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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6997056 | Method and apparatus for measuring and orienting golf club shaft The preferred orientation, or planar oscillation plane, of a golf club shaft is located by measuring the oscillation of the shaft when an impulse is applied. A reaction mass is mounted on one end of the golf club shaft and is attracted with an electromagnet, and the... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993970 | Method and apparatus for measuring and orienting golf club shaft The preferred orientation, or planar oscillation plane, of a golf club shaft is located by measuring the oscillation of the shaft when an impulse is applied. Preferably, the out-of-plane oscillation is measured at a large number of angular positions about the shaft ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6915695 | Method and apparatus for measuring and orienting golf club shaft The preferred orientation, or planar oscillation plane, of a golf club shaft is located by measuring the oscillation of the shaft when an impulse is applied. Preferably, the out-of-plane oscillation is measured at a large number of angular positions about the shaft ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6908204 | Flat panel luminaire having embedded light guides A flat panel luminaire includes a light source, which can be remote, an optical light pipe, and a light-emitting panel. The light-emitting panel includes a tapered light-injection zone joined to a light-emitting zone having the embedded irregular tetrahedrally-shape... | 06/21/2005 |
| 7287051 | Multi-functional digital signal processing circuitry Multi-functional digital signal processing (“DSP”) circuitry can perform any of a wide range of different DSP functions. For example, the DSP circuitry can perform multiplication of simple or complex numbers of different lengths. The multiplication of simple (i.... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286670 | Method and apparatus for chaotic opportunistic lossless compression of data The present invention is a compression method for compressing digital data. The data is strings of digital values, which can be broken down to a series of 1's and 0's. The present inventive method uses a chaotic system to compress the data. The first step in the inv... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276936 | Clock circuitry for programmable logic devices A programmable logic device includes high-speed serial interface (“HSSI”) circuitry that employs one or more clock signals. In addition to use of these clock signals in the HSSI circuitry, circuitry is provided for allowing at least one of these signals to be di... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277352 | DRAM power bus control A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) is provided that has separate array and peripheral power busing to isolate array noise from peripheral circuits such as delay lock loops during row activations and read/write memory operations. A switch connects the array power ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276946 | Measure-controlled delay circuits with reduced phase error Measure-controlled delay (MCD) circuits include a measure circuit and sample circuit for synchronizing an output clock to an input clock. In response to triggering of the measure circuit, sample circuits sample outputs of a measure delay array. Sample reset logic pr... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275232 | Methods for producing equivalent field-programmable gate arrays and structured application specific integrated circuits Compiler flows are provided that can produce functionally equivalent field programmable gate arrays (“FPGAs”) and structured application-specific integrated circuits (“structured ASICs”). The flows may include feeding back design transformations that are per... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270808 | Cyclodextrin-based polymers for therapeutics delivery The present invention relates to novel compositions of therapeutic cyclodextrin containing polymeric compounds designed as a carrier for small molecule therapeutics delivery and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. These cyclodextrin-containing polymers improve drug... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267285 | Information encoding on surfaces by varying spectral emissivity A method for applying surface modifications in at least two patterns that differ in spectral emissivity by known amounts. The patterns form an information-encoding sequence of transitions of differential emissivity along a scan path over the patterns, that encodes a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268582 | DPRIO for embedded hard IP An I/O interface for configuring hard IP embedded in a FPGA includes a register load signal, a CSR initialization signal, and a register data signal. After programming the DPRIO registers, the register data controls the operation of the hard IP block. The interface ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266833 | System and method for utilizing EPG database for modifying advertisements A system and method for utilizing data stored in an EPG database for modifying advertisement information. In this way, a service provider and/or an advertiser can transmit a single advertisement to all the television stations regardless of their geographic location ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264546 | Interactive wagering system with promotions An interactive wagering system is provided that promotes wagering to users at user equipment. The user equipment may be based on a set-top box and television, a personal computer, a cellular telephone with a display, or other such devices. Wagering may be promoted b... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262515 | Energy conversion systems using nanometer scale assemblies and methods for using same Energy conversion systems utilizing nanometer scale assemblies are provided that convert the kinetic energy (equivalently, the thermal energy) of working substance molecules into another form of energy that can be used to perform useful work at a macroscopic level. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260962 | Case with internal lock A lockable storage case includes a top cover pivotably coupled to a bottom cover through a spine. The top cover includes loops or an upper lock receiving member and a lower lock receiving member defining a top cover lock insertion path. The bottom cover includes loo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259001 | Methods and compositions for treating male sexual dysfunction The invention provides compositions comprising a plurality of yeast cells, wherein said plurality of yeast cells are characterized by their ability to increase secretion of male hormones or alleviate or prevent sexual disorders, e.g., impotence, in a mammal, said ab... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257971 | Case with internal lock A lockable storage case includes a top cover pivotably coupled to a bottom cover through a spine. The top cover includes loops or an upper lock receiving member and a lower lock receiving member defining a top cover lock insertion path. The bottom cover includes loo... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259699 | Circuitry for providing configurable running disparity enforcement in 8B/10B encoding and error detection An integrated circuit like a programmable logic device (“PLD”) includes a communication channel employing 8B/10B coding. Disparity information determined by 8B/10B decoder circuitry in the communication channel is supplied to other circuitry of the PLD so that a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257803 | Method for constructing an integrated circuit device having fixed and programmable logic portions and programmable logic architecture for use therewith Integrated circuit devices having fixed and programmable logic portions are made by combining a hardware description language representation of the fixed logic and a hardware description language representation of the programmable logic to create a single hardware d... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256063 | Nanoelectromechanical transistors and switch systems Nanoelectromechanical switch systems (NEMSS) that are structured around the mechanical manipulation of nanotubes are provided. Such NEMSS can realize the functionality of, for example, automatic switches, adjustable diodes, amplifiers, inverters, variable resistors,... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247374 | Encapsulated active particles and methods for making and using the same The invention relates to preserving the properties of active particles through use of an encapsulant which may be removable. The encapsulant may protect the active particles against premature deactivation. If desired, the encapsulant may be removed to rejuvenate the... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245785 | Suppression of ringing artifacts during image resizing An economical method of detecting and suppressing ringing artifacts during digital image resizing is presented. The economical method substitutes costly division calculations with cost effective comparator operations. The method also includes improved image sharpeni... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243329 | Application-specific integrated circuit equivalents of programmable logic and associated methods Providing ASIC equivalents of FPGAs is facilitated and made more efficient and economical by using an ASIC architecture including a plurality of so-called hybrid logic elements (“HLEs”), each of which can provide a portion of the full functionality of an FPGA lo... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239798 | Apparatus and method using compressed codes for scheduling broadcast information recording Digital compressed codes, associated with advertisements enable a user to selectively record additional information, which would be broadcast on a television channel at a later time. The advertisement could be print advertisement or broadcast advertisement on televi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239986 | Methods for classifying samples and ascertaining previously unknown classes Methods and apparatus for classifying or predicting the classes for samples based on gene expression are described. Also described are methods and apparatus for ascertaining or discovering new, previously unknown classes based on gene expression. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240133 | Reduced-area architecture for padded-protocol interface A data converter for a padded protocol interface performs, on a first data sample, decoding operations requiring data from second and third data samples, while buffering the second data sample without buffering the third data sample. A state machine controlling the ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236018 | Programmable low-voltage differential signaling output driver The present invention relates to a programmable low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) output driver. The programmable LVDS output driver may include circuitry for tri-stating the output to allow several programmable LVDS output drivers to be coupled to a single ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234125 | Timing analysis for programmable logic Programming software for mask-programmable logic devices provides a timing estimation to the user for the user's logic design during the compilation stage, notwithstanding that the software is not aware of the ultimate placement and routing of the design, which will... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233189 | Signal propagation circuitry for use on integrated circuits Signal transmission circuitry on an integrated circuit ameliorates the effects of possible inequality in rise and fall times of buffer circuits along the transmission circuitry by providing at least one of the buffer circuits as an inverting buffer circuit and at le... | 06/19/2007 |
| D544743 | Media storage case | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231175 | Music information system for obtaining information on a second music program while a first music program is played A television and music distribution system is provided. Music programs are distributed over a number of analog and digital music channels to a number of users for playing by their user music equipment. Music information on the music program currently broadcasted on ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230451 | Programmable logic device with routing channels A programmable logic device (PLD) is provided that includes at least one dedicated output routing channel configured to facilitate the processing of output signals generated by multiple function-specific blocks (FSBs). The output routing channel includes a plurality... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225455 | Electronic television program guide schedule system and method Systems and methods are provided for using an electronic program guide application to access a non-program guide application. The electronic program guide application provides a program guide display from which a user can access the non-program guide application. Th... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223539 | Method and kits for preparing multicomponent nucleic acid constructs The invention provides a highly efficient, rapid, and cost effective method of linking nucleic acid components in a predetermined order to produce a nucleic acid multicomponent construct. The invention further provides nucleic acid components, each nucleic acid comp... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219342 | Software-to-hardware compiler A software-to-hardware compiler is provided that generates hardware constructs in programmable logic based on pure software constructs. More particularly, a high-level program language may be used to create a program using only software constructs that is compiled i... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216139 | Programmable logic device including multipliers and configurations thereof to reduce resource utilization In a programmable logic device having dedicated multiplier circuitry, some of the scan chain registers normally used for testing the device are located adjacent input registers of the multipliers. Those scan chain registers are ANDed with the input registers, and ca... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212249 | Television schedule system with pop-up action menu and icons The present invention includes an interactive computer system which provides television schedule information and displays an action pop-up listing actions which can be scheduled. In the preferred embodiment, a memory stores a computer program, image data, and receiv... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212054 | DLL with adjustable phase shift using processed control signal Circuits and methods are described for producing a DLL clock signal with adjustable phase shift using a processed control signal. In one embodiment of the invention, a DLL circuit is provided that includes a main and smaller variable delay circuits, a phase detector... | 05/01/2007 |
