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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157983 | Composite anode for cathodic protection The galvanic cathodic protection of steel embedded in concrete structures is enhanced by the utilization of a flexible composite anode assembly containing a sacrificial anode member. The anode member is at least partially covered by a matrix comprising an ionically-... | 04/17/2012 |
| PP22219 | Interspecific hybrid dogwood tree designated ‘KF 111-1’ An advanced generation interspecific hybrid of Cornus kousa and C. florida that is distinguished by its exceptionally high vigor, attractive foliage, very floriferous display of white floral bracts, high level of winter hardiness, tolerance of drought ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7813733 | Forced roaming to avoid interference In a wireless network in which a client has access to multiple Access Points the client usually attaches to one of the Access Points (AP) and stays attached even though signal transmission is impaired, whereas transmission would not be impaired if the client attache... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7792873 | Data structure supporting random delete and timer function A procedure is used to provide data structures that handle large numbers of active data entries and a high rate of additions and deletions of active entries. The procedure utilizes one or more of the following modifications. Timers are removed from individual sessio... | 09/07/2010 |
| PP21170 | Male hybrid plant ‘NJ953’ A hybrid male asparagus plant (Asparagus officinalis) denoted ‘NJ953’ has many desirable traits including vigorous plant growth, high yield, attractive spear morphology, good resistance to rust (Puccinia asparagi) and good field tolerance to... | 07/20/2010 |
| PP21066 | Male hybrid plant ‘NJ977’ A male asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) hybrid denoted ‘NJ977’. The plant has many desirable traits including vigorous plant growth, high yield, good resistance to rust (Puccinia asparagi) and good field tolerance to asparagus root a... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7702630 | Longest prefix match lookup using hash function A method and apparatus are used for finding the longest prefix match in a variable length prefix search when searching a direct table within a routing table structure of a network processor. The search through the routing table structure is expedited by hashing a fi... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7685373 | Selective snooping by snoop masters to locate updated data A system and structure for snooping cache memories of several snooping masters connected to a bus macro, wherein each non-originating snooping master has a cache memory, and wherein some, but less than all the cache memories, may have the data requested by an origin... | 03/23/2010 |
| PP20804 | Interspecific hybrid plant designated ‘Spartan’ A new and distinct variety of evergreen shrub holly distinguished in that it combines from three species (Ilex rugosa, I. integra, and I. pernyi), as well as exhibiting desirable landscape and production traits which distinguish it from other forms of ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7646839 | Unified digital architecture A unified, unidirectional serial link is described for providing data across wired media, such as a chip-to chip or a card-to-card interconnect. It consists of a transmit section and a receive section that are operated as pairs to allow the serial data communication... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7584921 | Shredding apparatus and method of clearing land A shredding apparatus utilizes a cylindrical drum adapted for quickly and effectively clearing large tracts of land. Several blocks are positioned in two spiral rows on the periphery of the drum and are secured to the drum by welding. The blocks in each row are spac... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7579644 | Adjustable on-chip sub-capacitor design One or more on-chip VNCAP or MIMCAP capacitors utilize a variable MOS capacitor to improve the uniform capacitance value of the capacitors. This permits the production of silicon semiconductor chips on which are mounted capacitors having capacitive values that are p... | 08/25/2009 |
| PP20128 | Peach tree named ‘NJF15’ A new and distinct peach variety of Prunus persica named ‘NJF15’ is provided. This variety is distinguished from other peach varieties by its unique combination of large, showy, light pink flowers, flat fruit that ripen in early midseason with mottled red... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7499470 | Sequence-preserving deep-packet processing in a multiprocessor system Packets or frames of data may be compressed, encrypted/decrypted, filtered, classified, searched or subjected to other deep-packet processing operations before being distributed through the internet. The microprocessor system and method of the present invention prov... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7488410 | Anode assembly for cathodic protection The deterioration of reinforced concrete structures by galvanic corrosion adversely affects roads, bridges, parking garages and buildings that use reinforcing steel in their construction. Galvanic cathodic protection is typically provided for such reinforced concret... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7484052 | Distributed address arbitration scheme for symmetrical multiprocessor system The present invention utilizes the good qualities of a single address concentrator (AC), without any extra chips or wires, and distributes the AC function among the various chips, making use of the fact that each chip in the system has a copy of the AC function ther... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7472339 | Method in an electronic spreadsheet for persistently self-replicating multiple ranges of cells through a copy-paste operation and a self-replication table The present invention includes a method and system for persistently self-replicating multiple ranges of cells through a copy-paste operation, in a multi dimensional spreadsheet. A set of ranges of cells is defined, wherein each range of cells has the same size. Each... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7472293 | Network processor power management A programmable state machine is incorporated into the core of a network processor (NP) to monitor the utilization of different processing elements in the NP and to control the power state of each element as a function of past and predicted utilization. The state mac... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7466715 | Flexible control block format for frame description and management A communication network used to link information handling systems together utilizes a switching network to transmit data among senders and receivers. Each individual packet of data is described and controlled by an FCB. The bandwidth associated with the storing and ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7467364 | Database mining method and computer readable medium carrying instructions for coverage analysis of functional verification of integrated circuit designs Database mining, analysis and optimization techniques in conjunction with the model-based functional coverage analysis are used to turn raw verification and coverage data into design intelligence (DI) and verification intelligence (VA). The required data and attribu... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7464181 | Method for caching lookups based upon TCP traffic flow characteristics The classification system of a network device includes a cache in which a mapping between predefined characteristics of TCP/IP packets and associated actions are stored in response to the first “Frequent Flyer” packet in of a session. Selected characteristics fr... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7457241 | Structure for scheduler pipeline design for hierarchical link sharing A pipeline configuration is described for use in network traffic management for the hardware scheduling of events arranged in a hierarchical linkage. The configuration reduces costs by minimizing the use of external SRAM memory devices. This results in some external... | 11/25/2008 |
| PP19382 | Peach tree named ‘NJ350’ A new and distinct peach variety of Prunus persica named ‘NJ350’ is provided. This variety is distinguished from other peach varieties by its unique combination of nonshowy flowers, fruit that ripen early in the season, attractive fruit with an orange-red... | 10/28/2008 |
| PP19383 | Peach tree named ‘NJF17’ A new and distinct peach variety of Prunus persica named ‘NJF17’ is described. This variety is distinguished from other peach varieties by its unique combination of non-showy, light pink flowers, flat fruit that ripen in early mid-season, bright green-yel... | 10/28/2008 |
| PP19273 | Peach tree named ‘NJF18’ A new and distinct peach variety of Prunus persica named ‘NJF18’ is provided. This variety is distinguished from other peach varieties by its unique combination of showy flowers that are medium in width, flat fruit that ripen in early midseason with mottl... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7412454 | Data structure supporting random delete and timer function A procedure is used to provide data structures that handle large numbers of active data entries and a high rate of additions and deletions of active entries. The procedure utilizes one or more of the following modifications. Timers are removed from individual sessio... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411422 | Driver/equalizer with compensation for equalization non-idealities A high speed serial data communication system includes provisions for the correction of equalization errors, particularly those errors introduced by equalizer non-idealities. The equalization is achieved at the data transmitter, and is based on dynamic current subtr... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7395380 | Selective snooping by snoop masters to locate updated data A method and structure for snooping cache memories of several snooping masters connected to a bus macro, wherein each non-originating snooping master has cache memory, and wherein some, but less than all the cache memories, may have the data requested by an originat... | 07/01/2008 |
| PP18997 | Peach tree named ‘NJF16’ A new and distinct peach variety of Prunus persica named ‘NJF16’ is provided. This variety is distinguished from other peach varieties by its unique combination of large, showy, light pink flowers, flat fruit that ripen in early midseason, bright golden-y... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7378227 | Method of making a printed wiring board with conformally plated circuit traces A PWB or multilayer board with circuit traces is treated by a process that serves to reduce the incident of failure of the board. The process includes the steps of applying a thin commoning layer of copper onto a catalyzed surface of the board substrate and the circ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367367 | Replaceable tooth block for split wheel stump cutter A stump grinding apparatus having a split cutting wheel includes several replaceable cutter blocks secured to the periphery of the wheel. One or more replacement teeth are removably anchored in holes in each block and may also be mounted on holes in the side of the ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7337334 | Network processor power management A programmable state machine is incorporated into the core of a network processor (NP) to monitor the utilization of different processing elements in the NP and to control the power state of each element as a function of past and predicted utilization. The state mac... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330427 | MMPP analysis of network traffic using a transition window Data communication in network traffic is modeled in real time and is analyzed using a 2-state Markov modified Poissen process (MMPP). The traffic inter-arrival times for bursty and idle states define a transition window [λ1max, λ2 | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327759 | Sequence-preserving deep-packet processing in a multiprocessor system Packets or frames of data may be compressed, encrypted/decrypted, filtered, classified, searched or subjected to other deep-packet processing operations before being distributed through the internet. The microprocessor system and method of the present invention prov... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321555 | Multilevel analysis of self-similar network traffic Self-similar data communication in network traffic is modeled real time and is analyzed using a Markov modified Poissen process (MMPP) to characterize the traffic flow and to accommodate high variability in traffic flow from one time period to the other. The analysi... | 01/22/2008 |
| PP18409 | Asparagus plant named ‘NJ44P’ A female asparagus plant (Asparagus officinalis) denoted ‘NJ44P’ was developed through extensive culture and selection from a field of the variety Mary Washington. Plant ‘NJ44P’ has many desirable traits including vigorous plant growth, high yi... | 01/08/2008 |
| PP18387 | Homozygous male asparagus plant named ‘NJ22-34’ A new and distinct asparagus (Asparagus officinalis Linn.) plant denoted ‘NJ22-34’ which is homozygous for male sex gene was developed through extensive breeding and selection. Asparagus hybrid ‘NJ22-34’ has many desirable traits includi... | 01/01/2008 |
| PP18224 | Peach tree named ‘NJ351’ A new and distinct peach variety of Prunus persica named ‘NJ351’ is provided. This variety is distinguished from other peach varieties by its unique combination of nonshowy flowers, fruit that ripen in late-midseason, attractively blushed fruit with a bri... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7281676 | Shredding apparatus and method of clearing land therewith A shredding apparatus includes a shredding drum capable of quickly and effectively clearing large tracts of land. Several cutter blocks are positioned in axial rows across the periphery of the drum and are secured to the drum by welding. The blocks in each row are e... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279798 | High wireability microvia substrate The escape of signals from a semiconductor chip to a printed wiring board in a flip chip/ball grid array assembly is improved by repositioning the signals from the chip through the upper signal layers of the carrier. This involves fanning out the circuit lines throu... | 10/09/2007 |
