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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180950 | Apparatus and method to manage information using an optical and holographic data storage medium A hybrid optical and holographic data storage medium is disclosed. In addition, a method is disclosed to manage information using that optical and holographic data storage medium. The method reads information from the optical data storage layer before reading data f... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179630 | Storage slot for portable data storage cartridges A storage slot for multiple data storage cartridges, comprising a planar member having a first end, a second end, a side interconnecting the first end and the second end, and a gate moveably connected to the side at the first end of the planar member, wherein the ga... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175745 | Method to audit portable cassettes removeably disposed in a data storage library comprising a pass-through accessor A method to audit portable cassettes removeably disposed in a data storage library comprising a plurality of storage slots, a plurality of portable cassettes removeably disposed in one or more of said plurality of storage slots, and a pass-through accessor comprisin... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169736 | Method and apparatus to position a head module comprising servo elements and a plurality of data elements A method to position a head module, where the head module comprises at least one servo element and a plurality of data elements, where the servo element and each of the plurality of data elements can detect a servo signal, wherein the method includes moving a sequen... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165781 | Fuel recovery Fuel is recovered from a combustion engine without turning the combustion engine on. A controller initiates operation of a fuel pump of the combustion engine to cause the fuel pump to pump a predefined amount of fuel in the fuel line directly to a drain conduit.... | 04/24/2012 |
| D658016 | Handle | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159770 | Apparatus and method to transfer data to and from a sequential information storage medium A sequential information storage medium, comprising a plurality of servo patterns encoded lengthwise thereon, wherein each servo pattern encodes at least one LPOS bit and comprises a width less than 187 microns. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156380 | Apparatus and method to configure, format, and test, a data storage subsystem product An apparatus and method are disclosed to configure, format, and test, a data storage subsystem product. The method supplies a data storage subsystem product comprising one or more host computer ports, a processor, one or more data storage device ports, and one or mo... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145919 | Power supply apparatus and method using same A power supply module removably disposed within an automated data storage and retrieval system. An automated data storage and retrieval system which includes one or more power supply modules removably disposed therein. An accessor movably disposed with an automated ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142459 | Anterior capsulotomy device and procedure A device for performing an anterior capsulotomy procedure and a method using the same is presented. The device includes a body having a rotatable cutting element rotatably disposed on the proximal end. The cutting element further includes multiple surgical blades. I... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137111 | Model human eye A model human eye comprising a cylindrical base portion comprising a bowl-shaped substrate disposed therein, and a plurality of retinal layers stacked on the surface of that bowl-shaped substrate. The model eye further comprises a hemi-spherical-shaped top portion c... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135922 | Apparatus and method to validate the configuration of an information storage and retrieval system A method is disclosed to validate the configuration of an information storage and retrieval system. The method provides a source information storage and retrieval system, a target information storage and retrieval system, and a master controller capable of communica... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134906 | Apparatus and method to optimize the performance of a holographic data storage system A method is disclosed to optimize the performance of a holographic data storage system, where that holographic data storage system comprises a plurality of calibratable components, and where each of the plurality of calibratable components comprises one or operation... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132539 | Portable corral gate assembly Apparatus and method for confining livestock with a portable corral gate assembly comprising a bottom frame, a top frame, a plurality of vertical members releaseably interconnecting the bottom frame to the top frame, a plurality of first side members each pivotally ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129303 | Pathogen-resistant fabrics A pathogen-resistant fabric comprising one or more photocatalysts capable of generating singlet oxygen from ambient air. The pathogen-resistant fabric may optionally include one or more singlet oxygen traps. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128412 | Model human eye A model human eye is disclosed. The model human eye comprises a extended hemispherical-shaped assembly comprising a center point, an open end defined by a first continuous distal end, a cornea portion symmetrically disposed around the center point, and a sclera port... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121154 | Thulium and/or holmium doped silicated glasses for two micron lasers A laser glass fiber with a core of the fiber composition, comprising a silicate glass host, one or more glass network modifiers, one or more glass network intermediators, and Thulium ions, Holmium ions, or a combination of Thulium ions and Holmium ions. The fiber em... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117312 | Network attached storage device and method using same A network attached storage device comprising a first file system, a first file system driver, a redirection pseudo device driver, a second file system, and a second file system driver. A method using Applicant's network attached storage device to write information t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114810 | Pathogen-resistant fabrics A pathogen-resistant fabric comprising one or more photocatalysts capable of generating singlet oxygen from ambient air. The pathogen-resistant fabric may optionally include one or more singlet oxygen traps. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112676 | Apparatus and method to generate and collect diagnostic data A method to generate and save diagnostic data in the event of an application error, wherein the method supplies a first computing device comprising a microprocessor and a first computer readable medium and an application encoded in said computer readable medium, whe... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111473 | Method to evaluate a data storage device using magnetic spacing losses A method of evaluating the performance of a magnetic recording system, comprising measuring a first set of finite impulse response filter tap values at time t1, measuring a second set of finite impulse response filter tap values are measured at time t2... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108732 | Apparatus and method to minimize performance degradation during communication path failure in a data processing system A method to minimize performance degradation during communication path failure in a data processing system, comprising a host computer, a storage controller, and a plurality of physical communication paths in communication with the host computer and the storage cont... | 01/31/2012 |
| D653317 | Toilet ventilation apparatus | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099524 | Automated method to configure a data storage system An automated, computer-implemented method to configure a data storage system comprising a host computer, a storage controller in communication with said host computer, and a plurality of data storage media in communication with said storage controller, wherein the m... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095712 | Apparatus and method to read information from an information storage medium A method and apparatus to read information from an information storage medium using a read channel, where that read channel includes a data cache. The invention generates an analog waveform comprising the information, and provides that analog waveform to a read chan... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094406 | Apparatus and method to adjust the positions of a write element and read element disposed on a read/write head A method to adjust the positions of a write element and read element disposed on a read/write head comprising a first assembly independently moveable along a first axis and comprising a first servo element, a second servo element, and the write element disposed betw... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8082786 | Work capacities testing apparatus and method A portable work capacities testing apparatus, and a method using that portable apparatus, are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a host computer 110, a dynamic strength and lifting device 120 releaseably interconnected with the host computer, a hand gr... | 12/27/2011 |
| D649781 | Contact lens case | 12/06/2011 |
| 8065556 | Apparatus and method to manage redundant non-volatile storage backup in a multi-cluster data storage system An apparatus and method to manage redundant non-volatile storage (“NVS”) data backups in a data storage system comprising (n) clusters, wherein each cluster comprises a processor and a cache, and wherein each cache comprises a first NVS portion and a second NVS ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8058207 | Pathogen-resistant fabrics A pathogen-resistant fabric comprising one or more photocatalysts capable of generating singlet oxygen from ambient air. The pathogen-resistant fabric may optionally include one or more singlet oxygen traps. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058206 | Pathogen-resistant fabrics A pathogen-resistant fabric comprising one or more photocatalysts capable of generating singlet oxygen from ambient air. The pathogen-resistant fabric may optionally include one or more singlet oxygen traps. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057697 | Lapping composition and method using same A lapping composition is presented, wherein that lapping composition is formed by mixing a solvent, a base, and a phenolic compound having structure I: wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of —O−M... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055971 | Apparatus and method to encode binary data into trinary data An apparatus and method are disclosed to encode binary data into trinary data. Applicants' method provides binary data, and encodes that binary data into trinary data. By “binary data,” Applicants mean a plurality of bits, wherein each of those bits comprises a ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055868 | Apparatus and method to store original point-in-time data A method to store point-in-time data, comprising establishing a block size, providing source data storage comprising (S) blocks, and target data storage comprising (T) blocks. The method configures (B) source storage segments and (B) target storage segments, and rec... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054730 | Apparatus and method to store information in a holographic data storage medium A method is disclosed to store information in a holographic data storage medium. The method provides a hologram comprising an alignment pattern, and disposes that hologram into a holographic data storage medium during manufacture. ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054569 | Method and apparatus to identify a data band encoded between two servo bands in a sequential information storage medium A method and apparatus is presented to determine a lateral position of a read/write head relative to a sequential information storage medium having a servo signal encoded therein and moving adjacent to the read/write head, where the servo signal comprises a pluralit... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8028858 | Compressed gas cartridge permeation dispenser having a predictable permeation rate A compressed gas cartridge is pierced and dispenses its pressurized gas through a permeation element that serves as a way to regulate the rate of gas dispensed out an outlet in the surrounding housing. It has been found that the use of a permeation element can contr... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024519 | Catalog recovery through system management facilities reverse transversal A method for forward recovery of a catalog of a data storage system, comprising providing a recovery catalog and SMF records. In reverse chronological order, the (i)th entry of the record is checked for a data set change command. If none, the next entry is examined.... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024062 | Method and apparatus to inventory portable data storage cartridges disposed in a storage library A portable data storage cartridge, comprising a housing and a data storage medium disposed within the housing. The portable data storage cartridge further comprises a first label reciting an identifier disposed on a front portion of the housing, and a second label d... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023252 | Portable electronic device comprising an integrated lock mechanism An article of manufacture, such as a laptop computer, comprising a housing, a processor disposed within the housing, a computer readable medium disposed within the housing and in communication with the processor, a lock mechanism disposed within the housing, wherein... | 09/20/2011 |
