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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7789106 | Hot water fluid isolation valve A fluid isolation valve having a valve body with a first fluid flow port, a second fluid flow port and a fluid drain port with a valve in the fluid drain port. The valve body also defines a fluid flow channel, a drain flow channel and a valve portion, wherein the va... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7693336 | Method and apparatus for determining if an optical disk originated from a valid source A method and apparatus for determining if an optical disk originated from a valid source, the method and apparatus scanning one major surface of the optical disk for mechanical surface imperfections, storing the locations of the surface imperfections relative to a d... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7685587 | Automated instruction-set extension Commercial data processors are available that include a capability of extending their instruction set for a specified application, i.e. of introducing customized functional units in the interest of enhanced processing performance. For such processors there is a need... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7681596 | Isolation valve with valve in drain A fluid isolation valve having a valve body with a first fluid flow port, a second fluid flow port and a fluid drain port with a valve in the fluid drain port. The valve body also defines a fluid flow channel, a drain flow channel and a valve portion, wherein the va... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7681462 | System and method for measuring interaction of loads A test system for measuring a rotary load comprises a stepper motor drives a gear box that is mounted at one end of a frame. A torque sensor provides a measurement signal transmission. The gear box's output shaft is connected to one of the torque sensor's stubs by m... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7656257 | Low energy magnetic actuator A low energy magnet actuator allows magnetic fields to be turned on and off using a small amount of energy. The magnetic actuator according to the invention generally includes a base suitable for the support of a plurality of magnets. An actuatable shield is positio... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7644730 | Method for isolating an appliance in a plumbing system A fluid isolation valve having a valve body with a first fluid flow port, a second fluid flow port and a fluid drain port with a valve in the fluid drain port. The valve body also defines a fluid flow channel, a drain flow channel and a valve portion, wherein the va... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7634518 | Method and apparatus for managing and archiving performance information relating to storage system A data management and archive method and apparatus, such as for implementation in an automated system to monitor and manage status, performance and configuration data for a plurality of networked storage components. Analysis and cross-correlation of data related to ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7631662 | Hot/cold fluid isolation valve A fluid isolation valve having a valve body with a first fluid flow port, a second fluid flow port and a fluid drain port with a valve in the fluid drain port. The valve body also defines a fluid flow channel, a drain flow channel and a valve portion, wherein the va... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7621295 | System for controlling fluid flow to an appliance A fluid isolation valve having a valve body with a first fluid flow port, a second fluid flow port and a fluid drain port with a valve in the fluid drain port. The valve body also defines a fluid flow channel, a drain flow channel and a valve portion, wherein the va... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7488426 | Scalable immersed-filtration method and apparatus A method and apparatus for filtering a large volume fluid intake system using a modular immersed-filtration array that can be easily scaled for use in a wide variety of immersion filtering applications. The immersed-filtration array is composed of a plurality of ind... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7372986 | Method and apparatus for determining if an optical disk originated from a valid source A method and apparatus for determining if an optical disk originated from a valid source, the method and apparatus scanning one major surface of the optical disk for mechanical surface imperfections, storing the locations of the surface imperfections relative to a d... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362594 | Adaptive resonant switching power system A resonant switching power system operates with two resonant frequencies. A first frequency depends on the secondary leakage inductance of an output transformer and capacitor. The first frequency varies with changes in the load because load changes alter the leakage... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7266570 | System and method for exporting formatted transactional data from a database system A database and data processing system for transactional and other data allows such data to be exported in various different formats as required by other systems. As an example, the exported data can be loaded into a business's general ledger. Data can be exported in... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7254595 | Method and apparatus for storage and retrieval of very large databases using a direct pipe A method and apparatus for directly connecting very large data streams from an archive command into a backup data system using an “intelligent process.” An output stream is piped into an intelligent pipe-reading process and distributed over a set of temporary da... | 08/07/2007 |
| D544044 | Ball spinner | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221866 | Methods for creating spherical imagery High Dynamic Range (HDR) spherical images can be obtained without a requirement for special purpose cameras having linear optical sensors. Various examples of the present invention can use a standard single lens reflex (SLR) camera with a fisheye lens to obtain sphe... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7204264 | High pressure capillary micro-fluidic valve device and a method of fabricating same A freeze-thaw valve and a method of micro-machining the freeze-thaw valve is provided and includes a valve housing, wherein the valve housing defines a housing cavity and includes a housing inlet, a housing vent, a capillary tubing inlet and a capillary tubing outle... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7058704 | Method and apparatus for implementing a service-level agreement A method and apparatus is provided for generating, collecting, and manipulating useful information for validating or defining SLAs of web servers on a network. Web servers comprising a web farm on the network are adapted for logging detailed runtime information rega... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6997031 | Fraction collector for composition analysis A method and apparatus for controlling fraction collection in an eluent stream flowing from an LC column. A triggering detector recognizes the presence of a target substance according to characteristics of chromatographic peaks in the eluent stream and initiates a d... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6891824 | Audible communication with a modem over a wide area network A method and apparatus for effecting low cost audible communication between a local machine at a local site and a remote modem, over a wide area network. A remote modem, e.g. in a modem pool is configured to include a converter added to a telephone interconnection o... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6886586 | Symmetrical valve configuration A compression-type valve seating ring device for sealingly engaging the valve seat. The seating ring device includes a resilient cylindrical body having a central axis and having a side surface, a top surface and a bottom surface. A first inward bevel is defined cir... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6886020 | Method and apparatus for storage system metrics management and archive A data management and archive method and apparatus, such as for implementation in an automated system to monitor and manage status, performance and configuration data for a plurality of networked storage components. Analysis and cross-correlation of data related to ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6772413 | Method and apparatus of data exchange using runtime code generator and translator A high level transformation method and apparatus for converting data formats in the context of network applications, among other places. A flexible transformation mechanism is provided that facilitates generation of translation machine code on the fly. A translator ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6768550 | Beam shifting surface plasmon resonance system and method The invention relates to a surface plasmon resonance system method. The system has at least one light source operable to generate a source beam, a prism having a rear surface at least partially coated with a metallic coating and optionally a dielectric layer. At lea... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6748447 | Method and apparatus for scalable distribution of information in a distributed network The present invention provides a system and apparatus for efficient and reliable, control and distribution of data files or portions of files, applications, or other data objects in large-scale distributed networks. A unique content-management front-end provides eff... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6728748 | Method and apparatus for policy based class of service and adaptive service level management within the context of an internet and intranet A method and apparatus for robustly enhanced Class of Service (COS) at the application layer permits highly flexible privilege based access and enables implementation of complex policies and rules for classification and differentiation of services. Differentiation f... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6718361 | Method and apparatus for reliable and scalable distribution of data files in distributed networks The present invention provides a system and apparatus for efficient and reliable, control and distribution of data files or portions of files, applications, or other data objects in large-scale distributed networks. A unique content-management front-end provides eff... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6701005 | Method and apparatus for three-dimensional object segmentation A three-dimensional (3-D) machine-vision involving a method and apparatus for performing segmentation of 3-D objects. Multiple stereo-related sets (left/right, top/left, top/right) of two-dimensional video pixel data are separately processed into sets of ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6655412 | Single flanged end ball valve of unitary construction A ball valve unit for shutting off the flow of fluids flowing in heating and plumbing systems. The ball valve unit includes a ball valve and a main section including a flange formed integrally with the main section. A chamber is formed in the main section... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6651074 | Method and apparatus for storage and retrieval of very large databases using a direct pipe A method and apparatus for directly connecting very large data streams from an archive command into a backup data system using an "intelligent process." An output stream-is piped into an intelligent pipe-reading process and distributed over a set of tempo... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6636304 | Laser induced fluorescence capillary interface An optical scheme that substantially eliminates spherical aberration and coma, thereby substantially improving fluorescence excitation and collection efficiency. The optical scheme utilizes a laser beam focused by an optical component through the curved s... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6487562 | Dynamically modifying system parameters in data storage system A system and method for dynamically modifying parameters in a data storage system such as a RAID system. Such parameters include QOS (Quality of Service) parameters, which control the speed in which system operations are performed for various parts of a d... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6397273 | System having an enhanced parity mechanism in a data assembler/disassembler for use in a pipeline of a host-storage system interface to global memory An assembler/disassembler mechanism in a data transfer pipeline receives data from FIFOs on a write operation to a memory, and transfers data to FIFOs on a read operation from memory. An enhanced parity mechanism is implemented in the assembler/disassembl... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6385762 | Data reduction using rank-of-ranks methodology Data reduction for testing results obtained from the diagnostic testing of signal integrity at node points along a PC board using a Rank-of-Ranks data analysis methodology. The Rank-of-Ranks methodology including a reduction of node points along the PC bo... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6356943 | Distance learning implementation A distance learning implementation is effected as a client/server solution with a centralized server facility and a remote client facility. The centralized server facility includes a first network with at least one host processor system and associated ope... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6317805 | Data transfer interface having protocol conversion device and upper, lower, middle machines: with middle machine arbitrating among lower machine side requesters including selective assembly/disassembly requests An interface architecture includes a plurality of pipelines each controlled by a respective line processor. An onboard ESCON protocol conversion device distinguishes customer data to be stored on a disk or read from disk versus header information. Transmi... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6312575 | Methods and devices for chromatographic pattern analysis employing chromatographic variability characterizations Method and devices for performing chromatographic pattern analysis determine chromatographic variability due to a plurality of sources without requiring identification or characterization of peaks or other chromatographic features, receives data indicativ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6309497 | Method for making a protected reflection image A protectively reflected binary image is provided comprising a thermally imaged transparency on which is superposed a thin reflective protective overcoat, the imaged transparency comprising a binary image supported on a transparent substrate. The reflecti... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6297844 | Video safety curtain A three-dimensional (3-D) machine-vision safety-solution involving a method and apparatus for performing high-integrity, high efficiency machine vision. The machine vision safety solution converts two-dimensional video pixel data into 3-D point data that ... | 10/02/2001 |
