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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| 8185330 | Automatic placement of measurement gates A method and apparatus is provided for setting time positions of measurement gates on a signal under test. Signal transition data is calculated by a processor for multiple signal transitions. Measurement gate start and end positions are set relative to the multiple ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182680 | Primary piston correction during transfer A method for controlling operation of a pump unit, where the pump unit includes a primary piston pump having a primary piston and a secondary piston pump having a secondary piston. The primary piston pump is fluidically connected with the secondary piston pump. The ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182607 | In-situ crystalline material screening apparatus and method There is provided a method and apparatus for assessing in-situ crystal formation in a test sample. Both optical imaging and X-ray diffraction techniques are utilized, with the results of these processes being combined in such a way as to produce an overall score rel... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175829 | Analyzer for signal anomalies A signal analyzer includes a divergence detector for detecting periodic interference in a signal, an information detector for detecting a random event in the signal, and output circuitry for providing compensation for the periodic interference and the random event. | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173976 | Linear ion processing apparatus with improved mechanical isolation and assembly An ion processing apparatus includes a plurality of electrodes, first and second insulators, a housing, and a plurality of compliant first supports and second supports. Each electrode has a length along a central axis, and includes a first end region and an axially ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171455 | Test sequencer and method for management and execution of sequence items A test sequencer software application and method for management and execution of sequence items. The test sequencer software application includes a management module and an execution module. The management module has capabilities of obtaining multiple sequence items... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170854 | Behavioral model generation A model of a device is generated. An input port of the device is stimulated with a large amplitude signal having a central frequency. A first port of the device is perturbed with a small amplitude signal tone. The small amplitude signal tone is at a frequency offset... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170543 | Code domain power display A method for displaying multiple orthogonal code layers on a display device wherein a first axis is indicative of the identity of the code channel of a signal and a second axis is indicative of a measured value of the code channel signal. The method includes display... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168140 | Microfluidic apparatuses with nanochannels In some embodiments of the present invention, the buried silicon oxide technology is employed in the fabrication of fluid channels, particularly nanochannels. For example, a fluid channel can be made in a buried silicon oxide layer by etching the buried oxide layer ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168137 | Nestable, stackable pipette rack for nestable pipette tips The pipette rack comprises a plate, a peripheral base and a peripheral skirt. The plate has a first surface and defines an array of tip receptacles extending therethrough in a first direction orthogonal to the first surface. The tip receptacles are contoured to prov... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167576 | Method for manufacturing the rotor assembly of a rotating vacuum pump A rotor assembly for rotary vacuum pumps has improved mechanical characteristics and low manufacturing cost due to a one-step thermal coupling of a rotor having a male axial projection and its supporting shaft having an end portion comprising a female cavity with a ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8158934 | Electron capture dissociation apparatus and related methods An electron capture dissociation apparatus comprises ion guide electrodes, an electron emitter, and an electron control device. The ion guide electrodes are arranged along a central axis and spaced circumferentially to circumscribe an interior space extending along ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158064 | Immunoassay assembly and methods of use The present invention relates to an improved system for efficiently and accurately performing immunoassays, such as ELISAs. The invention provides an immunoassay assembly which includes a flow-through unit and an aspiration pump. The immunoassay flow-through unit in... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152442 | Centripetal pumping stage and vacuum pump incorporating such pumping stage A molecular spiral-type vacuum pumping stage comprises a rotor disk having smooth surfaces cooperating with a stator. The stator is provided with a plurality of spiral channels at least on the surface facing the rotor disk, wherein the gas to be pumped flows in cent... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152016 | Cover with recloseable aperture A cover for sealing a container and preferably containers for a well plate. The cover is comprised of at least a top layer and a bottom layer structured in a way to form a recloseable aperture. Preferably, each of the layers comprise a recloseable aperture structure... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149420 | Interferometer calibration system and method A metrology system is provided comprising a diffraction grating mounted on the object, and an interferometer head operable to direct at least one measurement light beam towards the grating at a non-zero angle of incidence. With a single first separation in the secon... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147690 | Chromatography column A chromatography column includes a tube, a fit assembly, a first end fitting and a second end fitting. An annular protrusion extends from an end face of the tube to a protrusion height and circumscribes a chamber in fluid communication with the axial bore. Both the ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147222 | Vacuum divider for differential pumping of a vacuum system A vacuum divider is positioned between rotor blades of a turbo-molecular pump and a vacuum manifold formed from multiple vacuum chambers. A first coupling aperture passes through the vacuum divider and allows gas to pass from a first of the multiple vacuum chambers ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146718 | Automatic system brake The translation apparatus comprises an elongate track, an elongate fixed member and a stage. The fixed member extends parallel to the track in a fixed lengthwise position relative to the track. The stage is mounted on the track and is capable of movement along the t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145453 | Broadband transfer function synthesis using orthonormal rational bases In order to generate a broadband transfer function of complex characteristics of a linear time-invariant (LTI) system, data characterising properties of the system are acquired. A set of poles in the complex plane are defined to characterize the system, and then an ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143880 | Dual-range measurement of electrical current An electrical current measurement system. A sense impedance and a composite amplifier are in electrical communication and together define a trans-impedance circuit that presents a frequency-compensated impedance lower than the sense impedance to an input electrical ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140662 | Communications network elements and methods of monitoring communications networks A network element is provided with the capability to perform monitoring and/or measurement functions on the element and the network of which it is a part. The monitoring/measurement functionality is implemented by programmable devices to enable the functionality to ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136389 | Probe tip assembly for scanning probe microscopes A probe assembly for a scanning probe microscope (SPM), a cartridge for a probe assembly for an SPM, and a method of attaching a probe tip to an SPM are described. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134211 | Triggered silicon controlled rectifier for RF ESD protection An ESD protection circuit has a polysilicon bounded SCR connected between a signal input/output interface contact of the integrated circuit and a power supply connection of the integrated circuit and a biasing circuit. The biasing circuit is connected to the polysil... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131471 | Methods and system for simultaneous visualization and manipulation of multiple data types Software systems, methods and recordable media for organizing and manipulating diverse data sets to facilitate identification, trends, correlations and other useful relationships among the data. Extremely large data sets such as microarray data and other biological ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129677 | Method and apparatus for surface desorption ionization by charged particles An apparatus and method for generating analyte ions from a sample. An ion generating device is provided having a chamber with an outlet and a surface having a material and means for applying a high velocity gas flow through the chamber toward the outlet such that ch... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126086 | System and method for in-phase/quadrature-phase (I/Q) mismatch measurement and compensation A system for determining in-phase and quadrature-phase mismatch in a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) communication architecture includes at least one transmitter coupled to at least one receiver and an in-phase (I) signal, quadrature-phase (Q) signal mismatch... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125226 | Millipede surface coils A low pass RF ladder coil, which is named as a millipede surface coil, comprises a first and a second conductor end strips running parallel to each other. A set of rung elements are placed between them, alternate rung elements are connected to the first and second s... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124930 | Multipole ion transport apparatus and related methods An ion transport apparatus includes an ion entrance end, an ion exit end, and electrodes arranged along a longitudinal axis from the ion entrance end toward the ion exit end. The electrodes are configured for applying an RF electrical field that varies along the lon... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121480 | Methods and apparatus for recovering first and second transmitted optical waves from a polarization multiplexed optical wave First and second transmitted optical waves having orthogonal polarization states are combined in a polarization multiplexed optical wave. At an optical receiver, an electrical field of the polarization multiplexed optical wave is measured. A plurality of polarizatio... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118576 | Oil rotary vacuum pump and manufacturing method thereof An oil rotary vacuum pump of mechanical type is filled with a requested amount of oil at the end of the manufacturing process, then it is stored and then shipped to the user, letting the user avoid an operation of introducing the proper amount of oil into the pump. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115474 | Multi-range electrical current measurement An electrical current measurement system. A first low-range current gauge receives a current to be measured and provides a first intermediate value indicative of the amplitude of the current up to a first maximum current. A second low-range current gauge receives an... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115168 | Layered scanning charged particle apparatus package having an embedded heater A scanning charge particle apparatus includes a layered charged particle beam column package; a sample holder; and a heater, such as a resistive heater, in one of the layers of the package that conductively heats layers and/or components. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112238 | Method of alignment for radio frequency measurement instrument and measurement instrument including same A method is provided for aligning a measurement instrument that includes a tunable filter. The method includes: (i) applying an output signal of an internal noise source of the measurement instrument to the input of the tunable filter, (ii) applying a control signal... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110801 | Layered scanning charged particle microscope package for a charged particle and radiation detector A scanning charged particle microscope includes a layered charged particle beam column package; a sample holder; and a layered micro-channel plate detector package located between the column package and the sample holder. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106358 | Layered scanning charged particle microscope with differential pumping aperture A scanning charged particle apparatus includes a layered charged particle beam column package; a sample holder; and a layered differential pumping aperture that assists in maintaining two different vacuums. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106305 | Print circuit board with high insulated region, method of manufacturing thereof, and print circuit board assembly thereof A print circuit board includes: a first surface; a guard plane disposed on an inner layer; a high insulated region formed on the first surface of the board so as to be opposed to the guard plane, the high insulated region being substantially surrounded by one or mor... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099995 | Choked flow isolator for noise reduction in analytical systems An apparatus and a method of making a measurement using the same. The apparatus includes a channel through which a fluid flows, a detector, and a choked flow channel. The detector measures a property of the fluid by generating a signal that depends on that property.... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098200 | Method and system for locating signal emitters using residual values A method and system determine a location of an emitter using at least three sensors, each receiving a signal from the emitter. Cross-correlation data is determined for the received signals at sensor pairs, and one or more peaks are identified in the cross-correlatio... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097711 | Thioether substituted aryl carbonate protecting groups Embodiments of the invention include nucleotide and nucleoside monomers protected at the 5′- or 3′-hydroxyls with thioether substituted aryl carbonate protecting groups. In certain cases, the carbonate protecting groups include an aryl moiety, e.g., a phenyl gro... | 01/17/2012 |
