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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941019 | Monolithic pump block for optical amplifiers and associated method A method and apparatus use a photonic-crystal fiber having a very large core while maintaining a single transverse mode. In some fiber lasers and amplifiers having large cores problems exist related to energy being generated at multiple-modes (i.e., polygamy), and o... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939902 | Field effect transistor having source and/or drain forming schottky or schottky-like contact with strained semiconductor substrate The present invention is a field effect transistor having a strained semiconductor substrate and Schottky-barrier source and drain electrodes, and a method for making the transistor. The bulk charge carrier transport characteristic of the Schottky barrier field effe... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7924500 | Micro-structured fiber profiles for mitigation of bend-loss and/or mode distortion in LMA fiber amplifiers, including dual-core embodiments An apparatus and method for compensating for mode-profile distortions caused by bending optical fibers having large mode areas. In various embodiments, the invention micro-structures the index of refraction in the core and surrounding areas of the inner cladding fro... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922815 | System and method for epitaxial deposition of a crystal using a liquid-solvent fluidized-bed mechanism A system and method for growing diamond crystals from diamond crystal seeds by epitaxial deposition at low temperatures and atmospheric and comparatively low pressures. A solvent is circulated (by thermal convection and/or pumping), wherein carbon is added in a hot ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916951 | System and method for detecting and classifying objects in images, such as insects and other arthropods A color-based imaging system and method for the detection and classification of insects and other arthropods are described, including devices for counting arthropods and providing taxonomic capabilities useful for pest-management. Some embodiments include an image s... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915624 | III-nitride light-emitting devices with one or more resonance reflectors and reflective engineered growth templates for such devices, and methods A light emitter includes a first mirror that is an epitaxially grown metal mirror, a second mirror, and an active region that is epitaxially grown such that the active region is positioned at or close to, at least, one antinode between the first mirror and the secon... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7908340 | Methods and apparatus for providing coverage for sender of transmission data The present invention provides systems and methods which afford a technical application for insuring, bonding, and underwriting a transmission of a data set, streaming data, and/or document over the Internet through TCP/IP and all other electronic media such as WAP,... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901343 | Methods and apparatus for centrifuging dry solids The present invention provides a self-cleaning drying centrifuge for removing fluid from a concentrated particulate-filled fluid and peeling mostly dried particulate (solid) material from the centrifuge. In some embodiments, a high-efficiency centrifuge performs an ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7883536 | Hybrid optical-electrical probes An optical-signal vestibular-nerve stimulation device and method that provides different nerve stimulation signals to a plurality of different vestibular nerves, including at least some of the three semicircular canal nerves and the two otolith organ nerves. In some... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7877120 | Battery-operated wireless-communication apparatus and method A combined battery and wireless-communications apparatus and method. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a support, a first conductive layer deposited on a first surface area of the support, a thin-film battery including a cathode layer, a solid-state electr... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7876803 | High-power, pulsed ring fiber oscillator and method A ring laser includes a large-core rare-earth-doped fiber ring-connected with a free-space path having an electro-optic switch, output coupler, and intracavity band-pass filter to enforce lasing operation in narrow wavelength range. In some cavity-dumped modes, the ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7876498 | Pulse-energy-stabilization approach and first-pulse-suppression method using fiber amplifier In some embodiments, the present invention provides an apparatus and process wherein excess stored optical energy is removed from one or more stages in a fiber-amplifier, in order to stabilize the gain and obtain a constant level of energy per pulse. In some embodim... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7876495 | Apparatus and method for compensating for and using mode-profile distortions caused by bending optical fibers An apparatus and method for compensating for mode-profile distortions caused by bending optical fibers having large mode areas. In various embodiments, the invention micro-structures the index of refraction in the core and surrounding areas of the inner cladding fro... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872794 | High-energy eye-safe pulsed fiber amplifiers and sources operating in erbium's L-band An apparatus and that provide an optical-fiber amplifier having at least one erbium-doped fiber section and an optical pump coupled to the erbium-doped fiber section, wherein the apparatus is operable to amplify signal pulses to high energy in the erbium-doped fiber... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7872665 | Image capture and processing Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to capture a portion of an omniscopic or omni-stereo image using one or more image capture media. The media may be located substantially perpendicular to a converging ray originating at a viewpoint ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7866124 | Method and agricultural bagger with upper tunnel compaction An agricultural bagger apparatus and method for compacting feed into a horizontally deployed bag including a compression mechanism and an input hopper that receives agricultural feed. The hopper has a sloping wall and a lower end exit chute located to transfer the f... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7856451 | Selective file erasure using metadata modifications A process that ensures the virtual destruction of data files a user wishes to erase from a storage medium, such as a hard drive, flash drive, or removable disk. This approach is appropriate for managing custom distributions from a large file sets as it is roughly li... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7850778 | Apparatus and method for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom The present invention provides apparatus and methods for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom. In some embodiments, an interior-flow substrate includes a porous surface and one or more interior pa... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7842939 | Current-injecting/tunneling light-emitting device and method An apparatus and method for making it. Some embodiments include a light-emitting device having a light-emitting active region; a tunneling-barrier (TB) structure facing adjacent the active region; a TB grown-epitaxial-metal-mirror (TB-GEMM) structure facing adjacent... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7835608 | Method and apparatus for optical delivery fiber having cladding with absorbing regions Apparatus and method for distributed absorption of pump light over a length of delivery fiber that is, for example in some embodiments, fusion spliced to an end of a multiply clad gain fiber that has significant unused pump light at the end of the gain fiber. In som... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835068 | Photonic-crystal-rod optical amplifier with sealed-hole endcap and associated method A method and apparatus use a photonic-crystal fiber having a very large core while maintaining a single transverse mode. In some embodiments, the method and apparatus includes a photonic-crystal fiber or rod (PCF or PCR) optical device having a beam-expanding endcap... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7833793 | Method and device for monitoring inhibition of platelet function The invention provides a method of monitoring the response of platelets to a COX1 inhibitor such as aspirin. The method involves collecting platelet-containing mammalian blood treated with a COX1 inhibitor; mixing the blood with a COX1-dependent platelet agonist, su... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7830596 | Fiber-or rod-based optical source featuring a large-core, rare-earth-doped photonic-crystal device for generation of narrow-bandwidth high-power pulsed radiation and associated method A method and apparatus use a photonic-crystal fiber having a very large core while maintaining a single transverse mode. In some fiber lasers and amplifiers having large cores problems exist related to energy being generated at multiple-modes (i.e., polygamy), and o... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7826996 | Memory-daughter-card-testing apparatus and method A memory daughter card (MDC) is described, having a very high-speed serial interface and an on-card MDC test engine that allows one MDC to be directly connected to another MDC for testing purposes. In some embodiments, a control interface allows the test engine to b... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7821075 | CMOS device with zero soft error rate A CMOS device and method of manufacture is provided for producing an integrated circuit that is not susceptible to various soft errors such as single-event upsets, multi-bit upsets or single-event latchup. The CMOS device and method utilizes a new and novel well arc... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818420 | System and method for automatic remote notification at predetermined times or events The present invention provides a system and method for automatic remote notification that includes eliciting and receiving, into a server, triggering information from a client, wherein the triggering information includes specifications of a first communication to be... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7814269 | Method and system of externalising / internalising a data record that allow processing of part or all of the record A method of external data storage in a system including a primary processing device, having a processor and a primary data storage unit, adapted to run application programs for processing active records in the processor and configured to store data belonging to acti... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7796152 | Multi-dimensional imaging An apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may include receiving a plurality of left eye rays through a first plurality of separating facets of a lens at an image acquisition plane, and receiving a plurality of right eye rays through a second plu... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792166 | Apparatus and method for driving laser diodes Apparatus and method for driving laser diodes with electrical power in pulsed operation. Pulsed power, for example using pulse-width modulation, is applied through an inductor in one or more parallel regulator circuits having little or no output capacitance to provi... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7785139 | Electrical outlet having grounds-out receptacles and method The present invention provides a method, apparatus and means to address the problem of attempting to utilize two large power plugs with transformers, converters and/or 90 degree plugs simultaneously with one duplex power receptacle. This invention discloses a duplex... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7782527 | Multi-stage optical amplifier having photonic-crystal-rod waveguides and non-photonic-crystal optical fiber interconnects and associated method A method and apparatus use a photonic-crystal fiber having a very large core while maintaining a single transverse mode. In some fiber lasers and amplifiers having large cores problems exist related to energy being generated at multiple-modes (i.e., polygamy), and o... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7774719 | System and method for conducting online visual identification of a person The present invention provides a method and system for preventing unsolicited bulk email (UBE). Spammers sending UBE typically capitalize on the weakness of SMTP. The present invention affixes a subscriber key value to the local part of an email address. The email a... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7773209 | Method and apparatus for parts manipulation, inspection, and replacement Improved method and apparatus for machine vision. One embodiment provides automated imaging and analysis, optionally including Scheimpflug's condition on the pattern projector, telecentric imaging and projecting, an IR filter, a mask to constrain observed illuminati... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769503 | Aircraft engine management for fuel conservation A method includes controlling an aircraft during descent, and controlling the engine pressure ratio of a jet engine so that the engine has a substantially equal pressure at the exhaust, and at the front of the engine during the descent. ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7768700 | Method and apparatus for optical gain fiber having segments of differing core sizes Apparatus and method for amplifying laser signals using segments of fibers of differing core diameters and/or differing cladding diameters to suppress amplified spontaneous emission and non-linear effects such as four-wave mixing (FWM), self-phase modulation, and st... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7760976 | Method and system for pointing a laser beam Apparatus and method for directing a laser beam at an object. Some embodiments include generating direction-control information, based on the direction-control information, directing laser energy into a first fiber at a first end of a first fiber bundle during a fir... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7751118 | Method and apparatus for ultra-violet-wavelength laser-induced fluorescence (UV-LIF) using optical output from a photonic-crystal rod A method and apparatus use a photonic-crystal fiber having a very large core while maintaining a single transverse mode. In some fiber lasers and amplifiers having large cores problems exist related to energy being generated at multiple-modes (i.e., polygamy), and o... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7744793 | Apparatus and method for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom The present invention provides apparatus and methods for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom. In some embodiments, an interior-flow substrate includes a porous surface and one or more interior pa... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7739338 | System and method for encoding and verifying the identity of a sender of electronic mail and preventing unsolicited bulk email The present invention provides a method and system for preventing unsolicited bulk email (UBE). Spammers sending UBE typically capitalize on the weakness of SMTP. The present invention affixes a subscriber key value to the local part of an email address. The email a... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7736382 | Apparatus for optical stimulation of nerves and other animal tissue A nerve-stimulation device and method using light to provide a source of precise stimulation on one or more nerve fibers. In some embodiments, this simulation is provided through a device and method wherein a laser- or LED-light-generating source is operatively coup... | 06/15/2010 |
