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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183159 | Device component forming method with a trim step prior to sidewall image transfer (SIT) processing Disclosed herein is an imaging method for patterning component shapes (e.g., fins, gate electrodes, etc.) into a substrate. By conducting a trim step prior to performing either an additive or subtractive sidewall image transfer process, the method avoids the formati... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181870 | Self-aligning MICR line treatment applicator A magnetic character recognition (MICR) encoding device has a treatment station that applies a chemical treatment to the blank region as the sheets pass along the sheet path that compensates for a fuser release agent that a marking station uses. If blank region was ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181105 | Apparatus, method, and program that performs syntax parsing on a structured document in the form of electronic data Statistical information about instance documents and schema information are used to integrate multiple state transitions that enable sectioning of a structure document, thereby generating an optimum automaton. In integrating state transitions, consecutively matching... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178434 | On-chip embedded thermal antenna for chip cooling An apparatus comprises a first layer within a semiconductor chip having active structures electrically connected to other active structures and having electrically isolated first inactive structures. A second layer within the semiconductor chip is physically connect... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177945 | Multi-anode system for uniform plating of alloys Disclosed are embodiments of an electroplating system and an associated electroplating method that allow for depositing of metal alloys with a uniform plate thickness and with the means to alter dynamically the alloy composition. Specifically, by using multiple anod... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176323 | Radio frequency identification (RFID) based authentication methodology using standard and private frequency RFID tags Disclosed is a self-contained hardware-based authentication system that incorporates different authentication protocols for access to soft and/or hard assets with different security levels. The system embodiments include the use of a RFID device that comprises dual ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173524 | Process for epitaxially growing epitaxial material regions Methods form epitaxial materials by forming at least two gate stacks on a silicon substrate and forming sidewall spacers on sides of the gate stacks. Such methods pattern a recess in the silicon substrate between adjacent ones of the gate stacks. The methods also pr... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171435 | Integrated circuit structure incorporating an inductor, an associated design method and an associated design system Disclosed are embodiments of a circuit (e.g., an electrostatic discharge (ESD) circuit), a design methodology and a design system. In the circuit, an ESD device is wired to a first metal level (e.g., M1). An inductor is formed in a second metal level (e.g., M5) abov... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168474 | Self-dicing chips using through silicon vias Systems and methods simultaneously form first openings and second openings in a substrate. The first openings are formed smaller than the second openings. The method also simultaneously forms a first material in the first openings and the second openings. The first ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166007 | Failure tolerant transaction processing system The present invention proposes a system for resending a process to a backup server farm from a client without waiting for the failure-detection, if no reply is received for a certain time. The transaction processing mechanism of the present invention has a transacti... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165913 | System, method, program for assigning virtual attribute to product, and system, method, and program for tracing cause of phenomenon occurring in product A system for tracing a cause of a phenomenon occurring in products produced in a production process chain is provided. The system is provided with a storage unit for storing a virtual attribute in association with corresponding second products, a receiving unit for ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163466 | Method for selectively adjusting local resist pattern dimension with chemical treatment A method forms a first patterned mask (comprising rectangular features and/or rounded openings) on a planar surface and forms a second patterned mask on the first patterned mask and the planar surface. The second patterned mask covers protected portions of the first... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157978 | Etching system and method for forming multiple porous semiconductor regions with different optical and structural properties on a single semiconductor wafer Disclosed is an electrochemical etching system with localized etching capability. The system allows multiple different porous semiconductor regions to be formed on a single semiconductor wafer. Localized etching is achieved through the use of one or more stationary ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156416 | Securing printed output A notary processor can be dedicated to performing the security-based variable information printing. A method resolves the availability of resources required by a document template and a security map, replaces the data placeholders with dynamic data, replaces the dat... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156033 | Digital print procurement using reverse auction A method of communicating with different print entities receives a print job and evaluates the print job as either a digital print job and/or an offset print job. The method can perform a live or off-line reverse auction for the digital print job and/or the offset p... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155540 | Optimized limit gain compensation for dispense time accumulators of toner concentration control A method and system includes updating an accumulated dispense value from within a toner dispense actuation loop and adjusting the accumulated dispense value by receiving dispense values from at least one control loop element that operates asynchronously from the ton... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152155 | Envelope feed apparatus An envelope feed apparatus comprises a main body having a bottom; top (located opposite the bottom); and sides (located between the bottom and the top). The main body top has a flat surface that supports, for example, a stack of envelopes. The envelope feed apparatu... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149442 | Knowledge-based content sub-setting method for variable information printing A method receives a variable information print job and determines if any of the personalized content exceeds the size of a corresponding content area of the template. If the personalized content exceeds the size of a corresponding content area of the template, the m... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144355 | Method and apparatus for improving raster image processing performance for variable information printing having reusable objects A method receives, at a processor of a printing apparatus, a variable information print job. The variable information print job is processed into upper planes of the record-specific objects, upper planes of the reusable objects, lower planes of the record-specific o... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141069 | Method for generating an executable workflow code from an unstructured cyclic process model and method for executing a workflow code of an arbitrary process model A method for generating an executable workflow code from an unstructured cyclic process model comprises the following steps. First, the unstructured cyclic process model is transformed into a preliminary workflow code. Then, from the preliminary workflow code the ex... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8141044 | Method and system for identifying sources of operating system jitter A method for tuning performance of an operating system, the method comprising identifying all sources of operating system jitter; measuring the impact of each of the operating system jitter source; and tuning performance of the operating system, preferably by use of... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8141013 | Method and system of linking on-chip parasitic coupling capacitance into distributed pre-layout passive models A method of linking on-chip parasitic coupling capacitance into distributed pre-layout passive models such as distributed transmission line models and on-chip spiral inductor models includes recognizing a passive device such as a distributed transmission line device... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140696 | Layering serial attached small computer system interface (SAS) over ethernet Disclosed are embodiments of a storage area network (SAN), a network interface card and a method of managing data transfers. These embodiments overcome the distance limitation of the Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) physical layer so that SAS st... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140444 | Method of measuring a large population of web pages for compliance to content standards that require human judgement to evaluate Embodiments herein provide a method, computer program product, etc. of measuring a large population of web pages for compliance to content standards that require human judgment to evaluate. The method performs an automated analysis of a web space, comprising gatheri... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140347 | System and method for speeding XML construction for a business transaction using prebuilt XML with static and dynamic sections A system and method for constructing extensible markup language (XML) transactions comprising an XML format run on a computer system, wherein the method comprises pre-building static structures of an XML transaction, classifying dynamic structures of the XML transac... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139874 | Disk sector allocation for high performance access to images An image data storage system and associated method store, on one or more disk drives in a disk drive array, original image data for different images as well as multiple resolution levels of compressed image data for each image. The lowest resolution level image data... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135579 | Method of analyzing conversational transcripts Analyzing transcripts of conversation between at least two users by receiving input information from a first user via a voice call, creating conversational transcripts from the information received from the first user, selecting at least one defined situation from a... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135558 | Automated simulation testbench generation for serializer/deserializer datapath systems Embodiments herein present a method for automated simulation testbench generation for serializer/deserializer datapath systems. The method provides a database of transactors for generating and checking data within the datapath system, wherein the transactors are ada... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132811 | Drive nip release apparatus An energy storage apparatus has one or more camshafts, one or more cams connected to the camshaft, one or more followers contacting the cam, one or more biasing members connected to the follower, and one or more tracks connected to the follower. With embodiments her... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132180 | Systems, methods and computer programs for determining dependencies between logical components in a data processing system or network Described are methods, apparatus and computer programs for determining run-time dependencies between logical components of a data processing environment. Components of the data processing environment are monitored by monitoring agents accessing run-time activity dat... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132129 | Method for computing the sensitivity of a VLSI design to both random and systematic defects using a critical area analysis tool A method of estimating integrated circuit yield comprises providing an integrated circuit layout and a set of systematic defects based on a manufacturing process. Next, the method represents a systematic defect by modifying structures in the integrated circuit layou... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131734 | Image based annotation and metadata generation system with experience based learning Methods and systems enhance a user's experience when working with documents and images. Such methods and systems, provide pictures, graphics, images, etc. related to words, phrases, sentences, etc. when a pointing device is hovered over the word or phrase to help th... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130981 | Sound card having feedback calibration loop Disclosed are a sound card and a method for limiting inputs to and outputs from that computer sound card. Specifically, the voltage of a feedback connection between the input and output of a sound card amplifier is increased from minimum voltage until an over-satura... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130525 | Method and apparatus for configuring a content-addressable memory (CAM) design as binary CAM or ternary CAM A method for producing a configurable content-addressable memory (CAM) cell design, in which the method includes: inputting the configurable CAM cell design to a computer, the configurable CAM cell design capable of being configured as one of a binary CAM design and... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130298 | Wide dynamic range image sensor utilizing switch current source at pre-determined switch voltage per pixel Disclosed are embodiments of a pixel imaging circuit that incorporates a standard photodiode. However, the imaging circuit is modified with a feedback loop to provide a first photo response over a first portion of the light sensing range (e.g., at higher light inten... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130033 | Switching low noise amplifier Disclosed are embodiments of an integrated circuit device, method and design structure for selectively amplifying one of multiple received input signals. The embodiments incorporate at least two first stage transistors and a single second stage transistor. The first... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129773 | Fin-type field effect transistor Disclosed herein are improved fin-type field effect transistor (FinFET) structures and the associated methods of manufacturing the structures. In one embodiment FinFET drive current is optimized by configuring the FinFET asymmetrically to decrease fin resistance bet... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129772 | Integrated circuit structures with silicon germanium film incorporated as local interconnect and/or contact Disclosed are integrated circuit structures each having a silicon germanium film incorporated as a local interconnect and/or an electrical contact. These integrated circuit structures provide improved local interconnects between devices and/or increased capacitance ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128307 | Locking structure having threaded insert A structure includes two plates (planar plates) joined at right angles to one another. The first plate has a non-round opening (first opening) and can include tabs extending from one end (a first end) of the first plate. The second plate has a round opening and/or a... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128088 | Combined sheet buffer and inverter Disclosed is a sheet buffering and inverting device having a sheet transport path and multiple sheet inverter paths extending upward and/or downward there from. Sheets being transported through the sheet transport path are selectively diverted into the sheet inverte... | 03/06/2012 |
