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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949914 | Diagnostic mode switching A system is described having a JTAG diagnostic unit and a serial wire diagnostic unit. A watcher unit is connected to a data connection shared between the diagnostic units. Special patterns detected upon the shared data connection serve to switch between diagnostic ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949866 | Exception types within a secure processing system An apparatus for processing data includes a processor operable in a plurality modes including at least one secure mode being a mode in a secure domain and at least one non-secure mode being a mode in a non-secure domain. When the processor is executing a program in ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949848 | Data processing apparatus, method and computer program product for reducing memory usage of an object oriented program The present invention for reducing memory usage of an object oriented program. The object oriented program comprises class definitions used to create objects, each class definition providing at least one function that can be run in respect of objects created from th... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949835 | Data processing apparatus and method for controlling access to memory A data processing apparatus and method are provided for controlling access to memory. The data processing apparatus comprises main processing logic operable to execute a sequence of instructions in order to perform a process, and subsidiary processing logic operable... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949459 | Control apparatus for vehicle A target throttle opening degree computing device of a control apparatus computes a target throttle opening degree of a throttle valve and includes a phase lead compensator. A filter filters the target throttle opening degree to provide an ultimate target throttle o... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949294 | Image forming apparatus with switchback transport path in the stapling unit An image forming apparatus in which an original reading portion is disposed in an upper portion of the apparatus main body, a feed portion is disposed in a lower portion of the apparatus main body, and a printing portion is disposed between the original reading port... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949120 | Information processing system in which information expressing a current time point is transmitted from one computer to another for use in calculating an amount of delay in transferring data between the computers In a system in which a first computer transmits data to a second computer, the first computer transmits data conveying time information to the second computer, with the information expressing a first time point that occurs prior to commencement of the transmission a... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949050 | Method and system for semantically segmenting scenes of a video sequence A shot-based video content analysis method and system is described for providing automatic recognition of logical story units (LSUs). The method employs vector quantization (VQ) to represent the visual content of a shot, following which a shot clustering algorithm i... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948816 | Accessing data within a memory formed of memory banks A memory is disclosed that comprises: an input for receiving an input signal and an output for outputting data; a plurality of data storage cells for storing individual units of data; said plurality of data storage cells being arranged in an array; a plurality of sa... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948633 | Compensating for time varying phase changes in interferometric measurements An optical device under test (DUT) is interferometrically measured. The DUT can include one or more of an optical fiber, an optical component, or an optical system. First interference pattern data for the DUT is obtained for a first path to the DUT, and second inter... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948591 | Retardation film, polarizing film, liquid crystal display, and method of designing retardation film To provide a retardation film in which the retardation condition is adjusted to achieve a liquid crystal display without coloration over a wide viewing angle range and having a high contrast ratio, and a method of designing the same, as well as a polarizing film and... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948580 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes a backlight (3), a liquid crystal display panel (1), and a viewing angle control panel (2) for controlling the viewing angle of the display panel (1), the liquid crystal display further including a lens s... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947622 | Aerobic catalysts for alcohol oxidation in organic solvents and in supercritical carbon dioxide, process for the production thereof, and their use in oxidative conversions Nanohybrid sol-gel materials, based on silica organically modified (ormosil) and doped with the ruthenium species tetra-n-propylammonium perruthenate (TPAP) are highly efficient catalysts for the selective oxidation of alcohols to carbonyls with oxygen at low pressu... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947617 | Optical glass, precision-pressmolding preform and optical element To provide a high-refractivity high-dispersion optical glass having excellent stability An optical glass which is formed of an oxide glass containing 30 to 70 cationic % of Bi3+ and has a liquidus temperature of 800° C. or lower. ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947374 | Coated article with sputter-deposited transparent conductive coating capable of surviving harsh environments, and method of making the same Certain example embodiments relate to sputter-deposited transparent conductive coatings (TCCs) that are capable of surviving the harsh environments of ovens so that they can be included, for example, in oven door applications. In certain example embodiments, zirconi... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947225 | Automated test tube cap removal apparatus A automated test tube cap removal apparatus includes, a cap remover, a test tube rack which holds a plurality of capped test tubes upright in a row, a clamping mechanism which is disposed in the cap removing position and clamps the plurality of test tubes, and a cap... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947114 | Carbon membranes A process for the production of a carbon membrane comprising: (i) reacting a mixture of cellulose and hemicellulose with an acid; (ii) casting the mixture to form a film, (iii) drying said film; and (iv) carbonizing said film. ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947042 | Biologic intramedullary fixation device and methods of use A biologic intramedullary fixation device for treating a bone fracture includes an internal tubular wall formed of a bioabsorbable synthetic material; and an outer wall coupled with and surrounding the internal tubular wall with an annular space therebetween. The ou... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946839 | Apparatus and method for removing objects from a forming device An apparatus comprises a forming device for forming objects, a moving arrangement arranged for moving said objects along a path directed from said forming device towards an exit area, passage arrangement for an operating fluid, said passage arrangement being arrange... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946823 | Steam turbine rotating blade A rotating blade for a steam turbine includes a root section and an airfoil section contiguous with the root section. The airfoil section is shaped to optimize aerodynamic performance while providing optimized flow distribution and minimal centrifugal and bending st... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946822 | Steam turbine rotating blade A rotating blade for a steam turbine includes a root section and an airfoil section contiguous with the root section. The airfoil section is shaped to optimize aerodynamic performance while providing optimized flow distribution and minimal centrifugal and bending st... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946821 | Steam turbine rotating blade A rotating blade for a steam turbine includes a root section and an airfoil section contiguous with the root section. The airfoil section is shaped to optimize aerodynamic performance while providing optimized flow distribution and minimal centrifugal and bending st... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946820 | Steam turbine rotating blade A rotating blade for a steam turbine includes a root section and an airfoil section contiguous with the root section. The airfoil section is shaped to optimize aerodynamic performance while providing optimized flow distribution and minimal centrifugal and bending st... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946651 | Mechanism for adjusting the inclination of backrests in chairs and arm-chairs, particularly in office chairs The invention relates to a mechanism for an office chair or arm-chair, in which control means for the backrest inclination and spring means for biasing the backrest to the position of minimum inclination are provided, in which at least one stepped stop block can be ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946644 | Sting trailer A sting trailer has a front end-wall located at a first standard trailer length from a rear end of the sting trailer, a false end-wall located at a second standard trailer length from the rear end of the sting trailer, and a hidden compartment located between the fr... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946435 | Fixture accessories Assembling a merchandising system includes placing a display fixture on a floor in a retail environment, where the display fixture includes a first end assembly supported on the floor, a second end assembly supported on the floor, a first cross-piece, and a second c... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946383 | Acoustic load mitigator A system for reducing an acoustic load of a fluid flow includes a first pipe. The first pipe includes a first end and a second end and a first aperture and a second aperture, the first and second apertures being intermediate the first and second ends. A second pipe ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946358 | Sequence valve and a downhole tractor The invention relates to a sequence valve for use in a hydraulic plant, which sequence valve has a pressure-controlled slide valve (5) with a spring return and in a starting position defines a first cavity (10), which cavity is connected with a tank an... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946082 | Structure support apparatus and structure installation method A structure support apparatus for anchoring and supporting a structure upon a roof includes a bowed plate having a dome-shaped convex portion formed in the center of the bowed plate projecting from the concave side toward the convex side of the bowed plate. A screw ... | 05/24/2011 |
| D638537 | Cuff with air delivery tube | 05/24/2011 |
| D638536 | Cuff with air delivery tube | 05/24/2011 |
| D638530 | Adaptor seal | 05/24/2011 |
| D638469 | Blank for a card mailer | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945963 | Information memory apparatus using probe A first thermal buffer layer and a second thermal buffer layer are arranged between a recording medium and an actuator structure. The heat conductivity of the first thermal buffer layer is set low and the heat conductivity of the second thermal buffer layer is set h... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945962 | Information memory apparatus using probe In a two-dimensional probe array, an interval between the leading ends of probes adjacent to each other in an X direction is made shorter than that between the leading ends of probes adjacent to each other in a Y direction. Thus, the leading ends of the probes are a... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945811 | Low power, high reliability specific compound functional units To prevent short path errors from occurring in systems having error detection and recovery mechanisms, functional elements are combined to form compound functional units comprising at least two evaluation stages, each evaluation stage including at least one function... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945806 | Data processing apparatus and method for controlling a transfer of payload data over a communication channel A data processing apparatus has initiator circuitry for initiating a transfer of payload data in a first clock cycle, and recipient circuitry for receiving the payload data in a later clock cycle. A communication channel carries the payload data along with associate... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945607 | Data processing apparatus and method for converting a number between fixed-point and floating-point representations A data processing apparatus and method are provided for converting a number between fixed-point and floating-point representations. More particularly, the data processing apparatus comprises a data processing unit operable to execute instructions, with the data proc... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945055 | Filter smoothing in multi-channel audio encoding and/or decoding A first signal representation of one or more of the multiple channels is encoded in a first encoding process, and a second signal representation of one or more of the multiple channels is encoded in a second, filter-based encoding process. Filter smoothing can be us... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944839 | Method of resource control in a wireless network Wireless resource control is used in a wireless user terminal. A user utility function is stored which gives a user utility value for the user terminal as a function of one or more wireless resources. Price per unit of each wireless resource usage is also stored. An... | 05/17/2011 |
