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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7946257 | Water heater sealed combustion chamber assembly A fuel-fired water heater is provided with a combustion chamber assembly, representatively a sealed combustion chamber assembly, operative to create from combustion air delivered thereto via a circumferentially limited vertical side portion thereof a flow of primary... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946069 | Systems for attaching a noise suppressor to a firearm Apparatus and methods for easily, quickly and reliably longitudinally securing and rotationally locking a noise suppressor or other auxiliary device to the muzzle end of a firearm barrel, and to a fixture such as a flash suppressor affixed to the muzzle end of the f... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945140 | Apparatus and method for storing and retrieving digital real time signals in their native format An embedded system which stores, controls and retrieves real-time digital signals is configured as a programmable and reconfigurable embedded system. The embedded system interface is capable of handling in real time both continuous and irregular signal formats, such... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944895 | Methods and apparatuses for allocating time slots to circuit switched channels The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for allocating time slots to circuit-switched channels established to comprise one or more respective time slots in a recurrent frame of a time division multiplexed network. According to the invention, a time ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944876 | Time slot interchange switch with bit error rate testing In accordance with the invention, time slot interchange switches (“TSIS”) with bit error rate testing are described. The bit error rate testing includes creating a channel of data appropriate for bit error rate testing and monitoring the bit error rate testing o... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941960 | Rail clamp mount A rail clamp mount that may be quickly and easily firmly secured to a rail, such as a rail carried by a gun, and that may be quickly and easily released from the rail. A preferred embodiment comprises a mount base including a first rail-engaging surface; a generally... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941770 | System and method for implementing an online design platform for integrated circuits One embodiment is a method of designing an integrated circuit (“IC”) using an online design platform system comprising a design platform provider, at least one electronic design automation (“EDA”) tool and at least one intellectual property (“IP”) librar... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941713 | Programmable self-test for random access memories A system that provides large instruction sets for testing memory yet reduces area overhead is disclosed. The system for testing a memory of an integrated circuit comprises a set of registers providing element based programmability for a plurality of tests, wherein e... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940520 | Removable display cover A display assembly includes a display bezel. A display is mounted to the display bezel. A display cable is coupled to the display. A display cover is coupled to the display bezel such that the display cover is operable to be decoupled from the display bezel while th... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939903 | Photodetector for backside-illuminated sensor A backside-illuminated sensor including a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate has a front surface and a back surface. A plurality of pixels are formed on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate. At least one pixel includes a photogate struc... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939392 | Method for gate height control in a gate last process A method is provided for fabricating a semiconductor device that includes providing a semiconductor substrate, forming a transistor in the substrate, the transistor having a gate structure that includes a dummy gate structure, forming an inter-layer dielectric (ILD)... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939222 | Method and system for improving printing accuracy of a contact layout A photolithography system for printing a pattern of at least one contact or via on a wafer is provided. The system comprises a reticle having a layout, the layout comprises at least one polygon-shaped hole, wherein the at least one polygon-shaped hole comprises at l... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938835 | Systems and methods for treating vertebral bodies A system for treating a vertebral body comprises a cannula leading into a vertebral body and a cavity creating device. The cavity creating device comprises a shaft having a distal end portion sized to extend through the cannula, an expandable body that undergoes exp... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938197 | Automated MSE-based drilling apparatus and methods Methods and apparatus for MSE-based drilling operation and/or optimization, comprising detecting MSE parameters, utilizing the MSE parameters to determine MSE, and automatically adjusting drilling operational parameters as a function of the determined MSE. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937597 | Information handling system including wireless scanning feature An information handling system (IHS) is provided which includes a system processor and a wireless section coupled to the system processor. While the system processor remains in a reduced power state, the wireless section is operable to be powered up to detect the pr... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935477 | Double patterning strategy for contact hole and trench A method of lithography patterning includes forming a first resist pattern on a substrate, the first resist pattern including at least one opening therein on the substrate; curing the first resist pattern; forming a second resist pattern on the substrate; forming a ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934916 | Custom earpiece A system for making custom earpieces is disclosed. The system can include a two-component dispensing container such as a two-component syringe or a two-component squeeze bulb. The two components stored in the two-component dispensing container are kept separate unti... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934177 | Method and system for a pattern layout split A method for splitting a pattern layout including providing the pattern layout having features, checking the pattern layout to determine the features that require splitting, coloring the features that require splitting with a first and second color, resolving colori... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7934052 | System and method for performing host initiated mass storage commands using a hierarchy of data structures Disclosed is a mass storage system and method for breaking a host command into a hierarchy of data structures. Different types of data structures are designed to handle different phases of tasks required by the host command, and multiple data structures may be used ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931886 | Agglomeration of titania According to the present invention there is provided a process for the agglomeration of titania slag particles comprising providing titania slag at a d50 particle size of below 106 μm; mixing the slag particles with an organic binder; and agglomerating t... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929753 | Image processing including, but not limited to, logarithimic coding in color coordinate systems including systems with a coordinate defined by a square root of a quadratic polynomial in tristimulus values and, possibly, by a sign of a function of one or more of tristimulus values Color is edited using a color representation including digital values B (brightness), e and f such that B=√{square root over (D2+E2+F2)}, e=E/B; f=F/B, where DEF is a linear color coordinate system. Alternatively, color is represen... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928851 | Personal alarm system for obtaining assistance from remote recipients The present invention provides a personal alarm system including a communication device for transmitting a signal to a recipient such as a signal monitoring center or rescue or other emergency authorities. An interface module, including a user-programmable memory an... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928324 | Gasketed collar for reducing electromagnetic interference (EMI) emission from optical communication module A gasketed collar for reducing EMI emission from a communication module is presented. The gasketed collar includes a conductive metal collar designed to fit at least partway around the communication module, and a gasket. The gasket is electrically conductive and com... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927943 | Method for tuning a work function of high-k metal gate devices The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating a semiconductor device that includes providing a semiconductor substrate, forming first and second transistors in the substrate, the first transistor having a first gate structure that includes a first dummy ga... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927779 | Water mark defect prevention for immersion lithography A photoresist material having a polymer that turns soluble to a base solution in response to reaction with acid. The material includes a photo-acid generator (PAG) that decomposes to form acid in response to radiation energy and a quencher capable of neutralizing ac... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927731 | Redox flow cell A redox flow cell is presented that utilizes a porous membrane separating a first half cell and a second half cell. The porous membrane is chosen to have a figure of merit (FOM) is at least a minimum FOM. A method of providing a porous membrane for a flow cell can i... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927339 | Systems and methods for reducing fractured bone using a fracture reduction cannula with a side discharge port An elongated shaft is sized and configured to establish an access path to bone having an interior volume occupied, at least in part, by cancellous bone. The elongated shaft includes a generally closed distal end portion and a side opening spaced from the closed dist... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925761 | System and method for implementing a dead man dependency technique for cluster resources Method and system for implementing a dead man dependency technique in a cluster comprising a plurality of interconnected nodes, one of the nodes comprising a cluster resource manager (CRM), and one of the nodes comprising a policy engine (PE), the PE maintaining at ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925721 | Method and apparatus for converting the modality of multimedia contents to support the quality of service according to media resource The present invention relates to modality conversion for supporting Quality of Service (QoS) according to media resources, which includes the steps of receiving a modality conversion descriptor in which the characteristics of the modality conversion of the multimedi... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925380 | Integrated transportation control for wafer fabrication facility System and method for implementing integrated transportation control in a wafer fabrication facility are described. One embodiment is a factory automation system for a wafer fabrication facility (“fab”) comprising a plurality of bays, wherein each of the bays co... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924405 | Compensation of reticle flatness on focus deviation in optical lithography A method for lithography patterning includes providing a mask for photolithography patterning; measuring a mask flatness of the mask; calculating focal deviation of imaging the mask to a substrate in a lithography apparatus; adjusting the lithography apparatus to ha... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924397 | Anti-corrosion layer on objective lens for liquid immersion lithography applications Disclosed is an objective lens adapted for use in liquid immersion photolithography and a method for making such a lens. In one example, the objective lens has multiple lens elements, one of which includes a transparent substrate and a layer of anti-corrosion coatin... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924054 | Latency measurements for wireless communications A programmable logic device (PLD), is provided that includes: a plurality of SERDES channels; a programmable logic fabric configured to implement an interface for a standardized cellular base station system; wherein the interface receives data words from the SERDES ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923759 | Metal gate semiconductor device and manufacturing method A method for manufacturing a metal gate includes providing a substrate including a gate electrode located on the substrate. A plurality of layers is formed, including a first layer located on the substrate and the gate electrode and a second layer adjacent the first... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923344 | Method of fabricating backside illuminated image sensor A method for fabricating a backside illuminated image sensor is provided. An exemplary method can include providing a substrate with a front surface and a back surface; forming a first alignment mark for global alignment on the front surface of the substrate; formin... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923321 | Method for gap filling in a gate last process A method is provided for fabricating a semiconductor device that includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region, forming a high-k dielectric layer over the substrate, forming a silicon layer over the high-k dielectric layer, f... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923279 | Method and structure for reducing cross-talk in image sensor devices Provided is a method of fabricating an image sensor device. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a front side and a back side, forming a first isolation structure at the front side of the semiconductor substrate, thinning the semiconductor ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923265 | Method and system for improving critical dimension proximity control of patterns on a mask or wafer A method for improving critical dimension uniformity of a substrate is provided. An equation based on a proximity trend of a pattern on a first substrate is determined. The equation is applied in a regression model to determine a parameter value of a second substrat... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922423 | Method of constructing a secondary containment area The method of the present invention results in a secondary containment area for above ground storage tanks. The method involves leveling the site, laying a foundation bed, building a retaining barrier around the site, covering the foundation bed and retaining barrie... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921965 | Soundproof assembly and methods for manufacturing same An improved acoustical floor/ceiling, or wall assembly affixed to a support structure, the assembly using laminar panels. A first one of the laminar panels includes a constraining layer of material with a layer viscoelastic glue on the constraining layer and a layer... | 04/12/2011 |
