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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5929808 | System and method for the acquisition of a non-geosynchronous satellite signal An antenna having multiple antenna elements that are selectively activated performs an initial acquisition of a satellite signal by activating only a few of the antenna elements. This results in a broad beam width and increases the likelihood of detecting... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5929840 | System and method for computer cursor control A system for preventing inadvertent wrapping of a cursor generated on a computer display detects the location of the cursor in proximity with a border of the display and determines whether a user actually intends the cursor to wrap to the opposite side of... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5929918 | Edge-oriented intra-field/inter-field interpolation filter for improved quality video appliances An interpolation filter for video signals includes four circuits to improve video quality in both intra-field and inter-field modes. The interpolation filter is configured to interpolate according to the direction of an image edge. The interpolation filte... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5926996 | Fishing line connector A connecting system for attaching a gangion or snood to a fishing line having a connector with a tubular body having first and second opposed ends, forming a slit. The body has a cut-out forming a tongue with a central aperture for receiving the loop of a... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5927010 | Air-driven rotating window An air-driven rotating window assembly mountable to one side of a viewing window. The rotating window assembly faces toward the working or weather exposed area and slings off, by centrifugal force, any debris that contacts the rotating window so as to mai... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5927032 | Insulated building panel with a unitary shear resistance connector array An insulated structural building component, such as a building panel, having front and back face sheets and interconnected joining sides to define an interior area of the building component. An insulating core having one or more throughholes extending at ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5928647 | Inducing cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses The invention provides compositions and methods for inducing MHC class I-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses in a mammalian host by immunization with non-replicating protein antigens. The compositions of the invention comprise a particulate-protei... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5929237 | Reverse-turn mimetics and methods relating thereto Conformationally constrained compounds which mimic the secondary structure of reverse-turn regions of biologically active peptides and proteins are disclosed. Such reverse-turn mimetics have utility over a wide range of fields, including use as diagnostic... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5926784 | Method and system for natural language parsing using podding A method and system for determining the likelihood that a certain syntax rule when applied to a partial parse of an input will produce a node that will be part of the correct parse for the input. Each syntax rule indicates a higher-level syntactic constru... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5925138 | Method for allowing data transfers with a memory having defective storage locations A memory fault correction system enables data to be written to and read from memory devices having a relatively large number of defective storage locations. For each address of the memory device, there are a plurality of storage locations corresponding in... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5924610 | Device to facilitate putting on socks and similar articles of clothing Device to facilitate putting on socks, bobby socks, stockings and similar articles of clothing. The device comprises two oblong arms connected together as tongs. The lower end of each arm includes a gripping jaw in the shape of a horseshoe. The two grippi... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5925142 | Self-test RAM using external synchronous clock A semiconductor memory device is disclosed that can be operated in a speed test mode. The memory device includes an array of memory cells capable of storing data, a control circuit receiving a signal from an external system clock and controlling data tran... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5926047 | Synchronous clock generator including a delay-locked loop signal loss detector A loss of signal detector for use with a delay-locked loop of the type which produces a plurality of output signals in response to a clock signal is comprised of a first monitor for receiving a first one of the plurality of output signals from the delay-l... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5926807 | Method and system for effectively representing query results in a limited amount of memory A method and system for effectively representing a result set in a limited amount of memory is provided. The result set is made up of a number of ordered rows. At least some of the rows contain row data, while each of the rows contains a bookmark that may... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5923604 | Method and apparatus for anticipatory selection of external or internal addresses in a synchronous memory device A method and apparatus are disclosed for selecting either an external column address or an internal column address in a synchronous memory device. The external or internal address is selected by decoding command signals applied to the memory device. If th... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5921991 | Multi-colored umbilical cord clamp The present invention provides umbilical cord clamps that comprise two or more different colors at the distal end of each of the elongated arms of the clamps. The colors are complementary to each other so that, when combined, they create a third color.... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5922574 | Method for producing copies of a nucleic acid using immobilized oligonucleotides Amplification of nucleic acids using oligonucleotides immobilized on solid phase supports is disclosed. Target nucleic acid strands (in a sample to be analyzed) are hybridized to the oligonucleotides and copy target strands (incorporating immobilized olig... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5922594 | Method of producing bilayer lipid membranes Methods are disclosed for producing a substrate surface supporting a continuous planar bilayer lipid membrane by covalently binding a plurality of micellar of vesicle liposomes, optionally comprising a membrane protein or other biologically active membran... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5922908 | Methods for preparing dibasic acids This invention relates to methods of preparing dibasic acids, such as adipic acid for example, by oxidizing a hydrocarbon with a gas containing an oxidant, preferably oxygen. A respective hydrocarbon is reacted with a gaseous oxidant to form dibasic acid ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5924025 | System and method for detection of redial fraud in a cellular telephone system A system analyzes telephone calls that have been determined by signature analysis to be fraudulent and stores parameter data associated with the fraudulent cell phone. During subsequent cell phone calls, the system compares the stored parameter data assoc... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5923899 | System for generating configuration output signal responsive to configuration input signal, enabling configuration, and providing status signal identifying enabled configuration responsive to the output signal A configurable integrated circuit has first and second externally accessible terminals. A configuration circuit has an input terminal coupled to the first externally accessible terminal and also has an output terminal. The configuration circuit receives a... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5923672 | Multipath antifuse circuit An address detection circuit includes for each bit to be detected, a plurality of antifuse legs connected in parallel. Each of the antifuse legs includes a separate isolation transistor, so that each of the antifuse legs can be separately disabled. For bl... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5923594 | Method and apparatus for coupling data from a memory device using a single ended read data path A single ended read data path in a memory device is described for providing a data signal from a cell in a memory array to a data output terminal. A single conductive path couples the data signal between a DC sense amplifier and a data output circuit in t... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5919337 | Method of continuously isothermally cooking of pulp The present invention relates to a digester for continuous cooking, under elevated pressure and temperature, of fibre material in a vertical digester (1), where fibre material and cooking liquid are fed into the top of the digester, used cooking liquor is... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5919176 | Apparatus and method for collecting blood from an umbilical cord An apparatus and method for collecting a large volume of blood from an umbilical cord in a sterile environment are shown and described. A housing having an inner region adapted to retain an umbilical cord in a desired location is provided, the housing hav... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5920734 | System for providing electrical power to a computer input device according to the interface types through the shared use of wires and a voltage clamp A system permits the shared use of lines in a cursor control device coupled to a PS/2 interface or a serial interface. A computer pointing device such as a mouse can be coupled to either the PS/2 interface or the serial interface. The current supplied by ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5920518 | Synchronous clock generator including delay-locked loop A data and command latching circuit includes a delay-locked loop driven by a continuous reference clock signal that generates a delayed output clock signal having a delay controlled by the delay-locked loop. The latching circuit also includes a variable d... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5920516 | Circuit and method for enabling a function in a multiple memory device module A memory device module in a package having externally accessible contacts includes multiple integrated memory circuits accessible to external circuitry exclusively through the contacts. An accessing circuit for each memory circuit accesses memory cells in... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5920881 | Method and system for using a virtual register file in system memory A computer bridge processes transactions in a computer system that includes a system memory. The bridge includes a first address decoder that allocates address space to the system memory according to a first allocation scheme and, in response to receiving... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5920776 | Method of making asymmetric nonvolatile memory cell A nonvolatile memory having a cell comprising an N+ type source region and drain region embedded in a P- type substrate and surrounded by respective P-pockets. The drain and source P-pockets are formed in two different high-angle bor... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918684 | Device for collection of debris A device for collecting debris from a surface. The device has a generally planar matting material the undersurface of which is formed with depending bristles. The device has an opening therethrough whereby when the device is moved over a ground surface wi... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5920505 | Negative word line voltage regulation circuit for electrically erasable semiconductor memory devices A negative word line voltage regulation circuit integratable in an electrically erasable semiconductor memory device. The circuit regulates a negative word line voltage to be supplied to word lines of the memory device during an electrical erasure of the ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5916572 | Compounds and methods for the detection and prevention of T. cruzi infection Compounds and methods are provided for diagnosing Trypanosoma cruzi infection. The disclosed compounds are polypeptides, or antibodies thereto, that contain one or more epitopes of T. cruzi antigens. The compounds are useful in a variety of immunoassays f... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5916772 | Recombinant production of saporin-containing proteins Methods for the recombinant production of saporin-containing proteins, including cell surface binding protein-saporin fusion proteins, are provided. The resulting fusion proteins are cytotoxic to targeted cells. In preferred embodiments, methods are provi... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5917013 | Peptides and their use to ameliorate cell death There is disclosed novel peptides, fragments or analogues thereof and polynucleotides encoding the same, derived from streptokinase suitable for use in the amelioration of cell death and methods related thereto.... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5917382 | Sensor of the instant power dissipated in a power transistor A sensor of instantaneous power which is dissipated through a power transistor of the MOS type connected between the output terminal of a power stage and ground. It comprises a MOS transistor having its gate terminal connected to that of the power transis... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5917615 | System and method for facsimile load balancing A user interface simplifies operation of a intelligent facsimile machine (IFAX). A display screen displays a plurality of menus and allows the user to select from the menus. The IFAX can store a plurality of digital cover pages to minimize transmission ti... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5917720 | Method and circuit for driving a bridge by a PWM procedure A circuit for driving a bridge circuit BR having a signal input I1,I2, and a signal output O1-O2, and at least two conduction control signals C1 and C2 by the PWM procedure. The circuit includes a first virtually-square-wave generator CO1 having an output... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5917758 | Adjustable output driver circuit An adjustable integrated circuit output driver circuit is described which has a push-pull output circuit comprised of a pullup and pulldown transistor. A series of parallel transistors are connected to both the pullup and pulldown transistors. The gates o... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5917762 | Circuit and method for providing a substantially constant time delay over a range of supply voltages A delay circuit provides a substantially constant delay over a range of power-supply voltages. The delay circuit includes an input terminal that receives an input signal, an output terminal that provides an output signal, and a supply terminal that receiv... | 06/29/1999 |
