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| 7942672 | Gingiva modeling Embodiments are provided for modeling gingiva. One method embodiment includes scanning a patient's teeth and gums, or a physical model thereof, to obtain location data, developing a digital model via a computing device, where the model represents a dentition and gin... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938853 | Braided endoluminal device having tapered filaments A stent comprising a plurality of continuous filaments braided together, at least one filament comprising a tapered filament having at least one first region having a first, relatively-larger cross-sectional area and at least one second region having a second, relat... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935128 | Remotely-reloadable suturing device A surgical instrument comprises an elongated body member having a distal end and a head extending from the distal end of the elongated body member, with the head comprising a remotely actuatable needle driver and a needle catch. A needle is adapted for receiving a s... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933930 | Systems and methods for creating documents from templates A merge application creates a particular set of documents for a particular matter. The merge application receives a selection of a particular master template corresponding to the particular set of documents, where the selected master template specifies a plurality o... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930189 | Method and system for providing dynamic orthodontic assessment and treatment profiles Method and system for providing dynamically generated orthodontic profile and associated treatment information is provided. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928019 | Semiconductor processing Embodiments of the present disclosure include semiconductor processing methods and systems. One method includes forming a material layer on a semiconductor substrate by exposing a deposition surface of the substrate to at least a first and a second reactant sequenti... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927938 | Fin-JFET Methods, devices, and systems integrating Fin-JFETs and Fin-MOSFETs are provided. One method embodiment includes forming at least on Fin-MOSFET on a substrate and forming at least on Fin-JFET on the substrate. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927192 | Tool for working on a surface Embodiments of the present disclosure provide working tools that provide suction to a working surface and/or dust removal from a working surface. One embodiment of a tool includes a tool support having an upper surface and a sidewall defining a cavity defined by the... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925917 | Systems and methods for enabling failover support with multiple backup data storage structures A main data center with first and second backup data centers also has a translator for assisting a failover module of a failed server at the main data center in implementing failover of the failed server to a corresponding server at the first backup data center. The... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925746 | Systems and methods for a self-contained, cooled server rack A refrigerated server rack that may be used in a server room to cool computing equipment. The refrigerated server rack may contain a cooling unit or include a cooling inlet to receive chilled air to cool the computing equipment within the server rack. The self conta... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924623 | Method for memory cell erasure with a programming monitor of reference cells Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, devices, modules, and systems for operating memory cells. One method includes: performing an erase operation on a selected group of memory cells, the selected group including a number of reference cells and a nu... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924040 | Electrical probe having a conductive whisker Methods, devices, and systems for probing electrical circuits without loading the circuits are described herein. One embodiment of an electrical probe includes a coaxial cable having an inner conductor and an outer conductor, an extension portion of the inner conduc... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920794 | Free space optical communication Free space optical communication systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided. A system embodiment includes a photodetector for receiving a beacon signal transmitted from a ground communication apparatus, a light source for emitting a light beam toward a source of... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920431 | Asynchronous/synchronous interface The present disclosure includes methods, and circuits, for operating a memory device. One method embodiment for operating a memory device includes controlling data transfer through a memory interface in an asynchronous mode by writing data to the memory device at le... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919999 | Band-gap reference voltage detection circuit Methods, devices, modules, and systems for a band-gap reference voltage detection circuit are provided. One embodiment for a band-gap reference voltage detection circuit includes a Brokaw cell having a band-gap reference voltage, and a circuit portion for indicating... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918883 | Non-invasive heating of implanted vascular treatment device One embodiment of the present invention involves employing, in a vascular treatment device, a material which has a magnetic susceptibility which is heat sensitive. The vascular treatment device can then be heated remotely and non-invasively using an applied magnetic... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917605 | Automated registration and licensing tool Methods and systems are disclosed for managing registrations of computers. The methods and systems provide a registration tool that may be used to automatically register the computers. For each computer to be registered, information uniquely identifying the computer... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917532 | System for tracking data shared with external entities System and method for keeping inventories of sensitive data that has been shared with external entities. The system and method may be used particularly for identifying a source of an unauthorized release of sensitive data. ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916543 | Memory cell operation Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, devices, modules, and systems for programming memory cells. One method includes determining a quantity of erase pulses used to place a group of memory cells of the array in an erased state, and adjusting at leas... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7906830 | Epitaxial silicon growth Memory cell structures, including PSOIs, NANDs, NORs, FinFETs, etc., and methods of fabrication have been described that include a method of epitaxial silicon growth. The method includes providing a silicon layer on a substrate. A dielectric layer is provided on the... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905914 | Bifurcated endoluminal prosthesis The invention comprises: An introducer for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method of treating and angeological disease u... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905724 | Methods and systems for concurrent tooth repositioning and substance delivery The present invention provides devices, systems and methods for orthodontic treatment using elastic repositioning appliances while concurrently providing dental and periodontal therapies. Such therapies are traditionally provided with the use of a variety of accesso... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904308 | Method and system for providing indexing and cataloguing of orthodontic related treatment profiles and options Method and system for providing an orthodontic profile indexing and treatment plan including comparing an initial patient condition in each of a plurality of dentition categories with one or more reference conditions in each of the plurality of dentition categories,... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901449 | Bifurcated endoluminal prosthesis An introducer for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method of treating and angeological disease using a bifurcated stent; an endo... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899718 | System and method of facilitating transactions over a computer network On-line systems and methods allow customers to view and purchase financial services products, such as annuities, and the like, which are subject to State regulations and require the use of State mandated forms. Customers are able to view State-specific forms and to ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7897470 | Non-volatile memory cell device and methods A method of fabricating a memory cell including forming nanodots over a first dielectric layer and forming a second dielectric layer over the nanodots, where the second dielectric layer encases the nanodots. In addition, an intergate dielectric layer is formed over ... | 03/01/2011 |
| D633374 | Connection fixture | 03/01/2011 |
| 7893843 | Activity windowing Methods, devices, and systems for monitoring a number of recurrent activities of an individual are disclosed. One method for monitoring a recurrent activity of an individual using activity windowing includes recording a number of sensor activations of at least one s... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892276 | Valve with delayed leaflet deployment A valve for use in a body lumen, where the valve includes a valve leaflet with delayed leaflet deployment relative an in vivo implant time. The valve includes a valve frame, a valve leaflet coupled to the valve frame. The valve leaflet includes a commissure that can... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892272 | Method and apparatus for deployment of an endoluminal device An introducer deploys an endoluminal device in a distal location from a proximal location. The introducer comprises a retrograde portion, an anterograde portion axially moveable relative to the retrograde portion, a shaft having a distal tip and an anterograde sheat... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890761 | Systems and methods for strong authentication of electronic transactions A token value is generated for a user to submit to an authentication service of an electronic system. The token value represents that the user is in possession of an electronic item known to the authentication service, where the electronic item is capable of two-way... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890397 | System, method, and computer-readable medium for settling accounts A system, method, and computer-readable medium for settling accounts are provided. An aggregate policy document is generated from a plurality of document definitions that each respectively define a policy document. Mechanisms are provided that identify repetitive co... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889088 | Extended smoke alarm system An extended smoke alarm system and related methods are disclosed. In particular, embodiments of an extended smoke alarm system having wireless-signal-send-and-receive functionalities wherein the system includes one or more flashlights having at least wireless-signal... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887575 | Stent with segmented graft A stent-graft comprising an expandable stent and a plurality of graft segments, each graft segment having a first end attached to the stent and a second end not attached to the stent. In one embodiment, the plurality of overlapped graft segments form a continuous co... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886963 | Method and system for pre-filling account information Method and system are disclosed for automatically filling in external account information on a new account application. The method and system capture account-identifying information for an external account from electronic transactions involving the external account.... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885548 | Free space optical communication Free space optical communication systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided. A free space optical communication system embodiment includes a light source for emitting a light beam toward a receiver, where the light beam includes a signal to be transmitted, an ou... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881978 | Method, medium, and system for providing quotes Methods, computer executable program instructions, and systems including program instructions are provided for use with quotes. A method embodiment includes providing a website that receives a request for quotes (RFQ) from a buyer-business. The method also includes ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881100 | State machine sensing of memory cells The present disclosure includes methods, devices, modules, and systems for sensing memory cells using a state machine. One method embodiment includes generating a first sensing reference according to a first output of a state machine. The method includes bifurcating... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7880751 | Method and system for providing dynamic orthodontic assessment and treatment profiles Method and system for projecting a first orthodontic related image at a predetermined location within a display unit, selecting a second orthodontic related image on the display unit, and projecting the second orthodontic related image at the predetermined area with... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7880711 | Image stability in liquid crystal displays One method for providing image stability in a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes providing a first display image to a plurality of pixel elements of the LCD at a first time, where the first display image includes a first pixel in an on state, transitioning... | 02/01/2011 |
