Bizarre Patents
Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled Camouflage
A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D539506 | Multi-piece bra | 04/03/2007 |
| D525012 | Multi-piece bra | 07/18/2006 |
| D517624 | Golf putter | 03/21/2006 |
| 6967593 | Emergency vehicle approach warning method and system Under the present invention, a warning unit having a light source (e.g., a laser) is mounted on an emergency vehicle. The light source first emits a low intensity light beam (e.g., an infrared light beam) to scan an area in front of the emergency vehicle. The scan i... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6966042 | System for detecting and reporting defects in a chip Under the present invention, each of a set of functional chiplets in a chip includes an error condition staging system and a trap condition control system. The error condition staging system includes error condition combinational logic that detects a set of error co... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6960820 | Bipolar transistor self-alignment with raised extrinsic base extension and methods of forming same A self-aligned bipolar transistor structure having a raised extrinsic base comprising an outer region and an inner region of different doping concentrations and methods of fabricating the transistor are disclosed. More specifically, the self-alignment of the extrins... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6960931 | Low voltage differential signal driver circuit and method A low voltage differential signal driver that generates a differential signal using a switching sequencer for ensuring uniform transitions of the output signals, and a driver that includes a network of matched resistors for generating the output signals. The network... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6954779 | Method for providing performance data of a web server independent of platform A system and method for the publication of performance data over a network for access by a plurality of performance tools. In response to HTTP calls, the performance data is provided to performance tools over a network in XML data structures. ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6954920 | Method, program product, and design tool for automatic transmission line selection in application specific integrated circuits A method, program product, and design tool for automatic transmission line selection in application specific integrated circuits. The method includes: determining route paths between blocks of an application specific integrated circuit; scanning the route paths for ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952691 | Method and system for searching a multi-lingual database A system and method of searching a database in which documents of different languages are included. The system includes a synonym or keyword dictionary which is bi-directional and allows for translation of keywords between a first language and other languages. The t... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6947924 | Group based search engine generating search results ranking based on at least one nomination previously made by member of the user group where nomination system is independent from visitation system A search system and method for performing group-based searches. The system comprises a client system having a browser and a search engine plug-in, wherein the search engine plug-in allows group members to generate nomination data by nominating web pages; and a serve... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947946 | Database system including hierarchical link table The present invention provides a database system having a database in which data to be processed by an application program are stored (hierarchical node database). A table (hierarchical link table) in which mainly relationship data (e.g., a pointer) for the database... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943810 | Layered article data verification A method, system and program product to verify a data preparation employed on a plurality of design layers that make up an article. An instruction algorithm representative of the data preparation is restated in terms of fundamental algorithms having corresponding gr... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6943377 | Light emitting heterostructure An improved light emitting heterostructure. In particular, a nitride-based light emitting heterostructure is provided that includes a light generating structure and a distributed semiconductor heterostructure Bragg reflector structure formed above the light generati... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942129 | Footwear donning device The invention provides a footwear donning device. The device includes a carriage for holding the footwear, a flexible fore handle coupled to the carriage and a handle coupled to the fore handle for donning the footwear. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6941428 | Memory controller optimization A memory controller, method and program product for memory controller optimization by active re-prioritization of requests based on memory bus activity. The invention continually monitors memory bus activity and, where necessary, re-prioritizes a queue of pending me... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6941435 | Integrated circuit having register configuration sets An integrated circuit and a method of reconfiguring an integrated circuit in which multiple configuration sets, each including a plurality of register settings, are stored on the chip. Selection of at least a portion of a configuration set allows for quicker and eas... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6940134 | Semiconductor with contact contacting diffusion adjacent gate electrode Methods of forming a contact to a gate electrode or substrate despite misalignment of the contact opening due to lithographic techniques, and a semiconductor having such a contact. Silicide can be created on the gate and/or diffusion using the invention. ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935729 | Ink replenishment system and method for a continuous flow ink jet printer A system and method for supplying replenishment fluid to an ink tank, wherein the ink tank includes a supply line to supply ink to a nozzle and a return line to receive unused ink. The method comprises the steps of periodically using a control system to recalibrate ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934944 | Computer system and method for constant pool operations A computer system has one or more program classes loaded in it. Each class includes a constant pool which is used for storing data items related to the program class. At least some of these data items need to undergo a resolution before they can be used, which trans... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931337 | Lithography tool image quality evaluating and correcting Electron beam lithography tool image quality evaluating and correcting including a test pattern with a repeated test pattern cell, an evaluation method and correction program product are disclosed. The test pattern cell includes a set of at least three elongated spa... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6927506 | Low loss reciprocating electromagnetic device The present invention relates generally to reciprocating electromagnetic devices, and more particularly to a construction of a reciprocating electromagnetic device for reducing secondary losses in magnetically-permeable elements, but without compromising manufactura... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923594 | Pavement ramp edge making A pavement ramp edge maker, paving machine and related method are provided for generating a pavement edge ramp that is equal to or less than approximately 45° relative to a surface upon which the ramp is formed. The edge maker generates a ramp that is partially com... | 08/02/2005 |
| D508011 | Kayak frame | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922600 | System and method for optimizing manufacturing processes using real time partitioned process capability analysis A system and method for optimizing a manufacturing process. The system comprises: a database of operational data gathered from previously performed manufacturing processes; a filtering system for filtering the database into a plurality of data subsets; a calculation... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6922692 | Directed non-cyclic graph walking system and method A system and method for efficiently walking a directed non-cyclic graph of data using multiple analysis tools. Provided is a graph walking system, including: a binding system for binding a graph observer with a data graph, for binding node patterns to node observers... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918587 | Adaptive and predictive document tracking system A system and method for adaptive and predictive analysis of sensor readings to track documents in a document processing system. The system comprises: a plurality of sensors for sensing a document, wherein each sensor includes an associated filtering system for filte... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6919901 | Graphics system register data generation A method, graphics system API and digital video system that provide more efficient processor usage and easier application programming. Register data for the hardware can be generated and written to the hardware control registers, recorded as a command list and recal... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6917221 | Method and apparatus for enhancing the soft error rate immunity of dynamic logic circuits An apparatus and method for selectively enhancing the soft error rate (SER) immunity of a dynamic logic circuit. The apparatus includes a bootstrap capacitor coupled to a precharge input signal and a dynamic node of the dynamic logic circuit, and a device, such as a... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6909164 | High performance vertical PNP transistor and method The invention includes a method and resulting structure for fabricating high performance vertical NPN and PNP transistors for use in BiCMOS devices. The resulting high performance vertical PNP transistor includes an emitter region including silicon and germanium, an... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908025 | Preparing MCM hat for removal A process and apparatus for preparing an MCM for hat removal where the hat includes a piston thermally coupled to a corresponding chip. The apparatus includes a heater positioned to reflow a joint between the piston and a base of the hat; and a retractor for biasing... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6904713 | Support for trap, combination thereof and method A support for a trap, a combination thereof and a method of supporting a trap are disclosed. The support provides a mechanism for more stable support of a trap such that the chance of premature activation is greatly reduced, and increases trap activation speed. Sinc... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904584 | Method and system for placing logic nodes based on an estimated wiring congestion A method and system for placing logic nodes based on an estimated wiring congestion are provided. Specifically, under the present invention, relative probabilities for potential implementations of wiring interconnects between logic nodes are determined. Then, for ea... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6898286 | Method and system verifying product licenses using hardware and product identifications The present invention provides a method and system for verifying software product licenses using hardware and product identifications. Specifically, the present invention provides a method and system for verifying multiple products using a verification file that is ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6887785 | Etching openings of different depths using a single mask layer method and structure A semiconductor device with openings of differing depths in a substrate or layer is described, as are related methods for its manufacture. Through selective deposition of a single mask layer, whereby low aspect ratio openings are substantially coated while high aspe... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6883593 | Heat sink for convection cooling in horizontal applications A heat sink for free convection cooling in horizontal applications is provided. Specifically, the heat sink includes a plurality of spaced apart cooling fins, which are supported by an angled base. The cooling fins are transversely attached to the base and extend in... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6883706 | Point-of-sale bill authentication The invention includes systems, methods and program products for providing real-time point-of-sale paper currency, i.e., bill, authentication and recordation. The invention provides a point-of-sale terminal capable of real-time authentication and recordation of pape... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6884672 | Method for forming an electronic device Under the present invention, a layer of amorphous silicon is formed over a layer of gate dielectric. Over the layer of amorphous silicon, a gate cap dielectric is formed. The layer of amorphous silicon is then confined by at least one spacer, which is deposited unde... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6878593 | Metal oxide semiconductor heterostructure field effect transistor A method and structure for producing nitride based heterostructure devices having substantially lower reverse leakage currents and performance characteristics comparable to other conventional devices. The method and structure include placing one or more layers of ni... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6875685 | Method of forming gas dielectric with support structure A method for forming a gas dielectric with support structure on a semiconductor device structure provides low capacitance and adequate support for a conductor of the semiconductor device structure. A conductive structure, such as via or interconnect, is formed in a ... | 04/05/2005 |
