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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7931422 | Water-ballasted protection barrier A water-ballasted barrier system incorporates a concave reflective design, wherein outer walls of the barrier segment are configured in a concave manner. The concave section is designed to prevent the tire of a vehicle, impacting the barrier, from climbing up the si... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927301 | Safety syringe A safety syringe includes an outer barrel, a needle unit, an outer barrel plug, an inner barrel, an inner barrel plug, a needle clamper, and a vacuum generating device. The needle unit is disposed within the front end of the outer barrel. The outer barrel plug is di... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925101 | Apparatus for controlling image compression A method and apparatus for controlling image compression is disclosed. A current block of pixels is firstly compressed. The average pixel size of the compressed current block is averaged with an average pixel size of preceding block or blocks to obtain an average va... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924204 | Stage-resolution scalable opamp-sharing technique for pipelined/cyclic ADC An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for pipelined ADCs or cyclic ADCs is disclosed. The ADC includes at least one pair of two stages connected in series, and the two stages have different bits of resolution. An amplifier is shared by the pair of two stages such tha... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909040 | Methods for treating eye conditions Architectures and techniques for treating conditions of the eye, such as presbyopia, utilize sources of treatment energy, such as electromagnetic energy emitting devices, to implement non-corneal manipulations. According to these devices and methods, the sources of ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7901979 | Method of forming a small contact in phase-change memory A method of fabricating a phase-change memory cell is described. The cross-sectional area of a contact with a phase-change memory element within the cell is controlled by a width and an exposed length of a bottom electrode. The method allows the formation of very sm... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898873 | Window enlargement by selective erase of non-volatile memory cells A method is described for enlarging a programming window of charge trapping memory cells in a virtual ground charge trapping memory EEPROM array. The method substantially eliminates second bit effects and program disturbances to nearby charge trapping memory cells. | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894842 | Methods and devices for including a plurality of users in a conversation over a communication network Methods and devices are disclosed for including a plurality of users in a conversation over a communication network. A conversation is initiated when a text message is received requesting the conversation. A conversation is established using conversation gateways cu... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892888 | Method and apparatus for stacking electrical components using via to provide interconnection An efficient chip stacking structure is described that includes a leadframe having two surfaces to each of which can be attached stacks of chips. A chip stack can be formed by placing a chip active surface on a back surface of another chip. Electrical connections be... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891363 | Methods for treating eye conditions Architectures and techniques for treating conditions of the eye, such as presbyopia, utilize sources of treatment energy, such as electromagnetic energy emitting devices, to implement non-corneal manipulations. According to these devices and methods, the sources of ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888877 | Light emitting diode lamp and illumination system A light emitting diode (LED) lamp electrically connected to a switch is provided. The LED lamp includes a lamp body, an LED array disposed inside the lamp body, and a current control circuit disposed inside the lamp body. The current control circuit is electrically ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7888804 | Method for forming self-aligned contacts and local interconnects simultaneously The present invention relates generally to semiconductors, and more specifically to semiconductor memory device structures and an improved fabrication process for making the same. The improved fabrication process allows the self-aligned contacts and local interconne... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7888666 | Common word line edge contact phase-change memory The cross-sectional area of a contact with a phase-change memory element within the cell is controlled by a first dimension of a bottom electrode and a second dimension controlled by an etch process. The contact area is a product of the first dimension and the secon... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885159 | Optical disc drive device with anti-scraping mechanism The method prevents an optical disk from being scraped by an optical apparatus of a pickup head of an optical disc drive is disclosed, it mainly includes: moving the optical apparatus of the pickup head to a detection position in which the laser-light emitted from t... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880115 | Method for laser annealing to form an epitaxial growth layer A method for forming an epitaxial layer in a capacitor over interconnect structure, includes selecting a laser having a suitable wavelength for absorption at a seeding layer/annealing layer interface of the capacitor over interconnect structure, and directing laser ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7847336 | Method of fabricating NAND-type flash EEPROMS without field oxide isolation Methods are described for fabricating NAND-type EEPROMs without field oxide isolation. P+ implantations are employed to isolate adjacent memory cells. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845361 | Design and method for a dripless liquid wash aid pumping mechanism A fluid dispensing system for a dishwasher is disclosed, wherein the dishwasher comprises a housing, a wash chamber enclosed by the housing, and a door for accessing the wash chamber. The dispensing system, in particular, comprises a fluid reservoir for containing a... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7879094 | Systems for material fixation A soft tissue fixation system, most typically applicable to orthopedic joint repairs, such as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee repair procedures, comprises an implant which is placeable in a tunnel disposed in a portion of bone, wherein the tunnel is defined by... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7878204 | Methods for treating hyperopia and presbyopia via laser tunneling A method for treating presbyopia utilizes an Erbium based, pulsed laser to sever sub-conjunctival strictures located within the scleral matrix of the eye. Introduction of treatment energy into the scleral matrix increases or facilitates an increase in accommodation,... | 02/01/2011 |
| D631860 | TV set | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876608 | Method for programming a multilevel phase change memory device A method of programming a phase change device includes selecting a desired threshold voltage (Vth) and applying a programming pulse to a phase change material in the phase change device. The applying of the programming pulse includes applying a quantity of energy to... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874710 | Light-emitting diode lamp An LED lamp including a lamp housing, an LED light source, a heat sink and a control circuit. The lamp housing has an accommodating space, a plurality of air inlets and a plurality of air outlets, wherein the accommodating space joins an environment through the air ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7871388 | Posture improvement device and method of use Provided is a device for improving the posture of a patient comprising a garment and a pair of tension straps. The garment is configured to tightly envelope the patient's torso and the patient's upper arms. The garment has an inner surface, a front side and a back s... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7870527 | Method for stacked pattern design of printed circuit board and system thereof A method for designing stacked pattern of PCB utilizing genetic algorithm and the system thereof are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: First of all, information data of stacked pattern is inputted into operational interface of the software; Next, ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7867223 | Methods for treating hyperopia and presbyopia via laser tunneling A method for treating presbyopia utilizes an Erbium based, pulsed laser to sever sub-conjunctival strictures located within the scleral matrix of the eye. Introduction of treatment energy into the scleral matrix increases or facilitates an increase in accommodation,... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866914 | Flexible marker device A flexible marker device comprises a marker body having a bottom end and a top end, and a base for supporting the marker body. The base has an aperture in a center portion thereof and a groove extending about the aperture in an upper surface of the base. The bottom ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866913 | Water-ballasted protection barrier A water-ballasted barrier system incorporates a concave reflective design, wherein outer walls of the barrier segment are configured in a concave manner. The concave section is designed to prevent the tire of a vehicle, impacting the barrier, from climbing up the si... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7858273 | Method of forming a mask design having advanced oriented assist features for integrated circuit hole patterns A method of forming a mask for optically transferring a lithographic pattern having a plurality of isolated elements onto a semiconductor substrate, wherein spacing between these isolated elements is controlled according to a given pitch, the method comprising: disp... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7838947 | Read-only memory device coded with selectively insulated gate electrodes During fabrication of a mask read-only memory (ROM) device, a dielectric layer is grown on a substrate. Strip-stacked layers are formed on the dielectric layer, with each strip-stacked layer including a polysilicon and a silicon nitride layer. Source/drain regions a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836242 | Method for page random write and read in blocks of flash memory A method for page random write and read in blocks of flash memory is disclosed. The data could be random written in the pages of block. The pages would be arranged when the block was filled with data, so as to prevent from data copied and erased repeatedly. Present ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7827717 | Foldable traffic sign A foldable traffic sign system comprises a relatively rigid sign panel and a plurality of folding lines disposed in the sign panel, for permitting ready folding of the sign panel into a substantially smaller configuration. In a preferred embodiment, at least one cut... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827034 | Text-derived speech animation tool A text-derived speech animation software tool for producing simple, effective animations of digital media content that educate, entertain, and inform viewers by the presentation of speaking digital characters. The invention makes the creation of digital talking char... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825938 | Method and apparatus for processing digital image to be displayed on display device with backlight module A method and apparatus for processing a digital image to be displayed on a display panel illuminated with a backlight module. The backlight module is set to a specific backlight duty according to a luminance statistic of the digital image. The digital image is remap... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825882 | Dimming method and system thereof A dimming method for LED driving circuit is proposed. By temporary switching a pin that is originally used for the input/output of other electric signals to a high impedance node, the dimming control signal may be inputted to dim LEDs. The dimming method comprises t... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7817687 | Electromagnetic energy distributions for electromagnetically induced mechanical cutting Output optical energy pulses including relatively high energy magnitudes at the beginning of each pulse are disclosed. As a result of the relatively high energy magnitudes which lead each pulse, the leading edge of each pulse includes a relatively large slope. This ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7815630 | Target-close electromagnetic energy emitting device An apparatus having an excitation source that includes at least one laser diode and also having a handpiece with a disposable, bendable tip cannula is disclosed. ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7812890 | Auto-configuration for instrument setting A system and method of auto-configuration for the instrument setting of a multimedia apparatus is disclosed. All available output modes are used to show multimedia information to a user by means of automatically switching and setting configurations among connected t... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7811026 | Support base for flexible marker device A flexible marker device comprises a marker body having a bottom end and a top end, and a base for supporting the marker body. The base has an aperture in a center portion thereof and a cavity extending about the aperture in an upper surface of the base. The bottom ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7811025 | Water wall A water-ballasted barrier system incorporates a concave reflective design, wherein outer walls of the barrier segment are configured in a concave manner. The concave section is designed to prevent the tire of a vehicle, impacting the barrier, from climbing up the si... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7802829 | Trailer mounted crash attenuator A trailer-mounted crash impact attenuator is disclosed for attachment to a host vehicle, which comprises an anti-rotational attachment system having an internal support tube and a plurality of external support tubes. The internal support tube has a connector on its ... | 09/28/2010 |
