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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941522 | Application security in an interactive media environment A security system is described which controls the access of applications to system resources in the field of interactive multimedia. The system establishes a framework for application security, including a signature system, and further provides file formats that sup... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939790 | Method and apparatus for controlling the gain of an avalanche photodiode with fluctuations in temperature A method and apparatus is provided for biasing an avalanche photodiodes (APD). The method includes developing a first output signal s(v1) from the APD when biased with a first bias voltage v1 and developing a second output signal s(v2 | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939094 | Multiphase polymeric drug release region A method is provided for modulating the rate of release of a therapeutic agent from a release region, which constitutes at least a portion of an implantable or insertable medical device and which controls the rate at which the therapeutic is released from the medica... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7927620 | Medical devices having antifouling character According to an aspect of the invention, medical devices are provided which include (a) a substrate and (b) a coating that includes an antifouling copolymer, an adhesive copolymer, or both. Antifouling copolymers for use in conjunction with the present invention con... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925669 | Method and apparatus for audio/video attribute and relationship storage and retrieval for efficient composition The invention provides a method and software for use within audio and video authoring software applications wherein the relationships between the source media files are saved and used as part of a media manager. The software allows the artist to efficiently recall w... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923509 | Drug delivery compositions and medical devices containing block copolymer A composition for delivery of a therapeutic agent is provided. The composition comprises: (a) a biocompatible block copolymer comprising one or more elastomeric blocks and one or more thermoplastic blocks and (b) a therapeutic agent, wherein the block copolymer is l... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7919888 | Linear drive with a moving, reduced-mass and laterally guided passive unit The invention relates to a linear drive having a stationary active unit (1), a stationary return flow element (11), a movably mounted passive unit in the form of a thin tooth rack (10) and a bearing unit (15), which allows the relative mo... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919137 | Medical devices having adherent polymeric layers with depth-dependent properties According to one aspect of the invention, a method of forming a medical device is provided, which includes: (a) contacting a substrate with a solution that contains (i) one or more types of polymers, (ii) a solvent that contains one or more types of solvent species,... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919110 | Medical device drug release regions containing non-covalently bound polymers According to one aspect, implantable or insertable medical devices are provided, which contain polymeric release regions that release one or more therapeutic agents. The polymeric release regions, in turn, contain the following: (i) a first bonding polymer having a ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7915728 | Subassembly that includes a power semiconductor die and a heat sink having an exposed surface portion thereof The semiconductor assembly includes a first subassembly having a heat sink. Solder material is disposed on the exposed portion of a first surface of heat sink. A power semiconductor die is located on the first surface of the heat sink and is thermally coupled theret... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914806 | Medical devices having improved performance According to an aspect of the present invention, medical devices are provided that contain at least one polymeric region which contains (a) at least one block copolymer that contains at least at least three polymer blocks that differ from one another and (b) at leas... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914805 | Implantable or insertable medical devices containing radiation-treated polymer for improved delivery of therapeutic agent An implantable or insertable medical device which comprises (a) a therapeutic agent and (b) a polymeric release region comprising a polymer. The polymeric release region is treated with a radiation dose that is effective to substantially increase the cumulative rele... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7910396 | Three-stage formation of thin-films for photovoltaic devices A method for producing a film of compound semiconductor includes providing a substrate and a compound bulk material having a first chemical composition that includes at least one first chemical element and a second chemical element. A film is deposited on the substr... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7910125 | Controlling resorption of bioresorbable medical implant material The resorption of a medical implant can be controlled with the use of particles embedded in a resorbable bulk material forming the implant or portion thereof. The implant can be removed from a body of a mammal by natural biological mechanisms after use. The resorpti... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7906148 | Latex medical articles for release of antimicrobial agents According to an aspect of the present invention, a medical article is provided which comprises a latex antimicrobial region. The latex antimicrobial region can constitute the entirety of the medical article, or it can constitute only a portion of the medical article... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904628 | Smart docking system A smart docking system is provided by a portable electronic device that is adapted to dock with a media player shuttle. When docked, the media player shuttle adds the capability for rendering media content that is stored on the shuttle to the native functionality th... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901726 | Porous medical articles for therapeutic agent delivery According to an aspect of the present invention a method is provided which a porous medical article is contacted with a solution that contains a therapeutic agent and a solvent in order to load the pores of the medical article, after which the solvent is sublimated.... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897171 | Medical devices having improved mechanical performance According to an aspect of the present invention, implantable or insertable medical devices are provided that contain at least one covalently crosslinked polymeric region, which contains at least one block copolymer comprising at least one low Tg block and at least o... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7897170 | Medical devices having improved mechanical performance According to an aspect of the present invention, implantable or insertable medical devices are provided that contain at least one covalently crosslinked polymeric region, which contains at least one block copolymer comprising at least one low Tg block and at least o... | 03/01/2011 |
| D633399 | Bracelet watch | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895598 | Page and device-optimized cascading style sheets An arrangement for generating page and/or device-optimized cascading style sheets (“CSS”) is disclosed in which CSS blocks are provided in a collection of one or more files. In an illustrative example, the collection of files is arranged as XML (extensible Marku... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889229 | Security surveillance system capable of outputting still images together with moving images The present invention relates to a security surveillance system. The security surveillance system includes an image acquisition unit, a surveillance image transmission unit, and a surveillance image reception unit. The image acquisition unit acquires captured image ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886978 | Techniques for decoding images of barcodes Techniques for enhancing the reliable and efficient decoding of images of computer-readable symbols, which represent information encoded using a one- or two-dimensional visual symbology, are discussed. In accordance with one technique, prior to attempting to decode ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7882542 | Detecting compromised computers by correlating reputation data with web access logs Compromised host computers in an enterprise network environment comprising a plurality of security products called endpoints are detected in an automated manner by an arrangement in which a reputation service provides updates to identify resources including website ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881315 | Local peer-to-peer digital content distribution Electronic devices such as media players are configured for participation in activities relating to local, peer-to-peer distribution of digital content. In an exemplary distribution transaction, digital content items such as audio files, video files, text files, mul... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7849509 | Detection of security vulnerabilities in computer programs Methods and systems for analyzing a computer program use static and interprocedural analysis techniques and engines. A data processing operation, such as a function, is automatically identified within the computer program. It is determined whether the function repre... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846711 | strains and uses thereof The invention concerns new isolated Lactobacillus cells, which are capable to aggregate Helicobacter pylori under culture conditions of the human digestive tract, in particular of the stomach, and to the uses of such cells. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7877527 | Cluster PC A computer design based on a platform of multiple central processing units (CPUs). When running multiple applications, each of the multiple CPUs performs all the processing for one of the individual applications. All of the multiple CPUs may operate below the physic... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7868143 | Microparticle with cd28-specific monoclonal antibodies The invention relates to microparticles with a support structure and CD28-specific superagonistic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) bonded to the support structure or a compound mimicking the above. ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862552 | Medical devices for treating urological and uterine conditions The present invention relates to implantable or insertable medical devices that treat uterine and urological conditions that cause chronic pelvic pain and other symptoms. In another aspect, the present invention relates to methods of manufacturing such implantable o... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861150 | Timing aspects of media content rendering Timing for execution of certain user inputs and application instructions occurring during play of an interactive multimedia presentation is discussed. A current state is defined by a state of the presentation system at the time a current media sample is being played... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7853126 | Multiple source recording A system and method are disclosed that accepts different types of signals from multiple sources and routes the signals to the appropriate devices for conversion or other processing so that each signal is in a common or desired format, such as the MPEG standard. The ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7845014 | Method and apparatus for implementing digital rights management A method and apparatus is provided for providing digital content to a client. The method begins by receiving a request from the client to receive digital content. The client is authorized to receive the digital content and the DRM implementation employed by the clie... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7844303 | Cable management in an FM transmitter Several of the components used to implement a wireless transmitter, such as a DC-powered FM transmitter usable for playing media content from a personal media player over a vehicle's FM radio, are organized using an arrangement by which a controller that includes a ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7842534 | Method for forming a compound semi-conductor thin-film A method is provided for fabricating a thin film semiconductor device. The method includes providing a plurality of raw semiconductor materials. The raw semiconductor materials undergo a pre-reacting process to form a homogeneous compound semiconductor target materi... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7838985 | Semiconductor assembly that includes a power semiconductor die located on a cell defined by first and second patterned polymer layers A semiconductor assembly includes a first subassembly comprising a heat sink and a first patterned polymer layer disposed on a surface of the heat sink to define an exposed portion of the first surface. The exposed portion of the first surface extends radially inwar... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7837670 | Methods and devices for delivering therapeutic agents into the prostate gland The present invention is directed to the treatment of various ailments associated with the prostate gland, including benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH), cancer and chronic inflammatory diseases. The present invention describes, inter alia, devices, methods and therap... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7827531 | Software testing techniques for stack-based environments Techniques for testing software applications in stack-based computing environments are discussed. A tested application is executed at predetermined logical positions in a stack, such as at a layer of the OSI reference model. An expected result of an operation perfor... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7827438 | Distributed testing system and techniques A fully distributed system for testing a distributed computing system utilizes test services exposed in conjunction by independent test components deployed on one or more computing nodes of the distributed computing system. The test services ensure dynamic and adapt... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7815815 | Method and apparatus for processing the peripheral and edge portions of a wafer after performance of a surface treatment thereon A surface processing method includes supporting a wafer in a vacuum chamber and generating a plasma in a confined portion of the chamber over only a selected portion of the wafer to thereby perform a surface processing treatment (e.g., an ashing process) on the sele... | 10/19/2010 |
