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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8101222 | Beverage glass with internal decanting, filtering, mixing and aerating cell A drinking container for decanting, filtering, mixing and/or aerating a beverage. The drinking container comprises a bowl having an upper opening and an aerating cell having a wall, an upper opening along the top of the cell and a plurality of openings or perforatio... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8042363 | Composition and method for producing continuous basalt fibre The invention relates to producing continuous organic fibers by stretching from molten minerals. These fibers can be used for producing heat resistant threads, rovings, cut fibers, fabrics, composite materials and products based thereon. The inventive glass has the ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042362 | “Kibol's module” plant for producing inorganic fibers of rocks A plant for producing inorganic fibers from rocks includes a furnace for obtaining a melt connected to a feeder, working aperture and a warmed feeder with draw dies located below a working aperture. A transition chamber is installed on the feeder exit, the transitio... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038829 | Coating method for pipe having weld bead Method of coating pipe having a raised weld bead. Curable resin polymer is applied to the pipe and allowed to bond to form a cured or partially cured polymer layer on the pipe. Powder form adhesive composition is applied on the polymer layer while hot, with fusion i... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037685 | Method for cooling an internal combustion engine having exhaust gas recirculation and charge air cooling A system for cooling charge air from a turbo- or supercharger and exhaust gas recirculated from an exhaust gas recirculation valve in an internal combustion engine. The system includes a radiator and parallel charge air and exhaust gas heat exchanger units, the char... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8028455 | Firearms magazine for rifle length cartridges A firearms magazine has compound tapered side walls and feed lips having substantially parallel end portions for maintaining contact with the cartridge as it is loaded. Removable inserts reduce the interior length and width to hold cartridges of different sizes. One... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020599 | Common carrier A method for mounting a film, used to fabricate a mask for use in screening an electronic device, to a common carrier frame. The common carrier frame has an outer edge along an outer periphery and an opening in a central portion of the frame. The method includes app... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7987310 | Self-configuring bus for connecting electronic devices An apparatus for connecting electronic devices having a flexible cable bus housing containing a plurality of same or different communication and power channels extending along a length thereof and a plurality of bus ports at different locations along the bus housing... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7979332 | Method of business valuation and data processing system A method for valuing a business based on the business generating an acceptable return to an owner during a defined investment period, the method including the steps of assessing the business background for the business to be valued, establishing value optimization f... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7964237 | Fully automated paste dispense process for dispensing small dots and lines A method of dispensing a flowable conductive paste onto a greensheet from a dispensing apparatus comprising an orifice member having first and second surfaces and a bore therethrough between the surfaces, a pressurized chamber adjacent the orifice member first surfa... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959520 | Putter with aiming arms A golf putter includes a pair of aiming arms at each end of the putter head having opposite and inward facing arcuate surfaces corresponding to the outline of a golf hole. The aiming arms may be removed manually or may be made to pivot. In the latter, each arm is pi... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7949422 | Machine tool control system A machine tool control system. A machine tool controller is provided to receive commands from an input source and provide control instructions to a machine tool based at least in part on the commands. An operator interface is provided for inputting commands to the c... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7926006 | Variable fill and cheese for mitigation of BEOL topography A method of designing features on a semiconductor wafer. A design of active or functional features is provided for chiplets separated by kerf areas on the wafer. The method then includes determining pattern density of the chiplet features, and applying a pattern of ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923121 | Photo-crosslinkable polyolefin compositions A photo-crosslinkable polyolefin composition comprises a polyolefin, a source of functionality receptive to crosslinking by UV radiation, a cationic photoinitiator and optionally includes a free-radical photoinitiator, a crosslinking accelerator or sensitizer, and o... | 04/12/2011 |
| D634581 | Martini bottle | 03/22/2011 |
| 7896367 | Panel carrier and lifter A device for transporting and positioning a panel comprising an elongated support member and a base to carry the panel. An upright handle is attached to the support member providing support for the panel. An axle is secured to the support member with at least two wh... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894919 | Fully automated paste dispense system for dispensing small dots and lines A method of dispensing a flowable conductive paste onto a greensheet from a dispensing apparatus comprising an orifice member having first and second surfaces and a bore therethrough between the surfaces, a pressurized chamber adjacent the orifice member first surfa... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7887874 | Fully automated paste dispense system for dispensing small dots and lines A method of dispensing a flowable conductive paste onto a greensheet from a dispensing apparatus comprising an orifice member having first and second surfaces and a bore therethrough between the surfaces, a pressurized chamber adjacent the orifice member first surfa... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7880739 | Virtual window with simulated parallax and field of view change A system and method for simulating to one or more individual observers a view through a window using a display screen comprising a storage device containing in electronic form one or more images of a scene selected from the group consisting of one or more images of ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7879515 | Method to control semiconductor device overlay using post etch image metrology A method of determining positioning error between lithographically produced integrated circuit patterns on at least two different lithographic levels of a semiconductor wafer comprising. The method includes exposing, developing and etching one or more lithographic l... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7879171 | Common carrier A method for mounting a film, used to fabricate a mask for use in screening an electronic device, to a common carrier frame. The common carrier frame has an outer edge along an outer periphery and an opening in a central portion of the frame. The method includes app... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876439 | Multi layer alignment and overlay target and measurement method A target system for determining positioning error between lithographically produced integrated circuit fields on at least one lithographic level. The target system includes a first target pattern on a lithographic field containing an integrated circuit pattern, with... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7866042 | Method for producing a split louver heat exchanger fin A method of manufacturing serpentine fins for assembly between tubes in a heat exchanger core. The method includes providing a flat metal strip and forming in the strip, multiple rows of split louvers. Each row of split louvers has louvers formed in pairs of adjacen... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7860701 | Methodology for image fidelity verification A method for predicting functionality of an integrated circuit segment to be lithographically printed on a wafer. Initially there is provided a two-dimensional design of an integrated circuit, including an integrated circuit segment having critical width, and a two-... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7858269 | Structure and method for sub-resolution dummy clear shapes for improved gate dimensional control A mask system for use by a lithographic system to project an image of a circuit design. The design includes at least one large feature and at least one nearby small feature. The mask comprises one or more shapes on a mask to project an image of the nearby small feat... | 12/28/2010 |
| D627185 | Martini bottle | 11/16/2010 |
| 7774994 | Telescoping tower A mast section for a telescoping tower system is made by aligning press brake tools along the length of the metal sheet at spaced width locations and forming the corners of the tube. After forming of the last corner, an opening remains along the length of the tube. ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7771286 | Putter with pivoting aiming arms A golf putter comprising a shaft, a putter head attached along a top surface to the shaft, the head including an elongated body having a central axis along the length of the body. The golf putter includes a pair of aiming arms, each arm pivotally connected at opposi... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7754014 | Gas-purged vacuum valve A vacuum valve assembly for use in a vacuum processing chamber includes a seat defining an opening in the vacuum valve, with the seat having a sealing face adjacent the opening and normal to the direction of the opening; and a gate having a sealing face adapted to m... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7744803 | Photo-crosslinkable polyolefin compositions A photo-crosslinkable polyolefin composition comprises a polyolefin, a source of functionality receptive to crosslinking by UV radiation, a cationic photoinitiator and optionally includes a free-radical photoinitiator, a crosslinking accelerator or sensitizer, and o... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7740588 | Wireless respiratory and heart rate monitoring system A combined respiratory and heart rate sensor for a mammal has a flexible support with a surface adapted to be positioned over the skin of a mammal. A pair of inductive coil or capacitive plate elements, spaced apart by a foam spacer having openings therein, are atta... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7736841 | Reflective film interface to restore transverse magnetic wave contrast in lithographic processing A method and system for exposing a resist layer with regions of photosensitivity to an image in a lithographic process using a high numerical aperture imaging tool. There is employed a substrate having thereover a layer reflective to the imaging tool radiation and a... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7726355 | Motorized vacuum/pressure pump and stopper A pump and stopper combination for vacuum or pressure sealing a container. The stopper has a pour opening and a one-way valve movable between an operative position to permit one-way flow of fluid into or out of the container when the pour opening is in the closed po... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7716009 | Metrology tool recipe validator using best known methods A method of preparing recipes of operating a metrology tool, wherein each recipe includes a set of instructions for measuring at least one dimension in a microelectronic feature. There is provided a desired recipe having instructions for measuring one or more desire... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7700155 | Method and apparatus for modulation of precursor exposure during a pulsed deposition process A method of depositing material on a substrate comprises providing a reactor with a reaction chamber having a first volume, and contacting a surface of a substrate in the reaction chamber with a first precursor at the first chamber volume to react with and deposit a... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7694724 | Engine cooling radiator A radiator includes a core for cooling a fluid, and a tank connected to the core having a side surface with a depression extending between the front and rear surfaces adapted to receive a hose and a plurality of integral ribs formed on the tank external surfaces. Th... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7694268 | Method for optimization of optical proximity correction A method of designing and forming a mask used for projecting an image of an integrated circuit design. After providing a mask element corresponding to a portion of a design of an integrated circuit layout, the method includes correcting the mask element using OPC te... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7687207 | System for coloring a partially colored design in an alternating phase shift mask A method of designing an alternating phase shifting mask for projecting an image of an integrated circuit design. Phase units are binary colorable within each unit of the hierarchical circuit design, e.g., cell, an array, a net, or array of nets and/or cells, the ph... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7686864 | Method for the manufacture of liquid-metal composite contact A method of manufacturing liquid-metal composite contacts, where fabric of high-melting metal based wire is in the form of a strip, rolled into a cylindrical workpiece, and installed into a matrix. The workpiece is then pressed, reduced in an environment of hydride ... | 03/30/2010 |
| D610811 | Strap | 03/02/2010 |
