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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 8119904 | Silicon wafer based structure for heterostructure solar cells A multi-junction photovoltaic device includes a silicon substrate and a dielectric layer formed on the silicon substrate. A germanium layer is formed on the dielectric layer. The germanium includes a crystalline structure that is substantially similar to the crystal... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117530 | Extensible markup language parsing using multiple XML parsers Disclosed are a method, information processing system, and a computer readable medium for parsing a hierarchical markup document. The method includes initializing a first parser for parsing a hierarchical markup document. The first parser parses the hierarchical mar... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117313 | System and method for adaptive formatting of image information for efficient delivery and presentation A content server distributes image information to networked devices. The content server receives a request for delivery of information to a networked device, including image information. The content server determines, based on at least one of an image delivery param... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110808 | Floating intelligent perimeter sensor system A system, method, and floating intelligent perimeter sensor, provide protection for waterways and critical infrastructures. The system and method utilize one or more floating intelligent perimeter sensors to detect, and in some cases identify, hazardous materials as... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108522 | Autonomic definition and management of distributed application information A method, information processing system, and computer program storage product for associating jobs with resource subsets in a job scheduler. At least one job class that defines characteristics associated with a type of job is received. A list of resource identifiers... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108180 | End of life prediction of flash memory Disclosed are a method, electronic device, and computer readable medium for determining an end-of-life stage of the flash memory. The method includes detecting at least one life cycle event associated with a flash memory residing on an electronic device. A counter t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108179 | End of life prediction of flash memory Disclosed are a method, electronic device, and computer readable medium for determining an end-of-life stage of the flash memory. The method includes detecting at least one life cycle event associated with a flash memory residing on an electronic device. A counter t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099382 | Method and system for mapping multi-dimensional model to data warehouse schema A system maps a multidimensional model to data warehouse schema. The system includes a multidimensional model editor for defining a multidimensional model based on a conceptual model; a mapping reasoner for generating more simple mappings from basic mappings by reas... | 01/17/2012 |
| D652171 | Hand dryer | 01/10/2012 |
| 8037467 | Single stream processing with multi-version support of application operating environments A method is provided for developing a software module including support for multiple versions of an operating environment. The method includes determining a first set of references associated with a first version of an application operating environment. A second set... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7994482 | Radiation directional finder and isotope identification system A system and method determine a direction associated with gamma and/or neutron radiation emissions. A first radiation photon count associated with a first detector in a detector set is received from the first detector. The first radiation photon count is associated ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7989224 | Sidewall coating for non-uniform spin momentum-transfer magnetic tunnel junction current flow A magnetic tunnel junction device comprises a substrate including a patterned wiring layer. A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack is formed over the wiring layer. A low-conductivity layer is formed over the MTJ stack and a conductive hard mask is formed thereon. A ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7980445 | Fill head for full-field solder coverage with a rotatable member A system, apparatus, and method, 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 e... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976777 | Method for an agent containing package A method, a sensor device (204), and a package storage system (200), are used to monitor the inside of a storage volume in a package container (202) containing at least one product and/or object (201). The sensor device is inside of the s... | 07/12/2011 |
| D637757 | Scissor cigar cutter | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937445 | Method for user-specified error correction in an instant messaging system A method and system enter a correction for a previously sent message, determine whether to send a complete corrected message or a message correction specification, and send the selected message to a messaging server. The messaging server receives the message correct... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7883368 | Hook end folding electromagnetic compatibilty gasket An electromagnetic compatibility (“EMC”) gasket includes a first conductive portion moveable to a plurality of positions. A secondary conductive portion is connected to the first conductive portion at an adjacent edge. A third conductive portion is opposite the ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7870183 | Multicast enabled mail A method for distributing electronic mail efficiently across a network of information processing units and intermediate nodes. The method on an information processing unit includes receiving a mail message created by a user with a list of destinations. Also, the met... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7868295 | Advanced calorimetric spectroscopy for commercial applications of chemical and biological sensors A chemical and biological sensor system (200) includes at least one micro-cantilever sensing element (202) and a mechanism for collecting aerosol, liquid, and solid particles, and depositing the particles as a film layer (146) on a stack (140... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864061 | Multi-stage system for verification of container contents A multi-stage process utilizing one or more radiation sensors on a distributed network for the detection and identification of radiation, explosives, and special materials within a shipping container. The sensors are configured as nodes on the network. The system co... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860970 | Secure initialization of intrusion detection system Secure initialization for detecting intrusions is disclosed. The secure initialization includes storing a behavior profile associated with an application, and reading the stored behavior profile that is cryptographically protected. The method further includes monito... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860920 | Multicast enabled web-based application data distribution A method, information processing unit, and computer readable storage medium, are provided for distributing data packets efficiently across a packet-based data network of information processing units and intermediate nodes. The method with an information processing u... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7851766 | Multi-stage system for verification of container contents A multi-stage process utilizing one or more radiation sensors on a distributed network for the detection and identification of radiation, explosives, and special materials within a shipping container. The sensors are configured as nodes on the network. The system su... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7791087 | Device for defeating reverse engineering of integrated circuits by optical means An integrated circuit and method are provided for preventing reverse engineering by monitoring light emissions emitted from transistors and such electrically active devices in the integrated circuit. The method prevents, in an integrated circuit, a pattern of light ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791086 | Device for defeating reverse engineering of integrated circuits by optical means An integrated circuit and method are provided for preventing reverse engineering by monitoring light emissions emitted from transistors and such electrically active devices in the integrated circuit. The method prevents, in an integrated circuit, a pattern of light ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7784673 | Rotational fill techniques for injection molding of solder A system and method for injection molding conductive bonding material into a plurality of cavities in a non-rectangular mold is disclosed. The method comprises aligning a fill head with a non-rectangular mold. The non-rectangular mold includes a plurality of cavitie... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7784664 | Fill head for injection molding of solder A system, method, and apparatus for injection molding conductive bonding material into a plurality of cavities in a surface are disclosed. The method comprises aligning a fill head with a surface. The mold includes a plurality of cavities. The method further include... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7781782 | Device for defeating reverse engineering of integrated circuits by optical means An integrated circuit and method are provided for preventing reverse engineering by monitoring light emissions emitted from transistors and such electrically active devices in the integrated circuit. The method prevents, in an integrated circuit, a pattern of light ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7781296 | Integrated circuit comprising a capacitor with metal electrodes and process for fabricating such a capacitor An integrated circuit (IC) includes at least one capacitor with metal electrodes. At least one of the electrodes (10 or 30) is formed from at least surface-silicided hemispherical grain silicon or silicon alloy. A fabrication process for obtaining such... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7770157 | System and method for improving virtual machine performance using an offline profile repository A system, method, and computer readable medium, for automatically improving performance of, and optimizing, a program based on on-line profile data of the program and profile data (302) collected across multiple runs of the program and stored in a persistent ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7760103 | Multi-stage system for verification of container contents A multi-stage process utilizing one or more radiation sensors on a distributed network for the detection and identification of radiation, explosives, and special materials within a shipping container. The sensors are configured as nodes on the network. The system co... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7759649 | Multi-stage system for verification of container contents A multi-stage process utilizes one or more sensors, including radiation sensors, on a distributed network for the detection and identification of radiation, explosives, and unauthorized hazardous materials within a shipping container. The sensors can be configured a... | 07/20/2010 |
| D619953 | Wiper blade for car | 07/20/2010 |
