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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7515007 | Integrated dielectric resonator filter and clock extraction device using the same Provided are an integrated dielectric resonator filter and a clock extraction device using the integrated dielectric resonator filter. The integrated dielectric resonator filter includes: a microwave substrate; a disc type dielectric resonator installed on the micro... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514942 | Probe based patterning of microelectronic and micromechanical devices Patterning of microelectronic and micromechanical devices is described using probes. In one example, a plurality of probe tips are driven into a processing layer of a substrate. The probe tips are carried by movable sleds. The sleds are moved to write patterns into ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514300 | Mold compound cap in a flip chip multi-matrix array package and process of making same A molding compound cap structure is disclosed. A process of forming the molding compound cap structure is also disclosed. A microelectronic package is also disclosed that uses the molding compound cap structure. A method of assembling a microelectronic package is al... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514116 | Horizontal Carbon Nanotubes by Vertical Growth and Rolling Horizontal carbon nanotubes may be used for on-die routing and other applications. In one example, a catalyst is applied to a plurality of different points on a substrate. Carbon nanotubes are then grown vertically on the plurality of different points to form a plur... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513930 | Reductive method for production of metallic elements such as chrome using a crucible with a perforated wall In the method of producing metals or metal alloys of high purity, in particular metallic chromium, granules of metal containing non-metallic inclusions and a reducing agent are treated under predetermined conditions of temperature and pressure so that the reducing a... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513893 | Device and method for treatment of eyelid diseases A container has an impermeable outer membrane sized to fit generally within the peri-orbital region and sufficiently flexible to mold to the structure of the closed eye. Heat which is generated by an exothermic reaction inside the container, which provides steady-st... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513742 | Pitch drive system for a wind turbine A pitch drive system for a wind turbine is provided which comprises a regulation drive for regulating the pitch of a rotor blade of the wind turbine during normal operation, the regulation drive comprising at least one drive train, and an emergency drive for pitchin... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513471 | Device for fixing an object on a vertical rod The article (37) is fastened to the rod (1), and the rod is fastened to a support such as a ceiling or a wall, by fastener means each comprising two parts (4, 19) that lock together around the rod. ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512930 | Program object read barrier A method and apparatus for a read barrier mechanism are described. According to an embodiment, a method comprises receiving an access request for a program object; performing a combined check for a null reference or for a read barrier for the program object; and if ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512862 | Compression of data for protection A storage system, such as a file server, receives a request to perform a write operation that affects a data block. In response, the storage system determines if the data block may be compressed to fit inside a redundancy block for protection. If the data block may ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512857 | Pattern correction circuit A method is described for facilitating use of a first pattern utilizing XOR data formatting in an electronic tester. The method includes dividing the first pattern into at least a first group and a second group, the tester to successively execute the first group and... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512819 | Method and apparatus for ejecting a removable medium by temporarily providing power after a secondary eject switch is operated According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body, a disc drive unit drives a removable medium, a first switch and a second switch which are provided on the main body, a unit which powers on the main body in response to an operati... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512785 | Revocation distribution A server registering a first party as a party relying upon a second party's certificate, revoking the second party's certificate after registering the first party, and initiating communication with the first party to indicate that the second party's certificate has ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512750 | Processor and memory controller capable of use in computing system that employs compressed cache lines' worth of information A memory controller is described that comprises a compression map cache. The compression map cache is to store information that identifies a cache line's worth of information that has been compressed with another cache line's worth of information. A processor and a ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512749 | Safe software revision for embedded systems The present invention, in one embodiment includes identifying a first partition of an embedded program memory, reading a description associated with the first partition, identifying a second partition of an embedded program memory, reading a description associated w... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512729 | Method and apparatus for a high efficiency two-stage rotating priority arbiter with predictable arbitration latency A scalable, two-stage rotating priority arbiter with re-circulation and bounded latency for use in multi-threaded, multi-processing devices. An apparatus implementing the two-stage arbiter includes a plurality of masters configured in a plurality of clusters, a plur... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512612 | Selecting an optimal path through a relationship graph A relationship graph of nodes representing entities and edges representing relationships among the entities is searched to find a match on search criteria, such as an individual or a company. Paths through the relationship graph to the match are identified and a rel... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512534 | Optimized windows and methods therefore for gradient-descent based window optimization for linear prediction analysis in the ITU-T G.723.1 speech coding standard Primary and alternate optimization procedures are used to improve the ITU-T G.723.1 speech coding standard (the “Standard”) by replacing the Hamming window of the Standard with an optimized window, with two windows, or with two windows and an additional performa... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512514 | Accurate on-die temperature measurement using remote sensing An embodiment of the present invention is a technique for thermal sensing. A sensing structure generates a response according to a local temperature at a first location on a die. A sensor core coupled to the sensing structure via routing lines to provide a measureme... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512407 | Instant messaging system and method Methods and apparatuses for processing an instant message from a source wireless communication device to a destination device are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method includes receiving the instant message from the source wireless co... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512109 | Slot structure for radio communications system In one embodiment, the present invention includes a slot in a repeating time division frame with a first training sequence, an information sequence after the first training sequence, and a second training sequence after the information sequence. In some embodiments ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512060 | Method and apparatus for providing a connection matrix A method and apparatus for enabling restoration of connections upon failure within a high-speed data transfer architecture, such as SONET/SDH channel, is provided. The design detects health codes generated by detecting elements, the health codes representing the hea... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7506163 | Methods and apparatuses for security visualization Methods and apparatuses for preconscious security feedback. In one aspect, a method for secure communication includes: displaying a first visual cue to indicate presence of security measure for communication while an operation for a secure communication transaction ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7503050 | Transaction polymorphism A system and method to provide an interface to access transaction management services. The interface is declared and the transaction management services are bound to the interface. The transaction management services provide services for managing related transaction... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502897 | Object based conflict detection in a software transactional memory Object-based conflict detection is described in the context of software transactional memory. In one example, a block of instructions is received for execution as an object in a software transactional memory transaction. The base of the object is computed, a lock is... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502428 | Pseudo-noise encoded digital data clock recovery An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a correlator that correlates a pseudo-noise sequence with a received clip stream in order to generate a correlated output. The apparatus further includes a phase controller coupled to the correlator to generate a his... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502318 | Network adapter with TCP windowing support A network adapter and corresponding method for its use are disclosed. The network adapter has an operational mode that allows a host CPU to offload transmission of a block of data to the adapter. The adapter segments the block into fragments, and builds a data packe... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501742 | Mechanical actuator comprising an active linear piston The invention relates to an actuator comprising a sliding sleeve and an active piston, control means, wherein the sliding sleeve and the piston have at their interface at least one pair of friction layers, characterised in that at ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7500610 | Assembly comprising a functional device and a resonator and method of making same A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) device. The RFID device comprises an antenna assembly and a resonator assembly. The antenna assembly comprises a first substrate and an antenna element. The resonator assembly comprises a second substrate having an integrated ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7500247 | Stack marshaler Systems and techniques for transferring the flow of control between agents. In one general aspect, a computer program product includes instructions operable to cause data processing apparatus to: store data on a first call stack, the first call stack corresponding t... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7500244 | Adaptive algorithm for selecting a virtualization algorithm in virtual machine environments Method for selecting a virtualization algorithm to virtualize a context change. An exit-enter time (EET) to exit and enter a context and a save-restore time (SRT) to save and restore a machine state are calculated. A selective algorithm that selectively saves and re... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499548 | Terminal authentication in a wireless network A user terminal can be authenticated by an access point based on one message. In one embodiment, the present invention includes the access point receiving a message containing a shared secret encrypted with an access point public key, a user terminal certificate, an... | 03/03/2009 |
| 6375552 | Slurries for chemical mechanical polishing Novel slurries for the chemical mechanical polishing of thin films used in integrated circuit manufacturing. A tungsten slurry of the present invention comprises an oxidizing agent, such as potassium ferricyanide, an abrasive such as silica, and has a pH ... | 04/23/2002 |
