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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185240 | Automated apparatus for constructing assemblies of building components A device for constructing an assembly of building components includes an articulating arm unit and a gripper/nailer mounted on an end of the articulating arm unit. The gripper/nailer includes a gripping unit for grasping building components and positioning them in a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184538 | Regulating network service levels provided to communication terminals through a LAN access point Network services provided by network access points to a plurality of communication terminals are regulated. Subscriber information that defines which of a plurality of network service levels is allocated to the communication terminals is maintained by at least one n... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183853 | Power network sensor devices and related methods An operation detection device for an overcurrent protection component that detects a transition event between a closed state and an open state of the protection component includes an event sensor positioned at a location selected to allow the event sensor to detect ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182281 | Devices for connecting conductors of twisted pair cable to insulation displacement contacts An interconnection between a twisted pair communications cable and a communications connector having a plurality of IDCs includes: a housing having an aperture and a pair of first and second IDCs extending within the aperture; a twisted pair communications cable hav... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180484 | Apparatus, system and methods for dispensing products Products are dispensed from a dispensing apparatus in which products marked with transaction information are received in a two-dimensional array of moveable bins. In response to control information synthesized from transaction information on the products in the bins... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180131 | Methods, systems and computer program products for mixed-density optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for acquiring an image set using optical coherence tomography (OCT). A first portion of a defined volume is scanned at a low-density sampling rate to obtain a plurality of low-density frames. A second porti... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179732 | Flash memory devices including ready/busy control circuits and methods of testing the same A flash memory device includes a chip disable fuse circuit that has a fuse and that outputs a chip disable signal when the fuse is cut out, and a ready/busy control circuit that forcibly activates a ready/busy signal representing an internal operational state in res... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179345 | Shared buffer display panel drive methods and systems Methods of driving source lines and/or circuits/systems for driving source lines are provided. Source lines of a display device are driven by comparing first data for driving a first buffer associated with a first source line of the display device and second data fo... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178928 | Intermediate structures having reduced width contact holes that are formed during manufacture of memory cells having contact structures Intermediate structures are provided that are formed during the manufacture of a memory device. These structures include first and second spaced apart gate patterns on a semiconductor substrate. A source/drain region is provided in the semiconductor substrate betwee... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178924 | Semiconductor device having floating body element and bulk body element A semiconductor device having a floating body element and a bulk body element and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a bulk body element region and floating body element regions. An isolation region defi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178888 | Semiconductor light emitting devices with high color rendering A packaged light emitting device (LED) includes a light emitting diode configured to emit primary light having a peak wavelength that is less than about 465 nm and having a shoulder emission component at a wavelength that is greater than the peak wavelength, and a w... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177382 | Apparatus and methods for multiplanar optical diffusers and display panels for using the same Provided are solid state lighting devices that include multiple solid state light emitters that are configured to emit light and a multiplane light diffuser including a first diffusion plane and a second diffusion plane that are separated by a gap, the multiplane li... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174865 | Memory devices and wireless devices including the same A memory device includes a plurality of memory bit lines connected to a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of reference bit lines connected to a plurality of reference cells and a reference bit line selection circuit. The memory bit lines has a first pattern and... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174052 | Standard cell libraries and integrated circuit including standard cells A standard cell library includes a first power rail, a second power rail, a third power rail, a first standard cell, and second standard cells. The first power rail extends in a first direction. The second power rail extends in the first direction, and is spaced apa... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172608 | Reuseable coaxial connectors and related extraction tools and methods Reusable coaxial connectors include a connector body, a contact post that is at least partly within the connector body, a compression sleeve that is configured to impart a compressive force to secure one or more elements of a coaxial cable between the connector body... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172112 | Device for staging and dispensing tablets useful in system and method for dispensing prescriptions A chute assembly for a system configured to dispense objects from a bulk supply of such objects includes: an elongate chute having an open bottom end; a dispensing assembly slidably mounted to a bottom end portion of the chute, the dispensing assembly including a sl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171629 | Reuseable coaxial connector method Coaxial connectors include a connector body and an inner contact post. A compression sleeve is also provided that is configured to impart a generally circumferential compressive force to secure one or more elements of a coaxial cable between the connector body and t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169955 | Systems and methods for orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) communications over satellite links Methods for controlling orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) communications over satellite links. The methods include estimating a differential delay in a satellite spotbeam between a mean propagation delay in the spotbeam and a propagation delay be... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168521 | Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices having low resistance buried gate structures In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a recess is formed in an active region of a substrate. A gate insulation layer is formed in the first recess. A barrier layer is formed on the gate insulation layer. A preliminary nucleation layer having a first r... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167504 | Fiber optic multi dwelling unit deployment apparatus including a seamed protection jacket An optical fiber terminal apparatus includes an optical fiber protection jacket including a pre-defined, longitudinally extending seam that can be opened at a selected location along the jacket to define an opening into the optical fiber protection jacket at the sel... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166143 | Methods, systems and computer program products for invariant representation of computer network information technology (IT) managed resources Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for invariant representation of computer network information technology (IT) managed resources. A common information model for representing the managed resources is defined. An identification of a resource ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165099 | Continuous packet connectivity (CPC) scheduler A base station establishes a data channel in an uplink between the base station and a user equipment, establishes a control channel in the uplink between the base station and the user equipment, and determines a gating configuration associated with the control chann... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164571 | Slideable keyboard for an electronic equipment An electronic equipment (1) comprising a casing (10) having a front surface (11); a display (20); a mechanical keypad (30); and a set (40) of navigation and function/control keys, said display (20) and keypad (30 | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163616 | Methods of manufacturing nonvolatile memory devices Nonvolatile memory devices and methods of manufacturing nonvolatile memory devices are provided. The method includes patterning a bulk substrate to form an active pillar; forming a charge storage layer on a side surface of active pillar; and forming a plurality of g... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163608 | Methods of fabricating nonvolatile memory devices Methods of fabricating a nonvolatile memory device include forming a trench mask pattern on a semiconductor substrate including a first region and a second region. Substrate trenches defining active regions are formed in the semiconductor substrate in the first regi... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163569 | Magnetic memory devices and methods of forming the same Provided are a magnetic memory device and a method of forming the same. The method may include forming a pinning pattern on a substrate; forming a first interlayer insulating layer that exposes the pinning pattern on the substrate; forming a pinned layer, a tunnelin... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163151 | Assays for detection of Von Willebrand factor (vWF) multimers and for degradation of vWF by agents such as Adamts13 and related methods Methods of analyzing the electrophoretic mobility distribution of von Willebrand factor (vWF) multimers include providing a sample medium comprising a plurality vWF multimers. The vWF multimers are electrophoretically separated by electrohoretic mobility in the samp... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160981 | Event-based anticipation systems, methods and computer program products for associative memories wherein times of future events occurring are predicted A time of occurrence of an interest event of multiple events is anticipated based on time intervals between at least two previously occurring events and a previous occurrence of the interest event and based on a new occurrence of at least one of the events. For a re... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160236 | Enhanced telecommunication signal insertion systems and methods An enhanced telecommunication signal insertion system includes a first connection block field including a plurality of switches configured to be coupled to an enhanced signal source and a second connection block field including a plurality of normally closed switche... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159368 | Methods, systems and computer program products for providing an emergency vehicle alert A method for providing an emergency vehicle alert to an occupant of a second vehicle includes: receiving an alert signal at a receiver device on the second vehicle from the emergency vehicle; and, responsive to the received alert signal, automatically warning the oc... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159012 | Semiconductor device including insulating layer of cubic system or tetragonal system Provided is a semiconductor device including an insulating layer of a cubic system or a tetragonal system, having good electrical characteristics. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including an active region, a transistor that is formed in ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154065 | Semiconductor memory devices including a vertical channel transistor having a buried bit line Semiconductor memory devices include a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of semiconductor material pillars in a spaced relationship on the semiconductor substrate. Respective surrounding gate electrodes surround ones of the pillars. A first source/drain region... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154043 | Packaged light emitting devices Packaged semiconductor light emitting device are provided including a reflector having a lower sidewall portion defining a reflective cavity. A light emitting device is positioned in the reflective cavity. A first quantity of cured encapsulant material having a firs... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153515 | Methods of fabricating strain balanced nitride heterojunction transistors A nitride based heterojunction transistor includes a substrate and a first Group III nitride layer, such as an AlGaN based layer, on the substrate. The first Group III-nitride based layer has an associated first strain. A second Group III-nitride based layer, such a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150863 | Methods, systems and computer program products for monitoring changes to objects on a computer system using information models and baselines Methods for monitoring changes in objects on a computer system include receiving a request to generate a baseline snapshot of a plurality of objects having associated object types. The object types include at least one object having an object type not managed by a f... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150001 | Methods for voice activated dialing Methods for routing a call based on voice activated dialing (VAD). A VAD device module may respond to a VAD instruction, or to a call received with a VAD instruction with a corresponding call destination number obtained from a personal VAD directory. If the personal... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148763 | Three-dimensional semiconductor devices Provided are a three-dimensional semiconductor device and a method of operating the same. The three-dimensional semiconductor device includes: a plurality of word line structures on a substrate; active semiconductor patterns between the plurality of word line struct... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148261 | Methods of forming metal patterns in openings in semiconductor devices A method of forming a semiconductor device is disclosed. A dielectric layer having a opening therein is formed on a semiconductor substrate. An inner surface of the opening is treated by plasma. A barrier metal layer is formed on the plasma-treated inner surface of ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144100 | Shared buffer display panel drive methods and systems Methods of driving source lines and/or circuits/systems for driving source lines are provided. Source lines of a display device are driven by comparing first data for driving a first buffer associated with a first source line of the display device and second data fo... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144020 | Water alarm devices, systems and related methods A water alarm device for releaseable attachment to a user in a body of water includes a buoyant alarm unit having a water sensor. The water sensor is configured to sense if a sensing portion of the alarm unit is in contact with water. A timer is in communication wit... | 03/27/2012 |
