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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7942928 | Valve aptation assist device An apparatus including a tether, and an aptation device coupled to the tether at a position corresponding to a location to contact cusps of an atrioventricular valve during systole, wherein the tether and aptation device are suitable for percutaneous delivery to a p... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942774 | Electrical motor reducer for operating an eccentric cam The present invention relates to a cam actuator which adopts an epicyclic reducer housed inside the eccentric cam supporting pivot, where is also provided a housing compartment for the electrical motor, whose pinion is perfectly coaxial with the axis of the epicycli... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941402 | Storing and using classes in databases Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, for storing and using, such as classes, in databases. One implementation provides a technique for receiving a specified name, retrieving one or more from a database, and for each resource, one o... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940310 | Method and apparatus for automatic white balance A method of automatic white balance for an image capture system is disclosed. The automatic white balance mechanism ascertains the illuminant source of an image by analyzing the number of white pixels within a predefined white area in a color space diagram. The auto... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939357 | Image sensor pixel having photodiode with multi-dopant implantation An active pixel using a photodiode with multiple species of P type dopants is disclosed. The pixel comprises a photodiode formed in a semiconductor substrate. The photodiode is a P− region formed within an N-type region. The P− region is fo... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937661 | Management interface for radio stations A graphical management interface for a radio station that simplifies programming interactions for a user. The interface has a display region for presenting programmed functions of the station. The region has first and second controls for user selection of input cond... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936202 | Method and apparatus for robust mode selection with low power consumption A low power method and apparatus for selecting operational modes of a circuit. One circuit according to the teachings of the disclosed method and apparatus includes a first current limiting circuit coupled between a selector terminal and a first voltage bus. The fir... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936159 | Method and apparatus for a high voltage power supply circuit A control circuit for use in a power supply is disclosed. An example control circuit according to aspects of the present invention includes a signal generator coupled to generate an output signal to control switching of a power switch to be coupled to the control ci... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936088 | Distributed power supply arrangement Distributed power supply arrangements and related methods are disclosed. Voltage is sensed at least one sense point in a power plane of a power distribution network. The power plane includes distributed source points and load points through which a plurality of powe... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936038 | Photodiode cell structure of photodiode integrated circuit for optical pickup and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed herein is a photodiode cell, including: a first-type substrate; a second-type epitaxial layer disposed on the first-type substrate; heavily-doped second-type layers, each having a small depth, formed on the second-type epitaxial layer; and heavily-doped fi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933947 | Connection manager that supports failover protection A method is described that involves identifying which session a received request pertains to. The method also involves referring to information maintained for the session. The information comprises first information that identifies a queue that provides notification... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932720 | Magnetic field gradient structure characteristic assessment using one dimensional (1D) spatial-frequency distribution analysis The disclosed innovation is a method for acquiring spatial frequency spectra from specific locations in a 3D sample using modifications of the current MRI techniques for localized NMR spectroscopy. The innovation in its simplest abstraction is to add the use of a re... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927370 | Valve aptation assist device An apparatus including a tether, and an aptation device coupled to the tether at a position corresponding to a location to contact cusps of an atrioventricular valve during systole, wherein the tether and aptation device are suitable for percutaneous delivery to a p... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927251 | Exercise test speed and grade modification A treadmill test protocol is provided having a linearly increasing work rate profile achieved by linearly increasing walking speed while simultaneously and non-linearly increasing the treadmill inclination. Specifically, according to the protocol it is possible to u... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926494 | Bernoulli blade An end effector for a transport robot arm for a wafer wet cleaning system has an arm with a chuck at an end of the arm to support a wafer. The chuck also includes a cavity to spray a bottom surface of the wafer with a cleaning fluid. At least two branches extend fro... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925572 | Methods and investment instruments for performing tax-deferred real estate exchanges Methods and investment instruments for investing in real estate are described wherein a portfolio of investment real estate is divided into a plurality of tenant-in-common deeds of predetermined denominations, and which are subject to a master agreement and master l... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923112 | Latent heat storage material and process for manufacture of the latent heat storage material The invention relates to a latent heat storage material comprising a first phase change material, at least one second phase change material different from the first phase change material, and an expanded graphite material wherein the first phase change material and ... | 04/12/2011 |
| D635819 | Stacking set of bakeware | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916347 | Method and apparatus for automatic white balance A method of automatic white balance for an image capture system is disclosed. The automatic white balance mechanism ascertains the illuminant source of an image by analyzing the number of white pixels within a predefined white area in a color space diagram. The auto... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914577 | Apparatuses and methods for heart valve repair A medical device for treating a defective heart valve. The medical device comprises a delivery sheath and an implantable device moveably disposed within the delivery sheath. The implantable device further comprises a distal expandable basket, a proximal expandable b... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912531 | Magnetic resonance imaging coils An apparatus including a device such as a catheter or guidewire having dimensions suitable for percutaneous delivery to a patient; and a magnetic resonance (MR) compatible antenna associated with the device in a manner that provides a prescribed radial and/or longit... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912091 | Traffic forwarding in a traffic-engineered link aggregation group A data packet is received at a network switch. The packet has a destination address that is reached via a Link Aggregation group on a virtual local area network (VLAN). A forwarding database lookup is performed to determine a Link Aggregation port reference number f... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912063 | Secure communications for wireless mesh network access points Techniques for secure communications among wireless mesh network access points are described herein. According to one embodiment, a wireless mesh network includes multiple wireless mesh access points communicatively coupled to each other via multiple mesh links and ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7910961 | Image sensor with low crosstalk and high red sensitivity A color pixel array includes first, second, and third pluralities of color pixels each including a photosensitive region disposed within a first semiconductor layer. In one embodiment, a second semiconductor layer including deep dopant regions is disposed below the ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908431 | Method of performing table lookup operation with table index that exceeds cam key size In a packet switching device or system, such as a router, switch, combination router/switch, or component thereof, a method of and system for performing a table lookup operation using a lookup table index that exceeds a CAM key size is provided. Multiple CAM accesse... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908244 | Localized media content management An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to localize content management of media content assets. A local content is received at a regional media center. The local content corresponds to an event localized within a locality. The local content is prepared... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904242 | Grid-based transmission system A grid-based transmission system for determining relative positions of vehicles in a grid quadrangle of a reference grid, each vehicle having a transmitter and a receiver, comprising determining an absolute position of a vehicle. A reference grid is obtained. A refe... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903666 | Method and system for compressing route entries in a route table based on equal-cost multi-paths (ECMPs) matches A route compression algorithm is applied to route entries of a route table. The route entries are maintained as nodes in a routing tree. The compression algorithm compresses child nodes having a common gateway with their respective parent nodes. The route entries as... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903251 | Representation of spatial-frequency data as a map A method for representing the structural information in a biological or physical sample is disclosed. In this method, a time-frequency representation of the spatial distribution within a sample is transformed into a color representation of the data. Furthermore, due... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903105 | Methods and apparatus to improve efficiency in cold cathode fluorescent light controllers Methods and apparatus to improve efficiency in cold cathode fluorescent light (CCFL) controllers using a full bridge resonant implementation. The secondary of a transformer drives the CCFL, with the primary of the transformer being driven through a capacitor from a ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901974 | Masked laser anneal during fabrication of backside illuminated image sensors A technique for fabricating an array of imaging pixels includes fabricating front side components on a front side of the array. After fabricating the front side components, a dopant layer is implanted on a backside of the array. A mask is formed over the dopant laye... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898330 | Class AB amplifier systems The present invention comprises class AB amplifier systems exhibiting low quiescent power, low-voltage operation, high gain, high bandwidth, low noise and low offset, and requiring a small die area. The amplifier systems use a differential first stage and a second s... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898302 | Compact integrated circuit solutions for driving liquid lenses in autofocus applications Compact integrated circuit solutions for driving liquid lenses in autofocus applications. The invention uses a charge pump topology to produce high voltage, and needs only a low voltage external capacitor. No high voltage capacitor or inductor or transformer is used... | 03/01/2011 |
| D633382 | Pillow shaped container | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895304 | Subscriber service selection over non-channelized media In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a request from a computing device for an address. The request is to include a unique value associated with the computing device. The method also comprises generating a username based on the unique value. The username i... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7893462 | Transistor of semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same Provided are a transistor of a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. The transistor of a semiconductor device includes an epitaxial substrate having a buffer layer, a first silicon (Si) planar doped layer, a first conductive layer, a second Si p... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889930 | 2-D encoded symbol quality assessment An 2-D symbol orientation guide with parallel and spaced right angle guidelines with chevron-like spaces provided therebetween is selectively displayed in plural selected dispositions on a monitor screen as an overlay for the display on the same monitor screen of a ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889751 | Low power wireless communication system A transmitter, a receiver, and a transceiver for use in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the radio frequency (RF) transmitter comprises a first parallel-to-serial converter to convert first parallel data corresponding to a I quadratu... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889658 | Method of and system for transferring overhead data over a serial interface A method of and system for transferring overhead data from a sender to a receiver over a serial interface is provided. The overhead data is transferred over one or more data lines of the interface during one or more time periods in which excess bandwidth is availabl... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889430 | LED-based high efficiency illumination systems for use in projection systems The dilemma encountered in most projection systems of having the etendue of the LED-based light source used often being much larger than the etendue of the imager used, causes such systems to have poor throughput efficiency. The etendue folding illumination systems ... | 02/15/2011 |
