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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7944222 | Eliminating inline positional errors for four-point resistance measurement Calculating resistance correction factors includes contacting the arms of a four-arm probe with a test sample; selecting a first set of first and second arms and a second set of third and fourth arms; applying a first current from the first arm to the second arm of ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7535374 | Security cover A cover and method for protecting objects is provided. The cover includes a flexible sheet, wherein the sheet comprises a lower layer of a carbon fiber weave material; and an alarm module attached to the lower layer, wherein the alarm module comprises at least one s... | 05/19/2009 |
| D586464 | Epidural catheter fixation device | 02/10/2009 |
| 7485835 | Imaging system having a plurality of vortex lenses An imaging system is provided. An imaging system comprises a plurality of vortex lenses aligned to cover a field of view and produce multiple images of an area near a point source. ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486686 | Method and apparatus for scheduling data on a medium A bandwidth guaranteeing, BW, process transmits data from a first group of queues to a medium. When none of the queues of the first group wishes to transmit data via the bandwidth guaranteeing process, a weighted fair queuing process is provided for dividing any exc... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7481647 | Systems and methods for fabricating 3-D objects Systems and methods are disclosed for a platform to form a three-dimensional article from successively selectively solidified layers of a liquid medium which is solidifiable by application thereto of a prescribed energy. The platform can be coated or uncoated. The p... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7479844 | Method to improve characteristics of PIN diode switches, attenuators, and limiters by control of nodal signal voltage amplitude A method to improve characteristics of PIN diode switches, attenuators, and limiters via the control of nodal signal voltages by local impedance control. ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7480293 | Method and system for preventing deadlock in fibre channel fabrics using frame priorities A method and system for transmitting frames using a fibre channel switch is provided. The method includes, determining a frame's priority based on a hop count for the frame; placing a frame in a priority queue, where the priority queue is dedicated to frames having ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7477655 | Method and system for power control of fibre channel switches A method and system for controlling power consumption in a fiber channel switch element having a plurality of ports and plural links to communicate over a network is provided. The switch element includes, a power control module that is used to provide power to only ... | 01/13/2009 |
| D584505 | Device for holding bait tubes | 01/13/2009 |
| 7476100 | Guide apparatus and methods for making tooth positioning appliances A method for manipulating a three-dimensional model of a patient's teeth for making one or more tooth positioning appliances involves: forming at least one three-dimensional model of the patient's teeth; acquiring an initial digital data set representing at least pa... | 01/13/2009 |
| D584043 | Device for holding bait jars | 01/06/2009 |
| 7472789 | Container for transporting and processing three-dimensional dentition models A method of transporting and processing a set of three-dimensional dentition models includes (a) providing a container having an outer shell containing a shock-absorbing core, wherein the core defines a plurality of compartments each configured to hold one model in ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7475057 | System and method for user navigation A user profile based navigation system. The navigation system stores location centric information in a database associated with a user profile. Information from the database is provided to users based on a selected user profile, which modifies the types of data prov... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7471635 | Method and apparatus for test pattern generation A fibre channel switch element that can generate a character or frame based test pattern is provided. The switch element includes a buffer that can be coupled to a transmission protocol engine for sending and receiving data to and from a fibre channel network, where... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7472304 | Double data rate system An extendible timing architecture for an integrated circuit is disclosed. The extendible timing architecture provides metal programmable components for use with different operational clock frequencies. In some embodiments the architecture utilizes master/slave DLLs ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7471751 | Power and area efficient adaptive equalization Methods, apparatuses, and systems are presented for performing channel equalization comprising receiving a signal from a channel associated with inter-symbol interference, processing the received signal to effectively apply a plurality of linearly independent impuls... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7469267 | Method and system for host device event synchronization A method and system for transferring control information between a host and network processor is provided. The system includes, a snooping module that is coupled to a snooping memory bus; a network cache controller; a host process scheduler that communicates with th... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7467912 | Extendable draft platform with buoyancy column strakes In an Extendable Draft Platform including a deck, a plurality of buoyancy columns installed in column wells in the deck for movement from a raised position to a submerged position, and a heave plate on the bottom of the columns, each of the columns has an upper port... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7467914 | Apparatus and method for supporting a steel catenary riser An apparatus for supporting a steel catenary riser (SCR) from a floating structure having a keel includes a flexible support tube or keel sleeve through which the SCR passes. The support tube or keel sleeve includes a pivot mechanism that is lockably received in a r... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7468728 | Apparatus for controlling a virtual environment An apparatus for controlling an interactive virtual environment is disclosed. The apparatus comprises means for defining a virtual environment populated by objects, the objects comprising at least avatars and props, objects within the virtual environment may be dyna... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7466700 | LUN based hard zoning in fibre channel switches A method and system for implementing LUN based hard zoning in a fiber channel network is provided. A LUN field in a Fiber Channel SCSI command frame is compared with a list of LUNS that are allowed for a particular frame source; and the frame is forwarded if the LUN... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7466243 | System and method for passive wire detection A hardware system for passively detecting wires from a mobile transportation system is provided. The hardware system includes a main processor in the hardware system that uses plural commands to manage a preprocessor module and a linker module, wherein the pre-proce... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7466118 | Compensation of simple fibre optic Faraday effect sensors An electric current measurement device includes a housing defining first and second open ends sealed by first and second sealing means, respectively; a first optical fibre received in an aperture in the first sealing means and in optical communication with a first o... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7463646 | Method and system for fibre channel arbitrated loop acceleration A fibre channel switch element with an acceleration device that connects plural fibre channel devices in an arbitrated loop and monitors frames sent during a loop initialization process is provided. The acceleration device creates an AL_PA table selected by each fib... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461195 | Method and system for dynamically adjusting data transfer rates in PCI-express devices Method and system for configuring a PCI-Express device is provided. The method includes determining if a number of lanes supported by the PCI-Express device is equal to or greater than a number X, after a receiver is detected by the PCI-Express device; and setting a... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455662 | IV administration set identification system In an IV administration set including an IV solution container, a drip chamber having a hollow spike for introduction into the container, and an IV line having a port for delivering the IV solution to a patient, a system for identifying the components of the set inc... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457887 | Method and system for processing asynchronous event notifications Method and system for managing asynchronous event notifications (AENs) including comparing an AEN sequence number at a shared memory location with an AEN sequence number at a local memory location controlled by a application; acquiring an AEN from the shared memory,... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456787 | Beam-forming antenna with amplitude-controlled antenna elements A beam-forming antenna for transmission and/or reception of an electromagnetic signal having a given wavelength in a surrounding medium includes a transmission line electromagnetically coupled to an array of individually controllable antenna elements, each of which ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456779 | System and method for 3D radar image rendering A 3D rendered image of a radar-scanned terrain surface is provided from a radar return signal from the surface, wherein the return signal includes data indicative of azimuth, elevation, and range of a radar-illuminated area of the surface. The data are processed for... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455072 | Device for selectively regulating the flow rate of a fluid A device for regulating the flow rate of a fluid includes a housing containing a plurality of flow conduits fluidly connecting an inlet and an outlet, each of the flow conduits comprising a flow control tube (310, 312, 314) and a resiliently compressive occlu... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453802 | Method and apparatus for detecting and removing orphaned primitives in a fibre channel network A method and system for detecting orphaned CLS primitives in a fibre channel network having a fibre channel switch element coupled to an arbitrated loop is provided. The method includes, sending an OPN primitive to a switch element port's own AL_PA to open a connect... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7447618 | Method and system for ASIC simulation Method and system for testing an Application Specific Integrated Circuit is provided. The system includes, a simulator that interfaces with a host computer emulation module; and a virtual interface driver (“VID”) that interfaces with the host computer emulation ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447817 | Method and system for processing arbitration requests Method and system for arbitrating between plural arbitration requests is provided. The system includes a plurality of first stage arbiters that receive plural arbitration requests and a signal that indicates a previously granted request, wherein the first stage arbi... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447874 | Method and system for designing a flexible hardware state machine Method and system for performing hardware tasks using a hardware state machine and a processor is provided. The method includes, setting a breakpoint for a state machine state; running the processor in a parallel mode with the state machine; passing control to the p... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447778 | System and method for a shared I/O subsystem A computer system that includes a plurality of servers, and a shared I/O subsystem coupled to each of the servers and to one or more I/O interfaces. The shared I/O subsystem services I/O requests made by two or more of the servers. Each I/O interface may couple to a... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447197 | System and method of providing network node services A network node for processing messages transmitted via a network, the node including: a first circuit providing a processor-based node path; a second circuit, coupled to the first circuit, providing a switch-based node path; and a memory storing mapping information ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444737 | Method for manufacturing an antenna A method of manufacturing an antenna. First and second laminate stackups are provided. Each stackup comprises laminated layers of conductive and dielectric materials stacked together to form a multi-layer board. A heatsink is coupled to the first laminate stackup. A... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447224 | Method and system for routing fibre channel frames A method and system for transmitting frames using a fiber channel switch element is provided. The switch element includes a port having a receive segment and a transmit segment, wherein the fiber channel switch element determines if a port link has been reset; deter... | 11/04/2008 |
| D579012 | Wired keyboard with handset holder | 10/21/2008 |
