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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100108819 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING AN ORBIT OF A SPACECRAFT A method is disclosed for designing an orbit of a spacecraft which allows the spacecraft to take a small-radius halo orbit near a Lagrange point while avoiding the prohibited zone where the spacecraft may be shadowed or might be prevented from making communication. The ... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20080079451 | Apparatus for testing electronic devices The invention provides an apparatus for testing an integrated circuits on devices including a plurality of electrical subassemblies including a plurality of pattern generator, driver, and power boards divided into physical zones with each physical zone including one pat... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080061325 | Device and method of manufacture for a low noise junction field effect transistor A microelectronic product and the method for manufacturing the product are provided. A source and drain are spaced from one another in a first direction and are connected to opposing ends of a channel to provide a set voltage. First and second gates are spaced from one ... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080057410 | Method of repairing a photolithographic mask A method is described for repairing a defect detected in a photolithographic mask. A phase voxel cavity is formed in the photolithographic mask to compensate for the defect in the photolithographic mask. The phase voxel cavity and features of the mask both create a phas... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080002525 | Rotary pulser An improved energy efficient intelligent rotary pulser for generating a mud pulse in a MWD (measurement while drilling) application. In the rotary pulser, a control circuit activates a brushless motor that rotates a windowed restrictor relative to a fixed housing to act... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20080003366 | Method of forming a conducting layer on a conducting and non-conducting substrate A method of processing a substrate is described. A coupling agent and a metal ion solution are applied to the substrate. An activating solution is applied to activate metal ions of the metal ion solution to create a metal film out of the ions. Atoms of the metal film ar... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20080001282 | Microelectronic assembly having a periphery seal around a thermal interface material A microelectronic assembly is provided, comprising at least a first microelectronic die carrying a microelectronic circuit, at least a first periphery seal attached to an edge of a surface of the microelectronic die, at least a first solder thermal interface material at... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070283539 | Safety strap buckle, in particular for automotive child safety seats The buckle has a buckle body, and a lock mechanism for releasably locking two tongues insertable inside the buckle body in a longitudinal insertion direction; the lock mechanism includes a retaining rod movable, in a release direction perpendicular to the longitudinal i... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070286514 | Minimizing image blur in an image projected onto a display surface by a projector A method for minimizing image blur in an image projected onto a display surface by a projector, the image blur being caused by out-of-focus regions, the method comprising: estimating (10) a spatially varying point-spread-functions (PSF) profile for a test image p... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070267944 | Method and transducers for dynamic testing of structures and materials A transducer for dynamic testing of specimen is disclosed. The transducer comprises at least two equally-spaced actuators, and a supporting block for supporting the at least two equally-spaced actuators and for mounting the transducer to the specimen. Each of the at lea... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070262636 | Device for attaching a child safety seat to a fixed catch on a vehicle A device for attaching a child safety seat has a frame defining a slot engageable by a fixed catch; and a lever which rotates, about an axis of rotation, from a release position to a lock position to retain the catch inside the slot. The frame guides a control member, i... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070262421 | Thermoset polyimides for microelectronic applications Dendrimer/hyperbranched materials are combined with polyimide to form a low CTE material for use as a dielectric substrate layer or an underfill. In the alternative, ruthenium carbene complexes are used to catalyze ROMP cross-linking reactions in polyimides to produce a... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070260586 | Systems and methods for selecting and organizing information using temporal clustering Systems and methods for organizing related news information is disclosed herein. The systems and methods include clustering a stream of news information according to the topic of each news information and according to temporal information of the news information. System... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070239575 | Generating revenue from a job recruiter A system (10) for generating revenue from a job recruiter (30), the system (10) comprising: a web site (50) to publish a job advertisement (500) of the job recruiter (30) without charging a fee to the job recruiter (30); ... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070226784 | System and method for user authentication Disclosed is a user authentication system, which is designed to present a presentation pattern to a user subject to authentication, and apply a one-time-password derivation rule serving as a password of the user to certain pattern elements included in the presentation p... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070214911 | Manufacturing method for ultra fine composite powder of tungsten carbide and cobalt The present invention relates to an economically excellent method for manufacturing ultra fine tungsten carbide-cobalt composite powder having tungsten compound and cobalt compound as its raw material. More particularly, the present invention provides a manufacturing me... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070218714 | Sporting system A sporting system is described, having a sport board that can be attached to a shoe construction using Velcro®.... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070197396 | Superconducting composite The invention provides a superconductor comprising particles made of a superconductive material, and a conductive material. The conductive material is selected to be driven to a superconductive state when in proximity to the superconductive material, and preferably at l... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070192292 | Searching for services in natural language A method for answering search queries about services is disclosed. The method includes searching a plurality of storage media on a network for a natural language service metastatement. The natural language service metastatement is typically generated by a service provid... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070179648 | Injury risk assessment data capture system and method The invention relates to a method of capturing user assessment data in addition to a data capture system, and computer-executable instructions configured to compile one or more sets of user assessment data. The user assessment data compiled is preferably used to assess ... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070152026 | Transient liquid phase bonding method A bonding method, comprising locating a composition between and in contact with first and second pieces, the composition including a bonding metal which is one of Zn, Sn, In, and Bi, and a melting temperature depressing metal which is different than the bonding metal an... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070156798 | Random number derivation method and random number generator using same Disclosed is a method for deriving random numbers at a higher speed than ever before while maintaining desired randomness without spoiling uniformity of the occurrence frequency of each random number. One pulse included in one of two or more mutually-independent random ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070152171 | Free electron laser A free electron laser is disclosed. The free electron laser separates pulse bunching at a first electron energy from light generation stage at a second electron energy. A first wiggler pulse bunches the electrons and a second wiggler generates light. The first wiggler m... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070137961 | Protective cover The invention relates to a protective cover comprising at least two protective-cover elements arranged one after the other in the direction of movement of the protective cover, each comprising at least one frame element (22, 22′) which is provided with at least... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070132496 | Single-event effect tolerant latch circuit and flip-flop circuit Disclosed are a latch circuit and a flip-flop circuit, which are capable of suppressing occurrence of a single-event effect, and, in the event of a single-event transient (SET), elimination adverse effects thereof on the circuit. The latch circuit comprises a dual-port ... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070136234 | Methods and systems for generating query and result-based relevance indexes Methods and systems for generating query and result-based relevance indexes are provided. For one embodiment, a plurality of queries is received from a plurality of users. Each query of the plurality of queries is measured based on one or more metrics. The measured data... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070136739 | Content distribution system and method A content distribution system is described. The content distribution system includes a show account database and a plurality of credit cards stored in the show account database. The content distribution system also has a linking module associating a viewer entering the ... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070126271 | Adjustable cross-legged support seat A seating device for allowing a user to sit in either a cross-legged yoga position or in a conventional manner, the seating device including leg supports which can be adjusted into a variety of positions to supporting a user's legs when sitting cross-legged in a variety... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070125686 | Method for processing oil sand bitumen This invention relates to a method for processing oil sand bitumen including solvent deasphalting and visbreaking oil sand bitumen to yield de-oiled asphalt (DOA) and components capable of being transmitted in pipeline. The method for processing oil sand bitumen provide... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070119663 | Brake system for automobile Brake system for automobile is disclosed. The brake system comprises a braking gear for supplying a braking force to an output shaft, a first braking member for making the braking gear stop, an operator for operating the first braking member and a third braking member f... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070112600 | System for massaging a person The invention provides a system for massaging a person. A removable structure provides an area to receive a massage. A supporting apparatus supports the person receiving a massage. An electronic scheduling system enables the person to schedule the massage. ... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070106315 | Ventricular pump coupling A device and method for creating a connection with the left ventricle of a heart are provided. A seal member capable of moving between a folded position and an open position is attached to the end of a conduit. An introducer capable of moving between a first and second ... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20070106624 | System, method, and apparatus for assessing injury risk The invention relates to a method of assessing injury risk, an injury risk assessment system, and computer-executable instructions configured to facilitate a method of injury risk assessment. The methodology of the invention employs the extraction of at least one user r... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20070087431 | Cassette for sample preparation A cassette for preparing a sample is disclosed herein. The cassette includes a housing, which encloses the structures and the processes used to prepare the sample. ... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20070075190 | Solid propellant-based space propulsion device Disclosed is a space propulsion device capable of continuous operation using a solid propellant having high density and excellent handleability. The solid propellant-based space propulsion device comprises solid-propellant support means for supporting a solid propellant... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070068972 | Locking sleeve for fastening a closure device and closure device The invention relates to a locking sleeve (17) for fastening a closure device (11) on a container opening comprising a sleeve body which is at least provided with a slip-on collar at its lower end region, wherein the slip-on collar has an inner circumferen... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070069305 | Single-event-effect tolerant SOI-based inverter, NAND element, NOR element, semiconductor memory device and data latch circuit Disclosed is an inverter, a NAND element, a NOR element, a memory element and a data latch circuit which exhibit high tolerance to single event effect (SEE). In an SEE tolerant inverter (3I), each of a p-channel MOS transistor and a n-channel MOS transistor which... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070051419 | Duct The invention is concerned with ducting for mounting upon elongate members such as cables, tubes etc and particularly for such members which are deployed under water. A duct constructed in accordance with the invention has an internal service 14 defining an elong... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20070052325 | Structural vibration damping device Disclosed is a structural vibration damping device, which comprises a piezoelectric element adapted to be mounted on a structure, a shunt circuit inserted between two electrodes of the piezoelectric element, and an electric circuit for selectively opening and closing th... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20070044450 | Powder propellant-based space propulsion device Disclosed is a powder propellant-based space propulsion device using a powder propellant having high density and excellent handleability. The powder propellant-based space propulsion device comprises a powder-propellant storage container for storing a powder propellant,... | 03/01/2007 |
