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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7847099 | Non-metallocene organometallic complexes and related methods and systems A non-metallocene organometallic complex comprising a tridentate ligand and a metal bonded to a tridentate ligand, wherein two substituted aryl groups in the tridentate ligand are connected to a cyclic group at the ortho position via semi-rigid ring-ring linkages, a... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7819724 | Device to hold and guide a hand-held tool for grinding or cutting A device for securing and guiding a hand-held tool. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7814928 | Microfluidic devices and related methods and systems A microfluidic assembly comprising a replaceable microfluidic circuit and a thermal unit, the microfluidic circuit adapted to contact the thermal unit by contact between one or more membranes in the microfluidic circuit and the at least one temperature controlling e... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7792393 | Silicon waveguide photodetector and related method A photodetector device, comprises an optical input, a nanoscale silicon waveguide and an electrical output. The waveguide is a high-contrast waveguide, with a refractive index contrast with the outside environment of more that 10%. The optical mode distribution acro... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791353 | Ground loop locator Described is a ground loop locator. A readout on the ground loop locator indicates the presence of a ground loop when a ground loop exists in conductors linked by a current transformer of an exciter portion and a Rogowski coil of a detector portion. Also described a... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7790187 | Chimeric recombinant antigens of The invention described herein relates to a method for combining antigen fragments of Toxoplasma gondii proteins, in the form of chimeric fusion products, and their use as diagnostic and immunogenic agents. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7790118 | Microfluidic devices and related methods and systems In a fluidic device with a storage compartment communication is allowed between the storage compartment and other portions of the device. The communication is controlled through a valve arrangement and a membrane covering the compartment. The valve arrangement can b... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7786042 | Fluridone as an anti-inflammatory agent The invention relates to a novel use of fluridone—compound known per se and used as an aquatic erbicide—in the medical field, in particular as an active compound for preparing a medicament having anti-inflammatory activity. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7770270 | Apparatus and method for compacting webs The present invention relates to a apparatus for compacting (10) a web (N) of flexible fiber-based or filament-based material. The apparatus (10) includes at least one pair of superimposed plates (11), whose facing surfaces (11a... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770269 | Apparatus and method for compacting webs The present invention relates to a apparatus for compacting (10) a web (N) of flexible fiber-based or filament-based material. The apparatus (10) includes at least one pair of superimposed plates (11), whose facing surfaces (11a, | 08/10/2010 |
| 7750049 | O-substituted-dibenzyl urea-derivatives as TRPV1 receptor antagonists The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) in which R is selected from halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl and heteroaryl; R1 is selected from 2-hydroxyethyl, 2,3-dihydroxypropyl, 3-hydroxypropyl, 2,2-dihydroxyethyl, 3,3-dihydroxypropyl, 1,3-dioxolane-eth... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7749799 | Back-illuminated imager and method for making electrical and optical connections to same Methods for bringing or exposing metal pads or traces to the backside of a backside-illuminated imager allow the pads or traces to reside on the illumination side for electrical connection. These methods provide a solution to a key packaging problem for backside thi... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7711157 | Artificial intelligence systems for identifying objects A process for object identification comprising extracting object shape features and object color features from digital images of an initial object and storing the extracted object shape features and object color features in a database where said extracted object sha... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7706365 | Randomized distributed network coding A network and a method for transmitting processes in a network are disclosed, where a randomized coding approach is provided. Network nodes transmit on each outgoing link a linear combination of incoming signals, specified by independently and randomly chosen code c... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7692952 | Nanoscale wire coding for stochastic assembly Methods for obtaining codes to be implemented in coding nanoscale wires are described. The methods show how to code a reduced number of nanoscale wires through the use of rotation group codes. The methods further show how to generate different code permutations thro... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7671702 | 2D transmission line-based apparatus and method A power combiner comprising an LC lattice structure is shown, together with a method for generating a planar wave front. The LC structure can comprise constant or voltage dependent capacitors. Either the delay or the characteristic impedance of the two-dimensional t... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7671587 | Low field SQUID MRI devices, components and methods Low field SQUID MRI devices, components and methods are disclosed. They include a portable low field (SQUID)-based MRI instrument and a portable low field SQUID-based MRI system to be operated under a bed where a subject is adapted to be located. Also disclosed is a... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7633295 | Magnetic resonance stage microscope A magnetic resonance (MR) microscope and a dual-mode optic and MR microscope system are disclosed. The MR microscope is provided with a horizontal stage above which a sample to be analyzed is located, a radiofrequency coil assembly located above the horizontal stage... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7617470 | Reconfigurable integrated circuit and method for increasing performance of a reconfigurable integrated circuit Methods are disclosed to increase yielded performance of a reconfigurable integrated circuit; improve performance of an application running on a reconfigurable integrated circuit; reduce degradation of an integrated circuit over time; and maintain performance of an ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7615808 | Structure for implementation of back-illuminated CMOS or CCD imagers A structure for implementation of back-illuminated CMOS or CCD imagers. An epitaxial silicon layer is connected with a passivation layer, acting as a junction anode. The epitaxial silicon layer converts light passing through the passivation layer and collected by th... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7611862 | Method and apparatus for detecting and quantifying bacterial spores on a surface A method and an apparatus for detecting and quantifying bacterial spores on a surface. In accordance with the method: bacterial spores are transferred from a place of origin to a test surface, the test surface comprises lanthanide ions. Aromatic molecules are releas... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7608419 | Method and apparatus for detecting and quantifying bacterial spores on a surface A method and an apparatus for detecting and quantifying bacterial spores on a surface. In accordance with the method: a matrix including lanthanide ions is provided on the surface containing the bacterial spores; functionalized aromatic molecules are released from t... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7590607 | Non-unitary probabilistic quantum computing circuit and method A quantum circuit performing quantum computation in a quantum computer. A chosen transformation of an initial n-qubit state is probabilistically obtained. The circuit comprises a unitary quantum operator obtained from a non-unitary quantum operator, operating on an ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7571244 | Audio-video data switching and viewing system A computer system and method providing for viewing and switching of audio-video data. The system comprises: a plurality of audio/video sources containing information referring to an event; a streaming server, streaming the contents of a first audio signal and a firs... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7563615 | Apparatus and method for automated monitoring of airborne bacterial spores An apparatus and method for automated monitoring of airborne bacterial spores. The apparatus is provided with an air sampler, a surface for capturing airborne spores, a thermal lysis unit to release DPA from bacterial spores, a source of lanthanide ions, and a spect... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7547881 | Nanowire electron scattering spectroscopy Methods and devices for spectroscopic identification of molecules using nanoscale wires are disclosed. According to one of the methods, nanoscale wires are provided, electrons are injected into the nanoscale wire; and inelastic electron scattering is measured via ex... | 06/16/2009 |
| D592502 | Container | 05/19/2009 |
| D592051 | Container | 05/12/2009 |
| D592050 | Container | 05/12/2009 |
| 7518118 | Depth sensing in CdZnTe pixel detectors Interaction depth of photons in a CdZnTe pixel detector is measured by configuring an ASIC connected to the detector to measure both positive polarity and negative polarity signal amplitudes and then measuring a core pixel having positive signal amplitude and hallow... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7500213 | Array-based architecture for molecular electronics An architecture for nanoscale electronics is disclosed. The architecture comprises arrays of crossed nanoscale wires having selectively programmable crosspoints. Nanoscale wires of one array are shared by other arrays, thus providing signal propagation between the a... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499490 | Encoders for block-circulant LDPC codes Methods and apparatus to encode message input symbols in accordance with an accumulate-repeat-accumulate code with repetition three or four are disclosed. Block circulant matrices are used. A first method and apparatus make use of the block-circulant structure of th... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7495230 | Using a polaron interaction zone as an interface to integrate a plasmon layer and a semiconductor detector An integrated plasmon detector includes a top layer of material adapted to generate a plasmon when excited by a beam of light incident onto a surface of the top layer, an interface layer joined to the top layer opposite from the surface of the top layer and adapted ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7468501 | Linear dynamic range enhancement in a CMOS imager A CMOS imager with increased linear dynamic range but without degradation in noise, responsivity, linearity, fixed-pattern noise, or photometric calibration comprises a linear calibrated dual gain pixel in which the gain is reduced after a pre-defined threshold leve... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7456704 | 2D transmission line-based apparatus and method A power combiner comprising an LC lattice structure is shown, together with a method for generating a planar wave front. The LC structure can comprise constant or voltage dependent capacitors. Either the delay or the characteristic impedance of the two-dimensional t... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454095 | Integrated plasmon and dielectric waveguides A metal waveguide is coupled to a dielectric waveguide to obtain transmission of light in a plasmon mode along an edge of the metal waveguide. Efficient, broadband light transmission is obtained, achieving a low insertion loss, using standard processing tools. An ef... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7425460 | Method for implementation of back-illuminated CMOS or CCD imagers A method for implementation of back-illuminated CMOS or CCD imagers. An oxide layer buried between silicon wafer and device silicon is provided. The oxide layer forms a passivation layer in the imaging structure. A device layer and interlayer dielectric are formed, ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7403113 | GaN-based sensor nodes for in situ detection of gases A system for detecting chemical/biological substances and a detection method. The system comprises a plurality of sensing units or nodes and a radiofrequency link. Each unit has several sensors with different sensing curves. Each sensor is able to transmit informati... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397987 | Resonantly enhanced grating coupler An apparatus and method for increasing efficiency of grating couplers are disclosed. The apparatus through the use of a defect or a reflective element allows coupling of light around a normal or nearly normal angle with a high efficiency. The method disclosed teache... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7373058 | Apparatus and method for detecting optical radiation Methods and devices for low power optical detection and modulation in a slotted waveguide geometry filled with nonlinear electro-optic polymers are shown. Direct conversion of optical energy to electrical energy is enabled without external bias, via optical rectific... | 05/13/2008 |
