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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7535279 | Versatile control pin electronics Versatile control pin electronics are disclosed. The control pin electronics are coupled to a control pin and allow for the passing of both analog and digital control signals. The control pin electronics work with digital logic having logic levels that are compatibl... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7534263 | Surgical tools facilitating increased accuracy, speed and simplicity in performing joint arthroplasty Disclosed herein are tools for repairing articular surfaces repair materials and for repairing an articular surface. The surgical tools are designed to be customizable or highly selectable by patient to increase the speed, accuracy and simplicity of performing total... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533208 | Hot plug control apparatus and method An apparatus for controlling a hot plug bus slot on a bus has an input for receiving a set of float signals (i.e., the set may have one or more float signals), and a driver having an output electrically couplable with the bus. The apparatus also has float logic oper... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7533034 | Idea management A system, method and computer program product for idea management and development of a structured idea. The methodology includes obtaining a structured response over a computer network from an employee of a business. In certain embodiments of the invention the syste... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531842 | Method for etching a tapered bore in a silicon substrate, and a semiconductor wafer comprising the substrate A semiconductor wafer comprises an SOI comprising a device layer on an oxide layer supported on a handle layer. Micro-mirrors are formed in the device layer, and access bores extend through the handle layer and the oxide layer to the micro-mirrors for accommodating ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7524420 | Method and system for colloid exchange therapy The present invention relates to a method and system for using a hemofilter to treat IMRD, hepatic failure, exogenous intoxication and other conditions associated with toxins in a patient's blood. One treatment includes the use of a very large pore hemofilter to rem... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522542 | Dial up telephone conferencing system controlled by an online computer network In a telephone conferencing system, a digital communication network such as the Internet is used to establish and control the telephone connections between multiple conferees with the telephone network being the means of exchanging verbal information. Each conferee ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521363 | MEMS device with non-standard profile A method of producing a MEMS device forms structure on a non-standard device wafer. To that end, the method provides the noted non-standard device wafer, which has a wafer outer diameter and a non-standard thickness. As known by those in the art, a standard device w... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520992 | Method and system for colloid exchange therapy The present invention relates to a method and system for using a hemofilter to treat IMRD, hepatic failure, exogenous intoxication and other conditions associated with toxins in a patient's blood. One treatment includes the use of a very large pore hemofilter to rem... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518615 | Display system having floating point rasterization and floating point framebuffering A floating point rasterization and frame buffer in a computer system graphics program. The rasterization, fog, lighting, texturing, blending, and antialiasing processes operate on floating point values. In one embodiment, a 16-bit floating point format consisting of... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516031 | Apparatus and method for correcting for aberrations A method of correcting for aberrations in scattering data is described which does not require prior knowledge about the sample microstructure properties or calculations based on the modelling of peak locations. In an example, X-ray scattering apparatus integrates a ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515681 | High resolution proton beam monitor A method and apparatus for monitoring a scanning beam of penetrating radiation, such as a scanning proton beam used to irradiate tissue. The position of the beam is tracked in real time by interposing a scintillator film between a source and an object of irradiation... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513914 | Medical implant A medical implant is disclosed, said implant having a flexible hollow body (1) which can be implanted inside the stomach (8) of a patient and which has a first tube-like end section (2) and a second tube-like end section (3), wherein the ... | 04/07/2009 |
| D589857 | Handlebar riser | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512929 | Apparatus and method for managing design of a software system using dependency structure A method and apparatus for managing, in a computer system, design of a software system. Various embodiments include receiving an input to the computer system specifying dependency relationships among subsystems of the software system and providing an output from the... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512673 | Rule based aggregation of files and transactions in a switched file system A switched file system, also termed a file switch, is logically positioned between client computers and file servers in a computer network. The file switch distributes user files among multiple file servers using aggregated file, transaction and directory mechanisms... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511872 | Electrochromic device An electrochromic device that may have an elastomeric seal is disclosed as is an electrochromic device having a seal provided on the peripheral edges of both the front and rear elements and wherein the seal may comprises a first material having an oxygen permeabilit... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509409 | Network-attached storage system, device, and method with multiple storage tiers A network-attached system, device, and method supports multiple storage tiers. Data may be migrated between storage tiers, for example, based on a data migration policy. A plurality of dedicated storage devices that provide a plurality of storage tiers having differ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7509322 | Aggregated lock management for locking aggregated files in a switched file system A switched file system, also termed a file switch, is logically positioned between client computers and file servers in a computer network. The file switch distributes user files among multiple file servers using aggregated file, transaction and directory mechanisms... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507291 | Method and apparatus for growing multiple crystalline ribbons from a single crucible Methods and apparatus for concurrent growth of multiple crystalline ribbons from a single crucible employ meniscus shapers to facilitate continuous growth of discrete and substantially flat crystalline ribbons having controlled width. ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507273 | Chromatographic rectification of ethanol A scalable technology for purifying ethanol, wherein the vaporization of ethanol is coupled with a chromatographic rectification process comprising feeding a vaporized ethanol/water mix onto a plurality of molecular sieve beds to produce dehydrated ethanol vapor, wh... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507169 | Method for creating coopertition One embodiment of the invention is a system and method for creating cooperation and gracious professionalism during a competition. According to one embodiment of the invention, a first participating player, team, or alliance is motivated to cooperate with a second p... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505562 | X-ray imaging of baggage and personnel using arrays of discrete sources and multiple collimated beams A system and methods are provided for imaging an object, based on activating an array of discrete X-ray sources in a prescribed temporal pattern so as to illuminate the object with a beam varying in spatial orientation, and detecting X-rays of the beam after interac... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7505556 | X-ray backscatter detection imaging modules An inspection system based upon an imaging enclosure characterized by an enclosing body, or skin. A source of penetrating radiation and a spatial modulator for forming the penetrating radiation into a beam, are both concealed entirely within the body of an enclosure... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7505259 | CD ROM storage device CD storage device is disclosed which includes a housing (12) in which a carousel (40) is supported for rotation in the housing. The carousel has a number compartments (85) each for storing a CD. The device includes a controlling circuit board ( | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504841 | High-impedance attenuator One or more micromachined (MEMS) switches switch attenuators, such as resistors, into or out of a signal path, such as of a test instrument. The MEMS switches can be fabricated on the same substrate as the attenuators, or the switches or attenuators can be mounted o... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7501430 | RAF inhibitors and their uses The present invention provides imidazooxazole and imidazothiazole compounds and their synthesis. The compounds of the present invention are capable of inhibiting the activity of RAF kinase, such as B-RAFV600E. The compounds are useful for the treatment of... | 03/10/2009 |
| D587580 | Filtrate storage bottle cap | 03/03/2009 |
