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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6795159 | Mechanism for aligning lenticular material and image A device for holding a print with a multi-image and for holding viewing material. An alignment mechanism engages the viewing material for translational and rotational movement relative to the print to achieve correct alignment for a three dimensional effect. The ali... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6727492 | Cavity ringdown spectroscopy system using differential heterodyne detection An ac technique for cavity ringdown spectroscopy permits 1×10−10 absorption sensitivity with microwatt light power. Two cavity modes are provided temporally out of phase such that when one mode is decaying, the other mode is rising. When one of the mod... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6653004 | Process control for multiple air supplies Fuel Cell Powering system and method minimizing the number of motive drive sources and controlling fuel/air ratios by employing differentials including variable speed mechanisms between compressors and between compressors and expanders; by utilizing flow ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6553428 | Distributed object instantiation of native objects in java A triology of methods to send, receive and execute are provided for JAVA process objects on client and server so that instance variables, rather than objects, can be transferred from/to client and server. In that manner, process objects at the server can ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6511306 | Zero leakage valveless positive fluid displacement device A Positive Fluid Displacement Device (PFDD) with single piece double-ended pistons connected to a crankpin for circular motion. Pistons are nested together to maintain all pistons in the same plane perpendicular to the axis of the crankshaft. Cylinders ar... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6443717 | Variable timing valves for gas compressors and expanders Variable valve timing is provided to control compressors and expanders in a fuel cell powering system in order to provide for matching the displaced volume of the compressor and expander over a range of pressure delivery requirements. A movable timing edg... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6393566 | Time-stamp service for the national information network A system and method for time-stamping and signing a digital document by an authenticating party and returning the signed stamped document to the originator or his designated recipient. Messages may be received by a first "public" machine over a network, b... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6292810 | Polymorphic enhanced modeling A polymorphic modeling method to permutate a model into one of the many alternate model forms. Data can be entered for calculating each model after it is produced. Model permutations employ a permutation process and a permutation control attribute. The pe... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6283723 | Integrated compressor expander apparatus Fluid displacement apparatus with a set of opposing pistons in traveling chambers and a set of opposing pistons in stationary bores; a second embodiment with all pistons in traveling chambers; a third embodiment with all pistons in stationary bores. In ea... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6236344 | AC and DC bipolar voltage source using quantized pulses A Josephson quantizer is driven by a sinusoidal microwave generator whose output is combined with a digital two-level code representing a desired waveform. The result is to produce a bipolar drive signal of increased frequency and a bipolar Josephson outp... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6162030 | Zero leakage valveless positive fluid displacement device A Positive Fluid Displacement Device (PFDD) with a removable Fluid Displacement Module (FDM) having two opposing pistons connected to a drive block. The drive block slides over a crankpin bearing in assembly to provide orbital piston motion. Opposing cyli... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6092089 | Augmenting comment field of postscript files to enable document management A marking system is provided within the comment field of PostScript page files to identify document management data placed therein. A special processor is provided to recognize the signature of document management data so that page characteristic records ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6079873 | Micron-scale differential scanning calorimeter on a chip A differential scanning microcalorimeter produced on a silicon chip enables microscopic scanning calorimetry measurements of small samples and thin films. The chip may be fabricated using standard CMOS processes. The microcalorimeter includes a reference ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6078934 | Management of a document database for page retrieval A management system for enabling the creation and maintenance of a database wherein specially created document records, version records and page records are stored. Each page has a page record including the document name, the initial version number in whi... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5982997 | Data stream protocol for immediate job switching A printing system wherein a first print driver utilizes an Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) to send a first job at a first font resolution to a printer and a second job at a second font resolution or a second job utilizing a non-IPDS data stream to ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5976695 | Thermally sprayable powder materials having an alloyed metal phase and a solid lubricant ceramic phase and abradable seal assemblies manufactured therefrom Thermally sprayable powders for the formation of abradable seals and abradable seals formed by thermally spraying the powders include an alloyed metal phase material and a solid lubricant ceramic phase material. The alloyed metal phase material includes a... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5946460 | System setup verification for peripheral devices A system and method of assuring the proper configuration of a peripheral device to a data processing system so that a job is not commenced unless the proper configuration is established. A unique verification number(s) corresponding to the proper configur... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5879280 | Intermittent collection of mononuclear cells in a centrifuge apparatus A centrifuge apparatus is used for collecting white blood cells, primarily mononuclear cells, from whole blood stratified into layers. A thin mononuclear (MNC) layer is formed at the interface of red blood cells and plasma. A barrier is positioned in the ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5876321 | Control system for the spillover collection of sparse components such as mononuclear cells in a centrifuge apparatus A centrifuge apparatus is used for collecting white blood cells (WBC), primarily mononuclear cells, from whole blood stratified into layers. A thin mononuclear (MNC) layer is formed at the interface of red blood cells and plasma. A barrier is positioned i... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5809390 | Device for controlling pinless paper movement in a continuous forms printer A continuous forms printer utilizing paper without pinholes along each edge is provided with a first paper transfer device on the input side of the printing station and a second paper transfer device on the output side of the printing station. The two pap... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5778377 | Table driven graphical user interface A Graphical User Interface (GUI) is provided for workstations on a network in which a complex operation is controlled. At least one node on the network has a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) with an object oriented database for storing data objects for ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5758074 | System for extending the desktop management interface at one node to a network by using pseudo management interface, pseudo component interface and network server interface A system for enabling the use of the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) in a network where the particular computing system containing the DMI and its database reside on one node and where management applications and devices (instrumented components) resid... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5704888 | Intermittent collection of mononuclear cells in a centrifuge apparatus A centrifuge apparatus is used for collecting white blood cells, primarily mononuclear cells, from whole blood stratified into layers. A thin mononuclear (MNC) layer is formed at the interface of red blood cells and plasma. A barrier is positioned in the ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704889 | Spillover collection of sparse components such as mononuclear cells in a centrifuge apparatus A centrifuge apparatus is used for collecting white blood cells (WBC), primarily mononuclear cells, from whole blood stratified into layers. A thin mononuclear (MNC) layer is formed at the interface of red blood cells and plasma. A barrier is positioned i... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5680615 | Desktop management of host applications A communication medium and method enabling the identification of manageable data produced on mainframe equipment, so that the data can be established in a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) database. In that manner, management applications residing on des... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5652887 | Dynamic Meta commands for peripheral devices A system for enabling expanded instruction sets, applications, data and parameters to be downloaded from one processor to another so that processors ordinarily intended for specific tasks can run other tasks without having an expanded instruction set and ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5638347 | Disk cartridge storage system A library of disk media units for use in a data processing environment wherein receptacle columns hold multiple cartridges which in turn hold multiple media units comprised of caddies and recording disks. A picker system moves media into and from the driv... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5629910 | Optical disk library including optical disk media with non-standard thin hubs and disk drive spindle adaptor Library apparatus for holding a plurality of disk cartridges wherein the library housing contains a slot for alignment with the entry slot of a disk drive. The cartridges are stacked upon an inner case within the housing and the case is driven vertically ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5565866 | Digital-to-analog converter with voltage defined by Josephson frequency voltage relation A superconducting integrated circuit that uses a digital input to rapidly select any one of several thousand quantized output voltages. The voltages are generated directly by microwave synchronized Josephson junctions and are as accurate as the externally... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5546577 | Utilizing instrumented components to obtain data in a desktop management interface system Instrumentation logic is provided to map object oriented protocols to efficient data management protocols to provide direct, keyed access to multiple data entries. An object oriented database is utilized to model a complex process since it is easily exten... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5523526 | Sustaining devices for stringed musical instruments A sustaining device for prolonging the vibration of a string of a stringed musical instrument having a magnetic pickup means responsive to vibration of a string, and an electromagnetic string driver means to provide a magnetic drive force to the string. A... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5128698 | Boldness control in an electrophotographic machine Control over the placement of image edge location on the photoconductor of an electrophotographic machine providing for a range of discharge levels for edge picture elements (PELS) which vary from greater than, to less than, that level used for fully disc... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5005820 | Paper tray with leaf spring A paper bin assembly including a movable bottom tray for holding a stack of print receiving material, such as paper. The assembly is designed for insertion into a machine using sheets of paper, such as a copier or printer. A leaf spring is used to move th... | 04/09/1991 |
| 5003308 | Serial data receiver with phase shift detection An asynchronous serial data receiver for receiving a stream of data bits, characterized by a plurality of shift registers (54) into which samples corresponding to points within said data bit stream are read, different shift registers (54) holding a differ... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4978849 | Pel placement correction in the scan dimension of a multiple beam laser scanning system This is an electronic scheme for correcting mechanical misalignment and electrical delays from laser beam to laser beam in the scan direction of a multiple beam laser scanning system for use in an electrophotographic machine. The position at which a refer... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4967211 | Printing machine with toner density balance in solid areas and line strokes A printing machine with control device for identifying solid areas to be imaged. The printing machine is regulated on a picture element (pel) basis to produce pels representing the interior of solid areas with an intensity sufficient to create a relativel... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4963900 | Multiple laser beam scanning optics A multiple laser beam scanning optical system for correcting monochromatic and polychromatic aberrations comprising a doublet cylindrical lens for receiving the multiple beams and directing them to a rotating polygonal mirror. Scanning lens means are loca... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4951088 | Toner mass developed control ratio modification system A toner mass developed control system for use with electronic printers or copiers provides for the measurement of toned photoconductor reflectivity and bare photoconductor reflectivity. The standard control ratio is modified by characterizing the particul... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4950889 | Chromatic and misalignment compensation in a multiple beam laser scanning system This is an electronic scheme for correcting for mechanical misalignment and chromatic aberrations from laser beam to laser beam in the scan direction of a multiple beam laser scanning system for use in an electrophotographic machine. Each beam is first co... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4929982 | Sheet path in an electrophotographic printer An electrophotographic printer of the transfer type with separate input bins for holding cut sheet print material and fan-fold form print material. Separate paper paths are provided from each bin to a first function. An input paper path is provided for mo... | 05/29/1990 |
