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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178457 | Ceramic antenna module and methods of manufacture thereof Circuit modules and methods of construction thereof that contain composite meta-material dielectric bodies that have high effective values of real permittivity but which minimize reflective losses, through the use of host dielectric (organic or ceramic), materials h... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174258 | Method and system for measurement of parameters of a flat material A system and method for measurement of parameters of a conductive material, include generating an oscillating electromagnetic field (EMF) interacting with a sample portion from a remotely positioned source; measuring values of components of impedance of the electrom... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171625 | Method of providing low footprint optical interconnect Compact ASIC, chip-on-board, flip-chip, interposer, and related packaging techniques are incorporated to minimize the footprint of optoelectronic interconnect devices, including the Optical Data Pipe. In addition, ruggedized packaging techniques are incorporated to ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8157121 | Disposable container of liquid food products and a cap of a disposable container of liquid food products The present invention relates to a disposable container of liquid food products or a cap thereof, having two independent round straw holes to be inserted by two ends of one bent drinking tube, wherein one of the straw holes is provided on a raised block which is on ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8113696 | Universal light ball and tube light system A universal light ball system has a light source with a substantially round housing disposed within a substantially elongated housing so that the light source may be directed by changing the orientation of the substantially round housing relative to the substantiall... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7895813 | Method for preparing mattresses for shipment A method and system for packaging multiple bedding products. The method includes compressing a stack of individual compressed and sealed mattresses between an upper shipping support and a lower shipping support and restraining subsequent expansion of the individual ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7816911 | Electromagnetic sensor systems A variable inductance position sensor is described. The sensor includes a housing that is typically cylindrical in shape. The housing includes an open end and a closed end forming a cavity therein. A coil support member is affixed at one end to the closed end of the... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7809926 | Systems and methods for reconfiguring on-chip multiprocessors A reconfigurable multiprocessor system including a number of processing units and components enabling executing sequential code collectively at processing units and enabling changing the architectural configuration of the processing units. ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7789426 | Trailer stabilizing device and method of using same An apparatus for stabilizing a stationary trailer with an adjustable length leg member. The apparatus comprises a ground engaging base plate which is attached to the end of the adjustable length leg member and has attachment means for one or more stabilizing members... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7789425 | Trailer stabilizing device and method of using same An apparatus for stabilizing a stationary trailer comprises a adjustable length leg member, which may comprise the jack stands or landing gear which come as originally installed equipment on the trailer. Alternatively, the adjustable length leg members may comprise ... | 09/07/2010 |
| RE41591 | System and method for detecting hazardous materials using agitation A system and method for detecting contaminants in or on objects, having a movably mounted container for holding objects and having a plurality of perforations and an entrance opening through which objects may be placed into the container. A housing encloses the cont... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7763917 | Photovoltaic devices with silicon dioxide encapsulation layer and method to make same A photovoltaic device and method of manufacture provides a P-N junction formed between doped semiconductor materials and adapted to produce photovoltaic current in response to radiant energy reaching the P-N junction, and a silicon dioxide protective window layer lo... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7759645 | Scintillation materials with reduced afterglow and method of preparation Scintillation materials having an alkali halide host material, a (first) scintillation dopant of various types, and a variety of second dopants (co-dopants). ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7755049 | Tunable microcantilever infrared sensor An electromagnetic radiation sensor that exhibits improved performance by virtue of an ability to tune its sensitivity is disclosed. The electromagnetic radiation sensor incorporates thermal actuators that act in opposition to one another, but which have a slight di... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7741603 | Microcantilever infrared sensor array A radiation sensor array that exhibits improved fill factor is disclosed. The radiation sensor array incorporates sensors having support arms that are nested in vertical fashion with the support arms of neighboring sensors. This vertically-nested structure enables t... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7727392 | System for converting kinetic energy from Brownian motion of gases or liquids to useful energy, force and work A system for producing energy includes a solvent chamber, a pressure chamber and a semi-permeable barrier separating the solvent chamber from the pressure chamber. The solvent chamber for holds a solvent, and the pressure chamber hold a solute solution comprising a ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7715664 | High power optical isolator A high power optical isolator is able to transfer excess heat to a heat sink, reduce the effect of scattered and reflected light, and be coupled to standard thin optical fibers. ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7668046 | Apparatus and method for determining the position of an object in 3-dimensional space An apparatus and method is disclosed for determining the position of a user interface mouse using time of arrival measurements. A transmitter transmits a signal to an array of receivers that are spatially separated from one another. The time difference of arrival fo... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7660502 | Optical interconnect and connector devices Methods and systems for optical interconnection. ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7595875 | Alignment systems for spectrometers A spectrometer having a housing, where the housing also includes a structure located within the housing, the structure being adapted to hold a reflective dispersive element and being movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to an interior longitudinal axis... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7583840 | Methods and systems for detection of repeating patterns of features Methods and system for automatic identification of repeating patterns of slanted stripe features (marks) on an item. ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7572231 | Method of and system for signal separation during multivariate physiological monitoring Multiple electrode contacts make electrical connections to the anterior and/or posterior chest for multivariate characterization of the electrical activation of the heart. A central processing unit derives synthetic composite electrographic signals as well as flag s... | 08/11/2009 |
| D597282 | Jeans | 08/04/2009 |
| D596806 | Golf glove with elastically attached finger retaining component | 07/21/2009 |
| D594603 | Golf glove | 06/16/2009 |
| 7528597 | Induction sensor Position sensor circuits are disclosed for use with variable reluctance sensors. Variable reluctance sensors are described for linear, angular and rotary position measurement and for acceleration measurement. ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7511476 | Electromagnetic sensor systems and methods of use thereof Sensor circuits including an oscillator circuit are disclosed. In one instance, the sensing element is a variable reactance element (a variable inductor or/and capacitor). ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7506797 | Public drop box for isolating received items A publicly accessible drop box for isolating items deposited therein, includes a securable enclosure, a depository port, a closeable container having an opening and located within the securable enclosure, and a closure device for closing the opening prior to removal... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7502655 | Methods for providing optimal light-CO2 combinations for plant production Method for optimizing plant production in a cost effective manner. System (100) includes a processor (102) in communication with resource controllers (110, 112) for controlling resources (106, 108) such as, for example, lighting and carbo... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7493080 | Methods and systems for cooperative transmission in multi-hop ad-hoc networks Methods and systems that enable a cooperative form of transmission performed by a set of asynchronous transceivers operating as a distributed joint communication system. In an embodiment of the method of this invention, information is transmitted from one or more pr... | 02/17/2009 |
| D584004 | Golf glove | 12/30/2008 |
| 7463770 | Methods and systems for detection of repeating patterns of features Methods and system for automatic identification of repeating patterns of slanted stripe features (marks) on an item. ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463783 | Constant magnification imaging method and system A system and method for achieving constant magnification of a scanned three-dimensional item without the use of special optics or other specialized hardware. The system includes the dynamic computation of a camera parameter-dependent factor and applying that factor ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7459278 | System and method for large scale detection of hazardous materials in the mail or in other objects A system and method that enables early detection of hazardous materials, such as explosives and biological materials, in the early phases of mail handling or processing. ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7461032 | Detection methods and systems using sequenced technologies Methods and systems for interconnecting sub-systems and for identifying combinations of multiple technologies. ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458193 | Method and system for preparing mattresses for shipment A method and system for packaging multiple bedding products. The method includes compressing a stack of individual compressed and sealed mattresses between an upper shipping support and a lower shipping support and restraining subsequent expansion of the individual ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7457198 | Swimmer detection sonar network A method for detecting an object in a body of water by generating a plurality of signals and applying each signal to a separate submerged sonar node that is a part of an array of sonar nodes. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7449412 | Interconnect circuitry, multichip module, and methods of manufacturing thereof Methods of electroless plating metal on a dielectric material includes dipping the dielectric in a solution containing attractive catalytic metal particles and a metal salt solution. A thicker metallic layer can be deposited on top of the resulting layer by electrop... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7428106 | Optical field flatteners Field flatteners that can correct large field curvatures. ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7415613 | System and method for detecting alteration of objects A system and method for detecting if an object has been tampered with comprising a characterizer, a comparator, and indicator, and optionally, a signer. The characterizer generates a first digital characterization of an object at a first time and at least one subseq... | 08/19/2008 |
