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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7483671 | Processor based frequency selective jamming and communications system In one general aspect, a communications system as described herein provides a wide-band jamming signal that is digitally created, conditioned, and modified by a processing based system to provide open data channels to authorized parties within a jammed communication... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7366564 | Nonlinear blind demixing of single pixel underlying radiation sources and digital spectrum local thermometer Changes, increase or decrease, in the body fluid flow are passively detected by using a single pixel, non-linear blind de-mixing procedure, which can be extended to general biomedical measurement and diagnoses instruments. More specifically the single pixel, non-lin... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7348592 | Carbon nanotube apparatus and method of carbon nanotube modification Carbon nanotube apparatus, and methods of carbon nanotube modification, include carbon nanotubes having locally modified properties with the positioning of the modifications being controlled. More specifically, the positioning of nanotubes on a substrate with a depo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7315372 | Instrument using near-field intensity correlation measurements for characterizing scattering of light by suspensions Imaging systems may include a light source that directs light towards a scattering medium. A digital imaging system receives transmitted light that is transmitted through the scattering medium substantially without being scattered, and also receives multiple compone... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7304288 | Laser pulse counter Pulses of optical radiation are counted by a pulse counter in a way representative of its effects on tissue. An analog to digital converter digitizes detected optical radiation pulses and an integrator integrates the digitally detected pluses. The integrator has a t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7181743 | Resource allocation decision function for resource management architecture and corresponding programs therefor A resource manager for a distributed environment including hosts instantiating copies of a scalable application, generates signals which start up, shutdown or move a selected one of the copies responsive to first information regarding performance of all copies of th... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171654 | System specification language for resource management architecture and corresponding programs therefore A method for distributing application, system and network specification information to functional elements controlling a plurality of hosts in a distributed environment, including steps for preparing specification files in a language providing a syntax adapted to de... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7118305 | Wave shaped vehicle barrier A vehicle barrier uses adjacent rows of wave-like sections adapted to be positioned on a ground surface. A section is defined by (i) a planar wall extending angularly upward from the ground surface to the section's peak, and (ii) a concave wall extending angularly d... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111521 | Sampling system for moving fluid A system for sampling a moving fluid utilizes a housing in the shape of an airfoil having a leading edge adapted to be disposed in the moving fluid such that the moving fluid will initially encounter the leading edge. A fluid flow pathway extends through the airfoil... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7096248 | Program control for resource management architecture and corresponding programs therefor A program control device operating in a distributed environment comprised of hosts instantiating copies of a scalable application, the program control device controlling start up, shutdown or movement of a selected one of the copies based on signals generated in res... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7066072 | Determining cook-off time of weapon Determining cook-off time for a weapon is disclosed. A method determines a first barrel temperature next to a first energetic, such as a propellant charge, of ammunition within a gun barrel, and determines a second barrel temperature next to a second energetic, such... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7043529 | Collaborative development network for widely dispersed users and methods therefor A White Board system permitting a plurality of users to collaborate with one another irrespective of the respective user's hardware platform or operating system, includes a server computer, and a plurality of client computers coupled to the server computer. Preferab... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042382 | Method of time synchronization of multiple A/D sample data records Multiple analog inputs are converted to respective multiple digital data records by analog to digital converters. A switch inserts a pseudorandom “alignment” code into each analog input at the beginning of conversion. After the analog to digital conversion, this... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7034549 | Device to detect and measure the concentration and characterization of airborne conductive or dielectric particles A measuring system is disclosed which detects and measures the volume concentration and mass flow of the airborne conductive particles, such as carbon-absorptive chaff particles. The measuring system can be used to estimate the effective conductivity of the detected... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030809 | Multiple model radar tracking filter and systems and methods employing same A multiple model (MM) radar tracking filter which controls the weighting applied to outputs of first and second model functions responsive to non-Markovian switching logic, includes the first and second model functions, switching logic receiving unweighted outputs f... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024456 | Method for facilitating collaborative development efforts between widely dispersed users A method permitting collaboration between a plurality of users of incompatible hardware and/or operating system, includes steps for selectively generating predetermined objects, text objects, active hyperlink objects, active track objects, and freehand drawing objec... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023342 | Continuous wave (CW)—fixed multiple frequency triggered, radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and system and method employing same A far field radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging and tracking system employing a plurality of continuous wave (CW), unmodulated signals selected from frequencies including a predetermined frequency band, includes a RFID interrogator generating a group of CW... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7006635 | Method and apparatus for clock synchronization using quantum mechanical non-locality effects A method for synchronizing a master clock to a slave clock located in master and slave devices communicating with one another via a laser signal beam and a communications channel, each of the devices including a homodyne detector for determining a respective correla... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6971300 | Reloadable concentric canister launcher A reloadable launcher for use with rocket-propelled projectiles. An inner and outer tube define a concentric tube arrangement with at least one gas flow channel being defined therebetween. A ring is fixedly coupled to a first end of the outer tube that is adjacent t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6955296 | Gun control system A gun control system is disclosed that includes a fire control kernel and location-independent software components within the fire control kernel. The kernel provides core fire control functionality that is unaffected by changes within the external environment, such... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6945088 | Multi-fragment impact test specimen A multiple fragment impact test specimen, and a method for using it in multiple fragment impact tests against a target, is disclosed. The test specimen comprises two or more fragments fixed to one or more connecting members so that the fragments are held at a fixed ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6918083 | Tool for marking up electronic documents Enclosed is a tool that is used to review and/or alter electronic documents each of which may have a different format. The mark-up tool is provided with a color-coded scheme to highlight where an electronic document is to be changed and to indicate the status of the... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6911328 | Method for producing 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane and product thereby The present invention includes a method for producing 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane, particularly in high yields, using a peroxidase enzyme site and reacting propane-2-nitronate at the enzyme under appropriate conditions. Peroxidases such as chloroperoxidase, soybe... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6895850 | Pressure-released brake assembly for restraining projectile in launch tube A pressure-released brake assembly restrains a projectile in a launch tube prior to launch and automatically releases the projectile at launch. A brake assembly housing defines cavities that extend substantially radially out from the projectile when the housing is a... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6881669 | Process for making electronic devices having a monolayer diffusion barrier An epitaxial barrier material provides not only a unique growth medium for growing single crystal structures of elemental metal thereon, but also provides an effective diffusion barrier at extremely thin thicknesses against migration of atoms from the metallization ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6873946 | Zeus code tool a method for implementing same and storage medium storing computer readable instructions for instantiating the zeus code tool A method for presenting a graphic user interface (GUI) facilitating generation of selected ones of a Euler grid and a Navier-Stokes grid from a single set of predetermined parameters includes step for defining the geometry of a vehicle to be tested, defining the env... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6854004 | Irregular optical interconnections to compensate for non-uniformities in analog optical processors Using irregular optical interconnections to compensate for non-uniformities in analog optical processors, such as matrix-vector (M-V) optical processors, is disclosed. An M-V processor of one embodiments includes two optical devices, such as spatial light modulators... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6844875 | Video converter board Disclosed is a video converter board that converts stroke/raster video data generated by one display subsystem into a video format responsive to a sync-on-green (SOG) control signal and utilized by another display subsystem. ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6834828 | Fin deployment system Actuators already present as an integral part of the control systems of missiles and the like are used to activate and control the deployment of fins and the like without the need for separate explosively or mechanically driven fin deployment systems. Springs locate... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6817299 | Fragmenting projectile having threaded multi-wall casing A fragmenting projectile includes a multi-wall projectile casing with each wall thereof formed by a sleeve. Each pair of adjacent sleeves is defined by inner and outer sleeves that mate in a threaded engagement. Explosive material is disposed in an innermost sleeve.... | 11/16/2004 |
