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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6340360 | System for cell growth An implantable infection shield and system for drug delivery in vascular tissue includes a relatively non-biodegradable porous linked fibrous biomaterial which controls and directs cell growth and angiogenesis from adjacent vascular tissue into the implan... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6191701 | Secure self learning system A method and system for the remote control of devices having a secure self learn capability. The system includes an encoder and a decoder, the encoder encoding variable information including a user key using a non-linear algorithm to produce an encoded va... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6182705 | Flexible offshore pipeline with a bituminous thermal insulating layer An improved, cost-effective, insulated flexible pipeline that is insulated with a bituminous composition.... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6183672 | Extrusion die for biodegradable material with die orifice modifying device and flow control device An extrusion die for extruding biodegradable material, the extrusion die including: a mandrel; an outer member positioned near the mandrel; an extrusion orifice between the mandrel and the outer member; a member in communication with at least one defining... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6180433 | Combination inductive coil and integrated circuit semiconductor chip in a single lead frame package and method therefor A combination inductive coil and integrated circuit semiconductor chip is provided in a single lead frame package. The lead frame is preferably made of a copper alloy and has a flat configuration. The chip is electrically connected to end portions of the ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6139676 | Apparatus and method for removing semiconductor chips from a diced semiconductor wafer An apparatus and method is disclosed for removing a selected semiconductor chip from a semiconductor wafer. The selected semiconductor chip is elevated by the use of an X--Y--Z assembly by having a rounded tip portion of a round probe member assembly that... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6125449 | Controlling power states of a computer Method and apparatus of controlling a power state of a computer, the computer being connected to a monitor having a power control button. The computer is connected to the monitor over a video cable, and activation of the power control button is communicat... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6122560 | Method and device for computing material requirements A method or device for computing material requirements which calculates various parts and materials necessary for products to be produced when a production plan is input, in order to reduce the processing time for a material requirements computation. In o... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6118400 | Capacitor array for a successive approximation register (SAR) based analog to digital (A/D) converter and method therefor A capacitor array for a Successive Approximation Register (SAR) based Analog to Digital (A/D) converter. The capacitor array is a capacitive ladder comprising a plurality of capacitive branches. Each capacitive branch is individually coupled to a separate... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6118734 | Train of clockwork with perpetual Julian date A train of clockwork with perpetual Julian date, characterized in that it comprises an adjusting device for causing a date indicator (2) to carry out adjusting steps, for automatically taking into account months with 28, 29, or 30 days, said adjusting dev... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6118589 | Apparatus, method and system for 3-D and panoramic imaging An apparatus, method and system are provided for scanning documents, and creating holographic and panoramic images. The apparatus provides two sets of prisms, one set of which is made of electro-optical material. The prisms are arranged in alternating row... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6113560 | Method and device for generating shock waves for medical therapy, particularly for electro-hydraulic lithotripsy The invention concerns a method and device for generating shock waves by spark discharge between electrodes which are intermittently fed with electric current in a fluid medium such as water. The shock waves are focused on the object to be shattered in a ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6109895 | Portable peristaltic pump The invention concerns a peristaltic pump comprising a rotor (109) provided with three turning rollers (110), means for driving the rotor, a support piece with a rounded portion arranged substantially concentric to the rotor and against which the rollers,... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6108426 | Audio power management Power consumption of an audio system of a computer is controlled, in response to an audio power management event, by altering the operation of the audio system in a manner that changes the power consumption of the audio system.... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6108291 | Optical disc apparatus accessing method and system therefor There are provided a plurality of information recording surfaces to be reproduced on one side of an optical disc to be reproduced, and when accessing control of an optical pickup over a plurality of recording layers is performed, first, a beam focal point... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6106542 | Surgical forceps A surgical forceps adapted to grip tissue, blood vessels and walls of organs without causing injury thereto, and to further grasp suture needles without causing damage to the forceps. The surgical forceps is made of a light weight but strong material form... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6108326 | Microchips and remote control devices comprising same Encoder and decoder microchips suitable for use in remote control devices. The encoder microchip performs an encoding function on an identification number embedded in the said microchip and a combination of a unit number and a stepping counter value, so a... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6103151 | Extrusion die for biodegradable material with flow control device An extrusion die for extruding biodegradable material into a flexible, pliable and non-brittle structure, the extrusion die including: a cylindrical mandrel; a cylindrical outer ring positioned concentrically around the mandrel; an annular extrusion orifi... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6101985 | Water lance blower with shortened water lance A water lance blower for cleaning heating installations, wherein a water lance (6) is movably (5) arranged with its mouth on or in a hatch (2) and can blow a water jet through the heating installation, which is in operation and is flowed through with flam... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6098160 | Data pointer for outputting indirect addressing mode addresses within a single cycle and method therefor A data pointer for generating an indirect addressing mode address within a single cycle for a selected one of a plurality of multiple indirect addressing modes. The data pointer is used with a processor architecture scheme which allows for encoding of mul... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6092557 | Offshore pipeline with waterproof thermal insulation A pipeline comprising pipe with a bituminous composition laminated onto a surface thereof and mechanical means for preventing the pipe from moving under its weight relative to the composition, the composition being applied to a thickness that will substan... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6091935 | Integrated circuit transporter and a method of communication therefor An improved integrated circuit transponder device is presented comprising, in combination, a single, externally wireless package enclosing an integrated circuit semiconductor chip, a coil within the package being selectively exposed to an electromagnetic ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6091678 | Method and apparatus for detecting position of alternated land and groove of information recording medium For a disk of a land/groove scheme with land tracks and grooves appearing alternately, in order to enable stable and reliable reproduction of information as recorded on a disk by stably and reliably detecting a specific position at which a land track and ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088479 | Method and recording medium for separating and composing background and character image data An image processing method for automatically executing operation steps of repairing a defect of an image of a document which is read by a scanner and changing a background image in a short time and a recording medium for storing them. An image processing ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6087241 | Method of forming side dielectrically isolated semiconductor devices and MOS semiconductor devices fabricated by this method A method is disclosed for forming narrow thermal silicon dioxide side isolation regions in a semiconductor substrate and MOS or CMOS semiconductor devices fabricated by this method. A thin stress relief layer is used in conjunction with a polysilicon buff... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6084935 | Binary counter and method for counting to extend lifetime of storage cells A digital counter and method for counting are implemented which minimize fatigue-related failure in the storage element for the count value. The counting sequence is chosen such that the transitions within individual storage elements are the same for each... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6081260 | Information processing system The present invention relates to an information processing system using a coordinate detection device and displays, and more specifically to an input-display integrated information processing system which allows the displays to be carried like paper and t... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6078702 | Image display apparatus The present invention is concerned with image display apparatus capable of displaying the image of each of a television signal (TV signal) and an image signal (PC signal) from a personal computer. In addition, the present invention is to improve the perfo... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6078208 | Precision temperature sensor integrated circuit A precision temperature sensor produces a clock frequency which varies predictably over wide variations of ambient temperature. The invention has a oscillation generator, two independent current generators, a reference oscillator and a frequency counter. ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6078338 | Accelerated graphics port programmable memory access arbiter A computer system having a core logic chipset that interconnects a processor(s), a system memory and peripheral device agents. The core logic chipset has a programmable memory access arbiter that may be programmed to optimize accesses by the computer syst... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6073641 | Drive system for a water lance blower with a housing for blocking and flushing medium and a method for its operation A water lance blower for cleaning heating installations, wherein a water lance (6) is movably (5) arranged with its mouth on or in a hatch (2) and can blow a water jet through the heating installation, which is in operation and is flowed through with flam... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6065838 | Liquid crystal projector A liquid crystal projector, having a configuration in which an exhaust fan is arranged adjacently to a projection lens at an angle to the optical axis of the projection lens, a configuration including a plurality of tilted wind-directing plates, a configu... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6060974 | Header plate for a low profile surface mount transformer A transformer is provided that consists of a primary winding, a secondary winding and a magnetic core. The primary winding is wound directly around the magnetic core, thereby removing the need for a bobbin. By removing the need for the bobbin, the transfo... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6059502 | Plastic nut for connecting panel-like parts The invention relates to a plastic nut for inserting into a through-hole in a panel-like component, the plastic nut comprising retaining parts, of which one is designed as a flange which can be pressed onto the component from the fitting side and another ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6057965 | Low cost high-speed portable imaging system An improved system for scanning images is provided. The system includes a housing having a transparent support surface on which the document or other image being scanned is placed. The housing further contains an array of generally triangular-shaped prism... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6057863 | Dual purpose apparatus, method and system for accelerated graphics port and fibre channel arbitrated loop interfaces A multiple use core logic chipset is provided in a computer system that may be configured either as a bridge between an accelerated graphics port ("AGP") bus and host and memory buses, or as an interface bridge between a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop ("FC... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6057742 | Low power oscillator having fast start-up times A low power oscillator having fast start-up times. The low power fast starting oscillator uses an oscillator circuit having an input and an output for generating a signal of a desired frequency. A start-up detect circuit is coupled to the output of the os... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6057721 | Reference circuit using current feedback for fast biasing upon power-up A fast start-up circuit for use in integrated circuits where there are internal nodes of reference circuits that need to be charged to a predetermined voltage level at a quicker rate than that delivered by the typical ramping up of supply power. The circu... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6057705 | Programmable pin designation for semiconductor devices The invention allows the programmer to designate one or more pins on a semiconductor device as either address pins, which are in addition to a predetermined set of address lines or as alternate I/O pins. The object of the invention is to provide the progr... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6058294 | Adjustable frequency stabilizing internal chip capacitor system A transmitter system having an adjustable monolithic frequency stabilization and tuning internal capacitor circuit. The transmitter system has a transmitter for generating and transmitting a transmitter oscillator frequency signal. A data generating chip ... | 05/02/2000 |
