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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185548 | Techniques and system to deploy policies intelligently In an information management system, relevant policies are deployed to targets while policies which are not relevant are not. By deploying relevant policies, this reduces the amount of space requirements at the target to store the policies and the amount of data tha... | 05/22/2012 |
| D659570 | Shape measuring tape | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175511 | Techniques for intelligent network-based teaching An e-learning system that provides a customized e-learning experience for a user. Information is received from a user identifying the user's learning objectives. Based upon the user's objectives, a study plan that is customized for the user is developed. The study p... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172529 | Method of operation of a high-efficiency turbine with variable attack angle foils Operations of a turbine to generate energy from a relatively slow fluid flow, such as wind and water, are described. The turbine has a plurality of foils rotating about a central axis at a rotational velocity, each of the foils having a length and a foil axis parall... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171447 | Automatically routing nets according to current density rules A technique will automatically route interconnect of an integrated circuit while taking into consideration current density rules. In an implementation, the technique uses a shape-based approach where a grid is not used. Based on data input including current density ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168495 | Carbon nanotube high frequency transistor technology A technique of the invention reduces significantly the distance between the gate and single-walled carbon nanotubes to improve performance and efficiency of a carbon nanotube transistor device. Without using a porous template structure, single-walled carbon nanotube... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166425 | Validating circuit simulation results A technique validates results from a circuit simulation estimation program. The technique determines whether the estimated results satisfy Kirchhoff's current law (KCL), Kirchhoff's voltage laws (KVL), and power conservation for the original circuit. A reporting too... | 04/24/2012 |
| D658188 | Foldable front cover for electronic tablet | 04/24/2012 |
| D658187 | Foldable front cover for electronic tablet | 04/24/2012 |
| 8156566 | Associating code to a target through code inspection Code is associated to a target based on an inspection of the code. A target may be a device or a user. A number of code components may be inspected at one time and then transferred or otherwise associated to a target based on the target's profile. A code component m... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152324 | Rod assembly connector for mounting light emitting display apparatuses A method and system for connecting a light emitting apparatus is disclosed herein. The system includes at least two rod assembly connectors, in which each rod assembly connector includes a rod assembly body having a first end and a second end. The first end of one o... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150816 | Techniques of optimizing policies in an information management system In an information management system, policies are optimized before they are associated to a device in order to increase evaluation speed or reduce space requirements, or both. Optimization techniques may include common subexpression elimination, constant folding, co... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141004 | Solution-dependent regularization method for quantizing continuous-tone lithography masks In an electronic design automation technique for optical proximity correction, an optimized mask function that has values other than those allowed for a particular mask type, such as 0 and 1 for a chrome-on-glass binary mask, evolves it to a solution restricted to t... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136277 | Alignment angle method and apparatus for a display A light-emitting display system has an alignment mechanism to align or angle light-emitting tiles of the display. A first tile connects to a second tile by joining a first clamp portion on the first tile with a second clamp portion on the second tile. In an implemen... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8126719 | Interactive voice recognition and response over the internet Methods and systems for handling speech recognition processing in effectively real-time, via the Internet, in order that users do not experience noticeable delays from the start until they receive responsive feedback. A user uses a client to access the Internet and ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112264 | Simulating circuits using network tearing A circuit is simulated by using system or network tearing to obtain a real solution. The circuit may be an entire integrated circuit, portion of an integrated circuit, or a circuit block. A circuit simulation technique of the invention generates a system graph, find... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8099700 | Automatic integrated circuit routing using spines A method and technique of routing interconnects of an integrated circuit providing improved routing quality. In an embodiment of the invention, the technique provides linear spine interconnect routing. In memory array blocks, such as in DRAM and SRAM memory designs,... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095903 | Automatically routing nets with variable spacing A technique will automatically route interconnect of an integrated circuit and adjust spacing between tracks or interconnect in order to improve performance or reduce electromigration effects. By increasing spacing between certain tracks or moving tracks, performanc... | 01/10/2012 |
| D649185 | Folder | 11/22/2011 |
| D648235 | Shape measuring tool | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049894 | Multiple wavelength optical analyzer device A device and method of operation for analyzing signal features over multiple optical wavelengths is presented. A plurality of rotating thin film filters is arranged with respect to a collimated beam of light so that each thin film filter transmits light of a particu... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049488 | Electrical power metering device and method of operation thereof A metering device for metering energy delivered to customers over electrical wires from a power distribution cabinet. The metering device has a plurality of current transformers, each capable of receiving one of the electrical wires and connections for the line volt... | 11/01/2011 |
| D648025 | Microdermabrasion treatment tip | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041610 | Distributing things through personalized networks Things are distributed through a personalized network of trusted parties specified by a member. A specific implementation of the invention is for distributing unused tickets, but the principles of the invention are applicable to other things besides tickets. A syste... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036506 | Multi-fiber section tunable optical filter A tunable optical filter is formed by the longitudinal alignment of two opposing end sections of single-mode optical fibers. On at least one of the end sections is a collimator fiber section which is formed from a section of a graded-index, multimode optical fiber w... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8024695 | Optimization of integrated circuit design and library A method co-optimizes a design and a library in such a way to choose the best set of cells to implement the design. The method takes into account the idea of limiting the number of new cells while reducing target costs and respecting design constraints. The method c... | 09/20/2011 |
| D645256 | Sheet material with topographic pattern imprint | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015517 | Library sizing A cell library is automatically designed. An emphasis of a design methodology is on automatic determination of the desired or needed cell sizes and variants. This method exploits different variants on drive strengths, P/N ratios, topology variants, internal bufferin... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010928 | Automatically routing nets according to parasitic constraint rules A system of automatically routing interconnect of a integrated circuit design while taking into consideration the parasitic issues of the wiring as it is created. The system will be able to select an appropriate wiring pattern so that signals meet their performance ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8007121 | Support structure for an LED display system A display system, a light emitting tile, and a method of constructing a display system are provided. In one embodiment, a display system comprises a support structure having a plurality of attachment members, and a plurality of tiles. Each of the plurality of tiles ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000998 | System and method for inverted promotions A method of extending promotional discounts and special prices on items for sale to identified consumers. After the identification of a consumer by a unique identifier; a selected item is promoted with a discount or special price to the identified consumer. The disc... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7984411 | Integrated circuit routing and compaction An iterative technique is used to automatically route nets and alter spacing of an integrated circuit design to achieve a fully routed and compact result. After identifying cells rows and channel, which are gaps between the rows, the technique determines which nets ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975634 | Baby legging with knee pad and patch Leggings with knee pads and patches protect babies when they crawl or fall on hard or abrasive surfaces. ... | 07/12/2011 |
| D640063 | Sheet material with topographic pattern imprint | 06/21/2011 |
| 7960713 | Edge-contacted vertical carbon nanotube transistor A vertical device geometry for a carbon-nanotube-based field effect transistor has one or multiple carbon nanotubes formed in a trench. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7951156 | Skin treatment system and method of use A device, a system employing the device, and method of performing skin treatment are provided for skin treatment. The device includes a vacuum head base defining a chamber therein and having a substantially smooth treatment tip attached and extending from an end the... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7943418 | Removing undesirable nanotubes during nanotube device fabrication Fabricating single-walled carbon nanotube transistor devices includes removing undesirable types of nanotubes. These undesirable types of nanotubes may include nonsemiconducting nanotubes, multiwalled nanotubes, and others. The undesirable nanotubes may be removed e... | 05/17/2011 |
| D592110 | Trailer-hitch flagpole | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530040 | Automatically routing nets according to current density rules A technique will automatically route interconnect of an integrated circuit while taking into consideration current density rules. In an implementation, the technique uses a shape-based approach where a grid is not used. Based on data input including current density ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7525647 | Medical device probe with source and detector sensors A probe for a medical device with source and detector sensors is used to monitor or measure, or both, oxygen saturation levels in a tissue. In various specific implementations, the probe has at least two sources and at least one detector, at least one source and at ... | 04/28/2009 |
