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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7462372 | Light emitting device, method of manufacturing the same, and thin film forming apparatus A method of manufacturing a light emitting device of upward emission type and a thin film forming apparatus used in the method are provided. A plurality of film forming chambers are connected to a first transferring chamber. The plural film forming chambers include ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7443318 | High speed context memory implementation for H.264 Disclosed is a context modeller (103) used in decoding data (202) encoded using Context Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding, said context modeler (103) comprising a Read Only Memory (1001) for storing uninitialized context model values, sai... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442950 | Light emitting device The invention has a monitoring portion which detects change of ambient temperature and degradation with time, provided with a plurality of monitoring pixels and a monitoring line. Each of the plurality of monitoring pixels has a light emitting element for monitoring... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7431932 | Reovirus clearance of ras-mediated neoplastic cells from mixed cellular compositions Reovirus can be used to selectively remove ras-mediated neoplastic cells from a cellular composition. It is of particular interest to purge autographs which may contain neoplastic cells with reovirus before transplanting the autographs back into the recipient, there... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7414542 | System and method for signaling status of traffic flow In one general aspect, a method for signaling traffic flow information includes monitoring a status for a traffic restrictor, generating a wireless signal indicative of the status of the traffic restrictor, and communicating the wireless signal to a receiver. In ano... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412430 | Determining the quality of computer software Techniques are described for determining the quality of software using fuzzy logic. The techniques include using linguistic variables to translate a numeric value of a quality attribute into a linguistic value of a quality attribute. The linguistic values of multipl... | 08/12/2008 |
| D571629 | Ratcheted cork screw | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385381 | Sensor manufacture with data storage A biometric sensing device includes a sensor manufacture for sensing a biometric stimulus. The sensor manufacture is also configured to persistently store data electronically, such as security data. ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386205 | Optical device and method for making same The present invention is directed to a device for reflecting a select polarization of at least one transmission having a given wavelength impinging upon the device. The device includes a substrate and a layer of nanostructures. The nanostructures form a resonant pat... | 06/10/2008 |
| D569526 | Molecular diagnostic instrument | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368727 | Atomic level ion source and method of manufacture and operation Ion source and method of making and sharpening. The ion source is a single crystal metal conductor having a substantially conical tip portion with substantial rotational symmetry. The tip portion terminates with a tip radius of curvature in the range of 50–100 nan... | 05/06/2008 |
| D566643 | Boat hull | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354913 | High storage stability inhalable compositions Inhalable pharmaceutical compositions are provided, for use in the treatment of respiratory disorders such as asthma, rhinitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). These compositions have high storage stability, and include formoterol and a corticostero... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354801 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device In the case where an integrated circuit formed of a thin film is formed over a substrate and peeled from the substrate, a fissure (also referred to as crack) is generated in the integrated circuit in some cases. The present invention is to restrain the generation of... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351397 | Stabilization of radiopharmaceutical compositions using hydrophilic 6-hydroxy chromans Radiopharmaceutical compositions which are stabilized by addition of a hydrophilic 6-hydroxy-chroman derivative. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| D565495 | Boat hull | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337844 | Perforating and fracturing In a system and method of fracturing a subterranean formation, fluid for perforating is received in a downhole tool through a tubing string, the downhole tool residing in a wellbore. A wall of the wellbore is perforated proximate the downhole tool. A fluid for fract... | 03/04/2008 |
| D559995 | Controller cartridge for a diagnostic instrument | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316236 | Cleaning device for the shaving head of a dry shaving apparatus A shaving head cleaning device includes a housing, a receptacle configured to receive the dry shaving apparatus, a receiving region configured to receive the shaving head of the dry shaving apparatus, a reservoir for containing cleaning fluid, a supply conduit conne... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7318230 | Media player tray bezel compliance coupling A media player facing has a device housing with a drawer and a facade. The outer surface of the facade and the outer surface of the device housing are aligned so that the facade outer surface and the device housing outer surface are substantially continuous when the... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7306507 | 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. ... | 12/11/2007 |
| D556902 | Mouthpiece | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287412 | Method and apparatus for sensing hydrogen gas A hydrogen sensor and/or switch fabricated from an array of nanowires or a nanoparticle thick film composed of metal or metal alloys. The sensor and/or switch demonstrates a wide operating temperature range and shortened response time due to fabrication materials an... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285364 | Permanent, removable tissue markings The present invention provides microparticles that create permanent tissue markings, such as tattoos, designed in advance for change and/or removal on demand, as well as methods for implanting the microparticles in tissue and changing and/or removing the resulting m... | 10/23/2007 |
| D553390 | Table | 10/23/2007 |
| D550402 | Pedicure spa | 09/04/2007 |
| 7254538 | Nonlinear mapping for feature extraction in automatic speech recognition The present invention successfully combines neural-net discriminative feature processing with Gaussian-mixture distribution modeling (GMM). By training one or more neural networks to generate subword probability posteriors, then using transformations of these estima... | 08/07/2007 |
| D547933 | Shoe sole | 08/07/2007 |
| 7238691 | Piperidine derivatives and their use as modulators of chemokine (especially CCR3) activity The invention provides a compound of formula (I): T is C(O) or S(O)2; W is CH2, (CH2)2, CH(CH3), CH(CH3)O or cyclopropyl; X is O, CH2, C(O), S, S(O), S(O)2 or NR3; m i... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237201 | Geographic location notification based on identity linking A user maintains notification setting information having temporal periods capable of controlling, at least in part, the dissemination of information describing the on-line presence of the user within an instant messaging system or the geographic location of one or m... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7237257 | Leveraging a persistent connection to access a secured service Leveraging a persistent connection to provide a client access to a secured service may include establishing a persistent connection with a client in response to a first request from the client, and brokering a connection between the client and a secured service base... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231428 | Communication system using alias management rules for automatically changing sender alias in a message based on group that includes recipient address Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for automated management and control of contact aliases. In general, in one aspect, the invention provides a computer implemented method for processing messages. The process includes maintaining rules of wh... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226788 | Automated slide staining apparatus Disclosed is an automated staining apparatus (autostainer) capable of staining sample on a microscope slide. The autostainer is capable of limiting the amount of reagent used through a process including image acquisition and processing techniques, wherein an image o... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226447 | Electrosurgical generator A method includes recognizing an electrosurgical probe coupled to an electrosurgical generator, selecting a mode of the electrosurgical generator based upon the recognized probe, setting a therapy profile based upon the selected mode, and displaying the therapy prof... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224357 | Three-dimensional modeling based on photographic images A system of determining three-dimensional information from the information that is contained into discrete two-dimensional images. The two images may be obtained from two uncalibrated cameras. The information from the two uncalibrated cameras is first rectified, and... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225078 | Method and system for predicting production of a well Production of a well is predicted by associating log profiles for wells in a reservoir to production indicators for wells in the reservoir. A log for the well is matched to a corresponding log profile. The log profiles may each be generated by clustering logs for we... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7205127 | Methods of treating insulin resistance with an inhibitor of an NAD(P)H oxidase The present invention relates to the use of NAD(P)H oxidase inhibitors to increase cellular uptake of glucose and in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases caused by insulin resistance or diseases related thereto, such as type II diabetes. Specifically, the inv... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201899 | Materials and methods for management of hyperacute rejection in human xenotransplantation Human pre-formed xenoantibodies play an important role in the hyperacute rejection response in human xenotransplantation. Disclosed are materials and methods for removing or neutralizing such antibodies. Also disclosed are materials and methods for reducing or elimi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202504 | Light-emitting element and display device There has been a problem that difference in refractive index between an opposite substrate or a moisture barrier layer (passivation film) such as SiN provided thereover, and air is maintained large, and light extraction efficiency is low. Further, there has been a p... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193657 | Video signal processing apparatus and integrated circuit Disclosed is a video signal processing apparatus comprising a plurality of line memories to which in sequence input video signal data is written on a line-by-line basis; a timing controller for controlling a timing to write video signal data to the plurality of line... | 03/20/2007 |
