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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D659768 | Toy | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176425 | Animated screen object for annotation and selection of video sequences A simple display of items from a list, which changes in synchrony with the corresponding video display, and permits simple navigation under user control. The display includes three control objects positioned below a video frame window on a display screen. A middle d... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176113 | Rich media file format and delivery methods A rich media file is a self-contained file, including both the information to be viewed by a user and the viewer that displays the information to the user. The information can be formatted however the client likes: for example, the information can be split across se... | 05/08/2012 |
| D658165 | Case for an electronic device | 04/24/2012 |
| D658047 | Gadget grip | 04/24/2012 |
| 8143791 | Control system for light-emitting device A control system for a light-emitting device may include test circuitry, photodetectors, and process circuitry. The test circuitry is configured to sequentially drive individual groups of light-emitting elements in a light-emitting device during a test sequence. Eac... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139588 | Method and apparatus to establish routes based on the trust scores of routers within an IP routing domain A router includes a management module and a routing module. The routing module can be used to route data around a network. The management module can be used to manage the operation of the routing module, including generating an integrity report for the router, which... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135325 | Image-drivable flash lamp A flash lamp including an integrated plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a transparent first electrode; a cell including a gas coupled to the transparent first electrode; and a second electrode having a non-uniform surface coupled to the cell. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133452 | Biochip package and biochip packaging substrate A biochip package allowing biochips optimized for high-volume production to be compatible with general-purpose devices and a biochip packaging substrate of the biochip package are provided. The biochip package can include a biochip having a probe array mounted there... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131861 | Method for cross-domain tracking of web site traffic Web traffic reporting methods that rely upon third-party cookies suffer in accuracy when those tracking cookies are frequently refused by web users or deleted once they have been accepted. The invention described herein circumvents this problem by employing first-pa... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128300 | Hand held photochromic marking implement Disclosed is a hand-held photochromic marking implement including a photochromic colorant and solid phase colorant carrier which can be used in direct-to-media marking and a method of forming same. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128216 | Transfix roller load controlled by force feedback A printing device has an image receptor adapted to have an image formed thereon. The printing device also includes a transfer roller and a motor. A transfer roller load mechanism moves the transfer roller into contact with the image receptor in response to the motor... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127007 | Systems and methods for tracking web activity Systems and methods of tracking activity over networks and, in particular, tracking web activity over the Internet are described. Exemplary systems and methods may include a receiver for receiving a request from a visitor for a data object, a processor for providing... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126994 | Simulation techniques in a distributed computer system A computer system is described in which the execution environment of the system is distributed between a server execution environment and a client execution environment of a client apparatus. Client components executed within the client execution environment are sel... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122629 | Collapsible sign A collapsible sign comprising a pivotal sign carrying member, an upright member hingedly attached to the pivotal sign carrying member, and a foldable support member adapted to stabilize the upright member and the pivotal sign carrying member. The pivotal sign carryi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121199 | Reducing the block effect in video file compression We describe a method for reducing the block effect in video file compression including inspecting an image in a row and column direction, calculating an intensity vector of the block effect responsive to the inspecting, obtaining distribution data for the block effe... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120706 | Video system and method for automatic size and position adjustment according to the incoming stream We describe and claim a video system and method for automatic size and position adjustment according to the incoming stream. A detection module detects a size and a position of video including an aspect ratio of video on at least one channel of at least one video in... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120232 | Sensors and actuators using piezo polymer layers A device has a substrate, a piezo polymer layer arranged adjacent the substrate, a first electrode in contact with a first side of the layer, and a second electrode arranged adjacent the first electrode, such that when the piezo layer flexes, the first and second el... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120122 | Self-aligned masks using multi-temperature phase-change materials A method of forming a pattern includes forming a first layer on a substrate, forming a second layer on the first layer, depositing a multi-temperature phase-change material on the second layer, patterning the second layer using the multi-temperature phase-change mat... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118420 | Contactless ink leveling method and apparatus A method of leveling ink that is printed on a substrate includes establishing a thermal gradient across a thickness of the substrate, the thermal gradient characterized in that it is less than a viscosity threshold temperature of the ink across most of the substrate... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115213 | Semiconductor light sources, systems, and methods A light-emitting diode includes a substrate, a lower cladding layer, an active layer having a quantum well of a thirty percent concentration of indium on the lower cladding layer, and an upper cladding layer. A method of manufacturing light-emitting diodes includes ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113682 | Multipurpose waterproof lighting device with electronic glow stick A lighting device comprises an elongated assembly forming a water-tight chamber adjacent a first end of the lighting device, where the first end includes a transparent face along a long axis of the elongated assembly. A lighting module, having a first light source a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110888 | Edge termination for high voltage semiconductor device High voltage semiconductor devices with high-voltage termination structures are constructed on lightly doped substrates. Lightly doped p-type substrates are particularly prone to depletion and inversion from positive charges, degrading the ability of associated term... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107537 | Picture layer rate control for video encoding A one-pass picture-layer rate control (RC) method and system for controlling a video encoder: The bit allocation and determination of quantization parameter (QP) in this rate control method and system are based on a Rate-Quantization (R-Q) scale model. The R-Q model... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103701 | Metadata to technical design review document process A method includes receiving a user input in a design environment indicating at least one software component for which a technical design document is desired, identifying files in which information associated with the component is located, accessing the information, ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103205 | Imaging system and method with reduced thermal stress on a substrate An imaging system including an image transfer structure configured to transfer marking material to a first side of a substrate; a tacker configured to fix the marking material to the substrate; a path controller; a substrate inverter; and a fuser. The path controlle... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102582 | Ultra-short pulse scanning optical system A scanning optical system including an optical source configured to generate an ultra-short light pulse, a dispersion compensation system disposed such that the ultra-short light pulse travels through the dispersion compensation system, an optical deflector configur... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102552 | Performance monitoring and control of a multifunction printer A method and system for monitoring performance of a multifunction printer (MFP) throughout the lifetime of the MFP. The MFP may include a task run-time controller to collect performance information from the MFP and to transmit the performance information to a receiv... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098783 | Training pattern for a biased clock recovery tracking loop Some embodiments of the invention provide a biased tracking loop that may include encoded information. Embodiments may comprise a training pattern, utilized in a non-interfering way that allows for clock recovery, embedded information transmission and/or header alig... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097872 | Modifiable gate stack memory element An apparatus and method for storing information are provided, including using an integrated circuit including a transistor having a channel, a gate oxide layer, a gate electrode, and a modifiable gate stack layer. To store information, the on-resistance of the trans... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096671 | Light emitting diode illumination system An illumination panel has four peripheral edges constructed of an upper plate and a lower plate. Each of the plates has aligned peripheral edges and an upper and lower surface. The upper plate is fabricated of an optically reflective material. The lower plate is fab... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093614 | LED array An illuminator (1) has bare semiconductor die light emitting diodes (7) on pads (11) of Ag/Ni/Ti material. A Si wafer (13) has a rough upper surface, and this roughness is carried through an oxide layer (12) and the pads (11... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083327 | Hot melt ink delivery reservoir pump subassembly A print head pump assembly has a piezo element plate having an array of piezoelectric elements, a channel plate having an array of channel regions corresponding to the array of piezoelectric elements, and a valve plate having an array of reed valve pairs correspondi... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083238 | Lighting system for sporting apparatus Embodiments of the present invention provide a lighting system for a sporting apparatus. In one embodiment, a sporting board apparatus includes an elongated board structure having top surface, a bottom surface, and edge surfaces. The sporting board apparatus further... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083135 | Information card overlay An information card overlay system can include a base card having multiple claims, an overlay card storing an overlay claim, and an overlay module that can be used to apply the overlay card to the base card. A computer-implemented method can include selecting a base... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082660 | Xerographic micro-assembler Xerographic micro-assembler systems and methods are disclosed. The systems and methods involve manipulating charge-encoded micro-objects. The charge encoding identifies each micro-object and specifies its orientation for sorting. The micro-objects are sorted in a so... | 12/27/2011 |
| D651261 | Exercise board | 12/27/2011 |
| 8080812 | Multi-attribute light effects for use in curing and other applications involving photoreactions and processing Systems and methods that provide multi-attribute light effects, including one or more channels for each light effect, preferably both channels being provided in an array of solid state light emitters. ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079667 | Drop generating apparatus A drop generator having a via structure configured for electrical and fluidic interconnection. The via structure includes an electrically conductive layer and an electrically insulating layer disposed on the electrically conductive layer. ... | 12/20/2011 |
| D650576 | Backpack | 12/20/2011 |
