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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| 20120110459 | AUTOMATED ADJUSTMENT OF INPUT CONFIGURATION A method and system for automatically adjusting input configuration are disclosed. The method may include monitoring information input by a user into a graphical user interface (GUI). The method may further include determining an input configuration state of the computi... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109716 | ANALYZING UTILITY CONSUMPTION Consumption levels are monitored over a period of time and analyzed. In response to a determination that a monitored consumption level is above a threshold that is defined based on consumption levels of an associated reference group, a notification may be provided. A pl... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120052263 | Method And Apparatus Providing a Structure Relative to a Support A method for fine positioning a component through the use of fusible elements having two or more melting points so as to establish intermediate displacements between totally melted fusible elements and unmelted fusible elements. Because of the use of non-eutectic fusibl... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120040616 | INPUT DEVICE WITH SWITCHABLE FREQUENCY CHANNEL An input device for switchable use between first and second computer systems. A controller of the input device can execute switching logic to direct a radio transceiver of the input device to switch an operating channel of the radio transceiver to a first channel monito... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120029823 | SENSING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING WEATHER EVENT ATTRIBUTES A sensing device for use in determining at least one attribute of a weather event comprising a plurality of elements. The sensing device can comprise a pressure sensitive surface. The pressure sensitive surface can comprise a pressure sensor. In response to receiving pr... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025288 | SOI Trench DRAM Structure With Backside Strap In one exemplary embodiment, a semiconductor structure including: a silicon-on-insulator substrate having of a top silicon layer overlying an insulation layer, where the insulation layer overlies a bottom silicon layer; a capacitor disposed at least partially in the ins... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120006885 | Multipath Soldered Thermal Interface Between a Chip and its Heat Sink A Thermal Interface Material (“TIM”) composition of matter with improved heat conductivity comprises solderable heat-conducting particles in a bondable resin matrix and at least some of the solderable heat-conducting particles comprise a solder surface. Positioning ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110317479 | Shared bit line SMT MRAM array with shunting transistors between the bit lines An array of rows and columns of SMT MRAM cells has each of the columns associated with one of its adjacent columns. Each of the SMT MRAM cells of the column is connected to a true data bit line and each of the SMT MRAM cells of the associated pair of columns is connecte... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110257802 | POWER DISTRIBUTION CONSIDERING COOLING NODES A method, system, and computer usable program product for power distribution considering cooling nodes in a data processing environment. A power demand of a data processing environment is determined for a period. The data processing environment includes a set of computi... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110249893 | Cross Device Image Recognition Improvement A method includes modifying values of image data of a first image of an object, the first image taken by a user using a user equipment. The modifying is performed to map one or more color characteristics of one or more color components of the user equipment to correspon... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110227194 | METHOD FOR FORMING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF METAL-INSULATOR-METAL TYPE A method for forming a capacitive structure in a metal level of an interconnection stack including a succession of metal levels and of via levels, including the steps of: forming, in the metal level, at least one conductive track in which a trench is defined; conformall... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110204445 | Selective Floating Body SRAM Cell A memory cell has N≧16 transistors, in which two are access transistors, at least one pair [say (N-2)/2] are pull-up transistors, and at least another pair [say (N-2)/2] are pull-down transistors. The pull-up and pull-down transistors are all coupled between the two a... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110171790 | Selective Floating Body SRAM Cell A memory cell has N≧6 transistors, in which two are access transistors, at least one pair [say (N−2)/2] are pull-up transistors, and at least another pair [say (N−2)/2] are pull-down transistors. The pull-up and pull-down transistors are all coupled between the tw... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110165724 | TECHNIQUES FOR USE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN PHOTOVOLTAICS Techniques for combining nanotechnology with photovoltaics are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming a photovoltaic device is provided comprising the following steps. A plurality of nanowires are formed on a substrate, wherein the plurality of nanowires attached ... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110120940 | POLYMERIC FILMS MADE FROM POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANE (POSS) AND A HYDROPHILIC COMONOMER A composite membrane includes a filtration membrane and a layer on a surface of the filtration membrane. The layer includes a polymer including a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) derivative with a hydrophilic moiety attached to at least one vertex thereof. A ... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110117714 | Integration of Multiple Gate Oxides with Shallow Trench Isolation Methods to Minimize Divot Formation A method of forming an isolation region is provided that in one embodiment substantially reduces divot formation. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a semiconductor substrate, forming a first pad dielectric layer on an upper surface of the semiconductor su... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110103559 | Voice Response Systems Browsing A method for voice browsing an integrated voice response server is described. The method includes visually displaying a representation of a choice tree for a service, where the service includes an audio menu of available actions. A selection of an action displayed in th... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110096313 | Constrained Optimization Of Lithographic Source Intensities Under Contingent Requirements A method for illuminating a mask to project a desired image pattern into a photoactive material is described. The method includes receiving an image pattern. Determining a relationship between source pixels in a set of source pixels to desired intensities at one or more... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110091737 | Method And Apparatus Providing a Structure Relative To a Support A method for fine positioning a component through the use of fusible elements having two or more melting points so as to establish intermediate displacements between totally melted fusible elements and unmelted fusible elements. Because of the use of non-eutectic fusibl... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110063287 | Information Presentation in Virtual 3D A method, system and program product for assisting a presentation owner in creating and presenting information to audience users in a virtual 3D cyclorama-like environment. A presentation object tool provides behavior in the cyclorama object to assist the presentation o... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110049583 | Recessed contact for multi-gate FET optimizing series resistance A transistor, which can be referred to as a multi-gate transistor or as a FinFET, includes a gate structure having a length, a width and a height. The transistor further includes at least one electrically conductive channel or fin between a source region and a drain reg... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110022572 | DUPLICATE FILTERING IN A DATA PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT A data processing method is provided. The method comprises collecting a stream of data records from one or more devices in a network; loading one or more persistent indexes associated with the stream of data records into memory; identifying duplicate data records in the... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019533 | Network Element Bypass in Computing Computer Architecture A method and apparatus in accordance with the present invention provides monitoring a self-adjusting multi-tier processing system. At least one computing resource of one of the tiers of the self-adjusting multi-tier processing system is dynamically bypassed based on at ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110016349 | REPLICATION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT A method for server replication in a network environment is provided. The primary server provides a first service to a client. If the first service involves interaction with a non-deterministic data source, the primary server performs the interaction and provides inform... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110012202 | Selective Floating Body SRAM Cell A memory cell has N≧6 transistors, in which two are access transistors, at least one pair [say (N−2)/2] are pull-up transistors, and at least another pair [say (N−2)/2] are pull-down transistors. The pull-up and pull-down transistors are all coupled between the tw... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110012177 | Nanostructure For Changing Electric Mobility A structure and a method for a semiconductor including a nanostructure semiconductor channel. The semiconductor may include a dielectric and an electrode, the electrode attached to the dielectric, a semiconductor channel may be disposed proximate to the dielectric, wher... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110012176 | Multiple Orientation Nanowires With Gate Stack Stressors An electronic device includes a conductive channel defining a crystal structure and having a length and a thickness tC; and a dielectric film of thickness tg in contact with a surface of the channel. Further, the film comprises a material that exer... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110004863 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY ASSEMBLING PROCESSING GRAPHS IN INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS A method for assembling processing graphs in an information processing system, includes: performing, in an offline manner, translating a plurality of component descriptions into a planning language and performing reasoning on the plurality of component descriptions duri... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100311917 | METHODS FOR MAKING MULTI-BRANCHED POLYMERS A method for making a multi-branched polymer includes reacting a first polymeric unit with a functional cyclic compound to form a functional macroinitiator compound with a cyclic moiety. The functional macroinitiator compound is reacted with an amine functional compound... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100311443 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING COMPUTER NETWORK ACCESSIBLE SERVICE APPLICATIONS VIA A MOBILE TERMINAL Methods and systems for accessing computer network accessible services, such as internet based service applications, via a mobile terminal of a mobile telecommunication system using a mediation layer between a person's mobile terminal and the IT world. The mobile termin... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100301993 | PATTERN BASED SECURITY AUTHORIZATION A method, system and computer-usable medium for authorizing access to a secure location are disclosed. Data indicative of security-related activities (e.g., badging in and/or out of a secure building) can be compiled and then mined to deduce a particular pattern of secu... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100295020 | Method For Forming A Robust Top-Down Silicon Nanowire Structure Using A Conformal Nitride And Such Structure A nanowire product and process for fabricating it has a wafer with a buried oxide (BOX) upper layer in which a well is formed and the ends of a nanowire are on the BOX layer forming a beam that spans the well. A mask coating is formed on the upper surface of the BOX lay... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100283982 | High Contrast Lithographic Masks A structure and a method for an equi-brightness optimization. The method may include projecting a plurality of bright patterns having a plurality of bright points and a plurality of dark patterns having a plurality of dark points on a substrate, generating a plurality o... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100280219 | OLIGOCARBONATE MOLECULAR TRANSPORTERS A cyclic carbonate monomer, including:
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| 20100230597 | Thermal Profiling To Validate Electronic Device Authenticity Counterfeit electronic devices are detected by comparing a thermal profile of the counterfeit device and an authentic device under predetermined operating conditions. A thermal profile for an authentic electronic device is recorded executing an instruction set over time... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100218894 | Method of Removing Metallic, Inorganic and Organic Contaminants From Chip Passivation Layer Surfaces A method of removing and/or reducing undesirable contaminants removes residues including graphitic layers, fluorinate layers, calcium sulfate (CaSO4) particles, tin oxides and organotin, from a chip passivation layer surface. The method uses a plasma process ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100216899 | POLYAMIDE MEMBRANES WITH FLUOROALCOHOL FUNCTIONALITY A polymeric membrane includes an active layer on a support. The active layer includes a polymer with a backbone, and the backbone has attached thereto at least one fluoroalcohol moiety.... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100205389 | BACKUP OF DEDUPLICATED DATA Methods and systems back up deduplicated data to data storage media, the deduplicated data comprising a plurality of data blocks referenced for deduplication. In one embodiment, the existence of multiple references to each of the data blocks is determined; and at least ... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100201403 | MULTI-LEVEL POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR There is provided a method that includes comparing a voltage level (Vs1) of a lower voltage supply bus to a voltage level (Vs2) of a higher voltage supply bus, and routing current from the lower voltage supply bus to the higher voltage supply bus if Vs2... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100197124 | Methods of Forming Semiconductor Devices Using Plasma Dehydrogenation and Devices Formed Thereby A semiconductor integrated circuit device with enhanced reliability is provided. The semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate; a gate insulation film that is provided on the semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode that is provided on ... | 08/05/2010 |
