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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163633 | Light-emitting nanoparticles and method of making same A method for the production of a robust, chemically stable, crystalline, passivated nanoparticle and composition containing the same, that emit light with high efficiencies and size-tunable and excitation energy tunable color. The methods include the thermal degrada... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158961 | Ophthalmic lens case equipped with an ultraviolet light source A container (101) for contact lenses is provided which comprises a chamber (105) adapted to store an ophthalmic lens in a fluid medium, a window for viewing a lens disposed in the chamber, and a UV light source adapted to illuminate the lens with UV ra... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8138434 | Waterproof press key and assembly of an electronic device housing and the waterproof press key A waterproof press key includes a key body, a rigid support component, and a waterproofing ring. The key body is made of a resilient material, and includes a top wall and a surrounding wall extending downwardly from the top wall. The rigid support component includes... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136576 | Vibration isolation system for synthetic jet devices A thermal management system is provided herein. The system comprises a substrate (141), a synthetic jet ejector (103), and a vibration isolation element (107) adapted to releasably engage said synthetic jet ejector and said substrate. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8123861 | Apparatus for making interconnect seed layers and products An apparatus for depositing seed layers over a substrate, which substrate includes a patterned insulating layer with at least one opening surrounded by a field, and which opening has sidewalls, bottom surfaces and top corners, includes: a CVD chamber adapted to depo... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8110510 | Low temperature synthesis of nanowires in solution Methods synthesizing nanowires in solution at low temperatures (e.g., about 400° C. or lower) are provided. In the present methods, the nanowires are synthesized by exposing nanowire precursors to metal nanocrystals in a nanowire growth solution comprising a solven... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109172 | Wrist assembly for robotic arm A wrist assembly (311) for a robotic arm or other mechanical device is provided. The wrist assembly comprises a first arm (313) which terminates in a first radius (317), a second arm (315) which terminates in a second radius (319),... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8069910 | Acoustic resonator for synthetic jet generation for thermal management A thermal management system is provided herein which comprises a synthetic jet ejector (201) driven by an acoustic resonator (209). ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066410 | Light fixture with multiple LEDs and synthetic jet thermal management system A light source (101) is provided which comprises (a) a housing element (107); (b) a heat sink (109); (c) a first flow channel element (111) which, alone or in combination with said housing element, creates (i) a first set of flow paths ( | 11/29/2011 |
| D649145 | Holder for a mobile communications device | 11/22/2011 |
| 8052920 | Apparatus for observing interior of a blast furnace system An apparatus for observing the interior of a blast furnace system includes a visible light guiding unit which defines a light path along a viewing axis that is radial to an upright axis of a furnace wall body of a blast furnace and which is adapted to be secured to ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8035966 | Electronics package for synthetic jet ejectors A thermal management system (101), comprising (a) a synthetic jet actuator (103), and (b) a processor (107) in communication with the synthetic jet actuator, the processor being adapted to receive programming instructions, and being further adap... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8030886 | Thermal management of batteries using synthetic jets A thermally managed power source (201) is provided herein which comprises a first battery module (203), and a first synthetic jet ejector (215) disposed on a surface of said first battery module and being adapted to direct a plurality of synthet... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024392 | Computational method, system, and apparatus A method, system, and apparatus for performing computations. In a method, arguments X and K are loaded into session memory, and X mod P and X mod Q are computed to give, respectively, XP and XQ. XP and XQ are expone... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8008786 | Dynamic pad size to reduce solder fatigue A semiconductor device is provided which comprises a substrate (501) having a plurality of bond pads (503) disposed thereon. Each bond pad has a major axis and a minor axis in a direction parallel to the substrate, and the ratio of the major axis to th... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8003539 | Integrated assist features for epitaxial growth A method for making a semiconductor device is provided which comprises (a) creating a data set (301) which defines a set of tiles for a polysilicon deposition process; (b) deriving a polysilicon deposition mask set (311) from the data set, wherein the ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8003517 | Method for forming interconnects for 3-D applications A method for forming an interconnect, comprising (a) providing a substrate (203) with a via (205) defined therein; (b) forming a seed layer (211) such that a first portion of the seed layer extends over a surface of the via, and a second portion... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001620 | Temperature sensing glove for automotive applications A temperature sensing glove (101) is provided. The glove includes a temperature sensor (131); a plurality of memory locations; and assigning means (121, 123) for assigning a temperature reading made by the temperature sensor to one of the plural... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7994883 | Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay includes a casing, and a relay core member sealed in the casing and including an electromagnetic unit and a terminal unit. The electromagnetic unit includes a spool frame set having an engagement portion, a coil unit wound on the spool frame... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988844 | Method for measuring an iodine adsorption number of carbon black, electrolytic cell, and kit for measuring an iodine adsorption number of carbon black A method for measuring an iodine adsorption number of carbon black includes: (a) electrochemically reducing an unknown amount of iodine adsorbed by a predetermined amount of a carbon black sample; (b) measuring the electrical charge used for reducing the unknown amo... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981104 | Method for treating otitis externa A device is provided herein for the treatment of otitis externa. The device (101) comprises a receptacle (103) adapted to store a pharmaceutical composition, and a distal portion (105), in open communication with the receptacle, which is adapted... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7947094 | Microcartridge hydrogen generator A hydrogen generator (101) is provided which comprises a third chamber (109) containing a catalyst (121), a first chamber (103) containing a fluid, a second chamber (105) containing a material that reacts with the fluid in the pres... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7932535 | Synthetic jet cooling system for LED module An LED assembly is provided herein. The assembly comprises a thermally conductive housing (201), wherein a portion of said housing is equipped with a plurality of fins (203); an LED (205) disposed in said housing; and a synthetic jet actuator ( | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932175 | Method to form a via A method for forming a via, comprising (a) providing a structure comprising a mask (210) disposed on a semiconductor substrate (203), wherein the structure has an opening (215) defined therein which extends through the mask and into the substrat... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7922320 | Eyegear with a mountable frame A frame seat unit of an eyegear includes a pair of frame seats and a bridge interconnecting the frame seats. Each of the frame seats defines an accommodation space that opens downwardly and has a frame strip that defines a top side of the accommodation space. The ey... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7913261 | Application-specific information-processing method, system, and apparatus An information-processing method for application-specific processing of messages. A message is received. Whether the message is in a selected application format is ascertained. If not, the message is routed to a next location. If so, the message is routed to a selec... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911002 | Semiconductor device with selectively modulated gate work function A semiconductor device is provided which comprises a semiconductor layer (109), a dielectric layer (111), first and second gate electrodes (129, 131) having first and second respective work functions associated therewith, and a layer of hafnium ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7902021 | Method for separately optimizing spacer width for two or more transistor classes using a recess spacer integration A method for making a semiconductor device is disclosed. In accordance with the method, a semiconductor structure is provided which includes (a) a substrate (203), (b) first and second gate electrodes (219) disposed over the substrate, each of the firs... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901852 | Metrology of bilayer photoresist processes A method for patterning a substrate is provided, which comprises (a) providing a substrate; (b) applying a first layer comprising a first photo resist to the substrate; (c) applying a second layer comprising a second photo resist over the first layer; (d) patterning... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900042 | Encrypted packet inspection A method, system, and device for encrypted packet inspection allowing an authorized third party device to monitor cryptographic handshaking information (full- duplex) between two other devices and together with the secret private key then transparently decrypt the b... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7882237 | TCP/IP proxy utilizing transparent acknowledgements A method is described herein for transmitting data from a first point (203) to a second point (205) on a network (201) via a proxy server (207). In accordance with the method, a first data packet is received from the first point at the pr... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7858181 | Growth of single crystal nanowires The present invention provides nanowires which are substantially straight and substantially free of nanoparticles and methods for making the same The nanowires can be made by seeded approaches, wherein nanocrystals bound to a substrate are used to promote growth of ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7853014 | Ring arithmetic method, system, and apparatus A data encryption method performed with ring arithmetic operations using a residue number multiplication process wherein a first conversion to a first basis is done using a mixed radix system and a second conversion to a second basis is done using a mixed radix syst... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7821250 | RF sensor clamp assembly A clamp assembly for bringing an RF sensor into electrical contact with an RF current carrier is provided herein. The clamp assembly (101) comprises a first wedge-shaped element (103), and a second wedge-shaped element (105) which is slidingly e... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7820539 | Method for separately optimizing spacer width for two transistor groups using a recess spacer etch (RSE) integration A method for making a semiconductor device is provided. In accordance with the method, a semiconductor structure is provided which comprises (a) a substrate (203), (b) first (219) and second (220) gate electrodes disposed over the substrate, and... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7819556 | Thermal management system for LED array A device, comprising (a) a chamber having a liquid disposed therein, (b) an LED array having a first surface which is in contact with said liquid, and (c) at last one actuator adapted to dislodge vapor bubbles from said first surface through the emission of pressure... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7811144 | Aquatic device with light-emitting surface An aquatic device is provided which has a light-emitting surface. The device (101) is equipped with a light guide (105) adapted to adsorb light impinging on a first surface (113) of the device, and to emit light from a second surface (115... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7799661 | Electrical sensor for real-time feedback control of plasma nitridation A device (101) for controlling the treatment of a substrate (102) with a plasma (103) is provided which comprises (a) a plasma chamber (104) adapted to generate a plasma (103); (b) a sensor (113) equipped with first (115 | 09/21/2010 |
| 7784972 | Thermal management system for LED array A device, comprising (a) a chamber having a liquid disposed therein, (b) an LED array having a first surface which is in contact with said liquid, and (c) at last one actuator adapted to dislodge vapor bubbles from said first surface through the emission of pressure... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7772104 | Dynamic pad size to reduce solder fatigue A semiconductor device is provided which comprises a substrate (501) having a plurality of bond pads (503) disposed thereon. Each bond pad has a major axis and a minor axis in a direction parallel to the substrate, and the ratio of the major axis to th... | 08/10/2010 |
