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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7938714 | Polishing pad assembly with glass or crystalline window Methods and apparatus for providing a chemical mechanical polishing pad. The pad includes a polishing layer having a top surface and a bottom surface. The pad includes an aperture having a first opening in the top surface and a second opening in the bottom surface. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7928373 | Isolating ions in quadrupole ion traps for mass spectrometry Ions in a predefined narrow mass to charge ratio range are isolated in an ion trap by adjusting the field and using ejection frequency waveform(s). The ejection waveforms have frequency components in a first and a second dimension, and, are applied across electrodes... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927182 | Polishing system with in-line and in-situ metrology A computer-implemented method for process control in chemical mechanical polishing in which an initial pre-polishing thickness of a substrate is measured at a metrology station, a parameter of an endpoint algorithm is determined from the initial thickness of the sub... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7883397 | Substrate retainer A retainer is used with an apparatus for polishing a substrate. The substrate has upper and lower surfaces and a lateral, substantially circular, perimeter. The apparatus has a polishing pad with an upper polishing surface for contacting and polishing the lower face... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7841926 | Substrate polishing metrology using interference signals A method of polishing a substrate includes holding the substrate on a polishing pad with a polishing head, wherein the polishing pad is supported by a platen, creating relative motion between the substrate and the polishing pad to polish a side of the substrate, gen... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7841925 | Polishing article with integrated window stripe A polishing article includes a polishing layer having a polishing surface and a solid light-transmissive window in the polishing layer, the window having a first non-linear edge that extends along a first axis parallel to the polishing surface, the first non-linear ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840375 | Methods and apparatus for generating a library of spectra A method of generating a library from a reference substrate for use in processing product wafers is described. The method includes measuring substrate characteristics at a plurality of well-defined points of a reference substrate, measuring spectra at plurality of m... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7775852 | Apparatus and method for in-situ endpoint detection for chemical mechanical polishing operations An apparatus and method of chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of a wafer employing a device for determining, in-situ, during the CMP process, an endpoint where the process is to be terminated. This device includes a laser interferometer capable of generating a lase... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7768659 | Determining copper concentration in spectra Methods of subtracting the copper contribution to spectra obtained from a substrate during chemical mechanical polishing are described. ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7764377 | Spectrum based endpointing for chemical mechanical polishing Methods and apparatus for spectrum-based endpointing. An endpointing method includes selecting a reference spectrum. The reference spectrum is a spectrum of white light reflected from a film of interest on a first substrate and has a thickness greater than a target ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7749048 | Polishing pad conditioning process A method of operating a polishing apparatus in which a substrate is held with a carrier head supported by a movable support of the polishing apparatus, the substrate is brought into contact with a polishing surface at a polishing station of the polishing apparatus a... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7731566 | Substrate polishing metrology using interference signals A method of polishing a substrate includes holding the substrate on a polishing pad with a polishing head, wherein the polishing pad is supported by a platen, creating relative motion between the substrate and the polishing pad to polish a side of the substrate, gen... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7727049 | Friction sensor for polishing system A system. method and apparatus to monitor a frictional coefficient of a substrate undergoing polishing is described. A polishing pad assembly includes a polishing layer including a polishing surface, and a substrate contacting member flexibly coupled to the polishin... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7691859 | Prenyl transferase inhibitors A family of imidazole compounds useful for inhibiting the activity of prenyl transferases. The compounds are covered by the following formula: wherein X is (CHR11)n3(CH2)n4Z(CH | 04/06/2010 |
| 7677959 | Multilayer polishing pad and method of making A polishing pad has a polishing layer with a polishing surface and a first registration mark, and a backing layer connected to the polishing layer and having a second registration mark aligned with the first registration mark. The polishing pad may have a window tha... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7662784 | Method for decreasing body weight using a somatostatin receptor agonist The present invention relates to a method of decreasing body weight in a patient. The method includes the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a somatostatin or a somatostatin agonist to said patient. A pharmaceutical/cosmetic composition comp... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7654888 | Carrier head with retaining ring and carrier ring A carrier head that has a housing, a base assembly, a retaining ring, a carrier ring, and a flexible membrane is described. The base assembly is vertically movable relative to the housing. The retaining ring is connected to and vertically movable relative to the bas... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651385 | Polishing system with optical head A polishing system includes a platen, a carrier head to hold a surface of a substrate against a polishing pad on the platen, a monitoring module including a light source and a detector, an optical fiber having a proximate end coupled to the monitoring module and a d... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7638546 | Imidazolyl derivatives The present invention is directed to imidazolyl derivatives of formula (I) where the substituents are defined in the specification, which are useful as agonist or antagonists of somatostatin receptors. ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7632811 | Analogs of parathyroid hormone The present invention is directed to peptide analogues of fragment of parathyroid hormone (PTH) or parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), a method of using said analogues alone or in combination with a bisphosphonate or calcitonin to treat osteoporosis and pha... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7621798 | Reducing polishing pad deformation A chemical mechanical polishing pad is described. A chemical mechanical polishing pad has an outer layer that includes a polishing surface, a first thinned region defined by a recess on a bottom surface of the pad, a first thick region surrounding the first thinned ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7614933 | Polishing pad assembly with glass or crystalline window Methods and apparatus for providing a chemical mechanical polishing pad. The pad includes a polishing layer having a top surface and a bottom surface. The pad includes an aperture having a first opening in the top surface and a second opening in the bottom surface. ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7608173 | Biased retaining ring A retaining ring for electrochemical mechanical processing is described. The ring has a conductive portion having an upper surface and a lower surface and an insulating portion. The insulating portion has one or more openings extending therethrough, exposing the low... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7601050 | Polishing apparatus with grooved subpad A polishing apparatus is described. The polishing apparatus includes a rotatable platen, a drive mechanism to incrementally advance a polishing sheet having a polishing surface in a linear direction across the platen, a subpad on the platen to support the polishing ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7591708 | Method and apparatus of eddy current monitoring for chemical mechanical polishing A polishing system can have a rotatable platen, a polishing pad secured to the platen, a carrier head to hold a substrate against the polishing pad, and an eddy current monitoring system including a coil or ferromagnetic body that extends at least partially through ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7587062 | Watermarking A structured watermark may be embedded in data by applying an irregular mapping of variations defined by the structured watermark to frequency domain values representing the data. In particular, the frequency domain representation of the data comprises an ordered se... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7585202 | Computer-implemented method for process control in chemical mechanical polishing A computer-implemented method for process control in chemical mechanical polishing in which an initial pre-polishing thickness of a substrate is measured at a metrology station, a parameter of an endpoint algorithm is determined from the initial thickness of the sub... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7569119 | In-situ real-time monitoring technique and apparatus for detection of thin films during chemical/mechanical polishing planarization A technique and apparatus is disclosed for the optical monitoring and measurement of a thin film (or small region on a surface) undergoing thickness and other changes while it is rotating. An optical signal is routed from the monitored area through the axis of rotat... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7566734 | Imidazolyl derivatives The present invention is directed to imidazolyl derivatives of formula (I) where the substituents are defined in the specification, which are useful as agonists or antagonists of somatostatin receptors. ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7562099 | Graphical user interface for a media management system for communicating quality, source and accessibility information for media data and media objects A media management system communicates to a user the availability of media data at different qualities (such as compression quality or resolution), or from different channels, that originated from one or more sources. Given a selection of media objects, whether a se... | 07/14/2009 |
| RE40850 | Analogs of parathyroid hormone The present invention is directed to peptide analogues of fragment of parathyroid hormone (PTH) or parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), a method of using said analogues alone or in combination with a bisphosphonate or calcitonin to treat osteoporosis and pha... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7553975 | Farnesyl transferase inhibitors A family of compounds capable of inhibiting the activity of farnesyl transferase. ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7553214 | Polishing article with integrated window stripe A method is described. The method includes contacting a non-solid material to a non-linear edge of a sheet of polishing material, and causing the non-solid material to solidify to form a window that contacts the non-linear edge of the polishing material. ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7550423 | Somatostatin antagonists The invention features somatostatin antagonists having a D-amino acid at the second residue. ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7547243 | Method of making and apparatus having polishing pad with window A polishing layer of a polishing has a window member with a top surface positioned a predetermined distance below the polishing surface. A transparent layer can be positioned below the polishing layer and supporting the window member. ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7545957 | Analyzing motion of characteristics in images In calculating motion between two images, a single channel image may be generated for each image based on measurement of a desired characteristic of those images. Given a desired characteristic (such as edge strength or edge magnitude) in an image, a function measur... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7531621 | PTH2 receptor selective compounds This invention relates to a series of PTH and PTHrP analogues that selectively bind to PTH2 receptors and as such may be useful in treating abnormal CNS functions; abnormal pancreatic functions; divergence from normal mineral metabolism and homeostasis; male inferti... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7520795 | Grooved retaining ring A retaining ring for chemical mechanical polishing is described. The ring has a bottom surface with non-intersecting grooves. Alternating grooves are at opposing angles to one another. ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7513818 | Polishing endpoint detection system and method using friction sensor A system, method and apparatus to monitor a frictional coefficient of a substrate undergoing polishing is described. A polishing pad assembly includes a polishing layer including a polishing surface, and a substrate contacting member flexibly coupled to the polishin... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7500901 | Data processing for monitoring chemical mechanical polishing Methods and apparatus to implement techniques for monitoring polishing a substrate. Two or more data points are acquired, where each data point has a value affected by features inside a sensing region of a sensor and corresponds to a relative position of the substra... | 03/10/2009 |
