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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7943595 | Polysaccharides with antithrombotic activity comprising at least one covalent bond with biotin or a biotin derivative The present invention relates to novel synthetic polysaccharides with antithrombotic activity exhibiting at least one covalent bond with biotin or a biotin derivative and to a process employing avidin or streptavidin which makes it possible to neutralize these polys... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943486 | Enhancement of electron and hole mobilities in <110> Si under biaxial compressive strain The present invention provides a semiconductor material that has enhanced electron and hole mobilities that comprises a Si-containing layer having a crystal orientation and a biaxial compressive strain. The term “biaxial compressive stress” is used herein ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943460 | High-K metal gate CMOS A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided that includes forming a Ge-containing layer atop a p-type device regions of the substrate. Thereafter, a first dielectric layer is formed in a second portion of a substrate, and a second dielectric layer is form... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943458 | Methods for obtaining gate stacks with tunable threshold voltage and scaling Methods of forming complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) structures with tunable threshold voltages are provided. The methods disclose a technique of obtaining selective placement of threshold voltage adjusting materials on a semiconductor substrate by usin... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7533377 | Achieving autonomic behavior in an operating system via a hot-swapping mechanism Systems, especially operating systems, are becoming more complex to the point where maintaining them by humans is becoming nearly impossible. Many corporations have recognized this trend and have begun investing in autonomic technology. Autonomic technology allows a... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7533085 | Method for searching deep web services A method for searching deep web services is provided. The method in one aspect allows organizing communities, sources and schema attributes in a multi-tier containment relationship; searching representative schema attributes in one or more communities; searching rep... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532700 | Space and power efficient hybrid counters array A hybrid counter array device for counting events. The hybrid counter array includes a first counter portion comprising N counter devices, each counter device for receiving signals representing occurrences of events from an event source and providing a first count v... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532580 | Gateway apparatus, communication system, and delay measurement method A gateway apparatus includes a packet transmitting unit, duplicate packet detecting unit, and time measuring unit. The packet transmitting unit transmits to a counter apparatus the first packet that coincides with a packet transmitted immediately before reception of... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531598 | Process for producing detachable dirt- and water-repellent surface coatings Process for producing detachable dirt- and water-repellent surface coatings on articles, wherein during the coating process, hydrophobic particles are applied to the surface of the articles, thus generating a surface structure with elevations on that surface of the ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531531 | Method of treating diseases associated with altered kinase activity with bicyclo-pyrazoles Bicyclo-pyrazole compounds of formula (I), as herein defined, are useful for treating diseases linked to disregulated protein kinases. ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531392 | Multi-orientation semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, and method of fabricating same The present invention relates to semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate structures that contain surface semiconductor regions of different crystal orientations located directly on an insulator layer. The present invention also relates to methods for fabricating ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530985 | Endoscopic suturing system An endoscopic treatment device is used with an endoscope. This treatment device includes a transmission member with a flexible structure having a distal end portion to be inserted into a body and can be operated outside the body, a push rod coupled to the distal end... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530947 | Lesion portion determining method of infrared observing system A lesion portion determining method of an infrared observing system includes at least an observing apparatus. The observing apparatus includes a light source device which radiates light of a first wavelength band including a wavelength of 805 nm and light of a secon... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530940 | Methods of enhancing radiation effects with metal nanoparticles The present invention provides methods of using metal nanoparticles 0.5 to 400 nm in diameter to enhance the dose and effectiveness of x-rays or of other kinds of radiation in therapeutic regimes of ablating a target tissue, such as tumor. The metal nanoparticles ca... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530500 | Mobile communication terminal and method for controlling operation thereof When a non-contact type IC of a mobile communication terminal is used, equipment or location is identified from equipment identification information, and a pre-specified melody, tone or music is sounded from a speaker as a confirmation sound, and thereby, a user can... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530072 | Method to segregate suspicious threads in a hosted environment to prevent CPU resource exhaustion from hung threads A system and method for segregating suspicious threads in a hosted environment to prevent CPU resource exhaustion from hung threads are disclosed. An application server identify suspicious threads that may cause the threads to hang or to execute for a long period of... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529895 | Method for prefetching non-contiguous data structures A low latency memory system access is provided in association with a weakly-ordered multiprocessor system. Each processor in the multiprocessor shares resources, and each shared resource has an associated lock within a locking device that provides support for synchr... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7505520 | Communication system between integrated circuit devices for propagating data in serial A semiconductor integrated circuit device serving as a signal source, another semiconductor integrated circuit device serving as a destination and a transmission line form in combination a communication system; the transmission line is connected between a transmitti... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504727 | Semiconductor interconnect structure utilizing a porous dielectric material as an etch stop layer between adjacent non-porous dielectric materials Interconnect structures possessing a non-porous (dense) low-k organosilicate glass (OSG) film utilizing a porous low-k OSG film as an etch stop layer or a porous low-k OSG film using a non-porous OSG film as a hardmask for use in semiconductor devices are provided h... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504700 | Method of forming an ultra-thin [[HfSiO]] metal silicate film for high performance CMOS applications and semiconductor structure formed in said method A semiconductor structure and method of forming the same, comprising forming a uniform buffer layer of diffusion-controlling stable material on top of a base gate dielectric layer, and then forming a uniform layer which contains a source of transitional metal atoms,... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504697 | Rotational shear stress for charge carrier mobility modification A semiconductor structure and its method of fabrication utilize a semiconductor substrate having an active region mesa surrounded by an isolation trench. A first isolation region having a first stress is located in the isolation trench. A second isolation region hav... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504693 | Dislocation free stressed channels in bulk silicon and SOI CMOS devices by gate stress engineering Structures and methods of manufacturing are disclosed of dislocation free stressed channels in bulk silicon and SOI (silicon on insulator) CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) devices by gate stress engineering with SiGe and/or Si:C. A CMOS device comprise... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504336 | Methods for forming CMOS devices with intrinsically stressed metal silicide layers The present invention provides a method of fabricating semiconductor device comprising at least one field effect transistor (FET) having source and drain (S/D) metal silicide layers with intrinsic tensile or compressive stress. First, a metal layer containing a sili... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504257 | Embryonic stem cells and neural progenitor cells derived therefrom The present invention provides undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells, methods of cultivation and propagation and production of differentiated cells. In particular it relates to the production of human ES cells capable of yielding somatic differentiated cells i... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504154 | Moisture barrier coatings for infrared salt optics The present invention is directed to a salt optic provided with a multilayer coating in order to improve upon the moisture resistance of a salt optic, when compared to the moisture resistance of an uncoated salt optic. In one aspect, the present invention is compris... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504132 | Selective placement of carbon nanotubes on oxide surfaces The present invention provides a method for the selective placement of carbon nanotubes on a particular surface. In particular, the present invention provides a method in which self-assembled monolayers formed on an unpatterned or patterned metal oxide surface are u... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7503101 | Loop/lariat spectacle holder A spectacle holder including: a loop member; and a sliding member slidingly disposed on the loop member; wherein the sliding member slides on the loop member to capture a portion of a spectacle in a portion of the loop member. The sliding member can be decorative, s... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7502957 | Method and system to execute recovery in non-homogeneous multi processor environments Disclosed are a method and system for parallel execution of recovery in a non-homogeneous multi-processor environment. The method defines criteria how to decide which recovery actions are to be performed, and on which processor. If multiple recovery actions are pend... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502802 | Optimizing cursor movement in holistic twig joins A holistic twig join method with optimal cursor movement is disclosed. The method in one aspect minimizes the number of cursor moves by looking more globally at the query's state to determine which cursor to move next and making virtual moves where a physical move i... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502017 | Handwriting recognizer user interface methods A handwriting recognition device including a handwriting recognizing component such as a software application running on a microprocessor. A user interface includes a display having a stroke entry field for digitizing and displaying the strokes comprising one or mor... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501318 | Formation of silicon-germanium-on-insulator (SGOI) by an integral high temperature SIMOX-Ge interdiffusion anneal A method of forming a substantially relaxed, high-quality SiGe-on-insulator substrate material using SIMOX and Ge interdiffusion is provided. The method includes first implanting ions into a Si-containing substrate to form an implant rich region in the Si-containing... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7500951 | Lesion detecting system A capsule medical apparatus includes a reaction plane on which one or more kinds of reacting substance reacting with an internal substance in the body to be examined are fixed, wherein the reacting substance is chemical reacting substance or biochemical reacting sub... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7499957 | Real time backup system for computer users This invention involves tracking and backing all the information that a user generates on its computer devices (including embedded devices) in real time. The local user server records all user actions and gestures (via various means that include TV cameras). All of ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499730 | Mobile terminal apparatus, and power control method and storage medium recording program therefor A pen-input unit and a display unit of a mobile terminal apparatus are individually provided so that the display unit can be used only for display, thereby effectively reducing the power consumption of the pen-input unit. The operation panel of the mobile terminal a... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499642 | Portable electronic device and method of preventing close-up photography by using the portable electronic device In a portable electronic device with camera, a radio wave detection circuit detects specific radio waves, and when the radio wave detection circuit detects the specific radio waves, a control circuit prohibits close-up photography by a camera. ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499614 | Passive alignment of VCSELs to waveguides in opto-electronic cards and printed circuit boards A method of producing opto-electronic cards and printed circuit boards which are adapted to provide for passive alignment of VCSELs to waveguides. Also provided are opto-electronic cards and printed circuit boards which incorporate structure providing for the passiv... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499002 | Retractable string interface for stationary and portable devices An interface for a small form factor electronic device by enabling explicit measurement of extension or retraction of a retractable cord by monitoring the amount of string that passes by sensors, as the string exits the enclosure of the device. Input to such small f... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7498697 | Marx generator The functionally critical series connection of high-voltage-resistant resistors (Rn, R′n) in a Marx generator (11) is replaced according to the invention by a molding (12, 12′) composed of conductive plastic, which, depending on the configuration g... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7498271 | Nitrogen based plasma process for metal gate MOS device The present invention, in one embodiment, provides a method of forming a gate structure including providing a substrate including a semiconducting device region, a high-k dielectric material present atop the semiconducting device region, and a metal gate conductor a... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7498254 | Plating seed layer including an oxygen/nitrogen transition region for barrier enhancement An interconnect structure which includes a plating seed layer that has enhanced conductive material, preferably, Cu, diffusion properties is provided that eliminates the need for utilizing separate diffusion and seed layers. Specifically, the present invention provi... | 03/03/2009 |
