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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6812371 | Compositions comprising nonamantanes and processes for their separation Disclosed are compositions comprising one or more nonamantanes. Specifically disclosed are compositions comprising 25 to 100 weight percent of one or more nonamantanes. Also disclosed are novel processes for the separation and isolation of nonamantane components int... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6749589 | Subcutaneous injection set for use with a reservoir that has a septum An infusion set includes a needle hub with a needle to be inserted in a through passageway of the cannula housing through a sealing surface of a soft cannula. The infusion set includes a guide for centering the needle relative to the cannula sealing surface, a dirt ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6461344 | Method for manufacturing a pants-type diaper or sanitary panty, and such an article A method of manufacturing an absorbent article in the form of a pants diaper or a sanitary panty starts from a flat blank which includes an elongated absorbent body enclosed between two casing sheets which at opposing front and rear end parts of the absor... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6302146 | Valve and arrangement for fire suppression system A valve and valve arrangement for a fire suppression system includes a remotely controlled valve such as a solenoid valve which is electrically controlled to provide a preselected flow through the remotely controlled valve corresponding to the flow throug... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6279751 | Filtration device A filtration device for removing particulate matter from liquids has a rigid tubular body that terminates in a pair of open ends. The body has a plurality of openings therein, leading to a bore, and a layer of a filtration material, such as a polypropylen... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6275767 | Method for implementing an air traffic service unit This invention relates to a method for implementing the air traffic service unit (ATSU) managing the links between certain aircraft equipment and the ground/board communication means, and its operating system (OS) managing input/output, the use of softwar... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6270474 | Breast pump and breast pump valve A breast pump fitted with an element to be applied on a woman's breast, including an outflow duct and a pumping device branching off from the outflow duct through a first bypass. Another bypass leads to a milk collector through a check valve, which is fit... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6266921 | Cell and cell tray for growing seedlings Cultivation cell for seedlings and a tray formed from such cells, comprising apertures breaking the cell upper rims. Thereby growth disturbancies in roots growing close to the substrate surface are prevented. The tray comprises air channels, and growth of... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6247872 | Audible night-visible traffic stripe for a road and method and apparatus for making the same A traffic stripe including a first profiled portion having improved reflectivity and a second raised portion which provides an audible indication of its presence to a driver. Also, a method and apparatus for applying the traffic stripe including a vehicle... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6243692 | Secure electronic software packaging using setup-external unlocking module The present invention, generally speaking, provides for secure electronic software packaging using a setup-external unlocking module. As a result, a software publisher can produce a single ESD-ready version of a software title that may later be prepared f... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6225555 | Shielding strip A shielding strip is provided with a snap lock to secure the strip to a mounting surface. The snap lock includes two legs which extend from the strip through a hole in the mounting surface, and include portions which extend past the edge of the hole to lo... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6219906 | Method of forming a self-terminating, knitted, metalized yarn EMI/RFI shielding gasket A knitted metalized yarn gasket fashioned from a core, a first tubular layer formed from a hot melt yarn around the core, and a second tubular structure knitted from a conductive yarn and disposed over at least a portion of the first tubular layer and cor... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6211328 | Phenol resin The present invention relates to a phenol resin, in particular a phenol resin for resists suitable for forming resist patterns. The phenol resin of the present invention is obtained by reacting at least two components, i.e., a compound (A) such as 4-hydro... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6194836 | Magnetic system, particularly for ECR sources, for producing closed surfaces of equimodule B of form dimensions The invention relates to a device for generating a magnetic field B, comprising a multi-pole structure (M1, M2, M3) in which the elements have polarities such that the vector sum of the fields created at each point by each... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6185707 | IC test software system for mapping logical functional test data of logic integrated circuits to physical representation The present invention, generally speaking, takes advantage of the foregoing capability to determine and display the X,Y location corresponding to a net name, by translating functional test data of a digital logic chip passed through a simulation model whi... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6176681 | Rotor blade with improved attachment on a hub of a fan A rotor blade attached on a hub of a fan includes a blade-part, produced essentially of a composite material of fiber reinforced plastic, and an integrated foot having at least one body for attachment of the rotor blade on the hub of the fan, and at least... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6177703 | Method and apparatus for producing a single polysilicon flash EEPROM having a select transistor and a floating gate transistor Accordingly, exemplary embodiments of the present invention are directed to single poly flash EEPROM cells which avoid the drawbacks of conventional two poly stacked gate cells, and which are easily integrated with high performance logic technologies. An ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6175418 | Multiple alignment mechanism in close proximity to a shared processing device An alignment system includes two or more alignment devices arranged in close proximity and sharing a common processing device. The alignment devices are located adjacent to one another, yet while one substrate is being processed, a second substrate can be... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6173230 | Data link system between an aircraft and the ground and procedure for recovering from a failure The present invention relates to a data link system between an aircraft and at least one ground station comprising an on-board assembly, a ground-air assembly, a land-based assembly, the last two assemblies being composed of sub-networks interconnected by... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6168408 | Apparatus for manufacturing composite parts produced by resin transfer molding An apparatus for manufacturing composite parts produced by resin transfer molding (RTM) is configured to operate in controlled flow-rate mode or controlled pressure mode to use the RTM technique for manufacturing large-sized composite parts with a low fib... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6169884 | Method and apparatus for reducing power in radio transmitters A mechanism is provided for substantially reducing heat buildup within a mobile radio device having a radio transmitter. The invention is particularly applicable to PC Card wireless modems. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, device temperatur... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6166805 | Double pass monochromator The present invention relates to a double pass monochromator that improves wavelength resolution and reduces the actual length thereof. A return reflection means 7 that reverses the direction of dispersion of the wavelength of the second pass light 1c, 1f... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6166845 | Electro-optic probe The present invention relates to a probe for an electro-optic sampling oscillator. The probe for an electro-optic sampling oscillator provides a laser diode that generates a laser beam based on the control signal of the electro-optical sampling oscillosco... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6156282 | Crown calix[4]arenes, method of preparation and use for selective extraction of caesium The invention relates to new calixarenes of formula: ##STR1## in which R1 represents a crown ether chain that includes at least two aryl or cycloalkyl rings, R2 is a hydroxyl or alkoxy group, or the two R2 groups together ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6155560 | Method and apparatus for reorienting a printable medium The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for reorienting printable material, such as the signatures of a web fed rotary printing press, in a manner whereby a new velocity vector can be positively imparted to a signature instantaneously.... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6150843 | Five volt tolerant I/O buffer A 5 volt tolerant I/O buffer circuit is coupled to a power supply terminal of a predetermined power supply voltage, for driving an I/O pad to a logic state depending on an input signal and an output enable signal. The I/O buffer circuit minimizes current ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6149532 | Golf ball impact detection system for improving a golf swing A golf ball impact detection system to assist a golfer in reducing premature head-up movement. The impact detection system includes a sound detection device for detecting an impact sound of a club head with a golf ball and a light source which turns on im... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6150829 | Three-dimensional programmable connector A three dimensional programmable connector used in a burn-in test system for manufactured integrated circuits is provided with a plurality of planar electrodes which are selectively connectable to each other and to a load board on which the integrated cir... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6143522 | Methods of modulating apoptosis The invention provides novel methods for modulating apoptosis in eukaryotic cells using peptides and proteins derived from p33ING1 or oligonucleotides derived from the ING1 gene. The invention also provides method of determining the apoptotic c... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6144732 | Telephone case with easily reconfigured pushbutton keys A telephone set comprised of a top part, a bottom part, a cover plate and a plurality of pushbutton keys. The keys fit into a plurality of oversize apertures in the top part and are held in place by the cover plate. A paper underlay is positioned over the... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6142722 | Automated opening and closing of ultra clean storage containers A substrate handling system is provided with a robot having the dual function of a removing and replacing substrate-containing pod doors and load lock chamber doors, and of transporting the substrates between the pods and various processing stations. The ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6144748 | Standard-compatible, power efficient digital audio interface A method and apparatus provided for interfacing a hearing device and an auxiliary device to achieve a wireless communications link between the hearing device and a remote device. The hearing device has a case including an external connector defining signa... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6141088 | Method and device for characterizing a modification in time of the state of condensation of droplets on a target An apparatus and method for characterizing a modification of the state of condensation of liquid droplets on a target (10). The apparatus comprises a light transmitting means (20, 21) capable of directing a light beam (42) towards the target (10), a photo... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6141782 | Pseudo-scan testing using hardware-accessible IC structures The present invention, generally speaking, provides an integrated circuit testing technique in which hardware accessibility of selected components is exploited in order to avoid scan insertion overhead but achieve as good or better fault coverage than if ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6136236 | Method for manufacturing composite material pieces by resin transfer moulding A manufacturing process of a large part of composite materials with a high fiber content (more than 58%) using the resin transfer moulding technique, wherein a fiber pellet (26) is placed in a mould (20) and strongly compressed, whilst the resin is inject... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6136131 | Method of shielding and obtaining access to a component on a printed circuit board A method for shielding and obtaining access to a component on a printed circuit board including providing a printed circuit board having a component encompassed by a shielding enclosure including a plurality of side walls and an integral top surface havin... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6131155 | Programmer-visible uncached load/store unit having burst capability A standard CPU (with a data cache) is modified in such a way as to permit the programmer to bypass the data cache when necessary in order to fetch or store data items directly from/to the memory, ensuring that data accesses exhibiting a high degree of loc... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6128195 | Transfer molded PCMCIA standard cards A transfer molded PC card standard or small form factor card electronic package includes a substrate that has an integrated circuit package thereon and an electrical connector along a side of the substrate. In addition, an upper cover extends over at leas... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6123170 | Noise reducing connection assembly for aircraft turbine housings In an aircraft turbine, an assembly consisting of an air inlet structure, a air blower housing (22) and a connecting part (36), is fitted in such a way as to reduce noise including in the junction area between the structure and the housing. The connecting... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6121743 | Dual robotic arm end effectors having independent yaw motion An improvement is set forth in a robotic arm structure which includes at least two links. θ motion is provided about a primary axis at the proximal end portion of the proximalmost of the links. R motion proceeds radially from the primary axis whereby the... | 09/19/2000 |
