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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7947036 | Selective photocoagulation A method of scanning a laser beam across a set of cells includes during a first interval, causing a galvanometric scanner to scan a laser beam across a set of cells; and during a second interval, causing the galvanometric scanner to deflect the laser beam away from ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947006 | Hip distraction A hip distractor includes a pair of distractor members and a support configured to be fastened to a surgical table. The support includes at least two mounts for coupling to a pair of joints that couple the distractor members to the support. Another hip distractor in... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946998 | Marking biopsy sites A needle biopsy system for marking a sampling site is described. ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946668 | Printing on a rotating surface In some examples, a printing system including a rotating platen having an axis of rotation and configured to support a substrate, and a printhead configured to eject drops in a direction parallel with the axis of rotation onto the substrate supported by the rotating... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7548956 | Spam control based on sender account characteristics The characteristics of a communications account are used to determine whether the account is being used by a spammer. When the account is being used by a spammer, the use of the account for outgoing communications is limited to help prevent spam from being sent from... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548913 | Information synthesis engine A method of generating a report from multiple sources includes obtaining a topic based on input queries relating to the topic, obtaining information about the topic from the multiple sources, where the information includes excerpts from the multiple sources that mee... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548791 | Graphically displaying audio pan or phase information Systems, methods, and computer program products for displaying visual representations of features of audio data are provided. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. Audio data is received. A visual representation of the audio data showing ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548673 | Methods and apparatus for alignment and assembly of optoelectronic components Apparatus and methods are disclosed for precision alignment and assembly of opto-electronic components relative to one another. ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548650 | Geometric search engine One implementation provides a method to provide information associated with a previously designed component having a geometry that is similar to a geometry of a source component. In this implementation, the method includes obtaining a first set of coefficients for a... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548641 | System and method for embedding check data in a check image An image capture system for retaining check processing data comprises a camera operable to generate an electronic check image of a physical check, with the electronic check image operable to generate an image replacement document. The system includes a scanner opera... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548571 | Mid-IR microchip laser: ZnS:Cr laser with saturable absorber material A method of fabrication of laser gain material and utilization of such media includes the steps of introducing a transitional metal, preferably Cr2+ thin film of controllable thickness on the ZnS crystal facets after crystal growth by means of pulse laser... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548538 | Telephone call manager A call management method is provided for giving notification of calls unanswered at a destination telephone number and real-time management options for the unanswered call. When control of a call is passed to a call management server, notification of an incoming cal... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548441 | Universal AC adapter A method and apparatus for adaptively configuring an array of voltage transformation modules is disclosed. The aggregate voltage transformation ratio of the adaptive array is adjusted to digitally regulate the output voltage for a wide range of input voltages. An in... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548387 | Optical imaging device An optical imaging device (1a) has at least one optical element (2) which is provided with an outer frame (1), an inner ring (4) in which the optical element (2) is mounted, and a manipulator instrument having at least one a... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548322 | Multi-axis interferometers and methods and systems using multi-axis interferometers In general, in one aspect, the invention features an apparatus including a multi-axis interferometer configured to produce at least three output beams each including interferometric information about a distance between the interferometer and a measurement object alo... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548311 | Method and apparatus for conducting Raman spectroscopy A Raman probe assembly comprises: a light source for generating laser excitation light; a camera for capturing an image; a light analyzer for analyzing a Raman signature; and a light path for (i) delivering the laser excitation light from the light source to the spe... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548241 | Determining a node path through a node graph Determining a node path through a node graph includes modifying the node graph in accordance with a predetermined platform performance, performing a path finding process through the node graph to obtain the node path, determining if the platform performance has chan... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548051 | Low drop out voltage regulator A low drop out voltage regulator, comprising first and second field effect transistors arranged in series between a regulator input and a regulator output; a third field effect transistor co-operating with the first field effect transistor to form a first current mi... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548049 | Switching regulator A switching regulator is provided with: a comparator producing a comparison signal by comparing a feedback voltage commensurate with an output voltage with a predetermined reference voltage; an oscillator producing a clock signal at a predetermined frequency; a latc... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7547950 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A conventional semiconductor device has a problem that it is difficult to obtain a desired breakdown voltage characteristic due to a reduction in a punch-through breakdown voltage between drain and source regions. In a semiconductor device according to the present i... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7547597 | Direct alignment scheme between multiple lithography layers A method for directly aligning multiple lithography masking layers. The method may be used to fabricate a flash plus logic structure. The flash plus logic structure may comprise a flash memory cell, a logic cell and a transistor. ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7547504 | Pattern reversal employing thick residual layers The present invention features a method of patterning a substrate that includes forming, on the substrate, a first layer having a first pattern and selectively shifting in tone, as well as along a first direction, a subsequent pattern formed into the same layer that... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7547469 | Forming loop materials Loop materials are provided for touch fastening. Some loop materials include a flexible sheet-form substrate, and hook-engageable fibers secured individually and directly to the substrate, the fibers being disposed in discrete fastening regions of the substrate, lea... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7547440 | T-cell epitope peptides The T-cell epitope site on a Japanese cypress (hinoki) pollen allergen molecule has been identified by stimulating a T-cell line established from a patient suffering from Japanese cypress pollen allergy with an overlap peptide covering the primary structure of the J... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7547398 | Self-aligned process for fabricating imprint templates containing variously etched features A process that enables coplanarization of the structures that have been created in multiple independent etch steps. The various etches are performed independently by selectively exposing only certain patterns to particular etching conditions. After these structures ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7547111 | Ornament with image projector Some embodiments of a decoration apparatus may have an attractive appearance and multi-functional capabilities. The decoration apparatus may include one or more internal light sources that provide lighting effects in combination with decorative elements formed in th... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7546891 | Robotic platform An articulated tracked vehicle that has a main section, which includes a main frame, and a forward section. The main frame has two sides and a front end, and includes a pair of parallel main tracks. Each main track includes a flexible continuous belt coupled to a co... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7546853 | Advanced engineered garment An under body armor hybrid fabric garment has first and second fabric portions. The first fabric portion, configured to cover an upper torso region of a user's body left exposed by the body armor and extending into a second body transition region covered by the body... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7546782 | Cooling bearings, motors and other rotating heat generating components Cooling apparatus for transferring heat from and cooling one or more heat generating components that support or drive a flywheel or other spinning member. The apparatus may include a first heat transfer element attached to and spinning with the spinning member, a se... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7546679 | High speed valve assembly Apparatus and associated systems or methods include a linear machine with an elongate, axially-slidable core member (i.e., shaft). In one embodiment, the shaft includes at least one radial aperture to provide fluid (e.g., air) communication from an interior volume o... | 06/16/2009 |
| D594455 | Removable key to be used to unlock an optical transceiver module | 06/16/2009 |
| 7546598 | Measuring software system performance using benchmarks Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for measuring the performance of aspects of a complex data processing system. In one aspect, a method uses a dynamic synthetic benchmark to provide performance information for a program application running ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7546537 | Gradual image display Systems and techniques for displaying an image sent between subscribers of a communications system by receiving electronic data corresponding to the image; displaying a blurred view of the image; and gradually displaying a sharper version of the image in response to... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7546444 | Register set used in multithreaded parallel processor architecture A parallel hardware-based multithreaded processor is described. The processor includes a general purpose processor that coordinates system functions and a plurality of microengines that support multiple hardware threads or contexts (THREAD—3 . . ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7546337 | Transferring files Systems and techniques for transferring one or more files by connecting to a communications system host; sending, to a client connected to the communications system host, a request to transfer one or more files; when a client permits access to the one or more files,... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7546202 | Navigation apparatus and method for searching for point of interest using the same Searching for a Point of Interest (POI) in a navigation apparatus includes accessing a preset driving route that includes a group of route points. A POI is associated with each route point in the group. The associated POIs are stored in a first storing unit. A curre... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7546158 | Communication methods based on brain computer interfaces A method of providing an interface between a brain and a data processor may include generating stimuli and detecting one or more signals indicative of brain activity. The one or more signals may be processed, and a portion indicating attention to stimulus may be use... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7546137 | Power control loop and LO generation method A method for use in a RFID reader, the method comprising providing an output signal from an amplifier of a transmitter, attenuating the output signal via a step attenuator, detecting and comparing the attenuated output signal to a reference value, and adjusting powe... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7546131 | Emulating a messaging operation for mobile devices A computer-implemented method of emulating a mobile device messaging operation may include receiving a request from a web browser that includes a text message; submitting the text message to a text message service provider; receiving from the text message service pr... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7545849 | Signal spectrum spreading and combining system and method The present invention facilitates efficient and effective combination of multiple spread spectrum signals into a single stream. A spread spectrum signal combination system and method of the present invention facilitates fast communication of information and increase... | 06/09/2009 |
