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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185420 | Approximating cycle times within material flow network Approximating cycle times within a material flow network is disclosed. One embodiment includes assigning an approximate cycle time for completion of a part number PN within the material flow network by using a model that rounds the approximate cycle time to a neares... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184297 | Gas mixture measurement system and methods therefor A system including at least one laser device extending a beam through an in-situ non-restrictive flow path of the gas mixture; and a measurer coupled to each laser device for obtaining a plurality of dynamic measurements over time of at least one species in the gas ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184176 | Digital camera blending and clashing color warning system A system, method and program product for detecting and warning of problematic color combinations. A system is disclosed that includes a color warning system having: a scanning system for detecting proximately located objects appearing in an electronic view finder of... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183491 | Electric discharge machining device using rotating circular blade An electric discharge machining (EDM) device includes a circular blade, a motor coupled to the circular blade for rotating the circular blade, and an electric discharge control system operatively coupled to the circular blade and a workpiece. The electric discharge ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181135 | Hold transition fault model and test generation method A method of hold fault modeling and test generation. The method includes first modeling a fast-to-rise and a fast-to-fall hold fault for a plurality of circuit nets. Testing a fast-to-rise hold fault is accomplished by: setting up a logic value on each of the plural... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180660 | Non-depleting chips for obtaining desired service level characteristics This application describes non-depleting chips and their use in a Resource Management Framework. In this methodology, chips do not deplete when spent, but rather represent a weighting that each party/business unit (BU) has to accomplish its IT processing needs over ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180614 | Modeling vibration effects introduced by mud motor Torsional, axial and lateral vibrations introduced when a mud motor is used with a drilling tool to drill a borehole are calculated using a model. The model includes different computational modules for each of three distinct motor sections: power, transmission and b... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178945 | Programmable PN anti-fuse Structure and method for providing a programmable anti-fuse in a FET structure. A method of forming the programmable anti-fuse includes: providing a p− substrate with an n+ gate stack; implanting an n+ source region and an n+ drain region in the p− substrate; fo... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178209 | Fuser member having fluorinated polyimide outer layer A fuser member including a substrate, and thereover, an outer layer comprising a crosslinked fluorinated polyimide and a curing agent is described. The fluorinated polyimide comprises: wherein Ar1 and Ar2 | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177516 | Shaped rotor wheel capable of carrying multiple blade stages A shaped rotor wheel, a turbo machine including the rotor wheel, and a method for producing the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a rotor wheel is provided which includes at least one disk member and at least one spacer member, and is a capable of carrying and a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175850 | Monitoring system with dynamically configurable non-interfering signal processing A monitoring system with dynamically configurable non-interfering signal processing is disclosed. In one aspect, data relating to the management of the operation of a machine and data relating to the safety protection of the machine are combined in a non-interfering... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172471 | Ribbon cartridge for printing A ribbon cartridge for a printer. The ribbon cartridge including a simple mechanism that prevents an ink ribbon from being twisted or excessively drawn out in mounting thereof. Provided is a ribbon cartridge for printing, which includes: an ink ribbon; a cartridge m... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171559 | Detecting a phishing entity in a virtual universe An invention for detecting a phishing virtual entity in a virtual universe is disclosed. A virtual entity may be registered as authentic and be identified with multiple physical characteristics thereof. Another virtual entity will be monitored to detect whether it i... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171460 | System and method for user interface automation A system and method for language-neutral runtime user interface automation by: providing an automation script for automating use of the user interface in an application; intercepting a call from the automation script to a function simulating a user action on the app... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171412 | Context sensitive text recognition and marking from speech A visual presentation system and method for synchronizing presentation data being viewed in a display with speech input. A system is disclosed that includes: a speech recognition system for recognizing speech input; an association system for determining a context of... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171083 | System for enhancing the transmission security of the e-mails in the internet network System for enhancing the security of the e-mails transmitted from a sender (10) to a receiver (12) over a data transmission network such as Internet wherein a Message Transfer Agent (MTA) (14) associated with the sender is in charge of transmitt... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170530 | Managing wireless devices using access control An improved solution for managing wireless devices that uses access control is provided. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for managing wireless devices includes receiving a notification for one of the plurality of wireless devices, the notification indica... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170276 | Object detection system based on a pool of adaptive features A method, system and computer program product for detecting presence of an object in an image are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a method for detecting a presence of an object in an image comprises: receiving multiple training image samples; determining a se... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169321 | Radio frequency-enabled electromigration fuse Embodiments of the invention provides a method, device, and system for programming an electromigration fuse (eFuse) using a radio frequency (RF) signal. A first aspect of the invention provides a method of testing circuitry on a semiconductor chip, the method compri... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169077 | Dielectric interconnect structures and methods for forming the same Dielectric interconnect structures and methods for forming the same are provided. Specifically, the present invention provides a dielectric interconnect structure having a noble metal layer (e.g., Ru, Ir, Rh, Pt, RuTa, and alloys of Ru, Ir, Rh, Pt, and RuTa) that is... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169026 | Stress-induced CMOS device A semiconductor device including: a silicon dioxide layer; an n-type field effect transistor (NFET) including at least one recessed source/drain trench and located over a portion of the silicon dioxide layer; a p-type field effect transistor (PFET) including at leas... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168913 | Electric discharge machining die sinking device An EDM die sinking device includes a tank for holding a fluid, and at least one electrode in the tank having a shape for imparting to a first portion of a workpiece. A workpiece holder positions the workpiece at least partially immersed in the fluid and alternately ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168497 | Low-resistance electrode design A solution for designing a semiconductor device, in which two or more attributes of a pair of electrodes are determined to, for example, minimize resistance between the electrodes, is provided. Each electrode can include a current feeding contact from which multiple... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168287 | Fuser member The present teachings provide a fuser member. The fuser member includes a substrate, a functional layer disposed on the substrate, and an outer layer disposed on the functional layer. The outer layer includes silicon having a texture, and a conformal oleophobic coat... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166651 | Through wafer vias with dishing correction methods A method of forming a through wafer via including forming the through wafer via (TWV) into a substrate and through a first dielectric layer over the substrate; planarizing the first dielectric layer using a chemical mechanical polish before forming a second dielectr... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166451 | Simultaneous static analysis on disparate resource types A system and method is provided for offering simultaneous or concurrent static analysis on a software product or software project where the software product or project comprises disparate resource types, such as the Java® technology or C/C++programming language. A ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166423 | Photomask design verification Solutions for verifying photomask designs are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of verifying a photomask design includes: simulating an initial semiconductor manufacturing process using a plurality of mask shapes and variation models for the initial semiconduct... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166396 | User interface rendering Elements are used to define a user interface. Each element can include a corresponding user interface widget and/or arrangement information for the user interface. The elements and/or corresponding widgets are hierarchically related. Each element implements a set of... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165986 | Method and system for real time production management and reservoir characterization The present invention is a system and method for generating predictions for various parameters in a reservoir. The invention includes receiving input data characterizing the reservoir and determining transient areas. The transient areas are determined by receiving d... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165926 | Method, medium, and system for detecting errors in item requests Under the present invention, user-initiated and system-initiated item request are received by a “purchasing/requisition application” or the like. Upon receipt, a set of tables are populated using data within the requests. Thereafter the item requests are process... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164312 | Reduction in generator-sourced fault current contribution An approach for reduction in generator-sourced fault current contribution is disclosed. In one aspect, automatic excitation control of a generator is coordinated with a generator step-up transformer operating on maximized tap selection to reduce generator fault curr... | 04/24/2012 |
| D657844 | Water treatment housing | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154833 | Line side crowbar for energy converter A line side crowbar circuit for an energy converter is disclosed. In one aspect there is a power unit that includes an energy converter; a transformer configured to transfer electrical energy generated from the energy converter to an electrical grid; and a crowbar c... | 04/10/2012 |
| D657210 | Lunchbox | 04/10/2012 |
| D657180 | Water pitcher and filter | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151310 | Video delivery of oilfield data A data delivering system comprises a video server receiving and processing oilfield data into a video delivery, and a network delivering the video delivery from the video server to at least one client device, where the video delivery including a plurality of section... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151003 | System and method for routing data by a server The present invention provides a method and system for routing data by a server. Specifically, the present invention provides a table-drive method and system for allowing parties to send and receive data in their own data formats and transfer protocols. In routing d... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150785 | Multi-modal green computing fusion using problem analytics A system, method and program product for processing a computational problem for a computing center having a plurality of computing resources. The system includes: a problem analytics system for generating a characterized problem description from an inputted computat... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150105 | Inspection using three-dimensional profile information A three-dimensional profile of at least a portion of an object, such as a vehicle, is generated using image data corresponding to the object. The image data can be acquired as the object passes an inspection location and can be enhanced using emitted electromagnetic... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146002 | Screen sharing session with selective pop-ups A method, system, and computer program product for providing a pop-up repelling region (e.g., frame) for use in a screen sharing session that includes providing, or creating a region on a screen, during a screen sharing session, that includes a view of at least one ... | 03/27/2012 |
