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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8043880 | Microelectronic device One embodiment of a microelectronic component system includes a base adapted for supporting a microelectronic component, a membrane sealed to the base, and a glass lid built-up on the membrane and hermetically sealing the membrane. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7891464 | System and method for noise suppression Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for noise suppression. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention include a resonator configured to suppress noise from an electric fan. The resonator may comprise an enclosure having an oute... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7761492 | Systems and processes for determining costs associated with internal software development Systems and processes may receive and analyze billing information and/or business expenditures to determine costs associated with jobs corresponding to an internal development of software for internal use. The billing information and/or business expenditures may be ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7740920 | Chemically-bonded porous coatings that enhance humid fastness and fade fastness performance of ink jet images Silica-based, chemically-bonded porous coatings, synthesized via the reaction of organo silanes with silica, are used as coatings for inkjet image printing. Silica is used as the base material in all cases, due to its favorable chemical properties of the surface, an... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7516917 | Management device for excess cabling A cable management device includes a housing having a forward end, a rearward end, a base, opposing sidewalls, and a pair of vertically-spaced cross-members extending laterally within the housing between the sidewalls. A cable interconnecting electronic devices is r... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7426728 | Reducing latency, when accessing task priority levels One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of reducing access latency to a task priority register (TPR) of a local programmable interrupt controller unit within a microprocessor. A command is received to write an interrupt mask value to the TPR, and the interrupt ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422384 | System and a method for printing small print jobs An image forming device includes a protective case, a media source disposed in the protective case, the media source supplying an image receptive media, an encoder configured to detect an advancement of the image receptive media, and a pen coupled to the protective ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7392329 | System and method for applying an action initiated for a portion of a plurality of devices to all of the plurality of devices In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method of applying an action initiated for a portion of a plurality of devices to all of the plurality of devices is provided. The method comprises establishing a status block for a plurality of devices t... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7357479 | Aerosol extraction during printing by and servicing of fluid ejection-device An aerosol extraction system for a fluid-ejection device is disclosed that includes a print zone, a servicing zone, a vacuum, and a switching mechanism. The print zone is that in which a print head of the fluid-ejection device ejects fluid onto media to form images ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353507 | Intercepting function cells Intercepting function calls. In one embodiment of the application, an import address table for an application is accessed and an address, in the import address table, associated with a function to which calls from the application are to be intercepted is replaced wi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346755 | Memory quality assurance An example memory quality assuring system is provided. The system may include a memory mapping logic configured to facilitate accessing memory locations and redirecting memory accessing operations. The system may also include a memory quality assurance logic configu... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7332532 | Polymeric dispersants for ink-jet applications An ink-jet ink which includes a liquid vehicle and a polymer-dispersed pigment dispersed in the liquid vehicle is disclosed and described. More specifically, the polymer-dispersed pigment can include a pigment encapsulated with a polymer having hydrophilic and hydro... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7305497 | Performing resource analysis on one or more cards of a computer system wherein a plurality of severity levels are assigned based on a predetermined criteria A method of performing resource analysis on one or more cards of a computer system is described and disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes identifying one or more affected hardware identifiers. Each affected hardware identifier corresponds to any of the ca... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300264 | Peristaltic pump A peristaltic pump includes occluding surfaces rotatably supported by a support, an occlusion having an occlusion surface and a drive system configured to rotate occluding surfaces about a common axis. At least one of the support and the occlusion is movable towards... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296272 | System in which a first program written in one programming language can interact and access a second program written in a different programming language A system accesses, from a first computer program written in a first computer language, functionality available through a second computer program written in a second computer language. The system has an interface intermediate the first and second programs for enablin... | 11/13/2007 |
| D545302 | Radio frequency tuner | 06/26/2007 |
| 7210061 | Data redundancy for writes using remote storage system cache memory A technique for using a remote array cache memory for data redundancy. A computer system includes a first storage system having cache memory and mass storage. Data to be written to the mass storage is written to the cache memory. Redundant data is stored elsewhere i... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7197012 | System and method for extending performance data collection for a network A system and method for extending performance data collection for a network are disclosed. The system includes one or more devices corresponding to one or more device types. The system also includes one or more data sources corresponding to the devices, where the da... | 03/27/2007 |
| D522572 | Printer | 06/06/2006 |
