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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7151659 | Gapped-plate capacitor In a semiconductor device, a capacitor is provided which has a gap in at least one of its plates. The gap is small enough so that fringe capacitance between the sides of this gap and the opposing plate at least compensates, if not overcompensates, for the missing co... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151690 | 6F3-Transistor DRAM gain cell A high density vertical three transistor memory cell is provided. The high density vertical three transistor memory cell is formed in a vertical pillar. The vertical pillar includes a first vertical transfer device having a source region, a drain region, and a body ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151958 | System and method of classifying tachyarrhythmia episodes as associated or disassociated A method and system for classifying tachyarrhythmia episodes as associated or disassociated. Primary and auxiliary depolarizations are detected from different cardiac regions during a tachycardia episode. A first time interval is positioned to surround each of one o... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7152139 | Techniques for generating serial presence detect contents Techniques are presented for automatically generating Serial Presence Detect (SPD) contents. Standards for specific values associated with SPD contents are electronically represented with SPD tokens and rules. When a memory module is identified, a string of needed S... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150933 | Method of manufacturing high power density fuel cell layers with micro structured components The invention is a method for making a fuel cell layer by forming a porous substrate, adding two coatings to the porous substrate, forming distinct channels with walls, forming anodes and cathodes in the walls by depositing catalyst layers, disposing electrolyte in ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151030 | Horizontal memory devices with vertical gates Structures and methods for memory devices are provided which operate with lower control gate voltages than conventional floating gate transistors, and which do not increase the costs or complexity of the device fabrication process. The novel memory cell includes a s... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148547 | Semiconductor contact device The invention provides an advanced metallization technique for fabricating a memory cell array on a substrate. The array is fabricated by forming discrete and self-aligned vias in a first layer disposed over the array to form contacts to each of the source and drain... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149314 | Reverberation processor based on absorbent all-pass filters A reverberation processor includes a chain of absorbent all-pass filters and an absorbent delay line. The decay time can be precisely controlled by controlling the magnitude of the attenuation in the absorbent delay lines. Further, each absorbent delay line includes... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149422 | Motion detector camera A motion detector camera includes a camera mechanism mounted inside a housing, a motion detector exposed on a surface of the housing, and a controller for controlling the camera mechanism in response to signals received from the motion detector. The camera can inclu... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149512 | Apparatus and method to automatically adjust volume or control operation of an appliance An apparatus includes a device adapted to detect one of receiving an incoming call or initiating an outgoing call. A transmitter is adapted to send a request signal in response to receiving the incoming call or initiating the outgoing call. The request signal may be... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149718 | Method and system for the creation and communication of notes concerning an auction participant or item within a network-based auction facility A method of communicating information within a network-based auction facility includes facilitating creation of a note pertaining to a user or item available for auction via of an on-line auction facilitated by the network-based auction facility. The note is associa... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149986 | Automated load determination for partitioned simulation A method and device for automatically generating load circuits for a netlist. A computer system having a schematic for a circuit is used to create a netlist. While constructing the netlist, instances are checked for directives. The directives indicate that the insta... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148017 | High sensitivity mechanical resonant sensor A system and method for detecting mass based on a frequency differential of a resonating micromachined structure, such as a cantilever beam. A high aspect ratio cantilever beam is coated with an immobilized binding partner that couples to a predetermined cell or mol... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148030 | Bioluminescent protease assay A sensitive bioluminescent assay to detect proteases including caspases, trypsin and tryptase is provided. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148194 | Method to increase fibronectin The invention provides peptides, and compositions containing those peptides, that increase the amount of fibronectin in tissue. These compositions are useful for encouraging the maintenance and development of healthy skin, for preventing and treating wrinkles, and f... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147558 | System and method for dispensing gaming machine credits in multiple different media of monetary exchange A system and method for dispensing gaming machine credits in multiple different media of monetary exchange. In one embodiment, the method can include displaying a credit amount remaining on a credit meter. The method can also include receiving a selection from a pla... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147339 | EL lighted garment with reduced glow up A safety vest is sized to be worn by a human, wherein the vest has a front and back and left and right sides each having a shoulder portion. An EL strip is provided on each side of the vest extending from the bottom of the vest upwards toward the shoulder portion. A... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147065 | Connection design and sonde housing assembly for a directional drill Drill stem elements and connections are shown with advantages such as being mechanically robust. The absence of a side access window in a sonde housing is one design feature that provides robust mechanical properties. Further advantages of sonde housings include bei... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149109 | Single transistor vertical memory gain cell A high density vertical single transistor gain cell is realized for DRAM operation. The gain cell includes a vertical transistor having a source region, a drain region, and a floating body region therebetween. A gate opposes the floating body region and is separated... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145239 | Circuit board with trace configuration for high-speed digital differential signaling Trace configurations for carrying high-speed digital differential signals provide for reduced conduction loss and improved signal integrity. In one embodiment, a circuit board has a first set of conductive traces disposed on non-conductive material, and a second set... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145186 | Memory cell with trenched gated thyristor One aspect of this disclosure relates to a memory cell. Various memory cell embodiments include an isolated semiconductor region separated from a bulk semiconductor region, an access transistor and a vertically-oriented thyristor formed in a trench extending between... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145549 | Ring pointing device A method, system, apparatus, and program product for moving a pointer on a display screen. A ring capable of being worn by a user contains a sensor unit having multiple sensors. When the user activates one of the sensors, the pointer on the display screen moves in a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145815 | Active termination control A method and apparatus are provided for active termination control in a memory by an module register providing an active termination control signal to the memory. The module register monitors a system command bus for read and write commands. In response to detecting... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144127 | Single assembly EL lighting for garments A safety vest is sized to be worn by a human, wherein the vest has a front and back and left and right sides each having a shoulder portion. An EL strip is provided on each side of the vest extending from the bottom of the vest upwards toward the shoulder portion. A... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145249 | Semiconducting device with folded interposer Some embodiments of the present invention relate to a semiconducting device that includes an interposer having a fold which divides the interposer into a first section and a second section. A first die is attached to a first surface of the interposer at the first an... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146014 | MEMS directional sensor system A MEMS directional sensor system capable of determining direction from a microphone to a sound source over a wide range of frequencies is disclosed. By utilizing a parallel filter bank that relies on a slow wave structure in a MEMS device, such as described herein, ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146517 | Clock pulse shaver with selective enable pulse width A clock for a computing system. The clock includes a first pulse shaver and a first pin connected to the first pulse shaver. The first pin selectively enables the first pulse shaver to reduce the width of enabling pulses in a clock signal passing through the first p... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144917 | Inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases The invention provides compounds that inhibit MMPs; methods for treating or preventing cancer, angiogenesis, arthritis, connective tissue disease, cardiovascular disease, inflammation or autoimmune disease in a mammal; a method for inhibiting a matrix metalloprotein... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141953 | Methods and apparatus for optimal voltage and frequency control of thermally limited systems Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture control a device or system that has an operational limit related to the rate or frequency of operation. The frequency of operation is controlled at a variable rate calculated to maximize the system or apparatus perform... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142918 | Apparatus and method for pacing mode switching during atrial tachyarrhythmias A method for operating a cardiac pacemaker in which the mode of operation of the pacemaker is altered in response to detecting an episode of atrial tachycardia. In accordance with the invention, the pacemaker's pacing mode is altered in a manner that attempts to mai... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142914 | Mode transition timing for synchronized pacing A system and method for avoiding short-interval paces during pacing mode transitions. The method may be particularly useful in switching to or from a biventricular pacing mode. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142789 | Methods and apparatus for generating a radiation pulse sequence Methods and apparatus or generating a radiation pulse sequence are disclosed. One embodiment of the apparatus includes two coupled direct space-to-time pulse generators (DSTPGs) with a channel operation element (COE) in between. The first DSTPG forms multiple spatia... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142713 | Automated docketing system The present invention includes a method for docketing an action or event, such as an action or event defined in a form received from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The method includes scanning the form having written information thereon, the written ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141824 | Transistor with variable electron affinity gate A SiC material composition is selected to establish the barrier energy between the SIC gate and a gate insulator. Various embodiments of selected SiC material composition include a memory application, such as a flash EEPROM, and a light detector or imaging applicati... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142144 | Low power sigma delta modulator A low power analog-to-digital channel includes a decimation filter coupled to a sigma-delta modulator. Various embodiments include a decimation filter including an output and a sigma-delta modulator coupled to the output of the decimation filter, where a clock frequ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142429 | Heat sink and retaining clip assembly Apparatus and methods for secure attachment of a heat sink to its respective retention clip as well as attachment to an electronic device are presented. One embodiment of a retention clip retention apparatus consists of a protruding hip depending from a side of a he... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142461 | Active termination control though on module register A method and apparatus are provided for active termination control in a memory by a module register providing an active termination control signal to the memory. The module register monitors a system command bus for read and write commands. In response to detecting ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142543 | High speed programmable counter A digital counter allows the provision of start and stop values in order to allow it to be configurable to any length. The counter rolls over to zero at a maximum value and proceeds to count until it reaches an indicated stop count. At that point, it proceeds to the... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141367 | Variant TLR4 nucleic acid and uses thereof The invention provides methods to identify polymorphisms at the human TLR4 locus, as well as methods to identify individuals at risk of indications that increase their morbidity and mortality. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137893 | Method and apparatus for write protecting a gaming storage medium A method and apparatus for write protecting a storage medium of a gaming machine is disclosed. The storage medium, which is preferably a removable compact flash memory, contains critical game data for operating the gaming machine. The storage medium includes a data ... | 11/21/2006 |
