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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7502458 | System and method for call routing through a data network In some embodiments, the present invention provides a distributed monitoring, evaluation and routing (“DiMER”) system capable of active management of data network-based telephony. Such a system, and data network-based telephony incorporating the same, advantageo... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7446227 | Process for preparation of 5H-dibenzo[a,d] cycloheptene derivatives A process for preparation of protriptyline hydrochloride from 5-dihydrobenzocycloheptatriene of formula (1) by coupling with chloropropyl alcohol in the presence of excess n-butyl Lithium in tetrahydrofuran under inert atmosphere, followed by preparation of mesylate... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444525 | Methods and apparatus for reducing leakage current in a disabled SOI circuit Methods and apparatus provide for enabling a digital circuit by biasing at least one switch transistor ON such that a voltage potential of a virtual ground node is substantially equal to a voltage potential of a ground node for a power supply to the digital circuit,... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437909 | Oscillatory measurement device with visual recorder An oscillatory measurement system is disclosed that includes a visual recorder for detecting irregularities such as bubbles in a fluid to be measured. Techniques are provided for scanning the recorder across the oscillatory tube. ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440179 | SOA-MZI device fault isolation The method of isolating faults internal to, for example, from tonic integrated circuits by diverting a portion of certain input and output signals to integrated photo detectors. By analyzing the admitted optical signal in each of plural photo detectors, falls within... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440577 | Methods and apparatus for automatic mixing of audio signals Methods and apparatus for automatically mixing a plurality of audio channels by adjusting respective gains of the audio channels using a control signal based on an aggregate of input levels of respective audio signals of the audio channels; and reducing the gain of ... | 10/21/2008 |
| D578563 | Guitar headstock | 10/14/2008 |
| 7423900 | Methods and apparatus for low power SRAM using evaluation circuit Methods and apparatus provide for controlling an SRAM memory, the SRAM memory including a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array of rows (word lines) and columns (bit lines), including: mirroring logic values of at least one of the bit lines to a global bit ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420721 | Oscillation scan mirror with magnetic retaining force acting between the holder and shaft to prevent relative tilt between shaft and bearings An improved oscillation scan mirror assembly comprises a shaft, a holder having a bearing with a bearing surface supporting the holder on the shaft, a scan mirror secured to the holder. The holder and therefore the mirror are oscillatable around the shaft under an o... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409570 | Multiprocessor system for decrypting and resuming execution of an executing program after transferring the program code between two processors via a shared main memory upon occurrence of predetermined condition One or more processors within a computing system and the processor(s)' associated local memories may be operatively connected to a main memory enabling data transfer between the main memory and the local memories, in which the computing system can carry out actions ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404022 | Method and system for transmission and control of data stored in a USB master to and for utilization by a USB slave The present invention concerns a method and a system for data transmission and control based on Universal Serial Bus (USB). The system comprises a USB Master device and a USB Slave device. The USB Master device comprises a USB Master processor and a Data Storage con... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401738 | Apparatus for reading a color symbol The present invention provides an apparatus for reading a color symbol, which comprises a matrix of color filters arranged in front of a detector. Light received from the filters of some colors is used to locate the color symbol, while light received from all the fi... | 07/22/2008 |
| D572302 | Guitar headstock | 07/01/2008 |
| 7395411 | Methods and apparatus for improving processing performance by controlling latch points Methods and apparatus provide for performing pre-execution processes to prepare instructions of an instruction set for further processing; executing the instructions in a pipeline of execution stages using digital logic for processing data in accordance with the ins... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389926 | Camera module and method of assembling same An image capture device and method of assembling same is disclosed which provides an improved technique of mounting a CMOS detector and also isolates the optics for image capture from the optics for illumination, thereby simplifying the adjustment process. An exempl... | 06/24/2008 |
| D571009 | Trocar | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386687 | Methods and apparatus for managing a shared memory in a multi-processor system Methods and apparatus provide for associating memory allocation table (MAT) entries with nodes in a binary tree such that the nodes and the entries are grouped into hierarchical levels, each entry including status information; associating the nodes and the entries w... | 06/10/2008 |
| D570644 | Corer handle | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383268 | Indexing technique for an efficient best-pattern matched lookup An indexing system in a database comprises plural levels, each representing one digit in a key of a data string and having an instruction for each constituent element at said represented digit of the key. The instruction includes one of: i) moving on to check a next... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7360806 | Methods and apparatus for facilitating security and tamper control An apparatus includes: a wire having a proximal end and a distal end; and a body being fixedly coupled to the proximal of the wire and having at least two apertures, each aperture for receiving and locking the distal end of the wire at different times such that when... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360704 | Scan engine with guiding light beams A method for reading symbols having data identifying characteristics is provided. The method includes the steps of: providing a nose portion that forms part of a symbol capture device. The nose portion has a plurality of spaced apart light sources that are adapted t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356734 | Method and apparatus for creating a backup of data of from multiple sources A method and apparatus for data backup is disclosed in which prior to actually performing a backup operation from a subscriber computer, the backup server device checks a specified server to determine if parts of the subscriber data to be backed up can be backed up ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354000 | Method and system for sensing a barcode A method and system used in the barcode sensing process are disclosed, in which at least two instances of an optical signal are obtained from the same barcode in different time periods, and digitized by a first digitizer with a first threshold. The digitized results... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7346569 | Method and apparatus for producing time variant asset allocation Methods and/or apparatus are contemplated for establishing a plurality of investments in a portfolio among which an allocation of assets is to be made; establishing one or more factors to be associated with the plurality of investments, at least one of the factors h... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344620 | Ultrasonic sonotrode An ultrasonic sonotrode for irradiating ultrasonic energy into fluid or pasty media, wherein the ultrasonic sonotrode in the longitudinal direction (z) includes: a coupling section for coupling an active ultrasonic system which excites longitudinally in the longitud... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338160 | Contact lens with shaped periphery Eye measurements taken on a patient being fitted for contact lens will include a refraction test and an additional measurement representing corneal depth variation on the surface of an imaginary cylinder having the same diameter as the lens. This information then us... | 03/04/2008 |
| D563547 | Lung simulator | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337387 | Intercepting document data from a spooler and using the data to retrieve related information from a data base to modify the document An improved document generation tool which intercepts data from a print spool and utilizes that data in conjunction with the database to cause certain changes to the final printed data. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331525 | Cradle/polygon scanner A dual mode cradle, base station having a re-charging mode and a transmitting mode for wireless communication with a remote device and recharging a handheld scanning device is provided. The dual mode cradle, base station includes a transmitting subunit for wirelessl... | 02/19/2008 |
| D561240 | Guitar hole | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319555 | Integrated performance monitoring, performance maintenance, and failure detection for photonic regenerators Monitoring of the input power is performed on-chip and is used to monitor and maintain performance, detect failure and trigger network protection strategies. An optical power-monitoring technique uses a photodetector monolithically integrated with the semiconductor ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311262 | Method of decoding a symbol with a low contrast A method for encoding a symbol such as a barcode with a finder of a known pattern, comprises steps of determining a potential point on the finder edge and tracing and verifying a path representing the finder edge by checking the color of each point on the path again... | 12/25/2007 |
| D558206 | Handheld scanner | 12/25/2007 |
| D557632 | Buckle | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306154 | Barcode scanning system with a compensation circuit A barcode scanning system is provided, which comprises an amplitude compensation circuit to change the amplitude of signals corresponding to each location on the barcode such that all the signals have the same amplitude. The changing of the amplitude may be determin... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306740 | Fat collection and preparation system and method System and methods for collecting and preparing fat for autologous fat transplantation. The system includes a centrifuge, syringes, and filtering and transferring assemblies coupled with the syringes. Substances, including oil, fat, and denser substances (tumescent ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7301385 | Methods and apparatus for managing clock skew An apparatus is disclosed which includes a signal generator providing a first signal having a first frequency; a clock tree operative to propagate the first signal to at least one clock mesh of the apparatus; and a final buffer operative to receive the first signal,... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293927 | Carabiner writing instrument A carabiner-type attachment for writing instruments in which the carabiner-type attachment device is attached to the side of said writing instrument or the cap therefor. The attachment device is preferably in the form of a carabiner in which at least a portion of th... | 11/13/2007 |
| D555191 | Guitar headstock | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291809 | Soldering iron and method of manufacturing same A soldering iron provided with a soldering tip that melts solder at a distal end, having inside said soldering tip a substantially cylindrical insertion fit recess portion extending from a proximal end of the soldering tip to the distal end, opening at the proximal ... | 11/06/2007 |
