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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7680727 | Method and interface for presenting last traded quantity information Trading software may receive trading information from an exchange. The trading software may use the trading information to compute an estimate of last traded total sweep quantity. The trading software may also display the last traded total sweep quantity on a tradin... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680724 | Trading tools for electronic trading Tools for trading and monitoring a commodity on an electronic exchange using a graphical user interface and a user input device. The tools will aid the trader in determining the status, trends in the market, and the trader's position in the market. ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680723 | User interface for semi-fungible trading A user interface and method are disclosed for providing trading between a plurality of semi-fungible and non-fungible goods. A plurality of book axes are displayed in a single interface, each book axis representing a market for a particular good. Orders for goods ar... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680167 | Method and system for detection of regions of instability in multi-section tunable lasers This invention relates to a method and system to detect hysteresis/unstable regions of multi-section lasers. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a first set of measurement values for the output of the laser diode by increasing a first current through a range... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676536 | Efficiently determining a floor for a floating-point number An apparatus, method and computer program product for processing a binary floating-point number having a sign bit and a mantissa having a fraction portion. It includes identifying the fraction portion of the binary floating-point number; and replacing each bit of th... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7676411 | Click based trading with intuitive grid display of market depth A method and system for reducing the time it takes for a trader to place a trade when electronically trading on an exchange, thus increasing the likelihood that the trader will have orders filled at desirable prices and quantities. The “Mercury” display and trad... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7676329 | Method and system for processing multi-dimensional measurement data The invention provides a method for grouping measurement data obtained by effecting two or more techniques to provide characterization data characterizing at least one sample with respect to characterizing substances. According to one aspect of the invention, the gr... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675655 | Moving object scanning apparatus and method Apparatus for scanning a moving object includes a visible waveband sensor 12 oriented to collect a series of images of the object as it passes through a field of view 16. An image processor 14 uses the series of images to form a composite image.... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7674775 | Substantially cell membrane impermeable compound and use thereof The present invention relates to a compound according to Formula (I): A-(L-Y)p, wherein A comprises at least one substantially cell-membrane impermeable pendant group; L comprises any suitable linker and/or spacer group; Y comprises at least one arsenoxid... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7674107 | Building container for a device and method for a layerwise manufacturing of a three-dimensional object A building container (25) for a device (1) for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layer wise solidification of a building material in powder form at positions in the respective layers that correspond to the object is provided. A support devi... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673035 | Apparatus and method for processing data relating to events on a network A network management apparatus and method processes network management data received during the monitoring of a network and generates events for presentation in an event list to a user when certain event conditions are detected. Network management data received in r... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672898 | Regulating order entry in an electronic trading environment to maintain an actual cost for a trading strategy A system and method for regulating order entry based on an acceptable slop range for a trading strategy are described. According to one example embodiment, a trader may define an acceptable slop range for a trading strategy as a percentage. The trader may also defin... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672896 | System and method for order placement in an electronic trading environment A system and associated methods are provided for intelligent placement and movement of orders in an electronic trading environment. According to one example method, in addition to submitting a leg order at a calculated price level, additional orders, queue holder or... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672558 | Silicon optical device An optical device can be fabricated by forming a silicon rib, such as a poly-silicon rib, on a SOI substrate so that a portion of the SOI substrate is exposed, and by forming silicon spacers, such as amorphous or poly-silicon spacers, that round off corners of the s... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672548 | Light emitting diode structures Light emitting diode (LED) structures are described that include a first layer and a light-generating layer, wherein light generated in the light-generating layer generally emerges from the LED structure through the upper surface of the first layer. The coupling out... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672411 | Radio receiver A radio receiver comprising: an antenna for receiving a radio frequency signal amplitude modulated with an audio frequency signal; a digitizer for periodically sampling the radio frequency signal and generating a digital reception signal representative of the amplit... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672397 | Method for producing a transmission signal A method for producing a transmission signal, wherein an input signal (Vd(t)), which is to be amplified, is fed to a power amplifier (PA) which outputs the signal in an amplified form (va(t)). A reproduction thereof is made and allocates a specific pre-distortion in... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672045 | Compact two-element infrared objective lens and IR or thermal sight for weapon having viewing optics A compact objective lens is disclosed which is particularly suitable for infrared optical systems. The lens features a simple design with only two lens elements, namely a first lens element receiving incident radiation and having front and rear surfaces, and a secon... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7671768 | Digital-to-analogue converter system with increased performance The invention relates to an N-bit digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) system, comprising—a DAC unit comprising an N-bit master DAC and a slave DAC, yielding a master DAC unit output signal and a slave DAC unit output signal, respectively, said N-bit master DAC hav... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7671180 | Fibroblast growth factor-like polypeptides and variants thereof The present invention provides novel Fibroblast Growth Factor-like (FGF-like) fusion polypedtides. ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7670611 | Cancer immunotherapy with semi-allogeneic cells The present invention relates to improved semi-allogeneic immunogenic cells which act to stimulate and induce an immunological response when administered to an individual. In particular, it relates to cells which express both allogeneic and syngeneic MHC determinant... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7669805 | Device for remotely controlling aircraft control surfaces A device for remotely controlling the control surfaces of an aircraft, the device comprising: an actuator member pivotable about an axis and entraining a rotary shaft; a stationary finger parallel to the shaft and supported at a radial distance from the shaft; a mov... | 03/02/2010 |
| D610952 | Suspension assembly | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668767 | System and method for dynamic quantity orders in an electronic trading environment A system and method for dynamic quantity orders in an electronic trading environment are described. According to one method, a dynamic quantity order includes a price, a desired order quantity and a percentage associated with an estimated order quantity that will be... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668258 | Systems and methods for transmitter diversity expansion Methods and systems for transmitter diversity expansion are provided. The methods and systems include steps and modules for applying a number of data streams (K) to a larger number of antennas (N). This is performed by applying each of the data streams to a single b... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7667154 | Three-position apparatus capable of positioning an electrical transfer switch A multi-position apparatus for use with a system operated in at least three distinct positions. The apparatus comprises (i) a position-selection mechanism, (ii) a first link mechanism and a second link mechanism, each link mechanism being operably coupled with the p... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7667008 | Fibroblast growth factor-like polypeptides and variants thereof The present invention provides novel Fibroblast Growth Factor-like (FGF-like) fusion polypeptides. ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7666902 | Haloalkyl ester derivatives of coumarin for the treatment of coagulation disorders The subject invention provides anticoagulant compounds of formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R3, n and Ar are as defined herein. The compounds of the subject inventio... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7665979 | Device and method for the production of three-dimensional objects by means of generative production method A device and a method for layerwise, generative production of three-dimensional objects are provided. Multiple objects are produced in parallel in distinct process chambers (11, 12, 13, 14) by means of successive application of layers of a building material a... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7664640 | System for estimating parameters of a gaussian mixture model A signal processing system is disclosed which is implemented using Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) based Hidden Markov Model (HMM), or a GMM alone, parameters of which are constrained during its optimization procedure. Also disclosed is a constraint system applied to i... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7663295 | Method and system for measuring physical parameters with a piezoelectric bimorph cantilever in a gaseous or liquid environment A piezoelectric bimorph cantilever is used for determining physical parameters in a gaseous or liquid environment. The sensor works as a driven and damped oscillator. Contrary to common cantilever sensor systems, the piezoelectric film of the bimorph cantilever acts... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7662924 | Beta chain-associated regulator of apoptosis The present invention provides β-subunit-Associated Regulator of Apoptosis, or BARA, polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides selective binding agents, vectors, host cells, non-human transgenic animals, devices and meth... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7662609 | host cells with modified PhoS/PstS periplasmic phosphate-binding proteins, and method of manufacturing recombinant fabs The present invention provides an Ecoli host cell expressing a recombinant antibody characterized in that the Ecoli host cell has been genetically modified in order to change at least one physical property of one or more Ecoli proteins which in ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7662441 | High-speed diamond growth using a microwave plasma in pulsed mode Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a diamond film of electronic quality at a high rate using a pulsed microwave plasma. The plasma that has a finite volume is formed near a substrate (in a vacuum chamber) by subjecting a gas containing at least hydrogen and car... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7662127 | Breastshield with multi-pressure and expansible chamber construction, related breastpump and method Inner and outer shield parts of a breastshield are joined to form an enclosure defining a pressurizable chamber. The inner shield part has at least a portion thereof movable relative to the outer shield part when the chamber is subject to a negative or a positive pr... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7661948 | Application device for applying a layer of a building material in powder form in a device for a layerwise manufacturing of a three-dimensional object An application device (27) for applying a layer of a building material in powder form in a device (1) for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layer-wise solidification of a building material at positions in the respective layers that correspo... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7659628 | Contact structure comprising semiconductor and metal islands Contact structures and methods for forming such contact structures are disclosed. An example contact structure includes a layer of semiconductor material having an interface and an electrical contact at the interface of the layer of semiconductor material, where the... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7659269 | Substituted indolealkanoic acids Disclosed are substituted indolealkanoic acids useful in the treatment of chronic complications arising from diabetes mellitus. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of treatment employing the compounds, as well as metho... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7659223 | Process for preparing an olefin polymerization catalyst component with improved high temperature activity The invention refers to a process for preparing a Group 2 metal/transition metal olefin polymerization catalyst component in particulate form having an improved high temperature activity and the use thereof in a process for polymerizing olefins. ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7659079 | Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy test reagents and methods The invention provides improved methods and compositions for selectively binding and/or detecting an aggregating abnormal form of a protein in the presence of non-aggregating normal form of the protein. ... | 02/09/2010 |