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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7759206 | Methods of forming semiconductor devices using embedded L-shape spacers A method of forming a semiconductor device that embeds an L-shaped spacer is provided. The method includes defining an L-shaped spacer on each side of a gate region of a substrate and embedding the L-shaped spacers in an oxide layer so that the oxide layer extends o... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7648369 | Interposer with electrical contact button and method An interposer having one or more hollow electrical contact buttons disposed in a carrier. The interposer is formed by disposing sacrificial posts in vias of the carrier. The electrical contact buttons are formed on the sacrificial posts by a metallizing process in d... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7393776 | Method of forming closed air gap interconnects and structures formed thereby A method to form a closed air gap interconnect structure is described. A starting structure made of regions of a permanent support dielectric under the interconnect lines and surrounding interconnect vias with one or more sacrificial dielectrics present in the remai... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7296725 | Feed devices and methods for injection molded solder systems A solder feeding device having a reservoir, a drive unit, a first lead, and a second lead is provided. The reservoir melts solid solder wire into molten solder, while the drive unit selectively feeds the solid solder wire into the reservoir. The first and second lea... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7194480 | System and method for invoking methods on place objects in a distributed environment Methods on objects in a distributed environment are accessed and invoked on a system including a plurality of server objects instantiated in the environment in the same address domain, which share a same user directory and authentication system, are on a same user n... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7181462 | System and method for multi server place data representation Data on place objects in a distributed environment are generated in a system including a plurality of server objects instantiated in the environment in the same address domain, which share a same user directory and authentication system, are on a same user network, ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167874 | System and method for command line administration of project spaces using XML objects A system and method is provided for command line administration of project spaces using extensible markup language objects including a data store for storing project data, the data store including a project catalog database and a plurality of objects in project spac... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7143145 | Selective clearing of entries in a web browser cache A browser having a cache protects sensitive information. A browser having a cache and a removal object is opened on a workstation. The browser receives sensitive data into the cache as a web page having a URL identifier. A designation of identifiers having sensitive... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7130844 | System and method for examining, calculating the age of an document collection as a measure of time since creation, visualizing, identifying selectively reference those document collections representing current activity System and method for evaluating an information aggregate. A metrics database stores document indicia including document attributes, associated persons and age of creation. A query engine responsive to a user request and the metrics database aggregates documents hav... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124373 | System and method for rearranging run-time ordering of open tasks Provided for run time ordering open tasks are a status bar; a plurality of task tabs presented in the status bar in sequential order, with a task tab for each open task within an open application; a content window for displaying task content associated with a curren... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7102628 | Data steering flip pen system A computing system includes a handwriting input device and a computing device, the handwriting input device including an electronic pen input device having a first tip that emits a signal having a first characteristic and second tip that emits a signal having second... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7003582 | Robust NP-based data forwarding techniques that tolerate failure of control-based applications In a network environment including one or more network processing (NP) devices implementing for communicating packets, each NP device supporting a forwarding table comprising entries to enable forwarding of received data packets from a source device to a destination... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6963080 | Thin film transistors using solution processed pentacene precursor as organic semiconductor The present invention describes thin film transistors in which the active channel layer is a thin film of a polycyclic aromatic compound, such as, pentacene, prepared by solution processing a soluble precursor of the polycyclic aromatic compound on a substrate follo... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6938174 | Method and system with adaptive data transfer policy based on a power state of a computing device The present invention pertains to a computing system having an input system with local storage interfaced with a computing device, wherein input information is transferred from the digitizer input system to the interfaced computing device based on an adaptive transf... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6911400 | Nonlithographic method to produce self-aligned mask, articles produced by same and compositions for same A method for forming a self aligned pattern on an existing pattern on a substrate comprising applying a coating of a solution containing a masking material in a carrier, the masking material having an affinity for portions of the existing pattern; and allowing at le... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6484036 | Method and apparatus for scheduling mobile agents utilizing rapid two-way communication A system and a method is disclosed for scheduling mobile agents. The system includes a dispatcher and at least one data processor that embodies a scheduling engine. A transceiver is coupled to the dispatcher for performing two-way communication with mobil... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6377296 | Virtual map system and method for tracking objects A system, for automatically tracking objects, including a computer processor and memory, cameras and other sensors and a user interface. A user registers an object with the system by presenting the object to a camera, which produces an image of the object... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6324552 | Browsers for focused access of data The present invention provides a browser which utilizes a Web access controller to limit access to pre-selected web sites. Such a browser is suitable for use in education, for example, where the intent is to keep students focused on a particular subject b... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6301639 | Method and system for ordering priority commands on a commodity disk drive In a computer system including a disk controller and a disk drive, the disk controller determines whether to issue a command to the disk drive by considering both a priority level associated with the command, and a pending workload of the disk drive.... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6224690 | Flip-Chip interconnections using lead-free solders An interconnection structure suitable for the connection of microelectronic circuit chips to packages is provided by this invention. In particular, the invention pertains to the area-array or flip-chip technology often called C4 (controlled collapse chip ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6192512 | Interpreter with virtualized interface A computer application program subsystem (100) includes a program interpreter (120) and an application program interface (API 110) through which an external program requests an execution of a program of interest, such as a macro, in a specified simulated ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5787001 | Method for using sorting techniques in a type-safe way A method for invoking an arbitrary sorting technique in a type-safe way. In one aspect, the method comprises the steps of providing a hierarchical schedule class comprising a schedule float subclass and a sorting schedule float subclass, subsumed by the s... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5781430 | Optimization method and system having multiple inputs and multiple output-responses A method and system for optimizing a steady-state performance of a process having multiple inputs and multiple output-responses is provided. The method and system provide a unified and systematic way of optimizing nominal, statistical and multi-criteria p... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5757967 | Digital video decoder and deinterlacer, format/frame rate converter with common memory A video decoder/format/frame rate converter with common memory is provided. This device decodes a compressed, interlaced video stream and converts the decoded output to a non-interlaced format and/or a format with a different frame rate.... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5735546 | Method for controlling a manufacturing process utilizing control charts The present invention discloses methodology for qualitatively extending and exploiting the utility of presently known manufacturing control charts, so that one is enabled to take corrective actions prior to out-of-control conditions occurring. To this end... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5691540 | Assembly for measuring a trench depth parameter of a workpiece An assembly for measuring a trench depth parameter of a workpiece is disclosed. The assembly has an ultra-violet radiation source; a split fiber bundle having a first branch for propagating the ultra-violet radiation from the radiation source to a lens, a... | 11/25/1997 |
