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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941843 | Mobile wireless communication system, mobile wireless terminal apparatus, virtual private network relay apparatus and connection authentication server Mobile wireless communication system 100 of the present invention has virtual private network relay apparatus 105 which establishes an IPsec tunnel with network relay apparatus 104 installed on private network 102 via public network 10... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940996 | Image noise detection An image comprises columns and rows of blocks of pixels. In each row and/or column, a series of pairs of blocks of pixels comprise first and second adjacent blocks of pixels, with the second block in a previous pair of blocks corresponding to the first block in a ne... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940851 | Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method A radio communication apparatus and an associated method are provided. The apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive first data and second data, which are transmitted from a plurality of antennas for spatial-multiplexing using a plurality of blocks, ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940708 | PCM type interface An interface device having a first and second data terminal configured for the communication of data in duplex mode, with one of the first and second data terminals always assigned to each direction of the communication, the first and second data terminals configura... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940555 | Row decoder for non-volatile memory devices, in particular of the phase-change type A hierarchical row decoder is for a phase-change memory device provided with an array of memory cells organized according to a plurality of array wordlines and array bitlines. The row decoder has a global decoder that addresses first and a second global wordlines ac... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940553 | Method of storing an indication of whether a memory location in phase change memory needs programming A phase change memory includes a float buffer which stores the result of a comparison between the current state of data in the phase change memory cells and an intended next state of each of those cells. The float buffer indicates which cells need to be programmed i... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939815 | Forming a carbon passivated ovonic threshold switch By making an ovonic threshold switch using a carbon interfacial layer having a thickness of less than or equal to ten percent of the thickness of the associated electrode, cycle endurance may be improved. In some embodiments, a glue layer may be used between the car... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939705 | System and method for treating asbestos A method, apparatus, and system to apply a mineralizing agent to an asbestos containing material (ACM) after the ACM is reduced in size, particularly by spraying or injecting the mineralizing agent to a shredded ACM, is provided. The mineralizing agent may include a... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939646 | Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of prostate cancer Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly prostate cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more prostate-specific polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides,... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939546 | Quinoline derivatives for modulating DNA methylation Quinoline derivatives, particularly 4-(4-(4-(quinolin-4-ylamino)benzamido)phenylthio)pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid; 3-(4-(4-(quinolin-4-ylamino)benzamido)phenylthio)pyrrolidine; N-(4-(piperidin-4-ylthio)phenyl)-4-(quinolin-4-ylamino)-benzamide; and N-(4-(piperidin-3... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939352 | Selective area metal bonding Si-based laser A method for fabricating a selective area metal bonding Si-based laser, optically or electrically pumped includes: forming a Si waveguide area and a bonding area in a Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) wafer, and forming an isolating structure to separate the Si waveguide a... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939281 | Method to identify patients at risk for lung transplant rejection Various embodiments include methods for diagnosing and treating medical conditions that involve an autoimmune response to connective tissue such as collagen found in organs such as the lung. In one method pulmonary disease and disorders such as Idiopathic Pulmonary ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939259 | High throughput nucleic acid sequencing by expansion Nucleic acid sequencing methods and related products are disclosed. Methods for sequencing a target nucleic acid comprise providing a daughter strand produced by a template-directed synthesis, the daughter strand comprising a plurality of subunits coupled in a seque... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939220 | Proton-translocating retinal protein The invention relates to proton-translocating retinal proteins which exhibit a photocycle which is retarded as compared with the wild type and whose all-trans retinal contents in the light-adapted and dark-adapted states do not differ from each other by more than 10... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637650 | Desktop figurine | 05/10/2011 |
| D637602 | Monitor stand | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937718 | Disc device with shutter to block insertion of a disk A disc device has a plurality of arms configured to support the outer rim of a disc carryable. Automatic loading is applied such that the disc inserted can be carried in the device, and the disc housed inside the device can be carried out of the device. A pair of sh... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937438 | Using virtual networking devices to manage external connections Techniques are described for providing managed virtual computer networks that may have a configured logical network topology with one or more virtual networking devices, with corresponding networking functionality provided for communications between multiple computi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936230 | Non-reciprocal component and method for making and using the component in a mobile terminal The invention relates to a non-reciprocal component comprising: a ferrite substrate having a first side and an opposing second side located on a ground layer, a first metal line and a second metal line are located on the ferrite substrate in parallel to each other. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936189 | Driver circuit and method for reducing electromagnetic interference An apparatus and a method switch a load through a power transistor. The apparatus includes: a first current generator for generating a current to charge a capacitance of a control terminal of the power transistor during power on of the power transistor; a second cur... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936047 | Method for realizing a contact of an integrated well in a semiconductor substrate, in particular for a base terminal of a bipolar transistor, with enhancement of the transistor performances A method realizes a contact of a first well of a first type of dopant integrated in a semiconductor substrate next to a second well of a second type of dopant and forming with it a parasitic diode. The method comprises: formation of the first well; formation of the ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935721 | Spiro-oxindole compounds and their uses as therapeutic agents This invention is directed to spiro-oxindole compounds of formula (I): wherein k, j, Q, R1, R2a, R2b, R2c, R2d, R3a, R3b, R3c, and R | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935693 | Polycyclic aryl substituted triazoles and polycyclic heteroaryl substituted triazoles useful as Axl inhibitors Polycyclic aryl and polycyclic heteroaryl substituted triazoles and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds are disclosed as being useful in inhibiting the activity of the receptor protein tyrosine kinase Axl. Methods of using the compounds in treating ... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637233 | Desktop holder | 05/03/2011 |
| D637049 | Knife | 05/03/2011 |
| D637048 | Knife | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934265 | Secured coprocessor comprising means for preventing access to a unit of the coprocessor The present invention relates to a coprocessor comprising a calculation unit for executing a command, and a securization device for monitoring the execution of the command and supplying an error signal having an active value as soon as the execution of the command b... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933638 | Portable terminal To provide a portable terminal which can detect the using modes of the portable terminal, can reduce the number of members necessary for detecting the using modes and further can reduce leakage magnetic force badly influencing on other devices. A portable ter... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933547 | Apparatus and method for interfering with wireless communications devices positioned in a volume occupied by a human driver An apparatus operable to disable operation of driver side wireless communications devices, for use within a vehicle, includes a drive circuit coupled to at least one active antenna element to produce interference within at least one wireless communications band of f... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933309 | Radio communication device and constellation control method Provided is a radio communication device which can make Acknowledgement (ACK) reception quality and Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) reception quality to be equal to each other. The device includes: a scrambling unit (214) which multiplies a response signal af... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933287 | Wireless communication mobile station device, wireless communication base station device and CQI report method Provided is a wireless communication mobile station device by which a throughput can be improved in multicarrier communication. In the device, a group control section (107) controls a subcarrier group, of which CQI is to be reported, among a plurality of subc... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932808 | Load resistor A high-performance resistor includes resistor elements electrically connected in series and each having a first and second side and a first and second end. At the first end is a first connection and provided at the second end is a second connection for connecting th... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932515 | Quantum processor Multiple substrates that carry quantum devices are coupled to provide quantum mechanical communicators therebetween, for example, using superconducting interconnects, vias, solder and/or magnetic flux. Such may advantageously reduce a footprint of a device such as a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932384 | Reverse-turn mimetics and method relating thereto Conformationally constrained compounds that mimic the secondary structure of reverse-turn regions of biologically active peptides and proteins are disclosed. Such reverse-turn mimetic structures have utility over a wide range of fields, including use as diagnostic a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932015 | Optical recording medium An optical recording medium includes a substrate and a plurality of recording layers laminated via at least intermediate layers, at least one of the recording layers other than a recording layer farthest from a light incidence plane among the plurality of recording ... | 04/26/2011 |
| D636607 | Embossed metal foil | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929756 | Method for classifying a digital image A method for associating with a digital image a class of a plurality of predefined classes having respective models, the method including the phases of dividing the digital image pixel by pixel into one or more regions belonging to a set of predefined regions that d... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928960 | Analog input device with integrated pressure sensor and electronic apparatus equipped with said input device In an input device, a control element is operated by a user; a pressure sensor is mechanically coupled to the control element and is provided with a monolithic body of semiconductor material housing a first sensitive element, which detects an actuation of the contro... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928723 | Measurement of dissipated power The invention concerns a method of determining the dissipated power of an electronic switch. According to the invention it is proposed that the instantaneous value of a physical quantity is detected, a value correlated with the instantaneous value is polled from a f... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928578 | Electric linkage in a semiconductor electronic device between a nanometric circuit architecture and standard electronic components A semiconductor electronic device that includes a semiconductor substrate having a top surface; a seed layer positioned on the substrate and having a notched wall extending transversely with respect to the substrate top surface, the wall defining a first recess exte... | 04/19/2011 |
