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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8150646 | Methods for delivering a process gas A method for delivering a process gas to a reaction chamber of a plasma processing system using a recipe having a recipe flow rate is provided. The method includes delivering the process gas by a gas flow delivery system controlled by a mass flow controller (MFC) to... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144328 | Methods and apparatus for normalizing optical emission spectra An arrangement for in-situ optical interrogation of plasma emission to quantitatively measure normalized optical emission spectra in a plasma chamber is provided. The arrangement includes a flash lamp and a set of quartz windows. The arrangement also includes a plur... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135485 | Offset correction techniques for positioning substrates within a processing chamber A method for aligning a substrate to a process center of a support mechanism is provided. The method includes determining substrate thickness after substrate processing at a plurality of orientations and at a plurality of radial distances from a geometric center of ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8104503 | Optimized activation prevention mechanism for a gas delivery system and methods therefor An optimized activation prevention assembly for a gas delivery system is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pneumatically operated valve assembly. The apparatus also includes a toggle switch mechanically attached to the pneumatically operated valve assembly, the to... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8055966 | Built-in-self-repair arrangement for a single multiple-integrated circuit package and methods thereof A multiple integrated circuit arrangement within a single package is provided. The multiple integrated circuit arrangement includes a set of electronic components, which includes at least a set of dies. The first die of the set of dies is coupled to a first electron... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054788 | Method of configuring and searching high speed shared control channel of multi-carrier cell The present invention relates to a method for configuring and searching HS-SCCHs of a multi-carrier cell in a TD-SCDMA system. The network side configures the configuration information of a HS-SCCH set for a UE and notifies the UE through high layer signaling, where... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048329 | Methods for implementing highly efficient plasma traps A method for minimizing microwave leakage into processing chamber of a microwave plasma system is provided. The method includes securing plasma traps to a plasma tube assembly, which is a cylindrical structure positioned upstream from the processing chamber and has ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8032923 | Cache techniques for URL rating A computer-implemented method for implementing URL (Uniform Resource Locator) filtering is disclosed. The method includes receiving an access request for a webpage from a client, the access request being transmitted from a gateway device via a computer network and i... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8018856 | Director device with visual display arrangement and methods thereof A director device arrangement for performing a plurality of monitoring functions on data traffic traversing through a network is provided. The director device arrangement includes a power module, a processor module, a set of network ports, a set of switch modules, a... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010483 | Component-tracking system and methods therefor A system for facilitating plasma processing tool component management across plurality of tools is provided. The system includes means for receiving first component data for first plurality of components, including identification and usage history for a first plural... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000827 | Processing information management system in a plasma processing tool A plasma-processing tool for processing a substrate using at least a first process recipe and a second process recipe is provided. The plasma-processing tool includes transducers configured to collect process data streams, each process data stream pertaining to a pr... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996879 | Network deployment techniques employing radio frequency identification (RFID) A method for facilitating connection between an entity's network and a first electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, using an RFID (radio frequency identification) reader associated with the first electronic device, a first file from an RFID ta... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996681 | Methods for implementing color change frequency as image signature A method for performing electronic signature verification for an entity is provided. The method includes creating a signature card for the entity by analyzing color change frequency of an initial electronic signature image. The method also includes comparing a secon... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7994794 | Methods for measuring a set of electrical characteristics in a plasma Methods using a probe apparatus configured to measure a set of electrical characteristics in a plasma include providing a chamber wall including at least a set of plasma chamber surfaces configured to be exposed to a plasma, the plasma having a set of electrical cha... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7985688 | Notch stop pulsing process for plasma processing system A method for etching a substrate having a silicon layer in a plasma processing chamber having a bottom electrode on which the substrate is disposed on during etching. The method includes performing a main etch step. The method also includes terminating main etch ste... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983018 | Plasma processing system ESC high voltage control and methods thereof An arrangement for securing a wafer during substrate processing is provided. The arrangement includes a power supply and an electrostatic chuck (ESC). The ESC supports the wafer and includes a positive and a negative terminal. A positive high voltage is provided to ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7977123 | Arrangements and methods for improving bevel etch repeatability among substrates A method, performed in connection with bevel etching of a substrate, for improving bevel-etch repeatability among substrates, is disclosed. The method includes providing an optical arrangement and ascertaining at least one bevel edge characteristic of a bevel edge o... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976673 | RF pulsing of a narrow gap capacitively coupled reactor An apparatus for providing a plasma etch of a layer over a wafer is provided. A capacitively coupled process chamber is provided. A gas source is provided. A first and a second electrode are provided within the process chamber. A first radio frequency power source i... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971258 | Methods and arrangement for efficiently detecting and removing malware A method for detecting malware in a computer that employs a production operating system during normal use is provided. The method includes activating on the computer a first operating system while the production operating system is dormant and ascertaining at least ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969948 | Method for implementing HSDPA for TD-SCDMA The present invention discloses a method for implementing multi-carrier HSDPA for TD-SCDMA system, comprises: establishing a multi-carrier cell at the network side, wherein multiple carrier resources in the multi-carrier cell being managed and allocated as a whole a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959984 | Methods and arrangement for the reduction of byproduct deposition in a plasma processing system In a plasma processing system, a method of reducing byproduct deposits on a set of plasma chamber surfaces of a plasma processing chamber is disclosed. The method includes providing a deposition barrier in the plasma processing chamber, the deposition barrier is con... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7953984 | Enhanced malware detection utilizing transparently integrated searching A computer-implemented method detecting malware that includes providing a malware detection application and providing a search engine, the search engine being configured to receive data and commands from the malware detection application and to return data pertainin... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7945586 | Methods and apparatus to protect data A computer-implemented method for providing protection for a data file is disclosed. The method includes employing allowable location information to control access to information of the data file, wherein the allowable location information is associated with the dat... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942166 | Devices for delivering gas A device for delivering gas is disclosed. The device may include a chamber and a guide. The chamber may include a set of input openings for receiving the gas and an output opening for providing the gas. The set of input openings may include a first hole and a second... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7933231 | Configuration of devices using layer 2 protocol Systems and methods for configuring a set of devices at layer 2 are disclosed. The configuration employs a deployment tool disposed at the computer and a deployment agent disposed at the devices. Using DLTP (Data Layer Transport Protocol), network discovery and conf... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7909960 | Apparatus and methods to remove films on bevel edge and backside of wafer Improved mechanisms of removal of etch byproducts, dielectric films and metal films near the substrate bevel edge, and etch byproducts on substrate backside and chamber interior is provided to avoid the accumulation of polymer byproduct and deposited films and to im... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907260 | Collimator arrangements including multiple collimators and implementation methods thereof A method for optical interrogation of plasma during plasma processing in a plasma processing chamber is provided. The method includes providing an optical viewport. The method also includes providing a collimator arrangement. The collimator arrangement is configured... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904688 | Memory management unit for field programmable gate array boards The invention relates to methods and apparatus for offloading the workload from a computer system's CPU, memory and/or memory controller. Methods and apparatus for managing board memory on a FPGA board on behalf of applications executing in one or more FPGAs are dis... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903576 | Methods and arrangement for utilization rate display An arrangement in a network device for displaying statistical data pertaining to data traffic that traverses the network device is provided. The arrangement includes a power supply arrangement for providing power to circuitry of the network device. The arrangement a... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898984 | Enhanced communication network tap port aggregator arrangement and methods thereof An arrangement in a network device for facilitating at least one of multiple connection speeds with a network, active response between a monitoring device and an end-device, and power over Ethernet (POE) over a network is provided. As a facilitator of multiple conne... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895515 | Detecting indicators of misleading content in markup language coded documents using the formatting of the document A method for detecting indicators of misleading content in a markup language coded document is provided. The method includes extracting a set of tags from the markup language coded document. The method also includes combining tags to create a tag structure signature... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7886968 | Close-contact-confirm-then-communicate data exchange methods and apparatus Portable wireless devices and methods for conducting at least part of an electronic transaction with a target electronic device are disclosed. The portable wireless device includes a detector configured to ascertain whether the portable wireless device is in close p... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886091 | Methods and arrangements for performing desktop switching A method for creating a complete data path between a user interface device (UID) and a second system device. The UID is coupled to a first system device via a UID switch prior to creating the UID, the first system device, and the second device being coupled to the U... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7886043 | Hybrid method and apparatus for URL filtering Methods and apparatus for rating Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are disclosed. The method includes determining a request size pertaining to a length of the URL to be rated and for generating a rating request message containing the URL. The rating request message i... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885902 | Learning-based recommendation system incorporating collaborative filtering and feedback Computer-implemented methods for providing recommendations for a given user. The computer-implemented method employs some or all of machine learning, collaborative filtering, clustering, profile data from the given user, profile data from other users, feedback data ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882076 | Primary server architectural networking arrangement and methods therefor An arrangement for performing at least one of collecting and analyzing data from a tool cluster configured to process a set of substrates is provided. The arrangement includes a plurality of tools from which at least one tool of the plurality of tools has a chamber ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881886 | Methods for performing transient flow prediction and verification using discharge coefficients A method for determining an actual gas flow rate as gas flows through a gas flow delivery system is provided. The method includes sending the gas through the gas flow delivery system into a gas conduit, wherein a section of the gas conduit is widened to form an orif... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881457 | Apparatus and method of single-in-line embedded modem The invention is a compact embedded modem that meets global telephone standards with its interface constructed in a single-in-line form factor. The modem in single-in-line form factor, namely SIP modem, can be integrated into a host system through a single-in-line h... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873656 | Apparatus and methods to reduce proxy overhead in a gateway An arrangement within a gateway for evaluating a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) request. The gateway is configured to be organized into at least a kernel space and an application space during operation. The one or more drivers are configured to reside within the ker... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7865957 | Apparatus and methods for updating mobile device virus pattern data What is disclosed includes a method for updating virus pattern data in at least a mobile device for one or more anti-virus purposes. The method may include processing a virus pattern to generate one or more images. The method may also include providing the one or mo... | 01/04/2011 |
