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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7521276 | Compliant terminal mountings with vented spaces and methods A method of making chip assemblies includes providing an in-process assembly including a semiconductor wafer, a wafer compliant structure overlying a front surface of the wafer and cavities, and terminals carried on the compliant structure adjacent the cavities and ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7415765 | Flange coupling and manufacturing method for the same An object of the present invention is to provide a flange coupling in which the height of a horizontal portion of an L-shaped pipe is made as small as possible. The present invention provides a flange coupling having a flange formed with an attaching bolt hole and a... | 08/26/2008 |
| D535497 | Audio video shelving unit | 01/23/2007 |
| 7115896 | Semiconductor structures for gallium nitride-based devices A nitride semiconductor is grown on a silicon substrate by depositing a few mono-layers of aluminum to protect the silicon substrate from ammonia used during the growth process, and then forming a nucleation layer from aluminum nitride and a buffer structure includi... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107599 | Recording medium driving device A driving device includes a holder movably carried by a chassis and adapted for transporting a disc cartridge that the holder holds between an insertion/ejection position and a loading position, and an ejection lever for ejecting the disc cartridge from the holder. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7087510 | Method of making bondable leads using positive photoresist and structures made therefrom A microelectronic component having a plurality of leads are formed at their tip end with bondable material using a process including a mask of positive photoresist material. The leads can be rendered peelable from the substrate by, for example, plasma undercutting t... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7045837 | Hardmask with high selectivity for Ir barriers for ferroelectric capacitor manufacturing The present invention provides a ferroelectric device relatively free of fences by using a hardmask having high etching selectivity relative to an underlying barrier layer. The present invention also includes a method for suppressing the fences clinging to the sidew... | 05/16/2006 |
| D515340 | Chair back | 02/21/2006 |
| 6986463 | Method and system of broadcasting item location A system and method for locating items includes broadcasting the descriptions of multiple product and their locations to remote devices. Preferably, the remote device compares the broadcasted products with pre-stored products, and displays any matches. ... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6965158 | Multi-layer substrates and fabrication processes Multi-layer components such as circuit panels are fabricated by connecting conductive features such as traces one two or more superposed substrates using leads extending through an intermediate dielectric layer. The leads can be closely spaced to provide a high dens... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6906422 | Microelectronic elements with deformable leads An element such as a semiconductor wafer or other body is provided with flexible leads, the tip ends of which project over the front surface of the element. The tips of the flexible leads are spaced apart from the front surface and are independently moveable with re... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6891572 | Video signal conversion processing apparatus and method A signal processing apparatus and method for up or down conversion of an interlace signal with a high degree of accuracy. The frequency of a write system clock supplied from a PLL circuit is divided by N by a dividing circuit and then multiplied by M by a multiplyin... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6881215 | Backbone osteosynthesis system with clamping means in particular for anterior fixing The invention concerns a backbone osteosynthesis system, in particular for anterior fixing comprising: an elongated linking element; a vertebral screw with a threaded head; a connector comprising two branches capable of being engaged onto the screw and clamping betw... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6877925 | Paint rolling system A paint roller having a reservoir for holding paint is disclosed. The paint roller has a handle, an outer section connected to the handle that has openings in it and an inner section with a plurality of openings that fits concentrically within the outer section. The... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6870272 | Methods of making microelectronic assemblies including compliant interfaces An assembly includes a structure, a plurality of terminals and a plurality of compliant pads disposed between said terminals and said structure. The terminals are aligned with at least some of said pads, with the pads providing a standoff between the structure and t... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6867065 | Method of making a microelectronic assembly A method of making a microelectronic assembly includes providing a dielectric layer including a first major face having a first adhesive, a second major face having a second adhesive, and a protective liner over the second adhesive, juxtaposing a plurality of microe... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6852648 | Semiconductor device having a low dielectric constant dielectric material and process for its manufacture A process for fabricating an integrated semiconductor device with a low dielectric constant material and an integrated semiconductor device with the low dielectric constant material interposed between two conductors is disclosed. The low dielectric constant material... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6847375 | Rendering process A value for expressing the fraction of the area occupied by a polygon within a pixel and a value for expressing the degree of transparency of the pixel are multiplied together for each pixel. The multiplied product is reset as the degree of transparency for each pix... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6846700 | Method of fabricating microelectronic connections using masses of fusible material A microelectronic assembly including elements such as a semiconductor chip and substrate has electrical connections between the elements incorporating fusible conductive metal masses. The fusible masses are surrounded and contained by a compliant material such as an... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6836593 | Optical fibre comprising a bragg grating and tunability means The invention concerns an optical device comprising an optical fiber including at least an integrated component, a support including two fixing zones wherein the optical fiber is fixed respectively at the two zones located on either side of the component. The invent... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6820330 | Method for forming a multi-layer circuit assembly A method of making a multi-layer circuit assembly includes providing a core structure including an inner dielectric element having first and second metal layers on opposite surfaces thereof, forming one or more through vias extending through the metal layers and the... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6803676 | Wireless controller and power supply method thereof A wireless controller is provided with at least two power supplies. The internal components of the controller are classified into at least two groups in accordance with the degrees of functional importance or the power consumptions of the components. The power suppl... | 10/12/2004 |
| D497187 | Bowling game | 10/12/2004 |
| 6795565 | Method to detect watermark resistant to resizing and translation A method of detecting a block-based watermark is provided. The method detects the location of the watermark within a frame of content data regardless of whether the watermark has been shifted or resized. ... | 09/21/2004 |
| D495758 | Crossbar for a cambering vehicle | 09/07/2004 |
| 6782117 | Method and apparatus to detect watermark that are resistant to arbitrary deformations A method and/or apparatus for detecting a watermark among a plurality of reproduced frames of data, the reproduced frames of data having been derived from respective original frames of data, includes the capability of: adding at least some of the reproduced frames o... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6647860 | Thin-walled brake diaphragm A fabric reinforced, resilient brake diaphragm for use in a fluid pressure operated braking system is provided. The diaphragm comprises an annular outer flange for engaging the housing of the braking system, a bottom planar wall having an interior surface... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6485911 | Methods for determining risk of developing alzheimer's disease by detecting mutations in the presenilin 2 (PS-2) gene The present invention describes the identification, isolation and cloning of two human presenilin genes, PS-1 and PS-2, mutations in which lead to Familial Alzheimer's Disease. Also identified are presenilin homologue genes in mice, C. elegans and D. mela... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6359335 | Method of manufacturing a plurality of semiconductor packages and the resulting semiconductor package structures A semiconductor chip packaging assembly comprising a frame having a central aperture, a flexible substrate attached to the frame across the central aperture, and a unitary support structure having a plurality of apertures therethrough attached to the subs... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6312314 | Guidewire position locator A guidewire position locator and a centerless grinder assembly including a guidewire position locator are disclosed. The guidewire position locator includes a plurality of optical sensors closely arranged to accurately detect the position of an elongate w... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6058409 | Computation apparatus and method A computation apparatus such as a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) apparatus which processes ordered sets of data in a computation unit (4, 24) operating according to a high-speed clock includes an input buffer (1, 21) arranged to accept data in synchronism w... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6045555 | Bone graft delivery system and method A surgical technique for the delivery of bone graft to a medullary canal and implantation of a prosthetic device includes placing bone graft into an elongate hollow tube and arranging a plunger having an elongate rod portion into the hollow tube. The holl... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6036426 | Wafer handling method and apparatus Wafer handling apparatus includes a plurality of holding stations arranged in an upstream-to-downstream order and devices to treat the wafers held at the stations. Cyclically operative wafer shifting devices engage the wafers, simultaneously remove the en... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5975288 | Humidity altering device A humidity altering device includes an impermeable housing confining a liquid absorbent element having a large capacity for holding a humectant liquid. The device is provided with at least one evaporation barrier which controls the rate of humectant liqui... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5948433 | Transdermal patch Transdermal patches are disclosed, including a backing layer, a liner layer, and a monolithic adhesive and drug-containing layer between the backing layer and the liner layer. The drug-containing adhesive layer includes polyisobutylene, a plasticizer for ... | 09/07/1999 |
