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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8153875 | Balanced harmonic minor harmonica Harmonicas are disclosed in which the predetermined pitches of the draw-reeds and the blow-reeds are arranged such that, they produce the complete, repeating Harmonic Minor scale and its six other associated Middle Eastern modal scales, accompanied by full, repeatin... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8118509 | Automatic substance applicator system This invention relates generally to assistive devices, and more particularly refers to an automatic substance applicator system for applying or administering a substance to a receiving surface. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8082908 | 2-valve, 2-plug, 2-intake lean burn engine with squish flow with about 2/3 the combustion chamber under the exhaust valve An ignition-engine system for internal combustion engines having two-valves per cylinder (100) with a larger intake valve (103) and a smaller exhaust valve (104) in a longitudinal layout with a single camshaft (118) operating bucketed val... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8068707 | Illuminating devices including uniform light distribution, multiple light sources, and multiple types of light sources A lumenaire for mixing and emitting light from multiple light sources which has at least one first light source of a particular type and at least one second light source of a differing type. There is an optical system which includes at least one individual light col... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066405 | Lumenairs having structurally and electrically integrated arrangements of quasi point light sources, such as LEDs A lumenaire system for providing varied types of illumination having a structural frame with hubs disposed in a spatial configuration and joining members providing structure and stability between said hubs. There are quasi point light sources mounted at specific poi... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065808 | Sundial with dome and grid of light Sundial apparatus with overlying barrier grid. ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061883 | Illuminating devices using small PT sources including LEDs In one form, there is a luminaire for providing uniform color and brightness from multiple small light sources, which includes a shallow plate of transparent material having a first surface which is substantially flat, and a second surface which includes patterned p... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8016509 | Robotic joint A driven joint for coupling two structural members is angularly adjustable in two polar or orthogonal dimensions and provides a pair of nonparallel, crossed axles, each having a middle section located between a pair of opposed side sections, wherein the pair of axle... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7923055 | Method of manufacturing a drug delivery system A method of manufacturing a drug delivery system uses gas cluster ion beam irradiation on an outer surface of a member to determine one or more characteristics of the drug delivery system. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7799683 | Copper interconnect wiring and method and apparatus for forming thereof Capping layer or layers on a surface of a copper interconnect wiring layer for use in interconnect structures for integrated circuits and methods and apparatus for forming improved integration interconnection structures for integrated circuits by the application of ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7788384 | Virtual media network A system and method for setting up and reconfiguring a multimedia system dynamically to transport and process streams of multimedia data. ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7759251 | Dual damascene integration structure and method for forming improved dual damascene integration structure Methods for forming a dual damascene dielectric structure in a porous ultra-low-k (ULK) dielectric material by using gas-cluster ion-beam processing are disclosed. These methods minimize hard-mask layers during dual damascene ULK processing and eliminate hard-masks ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7714694 | Compensating for linear and non-linear trimming-induced shift of temperature coefficient of resistance A compound resistor is used to compensate for trimming induced shift in temperature coefficient of resistance of a trimmable resistor. The compound resistor is composed of a first and second portion, at least one of the two portions being thermally trimmable, and th... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7684960 | Methods and systems for semiconductor diode junction protection Methods and systems for semiconductor diode junction protection. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7679042 | Fabrication of transducer structures Methods for fabricating structures such as transducer pedestal structures and transducers fabricated by the methods. ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7666462 | Method of controlling a drug release rate A method of controlling the drug release rate of a drug coated endovascular stent by depositing a drug material layer on the stent and then modifying the drug material using gas cluster ion beam irradiation to create a carbon matrix with interstices containing the o... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7646795 | Methods and apparatus for maintaining a quality of a Raman medium in a Raman conversion cell Methods and apparatus for maintaining a quality of a Raman medium in a Raman conversion cell. In various examples, a flow velocity of the Raman medium is tailored based on a spatial nonuniformity of heat deposition resulting from the Raman conversion in the cell. In... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7620084 | Methods and systems for laser diode control Methods and systems that enable the combining of laser diodes into a laser beam. ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7608843 | Method and apparatus for scanning a workpiece through an ion beam A method and apparatus 300 for better controlling scanning of a workpiece 330 through an ion beam path 306 provide for mounting a workpiece 330 on an elongated member, partially repetitively rotating the elongated member 500 around... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7592825 | Methods and systems for semiconductor diode junction screening and lifetime estimation Screening methods and systems that can detect semiconductor junction devices that may exhibit sudden failure. ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7534013 | Illuminating devices using small PT sources including LEDs In one form, there is a luminaire for providing uniform color and brightness from multiple small light sources, which includes a shallow plate of transparent material having a first surface which is substantially flat, and a second surface which includes patterned p... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7505423 | Telephone conferencing system and method Processing separate audio input packets from each connection of a telephone conference assigns audio input packets from each connection to a sequence of output periods. Each connection is then sequenced a first time during each output period for processing any input... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7495874 | Methods and systems for semiconductor diode junction protection Protection methods and protection systems for semiconductor devices with diode junctions. The protection methods and protection systems detect the anomalies in the behavior of the junction and protect the device from damage. ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7492280 | Wireless remote control systems Wireless remote control system for engine piston with in-piston circuit (50) and an external processing unit mounted on the exterior of the crank case (51). A carrier signal generated in the external processing unit is fed to a primary coil (P) located... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7491922 | System and methods for image acquisition Image acquisition methods and systems are provided. The image acquisition system comprising a pixellated optical transducer capable of absorbing electromagnetic radiation in a first range of wavelengths received from an input source and also capable of absorbing ele... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7487000 | Navigation screen system and method for remote control A system and method to provide navigation screens during remote control of devices. A matrix is used to relate button depression and navigation screen to a particular activity. Generic buttons on the remote control can be dynamically defined according to the content... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7410890 | Formation of doped regions and/or ultra-shallow junctions in semiconductor materials by gas-cluster ion irradiation Method of forming one or more doped regions in a semiconductor substrate and semiconductor junctions formed thereby, using gas cluster ion beams. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7396745 | Formation of ultra-shallow junctions by gas-cluster ion irradiation Method of forming one or more doped regions in a semiconductor substrate and semiconductor junctions formed thereby, using gas cluster ion beams. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7377228 | System for and method of gas cluster ion beam processing System and method of gas-cluster ion beam processing is realized by incorporating improved beam and workpiece neutralizing components. Larger GCIB current transport is enabled by low energy electron neutralization of space charge of the GCIB. The larger currents tra... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7345856 | Method and apparatus for arc suppression in scanned ion beam processing equipment In an ion bean acceleration system, transient electrical arc suppression and ion beam accelerator biasing circuitry. Two-terminal circuitry, connectable in series, for suppressing arcs by automatically sensing arc conditions and switch from at least a first operatin... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7334933 | Unified optical collection and distribution of light from quasi-point sources including LEDs, and linear light sources A lighting device that provides a surface that uniformly projects light from single or multiple light sources. It also provides a lighting device that minimizes the number of optical components between the light source and the viewer so as to increase efficiency. It... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7318397 | High efficiency high power internal combustion engine operating in a high compression conversion exchange cycle A piston (10), a spring (15) operatively coupled to a piston, the spring being inside (21) or outside (41) the piston, and if the spring is inside the piston, the diameter of the spring is equal to 0.7 to 0.9, and if it is outside of the ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7291558 | Copper interconnect wiring and method of forming thereof Capping layer or layers on a surface of a copper interconnect wiring layer for use in interconnect structures for integrated circuits and methods of forming improved integration interconnection structures for integrated circuits by the application of gas-cluster ion... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7259036 | Methods of forming doped and un-doped strained semiconductor materials and semiconductor films by gas-cluster-ion-beam irradiation and materials and film products Methods and apparatus are described for irradiating one or more substrate surfaces with accelerated gas clusters including strain-inducing atoms for blanket and/or localized introduction of such atoms into semiconductor substrates, with additional, optional introduc... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7207918 | Continuously variable transmission A mechanical continuously variable transmission in which the power roller is in “line contact” with the counter roller instead of conventional “pinpoint contact”. By utilizing line contact of the power roller and the counter roller, the pressure force betwee... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207210 | Multi-decade viscometric or rheologic measurements of a material undergoing state change Range-extending method and apparatus for testing the viscosity of a fluid (10) undergoing a state change utilizing a viscometer (2) with a rotary assembly (42) for measuring, by automatically changing the rotational speed of the rotary assembly ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201392 | Snow ski binding A downhill ski binding (2) that operates to allow the skier to select a number of skates or a time interval, after which a lock means (30) locks the rearward end (28) of a ski boot plate (4) to a ski plate/lift (14) and/or a ski ( | 04/10/2007 |
| D538913 | Air vent-mounted air freshener assembly | 03/20/2007 |
| D538912 | Air vent-mounted air freshener assembly | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182077 | High energy density inductive coils for approximately 300 ma spark current and 150 mj spark energy for lean burn engines A high energy density and high efficiency inductive ignition coil for IC engine achieved by the use of biasing magnets (14/15) located at the end (16/17) of an open-E laminated core to raise the coil energy to five times typical, i.e. of approximately ... | 02/27/2007 |
