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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7343308 | Method and system for identifying subrogation potential and valuing a subrogation file A method for identifying select ones of insurance records which possess a favorable subrogation potential. The method includes receiving data indicative of a plurality of claims; automatically calculating a base score to identify select ones of the claims which demo... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7307325 | High temperature interconnects for high temperature transducers A silicon wafer is fabricated utilizing two or more semiconductor wafers. The wafers are processed using conventional wafer processing techniques and the wafer contains a plurality of output terminals which essentially are platinum titanium metallization or high tem... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293558 | System for launching lightweight elements during festive events A system for projecting light elements in the air, including: a casing connected to a reservoir containing the light elements and including an opening extending along a determined direction; a slide capable of sliding in the opening along the determined direction; a... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293627 | Active exhaust muffler An active exhaust muffler for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, having a housing through which a pipe system passes, the pipe system designed to be permeable for airborne sound in a first space, having an antisound generator which is arranged in a ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289079 | Radiating element for radar array A radiating element for a radar array has a conductive shell defining a cavity having an aperture; a dielectric material at least partially covering the aperture, and an excitation device coupled to the cavity for exciting the cavity in a radar band. A radar array h... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289101 | Multi-color electrophoretic image display A color electrophoretic display including a plurality of cells each containing electrophoretic particles. Each of the cells in the plurality is capable of displaying at least one of three selected primary colors, when the particles in the cell are moved from a first... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284444 | Hermetically sealed displacement sensor apparatus A hermetically sealed displacement sensor has strain gauges placed on thin flexible triangular shaped beams of a load beam cell. The strain gauges are enclosed in a hermetically sealed cavity which cavity is sealed by means of a cover plate placed over the load beam... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284440 | Line pressure compensated differential pressure transducer assembly A pressure transducer apparatus including: first and second pluralities of piezoresistors each coupled in Wheatstone bridge configurations, wherein the bridges are coupled together to provide a first output being indicative of a differential pressure; and, a third p... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283078 | Digital-to-analog converter A converter of a digital signal into a pulse-width modulated signal, comprising a first conversion unit receiving, at a first frequency, successive digital signals each having one of a first determined number of values, and providing first intermediary signals, at t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283922 | Transducer employing wireless transmissions for sending and receiving signals A transducer is implemented to operate with transmitted frequency signals. These transmitted signals provide a bias potential to the transducer and enable the transducer to transmit a transducer output signal to a remote location. The transducer has an antenna for r... | 10/16/2007 |
| D553033 | Tire pressure gauge | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274136 | Hybrid active matrix thin-film transistor display A cold-cathode flat panel display using thin-film-transistor (TFT) anode circuit is disclosed. Associated with each pixel element is a TFT circuit comprising first and second transistors electrically cascaded and a capacitor in communication with an output of the fi... | 09/25/2007 |
| D551106 | Weighing scale | 09/18/2007 |
| D550575 | Weighing scale | 09/11/2007 |
| D549025 | Mirrored cabinet and dispenser of personal effects | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260127 | Dual layer color-center patterned light source A thin layer of ionic crystal is grown on a substrate. The crystal could be any type of ionic crystal, such as sodium chloride or potassium chloride. The crystal is a pure form of the chosen compound and may contain contaminants which would shift the wavelength of c... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251992 | Hand-held tire pressure gauge and method for assisting a user to determine whether a tire pressure is within a target range using a hand-held tire pressure gauge A handheld tire pressure gauge including: a display; a pressure sensor; a memory; a processor being operatively coupled to the display, pressure sensor and memory; and, code being stored in the memory and operable by the processor to: retrieve at least one value ind... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254232 | Method and system for selecting encryption keys from a plurality of encryption keys A method and system of alternatively selecting an encryption key used to transmit a known number data bits and providing sufficient information to inform the receiving part of the selected encryption key is presented. In one embodiment of the invention, a plurality ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253631 | Method of determining the impedance of an electrochemical system The invention relates to a method of determining the complex impedance Z(fm) of a non-steady electrochemical system, comprising the following steps consisting in: bringing the system to a selected voltage condition and applying a sinusoidal signal with fr... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249089 | Method and system for auctioning bankruptcy assets and valuing same A method and system for conducting, managing and executing over a communication network, an auction of at least one claim or asset in bankruptcy to a plurality of buyers having expressed interest purchasing bankruptcy claims or assets is presented. The method includ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231828 | High temperature pressure sensing system A high temperature pressure sensing system (transducer) including: a pressure sensing piezoresistive sensor formed by a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process; a SOI amplifier circuit operatively coupled to the piezoresistive sensor; a SOI gain controller circuit includ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228028 | Optical fiber link A system comprises at least one optical fiber that revolves around an axis when an array assembly that includes a radar array revolves around the axis. The optical fiber receives a light pattern that specifies information from the array assembly. A stationary device... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228236 | Subarray matching beamformer apparatus and method A method of beam forming an array, by computer processing a cross covariance, of the reference sub array seismic signal data signal, by having an unknown shape comprising receiving acoustic signals, via the array, and computing the data and segmenting the array into... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222242 | Interface for facilitating facsimile transmissions via wireless communications networks An interface for facilitating facsimile transmission via a wireless communications device operatively connected to a wireless communications network, including: a modem suitable for being communicatively coupled to a facsimile machine; a controller coupled to the mo... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218040 | Handheld device having ultrasonic transducer for axial transmission of acoustic signals A handheld stylus having an elongated housing, a writing and drawing implement disposed within the housing and including a tip extending through an opening at an end of the housing where ultrasonic waves radiate therefrom and are used for determining a position of t... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212096 | Pressure sensor header having an integrated isolation diaphragm A pressure sensor header for a pressure transducer includes a header shell having a sensor cavity formed therein, a sensor element disposed in the sensor cavity, a fluid medium disposed in the sensor cavity, an isolation diaphragm closing the sensor cavity, and a jo... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204010 | Method of making a load sensor plate A load sensor plate (100) is adapted for manufacture by stamping spaced apart openings (110) through a thin blank to define flexure beams (112) beside the openings (110); and forming the blank with spaced apart columnar walls (102)... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201067 | System and method for determining flow characteristics A fluid flow probe including: first, second and third pressure sensors; a first port for communicating a first pressure to the first pressure sensor; a second port for communicating a second pressure to the second pressure sensor, the second port being substantially... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199764 | Maintenance platform for a rolling radar array A maintenance platform for use in a rolling radar array system has a base capable of accommodating at least one person. The base is movably coupled to a support frame, along which the base can move along the longitudinal axis of the support frame rails. The height o... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200605 | Apparatus and method for negotiating and generating contract documents on-line An apparatus adapted to generate contract documents includes a plurality of computing platforms; a plurality of memory storage devices coupled to the computing platforms, the plurality of memory devices including a first memory storage device storing a database of i... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199752 | Phased null radar A method for reducing the interference between a source transmitting pulses and equipments having nominal bandwidths which are outside the nominal bandwidth of the transmitted pulses, but which respond to sideband energy of the pulses. Phase perturbations are applie... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193886 | Integrated circuit with a memory of reduced consumption An integrated circuit comprising volatile memory elements, interface circuits connected to the volatile memory elements and, possibly, logic circuits not connected to the volatile memory elements and comprising first, second, and possibly third separate power suppli... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188528 | Low pass filter semiconductor structures for use in transducers for measuring low dynamic pressures in the presence of high static pressures A semiconductor filter is provided to operate in conjunction with a differential pressure transducer. The filter receives a high and very low frequency static pressure attendant with a high frequency low dynamic pressure at one end, the filter operates to filter sai... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189378 | Miniature reaction chamber template structure for fabrication of nanoscale molecular systems and devices A unique, micro-miniature reaction chamber template structure is disclosed for the fabrication of nanoscale molecular systems and devices. The structure is composed of multiple layers of silicon (either doped or intrinsic), Pyrex and various metals. The silicon may ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181977 | Sensor assembly with lead attachment A beam-type sensor capable of measuring displacement or acceleration includes a thin, flexible sheet of piezoresponsive material defining broad sides and a proximal end. In order to optimize boundary conditions, the proximal end of the sheet is supported by a clamp ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183620 | Moisture resistant differential pressure sensors A differential pressure sensor has a semiconductor wafer having a top and bottom surface. The top surface of the wafer has a central active area containing piezoresistive elements. These elements are passivated and covered with a layer of silicon dioxide. Each eleme... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183989 | Transportable rolling radar platform and system A transportable platform for a rolling radar array system has a base whereupon a track for an array wheel is provided. A segment of the track can be folded for transportation and deployed when the rolling radar array system is to be in an operational mode. The trans... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178403 | Transducer responsive to pressure, vibration/acceleration and temperature and methods of fabricating the same A pressure sensing device produces an output proportional to applied pressure irrespective of vibration/acceleration of the device, which device also provides an output proportional only to vibration/acceleration of the device irrespective of the pressure. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180401 | Personal identification apparatus using measured tactile pressure A personal identification system employs a matrix of pressure sensors mounted to a plate having a template of a human hand. When a person's hand is placed on the plate and overlying the template a pressure profile of the person's hand is provided. This profile is co... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174318 | Method and system for an online-like account processing and management The present invention is embodied in an online-like transaction processing method and system for processing account information contained in batch process files. The method includes the steps of reading at least one batch file containing a plurality of records, each... | 02/06/2007 |
