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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185352 | Benchmarking correlated stream processing systems A system, method, and computer program product for benchmarking a stream processing system are disclosed. The method comprises generating a plurality of correlated test streams. A semantically related data set is embedded within each of the test streams in the plura... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183538 | Sensor interface system A sensor interface system interfaces a collection of one or more sensors that can sense chemical, biological, radiation, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE) materials. The system includes one or more digital and/or analog sensor interfaces for communicating with one or ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183032 | Semi-closed loop alga-diesel fuel photobioreactor using waste water A semi-closed loop diesel photobioreactor system and method are provided for producing diesel fuel from wild algae or from specialized algae that has been biologically modified for high efficiency oil production using waste water as a primary food source. The diesel... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181846 | Method of full-field solder coverage using a vacuum fill head A method and apparatus are provided to deposit conductive bonding material into cavities in a mold. A fill head is placed in substantial contact with a mold that includes cavities. The fill head includes a sealing member that substantially encompasses an entire area... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180708 | Watermarking system that executes received watermarking instructions to embed a watermark A method of managing keys is provided. According to one exemplary method, digital content data encrypted with a first encrypting key is decrypted using a first decrypting key, and re-encrypted using a second encrypting key. A second decrypting key is encrypted using... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177827 | Cooling device for locally anesthetizing an area on the surface of the body A cooling device for locally and superficially anesthetizing an area on the surface of the body comprising a coolant fluid contacting a cooler. The cooler is moistened by a disinfection fluid. The cooling device is held in a refrigerator till use, then allowed to wa... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175412 | Method and apparatus for matching portions of input images A method and apparatus for finding correspondence between portions of two images that first subjects the two images to segmentation by weighted aggregation (10), then constructs directed acylic graphs (16,18) from the output of the segmentation by weig... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175366 | Method for obtaining spatial images through MRI and processing the resulting spatial images and product A method for recording a set of MRI images of a tissue pixel by pixel that evolve with time in a specific manner described by a function; processing the recorded MRI images by aggregating the pixels thereof according to a preselected aspect of time behavior; best fi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174074 | Asymmetric embedded silicon germanium field effect transistor A semiconductor device, an integrated circuit, and method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a gate stack formed on an active region of a silicon-on-insulator substrate. A gate spacer is formed over the gate stack. A source reg... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173965 | Thermally excited near-field source A high resolution material observation system includes an object having at least one spatial dimension sufficient to support production of near-field infrared emissions, a holder adapted to receive a sample to be observed, the holder further adapted to position the ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172114 | Refractory material for nozzle for use in continuous casting, and continuous casting nozzle In a insert-type continuous casting nozzle comprising a highly functional layer formed to have a high corrosion resistance, a high anti-attachment capability, etc., and provided to define an inner bore thereof, the present invention is directed to providing a refrac... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171945 | Vehicle wash system comprising a plurality of treatment units The invention relates to a vehicle wash system comprising a first treatment unit (2) arranged on a frame (1) so as to be height-adjustable and at least one second treatment unit (3) arranged on the frame (1) so as to be height-adjustable.... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171106 | Per file system usage of networks A method, information processing system, and computer program product access data in a system. The system includes a plurality of Network Shared Disk servers and at least one set of Network Shared Disks. Each of the Network Shared Disks are served by at least one of... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163666 | Taphole mix It is intended to provide a taphole mix capable of forming SiC bonds with minimum of an excess and a deficiency in components thereof, and excellent in drillability. A fine particle fraction having a particle diameter of 75 μm or less is comprised of three componen... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163229 | Apparatus and method for supporting continuous casting nozzle, sliding nozzle system and continuous casting nozzle A continuous-casting-nozzle support apparatus capable of enhancing sealing performance between a continuous casting nozzle and an SN device. The continuous-casting-nozzle support apparatus comprises: a holding mechanism 40 disposed to extend from a stationary... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161059 | Method and apparatus for collecting entity aliases A system and method for collecting entity aliases include a web object collection component that obtains, from a web search engine, at least one Web object associated with a user' input entity. The system and method also include a social tag collection component tha... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160223 | System and method for managing a conference call A system, method, and computer program product for initiating a conference call are disclosed. The method includes running a conference call managing application. The method also includes receiving at least one participant-defined condition. The participant-defined ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159028 | Metal high dielectric constant transistor with reverse-T gate A transistor is provided. The transistor includes a silicon layer including a source region and a drain region. A gate stack is disposed on the silicon layer between the source region and the drain region. The gate stack comprises a first layer of a high dielectric ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158576 | Viral capsid proteins and any peptides or compositions thereof for the treatment of pathologic disorders The present invention relates to viral capsid proteins, as a medicament for the treatment of a pathologic disorder. More particularly, the invention relates to the viral capsid proteins VP1, VP2 and VP3, preferably, the SV40 VP1 or any peptide, fragment, mutant, der... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158412 | Inoculation loop assembly A disposable inoculation loop assembly comprising a test tube and a tube stopper adapted to fit into a free end of the test tube. A first end of the stopper faces into the interior of the test tube substantially hermetically sealing the interior of the test tube. Th... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158125 | B-cell epitope peptides of HSP 65, novel amino acid sequences, DNA encoding the amino acid sequences of said peptides, antibodies directed against said peptides and different uses thereof in the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases B-cell epitope peptides of HSP 65, particularly the peptides comprising the amino acid sequence substantially as denoted by SEQ ID: NOs. 1-5 and their biologically functional homologues and derivatives thereof. Also included are polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156049 | Universal DRM support for devices Embodiments of the present invention allow a system or client device to process multiple Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems and formats using a universal DRM client. The universal DRM client can operate based on a universal license so that it may use the same D... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152033 | Sliding nozzle device and plate used for the device It is intended to develop a technique of pressing and fixing a plate by a uniform force to suppress the occurrence of a crack around a nozzle hole of the plate during use, and provide a sliding nozzle device capable of improving durability of the plate, and a plate ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151637 | Apparatus and method for testing engine air intake systems The present invention provides apparatus (100) and methods for testing for leaks in forced-induction internal combustion engine (10) air intake systems. The apparatus (100) includes a plurality of work faces (132n) each having ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150866 | Creating concise and re-useable queries over complex data A system, computer readable storage medium and method for creating re-usable queries over complex data including hierarchies, trees and graphs is described. This is achieved by an object-oriented query language, where a class is a logical property of a data item, an... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150245 | Shower water heater An electric shower water heater unit for connection to a water supply and a mains electricity supply comprises a housing having a shower water outlet to which a shower hose is connectable; an electric water heater housed in the housing and fluidly connectable to a w... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141160 | Mitigating and managing privacy risks using planning System and methods are provided for managing and mitigating privacy risks in a system having a network of processing elements. According to one method, there is receive a request for at least one output product from the system. The request includes a set of privacy ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8141084 | Managing preemption in a parallel computing system This present invention provides a portable user space application release/reacquire of adapter resources for a given job on a node using information in a network resource table. The information in the network resource table is obtained when a user space application ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8141054 | Dynamic detection of atomic-set-serializability violations A method, an information processing system, and a computer readable medium, are used to detect atomic-set serializability violations in an execution of a program. A set of classes associated with a program to be analyzed is identified. The set of classes include a s... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140801 | Efficient and flexible memory copy operation A system, method, and computer program product for semi-synchronously copying data from a first portion of memory to a second portion of memory are disclosed. The method comprises receiving, in a processor, a call for a semi-synchronous memory copy operation. The se... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138547 | MOSFET on silicon-on-insulator REDX with asymmetric source-drain contacts A semiconductor device is disclosed that includes a silicon-on-insulator substrate including a buried insulator layer and an overlying semiconductor layer. Source extension and drain extension regions are formed in the semiconductor layer. A deep drain region and a ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138516 | Light emitting diode A light emitting diode is provided, comprising: a substrate; a metal wiring layer disposed on the substrate; alight emitting element provided on the metal wiring layer; wherein the light emitting element comprises: a semiconductor light emitting layer having a first... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138109 | Zirconia-mullite refractory raw material and a plate brick Provided is a zirconia-mullite refractory raw material which is less likely to undergo alternation and microstructural degradation under high-temperature conditions, and low in thermal expansion rate, so as to have thermal shock resistance and corrosion resistance. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138052 | Metal high dielectric constant transistor with reverse-T gate A transistor is provided. The transistor includes a silicon layer including a source region and a drain region. A gate stack is disposed on the silicon layer between the source region and the drain region. The gate stack comprises a first layer of a high dielectric ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137310 | Syringe hub A syringe hub comprises a hub body which is engagable with a syringe body, a needle held by the hub body, a movable bung element within a flow passage of the hub body, and at least one fixed engagement element which extends laterally to the longitudinal extent of th... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135911 | Managing a region cache A method, system, and computer program product are provided for managing a cache. A region to be stored within the cache is received. The cache includes multiple regions and each of the regions is defined by memory ranges having a starting index and an ending index.... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135730 | Ontology-based searching in database systems A method, information processing system, and computer program storage product retrieve data from a database. A search request is received from a user for a set of data in at least one database. An ontology query over is performed over at least one ontology associate... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132991 | Protection device for a motor spindle The invention relates to a protection device for a motor spindle (1) arranged in a housing (2), particularly of a machine tool, having an inner ring (6) fixedly joined to the motor spindle (1) and an outer ring joined to the housing (2... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132150 | Automatic customization of classes A method and computer readable medium for automatic replacement of object classes in a library with custom classes to improve program efficiency. The method begins with static analysis preformed on a program containing a plurality of objects in order to determine ty... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130946 | Iterative symmetric key ciphers with keyed S-boxes using modular exponentiation Disclosed is the design and development of a new cipher called the Dragonfire Cipher. The Dragon cipher includes message authentication code and keyed random number generator. Dragonfire cipher takes this transparent method of generating S-boxes and uses them to cre... | 03/06/2012 |
