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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7853682 | System and method for consolidating, securing and automating out-of-band access to nodes in a data network A system and method for out-of-band network management is provided wherein one or more different management interfaces are converted into a common format management data. The system may encrypt the common format management data. The system may also authenticate each... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844945 | Software and firmware adaptation for unanticipated/changing hardware environments A method for producing a fixed-size firmware image for a hardware device, parameterized for a plurality of component environments, includes providing a logical description of aspects of said plurality of component environments; providing a physical description of ph... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7837177 | Post handling assembly According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a manually operated post handling assembly including a main body, a post driver that is integral with or connected to the main body and a post extractor being adapted to move between a deployed posit... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836942 | Heat exchanger and method of producing the same A heat exchanger for a gas boiler for producing hot water is provided with a casing extending along a first axis and through which combustion fumes flow; a tube forming a plurality of turns along which water flows arranged inside the casing so as to form gaps betwee... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7818367 | Computer interconnection system A computerized switching system for coupling a workstation to a remotely located computer. A signal conditioning unit receives keyboard and mouse signals generated by a workstation and generates a data packet which is transmitted to a central crosspoint switch. The ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7809815 | System and method for managing a flow of network status messages at a network operations console A computer based system, computer program product, and method for managing network status message data flow. A computer based system, computer program product, and method are provided for managing the flow rate of network status messages to a remote network operatio... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809172 | Method and system for generating and linking composite images A method and system for personalizing goods or services by including thereon a visible indication of the person or persons that are intended to utilize the goods and services. In one embodiment, based on computer processing, a series of parameters are calculated tha... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809058 | Video compression system A video compression system is disclosed that is optimized to take advantage of the types of redundancies typically occurring on computer screens and the types of video loss acceptable to real time interactive computer users. It automatically adapts to a wide variety... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808637 | Method and apparatus for determining liquid crystal cell parameters from full mueller matrix measurements Method and apparatus for testing of LCD cells is disclosed. An LCD cell under test (14, 30) may be mounted to translatable table (40) between polarization state generator (10) and polarization state analyzer (16). For each location on cel... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7802833 | Tunnel console for passenger compartment of a vehicle A console of a tunnel for the passenger compartment of a vehicle has an outer structure that houses, in a fixed position, a glove compartment fitted with a hatch; the console has a wall, which is positioned outside of said compartment and is movable, in response to ... | 09/28/2010 |
| D623940 | Lid | 09/21/2010 |
| 7797433 | System, method, and computer program product for resolving addressing in a network including a network address translator A system, method, and computer program product through which address resolution is performed for nodes (101, 103) of a network that are behind a network address translator (NAT). A determination is made upon the initiation of a communication session as to whe... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7794005 | Motor vehicle seat assembly equipped with a load floor for a trunk A motor vehicle seat assembly has a longitudinally movable rear seat and a load floor, which is height-adjustable, can be placed in a boot and has a front portion coupled to a lever member in a rotational manner about a horizontal axis; the lever member can swing ab... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792175 | Triplet quencher for use in lasers There are disclosed compounds for assisting triplet absorption in a laser, such as a pulsed-dye laser, the compounds comprising at least one molecule chosen from nitroxides and nitrones. In one embodiment, the disclosed compounds may be mixed with the dye of a dye l... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791394 | Decentralised fault-tolerant clock pulse generation in VLSI chips The invention relates to a method for distributed, fault-tolerant clock pulse generation in hardware systems, wherein the system clock pulse is generated in distribution by a plurality of intercommunicating fault-tolerant clock pulse synchronization algorithms (TS-A... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791291 | Diamond field emission tip and a method of formation A diamond field emission tip and methods of forming such diamond field emission tips, for use with cathodes that will act as a source of and emit beams of charged particles. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791290 | Ultra-small resonating charged particle beam modulator A method and apparatus for modulating a beam of charged particles is described in which a beam of charged particles is produced by a particle source and a varying electric field is induced within an ultra-small resonant structure. The beam of charged particles is mo... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791281 | Method and apparatus for stabilizing a glow discharge plasma under atmospheric conditions Method and apparatus for generating and sustaining a glow discharge plasma in a plasma discharge space comprising at least two spaced electrodes. The method and apparatus are arranged for performing the steps of introducing in the discharge space a gas or gas mixtur... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791053 | Depressed anode with plasmon-enabled devices such as ultra-small resonant structures Plasmon-enable devices such as ultra-small resonant devices produce electromagnetic radiation at frequencies in excess of microwave frequencies when induced to resonate by a passing electron beam. The resonant devices are surrounded by one or more depressed anodes t... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7789629 | Non-fouling kinetic hydro power system axial-flow blade tip treatment This relates to a modified turbine blade tip design using a fairing shaped design that increases the tip area efficiency of a kinetic hydropower turbine rotor blade while having a non-fouling characteristic and a tip design with the ability to shed weeds, debris, or... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7782961 | DVC delta commands A video compression system compresses video frames comprising pixels defined by n-bit color values. Encoder of video compression system determines the difference between a current pixel value and a plurality reference pixel values. Encoder sends difference value to ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777888 | Telescope interferometric maintenance evaluation tool A system and method for testing telescope optics are disclosed. The telescope optics can be testing in-situ, thus more accurately revealing the as-used optical conditions. The optical conditions are input to a test system which, by objective analysis, reveals a cond... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7775560 | Pressure-pulsation-damping fluid supply conduit Described herein is a pressure-pulsation-damping fluid supply conduit comprising: a flexible covering pipe, which has end portions opposite to one another; tubular elements having respective first axes and being connected to the end portions; respective couplings, c... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7773303 | Image projecting apparatus An image projecting apparatus includes a light source, a relay lens, a reflective light valve, and a projection lens. The light source is capable of emitting a light beam. The relay lens is disposed to permit the light beam provided by the light source to pass there... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7760362 | Telescope interferometric maintenance evaluation tool A system and method for testing telescope optics are disclosed. The telescope optics can be testing in-situ, thus more accurately revealing the as-used optical conditions. The optical conditions are input to a test system which, by objective analysis, reveals a cond... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7758739 | Methods of producing structures for electron beam induced resonance using plating and/or etching We describe an ultra-small structure and a method of producing the same. The structures produce visible light of varying frequency, from a single metallic layer. In one example, a row of metallic posts are etched or plated on a substrate according to a particular ge... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7755766 | Telescope interferometric maintenance evaluation tool A system and method for testing telescope optics are disclosed. The telescope optics can be testing in-situ, thus more accurately revealing the as-used optical conditions. The optical conditions are input to a test system which, by objective analysis, reveals a cond... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752806 | Holding device for rod-shaped components A holding device for rod-shaped components comprising holding elements that move through a series of positions. To hold a component the holding elements move in sequence from open releasing positions, to contacting positions, to aligning positions and finally to ful... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747702 | System and method for accessing and operating personal computers remotely A remote access device is disclosed for capturing, digitizing and communicating video signals from a host computer to a remote computer. The remote computer returns keyboard and mouse signals through the remote access device to the host computer to control the host ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742837 | Optical vend-sensing system for control of vending machine For ensuring that a vending machine motor will continue to operate until a product has descended through a vending space or an established time interval has elapsed, an optical beam is established across the vend space through which a product must drop. A change in ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7741934 | Coupling a signal through a window A device and method is provided that includes a window for coupling a signal between cavities of a device or between cavities of different devices. A wall or microstructure is formed on a surface and defines a cavity. The window is formed in the wall and comprises a... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7735549 | Drillable down hole tool A down hole flow control device used in a well bore includes a central mandrel and a packer ring disposed thereon. The packer ring is compressible along a longitudinal axis of the central mandrel to form a seal between the central mandrel and the well bore. Upper an... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7732786 | Coupling energy in a plasmon wave to an electron beam A device for coupling energy in a plasmon wave to an electron beam includes a metal transmission line having a pointed end; a generator mechanism constructed and adapted to generate a beam of charged particles; and a detector microcircuit disposed adjacent to the ge... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7731649 | Endoventicular device for the treatment and correction of cardiomyopathies The invention consists in a device that concerns the optimization of the cardiac geometry in patients with heart failure. The device comprises one or more elastic elements in the radial direction towards the inside of the ventricle and plastic deformation in a direc... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7730243 | KVM switch system with a simplified external controller A KVM switch system with external control functionality is described. A KVM switch is able to be controlled from an external device. The external device can either include a single button dedicated to controlling the desktop KVM switch or indicate a state of the KVM... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7728716 | Piezoelectric buzzer A piezoelectric buzzer includes a housing unit, a buzzer unit, and first and second terminals. The housing unit includes first and second housings coupled together. The second housing includes a base plate and a pair of spaced apart insert seats, each of which protr... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7728702 | Shielding of integrated circuit package with high-permeability magnetic material A device includes at least one ultra-small resonant structure; and shielding constructed and adapted to shield at least a portion of said ultra-small resonant structure with a high-permeability magnetic material. The magnetic material is formed from a substance sele... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7723998 | Integrated circuit protection and detection grid A mesh of conductors forms a grid in a multi-layered electronic device. The mesh of conductors includes (1) a first set of conductors disposed in one layer forming parallel lines in the one layer, and (2) a second set of conductors disposed in another ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7710040 | Single layer construction for ultra small devices An array of ultra-small structures of between ones of nanometers to hundreds of micrometers in size that can be energized to produce at least two different frequencies of out put energy or data, with the ultra small structures being formed on a single conductive lay... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7688274 | Integrated filter in antenna-based detector An antenna system includes a dielectric structure formed on a substrate; an antenna, partially within the dielectric structure, and supported by the dielectric structure; a reflective surface formed on the substrate. A shield blocks radiation from a portion of the a... | 03/30/2010 |
