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| 6917083 | Local ground and VCC connection in an SRAM cell A retrograde well region, having a buried layer of high conductivity, is formed in a semiconductor substrate. A trench structure is selectively etched in the semiconductor substrate down to a region proximate to or within the buried layer. A conducting local interco... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6477098 | Dynamic random access memory array having segmented digit lines A memory-cell array includes several memory cells arranged in rows and columns. The memory cells in each row include an access terminal coupled to an associated word line. The memory cells in each column are coupled between a respective first digit line a... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6248864 | Compounds and methods and modulating tissue permeability Methods for using modulating agents to enhance or inhibit occludin-mediated cell adhesion in a variety of in vivo and in vitro contexts are provided. Within certain embodiments, the modulating agents may be used to increase vasopermeability. The modulatin... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6139402 | Method and apparatus for mechanical and chemical-mechanical planarization of microelectronic substrates A method and apparatus for mechanically and/or chemical-mechanically planarizing microelectronic substrates. In one embodiment in accordance with the principles of the present invention, a microelectronic substrate is planarized or polished on a planarizi... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6121233 | Methods for the inhibition of cancer metastasis mediated by endothelial adhesion molecules Methods and compositions are disclosed for the inhibition of cancer metastases mediated by endothelial adhesion molecules. The present invention discloses that sialyl Lea and di-sialyl Lea, which are expressed at the surface of cance... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6115318 | Clock vernier adjustment A integrated circuit, such as a memory integrated circuit, includes a vernier clock adjustment circuit receiving an input clock signal and providing a rising-edge clock signal representing the input clock signal delayed by a rising-edge delay and providin... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6111055 | Ester-terminated polyamide gels An ester-terminated dimer acid-based polyamide may be blended with a solvent to form a gel. The solvent may be flammable, and a wick may be added to the resulting gel so as to form a candle. Depending on the composition, the candle may be formed into a fr... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6107283 | Cardiac glycosides inhibit proliferation of cells bearing FGF receptors This invention provides methods of inhibiting the export of a leaderless protein from a cell by contacting the cell with a cardiac glycoside or aglycone derivative. Leaderless proteins include FGF-1, FGF-2, IL-1, IL-1ଲ and factor XIIIa. These... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6104209 | Low skew differential receiver with disable feature A differential clock receiver for a SynchLink-type Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SLDRAM) includes a differential amplifier with a novel method for biasing its NMOS and PMOS current sources. A differential clock received and amplified by the di... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6104235 | Integrated circuit with trimmable passive components An integrated circuit having a passive circuit component that can be adjusted following the manufacturing process to provide a precise absolute value for resistance or capacitance. A plurality of passive elements are selectively combinable using logic gat... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6100742 | Driver circuit for slope-controlled pulse switching of a load A driver circuit for slope-controlled pulsed switching of a load having a MOS switching transistor switching the load and a control loop with an amplifier having an amplifier input coupled with a switch control pulse source, an amplifier output connected ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6096350 | Compositions and methods for prevention and treatment of diseases associated with honey bees Compositions and methods for disinfecting bee colonies for preventing or treating diseases in honey bees, honey bee larvae and honey bee hives are disclosed. Such diseases may arise from a variety of sources, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa a... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6094776 | Brush and spacer assembly for a vacuum cleaner A removable brush spacer assembly for attachment to the lateral edge of a vacuum cleaner nozzle in order to support an edge brush and to space the brush with respect to a surface is shown and described. The brush spacer assembly incorporates an elongated ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6097888 | Method and system for reducing an intentional program tree represented by high-level computational constructs A method and system for generating a computer program in the manner that uses no computer programming language syntax. The system represents a computer program as an intentional program tree, which is a high-level program tree that is a syntax-independent... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6094506 | Automatic generation of probability tables for handwriting recognition systems A computer system and method for generating probability tables for use in recognizing handwritten characters. The system receives handwritten characters as a sequence of strokes. The system characterizes each stroke by its shape and position. The position... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6093588 | Process for fabricating a high voltage MOSFET A high-voltage lateral MOSFET transistor structure constituted by various interdigitated modular elements formed on a layer of monocrystaline silicon is described together with a process for its fabrication. To save area of silicon and to reduce the specific r... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6090620 | Genes and gene products related to Werner's syndrome The present invention discloses nucleic acid molecules encoding WRN gene products, expresion vectors, viral vectors, and host cells suitable for expressing such products.... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088220 | Pocket computer with full-size keyboard Prior miniaturzed palm-top computers have reduced-size keyboards which are not useful for standard typing. The present invention provides a folding pocket-sized computer, comprising up to a 12" screen, a central processing unit, data storage and input mea... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6079320 | Broiler assembly A broiler assembly connectable to a cooking apparatus and provided with a broiler surface that generates a substantially even heat distribution pattern for cooking. The broiler assembly has a broiler housing defining a broiler interior area. Plenum member... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6076402 | Apparatus for detecting an exciting force externally exerted on a vibrating gyroscope A detector detects an exciting force externally exerted on a vibrating gyroscope by measuring a cross vibration of a regular triangular prism-shaped vibrating body having piezoelectric elements. The detector comprises an oscillator for oscillating the vib... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6075122 | Immune reactivity to HER-2/neu protein for diagnosis and treatment of malignancies in which the HER-2/neu oncogene is associated Methods for the detection, monitoring and treatment of malignancies in which the HER-2/neu oncogene is associated are disclosed. Detection of specific T cell activation (e.g., by measuring the proliferation of T cells) in response to in vitro exposure to ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6074862 | Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase MEK6 and variants thereof Compositions and methods are provide for potentiating the activity of the mitogen-activated protein kinase p38. In particular the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase MEK6, and variants thereof that stimulate phosphorylation of p38 are provided. Such c... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6071885 | Treatment of FGF-mediated conditions by administration of a cardiac glycoside or aglycone derivative thereof This invention provides methods of inhibiting the export of a leaderless protein from a cell by contacting the cell with a cardiac glycoside or aglycone derivative. Leaderless proteins include FGF-1, FGF-2, IL-1, IL-1ଲ and factor XIIIa. These... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6069837 | Row decoder circuit for an electronic memory device, particularly for low voltage applications A row decoding circuit for an electronic memory cell device, particularly in low supply voltage applications, is described. The row decoding circuit is adapted to boost, through at least one boost capacitor, a read voltage to be applied to a memory column... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6058450 | Method and system for apportioning computer bus bandwith A method interfaces a plurality of bus requesters with a computer bus. The method apportions the bus bandwidth among the bus requesters by assigning to each bus requester a bus bandwidth portion that is based on the bandwidth of the bus requester. The met... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055703 | Upright vacuum cleaner having improved steering apparatus with a lock out feature An upright steerable vacuum cleaner comprised of a handle, body, nozzle base and air duct therein further having a swivel joint at the junction of the nozzle base and body. The swivel joint or steering mechanism comprises a trunnion pivotably connected to... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055654 | Method and apparatus for reading compressed test data from memory devices A test circuit for a memory device having a pair of arrays each of which includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in rows and columns, and a pair of complimentary digit lines being provided for each column of each array. The digit lines are selective... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6052798 | System and method for remapping defective memory locations A computer system includes a memory requester that interfaces with a memory module that includes memory portions. An error map that identifies the defective memory portions of the memory module is created and stored in the computer system. Using the error... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6052631 | Method and system for facilitating vehicle inspection to detect previous damage and repairs Computer-based methods and systems for facilitating the inspection of a vehicle to detect the presence of prior damage and problems with previous repair are provided. Exemplary embodiments provide an inspection facilitator, which includes an inspection en... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6052806 | Method and apparatus for testing an integrated circuit device An integrated circuit device includes operational circuitry, for example, in the form of a memory for carrying out operations of the integrated circuit device. Additionally, at least one peripheral circuit is connected to the operational circuitry for car... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6046185 | 6,7-oxygenated steroids and uses related thereto Steroid compounds having various oxygen substitution on the steroid nucleus are disclosed. A specific functionality present on many of the steroid compounds is oxygen substitution at both of positions 6 and 7. Thus, certain steroids have oxygen substituti... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6042835 | Prototype FelV isolates for use in disease models and vaccines Molecular clones of feline leukemia virus isolates that encode (a) a prototype highly infectious, minimally pathogenic virus, (b) a variant genome that is replication-defective and associated with a fatal immunodeficiency in cats similar to AIDS (FAIDS) o... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6043077 | Hepatitis C virus ribozymes This invention provides ribozymes useful to treat or prevent Hepatitis C Virus ("HCV") infection or disease in an organism or subject, as well as methods of treating an HCV infection or disease. Reagents such as vectors, host cells, DNA molecules coding f... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6041428 | Connection matrix for a microcontroller emulation chip A connection matrix for a microcontroller emulation chip, which comprises memory cells of the RAM type comprising: first and second MOS transistors connected in series with each other between first and second voltage references, and having their drain ter... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6040678 | Switched reluctance motor having noise and vibration reduced A switched reluctance motor having a rotor and a stator is provided the motor includes means for adjusting a relative angle between a switch turn-off angle at which a switch for supplying power to a coil is turned off, and a tooth overlap angle at which a... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6037329 | Compositions containing nucleic acids and ligands for therapeutic treatment Preparations of conjugates of a receptor-binding internalized ligand and a cytocide-encoding agent and compositions containing such preparations are provided. The conjugates contain a polypeptide that is reactive with an FGF receptor, such as bFGF, or ano... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6037491 | Methods and devices for controlling hydrocarbon oxidations to respective acids by adjusting the solvent to hydrocarbon ratio This invention relates to methods and devices of preparing acids, such as adipic acid for example, by oxidizing a hydrocarbon, such as cyclohexane for example, with a gas containing an oxidant, preferably oxygen. A respective hydrocarbon is reacted, prefe... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6034888 | Reading circuit for nonvolatile analog memories, in particular flash-eeprom memories, with direct and constant current threshold voltage reading The reading circuit comprises a current source, which, via a current reflection circuit, supplies a constant predetermined current to a cell to be read, an operational amplifier with a non-inverting input connected to the drain terminal of the cell, and a... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6033947 | Driving circuit for electronic semiconductor devices including at least a power transistor The invention relates to a control circuit for semiconductor devices which is formed on a substrate (1) doped by a first dopant type, the integrated circuit comprising a first epitaxial layer (2) grown on the substrate (1) and doped by the first dopant ty... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6033451 | Vacuum cleaner bag docking assembly For use with vacuum cleaner bags of the type having a substantially rigid collar surrounding the bag opening, and with vacuum cleaners of the type having a dirty air outlet nozzle, a vacuum bag docking assembly is shown and described. The assembly incorpo... | 03/07/2000 |
