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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090131020 | WIRELESS MANAGER AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING AND SECURING WIRELESS ACCESS TO A NETWORK The disclosure provides a wireless manager operable to receive a request from a mobile device to wirelessly communicate with an enterprise network, with the request including information operable to dynamically identify a location of the mobile device. The wireless mana... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090125513 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY SEARCHING A LOCAL USER INDEX A system is provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system may include three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The deskto... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090125490 | SYSTEM FOR LOCATING DOCUMENTS A USER HAS PREVIOUSLY ACCESSED A system is provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system may include upon three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The d... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122726 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING VOIP TELECOMMUNICATIONS A system, method or device for sharing revenue for incoming Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls between a VoIP service provider and VoIP service subscribers. The VoIP subscribers may earn credits for receiving incoming calls from a first network to an Internet Pro... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122443 | Disk Drive Carrier Assembly and Method A disk drive carrier assembly for carrying plural disk drives is provided. The assembly has a casing having first and second opposed ends, opposed sides, a top and a bottom. Drive cards are provided in the casing. Each drive card has a disk drive receiving portion for r... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122290 | Device manufacturing method and lithographic apparatus,and computer program product In a lithographic printing process a substrate is moved, in the scanning direction, relative to a patterned beam of radiation being projected onto it during a scanning exposure of a pattern feature. An image of the pattern feature is blurred in the scanning direction. T... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122284 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS HAVING AN ACTIVE DAMPING SUBASSEMBLY A lithographic apparatus includes a projection system to project a patterned radiation beam onto a substrate, and a damping system to dampen a vibration of at least part of the projection system, the damping system including an interface damping mass and an active dampi... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122020 | TOUCH PAD SYSTEM Radiation guided by Total Internal Reflection inside a solid element from a point of engagement of a reflecting/emitting/scattering object and toward a detector reaches an area of the solid element on which the surface has areas preventing reflection of the radiation ba... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119936 | Plane blade adjustment improvement A plane includes a plane body having an opening positioned in a bottom surface of the plane body, an angled support structure carried by the plane body, a blade supported by the angled support structure, the blade having an edge positionable to protrude from the opening... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119191 | RECORD RETENTION AND POST-ISSUANCE COMPLIANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MUNICIPAL BONDS Systems and methods to facilitate record retention and compliance requirements mandated by law, rules or regulations, company policy, or other guidance for maintaining records using electronic storage systems is herein described. The systems and methods may facilitate t... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116618 | X-RAY CT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME An X-ray CT device, including a stationary part; a rotary part; an X-ray tube provided at the rotary part and that radiates X-ray beams on an object of imaging; an X-ray detector being provided at the rotary part and that detects the X-ray beams; an image processor that... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090115987 | POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS A measurement system includes a sensor arranged to co-operate with a first pattern arranged on a structure of the measurement system to determine a first position quantity of the sensor relative to the structure, and arranged to co-operate with a second pattern arranged... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090115984 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD A lithographic apparatus includes a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a substrate supported by a substrate table; a liquid supply system configured to supply a space between the projection system and the substrate with a liquid; a c... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090115983 | Immersion lithography apparatus An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a detector to measure a distance between a substrate support structure and/or a substrate and a fluid handling system and/or to detect when an item is present between the fluid handling system and a top surf... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090115980 | Illumination system and filter system A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam, a projection system configured to project the radiation beam onto a substrate, and a filter system for filtering debris particles out of the radiation beam. The filter sys... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090115979 | Immersion lithography apparatus A sampler, sample holder and an immersion lithographic apparatus comprising a sampler is disclosed. In an embodiment, a sampler is provided to collect particles in an immersion system of a lithographic apparatus. The sampler comprises a holder base having a collector su... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090115361 | PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR AND WASHING MACHINE PROVIDED THEREWITH A permanent magnet motor includes a rotor including a rotor core and a plurality of permanent magnets located inside the rotor core and establishing a plurality of magnetic poles. In the permanent magnet motor, the permanent magnets include a plurality of types of perma... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090115120 | SHEET TAKE-OUT APPARATUS AND SHEET TAKE-OUT METHOD A sheet take-out apparatus includes a first separation unit, a second separation unit, a drawing roller for drawing sheets from a nip of the second separation unit, and a pinch roller rotating in contact with it. Overlapping sheets which pass the first and second separa... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114764 | Automatic conversion system for tiltrotor aircraft One embodiment of the present invention is a method for automatically controlling the conversion of a tiltrotor aircraft. An airspeed command for the tiltrotor aircraft is received. The airspeed command is converted to a pylon position. A difference between the airspeed... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113897 | Magnetic regenerator, a method of making a magnetic regenerator, a method of making an active magnetic refrigerator and an active magnetic refrigerator The invention provides a method of making a magnetic regenerator for an active magnetic refrigerator, the method comprising: forming a magnetic regenerator from a slurry or a paste containing a magnetocaloric material the magnetic regenerator being formed to have plural... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113343 | REPLAY DEVICE A replay device includes a management means which manages all of the files stored upon a medium by separating them into first files and second files. And this replay device also includes an output means which creates and outputs a first menu screen upon which a list of ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090110761 | Extrusion Molding Apparatus for Resin Tube The dimensions of a tube molded by an extrusion molding apparatus are made more accurate. The arrangement of the extrusion molding apparatus enabling the molding of the aforesaid accurate tube is simplified. The molding of the aforesaid accurate tube is facilitated. The... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090110377 | VIDEO REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VIDEO REPRODUCTION According to one embodiment, the invention provides a video reproduction device including a conversion module which is controlled to be selectively switched among a normal reproduction state in which an interlaced video signal is converted into a progressive video signa... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090110369 | MOVING IMAGE AND AUDIO REPRODUCTION DEVICE According to one embodiment, a moving image and audio reproduction device includes an extraction block which extracts a composition of an Elementary Stream in an Audio Stream included in content and a setting shown in the Elementary Stream, and a signal processing part ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090109804 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND READING CONTROL METHOD According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus, has a reading unit which, if a transfer delay address is found, stores data in the transfer delay address, in a memory, and stores data in a range from the transfer delay address to an additional address ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090109415 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a beam of radiation, a support structure configured to hold a reticle, a substrate table configured to hold a substrate, and a projection system configured to project a beam onto the substr... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090109412 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A lithographic apparatus comprises an immersion fluid system and an interferometric temperature detection system. The immersion fluid system is configured to provide immersion fluid to an exposure system. The interferometric temperature detection system is configured to... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090109187 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, LAUNCHER, ACTIVATION CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus with a display device and a contact input device arranged on the display device and receiving data corresponding to a contact position of a finger includes a detecting unit, a GUI determination unit, and a... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090108484 | Imprint lithography An imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed that includes a support structure configured to hold an imprint template. The apparatus further includes an actuator located between the support structure and a side of the imprint template, when the imprint template is held... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090103265 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing including an opening, a partition wall which partitions an interior part of the housing into a first chamber and a second chamber which is opened to the outside through the opening, first and second he... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090103180 | Structures and methods for reducing aberration in optical systems An optical system includes multiple cubic crystalline optical elements and one or more polarization rotators in which the crystal lattices of the cubic crystalline optical elements are oriented with respect to each other to reduce the effects of intrinsic birefringence ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090103062 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD A lithographic apparatus includes a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate. The projection system has a final element. The apparatus also includes a barrier member surrounding a space between the projectio... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090102610 | RFID ANTENNA SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD A method and apparatus for reading a plurality of RFID tags using a plurality of antennas includes ranking a plurality of antennas based on RFID tags readable, wherein the antenna that can read most RFID tags receives a highest ranking, and the antenna that can read the... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090101605 | RESILIENT ROD FEATURE IN HANGING FILE FOLDER A hanging file folder for mounting to a pair of spaced apart rails is disclosed. The file folder has a first and second rod with a pair of hook portions on opposing ends thereof for engaging the pair of spaced apart rails. The file folder body has first and second walls... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090100410 | System and method for tracking software changes A system and method may be used to track software changes by analyzing intermediate language level representations of the software. For example, software changes may be tracked by analyzing object-oriented program code that includes one or more non-native binary executa... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090098987 | Portable workout apparatus having a pivotally mounted exercise bar An exercise device is disclosed that is useful for performing various exercises including Pilates exercises. The exercise device includes a pilates tower having first and second sides. A first padded surface extends horizontally from the first side of the pilates tower.... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090098598 | PROCESS FOR INTERGRATED UTILIZATION OF THE ENERGY AND MATERIAL CONTENTS OF HYDROLYSATES A process for integrated utilization of the energy and material contents of hydrolysates and solids obtained in the enzymatic hydrolysis of renewable raw materials, in which the resulting hydrolysis solution is used as a carbon source in fermentations and the unhydrolys... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090097003 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING AN OBJECT BY AN ELECTROMAGNETIC MOTOR, STAGE APPARATUS AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS A method for positioning an object by an electromagnetic motor which, in use, produces a plurality of primary forces and a pitch torque associated with the primary forces. The method includes a cycle which includes: determining the desired forces and torques for positio... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090096911 | CAMERA WITH DISPLAY PANEL A camera with a display panel comprises a camera body and an LCD panel unit. The LCD panel unit is swingably attached to the camera body by a hinge portion. The LCD panel unit is provided with the display panel. A speaker portion is located on one surface (on the same s... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090096246 | HINGE WITH A VISCOUS ROTARY DAMPER An assembly to pivotally connect an external vehicle closure panel to a vehicle body includes a first hinge member that is constructed to be mounted to one of the external vehicle closure panel and the vehicle body, a second hinge member that is constructed to be mounte... | 04/16/2009 |
