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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.
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| 8182996 | Compositions and methods for detecting Four highly conserved genes, encoding translation elongation factor Tu, translation elongation factor G, the catalytic subunit of proton-translocating ATPase and the RecA recombinase, are used to generate species-specific, genus-specific, family-specific, group-spec... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7969641 | Device having power generating black mask and method of fabricating the same A power generating black mask comprising an anti-reflection layer deposited over a substrate, a first electrode layer deposited over the anti-reflection layer, a semi-conductor layer deposited over the first electrode layer and a second electrode layer deposited ove... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7917618 | Monitoring web site content Systems and methods for monitoring Web page content associated with processing a resource request are provided. A client computing device generates a sample image corresponding to a set of resources rendered in response to a resource request. A processing component,... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7897582 | Oligonucleotide compositions and methods for the modulation of the expression of B7 protein Compositions and methods for the treatment of asthma with oligonucleotides which specifically hybridize with nucleic acids encoding B7 proteins. ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890091 | Collaborative data and intelligent synchronization for mobile devices Embodiments of a system and method for copying data from a database to an intelligent mobile device are disclosed. One embodiment comprises a means to define a data linking schema, a means to selectively read data from a database based on this data linking schema, a... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889163 | Drive method for MEMS devices Embodiments of exemplary MEMS interferometric modulators are arranged at intersections of rows and columns of electrodes. In certain embodiments, the column electrode has a lower electrical resistance than the row electrode. A driving circuit applies a potential dif... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884989 | White interferometric modulators and methods for forming the same An iterferometric modulator array is configured to reflect a broad band spectrum of optical wavelengths by arranging a reflector and a partially transparent substrate in a non-parallel relationship. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7870550 | Systems and methods for automated management of software application deployments Systems and methods for managing a deployment of a software application are disclosed. One system comprises a machine-readable repository of rules describing problems associated with the software application, a monitoring component that collects state metrics from t... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869588 | System and method for providing particularized audible alerts A system and method of generating at least two distinctive auditory alerts upon receiving a transmission or telephone call at a device is described. Data indicative of a first plurality of sounds corresponding to a user of a device configured to receive the transmis... | 01/11/2011 |
| D625800 | Roof vent for composition roof | 10/19/2010 |
| 7788536 | Automated detection of problems in software application deployments A system for monitoring and analyzing the operation of a deployment of a software application is disclosed. The system includes a monitoring component, a repository that stores a plurality of rules, and an analysis engine. The monitoring component collects data valu... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7754498 | Self-encoding sensor with microspheres A microsphere-based analytic chemistry system is disclosed in which self-encoding microspheres having distinct characteristic optical response signatures to specific target analytes may be mixed together while the ability is retained to identify the sensor type and ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7728868 | System and method of providing real-time dynamic imagery of a medical procedure site using multiple modalities A system and method of providing composite real-time dynamic imagery of a medical procedure site from multiple modalities which continuously and immediately depicts the current state and condition of the medical procedure site synchronously with respect to each moda... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7679627 | Controller and driver features for bi-stable display The invention comprises systems and methods for controller and driver features for displays, and in particular, controller and driver features that relate to displays with bi-stable display elements. In one embodiment, such a display includes at least one driving ci... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7667884 | Interferometric modulators having charge persistence An iterferometric modulator is formed having a dielectric with charge persistence. The interferometric modulator is addressed by a method making advantageous use of the charge persistence property, wherein the interferometric modulator is pre-charged in such a way t... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7632641 | Hybridization chain reaction The present invention relates to the use of nucleic acid probes to identify analytes in a sample. In the preferred embodiments, metastable nucleic acid monomers are provided that associate in the presence of an initiator nucleic acid. Upon exposure to the initiator,... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7622294 | Methods for detecting target analytes and enzymatic reactions A microsphere-based analytic chemistry system and method for making the same is disclosed in which microspheres or particles carrying bioactive agents may be combined randomly or in ordered fashion and dispersed on a substrate to form an array while maintaining the ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7612020 | Composite arrays utilizing microspheres with a hybridization chamber The invention relates to sensor compositions comprising a composite array of individual arrays, to allow for simultaneous processing of a number of samples. The invention further provides methods of making and using the composite arrays. The invention further provid... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7601608 | Memory array buried digit line A method of forming a buried digit line is disclosed. Sacrificial spacers are formed along the sidewalls of an isolation trench, which is then filled with a sacrificial material. One spacer is masked while the other spacer is removed and an etch step into the substr... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7595186 | Cytotoxin-based biological containment Method of conditionally controlling the survivability of a recombinant cell population and of containing such cells to an environment or containing replicons to a host cell is based on the use of proteic killer systems including E. coli relBE locus and simila... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7595185 | Cytotoxin-based biological containment Method of conditionally controlling the survivability of a recombinant cell population and of containing such cells to an environment or containing replicons to a host cell is based on the use of proteic killer systems including the E. coli relBE locus and si... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7592440 | Methods of obtaining active antisense compounds Methods for obtaining antisense oligonucleotides with activity against a desired target are provided. Methods of identifying oligonucleotide sequence motifs which are predictive of antisense oligonucleotide activity are provided, as are motifs identified according t... | 09/22/2009 |
| D600223 | Susceptor ring | 09/15/2009 |
| 7572886 | Death associated proteins, and THAP1 and PAR4 pathways in apoptosis control The invention relates to genes and proteins of the THAP (THanatos (death)-Associated Protein) family comprising a THAP domain, and their use in diagnostics, treatment of disease, and in the identification of molecules for the treatment of disease. The invention also... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7563576 | Combinatorial decoding of random nucleic acid arrays The invention provides methods and compositions for combinatorially decoding arrays. ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7545094 | Organic light emitting display with frit seal An organic light emitting display device includes a first substrate, an array of organic light emitting pixels formed on the substrate, a second substrate opposing the first substrate. A frit seal interconnects the first and second substrates and surrounds the array... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7514366 | Methods for forming shallow trench isolation A method of depositing dielectric material into sub-micron spaces and resultant structures is provided. After a trench is etched in the surface of a wafer, a silicon nitride barrier is deposited into the trench. The silicon nitride layer has a high nitrogen content ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7501171 | Optical information recording medium An optical information recording medium has light interference layers including a recording layer on a substrate. The recording layer includes an organic dye and a photostabilizer which is, for example, the compound of formula 1 ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7497827 | Transcutaneous analyte sensor The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host. ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7477122 | Loop type coil parts One inventive aspect relates to a low back type loop type coil part which may facilitate confirmation of quality of soldering. The loop type coil part comprises a core including a spool arranged vertically to a mounting side and a plate-like flange provided at an en... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7451637 | Method of evaluating contact characteristics, and computer product A method of evaluating contact characteristics of an object having a roughness includes setting geometric shape data for the roughness; creating a roughness model and a structure model that comes in contact with the roughness, based on the geometric shape data set; ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7435793 | Peptides that induce chondrocyte redifferentiation The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431809 | Electrode for a cathodic protection device An electrode for a cathodic protection device that has one or more electrode bodies formed of a conductive wire. The electrode includes a pair of films made of an insulating material which are bonded to each other while sandwiching the electrode body therebetween. P... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7390879 | Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7377936 | Retrievable septal defect closure device The present invention provides a septal defect closure device (10) having a first occluding disk (30) having a first flexible membrane (32) attached to a first frame (34) and a second occluding disk (20) having a second flexible me... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7330615 | Wavelength selective optical switch A wavelength selective optical switch particularly usable as a programmable N×M optical switch in a multi-wavelength communication system. The switch uses a grating that separates multi-channel optical signals into a plurality of optical channels, and combines a pl... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323217 | Method for making an optical interference type reflective panel An optical-interference type reflective panel and a method for making the same are disclosed, wherein the display panel has a substrate on which multiple supporting layers are firstly formed. Then, a plurality of first conductive optical film stacks, spacing layers ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7267661 | Non-magnetic medical infusion device Liquid infusion apparatus includes non-magnetic materials in a pumping structure and drive motor therefor, and in a controller that supplies drive signals to the motor to facilitate convenient operation in intense magnetic fields without distorting the magnetic fiel... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7233251 | Electronic termite detector A device (10) for detecting the presence of light averse insects, such as termites, is in the form of a peg (11) having a cavity (14) into which termites may enter when the peg is installed in the ground or other area where the presence of termi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232060 | Point of sale devices for converting promissory transactions into debit transactions Systems and methods are provided for using a point of sale device to obtain authorization from a customer to convert the customer's promissory transaction to a direct debit transaction. In an embodiment, the point-of-sale device prints an authorization form for the ... | 06/19/2007 |
