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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D601745 | Light fixture | 10/06/2009 |
| D601743 | Light fixture | 10/06/2009 |
| D601742 | Light fixture | 10/06/2009 |
| D601331 | Modular cap | 10/06/2009 |
| 7596788 | Support of non-trivial scheduling policies along with topological properties Systems and methods for scheduling jobs in a multiprocessor machine are disclosed. The status of resources in the multiprocessor machine is periodically determined. The status indicates the resources available to execute jobs. This information is accumulated by the ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7596030 | Method for improving memory device cycling endurance by providing additional pulse A method for improving the cycle endurance of a memory device during a memory cell programming operation includes applying a first negative bias pulse measured from a gate to a drain of the memory device at a level sufficient to induce hot hole injection into a nitr... | 09/29/2009 |
| D600893 | Modular cap | 09/29/2009 |
| D600892 | Modular cap | 09/29/2009 |
| 7593862 | Delivery, organization, and redemption of virtual offers from the internet, interactive-TV, wireless devices and other electronic means Disclosed are methods and systems for redeeming virtual coupons by associating the coupons with consumers' credit cards for redemption. In disclosed methods, coupon databases are associated with consumers and associated with the consumers' credit cards. Coupon offer... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7591563 | Backlight device for display system providing enhanced peripheral illumination The present application describes a backlight device for providing enhanced peripheral illumination of light modulators in display systems. In one embodiment, a display system includes a light modulator, a light diffusing plate, and a backlight device. The backlight... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7589654 | Digital-to-analog converting circuit and apparatus for on-die termination using the same A digital-to-analogue converting circuit includes a driver leg having a plurality of resistance elements between a power supply voltage terminal and a ground voltage terminal, wherein at least one of the plurality of resistance elements is a variable resistor, and a... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7589416 | Substrate, electronic component, and manufacturing method of these To fill a conductive material in an opening portion formed in a base of an electronic component, a groove is formed to surround an opening in an upper conductor, and the upper conductor is divided into a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion surro... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588688 | Integrated particulate filtration and dewatering system The disclosed principles for providing a chemical-free filtering of particulate down below sub-micron levels, while concentrating the particulate into a sludge. The disclosed principles integrate cross-flow filtration (i.e., micro-filtration or ultra-filtration) wit... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7587864 | Photovoltaic building materials and related methods of installation Disclosed herein are photovoltaic building materials and related methods of manufacturing and installing such materials. In one embodiment, a modular roofing structure comprises a photovoltaic shingle panel having a planar lower surface and an upper surface, and a r... | 09/15/2009 |
| D600391 | Light fixture | 09/15/2009 |
| D600390 | Light fixture | 09/15/2009 |
| D600289 | Bubble machine | 09/15/2009 |
| 7585356 | Hydrothermally-stable silica-based composite membranes for hydrogen separation Thin layers of a mixed composition are deposited on a porous substrate by chemical vapor deposition in an inert atmosphere at high temperature. The resulting membrane has excellent stability to water vapor at high temperatures. An exemplary membrane comprises an amo... | 09/08/2009 |
| D599950 | Light fixture | 09/08/2009 |
| D599947 | Light fixture | 09/08/2009 |
| D599944 | Light fixture | 09/08/2009 |
| D599938 | Light fixture | 09/08/2009 |
| D599937 | Light fixture | 09/08/2009 |
| 7584264 | Data storage and retrieval systems and related methods of storing and retrieving data Data storage and retrieval systems and related methods are disclosed herein. In one aspect, a system includes data processing servers configured to receive incoming data and transmit the data for storage. The system also includes data storage servers each coupled to... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7583437 | Projection screen with virtual compound curvature A compound curved projection screen having a curvature about at least one region, such as a cylinder cross section curved about an axis or an ellipse about a plurality of axes, is provided. The compound curved screen comprises a plurality of angled planar reflective... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7582093 | Screw extraction and insertion device A screw insertion/extraction device is disclosed that is useful as a tool for screw insertion and extraction procedures. The device includes a shaft sleeve that is formed to define a passage for accommodating the shaft of a wrench. In an exemplary embodiment, the sh... | 09/01/2009 |
| D599466 | Housing | 09/01/2009 |
| D599459 | Combination ceiling fan and light fixture | 09/01/2009 |
| 7580280 | Method and apparatus for a non-volatile memory device with reduced program disturb A non-volatile memory device includes a plurality of power control circuits interfaced via a single Y multiplexer with an array of memory cells. The multiple power control circuits provide multiple pre-charge paths configured to pre-charge the drain node of a target... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579612 | Resistive memory device having enhanced resist ratio and method of manufacturing same Disclosed herein are new resistive memory devices having one or more buffers layer surrounding a dielectric layer. By inserting one or more buffer layers around the dielectric layer of the device, the resistive ratio of the device is highly enhanced. For example, te... | 08/25/2009 |
| D599003 | Ceiling fan housing | 08/25/2009 |
| D599002 | Ceiling fan housing | 08/25/2009 |
| D599001 | Ceiling fan housing | 08/25/2009 |
| D599000 | Finial | 08/25/2009 |
| D598999 | Ceiling fan | 08/25/2009 |
| D598998 | Ceiling fan | 08/25/2009 |
| 7576581 | Circuit and method for correcting duty cycle A circuit for correcting a duty cycle includes a duty ratio digital conversion block configured to output duty ratio information of an input clock signal as plural-bit digital signals, a duty ratio information analyzing block configured to analyze the duty ratio inf... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7575990 | Method of forming self-aligned contacts and local interconnects A method of forming a plurality of self-aligned contacts of a core region and local interconnect openings of a peripheral region of a semiconductor device is disclosed. A plurality of gate-structures are formed on the core and peripheral regions of a semiconductor s... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7575284 | Mining plow A mining plow with a plow basic body which can be guided on a conveyor and which has on an inclined bearing surface a pivoting bolt for the pivotable mounting of a cutter carrier for each plow travel direction Two cutter carriers are mounted pivotably on respective ... | 08/18/2009 |
| D598596 | Light fixture | 08/18/2009 |