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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185215 | Electronic device and method determining a workload of an electronic device An electronic device is provided with at least one functional unit (HB) performing a processing, wherein the functional unit (HB) receives a supply current (Isupply). A supply current monitor (SCM) is provided for monitoring the supply current (Isupply) to determine... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184839 | One-size-fits-most hearing aid A hearing-aid device comprising a housing and circuitry module, wherein the circuitry module comprises a battery, a microphone, and a receiver, and the circuit module is inserted in the hearing aid housing. The hearing aid device further comprises a retractable batt... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182337 | Jackpot server, a method of processing a jackpot win and a gaming system A method of processing a jackpot win in a gaming network comprising: providing a jackpot server: receiving jackpot claim data at the jackpot server; locking a jackpot record corresponding to the jackpot claim data; aggregating any outstanding jackpot contributions f... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182332 | Multiple game gaming machine A gaming machine comprises a display and a game controller arranged to control images of symbols displayed on the display. The game controller is arranged to play a game wherein at least one random event is caused to be displayed on the display and, if a predefined ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182329 | Gaming system, jackpot controller, and a jackpot triggering method A jackpot triggering method comprising: determining a jackpot trigger value from a current value of at least one jackpot trigger parameter; generating a submission value in response to receipt of a contribution associated with a gaming device participating in the ja... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182325 | Gaming machine with challenge feature A gaming system (10, 100) implementing a base game and a feature game. A game controller (101) controls play of the game. The gaming system has at least one display (14, 106) and a player interface (107). The feature game comprises at lea... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182322 | Gaming system with symbol modifier for use between game rounds A gaming system comprising a symbol selector to select, in a first play round, a first symbol to form a part of a first player hand having a plurality of symbols and to select a second symbol to form a part of a second player hand having a plurality of symbols, and ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181851 | Online purchasing system supporting buyer 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... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181390 | Growth substrates, their production and their use The invention provides a method of growing plants in a mineral wool growth substrate, the method comprises providing at least one mineral wool growth substrate comprising binder and wetting agent, positioning one or more plants for growth in the growth substrate, ch... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660295 | Housing for a reading device | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180276 | Mobile device that presents interactive media and processes user response An electronic infrastructure consisting a plurality of client mobile devices, a distribution server and a media creator computer, wherein the client mobile devices present interactive media upon user request. The plurality of client mobile devices support dynamic sc... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179396 | System and methods for rule-based volume rendition and navigation Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for clinical presentation of a radiological study including: associating a customizable set of rules with image data corresponding to at least a portion of the radiological study; and rendering automatica... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177646 | System and method for secondary promotion gaming in a gaming system A system for playing a secondary game in a network of play devices having at least one display, and a processor for controlling a display to display at least one primary device feature. Each device receives serial inputs to operate discrete operational functions. Th... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177630 | Gaming machine with loyalty bonus A gaming machine is provided, which awards loyalty points to players playing the game who have identified themselves to the machine. The machine is arranged to award loyalty points to the player and to play two game means wherein, the first or base game may be provi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177124 | Online purchasing system supporting sellers 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... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176361 | Data processing with protection against soft errors A processing circuit has functional units (10a-c) configured to perform operations each in response to a respective command. The functional units (10a-c) are configured to execute at least one of the operations with a select... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174234 | Magnetically coupled battery charging system Inductively coupled battery charging systems and methods are provided. Transmit circuitry can include a transmit coil operatively part of a transmit resonant circuit that exhibits resonance at a transmit resonant frequency and an unloaded Q value of at least about 2... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174233 | Magnetically coupled battery charging system Inductively coupled battery charging systems and methods are provided. Transmit circuitry can include a transmit coil operatively part of a transmit resonant circuit that exhibits resonance at a transmit resonant frequency and an unloaded Q value of at least about 2... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172845 | Drill bit and method for producing a drill bit A drill bit including a shaft which has a pyramidal shaped end defining a drill tip with a plurality of edges defining the pyramidal shape. One or more recesses are provided for directing away debris produced while drilling, the at least one recess having a f... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172667 | Gaming system and method having a skill factor A gaming system comprises a game controller arranged to control play of a game having a player skill aspect, and a display arranged to display a representation of the game, the game controller being arranged to control the display to display a set of symbols for sel... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172663 | Multi-line gaming machine with single wager option A gaming machine for playing a multi-line spinning reel game has a display and a game controller arranged to control images of symbols displayed on the display. In the game at least one random event, in particular a spin of the reels, is caused to be displayed on th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172557 | High-pressure gas compressor and method of operating a high-pressure gas compressor A high-pressure gas compressor comprises a single-acting cam driven piston with a pressure compensation chamber disposed between the piston and the cam. A roller tappet assembly transmits reciprocating motion from the cam to the piston. A pressurized gas directed to... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170310 | Automatic outcome analysis using radiological images Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for analyzing a treatment of a patent including: an interactive image editor for allowing a user to interact with a first set image data corresponding to a pre-treatment radiological study of a patient, t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170250 | One-size-fits-most hearing aid A hearing-aid device comprising a housing and circuitry module, wherein the circuitry module comprises a battery, a microphone, and a receiver, and the circuit module is inserted in the hearing aid housing. The hearing aid device further comprises a retractable batt... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168427 | Monoclonal antibodies against claudin-18 for treatment of cancer The present invention provides antibodies useful as therapeutics for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing CLD18, including tumor-related diseases such as gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cance... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166129 | Method and system for providing media content to a user For providing to a user on a communication terminal (1) media content (31) from a content server (3), a Session Initiation Protocol message, addressed to a resource identifier identifying the media content (31), is transmitted from the co... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165361 | System and method for image based multiple-modality cardiac image alignment Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for temporally aligning a plurality of cardiac image sequences. The method includes performing a locally linear embedding algorithm on a first set of cardiac image sequences and on a second set... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165358 | System and method for overlaying color cues on a virtual representation of an anatomical structure A system and method for displaying a set of data with a virtually dissected anatomical structure. In an embodiment, the anatomical structure is a colon and various attributes of the colonic lumen are assigned a color. In an embodiment, a virtual dissection of the co... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163591 | Backside illuminated image sensor A backside illuminated image sensor includes a photodiode, formed below the top surface of a semiconductor substrate, for receiving light illuminated from the backside of the semiconductor substrate to generate photoelectric charges, a reflecting gate, formed on the... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162945 | Drill bit and method for producing a drill bit A drill bit including a shaft which has a pyramidal shaped end defining a drill tip with a plurality of edges defining the pyramidal shape. One or more recesses are provided for directing away debris produced while drilling, the at least one recess having a f... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160813 | Travel toy that illustrates time on a trip The present invention provides devices, kits and methods for illustrating travel time. The device includes a display board, a starting point indicator, a destination indicator, a travel path, and a progress indicator. The starting point indicator represents a starti... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160284 | Amplification circuit and hearing aid Certain embodiments of the present technology provide improved amplification circuits and hearing aids that can utilize such amplification circuits. In an embodiment, for example, an amplification circuit includes: a first sub circuit configured to create a voltage ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159011 | Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor with extended pixel dynamic range incorporating transfer gate with potential well A charge transfer transistor includes: a first diffusion region and a second diffusion region; a gate for controlling a charge transfer from the first diffusion region to the second diffusion region by a control signal; and a potential well incorporated under the ga... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158121 | Cardiac muscle regeneration using mesenchymal stem cells Disclosed is a method for producing cardiomyocytes in vivo by administering to the heart of an individual a cardiomyocyte producing amount of mesenchymal stem cells. These cells can be administered as a liquid injectible or as a preparation of cells in a matrix whic... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158120 | Cardiac muscle repair or regeneration using bone marrow-derived stem cells Disclosed are compositions and methods for repairing and/or regenerating cardiac tissue by administering adult bone marrow-derived stem cells to an individual. These cells can be administered as a liquid injectible or as a preparation of cells in a matrix which is o... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157425 | Electrically illuminated flame simulator An electrically powered flame simulator comprises at least two light sources, an integrated circuit electrically connected to the light sources for intermittently illuminating at least one of the light sources independently of other light sources such that the light... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657680 | Flask | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156210 | Workflow for computer aided detection A method is disclosed, in a diagnostic medical environment, that enhances workflow while using a computer-aided-detection (or diagnosis) (CAD) system in the environment. The method comprises generating image data with a diagnostic medical imaging acquisition system.... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154635 | Image sensor and digital gain compensation method thereof An image sensor and digital gain compensation thereof. The image sensor includes a variable amplification device for amplifying an inputted analog image signal as a variable first gain value, an analog-to-digital conversion unit for converting the amplified analog i... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154055 | CMOS image sensor and method for fabricating the same A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor includes a photodiode formed in a substrate structure, first to fourth gate electrodes formed over the substrate structure, spacers formed on both sidewalls of the first to fourth gate electrodes and fill... | 04/10/2012 |
