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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181688 | Apparatus for temporary wafer bonding and debonding An improved apparatus for temporary wafer bonding includes a temporary bonder cluster and a debonder cluster. The temporary bonder cluster includes temporary bonder modules that perform electronic wafer bonding processes including adhesive layer bonding, combination... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8167917 | Apparatus and method for spine fixation A posterior spine fixation assembly includes a first elongated plate having first and second ends and a second elongated plate having first and second ends. The first and second elongated plates are arranged in an X-shaped configuration and are attached to each othe... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8147630 | Method and apparatus for wafer bonding with enhanced wafer mating An improved wafer-to-wafer bonding method includes aligning an upper and a lower wafer and initiating a bond at a single point by applying pressure to a single point of the upper wafer via the flow of pressurized gas through a port terminating at the single point. T... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139219 | Apparatus and method for semiconductor wafer alignment An apparatus for aligning semiconductor wafers includes equipment for positioning a first surface of a first semiconductor wafer directly opposite to a first surface of a second semiconductor wafer and equipment for aligning a first structure on the first semiconduc... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8127827 | Process and apparatus for direct chill casting An improved apparatus for direct chill casting of metals includes a mold, a bottom block assembly and a coolant. The mold is configured to surround a molten metal with a mold wall and the mold wall has an outer surface and an inner surface being in contact with the ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8112471 | System and method for website performance optimization and internet traffic processing A system for optimizing the performance of a website that runs on one or more HTTP servers and is configured to receive HTTP requests from one or more clients via user agents and provide HTTP responses to the one or more clients includes an intermediary component co... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8088684 | Apparatus and method for semiconductor wafer bumping via injection molded solder An improved apparatus and a method for semiconductor wafer bumping, that utilizes the injection molded solder process. The apparatus is designed for high volume manufacturing and includes equipment for filling patterned mold cavities formed on a first surface of a m... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8073922 | System and method for remote asynchronous data replication An asynchronous peer-to-peer data replication method implemented within a replication cluster comprising at least one master node and at least a first client node includes entering an update in a data volume of the master node and storing the update in a master node... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8048124 | Spinal screw assembly and screw insertion tool A bone screw assembly includes a tulip-shaped seat, a bone fixation device, a ring-shaped washer, a rod and a cap. The tulip-shaped seat comprises a through opening dimensioned to receive the bone fixation device and a horizontal channel dimensioned to receive the r... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8027770 | System for selective treatment of plants in a row A system for selective treatment of plants arranged in rows extending along a first direction includes a camera arranged along the first direction over a row of plants and a set of treatment units arranged at a first distance behind the camera along the first direct... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8002799 | System and method for spine fixation A system for attaching first and second fixation elements at a predetermined angle relative to each other to first and second locations of a vertebra, respectively includes a first guide wire configured to be inserted into the first location of the vertebra, an angu... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7950347 | Rotatable device for holding a substrate The invention provides a rotatable and optionally heatable device for holding a flat substrate. The device includes a supporting means for placing and holding the substrate on a supporting surface, optionally a heater, a means for rotating the supporting means and a... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948034 | Apparatus and method for semiconductor bonding An apparatus for bonding semiconductor structures includes equipment for positioning a first surface of a first semiconductor structure directly opposite and in contact with a first surface of a second semiconductor structure and equipment for forming a bond interfa... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7938839 | Interlocking trigger assembly for a suturing device An endoscopic suturing device having an interlocking trigger assembly for preventing premature needle deployment. The suturing device comprises a handle assembly that includes a movable handle interlocking with a trigger. The suturing device further comprises an end... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7875060 | Multi-axial screw with a spherical landing A multi-axial screw assembly with a spherical landing surface is disclosed. The multi-axial screw assembly 100 includes a bone anchor 150, a head 130 with a spherical outer surface and an extension member 160 extending from the top of the... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7875031 | System and method for implanting spinal stabilization devices A system and a method for providing minimally invasive access to the spine of a patient and implanting spinal stabilization devices. The system utilizes one or more post-type access devices. The post-type access device includes a cage with an aperture and two or mor... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7871426 | Spinous process fixation device An implantable spinous process stabilization assembly includes a body, a bent arm and a straight arm. The body includes first and second crosspieces arranged parallel to each other, a first plate extending in a direction at right angle to first ends of the first and... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7867143 | Climbing tree The invention is related to climbing trees. Climbing trees are used for a variety of purposes—cats and other pets and small or slightly older children can derive a lot of pleasure from activities in a climbing tree. Using a specially designed bracket the shape of ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7811310 | Multistage spinal fixation locking mechanism The present invention relates to a locking mechanism and method of locking the relative positions of a fixation device like a bone screw and of a stabilization device like a rod. The locking mechanism includes a seat, a washer and a cap. The seat includes a bottom p... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7790596 | Apparatus and method for semiconductor wafer bumping via injection molded solder An improved apparatus for positioning and aligning a patterned surface of a semiconductor structure directly opposite to solder filled patterned mold cavities of a mold structure includes a pattern based alignment too including means for identifying a mold training ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7776065 | End effector mechanism for a surgical instrument Improved end effector mechanisms for a surgical instrument used in minimally invasive surgical instruments as well as instruments for general surgery or as part of robotically controlled end effectors. These end effector mechanisms include multiple grasping elements... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7771439 | Gastric band insertion instrument An endoscopic surgical instrument is used in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery for inserting a gastric band into a patient's abdomen through a laparoscopic port. The gastric band insertion instrument includes a handle, an elongated shaft and a distal end assem... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7761878 | System and method for stateful web-based computing A method for providing “guaranteed message delivery” for network based communications between a client machine and a server. The client machine includes a Client Runtime Environment (CRE) and the server includes a Server Runtime Environment (SRE). The method inc... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753987 | High vacuum in-situ refining method for high-purity materials and an apparatus thereof The present invention concerns a high vacuum in-situ refining method for high-purity and superhigh-purity materials and the apparatus thereof, characterized in heating the upper part and lower part of crucible separately using double-heating-wires diffusion furnace ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7732320 | Apparatus and method for semiconductor wafer bumping via injection molded solder An improved apparatus for semiconductor wafer bumping utilizes the injection molded solder process and is designed for high volume manufacturing. The apparatus includes equipment for filling patterned mold cavities on a mold structure with solder, equipment for posi... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7703658 | Apparatus and method for semiconductor wafer bumping via injection molded solder An improved apparatus for filling patterned mold cavities formed on a surface of a mold structure with solder includes an injector head assembly comprising a solder reservoir having a bottom surface with an elongated slot for injecting solder into the mold cavities ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7650390 | System and method for playing rich internet applications in remote computing devices A system and a method of playing rich internet applications on remote computing devices by using a certifying player to invoke server-side web services through a single, secure, certifying intermediary server. The application player resides in the remote computing d... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7629006 | Process for preparing extract from rhus verniciflua and pharmaceutical composition containing the same The present invention provides a process for preparing an extract of Rhus verniciflua by using water and organic solvents to extract active ingredients, which comprises (a) adding water or a mixture of water and alcohol as the solvent to Rhus verniciflua | 12/08/2009 |
| 7614052 | System and method for developing and deploying computer applications over a network A method of developing a computer application by coding a markup document in an XML markup language, coding a business logic component using any programming language, compiling the business logic component into a specific executable code, converting the XML document... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7612895 | Apparatus and method for in-situ monitoring of wafer bonding time An apparatus and a method for semiconductor wafer bonding provide in-situ and real time monitoring of semiconductor wafer bonding time. Deflection of the wafer edges during the last phase of the direct bonding process indicates the end of the bonding process. The ap... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7563302 | Apparatus and method for manure reclamation An improved system for processing a liquid manure and producing organic fertilizer includes equipment for separating various components of the liquid manure having different nitrogen to phosphorous ratios and then mixing these components so as to produce an organic ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7523882 | Reels, bail arm and fishing rod This invention concerns a fishing rod which comprises an accelerometer (4) for measuring the acceleration of the fishing rod. Moreover the invention provides a reel (12, 20) for a fishing rod which comprises a member (28) which is moved at each ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7338491 | Spinal fixation locking mechanism The present invention relates to a locking mechanism and method of fixation, such as the fixation of a fixation device like a bone screw and of a stabilization device like a rod to the spine. The locking mechanism includes a seat and a locking element. The seat incl... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336973 | Mobile communication device equipped with a magnetic stripe reader A wireless mobile device is adapted to access a wireless network and includes a subscriber identification module (SIM) card slot and a magnetic stripe reader module electrically connected to the SIM card slot and thereby to the wireless mobile phone. The magnetic st... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7280847 | System and method for mobile transactions using the bearer independent protocol A system for performing mobile transactions includes a mobile communication device connecting to a server device via a first network. The mobile communication device includes a subscriber identification module (SIM) card slot and a virtual subscriber identification ... | 10/09/2007 |
| D550113 | Jewelry | 09/04/2007 |
| 7254805 | Requirement-centric extensible multilingual instruction language with anti-task actions for computer programming A computer programming system for multilingual scripting and executing an application program includes a processor, an object oriented programming language system, and a memory. The object oriented programming language system includes a multilingual scripting progra... | 08/07/2007 |
| D545963 | Surgical ligation instrument | 07/03/2007 |
| 7188089 | System and method for securely storing, generating, transferring and printing electronic prepaid vouchers A system and a method that utilizes transaction terminals equipped with smart card readers to download and store a batch of multiple prepaid electronic vouchers to a smart card, retrieve and decrypt individual prepaid vouchers from the smart card and print a voucher... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7080645 | Anti-snoring device, method for reducing snoring, and a nasal air cannula The application relates to an anti-snoring device comprising a compressor and a nasal air cannula, the air compressed by the compressor being blown through the nasal air cannula into the nose of a sleeping person. The invention also relates to an optimized nasal air... | 07/25/2006 |
