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Wearable Device For Feeding and Observing Birds and Other Flying Animals
A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20070232119 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD An implantable device includes a housing, a circuit board having a plurality of through holes, and a plurality of interconnect pins within the housing and oriented perpendicular to a major surface of the housing. The circuit board is connected to the interconnect pins s... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070231348 | High titer recombinant influenza viruses for vaccines The invention provides a composition useful to prepare high titer influenza viruses, e.g., in the absence of helper virus, which includes at least five internal genes from an influenza virus isolate that replicates to high titers in embryonated chicken eggs or MDCK cell... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070233389 | Dynamic positioning of marine vessels Dynamic positioning of a vessel 10 connected to the seafloor 14 by a riser 12 utilises a measurement of riser 12 bottom angle combined with a measurement of vessel 10 velocity, optionally obtained from a Doppler log 16. These tw... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070232741 | Nanoclays in polymer compositions, articles containing same, processes of making same, and systems containing same A composition includes a bismaleimide triazine (BT) compound with a nanoclay composited therewith. A mounting substrate includes polymer compound with a nanoclay composited therewith to form a core for the mounting substrate. A process includes melt blending a polymer s... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070234214 | Web based video editing A web based system for creating video compositions has a network connected interface generator for providing web pages to a user coupled to the network. A content library stores video clips and optionally images for use in creating the video composition or a sequence of... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070233201 | RATE SMOOTHING CONTROL A rate smoothing function used in implantable pulse generators uses detected triggering events, which cause the rate smoothing function to be activated or deactivated, and detected parameter adjusting events, which cause parameter(s) of the rate smoothing function to be... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070233703 | Service selection for composite services A system for selecting services that are used for a composite service, may include an accessing unit and a processing unit. The accessing unit may be configured to access: tasks of the composite service, transactional requirements of the tasks, services that are configu... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070228433 | DRAM with nanofin transistors One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a memory. A memory embodiment includes a nanofin transistor having a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region above the first source/drain region, and a vertically-oriented channel region between the fir... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070228491 | Tunneling transistor with sublithographic channel Disclosed herein are vertical tunneling transistors with gates that surround transistor bodies that have a width dimension less than a photolithographic dimension. These thin tunneling transistors with surrounding gates are used to obtain low sub-threshold leakage. Vari... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070231980 | Etched nanofin transistors One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method for forming a transistor. According to an embodiment, a fin is formed from a crystalline substrate. A first source/drain region is formed in the substrate beneath the fin. A surrounding gate insulator is forme... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070232007 | Nanowire transistor with surrounding gate One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method for forming a transistor. According to an embodiment of the method, a pillar of amorphous semiconductor material is formed on a crystalline substrate, and a solid phase epitaxy process is performed to crystall... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070230727 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING CUSTOM EARMOLD An apparatus for an ear of a user comprising a custom-fitted, in-the-ear earmold, receiver electronics detachably connected to the earmold and amplifier electronics detachably and electrically connected to the receiver electronics. In some embodiments, the amplifier ele... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070230595 | System and method for beamforming using rate-dependent feedback in a wireless network Embodiments of multicarrier receiver and method for beamforming using rate-dependent feedback in a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, decimated beamforming matrices are generated for grou... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070234320 | Distributed parallel build system This document describes, among other things, systems and methods for managing distributed parallel builds. A computer-implemented method to manage parallel builds, comprises identifying one or more software components in a software project, wherein each software compone... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070228517 | Sol-gel and mask patterning for thin-film capacitor fabrication, thin-film capacitors fabricated thereby, and systems containing same A process of forming a thin-film capacitor that includes sol-gel patterning of a dielectric thin film on a first electrode, lift-off removal of unwanted dielectric thin film, and mating the dielectric thin film with a second electrode. The thin-film capacitor exhibits a... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070230405 | System and method for allocating subchannels among mobile stations in a wireless access network Embodiments of base station and method for allocating subchannels of a time-slot in a wireless access network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, the assignment of subchannels may be based on subchannel qu... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070228438 | TECHNIQUE TO CONTROL TUNNELING CURRENTS IN DRAM CAPACITORS, CELLS, AND DEVICES Structures and methods are provided for the use with PMOS devices. Materials with large electron affinities or work functions are provided for structures such as gates. A memory cell is provided that utilizes materials with work functions larger than n-type doped polysi... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070230408 | Wireless communication device and method for communicating voice over a wireless network using bidirectional multiple receiver aggregation Embodiments of a wireless communication device and a method for the communication of voice or video within a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, aggregated traffic is transmitted to multip... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070234189 | System and method for reducing false alarm in the presence of random signals System and methods for reducing false alarm in the presence of random signals are disclosed. Various embodiments are operable to receive via a data interface a data block having at least one frame, normalize soft bits of the data block and re-encode decoder output bits ... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070230700 | Method and device for authorising conditional access A method of authorising conditional access to an encrypted digital data product, includes storing at least one set of entitlements in a secure device, each entitlement including a product identifier and expiry information, receiving entitlement control messages from a d... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070233762 | Techniques for random bit generation Techniques are presented for randomly generating bits. A seed is inverted and a non repeating portion of the resulting digits from the inversion are retained. The inverted seed is then raised to a power to acquire another non repeating portion or additional digits. This... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070234408 | Methods and systems for multifactor authentication In various embodiments of the invention, techniques are presented for providing multifactor authentication. A first set of credentials are received, which are associated with a first principal, and at least one identifier also associated with the first principal is obta... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070232559 | 2-PROPYNYL ADENOSINE ANALOGS HAVING A2A AGONIST ACTIVITY AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF The invention provides compounds having the following general formula (I): wherein X, R1, R2, R7 and Z are as described here. ... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070232643 | ANTITUMOR AGENTS The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein Y is F, Cl, Br, methyl or methoxy; and pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds are effective antitumor agent. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of form... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070232368 | Slide and rotate display configurations for a handheld computing device Apparatus, systems, and methods described herein may couple a base component associated with a portable electronic device (PED) to a display component associated with the PED such that the display component is capable of sliding and rotating relative to the base compone... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070229176 | Crystal oscillator The present invention provides a constant temperature oven type crystal oscillator for reducing the difference of frequency stability caused by controlling the temperature in the oscillator when detecting the change of the outside-air temperature and controlling the amo... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070233216 | HIS BUNDLE MAPPING, PACING, AND INJECTION LEAD A cardiac rhythm management system includes a lead assembly for intracardiac mapping, pacing, and drug delivery. The lead assembly includes an implantable endocardial lead having a proximal end for connection to an implantable cardiac rhythm management device and a dist... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070227443 | Cooling of the Motor Method for an arrangement for coating a surface with particles (see FIG. 2), comprising a painting spindle, driven by an electric motor (11, 12, 13), with a spindle shaft (4) and a means (8) mounted on the latter and delivering the particles ... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070228361 | Carbon nanotube-solder composite structures for interconnects, process of making same, packages containing same, and systems containing same A carbon nanotube (CNT) array is patterned on a substrate. The substrate can be a microelectronic die, an interposer-type structure for a flip-chip, a mounting substrate, or a board. The CNT array is patterned by using a patterned metallic seed layer on the substrate to... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070234406 | Remote authorization for operations Techniques for the remote authorization of secure operations are provided. A secure security system restricts access to a secure operation via an access key. An authorization acquisition service obtains the access key on request from the secure security system when an a... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070231967 | COATED THERMAL INTERFACE IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DIE Some embodiments of the invention include a coated thermal interface to bond a die with a heat spreader. The coated thermal interface may be used to bond the die with the heat spreader without flux. Other embodiments are described and claimed. ... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070231985 | Grown nanofin transistors One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method for forming a transistor. According to an embodiment, a fin of amorphous semiconductor material is formed on a crystalline substrate, and a solid phase epitaxy (SPE) process is performed to crystallize the amo... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070230454 | METHOD FOR AGGREGATION OF A NUMBER OF MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) FRAMES INTO A SINGLE PHYICAL LAYER FRAME IN A DISTRIBUTED MAC LAYER Embodiments of methods and apparatus for aggregating a plurality of media access control-layer frames into a single physical layer frame are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070232323 | Automated generation of context information A method includes determining geographic coordinates of a plurality of entities, the plurality of entities including a first set of entities that have each been associated with a respective context information item and a second set of entities that have each not been as... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070222030 | LOW TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION AND ULTRA FAST ANNEALING OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THIN FILM CAPACITOR Some embodiments of the invention include thin film capacitors formed on a package substrate of an integrated circuit package. At least one of the film capacitors includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a dielectric layer between the first and se... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070226287 | MIMO RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR BEAMFORMING USING CORDIC OPERATIONS Embodiments of a MIMO receiver and method for beamforming using CORDIC operations are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, complex singular value decomposition (SVD) operations are performed on a channel matrix... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070226153 | System and method for analyzing distributions for taxation analysis A method and system receives one or more target distribution amounts corresponding to currency totals for one or more foreign entities to distribute to one or more domestic entities in one or more years, the foreign entities being direct or indirect subsidiaries of the ... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070222463 | Power conversion efficiency management Some embodiments of the invention may operate to measure a feedback error signal change as an indication of efficiency associated with a power stage, and to select a determined power stage parameter value to increase the efficiency responsive to the feedback error signa... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070223446 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A PROVISIONED CONFIGURATION FOR AN ENDPOINT IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK A system and method for maintaining provisioned configuration for an endpoint in a packet switched communications network are disclosed, the communications network utilizing a signalling protocol between the endpoint and at least one gatekeeper. The gatekeeper receives ... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070226411 | Disk drive write method A disk drive includes a first flush cache memory location, a second flush cache memory location, and a controller for writing information associated with a flush cache write command alternatively between the first flush cache memory location and the second flush cache m... | 09/27/2007 |
