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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20070234050 | Communications system and method A communications system includes a transmitting device for processing packets to be sent, and a receiving device for processing the transmitted packets. The transmitting device includes a first memory unit, a first communications unit, and a first processing unit couple... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070233933 | Hard disk drive cache memory and playback device A NOR emulating device using a controller and NAND memories can be used in a computer system in placed of the main memory or in place of the BIOS NOR memory. Thus, the emulating device can function as a bootable memory. In addition, the device can act as a cache to the ... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070231430 | Extinguisher food product and method of manufacture An extinguisher food product is provided in which the intensity level of each piece of food product is controlled. The intensity level of each piece may be a sourness level or a spiciness level. The extinguisher food product may be a hard candy, fruit snack or other sna... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070234279 | System and method for creating designs for over the phone voice enabled services A system and method for creating designs for over the phone voice enabled services is provided. The system and method provide an automated way to start with a sample dialog, view and edit its content in both a detail dialog design format and a flowchart format, and auto... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070229833 | High-sensitivity surface detection system and method An inspection system and method for inspecting a sample surface, with a light source for generating a probe beam of light, a high NA lens for focusing the probe beam onto a sample surface, and collecting a scattered probe beam from the sample surface, optics for imaging... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070225405 | Puncture sealing agent for a tire, and process for producing the same A puncture sealing agent for a tire is disclosed that has a rubber latex, an adhesive agent, and an anti-freezing agent, wherein glycerin, potassium acetate or a solution of glycerin and potassium acetate is used as the anti-freezing agent. ... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070215931 | Non-volatile memory cell in a trench having a first portion deeper than a second portion, an array of such memory cells, and method of manufacturing A non-volatile memory cell is made in a substrate of a substantially single crystalline semiconductive material having a first conductivity type and a surface. A trench is in the surface and extends into the substrate to a first depth and to a second depth, which is dee... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070220413 | Method and computer medium for organising URLs for affiliate referrals A method of organizing a URL string and a computer readable medium encoding the referral of a visitor to a merchant website by an affiliate having a presence on the merchant website comprising attaching a token to the URL string of the merchant website, the token capabl... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070210369 | Single gate-non-volatile flash memory cell A non-volatile floating gate memory cell, having a single polysilicon gate, compatible with conventional logic processes, comprises a substrate of a first conductivity type. A first and a second region of a second conductivity type are in the substrate, spaced apart fro... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070207516 | Cholesterol measurement system and method A cholesterol testing system and method are provided in which cholesterol values determined from testing a sample are analyzed and normalized to generate a set of cholesterol values.... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070190473 | Premixed duct burner A fully premixed duct burner is provided that receives exhaust gas from a power generating device, such as a gas turbine or reciprocating engine. The burner may include a burner surface adapted to combust the mixture on or above the surface in blue-flame mode. Substanti... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070188505 | Method and apparatus for scheduling the processing of multimedia data in parallel processing systems An efficient method and device for the parallel processing of multimedia data. Blocks (or portions thereof) are transmitted to various parallel processors, in the order of their dependency data. Earlier blocks are sent to the parallel processors first, with later blocks... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070189618 | Method and apparatus for processing sub-blocks of multimedia data in parallel processing systems An efficient method and device for the parallel processing of sub-blocks of data. A parallel processing array has computing elements configured to process blocks of data of an image in a parallel manner. Blocks of image data are generated, wherein each of the blocks of ... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070189664 | Optical delivery systems and methods of providing adjustable beam diameter, spot size and/or spot shape An optical device and method for varying an optical characteristic of an optical beam can include a plurality of optical fibers each having an input end, an output end, and a core, wherein each of the optical fibers has an effective area and a numerical aperture, and a ... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070183026 | Adjustable lens device An adjustable lens device includes a fixing seat, an adjusting seat sleeved on the fixing seat, and first and second lens modules mounted to the fixing seat. The fixing seat is formed with a plurality of positioning projections, and a plurality of guide slots that exten... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070169326 | Bottle cap with integrated valve core remover A bottle cap with an integrated valve core remover is provided so that the process of sealing an object, such as a tire, with sealant in a container is simplified.... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070163498 | Gas dispersion shield and method A gas dispersion shield and method for protecting the bottom surface of a gas deposition chamber, while injecting gas from a gas insertion channel into the chamber at a non-vertical angle. The gas dispersion shield includes a cylindrically shaped vertical sidewall, an a... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070165436 | High-speed and low-power differential non-volatile content addressable memory cell and array A differential non-volatile content addressable memory array has a differential non-volatile content addressable memory cell which uses a pair of non-volatile storage elements. Each of the non-volatile storage elements can be a split-gate floating gate transistor or a s... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070162722 | Method and apparatus for processing algorithm steps of multimedia data in parallel processing systems An efficient method and device for the parallel processing of data variables. A parallel processing array has computing elements configured to process data variables in parallel. An algorithm for a plurality of computing elements of a parallel processor is loaded. The a... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070159904 | Wide dynamic range and high speed voltage mode sensing for a multilevel digital non-volatile memory A high speed voltage mode sensing is provided for a digital multibit non-volatile memory integrated system. An embodiment has a local source follower stage followed by a high speed common source stage. Another embodiment has a local source follower stage followed by a h... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070153726 | Digital microwave radio link with adaptive data rate A digital microwave link and system are provided that has an adaptive data rate.... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070154329 | Refrigeration cycle system A refrigeration cycle system is provided with a two-cylinder type rotary compressor having one compression mechanism which includes a switching mechanism for switching a back surface side of a blade between a low pressure mode and a high pressure mode and controlling th... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070147111 | Flash memory array system including a top gate memory cell A memory system includes memory cells arranged in sectors. A decoder corresponding to a sector disables memory cells having a defective top gate. The decoder may include a low voltage or high voltage latch for the disabling. A top gate handling algorithm is included. Th... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070147131 | Flash memory array system including a top gate memory cell A memory system includes memory cells arranged in sectors. A decoder corresponding to a sector disables memory cells having a defective top gate. The decoder may include a low voltage or high voltage latch for the disabling. A top gate handling algorithm is included. Th... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070147115 | Unified memory and controller A memory device has a controller. The controller has a first address bus for receiving a RAM address signals, a first data bus for receiving RAM data signals, and a first control bus for receiving RAM control signals. The controller further has a second address bus for ... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070150482 | Customer relationship management system and method A software-based customer relationship management system and method. ... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070147730 | Optical switch and method for treatment of tissue An optical switch incorporated in a photomedical system, and a method of treating tissue using the optical switch for creating pulsed light. A light source generates an optical beam. An aperture element includes a light-transmitting portion and a light-blocking portion.... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070139921 | Traffic signal lamp assembly and method of replacing same A method and apparatus for installing an LED lamp module into a light such as a traffic signal light. The LED lamp module includes a plurality of LEDs for producing light. The traffic signal light includes a housing, a door assembly removably or movably attached to the ... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070143747 | Customer relationship management system and method having code reuse A software-based customer relationship management system and method. ... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070138846 | Seat attachment device A seat attachment device is provided that uses a single bolt to secure the seat rails to the seat attachment device and the seat attachment device to a post. ... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070143165 | Customer relationship management system and method A software-based customer relationship management system and method. ... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070130444 | Integrated processor array, instruction sequencer and I/O controller A computer processor having an integrated instruction sequencer, array of processing engines, and I/O controller. The instruction sequencer sequences instructions from a host, and transfers these instructions to the processing engines, thus directing their operation. Th... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070129709 | System and method for minimally traumatic ophthalmic photomedicine A system and method for treating ophthalmic target tissue in which a light source generates a beam of light, a scanner unit deflects the beam of light into a pattern, a beam delivery unit for delivering the pattern to ophthalmic target tissue. The light is either pulsed... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070129775 | System and method for generating treatment patterns System and method for generating patterns P of aiming and treatment light on target eye tissue (e.g. the retina) of a patient's eye. The system includes light sources for treatment and aiming light, a scanner for generating patterns of spots of the generated light, a co... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070127787 | Face recognition system and method A facial recognition system that captures a plurality two-dimensional images of a target face, creates a three-dimensional facial model from the plurality of two-dimensional images of a target face, moves the three-dimensional facial model to a predetermined pose orient... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070130075 | System and method for executing a rental software program in distributed computing environment A system and method for executing a rental software program in a distributed computing environment is provided. The system enables the streaming of software applications to the client computer. It also enables the system calls of the software application to be intercept... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070126985 | Photomedical treatment system and method with a virtual aiming device A photomedical system and method for treating and/or diagnosing a patient's eye that includes a first light source for producing light, a scanning device for deflecting the light to produce a pattern of the light on the eye, a viewing element positioned to view the eye ... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070121707 | Spread spectrum signal receiver A proposed spread spectrum signal receiver includes a radio front-end unit and a processing unit. The radio front-end unit, in turn, has an antenna, a digitizing circuit and a primary buffer unit. The antenna is adapted to receive radio signals (SHF) from a p... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070121069 | Multiple spot photomedical treatment using a laser indirect ophthalmoscope A laser indirect ophthalmoscope (LIO) apparatus for photomedical treatment and/or diagnosis is presented. The LIO apparatus allows multiple spot ophthalmic surgery to be performed in a wider range of patient positions and less intrusively than currently available method... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070120599 | Multi-operational amplifier system A multi-operational amplifier system comprises a plurality of operational amplifiers and a controller to configure the plurality of operational amplifiers. The operational amplifiers may be selectively configured to operate individually or in combination with other of t... | 05/31/2007 |
