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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182032 | Table and seating apparatus A rolling table and seating system includes a first assembly folding between a first position with the first assembly forming a seat bottom, and a second storage position. A second assembly moves between a first position with the second assembly forming a table and ... | 05/22/2012 |
| D659658 | Static electricity discharger | 05/15/2012 |
| D659445 | Chair back | 05/15/2012 |
| D659435 | Table | 05/15/2012 |
| D659434 | Table | 05/15/2012 |
| D659041 | Warning light | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166739 | Windrow merging apparatus A windrow merger has a frame supporting first, second and third pickup assemblies, with the two outside pickup assemblies foldable between an extended use position and a retracted travel position. Each of the pickup assemblies includes a reversible conveyor providin... | 05/01/2012 |
| D658400 | Chair | 05/01/2012 |
| 8138349 | Pharmaceutically acceptable salt and polymorphic forms of flupirtine maleate The present invention is concerned with new polymorphic forms of flupirtine maleate, processes for preparing the new polymorphic forms, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, therapeutic uses thereof and methods of treatment employing them. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133045 | Self-aligning pump rotor and methods A rotary fluid device having a housing that defines a pumping chamber, a shaft disposed in the housing, and a rotor disposed in the pumping chamber and engaged with the shaft. The rotor includes a body which defines a bore that includes an oblique tapered surface. A... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8121061 | Efficient file management through granular opportunistic locking Improved methods and systems for granular opportunistic locking mechanisms (oplocks) are provided for increasing file caching efficiency. Oplocks can be specified with a combination of three possible granular caching intentions: read, write, and/or handle. An oplock... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119157 | Pharmaceutical compositions for lipophilic drugs Stable solutions of lipophilic drugs, such as cyclosporin, forming a polar lipid self-emulsifying drug delivery system. The solutions can include lipophilic drugs, such as cyclosporin, dissolved in a polar lipid, such as having a C6-C12 fatty a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118042 | Apparatus and method for cleaning a liquid handling probe The present invention concerns an improved apparatus for cleaning the interior of a liquid handling probe to reduce the amount time and the volume of wash fluid required to clean the probe and minimize carryover of material between different samples. In addition to ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117459 | Personal identification information schemas A digital identity system includes a principal including an identity selector programmed to receive a security policy from a relying party, review a plurality of digital identities associated with the principal, and request one or more claims related to an identity ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117173 | Efficient chunking algorithm The present invention provides a method for chunking an object. The method is arranged to provide efficient chunking of objects such that objects can be efficiently updated between a remote machine and a local machine over a network. The chunking algorithm is applic... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112496 | Efficient algorithm for finding candidate objects for remote differential compression The present invention finds candidate objects for remote differential compression. Objects are updated between two or more computing devices using remote differential compression (RDC) techniques such that required data transfers are minimized. An algorithm provides... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112477 | Content identification for peer-to-peer content retrieval Described is a technology in which client content requests to a server over a wide area network (WAN) are responded to with hash information by which the client may locate the content among one or more peer sources coupled to the client via a local area network (LAN... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108441 | Efficient creation, storage, and provision of web-viewable documents A system and method are disclosed for providing a resource, such as a document, to a client computing device. A request is received at a server from the client for particular named objects representing a portion of the document. It is determined that the particular ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108345 | Managing rich presence collections in a single request A method and system for increasing the computational and network efficiency of presence servers having collections of publications is provided. The presence system uses several techniques that enable a presence server to provide rich presence information without req... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104074 | Identity providers in digital identity system A digital identity system includes a principal including an identity selector programmed to receive a security policy from a relying party, review a plurality of digital identities associated with the principal, and request one or more claims related to an identity ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103905 | Detecting and recovering from process failures A service is used to process files. The processing of the files is performed by worker services that are assigned to process a portion of the files. Each worker service that is processing a portion of the files is assigned a unique identifier. Using the identifier i... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099500 | Policy service system architecture for sessions created using STUN Described herein are embodiments for setting, managing, and monitoring connection policies for a plurality of network paths from a first endpoint to a second endpoint. In embodiments, a set of candidate addresses from a first endpoint and a set of candidate addresse... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099456 | Application programming interface for implementing directory service access using directory service markup language A set of DSML application programming interface (DSML API) functions is provided to facilitate the implementation of DSML-based directory service access. The DSML API includes a DSML document API class for building or accessing a DSML payload, and a DSML connection ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091331 | Windrow merger A windrow merger including three pickup and transfer units, a folding system, and a plurality of float mechanisms. The folding system employs simultaneous rearward, outward, and upward folding motion so as to ensure none of the units interfere with the other units w... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088919 | Crystalline forms of pemetrexed diacid and processes for the preparation thereof Provided are crystalline forms of N-[4-[2-(2-amino-4,7-dihydro-4-oxo-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-5-yl)ethyl]benzoyl]-L-glutamic acid, pemetrexed diacid, and processes for the preparation thereof. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| D651682 | Optical sight reticle | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087072 | Provisioning of digital identity representations A system and method for provisioning digital identity representations (“DIRs”) uses various techniques and structures to ease administration, increase accuracy, and decrease inconsistencies of a digital-identity provisioning system. A system is provided using a ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086845 | Secure tunnel over HTTPS connection Many secure tunnels require protocols that require special handling, authorization or security certificates, such as L2TP and PPTP. This often eliminates them for use between a corporate or agency network and outside, public networks. A secure socket tunnel protocol... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074670 | Maintaining dynamic water storage in underground porosity reservoirs An underground porosity reservoir includes substantially impermeable barriers and an aquiclude surrounding a volume of alluvial materials for storing water within the pore spaces of the alluvial materials. Upstream and downstream ends of the reservoir define both a ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069239 | Centralized monitor and control system for laboratory instruments A laboratory computer network is set forth. The laboratory computer network comprises a plurality of laboratory instrument workstations connected to respective laboratory instruments. Each laboratory instrument workstation is adapted to provide video screen data ind... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065668 | Unified data type system and method A type system includes a dual representation for basic data types. One representation is the basic data type representation common to such basic built-in data types, known as an unboxed value type or simply as a value type. Each of the basic data types also has a bo... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061278 | Adjustable desk and footrest assembly A universal desk or workstation assembly for enhancing learning is incrementally adjustable in height from sitting to standing positions, and includes a pendulum swinging footrest assembly. The swinging footrest assembly may be provided in kit form and is configurab... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8048188 | Air cleaner arrangements; serviceable filter cartridge; and, methods Principles, techniques and configurations applicable in air cleaner arrangements and filter cartridges therefore, are described. In general the filter cartridge includes an axial pivot arrangement, for pivoting the filter cartridge in place, when mounted in an air c... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044086 | Oxidative degradation products of atorvastatin calcium The present invention relates to oxidative degradation products of atorvastatin calcium and the process of the preparation thereof. The present invention also relates to atorvastatin calcium substantially free of oxidative degradation products and the pharmaceutical... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036140 | Application programming interface for inviting participants in a serverless peer to peer network Methods and computer readable mediums are described that facilitate inviting user entities on a network. The method may include initiating a first application for sending an invitation by a first user entity on a first endpoint, selecting a second user entity to rec... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025342 | Close proximity grinder A close proximity pavement grinder is utilized for grinding close to a raised structure such as a lower surface of curbs close to the curb wall. The grinding apparatus utilizes a wide grinding head with grinding blades mounted along the length of an arbor to grind t... | 09/27/2011 |
| D645973 | Reagent cartridge for holding reagents in a chemistry analyzer | 09/27/2011 |
| 8022108 | Acid treatment of a fischer-tropsch derived hydrocarbon stream Novel methods of treating a Fischer-Tropsch product stream with an acid are disclosed. Such methods are capable of removing contamination from the Fischer-Tropsch product stream such that plugging of the catalyst beds of a subsequent hydroprocessing step is substant... | 09/20/2011 |
| D645267 | Chair | 09/20/2011 |
| D645266 | Chair | 09/20/2011 |
