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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7943346 | Probes and primers for detection of bacterial pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes The present invention relates to methods for universal bacterial detection, for specific detection of the common bacterial pathogens, and for specific detection of commonly encountered and clinically relevant bacterial antibiotic resistance genes directly from clini... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941593 | Systems and methods for providing nonvolatile memory management in wireless phones The present invention is related to memory management, and in particular, to methods and systems for accessing and managing nonvolatile, such as in a wireless phone. A wireless phone memory controller is disclosed that, comprises a first interface circuit configured... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941199 | Sepsis monitor Sensors are attached to a living being so as to generate corresponding sensor signals. A monitor is in communications with the sensors so as to derive physiological parameters responsive to the sensor signals. Predetermined limits are applied to the physiological pa... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941005 | Information processing apparatus and resolution enhancement processing control program According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an image quality improvement processing module which applies first image quality improvement processing for image quality enhancement to each of corresponding pixels in the temporary high-reso... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939837 | LED luminaire A modular light emitting diode (LED) mounting configuration is provided including a light source module having a plurality of pre-packaged LEDs arranged in a serial array. The module is connected to a heat dissipating plate configured to mount to an electrical junct... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939059 | Method for the generation of antigen-specific lymphocytes The invention provides systems and methods for the generation of lymphocytes having a unique antigen specificity. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides methods of virally infecting cells from bone marrow with one or more viral vectors that encode antigen... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938978 | Method of manufacturing stamper According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a stamper includes forming a first stamper from a master plate having lands and grooves through electroforming, forming a second stamper, a width of which is GW, from the first stamper through electro... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938740 | Golf club head A hollow golf club head with a concave portion is disclosed and claimed. The club head includes a metallic portion and a light-weight portion, which may be formed of plastic, composite, or the like. The concave portion allows the club designer to make a club head ha... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937781 | Sink stopper assembly A multi-function device for stoppering and cleaning sinks is provided. The device includes a sink stopper base, a handle, and a scoop extending from the base. The scoop has a curved body and two parallel opposing side edges and a lower edge extending between. Each s... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937421 | Systems and methods for restriping files in a distributed file system Systems and methods for restriping files distributed among a set of smart storage units, wherein data blocks for a particular stripe do not typically need to be located at any particular location on the storage units, wherein data can be typically restriped among th... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937277 | Systems and methods for workflow processing Systems and methods for processing a workflow are disclosed. Certain embodiments allow prescreened data to be inserted into a workflow. A user's interpretation of prescreened data can be compared with previously obtained characteristics, enabling the user's interpre... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937128 | Cyanotic infant sensor A pulse oximetry sensor comprises emitters configured to transmit light having a plurality of wavelengths into a fleshy medium. A detector is responsive to the emitted light after absorption by constituents of pulsatile blood flowing within the medium so as to gener... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936565 | Electronic apparatus and flexible printed wiring board According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a circuit board accommodated in the hosing and including a first surface and a second surface located on an opposite side to the first surface, a flexible printed wiring board having an elastic... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936282 | Apparatus and method for controlling moving vehicles Apparatus for controlling vehicles, particularly for security purposes, law enforcement and fleet management, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a car unit (CU) permanently mounted in the vehicles, which transmits vehicle identification (ID) an... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936279 | Apparatus and method of illuminating indicator lights Embodiments include systems and methods of illuminating indicator lights. For example, one embodiment includes an apparatus for indicating status of an electrical device. The apparatus includes a housing configured to be attached to an electrical device, an electric... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935555 | Method and system for sealing a substrate A method of sealing a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device from ambient conditions is described. The MEMS device is formed on a substrate and a substantially hermetic seal is formed as part of the MEMS device manufacturing process. The method may include form... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637250 | Water sports board | 05/03/2011 |
| D637249 | Water sports board | 05/03/2011 |
| D637160 | HDMI cable connector | 05/03/2011 |
| D637159 | HDMI cable connector | 05/03/2011 |
| D637158 | HDMI cable connector | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933818 | Service for automatically detecting and responding to transition events that occur during browsing of an electronic catalog An electronic catalog system includes automated processes for detecting and handling specific types of browsing events, such as non-conversion events in which users browse but fail to purchase specific items. In one embodiment, when a user engages in a threshold lev... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933801 | Ad server system with click fraud protection An ad server system takes into consideration information about a user who clicks on an ad in determining whether to charge the advertiser for the click event, and/or in determining an amount to charge the advertiser. In one embodiment, unless the user is recognized,... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933472 | System for remotely generating and distributing DICOM-compliant media volumes A system for generating digital image media volumes includes a digital image terminal for receiving, processing, and transmitting digital image data, and being adapted for processing the digital image data into one or more discrete DICOM-standard data objects. The s... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933088 | Disk drive having a disk of discrete-track media type According to one embodiment, a disk drive has a DTM type disk. The DTM type disk has a servo area on one recording surface. In the servo area, a servo pattern is recorded. The servo pattern is composed of a projection-depression pattern and an N- and P-pole magnetic... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932221 | Solvent for cleaning A solvent for cleaning that offers particularly superior results for cleaning pigment-dispersed photosensitive resin compositions used for forming color filters and black matrix patterns. The solvent for cleaning has a hydrogen bonding parameter (δH) amo... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932013 | Pattern coating material and pattern forming method There are provided a coating material which improves an etching resistance of a pattern in an etching process using a pattern formed on a substrate as a mask. The material is a pattern coating material for an etching process using a pattern formed on a substr... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930231 | System for and method of risk minimization and enhanced returns in an intellectual capital based venture investment The disclosure relates to an investment risk minimization system involving a venture capital investor and a venture needing investment from the venture capital investor. In such a system, an exemplary method can include providing an investment to a venture having an... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930218 | Personalized promotion of new content A facility for presenting information about new items, such as new items available via a web site is described. The facility receives a request for information submitted on behalf of an identified user. In processing the request, the facility accesses a set of items... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930193 | Systems and methods for workflow processing Systems and methods for processing a workflow are disclosed. Certain embodiments allow prescreened data to be inserted into a workflow. A user's interpretation of prescreened data can be compared with previously obtained characteristics, enabling the user's interpre... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929810 | Method and apparatus for photograph finding Digital image data including discrete photographic images of a variety of different subjects, times, and so forth, are collected and analyzed to identify specific features in the photographs. In an embodiment of the invention, distinctive markers are distributed to ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929615 | Video processing apparatus According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a first conversion module configured to execute up-conversion processing on a section of video data, a display module configure to enlarge a moving image of the section of the video data subjected to... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929392 | Optical disk apparatus and optical disk processing method According to one embodiment, an optical disk apparatus is provided with a read section which reads data from an optical disk to output read information, a determination section which determines presence/absence of an error of the read information to output an error ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928781 | Fast measurement initialization for memory Systems and methods for synchronization of clock signals are disclosed. In a feedback system such as a delay-lock loop circuit, delays to be applied can be determined adaptively based on a phase difference between a reference signal and a clock signal being delayed.... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927068 | Expandable impeller pump An impeller includes a hub, and a plurality of blades supported by the hub, the blades being arranged in at least two blade rows. The impeller has a deployed configuration in which the blades extend away from the hub, and a stored configuration in which at least one... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927014 | X-ray diagnostic imaging system with a plurality of coded markers Embodiments of an X-ray diagnostic imaging system comprise a plurality of coded 2D and/or 3D markers associated with surfaces of system components. The position and coding of at least some of the coded markers can be determined by a position detection system. In som... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925828 | Magnetic disk drive refreshing data written to disk and data refreshment method applied to magnetic disk drive According to one embodiment, a disk has a set of tracks thereon. A controller performs refresh control for reading data by a head from a track on the disk to be refreshed and for writing the read data by the head to a spare track adjacent to the track from which the... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925546 | Services for increasing the utility of electronic wish lists Various computer-implemented services are disclosed for increasing the utility of electronic wish lists, and for assisting users in making gift purchases. One such service automatically notifies a user when an item being accessed in an electronic catalog is on, or i... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924113 | Integrated front-end passive equalizer and method thereof A passive equalizer circuit incorporated at a front-end of an integrated receiver circuit uses passive components that are distributed between inside and outside of an integrated circuit package. The passive equalizer circuit has off-chip components that are placed ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923192 | Base material for pattern-forming material, positive resist composition and method of resist pattern formation A base material for a pattern-forming material, a positive resist composition, and a method of resist pattern formation that are capable of forming a high resolution pattern with reduced levels of LER. The base material includes a low molecular weight compound (X1),... | 04/12/2011 |
