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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185468 | System and method for smart hedging in an electronic trading environment A system and associated methods are provided for smart hedging in an electronic trading environment. According to one example method, a first order for a first tradeable object and a second order for a second tradeable object are placed based on a spread strategy. U... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185467 | User interface for an electronic trading system A user interface for an electronic trading exchange is provided which allows a remote trader to view in real time bid orders, offer orders, and trades for an item, and optionally one or more sources of contextual data. Individual traders place orders on remote clien... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184983 | Wireless directional identification and subsequent communication between wearable electronic devices Disclosed are methods, devices, and systems for exchanging information between a first wearable electronic device and one of a second wearable electronic device and an account at a remote computing device associated with a user of the second wearable electronic devi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184070 | Method and system for selecting a user interface for a wearable computing device Example methods and systems for selecting a user interface for a wearable computing device are disclosed. An accelerometer system may determine a user activity of a user wearing a wearable computing device. Based on the user activity determined by the accelerometer ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184069 | Systems and methods for adaptive transmission of data The present disclosure describes systems and methods for transmitting, receiving, and displaying data. The systems and methods may be directed to providing a constant or substantially constant data transmission rate (e.g., frame rate per second) to a device and cont... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184068 | Processing objects for separate eye displays Disclosed are embodiments for methods and devices for displaying images. In some example embodiments, methods may include receiving data corresponding to an image with a processor. The image data may include at least one image object. In additional example embodimen... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184067 | Nose bridge sensor Systems and methods for selecting an action associated with a power state transition of a head-mounted display (HMD) in the form of eyeglasses are disclosed. A signal may be received from a sensor on a nose bridge of the eyeglasses indicating if the HMD is in use. B... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183997 | Displaying sound indications on a wearable computing system Example methods and systems for displaying one or more indications that indicate (i) the direction of a source of sound and (ii) the intensity level of the sound are disclosed. A method may involve receiving audio data corresponding to sound detected by a wearable c... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183241 | 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine derivatives The present invention concerns 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183055 | Peptide aptamer for neutralizing the binding of platelet antigen specific antibodies and diagnostic and therapeutic applications containing the same The present invention relates to a peptide aptamer which mimics particularly the human platelet antigene HPA-Ia epitope present on the platelet GPIIb/IIIa molecules and which is capable of neutralizing the binding of HPA-I a specific antibodies (anti-HPA-1 a). This ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181777 | Tearable applicator packaging The invention relates to a tearable packaging (1) for receiving at least one substance (6) and an applicator (7, 11), comprising a, for example, film-like carrier (2) in which at least one depression (4a, 4b) o... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660441 | Teat unit for a feeding bottle | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180692 | System and method for performing automatic spread trading The present embodiments are provided to facilitate the automatic trading of spreads in a fast and accurate manner. One or more market data feeds that contain market information for tradeable objects are received at an exchange. A spread data feed is generated in res... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180583 | Methods and systems to determine a context of a device Methods and systems for determining that a device is currently within a given context are described. A device may include multiple sensors coupled to the device. A sensor utility value combining a rate of power consumption for a sensor and an accuracy score indicati... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179604 | Wearable marker for passive interaction In accordance with example embodiments, a wearable marker may be used for passive interaction with a wearable computing device. A wearable marker may take the form of a ring, a bracelet, an artificial fingernail configured to be affixed to a fingernail, a decal conf... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179563 | Portable scanning device A handheld optical scanner for capturing images of text from a rendered document is described. The scanner includes a package suitable to be held in a user's hand. The package contains an optical sensor that captures images of text from a rendered document. The pack... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178671 | Methods of treating or preventing autoimmune diseases with 2, 4-pyrimidinediamine compounds The present invention provides methods of treating or preventing autoimmune diseases with 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds, as well as methods of treating, preventing or ameliorating symptoms associated with such diseases. Specific examples of autoimmune diseases tha... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178570 | Tie-2 modulators and methods of use The present invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. Compounds of the invention inhibit, regulate and/... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178533 | 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine derivatives, processes for preparing them and their uses The present invention concerns 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177440 | Mobile electronic device A mobile electronic device is provided which includes a housing and a button arranged in an outer surface of the housing. Adjacent to the button, a surrounding member is provided. The surrounding member is movable with respect to the housing. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177099 | Cartridge A cartridge for storing and dispensing substances that are in paste form and/or capable of flow is formed by at least one tube, in which a closure piston and a dispensing piston adjustable by means of a piston rod are disposed, so as to form a seal, in such a manner... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176825 | Brazed rotary cutting tool, an insert for a brazed rotary cutting tool, and methods for manufacturing the same A method for producing carbide and diamond cutting tool inserts adapted to compensate for braze-induced warp is provided. In this method, the anticipated warpage of the insert from brazing is considered prior to cutting the insert from a PCD and carbide disk and the... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176437 | Responsiveness for application launch The technology generally relates to predictively launching applications and powering up devices. Embodiments may include a computer-implemented method that maintains a plurality of individual folders. The individual folders may include one or more applications. A co... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175960 | System and method for dynamically regulating order entry in an electronic trading environment A system and method are provided for trading a trading strategy defined for at least one tradeable object in an electronic trading environment. More specifically, one example method includes using a first pay-up tick value to determine a first acceptable price level... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175955 | User interface for an electronic trading system A user interface for an electronic trading exchange is provided which allows a remote trader to view in real time bid orders, offer orders, and trades for an item, and optionally one or more sources of contextual data. Individual traders place orders on remote clien... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175297 | Ad hoc sensor arrays Systems and methods for estimating audio at a requested location are presented. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving from a client device a request for audio at a requested location. The method further includes determining a location of a plurality of au... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174772 | Display device with integrated photovoltaic layer A display device with a plurality of electrofluidic display cells may be used to display images to a viewer. The electrofluidic display cell could include a transparent electrowetting electrode and a fluid pathway that includes a viewable fluid channel and a fluid r... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173889 | Photovoltaic roofing wiring array, photovoltaic roofing wiring system and roofs using them Photovoltaic wiring arrays and photovoltaic wiring systems suitable for use in rooftop photovoltaic power generation systems are provided. Accordingly, one aspect of the invention provides a photovoltaic roofing wiring array for use with a plurality of photovoltaic ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172564 | Process and apparatus for fabricating precise microstructures and polymeric molds for making same There is disclosed a method and apparatus for producing a polymeric film that accurately replicates a complex mold surface at least a portion of which surface has microstructured or nano-structured dimensions. A polymeric powder is electrodeposited on an underlying ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172562 | Device and method for producing a three-dimensional object by means of a generative production method There are provided a device and a method for layer-wise generative manufacturing of three-dimensional objects by selective solidification of a solidifiable building material in liquid or powder form. By a rotational movement of the building region (2), in whi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170950 | System and method for automated order entry on short queues Orders are automatically sent to the market when certain user defined conditions are met. In particular, a trader can configure the trading application to automatically send orders for preset quantities at price levels with queues falling below a user-defined thresh... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170388 | Method for effective refractive index trimming of optical waveguiding structures and optical waveguiding structures A method for trimming an effective refractive index of optical waveguiding structures made for example in a high refractive index contrast material system. By compaction of cladding material in a compaction area next to patterns or ridges that are formed in the core... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169181 | Induction motor An active reactive induction motor is provided. The motor comprises two sets of three-phase windings. One set of windings carries the active power and is called the power windings. The second set of windings carries the reactive power and is called the flux windings... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168921 | Method and system for marking a material using a laser marking system A laser marking system for marking a length of material includes a laser device for emitting a marking beam. A motor moves the length of material relative to the laser device. A sensing system detects a predetermined movement of the length of the material and provid... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168634 | Thiazole derivatives as kinase inhibitors A series of thiazole derivatives which are substituted in the 2-position by a substituted morpholin-4-yl moiety, being selective inhibitors of P13 kinase enzymes, are accordingly of benefit in medicine, for example in the treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, cardi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166182 | System and method for communicating with an electronic exchange in an electronic trading environment System and methods for a connection proxy server are described. According to an example method described herein, a connection proxy server stores subscription, product tables as well as other downloads that are provided to a client terminal during initialization sta... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165957 | System and method for a trading interface incorporating a chart A graphical interface and method are provided for displaying market information corresponding to a tradeable object. One graphical interface includes a chart region for displaying historical market data in relation to a first value axis, and a market grid region in ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165726 | Water heater energy savings algorithm for reducing cold water complaints An energy savings water heater is described. The water heater is controlled by an energy savings algorithm that uses one or more of a variable setpoint differential, a variable setback threshold, additional setback thresholds, and an adjustable minimal setpoint to i... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165189 | Dirty paper precoding with known interference structure at receiver A dirty paper precoding (“DPC”) method for broadcasting a signal is disclosed that takes advantage of knowledge of the structure of interference in order to avoid the quantization noise that results in the conventional DPC method. The proposed method modifies th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164755 | Method for determining an analyte in a sample In one aspect of the invention, a method or apparatus is described for determining concentration(s) of one or more analytes in a sample using plasmonic excitations. In another aspect, a method relates to designing systems for such concentration determination, wherei... | 04/24/2012 |
