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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173973 | Eliminating fluorescence background noise A method for measuring a fluorescent sample on a substrate. The method includes exciting the fluorescent sample with an exciting light source for the generation of a sample fluorescent optical signal and a substrate fluorescent optical signal substantially eliminate... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170962 | Method and apparatus for an algorithm development environment for solving a class of real-life combinatorial optimization problems The invention pertains to an algorithm development environment for solving a class of combinatorial optimization problems. Many practical real-life applications can be formulated as combinatorial optimization problems. Over the years, there have been algorithms prop... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164167 | Integrated circuit structure and a method of forming the same An integrated circuit structure is disclosed. The integrated circuit structure includes a first package substrate including a radiating element, the radiating element having a radiating element connection extending from the radiating element. The integrated circuit ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158363 | Microfluidic immunoassay device An optical fiber for use in an immunoassay device having at least one microfluidic channel, the optical fiber being for transmitting excitation light to the microfluidic channel and for transmitting emitted fluorescence to a light detector. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8148027 | Electrode composite material The present invention refers to a self-humidifying electrically conducting composite material for the manufacture of a fuel cell. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8138496 | Addressable transistor chip for conducting assays A bioelectronic microchip formed on a substrate (16) includes a plurality of field effect transistors (10), each including first (12) and second (14) electrodes on the substrate; and a channel (18) extending between the first and s... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137315 | Self-contained pump A self-contained pump is disclosed that is an integrated pump. It has a reservoir, a pumping mechanism, and at least one outlet. The pumping mechanism is for controlled compression of the reservoir to force a required volume of fluid in the reservoir through the at ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135547 | Detection apparatus and method utilizing membranes and ratio of transmembrane pressures The failure of an upstream filtration membrane, or the presence of a foulant in a fluid is detected using a membrane-based detector. The fluid or an effluent from the filtration membrane is directed to permeate through a first permeable membrane, and from the first ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133226 | Intramedullary fixation device for fractures An intramedullary fixation device for fractures having a core guide wire, and distal and proximal petal segments mountable on the core guide wire and being able to be moved towards each other. Each petal segment has multiple petals able to be expanded for gripping a... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8101487 | Method for fabricating semiconductor devices with shallow diffusion regions A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is presented. The method includes providing a substrate and forming a gate stack over the substrate. A first laser processing to form vacancy rich regions within the substrate on opposing sides of the gate stack is per... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100005 | Permeate flow distribution measurement in a membrane filtration system The present invention refers to a flow distribution measuring system comprising a sensor matrix adapted to measure the flow distribution of permeate passing through a membrane filtration arrangement and also refers to a cap comprising such a sensor matrix; wherein t... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097134 | Addressable chem/bio chip array Addressable bio/chem chips include a plurality of isolated test cells, each addressable by at least two electrodes for measuring electrical characteristics of probe/test molecule interactions. In one embodiment, electrodes are located within a channel to allow for f... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093633 | Method and device for wavelength-sensitive photo-sensing A semiconductor device includes a conducting channel (130) formed beneath a substrate surface with a pre-determined photo-conductivity spectral response. The channel is formed between two pn-junctions (126, 128) defining first and third photo-electric ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089115 | Organic memory device with a charge storage layer and method of manufacture An organic memory device is disclosed that has an active layer, at least one charge storage layer of a film of an organic dielectric material, and nanostractures and/or nano-particles of a charge-storing material on or in the film of dielectric material. Each of the... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081852 | Two-ring optical buffer A two-ring optical buffer comprising a first ring operatively connected to a waveguide and a second ring, the second ring being operatively connected to only the first ring, the second ring and the first ring having a circumferential ratio substantially equal to 2 | 12/20/2011 |
| 8080822 | Solution-processed inorganic films for organic thin film transistors A method for fabricating a sol-gel film composition for use in a thin film transistor is disclosed. The method includes fabricating the sol-gel dielectric composition by solution processing at a temperature in the range 60° C. to 225° C. The sol-gel film made by t... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7975531 | Microfluidic sensor for interfacial tension measurement and method for measuring interfacial tension A microfluidic sensor is disclosed that has a first inlet channel for a first fluid, a second inlet channel for a second fluid, and a measurement channel intersecting with both first inlet channel and the second inlet channel. A signal source system is provided for ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7935566 | Embossing printing for fabrication of organic field effect transistors and its integrated devices A method of fabricating an organic field effect transistor (OFET) includes forming at least one OFET structure by ultraviolet (UV) transfer embossing printing, where, in an example embodiment, the method includes providing ink material on at least part of a patterne... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7907091 | Antennas An antenna on a substrate, the antenna being symmetrical about a central longitudinal axis of symmetry, the antenna comprising a first portion that is substantially rectangular, a second portion that is substantially rectangular, the first portion and the second por... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7888663 | Plasmonic structure lens and its application for online inspection A surface plasmonic polariton lens is disclosed that has an optical plate having incident thereupon waves of electromagnetic radiation. The plate also has a thin metal film of a metal having a negative permittivity. There are slits in the thin film, the slits being ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7888224 | Method for forming a shallow junction region using defect engineering and laser annealing A method for forming a shallow junction region in a crystalline semiconductor substrate and method for fabricating a semiconductor device having the shallow junction region includes a defect engineering step in which first ions are introduced into a first region of ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7876025 | Ultrasonic mechanical emulsifier A tubular piezoelectric transducer comprising a tube of piezoelectric material and having a plurality of external electrodes for inducing in a first end of the tube at least one movement of a plurality of possible movements; at least two spokes attached to and exten... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7850836 | Method of electro-depositing a conductive material in at least one through-hole via of a semiconductor substrate An initial pulse current cycle is supplied to at least one through-hole via. The pulse current cycle includes a forward pulse current. The magnitude of the forward pulse current is lower than the magnitude of the reverse pulse current. A corresponding forward and re... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7843270 | Low noise amplifier circuit with noise cancellation and increased gain A low noise amplifier circuit including a front end voltage sensing and matching amplification circuit, a gain circuit and a combining circuit is disclosed. The front end voltage sensing and matching amplification circuit includes an input and two outputs and provid... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7791440 | Microfabricated system for magnetic field generation and focusing A method of forming, in or on a Si substrate, planar micro-coils with coil windings of high aspect ratio (>3) and a wide variety of geometric shapes. The micro-coils may be formed on a Si substrate and be embedded in a dielectric, or they may be formed in trenches w... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7767444 | Cell analysis using laser with external cavity An apparatus and method for analyzing biological cells and other particles using an external laser cavity. Microfluidic channels contain and transport biological cells to be analyzed. A laser diode provides light for cell analysis. An external cavity is provided bet... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7736788 | Pattern molding of polymeric flow channels for micro fuel cells The invention relates to a method for large scale manufacturing of polymeric micro fuel cells using a metallic mold. The method includes creating a Gaussian-shaped channel on a first substrate using a laser; sputtering a metallic seed layer over the first substrate ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7726960 | Twin-plate rotary compressor This invention relates to a twin-plate, rotary compressor and refers particularly, though not exclusively, to a twin-plate, rotary compressor comprising two conical plates for relative rolling motion within a casing, there being a line contact between the two conica... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7688993 | Software and method for embedding data in two color images A method of embedding watermark data in a two-color image includes assessing the suitability of each of several candidate pixels to embed a bit of watermark data. Candidate pixels for which one pixel directly above, directly below, and immediately to the left and ri... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7644932 | Gap-clearing mechanism for wheelchair A gap-clearing mechanism for attachment to a wheelchair is disclosed. The gap-clearing mechanism has a lower member for attachment to the wheelchair, and an upper member spaced from and parallel to the lower member and being moveable relative thereto. The upper memb... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7575715 | Methods for sterilizing medical devices using a hydrogen surface-mixed diffusion flame A method for sterilizing medical devices, comprising the steps: producing a plurality of hydrogen surface-mixed diffusion flame; exposing the plurality of hydrogen surface-mixed diffusion flame to the medical devices for a predetermined period of time; and exposing ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7570144 | Integrated transformer and method of fabrication thereof An integrated transformer structure includes a first coil element associated with a transverse axis, the first coil element having at least one turn. The first coil element includes a first portion provided on a first lateral level, and a second portion provided on ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7534097 | Method and apparatus for controlling multi-fluid flow in a micro channel A method and apparatus for controlling multi-fluid flow in a micro channel is disclosed. The apparatus has a first inlet for a first fluid; a second inlet for a second fluid; a first outlet; and a second outlet. The micro channel is operatively and fluidically conne... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7525147 | Memory structure A memory structure including a semiconductor substrate, an insulator layer formed on the semiconductor substrate and a gate layer formed on the insulator layer is disclosed. The insulator layer includes a first nanocrystal implanted region proximate to the gate laye... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7496117 | Laser arrangement and a method for generating power pulses A laser arrangement including a gain fiber to provide nonlinear amplification, the gain fiber having a first end and a second end, a dispersion adaptation fiber having a first end and a second end, and an output coupler is disclosed. The first end of the dispersion ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7494466 | Ultrasonic treatment of breast cancer A method of treatment, clinical treatment assembly, robotic manipulator and controlling arrangements for the treatment of cancers are described. The invention has particular application in the treatment of breast cancer. A robotic manipulator (18) carries a j... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7477362 | Moiré interferometric strain sensor A moiré interferometric strain sensor for detecting strain on a specimen, a diffraction grating being on the specimen, the strain sensor including an array of a plurality of microlenses for receiving at least one reflected beam of at least one incident beam upon th... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7466879 | Fiber optic force sensor for measuring shear force Provided herein are fiber optic force sensors for measuring shear force which include an optical fiber with at least one optical core and a Bragg grating. Also provided arc fiber optic force sensor arrays for measuring a plurality of shear forces which include an op... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7437986 | Landmine avoidance and protection device A mine avoidance and protection device has a frame adapted to be secured to a source of a load, such as the foot of a person. Attached to the frame are at least three support legs each extending from the frame. Each leg has a releasable joint between the leg and the... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7393452 | Compositions and methods for the treatment of wastewater and other waste A method for processing environmental samples to remove or otherwise reduce the level of certain chemical species. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention contemplates a process for reducing the level of inorganic and/or organic chemical species in wastewat... | 07/01/2008 |
