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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178340 | Human specific strains The present invention relates to human specific Escherichia coli strains. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| RE43371 | Use of selected cyclosporins for the treatment of hepatitis C infection This invention relates to the use in the treatment of HCV infection, either as single active agents or in combination with another active agent, of a cyclosporin having increased cyclophilin binding activity and essentially lacking immunosuppressive activity. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167943 | Materials and methods for improved bone tendon bone transplantation Disclosed herein is an improved Bone Tendon Bone graft for use in orthopedic surgical procedures. Specifically exemplified herein is a Bone Tendon Bone graft comprising one or more bone blocks having a groove cut into the surface thereof, wherein said groove is suff... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163544 | Methods and compositions for increasing tissue tropism of recombinant adenoviral vectors Methods are provide to allow for the preparation of adenoviral vectors with altered tropism. Compositions comprising such vectors and methods of use thereof also are provided. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8154610 | Image sensor with built-in ISP and dual camera system A dual camera system includes a first bayer sensor block for outputting an external bayer image data constituted with photosensitive values of respective photosensitive cells which are sensitive to an incident light and a data processing unit, including a second bay... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153126 | Anti-αβantibodies Monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to □v□□. Also included are methods of using these antibodies to treat mammals having or at risk of having □v□6-mediated diseases, or to diagnose □V□6-mediated diseases. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149311 | Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor A CMOS image sensor includes a unit pixel including controlled by a high voltage; a reference high voltage generator for generating a reference high voltage; and a high voltage output unit for generating the high voltage by using the reference high voltage as an ope... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143626 | CMOS image sensor having double gate insulator therein A method for manufacturing a CMOS image sensor includes: preparing a semiconductor substrate incorporating therein a p-type epitaxial layer by epitaxially growing up an upper portion of the semiconductor substrate; forming a pixel array in one predetermined location... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142991 | Cyclic implant perfusion, cleaning and passivation process and implant produced thereby This invention is a novel method for perfusion of a porous implant which achieves efficient interpenetration of desired factors into and removal of undesirable factors from the pores of the implant, cleaning of the implant, efficient passivation of the implant (inac... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138522 | Gate controlled atomic switch The invention relates to a method for producing a switch element. The invention is characterized in that the switch element comprises three electrodes that are located in an electrolyte, two of which (source electrode and drain electrode) are interconnected by a bri... | 03/20/2012 |
| RE43239 | Color interpolation method of image sensor A color interpolation method of an image sensor including a pixel array which green, red and blue pixels are arrayed in Bayer pattern is provided. The method includes: calculating a first average value of first values filtered by green pixels on even rows and a seco... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8114696 | CMOS image sensor with asymmetric well structure of source follower Provided is a CMOS image sensor with an asymmetric well structure of a source follower. The CMOS image sensor includes: a well disposed in an active region of a substrate; a drive transistor having one terminal connected to a power voltage and a first gate electrode... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8103455 | Method of assessing the proliferation or differentiation behaviour of a population of target cells in a biological system The invention relates to a method of assessing the proliferation or differentiation behavior of a population of target cells in a biological system, said method comprising the steps of; [a] measuring the value of at least one proliferation characteristic of said cel... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102448 | Image sensor with enlarged outward appearance of microlens and method for fabricating the same An image sensor with an enlarged outward appearance of a microlens and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The image sensor includes: a plurality of microlenses formed on a semiconductor substrate with a certain spacing distance; and a protection layer f... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098682 | System and method for interfacing with a management system A network controller may split, via a pass-through driver, processing of transmit and/or receive network traffic handled by the network controller. Physical layer (PHY) processing and/or Medium Access Control (MAC) processing of the management traffic may be perform... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097424 | Method for predicting the outcome of a critically ill patient The present invention relates to a method for predicting the outcome of a critically ill patient, said method comprising measuring the concentration of Chromogranin A or a fragment thereof in a biological sample obtained from said patient. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095083 | Method and system for multiple shared antenna mobile devices A wireless device may comprise a plurality of antennas that may be utilized during communications via various wireless interfaces. The wireless interfaces may comprise mobile interfaces, wireless personal area network (WPAN) interfaces, and/or wireless local area ne... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8093636 | CMOS image sensor A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor includes a photodiode, a gate pattern of a transfer transistor contacting one side of the photodiode, a gate pattern of a drive transistor disposed to have a predetermined spacing distance from the gate p... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092554 | Discharge print paste formulation for natural and synthetic fabric and method of using same The discharge print paste formulation contains synthetic layered silicate as a carrier and thickening agent, one or more bleaching agents selected from sodium hypochlorite and hydrogen peroxide, water and optionally sodium hydroxide and discharges color when applied... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088913 | Compositions and methods for therapy and diagnosis of cancer The present invention is directed to siRNA molecules which specifically target and cause RNAi-induced degradation of mRNA from TPTE genes, so that the protein product of the TPTE gene is not produced or is produced in reduced amounts. The siRNA compounds and composi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084284 | Complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor and method for fabricating the same A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The CMOS image sensor includes: a first conductive type substrate including a trench; a channel stop layer formed by using a first conductive type epitaxial l... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8076197 | Image sensor and method for fabricating the same A CMOS image sensor includes a substrate including silicon, a silicon germanium (SiGe) epitaxial layer formed over the substrate, the SiGe epitaxial layer formed through epitaxial growth and doped with a predetermined concentration level of impurities, an undoped si... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075402 | Multigame selection A gaming system (100) comprises a gaming server (system controller) (54), a plurality of gaming machines (10), and a communications system (63) connecting each of the plurality of gaming machines (10) to the gaming server (53 | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075388 | Multiple-game gaming machine A gaming machine includes a gaming console. A display is mounted in the gaming console for displaying a wagering game and its result. A controller controls operation of the game, the controller displaying the result of a first game on the display, making payment of ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068284 | Microlens alignment procedures in CMOS image sensor design A method for aligning a microlens array in a sensor die to resolve non-symmetric brightness distribution and color balance of the image captured by the sensor die. The method includes performing a pre-simulation to simulate a microlens array alignment in a silicon d... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8044444 | CMOS image sensor and fabricating method thereof A fabricating method of a CMOS image sensor includes the steps of: forming a transfer gate on a semiconductor substrate where a device isolation layer is formed; forming a first n-type ion implantation region for a photodiode beneath a surface of the semiconductor s... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036941 | Online purchasing system supporting lenders with affordability screening An online system uses, in various embodiments of the invention, credit report information, loan affordability screening and credit approval and management functionality to facilitate the purchase and finance of products online. The online system may include both sel... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029979 | Method for determining the substrate specificity of an enzyme The invention relates to a method for determining the substrate specificity of an enzymatic activity comprising the following steps: providing an assembly comprising a plurality of amino acid sequences on a planar surface of a support material, whereby the amino aci... | 10/04/2011 |
| RE42739 | Imager output signal processing The method and apparatus for processing pixel output signals from column lines in an imager having an array of pixels in rows and columns uses a sigma-delta type analog-to-digital converter to convert the output signals on each column line to digital signals and fee... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8003307 | Photo mask and method for fabricating image sensor using the same A method for fabricating an image sensor includes forming an insulation layer over a substrate in a logic circuit region and a pixel region, forming a photoresist over the insulation layer, patterning the photoresist to form a photoresist pattern where the insulatio... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990933 | Method for avoiding interference in a digital communication system A technique for time domain avoidance of communications link interference sources characterized by intermittent, periodic short bursts of energy. A transmitting source can be assigned two time slots within a time domain multiple access data frame over which each dat... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7792073 | System and method for avoiding interference between two communications systems A system and method for avoiding mutual interference between two communications system is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention provides a system that includes a fixed unit and a portable unit. The fixed unit has a fixed transceiver. The portable unit has a por... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7785602 | Recombinant porcine adenovirus vector This invention relates to a recombinant vector including a recombinant porcine adenovirus, stably incorporating and capable of expression of at least one heterologous nucleotide sequence. The nucleotide sequence is preferably one which encodes an antigenic determina... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7763918 | Image pixel design to enhance the uniformity of intensity distribution on digital image sensors A system, a computer readable medium, and a method for configuring metal layout of a pixel in a sensor die to enhance the intensity uniformity of an image captured by the sensor die. The method includes the steps of selecting an edge pixel of a sensor die, providing... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7715809 | EDGE modulator Circuits and methods for modulators that receive symbols, and provide I (incident, or in-phase) and Q (quadrature) component values from a look-up table for subsequent filtering and digital-to-analog conversion. The I and Q component values depend on frequency corre... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7705188 | Structural modification of resveratrol: sodium resverastatin phosphate Described herein are novel compounds having antineoplastic and antimicrobial activity, obtained via structural modifications of resveratrol and combretastatin A-4, methods for synthesis of these compounds, and their use in pharmaceutical composition and for use in t... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702878 | Method and system for scalable video data width Processing data samples may comprise partitioning the data samples in a first set of data bits and a second set of data bits and utilizing at least some of the first and second set of data bits while operating under a first condition. Only at least some of the first... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7672358 | Method and apparatus for performing signal correlation at multiple resolutions to mitigate multipath interference A method and apparatus for selecting a signal processing resolution. A received signal is processed using a first resolution. When a multipath condition is detected, the signal is processed using a second resolution. ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7622758 | CMOS image sensor with improved performance incorporating pixels with burst reset operation A reset transistor includes a floating diffusion region for detecting a charge, a junction region for draining the charge, a gate for controlling a transfer of the charge from the floating diffusion region to the junction region upon receipt of a reset signal, and a... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7608192 | Image sensor and method for fabricating the same An image sensor and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The image sensor includes a first conductive type substrate including a trench formed in a predetermined portion of the first conductive type substrate, a second conductive type impurity region for ... | 10/27/2009 |
