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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185646 | User authentication for social networks Systems and methods are provided for social networks that can verify that enrolled users are not misrepresenting facts about themselves such as age and gender. Verification can be performed, for example, by reference to biometric templates stored during the user enr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182986 | Assays for nucleic acid modifying enzymes Methods and compositions are provided for assaying for enzymes capable of releasing an enzyme donor fragment (ED) conjugated to a nucleic acid strand bonded to a surface. Conveniently, the beads are magnetic allowing segregation of the beads during the determination... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179197 | Electronic circuits including a MOSFET and a dual-gate JFET Electronic circuits and methods are provided for various applications including signal amplification. An exemplary electronic circuit comprises a MOSFET and a dual-gate JFET in a cascode configuration. The dual-gate JFET includes top and bottom gates disposed above ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177790 | Medical retriever The invention relates to a device for the extraction of a spiral from a blood vessel with said device comprising a guide wire (3) which bends back on itself in its distal region where it forms into an arched structure and thus an anchoring part. The free end ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175904 | Method and apparatus for intermediation of meetings and calls A computer-implemented method and system for assisting in the intermediation of realtime meetings, including telephone calls and face to face meetings. A user informs his system that he wishes to, for example, make a telephone call. The system sends a request for a ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166297 | Systems and methods for controlling access to encrypted data stored on a mobile device Encrypted data on mobile devices is protected by remotely storing a decryption key. In order to decrypt the encrypted data on the mobile device, the mobile device obtains the decryption key from an access control system that is remote from the mobile device. The acc... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160747 | Remotely controlled self-balancing robot including kinematic image stabilization Systems and methods as described for providing visual telepresence to an operator of a remotely controlled robot. The robot includes both video cameras and pose sensors. The system can also comprise a head-tracking sensor to monitor the orientation of the operator's... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159298 | Linearization circuits and methods for power amplification Linearization circuits of the invention are used in conjunction with power amplification circuits that comprise a power amplifier core. Exemplary linearization circuits comprise a replica of the power amplifier core. In operation, the linearization produces an envel... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155313 | Systems and methods for employing duo codes for product authentication Systems and methods are provided that employ two or more cryptographically linked codes. The codes, when encrypted, become cipher texts that appear unrelated. The codes described herein are characterized by a series of bits including one or more switch bits. The cip... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153930 | Apparatus and methods for improving the intensity profile of a beam image used to process a substrate Methods and apparatuses are provided for improving the intensity profile of a beam image used to process a semiconductor substrate. At least one photonic beam may be generated and manipulated to form an image having an intensity profile with an extended uniform regi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152262 | Means for higher speed inkjet printing A method and apparatus for subdividing and printing regions of a substrate with multiple print heads or multiple print head assemblies which substantially decreases printing time is described. The method includes a feathering method which reduces overlap artifacts w... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152063 | Case labeling for field-packed produce Rolls of pre-printed case labels are distributed at a harvest for labeling the cases of packed produce. The labels on each roll include common information such as the type of produce, the packing configuration, the country of origin, the company identifier, and a SK... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148110 | Detection of molecular interactions by β-lactamase reporter fragment complementation Methods and compositions for detecting molecular interactions, particularly protein-protein interactions, using at least two inactive, weakly-complementing β-lactamase fragments are provided. The invention allows detection of such interactions in eukaryotic and mam... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147339 | Systems and methods of serving game video A multiplayer game is supported by a backend game server and a plurality of clients configured to communicate over a computing network such as the internet. Images for display on the clients are at least partially rendered by the backend game server and then deliver... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146298 | Fire-resistant structures, fire-resistant insulations and a method for fire-protection Fire-resistant structures, fire-resistant insulations and a method for fire-proofing and fire-protection of permanent or temporary structures or objects. The fire-resistant insulation withstands temperatures between 1200° C. and 2000° C. on the exterior side of th... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8110395 | Photobioreactor systems and methods for treating CO-enriched gas and producing biomass Certain embodiments and aspects of the present invention relate to a photobioreactor including covered photobioreactor units through which a liquid medium stream and a gas stream flow. The liquid medium comprises at least one species of phototrophic organism therein... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104404 | Ignition element mounting capacitor, header assembly, squib and gas generator for air bag and gas generator for seat belt pretensioner An ignition element mounting capacitor having an ignition element mounted on a capacitor, includes therein a first capacitor section and a second capacitor section, and first external terminal electrodes electrically connected to the first capacitor section and seco... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104403 | Header assembly, squib and gas generator for air bag and gas generator for seat belt pretensioner A header assembly includes a header holding a plurality of electrode pins to be insulated from one another, an ignition element mounting capacitor having at the center of its outer circumferential surfaces external terminal electrodes for electrically connecting to ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103034 | Mounting device and speaker assembly having the same A mounting device includes a positioning frame mounted with an electronic device, and two clamping mechanisms. Each clamping mechanism includes a sliding member movable vertically relative to the positioning frame, a clamping member movable horizontally relative to ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101373 | β-galactosidase donor fragments Truncated fragments of the small fragment of β-galactosidase are provided that have low affinity for the large fragment of β-galactosidase and provide for robust signals when two fusion proteins are complexed due to the binding of the proteins to which the β-gala... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096242 | Squib, gas generator for air bag and gas generator for seat belt pretensioner A squib includes a cup body and a closure plug for holding a plurality of electrode pins insulated from one another and closing the opening of the cup body, and further includes, in the cup body, ignition powder and an ASIC component formed by molding a resin around... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092205 | Material manufactured from recycled plastics Systems and methods of generating a recycled output are disclosed. This recycled output may include a fabric produced by fusing reclaimed plastic bags. The reclaimed plastic bags are fused together using a material manufacturing system. This system is typically conf... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8071908 | Edge with minimal diffraction effects Apparatuses and methods are provide thermally processing of the central portion of a substrate surface using a scanned photonic beam. Such thermal processing is carried out using a shield to block the beam from illuminating the side wall or peripheral portion of the... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071395 | Methods and apparatus for magnetic separation of cells Described here is an automated robotic device that isolates circulating tumor cells (CTCs) or other biological structures with extremely high purity. The device uses powerful magnetic rods covered in removable plastic sleeves. These rods sweep through blood samples,... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070827 | Method for use of a double-structured tissue implant for treatment of tissue defects A method for use of a double-structured tissue implant or a secondary scaffold stand alone implant for treatment of tissue defects. The double-structured tissue implant comprising a primary scaffold and a secondary scaffold consisting of a soluble collagen solution ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070810 | Method for repair and reconstruction of ruptured ligaments or tendons and for treatment of ligament and tendon injuries A method and a means for repair and reconstruction of ruptured ligaments and tendons by in vivo or ex vivo repair and reconstruction surgical procedures. The method comprises providing a biodegradable sleeve placed around the frayed edges of an injured ligament or t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067632 | Process to produce prostratin and structural or functional analogs thereof This invention concerns a process to convert a hydroxyl group (bold in R3C—OH) in a tigliane-type compound to a hydrogen (bold in R3C—H) to obtain deoxytigliane-type compounds or structural or functional analogs thereof. The process has wid... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067305 | Electrically conductive structure on a semiconductor substrate formed from printing Provided are methods for forming an electrically conductive structure of a desired three-dimensional shape on a substantially planar surface of a substrate, e.g., a semiconductor wafer. Typically, the particulate matter is deposited in a layer-by-layer manner and ad... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067169 | Detection of macromolecular complexes on ultraflat surfaces with harmonic cantilevers Method and apparatus which uses harmonic cantilevers, such as used in atomic force microscopy, to detect variations in the attractive and repulsive forces on a solid surface as a result of macromolecular binding, for example, hybridization of a single stranded DNA m... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8041456 | Self-balancing robot including an ultracapacitor power source A power system is provided for robotic systems such as dynamically balancing robots, including inverted pendulum robots, robots that balance on two legs, and dynamically balancing robotic personal vehicles. Under normal operation, the power system provides operating... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8026208 | Peptide tyrosinase inhibitors and uses thereof Disclosed are peptides, which inhibit the enzymatic activity of tyrosinase, as well as formulations and methods for their use in the reduction of skin pigmentation, and methods of administering the inhibitory peptides in a topical formulation. The peptides are chara... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020489 | Squib and gas generator A squib includes an SCB chip connected to electrode pins so as to ignite by externally applied electric current, and a capacitor electrically connected to the electrode pins in parallel with a thin film resistor on the SCB chip. The capacitor is arranged above the h... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8017424 | Dual-sided substrate measurement apparatus and methods An apparatus for measuring the relative positions of frontside and backside alignment marks located on opposite sides of a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes upper and lower optical systems that allow for simultaneous imaging of frontside and backside al... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012756 | Charge perturbation detection system for DNA and other molecules Methods and apparatus for direct detection of chemical reactions are provided. In a preferred embodiment, electric charge perturbations of the local environment during enzyme-catalyzed reactions are sensed by an electrode system with an immobilized target molecule. ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8008731 | IGFET device having a RF capability An IGFET device includes: —a semiconductor body (2) having a major surface, —a source region (3) of first conductivity type abutting the surface, —a drain region (6,7) of the first conductivity-type abutting the surface and spaced from the... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8008018 | Determination of fetal aneuploidies by massively parallel DNA sequencing The present methods are exemplified by a process in which maternal blood containing fetal DNA is diluted to a nominal value of approximately 0.5 genome equivalent of DNA per reaction sample. Digital PCR is then be used to detect aneuploidy, such as the trisomy that ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006291 | Multi-channel multi-factor authentication Systems and methods for authenticating electronic transactions are provided. The authentication methods employ a combination of security features and communication channels. These security features can be based, for example, on unique knowledge of the person being a... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8003081 | Method for improvement of tolerance for therapeutically effective agents delivered by inhalation A method for improvement of tolerance for therapeutically effective agents delivered by inhalation comprising a pretreatment of a patient with a nebulized lidocaine or a lidocaine-like compound administered immediately or up to about thirty minutes before administra... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7998463 | Targeted delivery of lidocaine and other local anesthetics and a method for treatment of cough, asthma and tussive attacks An anti-tussive nebulized solution for targeted delivery of lidocaine into conducting and central airways. A method for treatment of cough and tussive attacks or episodes using said lidocaine solution. A nebulized lidocaine solution administered in daily dose from a... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992772 | Method and system for deterring product counterfeiting, diversion and piracy on a single system A method and system for authenticating goods and thereby detecting and deterring counterfeits are disclosed. According to one aspect of the invention, a client utilizes data received from a host to generate a plurality of security codes and to direct a printing devi... | 08/09/2011 |
