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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080303900 | Miniature Low Cost Pan/Tilt Magnetic Actuation For Portable And Stationary Video Cameras A pan/tilt apparatus for a camera includes a base, a stage mounted on the base to rotate around a vertical pan axis, an optical apparatus mounted on the stage, a pan actuating mechanism, and a tilt actuating mechanism. The optical apparatus includes a frame that support... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080299327 | Surface Energy Control Methods For Color Filter Printing Black matrix (BM) material is deposited on glass and patterned to form walls that define an array of wells. Various surface treatments and masking schemes are utilized to achieve surface energy control of the BM glass. The surface treatments include one or more of chemi... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080294582 | DYNAMIC DOMAIN ABSTRACTION THROUGH META-ANALYSIS A modeled-based reasoning system and method including dynamic domain abstraction, includes the use of an abstraction determining module configured to identify an appropriate abstraction level for a system model of a real-world system to be analyzed, from a plurality of ... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080294578 | DIAGNOSING INTERMITTENT FAULTS A method and system for diagnosing any combination of persistent and intermittent faults. The behavior of a system under test is obtained by measuring or probing the system at a particular location(s). The predicted behavior of a modeled system corresponding to the syst... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080294415 | TROUBLESHOOTING TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR IN "COMBINATIONAL" CIRCUITS A method and computer product is provided to generate a signal model for use in analyzing a model system including imposing an explicit time assumption for each time instant of the system model. The time assumptions are defined so that any two assumptions contradict eac... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080277885 | Wiring-Free, Plumbing-Free, Cooled, Vacuum Chuck A solar cell production system utilizes self-contained vacuum chucks that hold and cool solar cell wafers during transport on a conveyor between processing stations during a fabrication process. Each self-contained vacuum chuck includes its own local vacuum pump and a c... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080268669 | Transferable Micro Spring Structure A method for mounting the micro spring structures onto cables or contact structures includes forming a spring island having an “upside-down” stress bias on a first release material layer or directly on a substrate, forming a second release material over at least a p... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080244884 | Method for Forming Ceramic Thick Film Element Arrays with Fine Feature Size, High-Precision Definition, and/or High Aspect Ratios A method is provided that includes providing a mold on a temporary substrate, e.g., a sapphire substrate. Next, a material such as PZT paste is deposited into the mold. Then, the mold is removed to obtain elements formed by the mold. The formed elements will then be sin... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080230985 | FLEXIBLE PAPER PATH USING MULTIDIRECTIONAL PATH MODULES A modular flexible media handling apparatus includes an input module (28) through which flexible media enters the apparatus, at least one main path module (28, 30, 32, 34) through which flexible media passes along a main path (24), at least one look... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080223514 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRICAL CONTACTS TO ARRAYS OF VERTICALLY ALIGNED NANORODS Systems and methods may provide electrical contacts to an array of substantially vertically aligned nanorods. The nanorod array may be fabricated on top of a conducting layer that serves as a bottom contact to the nanorods. A top metal contact may be applied to a plural... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080229402 | WORMHOLE DEVICES FOR USABLE SECURE ACCESS TO REMOTE RESOURCE A token has a memory, an interface allow connection to a host, and a processor. The processor, in response to user input for configuring a remote access connection, executes a first set of processing instructions to establish a trusted connection with the server host, e... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080218570 | IMAGING ON FLEXIBLE PACKAGING SUBSTRATES Methods and devices for forming, such as by printing, high quality, high throughput, ultraviolet curable gel ink images on flexible substrates for packaging applications are disclosed. The methods and devices have excellent image quality and do not require pinning of th... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080210335 | BIO-EJECTOR FILLING STOPS TO FACILITATE EFFICIENT FILLING Disclosed is a small volume, liquid dispenser having particular application in the analytical fields. The liquid dispensers can be quickly and reliably filled to a predetermined volume without monitoring liquid flows or volumes or filling times. Various versions of the ... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080210332 | BIO-EJECTOR FILLING STOPS TO FACILITATE EFFICIENT FILLING Disclosed is a small volume, liquid dispenser having particular application in the analytical fields. The liquid dispensers can be quickly and reliably filled to a predetermined volume without monitoring liquid flows or volumes or filling times. Various versions of the ... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080204709 | BIOSENSOR USING MICRODISK LASER A compact sensor for detecting the presence of biological or chemical species includes a microdisk laser and a wavelength shift detector. The microdisk laser is coated with a biological or chemical recognition element, which binds preferentially with a target analyte. B... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080201651 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANNOTATING DOCUMENTS USING A VIEWER Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture therefor, are disclosed for annotating documents in a viewer. In one embodiment, the method includes: associating the document with a user; identifying one or more sub-document elements in the document; augmenting the docum... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080201632 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANNOTATING DOCUMENTS Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture therefor, are disclosed for annotating documents. An embodiment for annotating documents may be performed by the method of: retrieving a document selected for display by a user; locating sub-document elements in content of ... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080201320 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING ANNOTATED DOCUMENT COLLECTIONS Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture therefor, are disclosed sharing and searching annotated document collections. In one embodiment, the method may be performed by: transforming a plurality of document identifiers and their associated set of tags into a set o... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080197272 | Sensing Photons From Object In Channels A fluidic structure includes a channel and along the channel is a series of sensing components to obtain information about objects traveling within the channel, such as droplets or other objects carried by fluid. At least one sensing component includes a set of cells of... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080186593 | METAL TRACE FABRICATION FOR OPTICAL ELEMENT A system may include an optical element including a surface defining a recess, conductive material disposed within the recess, and a solder mask disposed over a portion of the conductive material. The solder mask may define an aperture through which light from the optic... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080173667 | DISPENSING OF LIQUID WITH ARRAYS OF TUBULAR QUILL STRUCTURES A method of dispensing display fluid into an array of cells loads an array of quills with the fluid. inserts the array of quills loaded with the fluid into the array of cells, such that each quill is inserted into a separate cell, contacts an inner surface of the cells ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080155068 | SUPPORT FOR SHARING ABSTRACT APPLICATIONS A computer-controlled method to configure a network of devices acquires a specific instance of an abstract application of at least one component in a first network, captures and stores fields of the component in the abstract application, classifies the fields as to how ... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080153281 | FABRICATION FOR ELECTROPLATING THICK METAL PADS A method of electroplating includes forming a seed region to be electroplated on a first portion of a substrate, forming a ground plane on a second portion of a substrate, electrically isolating the ground plane from the seed region, electroplating the region, wherein e... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080153199 | Method of Field-Controlled Diffusion and Devices Formed Thereby A technique for creating high quality Schottky barrier devices in doped (e.g., Li+) crystalline metal oxide (e.g., ZnO) comprises field-controlled diffusion of mobile dopant atoms within the metal oxide crystal lattice. When heated (e.g., above 550 K) in the ... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080153014 | Additive Printed Mask Process And Structures Produced Thereby A digital lithographic process first deposits a mask layer comprised of print patterned mask features. The print patterned mask features define gaps into which a target material may be deposited, preferably through a digital lithographic process. The target material is ... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080150229 | TRANSPORT FOR PRINTING SYSTEMS A transport system for cut sheet media has a first and second cylinder to form a nip, a support subsystem to transport edges of cut sheets having at least one image into and out of the nip, and an array of contact points on each cylinder to make contact with the cut she... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080150187 | MOLDED DIELECTRIC LAYER IN PRINT-PATTERNED ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS A method forms a first active electronic layer, prints an array of pillars on the first active electronic layer, dispenses a curable polymer over the array of pillars, molds the curable polymer by contacting the curable polymer with a mold structure to displace the cura... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080149934 | PRINTED COMPONENT CIRCUIT WITH FLUIDIC TEMPLATE A method forms a plurality of pillars, the pillars arranged such that positions of the pillars control flow of a liquid, the plurality of pillars forming a fluidic template, the method dispenses the liquid into the fluidic template such that the liquid assumes a shape c... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080146052 | Micro-machined structure production using encapsulation Micro-machined (e.g., stress-engineered spring) structures are produced by forming a release layer, forming a partially or fully encapsulated beam/spring structure, and then releasing the beam/spring structure by etching the release layer. The encapsulation structure pr... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080144824 | SECURING MULTIMEDIA NETWORK COMMUNICATION A method for securing human to human communication over a network includes receiving, by a first computer, an incoming authenticated data stream from a second computer over a first communication channel, the incoming authenticateed data stream having been computed using... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080144688 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES WITH AN ELECTRICALLY ACTIVE TOP REFLECTOR CONTACT According to one described embodiment, a light emitting device structure includes an epitaxial contact layer disposed on an active region of the light emitting device structure, a multi-layer reflector disposed at least partially on the epitaxial contact layer, and cond... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080144152 | ULTRA-SHORT PULSE SCANNING OPTICAL SYSTEM A scanning optical system including an optical source configured to generate an ultra-short light pulse, a dispersion compensation system disposed such that the ultra-short light pulse travels through the dispersion compensation system, an optical deflector configured t... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080141884 | PRINTING SYSTEM EMPLOYING DEFORMABLE POLYMER PRINTING PLATES A printing plate has a substrate, an array of cells on the substrate, wherein each cell corresponds to an element of a print image, a deformable polymer material localized into the cells such that each cell is at least partially formed from the deformable polymer materi... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080141880 | PRINTING PLATE AND SYSTEM USING HEAT-DECOMPOSABLE POLYMERS A printing plate has a substrate and a heat decomposable polymer layer arranged adjacent to the substrate, the decomposable polymer having defined regions within the polymer layer to form a printing pattern. The printing plate may be used in a printing system. The print... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080141877 | DIGITAL PRINTING PLATE AND SYSTEM WITH ELECTROSTATICALLY LATCHED DEFORMABLE MEMBRANES A printing surface includes a substrate having latching electrodes on a first surface, a spacer layer on the first surface of the substrate, the spacer layer patterned to form wells such that the latching electrodes reside in the wells, a deformable membrane, the membra... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080138999 | Solar Cell Fabrication Using Extrusion Mask Large-area ICs (e.g., silicon wafer-based solar cells) are produced by positioning a mask between an extrusion head and the IC wafer during extrusion of a dopant bearing material or metal gridline material. The mask includes first and second peripheral portions that are... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080138456 | Solar Cell Fabrication Using Extruded Dopant-Bearing Materials Wafer-based solar cells are efficiently produced by extruding a dopant bearing material (dopant ink) onto one or more predetermined surface areas of a semiconductor wafer, and then thermally treating the wafer to cause diffusion of dopant from the dopant ink into the wa... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080135891 | Transistor Device Formed on a Flexible Substrate Including Anodized Gate Dielectric A transistor device is formed on a flexible substrate such that device processing remains at a low temperature. A first gate dielectric layer is formed over gate metal by annodization, eliminating relatively high-temperature dielectric deposition processes and difficult... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080121884 | Patterned-Print Thin-Film Transistors with Top Gate Geometry A self-aligned, thin-film, top-gate transistor and method of manufacturing same are disclosed. A first print-patterned mask is formed over a metal layer by digital lithography, for example by printing with a phase change material using a droplet ejector. The metal layer... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080118985 | OSMOTIC REACTION DETECTOR FOR DETECTING BIOLOGICAL AND NON-BIOLOGICAL REACTIONS A method and apparatus for measuring the presence or absence of interaction between at least a first and second material of interest by measuring osmotic pressure changes in an osmotic cell. Changes in osmotic pressure are determined by measuring the amount of compressi... | 05/22/2008 |
