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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047405 | System and Method for Implementing an Intelligent Backup Technique for Cluster Resources Method and system for implementing a backup in a cluster comprising a plurality of interconnected nodes, at least one of the nodes comprising a cluster resource manager (CRM), and at least one of the nodes comprising a policy engine (PE), the PE maintaining at least one... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047316 | SOLID STATE MEMORY DEVICE POWER OPTIMIZATION Memory device power optimization includes operating a memory device, wherein the memory device includes a plurality of data channels and each of the plurality of data channels includes a plurality of data storage units. A controller receives a command to enable a power ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046318 | ADDITIVE, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF SAME, AND COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME Disclosed is an additive which is produced by treating a raw material for the additive with carbon dioxide under pressure and reducing the pressure, wherein the raw material comprises one or more components. Preferably, the raw material for the additive is selected from... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045618 | FABRICATION OF COMPACT OPTO-ELECTRONIC COMPONENT PACKAGES A wafer-level method of fabricating an opto-electronic component package, in which the opto-electronic component is mounted to a semiconductor wafer having first and second surfaces on opposite sides of the wafer. The method includes etching vias in the first surface of... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044787 | PIPE-HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHODS A pipe-handling apparatus adapted to move pipe to and from a drilling floor of a drilling rig including a ramp extendable between a main support structure and the drilling floor, a pipe carrier mounted on the main support structure configured to move between lower and e... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043928 | Method and Apparatus for Moving a Component in an Optical Sight A method and apparatus relate to an optical sight having a first section, and having a second section that is movable relative to the first section, and that has optics thereon. One aspect involves: preventing movement of the second section away from a first position pa... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043708 | OPTIMIZED MOBILE TELEVISION A television (TV) receiver system includes a circuit having a TV tuner. The tuner receives a terrestrial TV broadcast and a mobile TV broadcast. A motion detection system is coupled to the tuner. The motion detection system detects a motion status of the tuner. A broadc... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042750 | CONTROLLING GATE FORMATION FOR HIGH DENSITY CELL LAYOUT Methods of forming a semiconductor structure and the semiconductor structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a gate dielectric layer over a substrate, forming a gate electrode layer over the gate dielectric layer, and etching the gate electro... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042729 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING SELECTIVITY OF EPI PROCESS The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating a semiconductor device that includes providing a semiconductor substrate, forming a gate structure over the substrate, forming a material layer over the substrate and the gate structure, implanting Ge, C, P, F, or ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042240 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TESTING IMPURITY CONTENT IN A PRECIOUS METAL A precious metal testing apparatus and methods adapted to analyze impurities in a precious metal test sample is described. The testing apparatus contains a test probe that has a replaceable portion and that is connected to a meter to measure resistance. The replaceable ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042006 | E-CHUCK WITH AUTOMATED CLAMPED FORCE ADJUSTMENT AND CALIBRATION The present disclosure describes a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. The apparatus includes a processing chamber designed to perform a process to a wafer; an electrostatic chuck (E-chuck) configured in the processing chamber and designed to secure the wafer, wherei... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041378 | Method and Apparatus for Adjustably Supporting a Component in an Optical Sight A method and apparatus relate to an optical sight that includes a first section, and a second section having optics thereon and having spaced first and second portions. One aspect of the method and apparatus involves: adjustably positioning the first portion relative to... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040987 | TIME AVERAGED DYNAMIC PHASE SHEDDING A time averaged dynamic phase shedding system includes a system to generate a first phase electrical pulse using a phase 1 pulse generator and generate a second phase electrical pulse using a phase 2 pulse generator. The electrical current of the first phase electrical ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040292 | APPARATUS FOR OPTHALMOLOGICAL, IN PARTICULAR REFRACTIVE, LASER SURGERY An apparatus for ophthalmological, in particular refractive, laser surgery includes a laser-beam source (20) for emitting a focused treatment laser beam (20′) and also includes an optical-coherence interferometric measuring device (34), for exampl... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037605 | Event Recognition And Response System An event recognition and response system includes an event sensor. An event recognition engine is coupled to the event sensor. An action profile database is coupled to the event recognition engine. The event recognition engine is operable to receive an event input from ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037494 | Method for Wafer-Level Testing of Integrated Circuits A method for wafer level testing is provided which includes providing a wafer having an integrated circuit formed thereon, applying a signal to energize the integrated circuit, the signal including increasing steps or decreasing steps that range between a first level an... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035877 | COVER FOR A BED In order to provide a cover for bed or resting place for a child, to exclude light to aid sleep, the present invention provides a structure (2, 3) which has at least two positions or which is movable. The structure supports a light excluding material (6, 7... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035855 | Body Armor With Support A lower back support can be configured to attach to a ballistic vest. The lower back support can be configured to endorse true lordosis of the lumbo-sacro region of the spine, cooperate with the ballistic vest to provide passive resistance to forward being of a wearer, ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035444 | RELATIONSHIP SECURITY IN ONLINE SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS AND COMMUNITIES A method for evolving a defined online existing relationship between two members, the online existing relationship defined by a plurality of existing relationship features to manage network interaction on a communications network between the two members. The method incl... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110035186 | PORTABLE WIRELESS SENSOR The present disclosure provides an apparatus for fabricating a semiconductor device. The apparatus includes a portable device. The portable device includes first and second sensors that respectively measure first and second fabrication process parameters. The first fabr... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034927 | Bone Fixation System and Method of Use An apparatus includes: a member configured to be received within an intramedullary canal, the member having an opening therethrough; a flexible elongate element sized to extend through the opening; a section having a first bone-engaging surface and a coupling structure ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032879 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR A REMOTE RADIO MODULE WITH RELAY CAPABILITY Provided are an apparatus, system, and method for facilitating wireless communication between a hub and a mobile terminal via a remote radio module. The remote radio module includes a first transceiver operable to wirelessly communicate with the mobile terminal, a secon... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032798 | APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING THE TIMING FUNCTION IN A NODAL SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION UNIT A wireless seismic data acquisition unit with a wireless receiver providing access to a common remote time reference shared by a plurality of wireless seismic data acquisition units in a seismic system. The receiver is capable of replicating local version of remote time... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032672 | Memory Heat Sink System A memory heat sink system includes a base comprising a first side and a second side, wherein the first side is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the second side. A plurality of convective heat transfer members extend from the first side. At least one conductive ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032033 | PRE-DISTORTION AND MEMORY COMPENSATION APPARATUS Pre-distortion and memory compensation apparatuses and methods for a non-linear component are provided. The apparatus comprises an adaptive block for generating a plurality of correlation coefficients, which are used to weight a plurality of synthesis work functions to ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032006 | BI-DIRECTIONAL CHANNEL AMPLIFIER An AUX channel amplifier for amplifying data in the AUX channel of a Display Port device. In some embodiments, the amplifier includes a first amplifier coupled to amplify a signal from a source to a sink and a second amplifier coupled to amplify a signal from the sink t... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031542 | METHOD TO OPTIMIZE SUBSTRATE THICKNESS FOR IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE Provided is a method for fabricating an image sensor device that includes providing a substrate having a front side and a back side; patterning a photoresist on the front side of the substrate to define an opening having a first width, the photoresist having a first thi... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110029764 | BIOS FIELD MAPPING BIOS field mapping includes generating basic input/output system (BIOS) information by defining property identifications using a visual form code language and determining that a proprietary set-up service is accessible. The BIOS field mapping then includes converting th... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029500 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLOATING INDEX NAVIGATION System and method for implementing a floating index navigation tool are described. In one embodiment, the method includes, in response to a user's updating a search term, building first and second search queries; issuing the first and second search queries to at least o... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029400 | NO AUTHENTICATION PAYMENT AND SEAMLESS AUTHENTICATION A easy authentication or payment is made by creating an account associated with a particular web browser or device that accesses an on-line page. Payments are made, such as for full-access viewing of an article or viewing content without visible ads, by selecting a paym... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027691 | Polymer Membranes The invention relates to novel organic/inorganic hybrid membranes which have the following composition: a polymer acid containing —SO3H, PO3H2, —COOH or B(OH)2 groups, a polymeric ease (optional), which contains primary, s... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027473 | Method and Apparatus for Cutting a Part without Damaging a Coating Thereon A method involves creating a recess in a surface of a part so the recess is adjacent a portion of the part, thereafter forming a coating on the surface of the part with a portion of the coating being disposed in the recess, and thereafter removing material of the portio... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026263 | SURFACE-TEXTURED ENCAPSULATIONS FOR USE WITH LIGHT EMITTING DIODES Surface-textured encapsulations for use with light emitting diodes. In an aspect, a light emitting diode apparatus is provided that includes a light emitting diode, and an encapsulation formed upon the light emitting diode and having a surface texture configured to extr... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026228 | Retractable Circuit Board Guide And Bracket A circuit board guide and bracket apparatus includes a first member collapsibly attached to a second member. The first member is attachable to a planar member in a chassis. The second member guides a circuit board being mounted into a connector on the planar member and ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026033 | Optical Inspection Using Spatial Light Modulation A Hartmann inspection system is provided that includes, comprising: a laser source; and a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to form at least one aperture to form an object beam for inspecting an object, wherein the SLM is further configured to modulate the apertu... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025821 | MULTICAST STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO SYNCHRONIZATION Multicast stereoscopic video synchronization includes generating synchronizing information correlated to an image sequence that includes a series of left eye images and a series of right eye images, and transmitting a radio frequency communication signal that includes t... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025547 | DETERMINATION OF HOSTILE INDIVIDUALS ARMED WITH WEAPON, USING RESPIRATION AND HEARTBEAT AS WELL AS SPECTRAL ANALYSIS AT 60 GHZ A system includes a plurality of radar units configured to provide scan data to a network; a signal processing and imaging module connected to the network and configured to receive the scan data, identify a target, and determine a type of the target based on a radar pro... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025021 | PLATFORM FOR MOUNTING A SKI BINDING ON A SKI A platform is foreseen according to the invention by which an elastically deformable base plate (11) is adapted to receive a front positioning plate (12) as well as a rear positioning plate (13), which are both positioned on the base plate (11 | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024924 | METHOD AND STRUCTURE OF STACKING SCATTEROMETRY-BASED OVERLAY OR CD MARKS FOR MARK FOOTPRINT REDUCTION The present disclosure provides an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of material layers formed on the semiconductor substrate, each of the material layers including a circuit pattern therein; and a plurality of di... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024866 | CMOS IMAGE SENSOR BIG VIA BONDING PAD APPLICATION FOR AICu PROCESS An integrated circuit includes a substrate having a bonding pad region and a non-bonding pad region. A relatively large via, called a “big via,” is formed on the substrate in the bonding region. The big via has a first dimension in a top view toward the substrate. T... | 02/03/2011 |
