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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151872 | Method and apparatus for controlling temperature Apparatus to control a temperature of a device that includes: a thermal head adapted to be thermally contacted to the device; a combined path to the thermal head; a first path maintained at a first temperature and connected to the combined path; a second path mainta... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8077061 | System for text acquisition, transformation and/or database load One embodiment of the present invention is a text acquisition system that includes: (a) a character stream application module; (b) a parallel property bit stream module; (c) an analysis module; (c) a character stream generator; and (d) a database. ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8033877 | Connector for microelectronic devices One embodiment is a connector for making electrical connection to a bulbous terminal, the connector including: a metal tube with a cylindrical wall extending from a mating end, wherein: (a) two or more slots perforate the wall and extend from the mating end along th... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025097 | Method and apparatus for setting and controlling temperature One embodiment of the present invention is a method for setting and controlling temperature of a device that includes: (a) thermally contacting the device to a heat transfer apparatus, the heat transfer apparatus having an apparatus intake to receive thermal transfe... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8004296 | Probe head apparatus for testing semiconductors One embodiment is a probe head for contacting microelectronic devices substantially lying in a test plane, the probe head including: (a) one or more substrate tiles having one or more probe tips disposed on a top surface thereof; and (b) a registration-alignment app... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7955088 | Axially compliant microelectronic contactor One embodiment is an axially compliant electrical contactor for interconnecting microelectronic devices, the contactor including: an insulative sleeve having a hole therethrough; and a metal tube having a cylindrical wall being slidably disposed in the hole; wherein... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7899668 | Method and apparatus to prepare listener-interest-filtered works An embodiment of the present invention is a method for testing an audience member's comprehension rate and presenting material in a media work at a rate determined from the comprehension rate, the method including: (a) determining a comprehension rate for materials ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898441 | Method and apparatus for character stream transcoding One embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus that transcodes an n code unit block of UTF-8 input data in the form of eight parallel n-bit segments of u8-indexed bit streams u8bit0 through u8bit7 into UTF-16 output data i... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7870800 | Apparatus including a fluid coupler interfaced to a test head One embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus including a fluid coupler interfaced to a test head that includes: (a) a first ring having a top surface disposed in a first plane; (b) a first movable ring, the first movable ring being movable substantially n... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7849914 | Cooling apparatus for microelectronic devices One embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus for cooling a microelectronic device including: (a) a rigid support ring having a top surface and a bottom surface; (b) a mechanically resilient, thermally conductive bottom membrane having a top and a bottom s... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7834447 | Compliant thermal contactor One embodiment of the present invention is a compliant thermal contactor that includes a resilient metal film having a plurality of first thermally conductive, compliant posts disposed in an array on a top side thereof and a plurality of second thermally conductive,... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7833023 | Socket for an electronic device One embodiment of the present invention is a socket useful to contact an electronic device, the socket including: (a) a body comprised of two or more contactor holder plates, each including one or more through holes; and (b) one or more contactors are disposed in on... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7802003 | Method and apparatus for multicasting data on a network at predetermined starting times An embodiment of the present invention is a method for broadcasting information from a server to a client which includes the steps of: (a) broadcasting information at predetermined starting times; (b) receiving a request for the information from the client at an arr... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7783862 | Method and apparatus for an inductive doubling architecture One embodiment of the present invention is a processor that processes inductive doubling SIMD instructions, which processor includes: an Instruction Fetch Unit that loads a SIMD instruction and applies it as input to a SIMD Instruction Decode Unit; wherein the SIMD ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7765072 | Building protection system and method A building protection system includes chemical sensor systems to detect chemicals in inlet and return air; radiological sensor systems to detect radioactive materials in the inlet and return air; and a control system (a) to signal a building control system to close ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7764076 | Method and apparatus for aligning and/or leveling a test head One embodiment of the present invention is an alignment apparatus useful to align a test head that includes: (a) two or more fluid chambers disposed in fixed relation to each other, the chambers having a movable wall and one or more apertures for admitting or releas... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7728738 | Method and apparatus for processing character streams Computer implementations to process a character stream by forming, responsive to the character stream, a plurality of parallel property bit streams wherein each of the parallel property bit streams comprises bit values of a particular property associated with data v... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7719816 | Compliant thermal contactor One embodiment of the present invention is a compliant thermal contactor that includes a resilient metal film having a plurality of first thermally conductive, compliant posts disposed in an array on a top side thereof and a plurality of second thermally conductive,... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7703117 | Method and apparatus for controlling time-scale modification during multi-media broadcasts One embodiment of the present invention is a method for broadcasting information to a client device, which device utilizes presentation rates to present information at various presentation rates, and which method includes: (a) broadcasting information; and (b) broad... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7691527 | Method and apparatus for generating hydrogen One embodiment of the present invention is a hydrogen generator that includes: (a) an anode material; (b) a cathode material; and (c) an electrolyte; wherein the electrolyte comprises a metal hydride, at least one stabilizing agent, and a solvent; and wherein hydrog... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7601009 | Socket for an electronic device One embodiment of the present invention is a socket useful to contact an electronic device, the socket including: (a) one or more contactor holder plates including one or more first through holes having a first hole cross sectional area, and one or more second throu... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7562617 | Mounting apparatus One embodiment of the present invention is a mounting apparatus that includes: (a) a first ring having a first surface and a second surface; (b) a second ring having a first surface and a second surface, which second ring is movable with respect to the first ring; (... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7536300 | Method and apparatus to determine and use audience affinity and aptitude Embodiments of the present invention provide method and apparatus for determining audience affinity and/or aptitude in portions of media works and for developing information that represent measures of the audience affinity and/or aptitude. Further embodiments of pre... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7464396 | Transmission and receipt of time-converging multi-media streams An embodiment of the present invention is a method for transmitting a work to a client which includes steps of: (a) saving at least a portion of the work for a first period of time; (b) receiving a request for the work from the client; (c) transmitting a time-scale ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7400271 | Method and apparatus for processing character streams An embodiment is a method for processing a character stream including: (a) forming, responsive to the character stream, a plurality of parallel property bit streams wherein each of the parallel property bit streams includes bit values of a particular property associ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7347554 | Determining criteria for phakic intraocular lens implant procedures One embodiment of the present invention is a method for determining whether to perform a phakic intraocular lens implant procedure, which method includes: (a) obtaining an image of an anterior segment of an eye; (b) determining a distance from a crystalline lens to ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7313510 | Methods for estimating power requirements of circuit designs One embodiment of the present invention is a method for estimating a power requirement of a circuit design that includes steps of: (a) selecting a set of targeted Energy Arcs and/or Power Arcs; (b) creating one or more circuit states using the set of targeted Energy... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299184 | Method and apparatus to prepare listener-interest-filtered works An embodiment of the present invention is a method for generating a listener-interest-filtered work for an audio or audio-visual work, which method includes steps of: (a) generating one or more average speed contours for one or more audio or audio-visual works for o... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7100188 | Method and apparatus for controlling time-scale modification during multi-media broadcasts One embodiment of the present invention is a method for presenting broadcast information that comprises steps of: (a) receiving broadcast information; (b) receiving guidance information relating to presentation of the broadcast information; (c) paying for a capabili... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6998188 | Fuel cell components One embodiment of the present invention is a fuel cell component that includes: (a) a membrane structure; (b) a fuel electrode disposed on one side of and in contact with the membrane structure; (c) an oxidizer electrode disposed on a second side of and in contact w... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6903893 | Energy storage for use in emergency head retraction in disk drives One embodiment of the present invention is a power source for a disk drive to handle an Emergency Power Off event that includes: (a) a storage capacitor; (b) a voltage source that outputs a first voltage that is applied as input to the storage capacitor; (c) a teste... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6894453 | Method and apparatus to measure disk drive head load/unload velocity One embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus to provide a measure of disk drive head velocity in a disk drive wherein movement is produced by a disk drive motion mechanism that includes a coil, which apparatus includes: (a) a controller that outputs one o... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6871878 | Make-break connector for heat exchanger One embodiment of the present invention is a make-break connector for use, for example, with a heat exchanger, which make-break connector includes: (a) two or more connectors; and (b) a make-break mechanism affixed to one of the connectors. ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6801888 | Method and apparatus to prepare listener-interest-filtered works An embodiment of the present invention is a method for generating a listener-interest-filtered work for an audio or audio-visual work, which method includes steps of: (a) generating one or more average speed contours for one or more audio or audio-visual works for o... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6741359 | Optical coherence tomography optical scanner One embodiment of the present invention is a scanner for a beam of scanning optical coherence tomography (“OCT”) radiation that includes: (a) a source of OCT radiation; (b) a scanner; and (c) scanning optics whose image surface has a negative field curvature. | 05/25/2004 |
| 6740889 | Charged particle beam microscope with minicolumn A charged particle beam microscope is described, which is equipped with a minicolumn. Various embodiments are disclosed, suitable for various uses. According to one embodiment the minicolumn is situated inside a mini-environment and can be introduced into and withdr... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6736508 | Tracking assisted optical procedure One embodiment of the present invention is an optical coherence tomography (“OCT”) application apparatus that performs an OCT application on an object. The OCT application apparatus includes: (a) an OCT scanning apparatus which outputs a scanning beam of OCT sca... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6737827 | Method and apparatus to control input to AC induction motors Method/apparatus for controlling input to an AC induction motor from a power supply that determines a measure of reactive power in two input lines to the motor from the power supply, and uses that measure of reactive power to control an SSR in series between the pow... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6729728 | Back projection visual field tester One embodiment of the present invention is a visual field tester that includes: (a) a projection screen; (b) a stimulus projection system that projects a light stimulus onto a first side of the projection screen; and (c) a background projection system that projects ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6726325 | Tracking assisted optical coherence tomography One embodiment of the present invention is an optical coherence tomography (“OCT”) application apparatus that performs an OCT application on an object. The OCT application apparatus includes: (a) an OCT scanning apparatus which outputs a scanning beam of OCT sca... | 04/27/2004 |
