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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7944059 | Semiconductor device having a probing region In a semiconductor device, a pad metal has at least a portion located immediately under a probe region, and the portion is divided into a plurality of narrow metal layers each arranged in parallel with a traveling direction of a probe. Thus, it is possible to enhanc... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944022 | Lateral insulated gate bipolar transistor having a retrograde doping profile in base region and method of manufacture thereof In a semiconductor device of the present invention, a first base region 16 is extended to a part under a gate electrode 7 while having a vertical concentration profile of an impurity that increases from the surface of a semiconductor layer 3 and... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943552 | Inventory control A novel encoding system, compositions for use therein and methods for determining the source, location and/or identity of a particular item or component of interest is provided. In particular, the present invention utilizes a collection of one or more sizes of popul... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940064 | Method and apparatus for wafer level burn-in A temperature regulation plate 106 is divided into at least two areas, a heater 408 for applying a temperature load in correspondence with such areas and its control system are divided and controlled independently to set temperatures, and a cooling sou... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940031 | Switching power supply circuitry An output voltage VC obtained by boosting an input voltage VIN by means of a charge pump control circuit 3 of a charge pump 102 is supplied as a power supply voltage to a control circuit 4 of a step-up converter. It is thus possible to eliminate... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938723 | Multiple primary games for a gaming device A system and method for providing multiple, primary games in a gaming device are disclosed. In one embodiment a gaming machine comprises a memory means for storing two or more primary games. A central processing unit is operatively connected to a player input mechan... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938030 | Analytical device An analytical device according to the present invention comprises a liquid accommodating chamber 9 for accommodating a sample solution of a quantity required for analyzing; a volume measuring chamber 10 connected to the liquid accommodating chamber ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937464 | Download progress management gaming method A modified form of the UDP multicast protocol is disclosed to implement a one-way download progress notification method between a server and one or more clients. The UDP multicast download progress notification method enables UDP messages to be sent only to register... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931924 | Method of improving the properties of a flour dough, a flour dough improving composition and improved food products A method of improving the rheological properties of a flour dough and the quality of the finished product made from such a dough, comprising adding an effective amount of an oxidoreductase capable of oxidizing maltose, in particular a hexose oxidase, e.g. isolated f... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927659 | System and method for depositing a material on a substrate A method and apparatus for depositing a film on a substrate includes introducing a material and a carrier gas into a heated chamber. The material may be a semiconductor material, such as a cadmium chalcogenide. A resulting mixture of vapor and carrier gas containing... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927639 | Mixture of and sp. with antimicrobial activities for the use as natural preservation system The invention concerns a mixture of bacteria. Said mixture is a non starter culture which is free from metabolites and comprises at least one first bacterium selected from the species Propionibacterium jensenii and at least one second bacterium selecte... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923671 | Drive device for projectile fins A device for driving in rotation fins of a projectile, the fins being of the deployable type integral with fin heads which are able to be oriented along an axis of spin (X, Y) substantially orthogonal to a projectile's longitudinal axis (Z), wherein the fin heads ar... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923424 | Semiconductor cleaning using superacids A method of cleaning a substrate includes contacting a surface of a semiconductor substrate with a composition comprising a superacid. The semiconductor substrate may be a wafer. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7919739 | Anti-rebound locking device for the deployable fin of a projectile The invention relates to a locking device for a deployable surface or fin of a projectile characterized in that it incorporates at least one flexible tongue, one end of which protrudes in the groove, a recess to the side of the groove enabling the tongue to bend in ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919277 | Detection and typing of bacterial strains Methods for the detection and typing of bacterial strains from food products and dietary supplements, environmental samples, in vivo/in vitro samples, and for studying the natural diversity of the species are disclosed. Potential applications also include product de... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918731 | Game machine audio control using a backend server A system and method for providing centralized control of the audio output for one or more gaming machines in a casino gaming network are disclosed herein. The system comprises one or more noise level detectors positioned in a casino gaming floor environment to obtai... | 04/05/2011 |
| D635475 | Theodolite geodetic apparatus | 04/05/2011 |
| D635474 | Bow-curved front portion for a theodolite geodetic apparatus | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914743 | Conversion of nitrogen dioxide (NO) to nitric oxide (NO) Various systems, devices, NO2 absorbents, NO2 scavengers and NO2 recuperator for generating nitric oxide are disclosed herein. According to one embodiment, an apparatus for converting nitrogen dioxide to nitric oxide can include a re... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914542 | Devices, systems and methods for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia and other conditions Devices, systems and methods for compressing, cutting, incising, reconfiguring, remodeling, attaching, repositioning, supporting, dislocating or altering the composition of tissues or anatomical structures to alter their positional or force relationship to other tis... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914069 | Protection device for vehicle floor pan A device to protect the floor pan of a land vehicle against mines, which device incorporates at least one layer of deformable reinforcements positioned between a plane front plate and a plane rear plate, the surface density of the front plate being greater than that... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911018 | Optical device and method of manufacturing the same An optical device includes a semiconductor substrate (11) on which a light receiving part (12) (or a light emitting part) and electrodes (13) are formed, and a translucent plate (2) bonded on the light receiving part (12) with a tr... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7910166 | System and method for depositing a material on a substrate A method and apparatus for depositing a film on a substrate includes introducing a material and a carrier gas into a heated chamber. The material may be a semiconductor material, such as a cadmium chalcogenide. A resulting mixture of vapor and carrier gas containing... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909836 | Multi-actuating trigger anchor delivery system A single trigger system and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical applications for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders or other purposes. In one aspect, the system includes a delivery device configured to ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908028 | Machining device and method A triaxial tool unit includes three actuators 3, 4, 5 which operate in three-axis directions orthogonal to one another, a tool holder 7 provided at an intersection on axial lines in operating directions of the actuators 3, 4 and 5, and se... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907729 | Rollback attack prevention system and method A rollback attack prevention system 10 for a gaming machine 20 includes a configuration log 30 and a revocation list 40. Preferably, the configuration log 30 includes a protected record of software that has been installed on the ga... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905889 | Integrated handle assembly for anchor delivery system Intergrated systems and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical application for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders or other purposes. In one aspect, the system includes a delivery device configured to deplo... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905780 | User interface system and method An embedded user interface system 10 includes a web page display screen 20 and an embedded processor 30, and is incorporated into a gaming machine 40 that in turn includes a gaming presentation 50 and a gaming processor 60. ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7902259 | Histone deacetylase inhibitors Histone deacetylase is a metallo-enzyme with zinc at the active site. Compounds having a zinc-binding moiety, such as, for example, a hydroxamic acid group or a carboxylic acid group, can inhibit histone deacetylase. Histone deacetylase can repress gene expression, ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901298 | Golf club head with improved mass distribution A golf club head having a striking wall, a front surface, a sole portion extending rearwardly from the rear surface, the sole portion having a forward end, a rearward end, an upper surface and a lower surface. The intersection of the upper surface and the rear surfa... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900856 | Method of sorting resin A sorting member with an optimized surface shape is adopted to pressurize a mixture heated on the sorting member to allow a melted resin mixed in the mixture to adhere to the sorting member to sort the resin from an unmelted resin. Thus, resin materials are sorted a... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899610 | System and method for reconfiguring an electronic control unit of a motor vehicle to optimize fuel economy System and method for modifying the operation of an engine comprising an engine control unit coupled to the engine, a command module coupled to the engine control unit, wherein the command module is operable to modify operating characteristics of the engine by recon... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898715 | Optical element and method of manufacturing the same Ink having the optimum contact angle relative to a partition wall is selected for forming a pixel, based on the relationship with an inclination angle of the partition wall. The ink applied to the opening of the partition wall is dried to form the pixel such that an... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898364 | System and method for using MEMS filter bank A method and apparatus for recovering at least one signal of interest are provided. The method includes receiving an overall signal, the overall signal including the at least one signal of interest and a plurality of other signals, identifying at least one of the st... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7897892 | Method of bonding an optical component A light source (2) and a connection base (1) are held with a predetermined gap, solder paste melted by the thermal energy of laser light is fed into the gap, and the light source (2) and the connection base (1) are bonded together via a s... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896963 | Self-reducing, cold-bonded pellets Self-reducing, cold-bonded pellets and a method for their production for smelting a great variety of steels, including blast furnace iron-making, non-blast furnace iron-making, and all sorts of steelmaking in steel smelting furnaces, etc. The self-reducing, cold-bon... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896891 | Apparatus and method for manipulating or retracting tissue and anatomical structure Intergrated systems and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical applications for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders or other purposes. In one aspect, the system includes a delivery device configured to depl... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895020 | System and method for multi-perspective collaborative modeling One method according to the present invention may include defining a first object. The first object may have a unique object identifier. The method may also include defining a second object. The second object may also have a unique object identifier. After the objec... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894386 | Mobile telephony A satellite telephone system for communication between a fixed network (4) and a moveable network (1) on board a vehicle, has means for suspending operation of the moveable network, for example when the moveable network could interfere with a fixed net... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892441 | Method and apparatus to change solder pad size using a differential pad plating A method of manufacturing an interposer is provided, including the steps of providing a sheet with a copper layer and polyimide layer, laser drilling holes in the polyimide layer down to the copper layer, filling the holes with copper and extending the copper above ... | 02/22/2011 |
