0 | POND, ROBERT M | RELATED PRODUCT SYSTEM AND METHOD | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | G06Q | 2,005 | |
11,056,589 | ACCEPTED | Holographic printer | The present invention provides a single method and apparatus for producing many of the most common types of hologram from digital data is disclosed. The data are generated entirely by a computer as a 3-D (animated) model or from multiple 2-D camera images taken of a real 3-D (moving) object or scene from a plurality of... | 1-12. (canceled) 13. A holographic printer for directly writing 1-step white-light viewable holograms, comprising: a pulsed laser source arranged to produce a laser beam at a first wavelength, said laser beam being split into an object beam and a reference beam which is mutually coherent with said object beam; a spatia... | The present invention relates to holographic printers. According to a preferred embodiment a method and apparatus for recording and printing holographic stereograms from digital data is disclosed. For over 50 years holograms have been produced by the general technique of illuminating an object with coherent light and a... | 20050211 | 20060307 | 20050915 | 80229.0 | 0 | AMARI, ALESSANDRO V | HOLOGRAPHIC PRINTER | SMALL | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||||
11,056,629 | ACCEPTED | Natural fiber span reflectometer providing a virtual phase signal sensing array capability | A CW lightwave modulated by a continuously reiterated psuedorandom code sequence is launched into an end of a span of ordinary optical fiber cable. Portions of the launched lightwave back propagate to the launch end from a continuum of locations along the span because of innate fiber properties including Rayleigh scatt... | 1. A time-domain reflectometer for sensing at a desired set of n spaced sensing positions along an optical fiber span, said sensing positions being for sensing a type of external physical signal having the property of inducing light path changes within the optical fiber span at regions there along where the signal is c... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS Applicant claims the benefit of a provisional application, No. 60/599,435 which was filed on 6 Aug. 2004, and which is entitled “Fiber Span-Based Rayleigh Effect Sensor System with Enhanced Localization Capability” by Robert M. Payton. “Natural Fiber Span Reflectometer Providing ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>(1) Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to the field of time-domain reflectometers. More specifically, it relates to such reflectometers which are a part of a photonic system application in which the object of the reflectometry is a span of fiber which ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The objects of the present invention include the provision of: (1) A time-domain reflectometer wherein an optical fiber span is the object of the reflectometry, and which provides output signals representative of acoustic pressure waves incident the span solely by virtue of the natu... | 20050207 | 20070918 | 20060209 | 84356.0 | G01N2100 | 1 | NGUYEN, TU T | NATURAL FIBER SPAN REFLECTOMETER PROVIDING A VIRTUAL PHASE SIGNAL SENSING ARRAY CAPABILITY | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | G01N | 2,005 | |
11,056,630 | ACCEPTED | NATURAL FIBER SPAN REFLECTOMETER PROVIDING A VIRTUAL SIGNAL SENSING ARRAY CAPABILITY | A CW lightwave modulated by a continuously reiterated binary pseudorandom code sequence is launched into an end of a span of ordinary optical fiber cable. Portions of the launched lightwave back propagate to the launch end from a continuum of locations along the span because of innate fiber properties including Rayleig... | 1. A time-domain reflectometer for sensing at a desired set of n spaced sensing positions along an optical fiber span, said sensing positions being for sensing a type of external physical signal having the property of inducing light path changes within the optical fiber span at regions there along where the signal is c... | Applicant claims the benefit of a provisional application, No. 60/599,437 which was filed on 6 Aug. 2004, and which is entitled “Continuous Rayleigh Effect Sensor Backscattering Heterodyne Optical Sensor System” by Robert M. Payton. STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST The invention described herein may be manufactured and... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>(1) Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to the field of time-domain reflectometers. More specifically, it relates to such reflectometers which are a part of a photonic system application in which the object of the reflectometry is a span of fiber which ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The objects of the present invention include the provision of: (1) A time-domain reflectometer wherein an optical fiber span is the object of the reflectometry, and which provides output signals representative of acoustic pressure waves incident the span solely by virtue of the natu... | 20050207 | 20060418 | 20060330 | 73557.0 | G01N2100 | 1 | LYONS, MICHAEL A | NATURAL FIBER SPAN REFLECTOMETER PROVIDING A VIRTUAL SIGNAL SENSING ARRAY CAPABILITY | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | G01N | 2,005 | |
11,056,632 | ACCEPTED | NATURAL FIBER SPAN REFLECTOMETER PROVIDING A SPREAD SPECTRUM VIRTUAL SENSING ARRAY CAPABILITY | A CW lightwave modulated by a continuously reiterated autocorrelated spectrum-spreading signal is launched into an end of a span of ordinary optical fiber cable. Portions of this lightwave back propagate to the launch end from a continuum of span locations because of innate fiber properties including Rayleigh effects. ... | 1. A time-domain reflectometer for sensing at a desired set of n spaced sensing positions along an optical fiber span, said sensing positions being for sensing a type of external physical signal having the property of inducing light path changes within the optical fiber span at regions there along where the signal is c... | Applicant claims the benefit of a provisional application, No. 60/602,155 which was filed on 17 Aug. 2004, and which is entitled “Fiber Span-Based Rayleigh Effect Sensor System with Advance Localization Capability” by Robert M. Payton. STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST The invention described herein may be manufactured ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>(1) Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to the field of time-domain reflectometers. More specifically, it relates to such reflectometers which are a part of a photonic system application in which the object of the reflectometry is a span of fiber which ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The objects of the present invention include the provision of: (1) A time-domain reflectometer wherein an optical fiber span is the object of the reflectometry, and which provides output signals representative of acoustic pressure waves incident the span solely by virtue of the natu... | 20050207 | 20070911 | 20070726 | 84356.0 | G01N2100 | 1 | NGUYEN, TU T | NATURAL FIBER SPAN REFLECTOMETER PROVIDING A SPREAD SPECTRUM VIRTUAL SENSING ARRAY CAPABILITY | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | G01N | 2,005 | |
11,056,652 | ACCEPTED | Lighting device | Lighted reading glasses are provided to enable clear reading of normal sized text to occur when the reading material is held at usual distances from the reader in dimly lit or dark locations. The lighted glasses have high intensity lights, such as in the form of LEDs that generate narrow light beam cones and which are ... | 1. A compactly sized, self-contained lighting module: an LED including a lens; a power source having a small, thin configurable for providing electrical power to the LED; a switch operable to selectively provide power from the power source to the LED; a compact housing having an interior space in which the power source... | This is a continuation of prior application Ser. No. 10/425,357 filed Apr. 29, 2003 which is a divisional of prior application Ser. No. 10/006,919 filed Nov. 7, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,612,695, which are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates ge... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>The use of lights and other illuminating devices with glasses is known. Generally, however, they have not been very well adapted for use with reading glasses. As is known, these types of glasses typically are not worn all the time, and are subject to being frequently taken off and put back on. On... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In accordance with the present invention, lighted glasses, and preferably those adapted for reading which include corrective lenses, e.g. magnifiers, are provided to enable conventional sized text to be clearly read in dimly lit areas when held at a normal range of reading distances... | 20050211 | 20060912 | 20050707 | 97565.0 | 2 | ALAVI, ALI | LIGHTING DEVICE | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,056,690 | ACCEPTED | Portable security system | A portable security system. The portable security system includes a wheeled trailer and a telescopic mast that is coupled to the trailer. The mast is pivotable between a first generally horizontal retracted position and a second generally vertical extended position. A cabinet is mounted onto the trailer and houses a co... | 1. A portable security system, comprising: a wheeled trailer; a telescopic mast coupled to the trailer and pivotable between a first generally horizontal retracted position and a second generally vertical extended position; a cabinet mounted onto the trailer; a control subsystem, a data input subsystem, a data server a... | This application claims priority to U.S. provisional application 60/544,008, filed Feb. 12, 2004, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. FIELD This invention relates to security systems. In particular, this invention relates to portable security systems having self-contained data acquisition, stora... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>The typical construction site includes a variety of valuable items, including equipment, tools and materials. These items are often expensive to replace or repair if damaged by vandals or stolen. In addition, the time required to repair or replace the items can cause a construction project to lag... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>The present invention is a self contained, vandal-resistant portable security system having the capability to monitor a defined area with closed-circuit TV cameras, record the video and retain it for later review and use. The portable security system is mounted in its entirety to a transportable tra... | 20050211 | 20070320 | 20050818 | 63726.0 | 2 | POPE, DARYL C | PORTABLE SECURITY SYSTEM | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,056,727 | ACCEPTED | Micromirror device and method for making the same | Disclosed herein is a micromirror device having in-plane deformable hinge to which a deflectable and reflective mirror plate is attached. The mirror plate rotates to different angles in response to an electrostatic field established between the mirror plate and an addressing electrode associated with the mirror plate. | 1. A micromirror device, comprising: a substrate; a mirror plate; a deformable hinge disposed in the same plane as the mirror plate and connected to the mirror plate such that the mirror plate is movable relative to the substrate; first and second posts positioned proximate to the mirror plate for holding the mirror pl... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS This patent application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/927,560 filed Aug. 25, 2004, the subject matter being incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention is related generally to art of microelect... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Spatial light modulators (SLMs) are transducers that modulate an incident beam of light in a spatial pattern in response to an optical or electrical input. The incident light beam may be modulated in phase, intensity, polarization, or direction. This modulation may be accomplishe... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In view of the foregoing, the present invention provides a micromirror device with an in-plane deformable hinge. The objects and advantages of the present invention will be obvious, and in part appear hereafter and are accomplished by the present invention. Such objects of the inven... | 20050211 | 20061010 | 20060316 | 67366.0 | G02B2600 | 0 | TRA, TUYEN Q | MICROMIRROR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | G02B | 2,005 | |
11,056,855 | ACCEPTED | Fiber amplifier based light source for semiconductor inspection | A laser illuminator for use in an inspection system, such as a semiconductor wafer inspection system or photomask inspection system is provided. The gain medium in the illuminator comprises optical fiber, and amplification, beam splitting, frequency and/or bandwidth conversion, peak power reduction, and q-switching or ... | 1. An illuminator employed in a specimen inspection system comprising: at least one optical fiber configured to receive light energy and transmit said light energy toward the specimen. 2. The illuminator of claim 1, wherein the specimen comprises a semiconductor wafer. 3. The illuminator of claim 1, wherein the specime... | This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/604,540, entitled “Fiber Amplifier Based Light Source for Semiconductor Inspection,” filed Aug. 25, 2004, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/620,814, entitled “Coherent DUV Sources for Semiconductor Wafer Inspection,... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to illuminators used in conjunction with inspection systems, such as semiconductor wafer inspection systems and photomask inspection systems, and more particularly to a fiber amplifier based light source for use wi... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>According to one aspect of the present design, there is provided an illuminator employed in a specimen inspection system. The illuminator comprises at least one optical fiber configured to receive light energy and transmit the light energy toward the specimen. The illuminator may in... | 20050211 | 20110412 | 20060302 | 78489.0 | H01S308 | 0 | NGUYEN, DUNG T | FIBER AMPLIFIER BASED LIGHT SOURCE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR INSPECTION | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | H01S | 2,005 | |
11,056,928 | ACCEPTED | System and method for testing web applications with recursive discovery and analysis | A recursive web crawling and analysis tool that includes conducting an initial crawl of a target to identify testable or analyzable objects. The objects are then parsed to identify vulnerabilities, as well as additional objects that can be analyzed. An attack is then launched against the analyzable objects in an effort... | 1. A method for testing web applications with recursive discovery and analysis comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a target; (b) crawling the target to discover analyzable objects; (c) conduct attack sequences on the analyzable objects; (d) discovering an additional analyzable object during the attack, and continuin... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application for a United States Patent claims the benefit of the filing date of United States Provisional Application for Patent that was filed on Feb. 11, 2004 with the title of “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING WEB APPLICATIONS WITH RECURSIVE DISCOVERY AND ANALYSIS” and assig... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates to the field of Web application testing and, more specifically, to crawl-and-attack routines for testing Web applications. Web Application Security. The increasing sophistication and proliferation of personal computers during the past decade has dram... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In general, the present invention includes a system and method for testing web applications and web-based objects to identify vulnerabilities, weaknesses, erroneous operations or problems associated with the web application or web-based objects. Advantageously, the present invention... | 20050211 | 20131022 | 20051110 | 96350.0 | 0 | WRIGHT, BRYAN F | System and method for testing web applications with recursive discovery and analysis | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,057,060 | ACCEPTED | Method and apparatus for enhanced autonomous GPS | Method and apparatus for locating position of a remote receiver is described. In one example, long term satellite tracking data is obtained at a remote receiver. Satellite positioning system (SPS) satellites are detected. Pseudoranges are determined from the remote receiver to the detected SPS satellites. Position of t... | 1. A method of locating position of a remote receiver, comprising: obtaining long term satellite tracking data at said remote receiver; detecting satellite positioning system (SPS) satellites; determining pseudoranges from said remote receiver to said detected SPS satellites; and computing position of said remote recei... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/674,267, filed Sep. 29, 2003, which claims benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/415,364, filed Oct. 2, 2002. Each of the aforementioned related patent applications i... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to a position location system and, more particularly, to using long term satellite tracking data in a remote receiver. 2. Description of the Related Art Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers use measurements fr... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A method and apparatus for using long term satellite tracking data in a remote receiver is described. In one embodiment of the invention, long term satellite tracking data is received at a remote receiver from a server. For example, the long term satellite tracking data may include ... | 20050211 | 20090929 | 20050929 | 89755.0 | 1 | PHAN, DAO LINDA | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED AUTONOMOUS GPS | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,057,085 | ACCEPTED | Vapor-compression evaporation system and method | According to one embodiment of the invention, a vapor-compression evaporation system includes a plurality of vessels in series each containing a feed having a nonvolatile component. A first set of the plurality of vessels includes vapor-compression evaporators and a second set of the plurality of vessels includes multi... | 1. A vapor-compression evaporation system, comprising: a plurality of vessels in series each containing a feed having a nonvolatile component, a first set of the plurality of vessels comprising vapor-compression evaporators and a second set of the plurality of vessels comprising multi-effect evaporators; a mechanical c... | RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of Ser. No. 60/543,210 titled “Vapor-Compression Evaporator and Heat Exchanger Systems,” filed provisionally on Feb. 10, 2004. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to the field of evaporators and heat exchangers and, more parti... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Typical steam jet ejectors feed high-pressure steam, at relatively high velocity, into the jet ejector. Steam is usually used as the motive fluid because it is readily available; however, an ejector may be designed to work with other gases or vapors as well. For some applications... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>According to one embodiment of the invention, a vapor-compression evaporation system includes a plurality of vessels in series each containing a feed having a nonvolatile component. A first set of the plurality of vessels includes vapor-compression evaporators and a second set of th... | 20050210 | 20070807 | 20050825 | 59658.0 | 0 | ALI, MOHAMMAD M | VAPOR-COMPRESSION EVAPORATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,057,088 | ACCEPTED | Methods and apparatuses for achieving precision genetic diagnoses | Methods and apparatuses for selecting and arranging clinically relevant chromosomal loci allow an exemplary diagnostic array to simultaneously test for numerous genetic alterations that occur in many different parts of the human genome. Clinically irrelevant or ineffective loci are eliminated. One implementation increa... | 1. A method, comprising: selecting chromosomal diagnostic loci to simultaneously test for a comprehensive set of genetic diseases, wherein each chromosomal locus is capable of a genetic alteration indicative of disease; for each selected chromosomal locus, assigning multiple nucleic acid clones to represent a base-pair... | RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Applications, Nos. 60/544,877 to Shaffer and Bejjani, filed Feb. 13, 2004 and 60/576,890 to Shaffer and Bejjani, filed Jun. 3, 2004. TECHNICAL FIELD The subject matter relates generally to molecular biology and more specif... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>Chromosome analysis is an important component in diagnosing congenital anomalies that cause physical and mental developmental delay. Cytogenetic imbalance results in DNA copy-number changes and alteration in gene dosage in the altered chromosomal segment(s). These changes may result in abnormal c... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>The subject matter described herein can be used in various fields to greatly improve the accuracy and reliability of nucleic acid analyses, chromosome mapping, and genetic testing of suspected genetic conditions. In one implementation, aspects of the subject matter are incorporated into the construc... | 20050211 | 20110322 | 20050818 | 97987.0 | 0 | ZHOU, SHUBO | ELIMINATING HYBRIDIZATION INTERFERENCE DURING GENETIC TESTING | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,057,134 | ACCEPTED | Output shaft coupling structure of electrically operated control valve | Output shaft coupling structure of electrically operated control valve including: valve rod which is provided with valve for opening and closing fluid passage and is mounted to valve housing in such a way as to move along axial direction; and electrically controlled motor for driving the valve rod along the axial direc... | 1. Output shaft coupling structure of electrically operated control valve including: valve rod which is provided with valve for opening and closing fluid passage and is mounted to valve housing in such a way as to move along axial direction; and electrically controlled motor for driving the valve rod along the axial di... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to output shaft coupling structure of an electrically operated control valve which is applied to an EGR valve unit for opening and closing exhaust gas recirculation passage of an engine. 2. Description of the Related Art Various kinds o... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to output shaft coupling structure of an electrically operated control valve which is applied to an EGR valve unit for opening and closing exhaust gas recirculation passage of an engine. 2. Description of the Related Art Var... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention has been made to solve the above described problems. An object of the invention is to provide an output shaft coupling structure of electrically operated control valve that couples a valve rod to a motor shaft by a coupling part but can fit the coupling part to... | 20050215 | 20091013 | 20050915 | 99984.0 | 0 | JACYNA, J CASIMER | OUTPUT SHAFT COUPLING STRUCTURE OF ELECTRICALLY OPERATED CONTROL VALVE | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,057,140 | ACCEPTED | Semiconductor device having deep trench charge compensation regions and method | In one embodiment, a semiconductor device is formed in a body of semiconductor material. The semiconductor device includes a charge compensating trench formed in proximity to active portions of the device. The charge compensating trench includes a trench filled with various layers of semiconductor material including op... | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a body of semiconductor material; and a charge compensation region including a trench formed in the body of semiconductor material, wherein the trench is filled with opposite conductivity type semiconductor layers. 2. The device of claim 1 wherein the charge compensation region com... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to semiconductor devices, and more specifically to power switching devices and methods of their manufacture. Metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) are a common type of power switching device. A MOSFET device includes a source region, a ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>This invention relates generally to semiconductor devices, and more specifically to power switching devices and methods of their manufacture. Metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) are a common type of power switching device. A MOSFET device includes a sourc... | <SOH> BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS <EOH>FIG. 1 illustrates an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of a switching device in accordance with the present invention; FIGS. 2-7 illustrate enlarged partial cross-sectional views of the switching device of FIG. 1 at various stages of fabrication; FIG. 8 is graph showin... | 20050215 | 20070213 | 20060817 | 96195.0 | H01L27088 | 0 | TRAN, LONG K | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING DEEP TRENCH CHARGE COMPENSATION REGIONS AND METHOD | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | H01L | 2,005 | |
11,057,237 | ACCEPTED | Ignition timing control for internal combustion engine | An internal combustion engine (1) causes an air/fuel mixture in a cylinder to combust due to ignition by a spark plug (14). The engine controller (50) calculates a temperature and pressure in the cylinder on the basis of the operating state of the engine (1) (531), calculates a limit ignition timing at which knock is n... | 1. An ignition timing control device for an internal combustion engine which causes an air/fuel mixture inside a cylinder to combust by means of ignition by a spark plug, comprising: a programmable controller programmed to: calculate a temperature and pressure in the cylinder on the basis of an operating state of the e... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to control of ignition timing in order to prevent knocking in an internal combustion engine. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In a spark-ignition internal combustion engine, the ignition timing affects fuel consumption and engine output, and inappropriate ignition timing leads t... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In a spark-ignition internal combustion engine, the ignition timing affects fuel consumption and engine output, and inappropriate ignition timing leads to knocking, ignition failures, and the like. Normally, the ignition timing is set in such a manner that the internal cylinder p... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Tokkai Hei 7-332149 issued by the Japan Patent Office in 1995 discloses a method in which the temperature of the gas inside a cylinder is calculated, assuming adiabatic compression of the gas in the cylinder, from the pressure inside the cylinder with respect to the crank angle, and... | 20050215 | 20070501 | 20050908 | 61075.0 | 0 | HOANG, JOHNNY H | IGNITION TIMING CONTROL FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,057,391 | ACCEPTED | System and method for motion-controlled foot unit | A system and method associated with the movement of a limb. In one example, the system, such as a prosthetic or orthotic system, includes an actuator that actively controls, or adjusts, the angle between a foot unit and a lower limb member. A processing module may control movement of the actuator based on data obtained... | 1. A method for controlling a device associated with the movement of a limb, the method comprising: monitoring with at least one sensor the movement of an actuatable device associated with a limb; generating data indicative of said movement; processing the data with a processing module to determine a current state of l... | RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/544,259, filed Feb. 12, 2004, and entitled “LOWER LIMB PROSTHESIS WITH ANKLE-MOTION-CONTROLLED FOOT,” and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/588,232, filed Jul. 15, 2004, and enti... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention Preferred embodiments of this invention relate to systems and methods having a motion-controlled limb and, in particular, an ankle-motion-controlled foot. 2. Description of the Related Art Millions of individuals worldwide rely on prosthetic and/or ortho... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Accordingly, one embodiment of the invention includes a prosthetic or orthotic system that is self-powered and that mimics the natural movement of a healthy limb, and in particular, the movement of a healthy ankle. Another embodiment of the invention includes a sensor system and a c... | 20050211 | 20081007 | 20050901 | 76076.0 | 2 | SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION-CONTROLLED FOOT UNIT | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,057,479 | ACCEPTED | Receiver with multiple collectors in a multiple user detection system | A digital wireless communication system for increasing the number of users capable of communicating over a network permits multiusers to transmit information simultaneously on the same channel or frequency. The primary example of such a system would be that employing radio frequency transmissions, even optical transmis... | 1. A method for increasing overall throughput of a multiple access system, said system comprised of at least one transmitter for transmitting data signals using a single channel, and at least one corresponding receiver, the method comprising the steps of: receiving signals through at least two independent signal collec... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims rights under 15 U.S.C. 119(e) from U.S. application Ser. No. 60/550,110 filed Mar. 4, 2004, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of Invention This invention relates to digital communications (eithe... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of Invention This invention relates to digital communications (either traditional wireless communications or the reading of digitally stored information from an optical or magnetic media) for increasing the throughput of transmitted bits in a multiuser detection (MUD) ba... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention comprises a method and system for increasing the throughput of a multiuser detection-based multiple access digital communications system that transmits signals on the same channel or that have signals that interfere such as with overlapping channels. The number... | 20050214 | 20100525 | 20050908 | 57219.0 | 2 | HUANG, DAVID S | RECEIVER WITH MULTIPLE COLLECTORS IN A MULTIPLE USER DETECTION SYSTEM | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,057,485 | ACCEPTED | Seed layers for metallic interconnects | One embodiment of the present invention is a method for making copper or a copper alloy interconnects, which method includes: (a) forming a patterned insulating layer over a substrate, the patterned insulating layer including at least one opening and a field surrounding the at least one opening; (b) depositing a barrie... | 1. A method for making copper or a copper alloy interconnects, said method comprising: forming a patterned insulating layer over a substrate, the patterned insulating layer including at least one opening and a field surrounding the at least one opening; depositing a barrier layer over the patterned insulating layer inc... | This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/640,846, filed on Aug. 14, 2003, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/563,733, filed on May 3, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,610,151, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/410,898, filed on Oct. 2, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,136,707. TECHNI... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>As is well known in the prior art, filling trenches and/or vias formed on a wafer by electroplating copper metal to form semiconductor device interconnects (often referred to as a “Damascene” or a “Dual Damascene” process) requires that a metallization layer (often referred to in... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Embodiments of the present invention advantageously satisfy the above-identified need in the art and provide a method and apparatus to produce seed layers used to produce void-free copper or silver electrochemical filling of small openings having high aspect ratios. One embodiment o... | 20050214 | 20070403 | 20050707 | 95668.0 | 4 | SMITH, BRADLEY | SEED LAYERS FOR METALLIC INTERCONNECTS | SMALL | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,057,537 | ACCEPTED | Voice directed system and method configured for assured messaging to multiple recipients | A communications system transmits messages via a wireless network to multiple users nearly simultaneously in real-time. Each user has a terminal that receives a message and plays the message for the user. The terminal may also wait for the user to verbally acknowledge the arrival of the message before continuing with i... | 1. A method for sending a message to more than one selected recipient performing logistical operations at a warehouse, the method comprising the steps of: executing a logistical application on a wireless terminal that is communicating with a server over a wireless network within the warehouse; receiving at the wireless... | TECHNICAL FIELD In a general sense the present invention concerns a wireless voice-directed communication method and system having the capability of sending messages to selected recipients with confirmation that the message has been received and opened by the selected recipients. The messaging capability of the system ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND ART <EOH>Speech recognition has simplified many tasks in the workplace by permitting hands-free communication with a computer as a convenient alternative to communication via conventional peripheral input/output devices. A worker may enter data by voice using a speech recognizer and commands or instru... | <SOH> BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS <EOH>The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the detailed description of the embodiments given below, serve to explain the principles of the invention. FIG. 1 ill... | 20050214 | 20091027 | 20060817 | 70059.0 | H04Q700 | 1 | LE, NHAN T | VOICE DIRECTED SYSTEM AND METHOD CONFIGURED FOR ASSURED MESSAGING TO MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | H04Q | 2,005 | |
11,057,550 | ACCEPTED | Two part cartridges with force biasing by printer | A two part cartridge having a photoconductor part (1) and a toner part (5) having no force biasing element on either part. The two parts fit together so that a developer roller (7) in the toner part contacts a photoconductor drum (3) in the other part. When the two parts are installed in a printer the cover (50), when ... | 1-6. (canceled) 7. A replaceable cartridge part for a two part print cartridge comprising: a body having a reservoir for storing toner; a developer member for controlling the amount of toner deposited on a photoconductive member; and guide members extending from said body for securing the toner containing cartridge par... | TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates to electrophotographic imaging and, more particularly, relates to separate replaceable cartridges for toner and photoconductor, which are pressed together for good operation when installed in the imaging device. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Electrophotographic toner cartridges are ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Electrophotographic toner cartridges are often joined in two sections pivoted to one another so that a developer roller can be pressed against a photoconductor drum with controlled pressure. The controlled pressure is provided by permanently installed springs stretching between t... | <SOH> BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS <EOH>The details of this invention will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which FIG. 1 is a perspective view from the right of the two parts of the cartridge separated; FIG. 2 is a side view from the left with covers removed showing selected parts of ... | 20050214 | 20061121 | 20050707 | 71094.0 | 4 | GLEITZ, RYAN M | TWO PART CARTRIDGES WITH FORCE BIASING BY PRINTER | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,057,637 | ACCEPTED | Aircraft interior wireless communications system | A wireless communications system suitable for use within an aircraft, such as a part of a wireless emergency lighting system (WELS) is provided. In an aircraft, EXIT signs are located throughout the interior of the aircraft, including the ceiling (general illumination), seats (floor proximity) and EXIT doors (locator/i... | 1. A wireless emergency lighting system (WELS) for an aircraft interior, the system comprising: a plurality of light assemblies locatable throughout the aircraft interior, each of the plurality of light assemblies including at least one wireless communication device; and a WELS controller for communicating wirelessly w... | RELATED APPLICATION DATA This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/544,445, filed Feb. 13, 2004, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD The invention herein described relates generally to wireless communications systems and, more particularly, to a wi... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In many commercial settings, wireless networks have replaced the standard “hard wired” Ethernet network. For example, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the “IEEE”, 802.11 standard for wireless networking has been widely accepted. Manufacturers of a wide variet... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention provides a wireless communications system suitable for use within an aircraft, such as a part of a wireless emergency lighting system (WELS). In an aircraft, EXIT signs are located throughout the interior of the aircraft, including the ceiling (general illumina... | 20050214 | 20080311 | 20050915 | 71028.0 | 0 | TANG, SON M | AIRCRAFT INTERIOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,057,731 | ACCEPTED | Adjustable nasal cannula apparatus and method of use | A nasal cannula apparatus which includes one or more adjustment members which allow a wearer of the apparatus to retentively reposition the fluid supply tubing to a desired position of comfort. The ability to retentively reposition minimizes the dermal abrasion problems of the ears and other portions of the face experi... | 1. A nasal cannula apparatus comprising: at least one fluid supply tube having contiguously coupled thereto; a nasal insufflating member; and, at least one adjustment member configured to maintain a contiguous flow path between said at least one fluid supply tube and said nasal insufflating member; wherein said at leas... | FIELD OF INVENTION The present invention relates generally to a medical insufflating apparatus, and more specifically to a nasal cannula apparatus having one or more adjustable members which allows a wearer to manually position and maintain fluid supply tubing away from substantially contacting the ears of the wearer. ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>Nasal cannula apparatus provides the wearer with supplemental fluids, typically, but not exclusively, oxygen, to help compensate for reduced pulmonary function arising from such diseases as emphysema, severe bronchitis and other cardiopulmonary maladies caused by disease progression or trauma. In... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>The invention addresses the limitations described above and provides a nasal cannula apparatus which allows the wearer to retentively position the fluid supply tubes away from the ears. In a first aspect of the invention, a nasal cannula apparatus is disclosed comprising at least one fluid supply tu... | 20050212 | 20100615 | 20060817 | 94510.0 | A62B710 | 0 | OSTRUP, CLINTON T | ADJUSTABLE NASAL CANNULA APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | A62B | 2,005 | |
11,057,749 | ACCEPTED | Technique for identifying favorite program channels for receiving entertainment programming content over a communications network | A favorites list of program channels which a cable TV user likely prefers is generated automatically, from which the user may select a program channel to watch. Each program channel in the favorites list is identified based on a measure of the duration in which the program channel is continuously tuned to. In an embodi... | 1. Apparatus for receiving programming content attributed to a plurality of program channels, comprising: an interface for selecting at least one of the plurality of program channels to receive programming content attributed thereto; a memory for storing data identifying at least one collection of program channels for ... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to communications systems and methods, and more particularly to a system and method for receiving entertainment programs through a communications network, e.g., a cable TV network. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Use of a cable network to deliver programming content, e.g., TV pr... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Use of a cable network to deliver programming content, e.g., TV programs, is ubiquitous. The cable network terminates on set-top boxes at the user premises. It is well known that the cable network also provides program guide data to the set-top boxes. The program guide data typic... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The invention is premised upon a recognition that the set-up of a “favorites” list in prior art is cumbersome in that a user typically is required to go through menu items in order to add a given channel to the list. In addition, the favorite channels in the list remain unchanged un... | 20050214 | 20090324 | 20060817 | 69213.0 | H04N5445 | 0 | TILAHUN, ALAZAR | TECHNIQUE FOR IDENTIFYING FAVORITE PROGRAM CHANNELS FOR RECEIVING ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMING CONTENT OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | H04N | 2,005 | |
11,057,856 | ACCEPTED | AV data recording apparatus and method, and disk recorded by the same | An AV data recording apparatus and an AV data recording method are provided, in which even in the case of using the UDF file system, seeking can be minimized. The AV data recording method has file management information for managing continuous blocks on a disk as an extent, and dividing the extent into groups so as to ... | 1-26. (canceled) 27. An AV data recording apparatus, comprising: a recording/reproducing section for recording AV data onto a disk and reproducing the recorded AV data; and a system control section for controlling a method of recording/reproducing AV data, wherein the apparatus has extent management information for man... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an AV data recording apparatus and method, suitable for recording/reproducing AV (audio-video) data such as a digital image. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, optical disks are being used as recording media for recor... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an AV data recording apparatus and method, suitable for recording/reproducing AV (audio-video) data such as a digital image. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, optical disks are being used as recording med... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Therefore, with the foregoing in mind, it is an object of the present invention to provide an AV data recording apparatus and method capable of minimizing seeking even in the case of using the UDF file system. In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the AV data recording app... | 20050214 | 20071204 | 20050707 | 67828.0 | 0 | CHEVALIER, ROBERT | AV DATA RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND DISK RECORDED BY THE SAME | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,058,033 | ACCEPTED | Ink cartridge and recording apparatus | The ink cartridge includes an ink supply port formed at a position, offset to one side, of a wall configuring an ink container body; a positioning projecting portion, formed on one wall out of two opposing walls adjacent the wall, whose upper surface and side portion are regulated in position when the cartridge has bee... | 1. An ink cartridge, comprising: an ink container laving an upper wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall; an ink supply port disposed on the bottom wall closer to the first side wall than the second side wall, the ink supply port having an axis; a retaining member disposed on the first side wall,... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 10/649,806, filed on Aug. 26, 2003, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an ink cartridge, for supplying ink, that is removably ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates to an ink cartridge, for supplying ink, that is removably mounted on a carriage mounting a recording head for ejecting ink droplets from nozzle openings to print data such as an image, and to an ink jet recording apparatus. An ink cartridge that is r... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The invention has been made in view of and with the intent to overcome such problems, and an object of the invention is to provide an ink cartridge that enables simplification of the position regulating structure of an electrode group and reduction in size. Also, another object of t... | 20050214 | 20060307 | 20050707 | 89870.0 | 5 | JACKSON, JUANITA DIONNE | INK CARTRIDGE AND RECORDING APPARATUS | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,058,081 | ACCEPTED | Cooking compartment door of a cooking oven having a pyrolysis function | A cooking compartment door of a cooking oven having a pyrolysis function in the cooking compartment, includes a borosilicate glass pane forming at least a portion of the cooking compartment door. The borosilicate glass pane is provided at least in sections with a colored layer. The colored layer provides impact resista... | 1-14. (canceled) 15. A cooking compartment door of a cooking oven having a pyrolysis function in a cooking compartment therein, comprising: a borosilicate glass pane forming at least a portion of the cooking compartment door, said pane provided at least in sections with at least one colored layer; said cooking compartm... | The invention relates to a cooking compartment door of a cooking oven, for example, an electric cooker to be cleaned pyrolytically according to the preamble of claim 1. In domestic cooking ovens having the performance feature “pyrolytic self-cleaning”, food residue burned onto the oven wall is pyrolysed at interior tem... | 20050210 | 20081111 | 20050707 | 66530.0 | 0 | BASICHAS, ALFRED | COOKING COMPARTMENT DOOR OF A COOKING OVEN HAVING A PYROLYSIS FUNCTION | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||||
11,058,317 | ACCEPTED | Sheet folding apparatus | A sheet folding apparatus for folding a set of sheets into two at a center thereof, includes: a sheet number recognition section that recognizes the number of sheets in the set; a pair of rotating rollers pressed against each other to form a nip portion; a blade member retractably moves with respect to the nip portion;... | 1. A sheet folding apparatus for folding a set of sheets into two at a center thereof, comprising: a sheet number recognition section that recognizes the number of sheets in the set; a pair of rotating rollers pressed against each other to form a nip portion; a blade member retractably moves with respect to the nip por... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sheet folding apparatus for folding a set of sheets into two at the center. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some of image forming apparatuses such as a copying machine or printer have a function called a booklet p... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sheet folding apparatus for folding a set of sheets into two at the center. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some of image forming apparatuses such as a copying machine or printer have a function called... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances and provides a sheet folding apparatus which passes the set of sheets through the nip portion without stripping off, and reduces a load on the set of sheets, which is caused by the push-in of the set of sheets wi... | 20050216 | 20061017 | 20060309 | 71745.0 | B65H2900 | 0 | TAWFIK, SAMEH | SHEET FOLDING APPARATUS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | B65H | 2,005 | |
11,058,337 | ACCEPTED | Side impact sensor systems | Vehicle including a side impact sensor system having a longitudinally extending outer skin arranged on a side of the vehicle, a system housing arranged inward of the outer skin and having an opening facing a portion of a passenger compartment, an inflatable airbag arranged in the system housing, an inflator arranged in... | 1. A vehicle, comprising a longitudinally extending outer skin arranged on a side of the vehicle; a system housing arranged inward of said outer skin and having an opening facing a portion of a passenger compartment of the vehicle; an inflatable airbag arranged in said system housing; an inflator arranged in connection... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/963,390 filed Oct. 12, 2004 which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/768,791 filed Jan. 30, 2004 which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/435,045 filed Nov. 8, 19... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Self-contained airbag systems contain all of the parts of the airbag system within a single package, in the case of mechanical implementations, and in the case of electrical or electronic systems, all parts except the primary source of electrical power and, in some cases, the dia... | <SOH> OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>This invention is primarily concerned with a novel self-contained airbag system for protecting occupants in side impacts. It is also concerned with the sensors used either with self-contained modules or apart from the airbag module. This is accomplished by using the sens... | 20050215 | 20060704 | 20050721 | 63839.0 | 1 | CULBRETH, ERIC D | SIDE IMPACT SENSOR SYSTEMS | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,058,441 | ACCEPTED | Pheromones and the luteinizing hormone for inducing proliferation of neural stem cells and neurogenesis | The present invention provides a method of increasing neural stem cell numbers or neurogenesis by using a pheromone, a luteinizing hormone (LH) and/or a human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG). The method can be practiced in vivo to obtain more neural stem cells in situ, which can in turn produce more neurons or glial cell... | 1. A method of increasing neural stem cells in a mammal, comprising administering an effective amount of a luteinizing hormone (LH) or a human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) to the mammal. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the mammal is an adult. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the neural stem cells are located in the s... | RELATED APPLICATION This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/544,915, filed Feb. 13, 2004, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e). The entire disclosure of the prior application is hereby incorporated by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates to methods of increasing neural stem cell ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In recent years, neurodegenerative disease has become an important concern due to the expanding elderly population which is at greatest risk for these disorders. Neurodegenerative diseases include the diseases which have been linked to the degeneration of neural cells in particul... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention provides a method of increasing neural stem cell numbers by using a pheromone, a luteinizing hormone (LH) or human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG). The method can be practiced in vivo to obtain more neural stem cells in situ, which can in turn produce more neuron... | 20050214 | 20101207 | 20051103 | 99980.0 | 0 | GAMETT, DANIEL C | PHEROMONES AND THE LUTEINIZING HORMONE FOR INDUCING PROLIFERATION OF NEURAL STEM CELLS AND NEUROGENESIS | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,058,510 | ACCEPTED | Message request response server and processor | Provides methods, apparatus and systems for message request response server and processor. A server apparatus including: a request processing unit for performing processing for a first processing request message received, and creating a first processing response message; a cache unit for caching the first processing re... | 1. A server apparatus comprising: a request processing unit, said apparatus for each of a plurality of elements, for receiving processing request messages that include a structured document in which a name of an element and a content thereof are described, performing processing based on the processing request messages,... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a server apparatus, a service method, a program and a recording medium. Particularly, the present invention relates to a server apparatus, a service method, a program and a recording medium, for each of a plurality of elements, for receiving a processing request m... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Heretofore, there has been provided a Web service system, which provides a service by a server apparatus connected to a network, and combines a variety of Web services on a client apparatus, thus making it possible to construct software. In the Web service system, the client appa... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Thus, it is an aspect of the present invention to provide a server apparatus, a service method, a program and a recording medium, which are capable of solving the above-described problems. This aspect is achieved by combining features described in independent claims. Moreover, depen... | 20050215 | 20090331 | 20060406 | 57715.0 | G06F1516 | 0 | ALI, FARHAD | MESSAGE REQUEST RESPONSE SERVER AND PROCESSOR | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | G06F | 2,005 | |
11,058,612 | ACCEPTED | Viscoelastic surfactant fluids and associated diverting methods | Provided are treatment fluids that comprise an aqueous base fluid, and a methyl ester sulfonate surfactant, and associated diverting methods of use. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation comprising: providing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid, a... | 1. A method of treating a subterranean formation comprising: providing a treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous base fluid; and a methyl ester sulfonate surfactant having the following formula: where R is an alkyl chain of about 10 carbon atoms to about 30 carbon atoms; introducing the treatment fluid into a portion of... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 1 The present invention is related to co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. ______ [Attorney Docket No. HES 2004-IP-013785U1] entitled “Viscoelastic Surfactant Fluids and Associated Methods,” filed concurrently herewith, co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. ______ [Attorney Docket... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating subterranean formations. More particularly, the present invention relates to treatment fluids that comprise a methyl ester sulfonate (“MES”) surfactant, and associated diverting methods. Viscosified treatment fluids may be use... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating subterranean formations. More particularly, the present invention relates to treatment fluids that comprise a MES surfactant, and associated diverting methods. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of treating ... | 20050215 | 20071204 | 20060817 | 86647.0 | E21B4327 | 0 | LEONARD, KERRY W | VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANT FLUIDS AND ASSOCIATED DIVERTING METHODS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | E21B | 2,005 | |
11,058,624 | ACCEPTED | Device with an anesthesia respiration system and an absorber | A quick connection system between an anesthesia respiration system and an absorber has a gas-tight connection between the anesthesia respiration system and the absorber. The absorber (1) has a concentrically arranged gas inlet opening (8) and a gas outlet opening (9) on its front side (4) for this purpose, as well as a... | 1. An anesthesia respiration system to absorber connection device, comprising: an absorber that can be connected with the anesthesia respiration system, the absorber having an absorber housing, with a gas inlet opening concentrically arranged relative to a gas outlet opening on a front side said absorber housing, as we... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of DE 10 2004 020 133.1 filed Apr. 24, 2004, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention pertains to a device with an anesthesia respiration s... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A device of this type has become known from EP 122 301 A1. Anesthesia respiration systems must be able to be used for different modes of operation, and the switchover between the mode of operation shall take place in a simple manner and without operating errors. In addition, nonr... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The basic object of the present invention is to improve a device of the type mentioned such that the quick connection system between the anesthesia respiration system and the absorber makes possible a gas-tight connection in a simple manner. According to the invention, a device is p... | 20050215 | 20090210 | 20051027 | 94629.0 | 1 | DOUGLAS, STEVEN O | DEVICE WITH AN ANESTHESIA RESPIRATION SYSTEM AND AN ABSORBER | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,058,738 | ACCEPTED | Steering system for crane | A steering system (10) for a vehicle, such as a gantry crane (12). The gantry crane (12) generally includes a support structure (14) having a first front wheel (32) and a second opposing front wheel (36) connected proximate a front portion of the crane (12), and a first rear wheel (30) and a second opposing rear wheel ... | 1. A steering system for a crane comprising: a first front wheel and a second opposing front wheel connected proximate a front portion of the crane; a first rear wheel and a second opposing rear wheel connected proximate a rear portion of the crane; and, a control system connected to the crane having a command potentio... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS None. FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT None. TECHNICAL FIELD The invention relates to steering systems for cranes and, more particularly, to a four-wheel steering system for a gantry crane. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Steering systems for industrial cranes such as gant... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Steering systems for industrial cranes such as gantry cranes are well known in the art. Gantry cranes are used for lifting and transporting large cargo containers to and from railroad cars, truck trailers and other locations as well as for lifting and transporting boats. An opera... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention provides a steering system for a crane. In one preferred embodiment, the steering system is used on a gantry crane. According to one aspect of the invention, a steering system for a crane is provided. The steering system comprises a first front wheel and a seco... | 20050215 | 20070807 | 20060817 | 65482.0 | B60K1730 | 1 | ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER | STEERING SYSTEM FOR CRANE | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | B60K | 2,005 | |
11,058,742 | ACCEPTED | Portable telecommunication security device | A portable security device for providing secure communications over a plurality of networks is presented. In one embodiment, the device comprises, at least one communication port for transfer of audio data, at least one communication port for transfer of digital data, a keypad, an encoding/decoding device, a conversion... | 1. A device for providing secure communications over a network comprising: at least one communication port for transfer of audio data; at least one communication port for transfer of digital data; a keypad; an encoding/decoding device; a conversion device operable to convert between audio and digital data; a processor,... | RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation-in-part of co-pending-commonly assigned: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/336,948, entitled “Stand-Alone Telecommunications Security Device” filed Jun. 21, 1999; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/096,811 entitled “Method and Apparatus for Securing E-Mail A... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The demand for increased security of telecommunications systems continues to grow as increased levels of confidential information is passed along wired and wireless networks. As more users increasingly are outside their normal place of business, for example, on travel or telecomm... | <SOH> BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES <EOH>FIG. 1 illustrates an overview of a communications system according to one aspect of the present invention; FIG. 2 a illustrates a block diagram of a telecommunications security device according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 b illustrates a block dia... | 20050215 | 20080930 | 20050908 | 58956.0 | 1 | PEESO, THOMAS R | PORTABLE TELECOMMUNICATION SECURITY DEVICE | SMALL | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,058,761 | ACCEPTED | Grab-activated self-locking winch handle | A lock/release mechanism for the crank handle of a winch consists of a set of one or more pins that are captured within the drive head of the handle. Within the drive head is an actuation rod, which acts on these pins. Depending on the position of the rod, the pins are either moved or pushed outward (lock position), or... | 1. A cranking device for operating a winch, said winch having a drive socket constructed therein, said cranking devise comprising: an elongated crank arm having a drive head constructed at one end and a handle constructed at the other; wherein said drive head further comprises: a male portion extending outward from sai... | RELATED APPLICATION This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application for Patent Ser. No. 60/557,898, filed, Mar. 30, 2004. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This application relates to apparatus for releasably driving a winch. More particularly a crank handle is described for drivi... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention This application relates to apparatus for releasably driving a winch. More particularly a crank handle is described for driving winches of the kind used on sailing vessels. The crank having a releasable locking mechanism at the interface between crank an... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A handle assembly for cranking a winch is constructed with a lever action engagement and release mechanism. The handle is particularly adapted for use in cranking a winch for use in marine or other applications in which the winch is designed for operation with a removable crank hand... | 20050216 | 20061003 | 20051020 | 94500.0 | 1 | MARCELO, EMMANUEL MONSAYAC | GRAB-ACTIVATED SELF-LOCKING WINCH HANDLE | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,058,879 | ACCEPTED | Locator and shutter slat | A rolling shutter and a slat for use in a rolling shutter are provided. The slat comprises an engaging track located at a first edge and a receptacle track located at a second edge. Illustratively, the engaging track has a hook-shaped profile and is disposed at an acute angle relative to an adjacent part of the body po... | 1. A slat for use in a rolling shutter, comprising: a body portion having a first edge and a second edge; an engaging track located at the first edge; a receptacle track located at the second edge; wherein the engaging track has a hook-shaped profile terminating at a tip and the hook-shaped profile extends at an acute ... | This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/802,385, filed Mar. 17, 2004, which is expressly incorporated by reference herein. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to shutters and in particular to shutters of the roller type. It furthermore relates to a shutter... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates to shutters and in particular to shutters of the roller type. It furthermore relates to a shutter having low clearance and improved retraction capability. | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>According to the present invention, smooth extension and retraction of the roller shutter may be achieved with significantly less effort than required by prior art devices by minimizing the clearance between the engaging track of one shutter slat and the receptacle track of the adja... | 20050216 | 20100831 | 20050922 | 77348.0 | 2 | JOHNSON, BLAIR M | LOCATOR AND SHUTTER SLAT | SMALL | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,058,894 | ACCEPTED | System and method for a variable key ladder | A method of generating encryption and decryption keys for a multiple tier, variable key ladder (VKL) hierarchy includes determining a device key based on network connection and configuration data contained in conditional access system firmware, decrypting and extracting a session or category key from an input media str... | 1. A method of generating encryption and decryption keys for a multiple tier, variable key ladder (VKL) hierarchy, the method comprising: determining a device key based on network connection and configuration data contained in conditional access system firmware; decrypting and extracting a session or category key from ... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for an encryption and decryption variable key ladder. 2. Background Art Conventional implementations of media (e.g., video, audio, video plus audio, and the like) program stream delivery systems (e.g., cable, sate... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for an encryption and decryption variable key ladder. 2. Background Art Conventional implementations of media (e.g., video, audio, video plus audio, and the like) program stream delivery systems (e.g.,... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention generally provides new and innovative systems and techniques for-security technology that provides for lengthening the life cycle of any conditional access (CA) system by making at least one element (e.g., a variable key ladder (VKL)) of the CA system variable ... | 20050216 | 20110426 | 20060817 | 72035.0 | H04L900 | 3 | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VARIABLE KEY LADDER | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | H04L | 2,005 | |
11,058,916 | ACCEPTED | Tobacco product | A tobacco product is formed by rolling moistened tobacco leaves about a cylindrical form casing and allowing the leaves to dry to form a shell. After the form casing is removed a consumer can fill the shell with crushed tobacco leaves of a favorite blend, thereby eliminating some steps in the making of a “roll-your-own... | 1-34. (canceled) 35. A product including a cigar tube for holding an end user's tobacco fill material, comprising: a cigar tube comprising a sheet of material that includes tobacco leaves or homogenized tobacco paper, the sheet of material being rolled into a tube and having edges that can be moved apart to unroll the ... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This is a divisional of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/361,985, filed Feb. 11, 2003 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,854,471), which was a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/090,932, filed Mar. 5, 2002 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,526,986), which was a continuation of ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates to tobacco products, and more particularly to a cigar shell for “roll your own” tobacco products. In recent years, smoking of cigars has become in vogue, and numerous cigar shops opened around the world to satisfy this growing trend. The variety, qua... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a device for making a tobacco shell. It is another object of the invention to provide a method of making a shell suitable for use in rolling a custom-made cigar. It is a further object of the present invention to provid... | 20050215 | 20090811 | 20050901 | 91201.0 | 3 | LOPEZ, CARLOS N | CIGAR TUBE | SMALL | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,058,956 | ACCEPTED | Network accounting and billing system and method | In some embodiments, network traffic information is captured at network information sources. These sources provide detailed information about the network communications transactions at a network device. Importantly, different types of sources can provide different types of information. Gatherer devices gather the detai... | 1. A method for reporting on the collection of network usage information from a plurality of network devices, comprising: collecting network communications usage information in real-time from a plurality of network devices at a plurality of layers; filtering and aggregating the network communications usage information;... | COPYRIGHT NOTICE A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains materials that are subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patents, files or records, but otherwi... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A. Field of the Invention This invention relates to the field of computer networks. In particular, the invention relates to accounting and billing for services in a computer network. B. Description of the Related Art The low cost of Internet connectivity and a wide range of servi... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A network accounting and billing system and method are described. In some embodiments, the system can access any network related information sources such as traffic statistics provided by routers and switching hubs as well as application server access logs. The information can be ac... | 20050215 | 20080812 | 20050623 | 87554.0 | 1 | HARRELL, ROBERT B | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REPORTING ON THE COLLECTION OF NETWORK USAGE INFORMATION | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,058,997 | ACCEPTED | Card adaptor | A plurality of specific external connecting parts can be short-circuited, without increasing the number of parts and mounting work. A plurality of external connecting parts provided in parallel to each other, and a short-circuit part for short-circuiting edges located at rear end side of each of a first external connec... | 1. A card adaptor comprising: a plurality of external connecting parts provided in parallel to each other; and a short-circuit part for short-circuiting edges located at rear end side of each of a plurality of specific external connecting parts which at least one external connecting part is inserted therebetween. 2. Th... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card adaptor for connecting a small card mounted in a card mounting part to a card connector device. 2. Description of the Related Art Such conventional techniques are shown in Japanese unexamined Patent Application Publication Nos... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card adaptor for connecting a small card mounted in a card mounting part to a card connector device. 2. Description of the Related Art Such conventional techniques are shown in Japanese unexamined Patent Application Pub... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In view of the above-mentioned problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a card adaptor which can short-circuit a plurality of specific external connecting parts without increasing the number of parts and mounting work. In addition, it is another object of the pr... | 20050215 | 20080520 | 20050825 | 73904.0 | 0 | HAUGHTON, ANTHONY MICHAEL | CARD ADAPTOR | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,059,001 | ACCEPTED | Circuit breaking link status detection and reporting circuit | Certain embodiments provide a circuit breaking link status and reporting system. The system includes a power source and a circuit breaking link in communication therewith. An electrical outlet is in interruptible power supply communication with the circuit breaking link. A sensor is in interruptible electrical communic... | 1. A power distribution unit of the type useable to distribute power from a power input to a plurality of electronic apparatus, the power distribution unit comprising: (A) a power distribution unit housing having at least one power input passage formed in the power distribution unit housing; (B) a power input penetrati... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application claims, the benefit of, and hereby expressly incorporates by reference in its entirety, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/624,286, filed Nov. 1, 2004, and entitled “POWER DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS”, By Ewing et al. TECHNICAL FIELD The present inventi... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>Electronic equipment racks commonly consist of rectangular or box-shaped housings or rack structures. Electronic equipment is commonly mountable in such racks so that the various electronic components are aligned vertically one on top of the other in the rack. Often, multiple racks are oriented s... | <SOH> BRIEF SUMMARY OF ASPECTS OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention provides circuit breaking link status detection and reporting circuitry. Certain embodiments provide a power distribution unit constructed using a circuit breaking link status detection and reporting circuit. In one embodiment of the circuit br... | 20050215 | 20080715 | 20060504 | 95401.0 | H02B126 | 1 | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | CIRCUIT BREAKING LINK STATUS DETECTION AND REPORTING CIRCUIT | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | H02B | 2,005 | |
11,059,133 | ACCEPTED | Communication assistance system and method | A communication assistance system is provided for providing access to information corresponding to a plurality of subscribers. The system includes a telephone switch for receiving calls from a plurality of requesters desiring to access the information corresponding to subscribers. A first database stores the informatio... | 1. A communication assistance system for providing access to information corresponding to a plurality of subscribers, the system comprising: a telephone switch for receiving calls from a plurality of requesters desiring to access said information corresponding to subscribers; a first database configured to store said i... | RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/049,803, filed on Feb. 15, 2002, which is a National Stage Application of PCT Application No. PCT/US01/02366, filed on Jan. 24, 2001, which in turn claims the benefit of priority from U.S. Provisional Application No... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention is directed to a system and method, which allows a requester to contact a communication apparatus user, and in particular, to a system and method which provides wireless directory and other information assistance services. 2. Descri... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention advantageously provides a system and method which facilitate the efficient acquisition of wireless service subscriber information, preferably wireless apparatus subscriber information, which allows for a specific correlation between the subscriber and the ident... | 20050215 | 20060404 | 20050623 | 75675.0 | 1 | ESCALANTE, OVIDIO | COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,059,255 | ACCEPTED | Semiconductor device equipped with a voltage step-up circuit | A semiconductor device is equipped with a step-up circuit having a series of multiple charge pump units. Each of the units has a well separation type MOS transistor. The separation well of the transistor is coupled to a high potential so as to form double reverse biases between the N-type well and a P-type substrate an... | 1-11. (canceled) 12. A semiconductor device equipped with a step-up circuit, said voltage step- up circuit comprising: multiple charge pump units connected in series, each unit including a MOS transistor and a capacitor having one end connected to the input or output end of said MOS transistor and another end connected... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to a semiconductor device equipped with a voltage step-up circuit for stepping up a low supply voltage to higher voltages. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Step-up circuits have been widely used in conventional semiconductor devices (referred to as ICs) such as EEPROM or flash me... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Step-up circuits have been widely used in conventional semiconductor devices (referred to as ICs) such as EEPROM or flash memories in order to provide them with suitable power from a standardized single power source within the IC. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a conventional s... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>It is, therefore, an object of the invention to provide a semiconductor device equipped with a step-up circuit having a minimum number of charge pump units yet capable of providing a required high output voltage by totally or substantially removing the limitation by the threshold vo... | 20050215 | 20070313 | 20050623 | 98712.0 | 0 | TRA, ANH QUAN | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH A VOLTAGE STEP-UP CIRCUIT | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,059,503 | ACCEPTED | Developing device and printing device | The subject invention provides a developing device in which respective lateral ends (the portions overlapped with the side seals 27) of the front seal board 23 are adhered/fixed to the side seals 27. More specifically, the gap between the both sides A1 and the return edge A2 of the opening section A of the toner tank 4... | 1. A developing device for developing a latent image by obtaining developer from an opening section of a developer tank by a developing roller that is provided in a printing device, covering the opening section from outside of the developer tank, wherein: the developing device comprises: a seal mechanism for sealing a ... | This Nonprovisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) on Patent Application No. 2004/042045 filed in Japan on Feb. 18, 2004, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a developing device, provided in a printing device, f... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A conventional electrophotographic printing device (image forming device) includes a photoconductive drum (image carrying body), a charging device, an exposing device, a developing device, a transferring device, and a fixing device. In such a printing device, the photoconductive ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>An object of the present invention is to provide a developing device capable of easily preventing toner leakage between the front seal board and the side seals. In order to solve the foregoing problems, the developing device of the present invention (the device of the present invent... | 20050217 | 20070731 | 20050818 | 71094.0 | 0 | GLEITZ, RYAN M | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND PRINTING DEVICE | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,059,508 | ACCEPTED | Light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same | A light-emitting device capable of improving light extraction efficiency is provided. This light-emitting device comprises a support substrate set on a side opposite to a light emission surface and a semiconductor element layer, bonded to the support substrate, having a side surface inclined by a prescribed angle with ... | 1. A light-emitting device comprising: a support substrate set on a side opposite to a light emission surface; and a semiconductor element layer, bonded to said support substrate, having a side surface inclined by a prescribed angle with respect to at least the normal of said light emission surface. 2. The light-emitti... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a light-emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, it relates to a light-emitting device comprising a semiconductor element layer and a method of manufacturing the same. 2. Description of the Backg... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a light-emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, it relates to a light-emitting device comprising a semiconductor element layer and a method of manufacturing the same. 2. Description ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the aforementioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting device capable of improving light extraction efficiency. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of manu... | 20050217 | 20110628 | 20050915 | 99677.0 | 0 | WEISS, HOWARD | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE HAVING A SUPPORT SUBSTRATE AND INCLINED SIDES | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,059,536 | ACCEPTED | DC offset, re-radiation, and I/Q solutions using universal frequency translation technology | Methods, systems, and apparatuses for down-converting an electromagnetic (EM) signal by aliasing the EM signal, and applications thereof are described herein. Reducing or eliminating DC offset voltages and re-radiation generated when down-converting an electromagnetic (EM) signal is also described herein. Down-converti... | 1. (canceled) 2. An apparatus for down-converting an input signal, comprising: a first frequency down-conversion module that receives an input signal, wherein the first frequency down-conversion module down-converts the input signal according to a first control signal and outputs a first down-converted signal; a second... | This application claims priority to the following: U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/171,502, filed Dec. 22, 1999; U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/177,705, filed on Jan. 24, 2000; U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/129,839, filed on Apr. 16, 1999; U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/158,047, filed on Oct. 7, 199... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to down-conversion and up-conversion of electromagnetic (EM) signals. More particularly, the present invention relates to reducing or eliminating DC offset voltages and re-radiation that occurs during down-conversion of EM s... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Briefly stated, the present invention is directed to methods, systems, and apparatuses for down-converting an electromagnetic (EM) signal by aliasing the EM signal, and applications thereof. The present invention is further directed to reducing or eliminating DC offset voltages and ... | 20050217 | 20090526 | 20050630 | 58753.0 | 1 | NGUYEN, LEE | DC OFFSET, RE-RADIATION, AND I/Q SOLUTIONS USING UNIVERSAL FREQUENCY TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,059,554 | ACCEPTED | Light emitting device and fabrication method thereof | A light emitting device fabrication method. The fabrication method of the light emitting device comprises providing a light emitting semiconductor device; positioning a plurality of luminescent particles at the optical path of the light emitting semiconductor device; and reducing the distance between the luminescent pa... | 1. A light emitting device, comprising: a light emitting semiconductor device; and a luminescent powder layer which is adhesive material free, disposed on an optical path of the light emitting semiconductor device, wherein at least a part of the luminescent powder layer is coagulated. 2. The light emitting device as cl... | BACKGROUND The invention relates to a light emitting device and fabrication method thereof, and more particularly to a luminescent powder layer for the light emitting device and fabrication method thereof. Light emitting diodes (LEDs) have high brightness, low volume, low power consumption and long life and such as, ar... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>The invention relates to a light emitting device and fabrication method thereof, and more particularly to a luminescent powder layer for the light emitting device and fabrication method thereof. Light emitting diodes (LEDs) have high brightness, low volume, low power consumption and long life and... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>Accordingly, embodiments of the invention provide a light emitting diode device and fabrication method thereof. The invention provides another method for placing the phosphor layer on the LED chip surface and addresses the phosphor powders and the adhesive mixture issue. Embodiments of the invention... | 20050217 | 20100706 | 20050825 | 66331.0 | 2 | GREEN, TRACIE Y | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,059,580 | ACCEPTED | Analgesic and anti-inflammatory composition | The present invention discloses a composition that contains (1) an effective amount of an analgesically and/or anti-inflammatory active fraction separated from a mixture of plasma and/or serum, and (2) at least one metal, metal ion or metal salt, in which the mixture has been denatured. Also disclosed are methods of pr... | 1. A composition comprising an effective amount of an analgesically and/or anti-inflammatory active fraction separated from a mixture of plasma and/or serum and at least one metal, metal ion or metal salt thereof, wherein said mixture has been denatured. 2. A composition according to claim 1, wherein the plasma or seru... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an agent having analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity. In particular the present invention relates to a composition comprising an effective amount of an analgesically and anti-inflammatory active fraction separated from a mixture of plasma and/or serum and at l... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Pain can be defined as an unpleasant sensation ranging from mild discomfort to agonizing distress, associated with real or potential tissue damage, or a disorder of the nervous system. Pain is a response to impulses from the peripheral nerves in damaged tissue, which pass to nerv... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In a first aspect, the present invention provides a composition comprising an effective amount of an analgesically and/or anti-inflammatory active fraction separated from a mixture of plasma and/or serum and at least one metal, metal ion or metal salt thereof, wherein said mixture h... | 20050216 | 20090331 | 20060817 | 99950.0 | A61K3516 | 0 | DAVIS, RUTH A | ANALGESIC AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY COMPOSITION | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | A61K | 2,005 | |
11,059,663 | ACCEPTED | Apparatus for floor cleaning and treatment | The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for cleaning or otherwise treating a floored surface that includes a platform adapted to support the weight of an operator. In addition, one embodiment of the present invention is capable of generally performing 360° turns to facilitate the treatment of difficult ... | 1. A floor treating apparatus comprising: a chassis with a lower surface, a front surface, an upper surface, a rear surface, a left surface and a right surface, wherein a platform is provided that is adapted to support the weight of an operator; a powered wheel operably connected adjacent the lower surface of the chass... | This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. Nos. 60/545,153 and 60/627,606, filed Feb. 16, 2004 and Nov. 12, 2004, respectively, and is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/737,027, filed Dec. 15, 2003, which is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. patent applicati... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Cleaning machines are used extensively for cleaning flooring surfaces comprised of tile, stone, brick, wood, concrete, carpets and other common surfaces. Maintaining the cleanliness of these surfaces, especially in high volume areas in commercial, industrial, institutional and pu... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>It is one aspect of the present invention to provide a floor treatment apparatus that is easy to maneuver. More specifically, one embodiment of the present invention is constructed of a chassis section that includes an enclosure that houses at least a portion of the internal compone... | 20050215 | 20090519 | 20050623 | 97286.0 | 1 | CHIN, RANDALL E | FLOOR TREATMENT APPARATUS | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,059,689 | ACCEPTED | Communications system and program | A communications system in a first vehicle sends departing information indicating that the first vehicle is about to depart from a parking space along with the vehicle information of the first vehicle when a door is unlocked, a key is inserted, and an engine is started. When the sent departing information is received b... | 1. A communications system provided in a vehicle, the communications system comprising: a communicating unit that has a wireless communications area to execute an inter-vehicle communications; a vehicle state detecting unit that detects at least one state of the vehicle; and a controlling unit that controls various con... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is based on and incorporates herein by reference Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-62500 filed on Mar. 5, 2004. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a communications system to communicate, between vehicles, information used for determining a... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Parking lots including parking structures without mechanical movement include a type that a driver searches a parking space and a type that an attendant guides a driver to a parking space. In these parking lots, it is sometimes difficult to find a vacant parking space. In particu... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>It is an object of the present invention to provide a communications system capable of communicating between vehicles information enabling a driver to determine availability of parking spaces. To achieve the above object, a communications system mounted in a vehicle is provided with... | 20050217 | 20070703 | 20050908 | 71028.0 | 0 | TANG, SON M | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND PROGRAM | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,059,736 | ACCEPTED | Internal routing protocol support for distributing encryption information | A method and apparatus for providing routing protocol support for distributing encryption information is presented. Subnet prefixes reachable on a first customer site in an encrypted manner are identified, as are security groups the subnet prefixes belong to. An advertisement is received at a first Customer Edge (CE) d... | 1. A method of providing IGP routing protocol support for distributing encryption information comprising: identifying subnet prefixes reachable on a first customer site; identifying, with security group identifiers, security groups the subnet prefixes belong to; receiving, at a first Customer Edge (CE) device in said f... | BACKGROUND Cryptography is used to make it difficult for an unauthorized third party to access and understand private communication between two parties. Private data can be made unintelligible to unauthorized parties through the process of encryption. Encryption uses complex algorithms to convert the original message, ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>Cryptography is used to make it difficult for an unauthorized third party to access and understand private communication between two parties. Private data can be made unintelligible to unauthorized parties through the process of encryption. Encryption uses complex algorithms to convert the origin... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>Conventional mechanisms such as those explained above suffer from a variety of deficiencies. One such deficiency is that conventional DGVPN runs from CE router to CE router and therefore has no means for distribution of encryption/authentication requirements when using an Interior Gateway Protocol (... | 20050217 | 20091117 | 20060817 | 73191.0 | H04L932 | 0 | RAHIM, MONJUR | INTERNAL ROUTING PROTOCOL SUPPORT FOR DISTRIBUTING ENCRYPTION INFORMATION | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | H04L | 2,005 | |
11,059,746 | ACCEPTED | Promotional event tracking system | This invention relates to the methods of coordinating and tracking product and service demonstrations. An event coordinator directs event operators to conduct a product or service demonstration event. The event coordinator provides event operators with cards, such as debit cards, credit cards, or smart cards, to purcha... | 1. A method for coordinating promotional events, the method comprising: receiving a request to organize a promotional event; assigning an agency to staff the promotional event with an event operator, wherein the event operator is assigned an event card that uniquely identifies the event operator; receiving data associa... | RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/013,826 filed Dec. 7, 2001, which claims the benefit under 35 USC § 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/269,047, filed Feb. 15, 2001, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/305,805, filed Jul. 16, 2001, and... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The invention relates generally to the methods for remotely managing financial expenditures by employees, and more particularly to the methods for coordinating product and service demonstrations. 2. Description of the Related Art A number of companies su... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates to systems and methods for coordinating and tracking promotional events so as to provide parties involved in the promotional events with useful event data. In certain embodiments, the event data is provided in real-time to the parties so as to allow tim... | 20050217 | 20100914 | 20050901 | 65555.0 | 2 | UBER, NATHAN C | PROMOTIONAL EVENT TRACKING SYSTEM | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,059,775 | ACCEPTED | Peptides immunoreactive with autoantibodies from patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis | The invention relates to a peptide derived from an antigen recognized by autoantibodies, which peptide is reactive with autoimmune antibodies from a patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. The peptide according to the invention possesses a modified arginine residue. The invention also relates to antibodies against... | 1-15. (canceled) 16. An artificial antigen consisting of a recombinant or synthetic polypeptide which comprises a modified amino acid sequence derived from filaggrin by replacing at least one arginine residue with a citrulline residue of a wild type filaggrin amino acid sequence, which antigen is specifically immunorea... | Peptide derived from an antigen recognized by autoantibodies from patients with rheumatoid arthritis, antibody directed against said peptide, a combinatorial antigen, and a method of detecting auto-immune antibodies The present invention relates to a peptide derived from an antigen recognized by autoantibodies from pat... | 20050216 | 20080226 | 20050825 | 65234.0 | 1 | VANDERVEGT, FRANCOIS P | PEPTIDES IMMUNOREACTIVE WITH AUTOANTIBODIES FROM PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||||
11,059,791 | ACCEPTED | Personal health monitor and a method for health monitoring | The invention provides a personal health monitor that includes a physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data; and a personal data accessory, whereas the personal data accessory is adapted to execute health monitoring software such as to enable the personal data accessory to receive the physio... | 1. A personal health monitor comprising: a physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data; and a personal data accessory, whereas the personal data accessory is adapted to execute health monitoring software such as to enable the personal data accessory to receive the physiological data, process ... | RELATED APPLICATIONS This patent application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/876,139 filed on Jun. 23, 2004 which is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/086,633 filed on Mar. 4, 2002 which is continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/261,136 filed on ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The amount of hand-Held devices and personal data accessories, such as cellular phones, PDA and etc. has dramatically increased during the last two decades. Multiple vendors across the globe invest increasing amounts of research and development efforts to provide highly sophistic... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The invention provides a method for health monitoring, the method includes: (i) gathering physiological data; (ii) providing the physiological data to a Cellular Phone, Hand-Held device or PDA (personal data accessory); (iii) executing health monitoring software to process the physi... | 20050216 | 20090602 | 20050915 | 84060.0 | 2 | RAYMOND, EDWARD | PERSONAL HEALTH MONITOR AND A METHOD FOR HEALTH MONITORING | SMALL | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,059,886 | ACCEPTED | Coffee maker brew basket | A brew basket for an automatic drip coffee maker has a funnel-shape with a relatively wide top end and relatively narrow bottom end. A stepped support ring is integral in and defines a ledge around a circumference of the brew basket. A coffee filter pod is supported on its periphery by the support ring during brewing. | 1. An automatic drip coffee maker brew basket comprising: a hollow, funnel-shaped brew basket having a relatively wide top end and a relatively narrow bottom end, with both the top and bottom ends being open to allow the flow of liquid through the basket; a stepped support ring integral in and defining a ledge around a... | The present invention relates to a brew basket for an automatic drip coffee maker. Specifically, a brew basket is shaped to work with a soft pack filter pod of coffee. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Automatic drip coffee makers are well known and widely used. They are effective to brew carafes of coffee, typically contain... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Automatic drip coffee makers are well known and widely used. They are effective to brew carafes of coffee, typically containing five to eight cups or more of liquid. Automatic drip coffee makers may also be used for brewing small batches (one to four cups), and some coffee makers... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to overcome the difficulties in the use of filter pods with an automatic drip coffee maker type of system. Briefly, the improved brew basket is specially engineered to support a coffee filter pod during the brewing process to imp... | 20050217 | 20100112 | 20060817 | 61615.0 | A47G1914 | 1 | SIMONE, TIMOTHY F | COFFEE MAKER BREW BASKET | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | A47G | 2,005 | |
11,060,033 | ACCEPTED | Enhanced identification applicance for verifying and authenticating the bearer through biometric data | An enhanced identification appliance, such as a wristband, bracelet, patch, headband, neckband, ankleband, legband, card, sticker, or other wearable appliance, may have a biometric sensor, chemical sensor, optical sensor, heat sensor, pressure sensor, humidity sensor, electromagnetic sensor, acoustic sensor, various op... | 1.-52. (canceled) 53. An identification appliance adapted to provide information about a person, the identification appliance comprising: a structure adapted to be worn by or attached to the person; a communication circuit disposed in or on the structure, the circuit adapted to receive biometric information about the p... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The field of the invention relates generally to identification appliances such as wristbands, and in particular to an identification appliance with a biometric sensor, chemical sensor, optical sensor, heat sensor, pressure sensor, humidity sensor, electromagnetic sensor, acoustic sensor, various ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>This disclosure contemplates an improved identification wristband, bracelet, patch, headband, necklace, card, sticker, or other wearable appliance, which for the sake of convenience, are collectively referred to as a “band” or as a “identification appliance”. Identification bands... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>An identification appliance, such as a wristband, bracelet, patch, headband, neckband, ankleband, armband, belt, card, sticker, or other wearable appliance, is enhanced with a biometric sensor, chemical sensor, optical sensor, heat sensor, pressure sensor, humidity sensor, electroma... | 20050216 | 20101214 | 20070125 | 68349.0 | A44C500 | 1 | HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN | ENHANCED IDENTIFICATION APPLIANCE FOR VERIFYING AND AUTHENTICATING THE BEARER THROUGH BIOMETRIC DATA | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | A44C | 2,005 | |
11,060,087 | ACCEPTED | Predicting wheel slip and skid in a locomotive | The present invention is directed to the termination of the occurrence of wheel slip/skid and prediction and prevention of the onset of wheel slip/skid in a locomotive. In one configuration, a lookup table of adhesion factors is used to predict the occurrence of wheel slip/skid. | 1. A method, comprising: (a) receiving a requested notch setting from a locomotive operator, the requested notch setting providing more power to a plurality of traction motors than a current notch setting; (b) in response to the receiving step (a), determining whether wheel slip is likely for at least one wheel if the ... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION The present application claims the benefits, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e), of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/545,673, filed Feb. 17, 2004, of the same title, which is incorporated herein by this reference. Cross reference is made to U.S. Pat. No. 6,812,656 issued Nov. 2, 2004... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>Existing railroad locomotives are typically powered by a diesel engine which utilizes an alternator to deliver electric power to traction motors which in turn power the drive wheels of the locomotive. The power to the traction motors is typically provided by a single chopper for DC traction motor... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>These and other needs are addressed by the various embodiments and configurations of the present invention which is directed generally to methods and systems for terminating wheel slip and skid, predicting the onset of wheel slip and skid, and creating and using wheel slip and wheel skid data to inh... | 20050216 | 20060801 | 20050901 | 64660.0 | 0 | IP, SHIK LUEN PAUL | PREDICTING WHEEL SLIP AND SKID IN A LOCOMOTIVE | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,060,112 | ACCEPTED | Waste water recovery system | A waste water recovery system to filter and recirculate waste water to a wash system including a fluid recovery line, a fluid supply line and a fluid backwash line comprising a filter assembly including a water filtering section to receive waste water from the wash system and to recirculate filtered water to the wash s... | 1. A waste water recovery system to filter and recirculate waste water to a wash system including a fluid recovery line, a fluid supply line and a fluid backwash line comprising a filter assembly including a water filtering section to receive waste water from the wash system and to recirculate filtered water to the was... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention A waste water recovery system to filter and recirculate waste water from and to a wash system. 2. Description of the Prior Art Numerous efforts have been made to design an efficient system to recover and recirculate waste water from car washes and other industrial p... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention A waste water recovery system to filter and recirculate waste water from and to a wash system. 2. Description of the Prior Art Numerous efforts have been made to design an efficient system to recover and recirculate waste water from car washes and other ... | <SOH> BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS <EOH>For a fuller understanding of the nature and object of the invention, reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which: FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the waste water recovery system of the present i... | 20050217 | 20080624 | 20060817 | 62704.0 | B01D3516 | 1 | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | WASTE WATER RECOVERY SYSTEM | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | B01D | 2,005 | |
11,060,302 | ACCEPTED | Positioning apparatus and exposure apparatus | A positioning apparatus includes a beam, an X-Y slider which surrounds at least a part of the beam and moves with the beam, an actuator which generates a force between the beam and the X-Y slider to control a positional relationship between the beam and the X-Y slider, and a stopper which regulates the positional relat... | 1. A positioning apparatus, comprising: a beam; a movable member which surrounds at least a part of the beam and moves with the beam; an actuator which generates a force between the beam and the movable member to control a positional relationship between the beam and the movable member; and a position regulator which r... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a positioning apparatus and exposure apparatus. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In an exposure apparatus, inspection apparatus, machine tool, and the like, a positioning apparatus is used to position an object to be processed or the like. FIG. 8 is a perspective view ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In an exposure apparatus, inspection apparatus, machine tool, and the like, a positioning apparatus is used to position an object to be processed or the like. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the schematic structure of a positioning apparatus formed as a wafer stage device fo... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention has been made in recognition of the above problems by the present inventor, and has as its object to prevent wear or damage of the constituent components of the positioning apparatus. A positioning apparatus according to the present invention comprises a beam, ... | 20050218 | 20091013 | 20050825 | 94321.0 | 0 | LE, DANG D | POSITIONING APPARATUS AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,060,314 | ACCEPTED | Resin board, manufacturing process for resin board, connection medium body, circuit board and manufacturing process for circuit board | A compression function layer 60 is provided on at least one board surface. The compression function layer 60 adds a function of being compressed by receiving pressure in the direction of the board thickness to the resin board 10 which includes this layer. Thereby a sufficient pressure is applied to conductors 14. | 1-22. (canceled) 23. A manufacturing process for a circuit board comprising: the step of placing a porous layer on at least one board surface of a resin board; the step of creating through holes in the direction of the thickness of said resin board; the step of filling conductors into said through holes; the step of pl... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a resin board which is used as a circuit board, a connection medium body, a manufacturing process for a connection medium body a circuit board and a manufacturing process for a circuit board. 2. Description of the Related Art In rece... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a resin board which is used as a circuit board, a connection medium body, a manufacturing process for a connection medium body a circuit board and a manufacturing process for a circuit board. 2. Description of the Related... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Accordingly, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a circuit board which can implement a low connection resistance and an excellent connection stability. In order to achieve the above described purpose, the present invention provides a compression function layer on... | 20050218 | 20060912 | 20050630 | 60147.0 | 0 | PHAN, THIEM D | A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A CIRCUIT BOARD | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,060,323 | ACCEPTED | Integrated battery service system | An integrated battery service system performs a plurality of services related to a battery, such as battery testing, battery charging, and the like. In addition, the integrated service system provides services to devices/components that are coupled to the battery, such as starters, alternators, etc. The integrated batt... | 1. A battery service system comprising: connectors configured to couple to a battery; a signal source coupled to the connectors for generating signals with time variant components configured to apply the signals to the battery continuously during a battery test; a processor coupled to the connectors and configured to r... | RELATED APPLICATION This application claims the benefit of priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/387,912, entitled “MULTI-FUNCTION BATTERY SERVICE SYSTEM,” filed Jun. 13, 2002, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE The disclosure relates generally to ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE <EOH>Conventionally, battery testers are implemented as a single-function system used exclusively for testing battery conditions. Some newer systems combine battery testing functions with battery charging functions such that rechargeable batteries are tested before being charged to d... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE <EOH>An exemplary integrated battery service system disclosed herein addresses the above noted needs as well as other needs and problems. The integrated battery service system is configured to perform a plurality of services related to a battery, such as battery testing, battery chargin... | 20050218 | 20100202 | 20050721 | 84060.0 | 21 | RAYMOND, EDWARD | INTEGRATED BATTERY SERVICE SYSTEM | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,060,358 | ACCEPTED | Apparatus and method for autonomic adjustment of connection keep-alives | A server computer system includes a keep-alive autonomic adjustment mechanism that monitors current operating conditions and dynamically adjusts the keep-alive specification to optimize the keep-alives for the current operating conditions. The keep-alive autonomic adjustment mechanism monitors the total number of clien... | 1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; a memory coupled to the at least one processor; a server application residing in the memory and executed by the at least one processor, the server application comprising: a keep-alive mechanism that keeps a connection to a client open according to a defined keep-alive... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Technical Field This invention generally relates to computer systems, and more specifically relates to connections for communicating between computer systems. 2. Background Art Many computer systems today are highly networked to provide a variety of different computing services. For examp... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Technical Field This invention generally relates to computer systems, and more specifically relates to connections for communicating between computer systems. 2. Background Art Many computer systems today are highly networked to provide a variety of different computing service... | <SOH> BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS <EOH>The preferred embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, where like designations denote like elements, and: FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus in accordance with the preferred embodiments; FIG. 2 is a blo... | 20050217 | 20081202 | 20060817 | 95526.0 | G08C1500 | 0 | ZHOU, YONG | Autonomic adjustment of connection keep-alives | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | G08C | 2,005 | |
11,060,407 | ACCEPTED | Clocking methodology for at-speed testing of scan circuits with synchronous clocks | A clocking method for at-speed scan testing for delay defects in cross-domain paths of interacting synchronous clock domains in a scan circuit, each path originating from a source memory element in one of the domains and terminating at a destination memory element in another of the domains and comprises selectively ali... | 1. A clocking method for at-speed scan testing for delay defects in cross-domain paths of interacting synchronous clock domains in a scan circuit, each said path originating from a source memory element in one of said domains and terminating at a destination memory element in another of said domains and each said memor... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. Nos. 60/564,210 and 60/579,649 filed Apr. 22, 2004, and Jun. 15, 2004, respectively, both incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to integrated circuits and, more specifically, to at-speed testing of scan circuits having interacting synchronous clock domains. 2. Description of Related Art Scan circuits consist of logic and memory elements whi... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention seeks to provide a clocking method for at-speed testing of cross-domain paths between synchronous clock domains for a propagation time equal to the period of the higher frequency clock, which minimizes the sequential depth of the circuit to be analyzed and whic... | 20050218 | 20080909 | 20051027 | 99785.0 | 0 | TRIMMINGS, JOHN P | CLOCKING METHODOLOGY FOR AT-SPEED TESTING OF SCAN CIRCUITS WITH SYNCHRONOUS CLOCKS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,060,582 | ACCEPTED | Method of improving pedicle screw placement in spinal surgery | A method of determining the size and placement of screws in pedicles during surgery in a selected spinal area, comprising using a computer to generate a dimensionally true three-dimensional image of the bony spine in the selected spinal area; using a computer to hollow out the vertebra in the three-dimensional image wi... | 1. A method of determining the size and placement of screws in pedicles during surgery in a selected spinal area, comprising: using a computer to generate a dimensionally true three-dimensional image of the bony spine in the selected spinal area; using a computer to hollow out the vertebra in the three-dimensional imag... | This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/545,903, filed on Feb. 20, 2004. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the general field of spinal surgery and, more particularly, to a computerized or automated method for the accurate sizing and placement of pedicle sc... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Placement of screws into the human spine is a common surgical procedure to allow for a multitude of spinal surgeries to be performed. Screws are typically placed into the pedicles of individual vertebra in the lumbar and sacral spine. Given their biomechanical advantages over oth... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention utilizes three dimensional images and a computer or similar device to generate a table providing the maximum allowable pedicle screw diameter and length, summary data on trajectory, and also generates a schematic diagram illustrating this data for individual ve... | 20050218 | 20070626 | 20050901 | 61925.0 | 0 | REIMERS, ANNETTE R | METHOD OF IMPROVING PEDICLE SCREW PLACEMENT IN SPINAL SURGERY | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,060,603 | ACCEPTED | Heat exchanger | A heat exchanger according to the present invention has a plurality of tubes, header tanks and a support. Fluid flows through the plurality of tubes. The header tanks have a core plate and a tank body, and are disposed at longitudinal end portions of the plurality of tubes in such a manner to be communicated with inter... | 1. A heat exchanger comprising: a plurality of tubes through which fluid flows; header tanks having a core plate and a tank body, and disposed at longitudinal end portions of the plurality of tubes in such a manner to be communicated with internal spaces of the plurality of tubes, the core plate having approximately ar... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-046828 filed on Feb. 23, 2004, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a heat exchanger, which can ef... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>A conventional heat exchanger for cooling intake air pressurized by a supercharger before introduced into an internal combustion engine has a core portion having a plurality of tubes and serving as a heat exchanging portion and a header tank communicated with the plurality of tub... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>It is therefore an object of the present invention is to provide a heat exchanger for reducing stress at a connection of a core plate and a tube of the heat exchanger without using a bulging limiter of a tank body of the heat exchanger. To achieve the above object, a heat exchanger ... | 20050217 | 20070501 | 20050908 | 64172.0 | 0 | WALBERG, TERESA J | HEAT EXCHANGER | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,060,641 | ACCEPTED | Compositions for delivering hypnotic agents across the oral mucosa and methods of use thereof | The present invention provides novel compositions for the delivery of a hypnotic agent across the oral mucosa. In particular, the buffer system in the compositions of the present invention raises the pH of saliva to a pH greater than about 7.8, thereby facilitating the substantially complete conversion of the hypnotic ... | 1. A solid composition for delivery of a hypnotic agent across the oral mucosa, said composition comprising: (a) a hypnotic agent selected from the group consisting of an imidazopyridine, a dihydropyrrolopyrazine, a pyrazolopyrimidine, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; (b) a carrier that provides complete... | CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application claims priority to U.S. application Ser. No. 10/783,118, filed Feb. 17, 2004, which has been converted to a U.S. Provisional Application, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/598,629, filed Aug. 3, 2004, each of which is herein incorporated by referenc... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Insomnia is a condition that affects a person's ability to fall asleep or to maintain sleep. It is the most common sleep disorder, affecting millions of Americans each year. Benzodiazepines, which are available as short, intermediate, or long-acting hypnotic agents, have proven u... | <SOH> BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention provides novel compositions for the delivery of a hypnotic agent across the oral mucosa. In particular, the buffer system in the compositions of the present invention raises the pH of saliva to a pH greater than about 7.8, thereby facilitating the substan... | 20050216 | 20100209 | 20051013 | 62168.0 | 5 | SHEIKH, HUMERA N | COMPOSITIONS FOR DELIVERING HYPNOTIC AGENTS ACROSS THE ORAL MUCOSA AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,060,664 | ACCEPTED | Serial-to-ethernet conversion port | The present invention relates to a serial-to-Ethernet modular converter jack and a method of fabricating of the same. The serial-to-Ethernet converter electronic components, including the control software stored in on-board memory, are miniaturized and housed entirely in an RJ-45 jack. The present invention is construc... | 1-20. (canceled) 21. A module comprising: a connector for connection to an electronic component board; a logic circuit within a housing that translates between a serial protocol and an Ethernet protocol; and an Ethernet output. 22. The module of claim 77 wherein the Ethernet output is hardwired to an external component... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/122,867 filed Apr. 15, 2002. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to generally to Ethernet ports and the serial-to-Ethernet conversion associated with such ports. More particularly... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates to generally to Ethernet ports and the serial-to-Ethernet conversion associated with such ports. More particularly, the invention relates to the structure and method of fabrication of a serial-to-Ethernet converter housed completely within an Etherne... | <SOH> BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates to a serial-to-Ethernet modular converter jack and a method of fabricating of the same. In the embodiments of the present invention serial-to-Ethernet converter electronic components are miniaturized and housed entirely in an RJ-45 jack. All of th... | 20050217 | 20060328 | 20050623 | 66608.0 | 1 | PRASAD, CHANDRIKA | SERIAL-TO-ETHERNET CONVERSION PORT | SMALL | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,060,713 | ACCEPTED | Reduced keypad | An apparatus is provided with a first plurality of input keys. Each of the first plurality of input keys is associated with at least one numeric value and at least one alphabetic value and arranged in a numeric and first alphabetic telephone keypad arrangement. The apparatus is also provided with a second plurality of ... | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a first plurality of input keys, at least some input keys of the first plurality of input keys being associated with both a numeric value and a first set of alphabetic values, at least some of the input keys of the first plurality of input keys being arranged in a first alphabetic keypad la... | RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of priority from Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/565,638 filed Apr. 27, 2004, Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/566,676 filed Apr. 30, 2004, Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/567,214 filed Apr. 30, 2004, and Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/566,704, fi... | <SOH> BACKGROUND INFORMATION <EOH>Mobile electronic devices have become ubiquitous in today's fast paced society. Various portable or mobile handheld devices can perform multiple tasks as well as provide multiple communication systems. For example, the personal digital assistant (“PDA”) cellular telephone, in addition... | <SOH> BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS <EOH>FIG. 1 illustrates a prior art, mobile electronic device including a miniaturized QWERTY keyboard for inputting data; FIG. 2 illustrates a prior art, mobile telephone device including a conventional telephone keypad for inputting data; FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram vie... | 20050217 | 20070410 | 20051027 | 73237.0 | 0 | YACOB, SISAY | REDUCED KEYPAD | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,060,738 | ACCEPTED | Method and apparatus for displaying frame rate altered video on interlaced display device | An apparatus for displaying a motion video on a display system includes a decoder for decoding the motion video to provide a decoded picture, the decoded picture having a first frame size and a first scan rate different from a second frame size and a second scan rate of the display system, respectively, a filter for co... | 1. An apparatus for displaying a motion video on a display system, comprising: a decoder for decoding the motion video to provide a decoded picture, the decoded picture having a first frame size and a first scan rate different from a second frame size and a second scan rate of the display system, respectively; a filter... | BACKGROUND I. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for digital video processing, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for displaying a video image on an interlaced display device with altered frame rate. II. Background of the Invention A digital versatile ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>I. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for digital video processing, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for displaying a video image on an interlaced display device with altered frame rate. II. Background of the Invention A digita... | <SOH> BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus that obviate one or more problems resulting from the limitations and disadvantages of the prior art. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for displaying a motion vi... | 20050218 | 20090224 | 20060824 | 75214.0 | H04N701 | 0 | NATNAEL, PAULOS M | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING FRAME RATE ALTERED VIDEO ON INTERLACED DISPLAY DEVICE | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | H04N | 2,005 | |
11,060,776 | ACCEPTED | Liquid ejection device and image forming apparatus | The liquid ejection device comprises: an ejection head including a plurality of nozzles which eject droplets of liquid onto an ejection receiving medium; a liquid flow speed determining device which determines a flow speed of the liquid in each of the nozzles, the liquid flow speed determining device being arranged in ... | 1. A liquid ejection device, comprising: an ejection head including a plurality of nozzles which eject droplets of liquid onto an ejection receiving medium; a liquid flow speed determining device which determines a flow speed of the liquid in each of the nozzles, the liquid flow speed determining device being arranged ... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a liquid ejection device and an image forming apparatus, and more specifically to an ejection abnormality compensation technology for detecting and compensating ejection abnormalities in the nozzles of an ejection head. 2. Descriptio... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a liquid ejection device and an image forming apparatus, and more specifically to an ejection abnormality compensation technology for detecting and compensating ejection abnormalities in the nozzles of an ejection head. 2... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention has been contrived in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a liquid ejection device and an image forming apparatus able to immediately detect and compensate ejection abnormalities on-line, namely, during a print operation or between i... | 20050218 | 20070814 | 20050818 | 59408.0 | 0 | HUFFMAN, JULIAN D | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,060,913 | ACCEPTED | Uniform resource discovery and API layering | In response to receiving a request for function instances, underlying function instances are identified using API layer data. The requested function instances are then created based on the underlying function instances. | 1. A method, comprising: receiving from an application a request for one or more function instances; identifying underlying function instances using API layer data, wherein API layer data specifies an underlying function instance resource category; creating the requested one or more function instances corresponding to ... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application 60/546,671, filed Feb. 20, 2000, which is hereby incorporated herein by this reference. This application is related to U.S. patent application titled “Uniform Resource Discovery and Activation” [Matter No. 384058... | <SOH> TECHNICAL FIELD <EOH>The technology described herein relates generally to the uniform discovery and use of various types of computer resources. | 20050218 | 20081202 | 20050825 | 69868.0 | 0 | HOFFLER, RAHEEM | UNIFORM RESOURCE DISCOVERY AND API LAYERING | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | ||||
11,061,024 | ACCEPTED | Food preparation system | An automated food preparation system is described. It allows precise, automated control of the food preparation process, and has the ability to perform an automated cleanup. It comprises at least one manipulator to process and move ingredients, a control system, an autonomously accessible ingredient storage system, and... | 1. A food preparation system comprising: a control system; a refrigerated ingredient storage system autonomously accessible by the system; a room-temperature ingredient storage system autonomously accessible by the system; at least one cooking receptacle; at least one manipulator configured to process and move ingredie... | This application claims the benefit of the provisional patent application No. 60/545,863 titled “Food Preparation System”, which was filed on Feb. 18, 2004. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The field of the invention is in automated cooking devices. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION There are a number of prior art devices. They focus ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>There are a number of prior art devices. They focus mainly on devices that can prepare a single food (for example, bread, ice cream, French fries, etc.) or provide automation for a fast food restaurant (a hamburger assembly robot). For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,363,746 describes a... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF INVENTION <EOH>The present invention consists of an automated food preparation system (FPS) for preparing food that can prepare almost any dish and automatically cleans up after itself. It potentially replaces all appliances and cookware in a kitchen including the pantry areas and refrigerator. The de... | 20050218 | 20121002 | 20050908 | 94388.0 | 0 | ALEXANDER, REGINALD | FOOD PREPARATION SYSTEM | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,061,037 | ACCEPTED | Methods to produce gel sheets | The present invention provides various methods for producing gel sheets in a continuous fashion. The embodiments of the present invention help reduce the time of producing gel sheets that is suitable for industrial manufacturing. Such gel sheets are used in manufacturing aerogel blankets used in a variety of applicatio... | 1-26. (canceled) 27. A process for casting gel sheets, comprising the steps of: providing a quantity of fibrous batting material; introducing a quantity of impermeable material to separate the quantity of fibrous batting material into a fiber-roll preform having a plurality of fibrous layers; infusing a quantity of cat... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the priority from, and incorporates the entirety of pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/482,359, which is entitled “Methods for producing Gel Sheets,” and which filed on Jun. 24, 2003. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Inventi... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to the preparation of solvent filled gel sheets in a continuous fashion. Such gel sheets are used in manufacturing aerogel blankets, aerogel composites, aerogel monoliths and other aerogel based products. 2. Description of Related ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>This invention describes continuous and semi-continuous sol-gel casting methods that are greatly improved over conventional batch sol-gel casting methods for gel sheets, fiber-reinforced flexible gel sheets, and rolls of composite gel materials. More specifically, the invention desc... | 20050218 | 20060124 | 20050804 | 94155.0 | 0 | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | METHODS TO PRODUCE GEL SHEETS | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,061,089 | ACCEPTED | Method and system for disjoint and smooth interpolation of scalar field on subdivision surface | Method and system for determining a scalar field on a subdivision surface. The method includes providing a surface mesh including an edge. The edge connects a plurality of vertices, and is adjacent to a plurality of faces. The plurality of vertices correspond to a plurality of values for a scalar field. Additionally, t... | 1. A method for determining a scalar field on a subdivision surface, the method comprising: providing a surface mesh including an edge, the edge connecting a plurality of vertices, the edge adjacent to a plurality of faces, the plurality of vertices corresponding to a plurality of values for a scalar field; processing ... | CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/547,566, filed Feb. 24, 2004, commonly assigned, incorporated by reference herein for all purposes. STATEMENT AS TO RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE UNDER FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT NOT APPL... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates in general to computer animation techniques. More particularly, the invention provides a method and system for interpolation of scalar fields on subdivision surfaces. Merely by way of example, the invention is described as it applies to a rendering p... | <SOH> BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention relates in general to computer animation techniques. More particularly, the invention provides a method and system for interpolation of scalar fields on subdivision surfaces. Merely by way of example, the invention is described as it applies to a renderin... | 20050218 | 20090728 | 20050929 | 75998.0 | 0 | HAJNIK, DANIEL F | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISJOINT AND SMOOTH INTERPOLATION OF SCALAR FIELD ON SUBDIVISION SURFACE | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,061,100 | ACCEPTED | Memory array of a non-volatile RAM | Non-volatile memory cell with a single semiconductor device per memory cell. The present invention generally allows for a plurality of memory cells to be formed on a semiconductor substrate that supports a semiconductor device. A multi-resistive state material layer that changes its resistive state between a low resist... | 1. A non-volatile RAM memory array comprising: a plurality of memory cells formed on a semiconductor substrate each cell capable of being selected through a select line and a data line, and having a semiconductor device that controls current flow depending on the voltage of the select line; a multi-resistive state mate... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/249,846, filed on May 12, 2003, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/400,849, filed Aug. 2, 2002, and the U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/422,922, filed Oct. 31, 2002, all of ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to memory, and more specifically to memory that uses multi-resistive state materials as resistive memory elements. 2. Description of the Related Art Memory can either be classified as volatile or nonvolatile. Volat... | <SOH> BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS <EOH>The invention may best be understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. 1A depicts a block diagram of a resistive memory plug; FIG. 1B depicts a schematic representation of the memory plug of FIG. 1A... | 20050218 | 20061212 | 20050929 | 82910.0 | 0 | MAI, SON LUU | MEMORY ARRAY OF A NON-VOLATILE RAM | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,061,338 | ACCEPTED | Multi-layer golf ball having velocity gradient from slower center to faster cover | The present invention is directed to multi-layer golf balls having a center, a cover layer, and at least one intermediate layer between the core and the cover layer. The center, the at least one intermediate layer and the cover are constructed to have different initial velocities and COR such that the gradients of init... | 1. A multi-layer golf ball comprising a center, a cover layer, and at least two intermediate layers between the center and the cover layer, wherein each subassembly of the golf ball has a combined coefficient of restitution value that is less than the combined coefficient of restitution of said subassembly plus the nex... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/773,906, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety. FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention is related to multi-layer golf balls having a coefficient of restitution gradient that progresses f... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Two-layer golf balls are typically made with a single solid core encased by a cover. These balls are generally most popular among recreational golfers, because they are durable and provide maximum distance. Typically, the solid core is made of polybutadiene cross-linked with zinc... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>This invention is directed to a multi-layer golf ball comprising a core, a cover layer, and at least one intermediate layer between the core and the cover layer. The ball may have an unlimited number of intermediate layers, but typically will have from 1 to 8 and each layer of the b... | 20050218 | 20080219 | 20050811 | 76969.0 | 1 | GORDEN, RAEANN | MULTI-LAYER GOLF BALL HAVING VELOCITY GRADIENT FROM SLOWER CENTER TO FASTER COVER | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,061,390 | ACCEPTED | Extending ladder and associated manufacturing methods | Extending ladders and associated manufacturing methods are disclosed. A ladder in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises a plurality of rung units, each rung unit including a left column, a right column, and a rung extending between the left column and the right column. The ladder ma... | 1-37. (canceled) 38. A ladder, comprising: a first stile, a second stile and a plurality of rungs extending between the first stile and the second stile; the first stile comprising a first column and a second column disposed in a nested arrangement for relative lengthwise movement in a telescopic fashion; a latch mecha... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to ladders. More particularly, the present invention relates to ladders having a plurality of slidable, nesting rung units. BACKGROUND The maintenance tasks which arise in homes, apartments, farms, factories and other places frequently call for the use of a... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>The maintenance tasks which arise in homes, apartments, farms, factories and other places frequently call for the use of a ladder. When the ladder is not being used it must be stored someplace. While a longer ladder allows a person to reach more places, it may also be more awkward to handle and m... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Extending ladders and associated manufacturing methods are disclosed. A ladder in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises a plurality of rung units, each rung unit including a left column, a right column, and a rung extending between the left colum... | 20050218 | 20060523 | 20050630 | 92135.0 | 4 | THOMPSON, HUGH B | EXTENDING LADDER AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHODS | SMALL | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,061,429 | ACCEPTED | Method to control residual stress in a film structure and a system thereof | A method for controlling residual stress in a structure in a MEMS device and a structure thereof includes selecting a total thickness and an overall equivalent stress for the structure. A thickness for each of at least one set of alternating first and second layers is determined to control an internal stress with respe... | 1. A method for controlling residual stress in a structure in a MEMS device, the method comprising: selecting a total thickness for a structure; selecting an overall equivalent stress for the structure; determining a thickness for each of at least one set of alternating first and second layers to control an internal st... | This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/546,305, filed Feb. 20, 2004, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. This invention was made with Government support under Award No. DEFG02-02ER63410.A100 awarded by the Department of Energy (DOE). The Government ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND <EOH>Since thin-film fabrication techniques were first used to produce MEMS devices, one of the areas that has seen significant research is the reduction of film stresses and stress gradients. A result of thin-film processes is that out-of-plane deformation of freestanding micro machined films could n... | <SOH> SUMMARY <EOH>A method for controlling residual stress in a structure in a MEMS device in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes selecting a total thickness and an overall equivalent stress for the structure. A thickness for each of at least one set of alternating first and second layers is... | 20050218 | 20081230 | 20051013 | 70381.0 | 0 | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | METHOD TO CONTROL RESIDUAL STRESS IN A FILM STRUCTURE AND A SYSTEM THEREOF | MICRO | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,061,611 | ACCEPTED | A FABRICATING METHOD FOR A FLUXGATE SENSOR INTEGRATED IN PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | A fluxgate sensor integrated in a printed circuit board. The fluxgate sensor has soft magnetic cores having a lower core and an upper core mounted on the lower core, for forming a closed magnetic path on a printed circuit board, an excitation coil formed as a metal film, alternately winding the upper and the lower soft... | 1. A method for producing a fluxgate sensor, comprising the steps of: etching a first metal plate on a first substrate according to a predetermined pattern for forming an excitation coil, the first substrate being formed of metal plates adhered to one and the other sides of a first prepreg; forming a second substrate b... | This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 10/228,948 filed Aug. 28, 2002. The entire disclosure of the prior application, application Ser. No. 10/228,948 is considered part of the disclosure of the accompanying divisional application and is hereby incorporated by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of th... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to a fluxgate sensor, and more particularly, to a fluxgate sensor integrated in a printed circuit board and a manufacturing method thereof. The present application is based on Korean Patent Application No. 2002-137... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The present invention has been made to overcome the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a high sensitivity fluxgate sensor integrated in a printed circuit board which is capable of not only reducing overall volu... | 20050222 | 20060808 | 20050811 | 60763.0 | 0 | MULPURI, SAVITRI | A FABRICATING METHOD FOR A FLUXGATE SENSOR INTEGRATED IN PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,061,646 | ACCEPTED | Method and apparatus for aligning a substrate on a stage | A method for aligning a workpiece may include determining a first and second position of a first edge of the workpiece based on a first and a second position of a pickup device. The workpiece may be aligned based on the first and second position of the pickup device. The at least first and second positions of the picku... | 1. A method for aligning a workpiece, the method comprising: determining a first and second position of a first edge of the workpiece based on a first and a second position of a pickup device; and aligning the workpiece based on the first and second positions of the pickup device; wherein the first and second positions... | PRIORITY STATEMENT This application is a continuation under 35 U.S.C. § 111(a) of PCT International Application No. PCT/SE2003/001260 which has an international filing date of Aug. 11, 2003, which designated the United States of America, and which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Swedish Patent Applicant No. 02... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>In order to pattern a workpiece in, for example, a lithographic process, using either lasers, electron beams, ions or other methods, the workpiece may be aligned with a writing tool in, for example, six different ways. The workpiece may be horizontally aligned with the writing to... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Example embodiments of the present invention provide methods and an apparatus for aligning a workpiece. In an example embodiment of the present invention, a first and second position of a first edge of the workpiece may be determined based on a first and a second position of a picku... | 20050222 | 20060919 | 20050721 | 64519.0 | 1 | WILLIAMS, DON J | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING A SUBSTRATE ON A STAGE | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,061,799 | ACCEPTED | Method and apparatus for a dual power supply to embedded non-volatile memory | The invention comprises a charge pump is configured to receive the external voltage level and generate a high voltage level, wherein the high voltage level is higher than the external voltage level. A memory control circuit is configured to receive the external voltage level and the high voltage level, and to select be... | 1. An embedded non-volatile memory being driven at an external voltage level and at an regulated voltage level, the external voltage level higher than the regulated voltage level, comprising: a charge pump configured to receive the external voltage level and generate a high voltage level, the high voltage level higher ... | CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority to French Patent Application Serial Number 04 03434, filed Apr. 1, 2004, the entirety of which is incorporated herein. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention relates generally to managing voltage differences between shrinking transistor technol... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The invention relates generally to managing voltage differences between shrinking transistor technology and non-volatile memory read/write requirements. Specifically, the invention relates to power supply management for embedded non-volatile memory such as electrically erasable p... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>The invention consists of a dual power supply memory management system that provides an external voltage level to memory as well as the internally generated voltage level. The low voltage, logic parts of the memory may use thin oxide devices and are supplied by the regulated voltage... | 20050218 | 20061010 | 20051006 | 91814.0 | 0 | TRAN, ANDREW Q | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A DUAL POWER SUPPLY TO EMBEDDED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,061,866 | ACCEPTED | Methods of treating rosacea | A method of treating rosacea in a human in need thereof comprising administering to said human a tetracycline compound in an amount that is effective to treat rosacea, but has substantially no antibiotic activity. | 1-85. (canceled) 86. A method for treating rosacea in a human in need thereof comprising administering orally to said human a tetracycline compound in an amount that is effective to treat rosacea, but has substantially no antibiotic activity, without administering a bisphosphonate compound. 87. The method according to ... | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation of co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 10/272,499, filed Oct. 15, 2002, which is a continuation of co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 10/117,709, filed Apr. 5, 2002. This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/281,91... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Acne is a common disease characterized by various types of lesions. The areas affected typically are areas of the skin where sebaceous glands are largest, most numerous, and most active. The lesions associated with acne are usually categorized as either non-inflammatory or inflam... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF INVENTION <EOH>The present invention provides a method of treating acne, in particular rosacea, in a human in need thereof. The method comprises administering systemically to the human a tetracycline compound in an amount that is effective to treat acne but has substantially no antibiotic activity (i.... | 20050218 | 20070619 | 20050922 | 98265.0 | 11 | TRAN, SUSAN T | METHODS OF TREATING ROSACEA | UNDISCOUNTED | 1 | CONT-ACCEPTED | 2,005 | |||
11,061,884 | ACCEPTED | Printer and method of controlling the same | A printer for receiving print data transmitted from a client device via a network and for effecting print processing on the basis of the received print data, comprising: a detecting unit which detects whether or not the print processing has been completed properly; a determining unit which determines a cause if it has ... | 1. A printer for receiving print data transmitted from a client device via a network and for effecting print processing on the basis of the received print data, comprising: a detecting unit which detects whether or not the print processing has been completed properly; a determining unit which determines a cause if it h... | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer for receiving print data transmitted from a client PC via a network and for effecting print processing on the basis of the received print data, as well as a method of controlling the same. 2. Description of the Related Art ... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer for receiving print data transmitted from a client PC via a network and for effecting print processing on the basis of the received print data, as well as a method of controlling the same. 2. Description of the ... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>An aspect of the present invention provides a printer for receiving print data transmitted from a client device via a network and for effecting print processing on the basis of the received print data, comprising: a detecting unit which detects whether or not the print processing ha... | 20050222 | 20100720 | 20060330 | 97814.0 | G06F312 | 0 | THOMPSON, JAMES A | PRINTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME | UNDISCOUNTED | 0 | ACCEPTED | G06F | 2,005 | |
11,062,111 | ACCEPTED | Mountable frame for holding flat panel display and methods of mounting frame for holding flat panel display | Frames suitable for mounting flat panel displays are provided. The frame is adapted to engage and secure a flat panel display. One or more flanges on at least one side of the frame are adapted to attach to sides of an opening within a console. Also provided are methods for mounting a flat panel display in a frame and m... | 1. A device for mounting a flat panel video display to an object, comprising: a frame adapted to engageably hold a flat panel video display, wherein the frame includes a back panel having a first edge and a second edge, the first edge being opposite the second edge; a first frame side attached to the first edge; and a ... | FIELD OF THE INVENTION The subject invention relates to mountable frames for holding flat panel display screens. The subject invention also relates to methods for mounting frames holding flat panel display screens to facilitate viewing of the screen. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Video displays are ubiquitous features in... | <SOH> BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION <EOH>Video displays are ubiquitous features in homes, businesses, and public spaces, and are primarily used to provide a visual presentation generated by, for example, personal computers, electronic kiosks, or video games and the like. Video displays are often installed within a housi... | <SOH> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION <EOH>It is a principal objective of the present invention to provide a device for mounting a flat panel video display to an object. The device includes a frame adapted to engageably hold a flat panel video display, wherein the frame includes a back panel having a first edge and a second ... | 20050218 | 20081118 | 20060824 | 61869.0 | G06F116 | 1 | EDWARDS, ANTHONY Q | MOUNTABLE FRAME FOR HOLDING FLAT PANEL DISPLAY AND METHODS OF MOUNTING FRAME FOR HOLDING FLAT PANEL DISPLAY | SMALL | 0 | ACCEPTED | G06F | 2,005 |
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