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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D637916 | Bottle | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941710 | System and method of uncorrelated code hopping in a communications system A system and method are used to provide uncorrelated code hopping in a communications system. A shift register receives data. The shift register is clocked to shift the data. A scaler performs a scaling operation on the data with a numerical value of active codes. A... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941635 | High-performance superscalar-based computer system with out-of order instruction execution and concurrent results distribution The high-performance, RISC core based microprocessor architecture includes an instruction fetch unit for fetching instruction sets from an instruction store and an execution unit that implements the concurrent execution of a plurality of instructions through a paral... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941160 | Location-aware fitness training device, methods, and program products that support real-time interactive communication and automated route generation In at least one embodiment, a server receives a description of an activity of interest to a user. In response to receiving the description, a route corresponding to the activity of interest is identified and a graphical element corresponding to the route is presente... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940934 | System and method for securing computing management functions In a computing management system authentication procedures are secured by protecting keys and/or processes used during the authentication procedures. In some embodiments the system cryptographically protects any keys used to mutually authenticate a management consol... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940870 | Digital subscriber line noise mitigation techniques, and applications thereof The present invention provides digital subscriber line noise mitigation techniques, and applications thereof. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a toolbox of methods and techniques for mitigating the effects of noise in xDSL systems. These methods and ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940707 | Transceiver for bidirectional frequency division multiplexed transmission The present invention relates to a transceiver for bidirectional frequency division multiplexed transmission. The transceiver comprises transmission means with a voltage source output or a current source output for transmitting data in a transmission frequency range... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940501 | System and method to relieve ESD requirements of NMOS transistors A system and method relieves ESD requirements on devices in circuits of chips that are susceptible to being damaged from ESD through an external pad. For example, one of the devices can be NMOS transistors having drains (or sources) connected to the external pad(s) ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940374 | Parallel process focus compensation Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer program products for parallel process focus compensation. Such methods may include three steps. First, a first sensor senses a top surface of a wafer to provide first-sensor data which defines a first topographic map of t... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939716 | PUFA polyketide synthase systems and uses thereof Disclosed are the complete polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) polyketide synthase (PKS) systems from the bacterial microorganisms Shewanella japonica and Shewanella olleyana, and biologically active fragments and homologues thereof. More particularly, t... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939710 | Trophic conversion of obligate phototrophic algae through metabolic engineering Most microalgae are obligate photoautotrophs and their growth is strictly dependent on the generation of photosynthetically-derived energy. In this study it is shown that the microalga Phaeodaclylurn tricornutum can be engineered to import glucose and grow in... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939218 | Nanowire structures comprising carbon The present invention is directed to nanowire structures and interconnected nanowire networks comprising such structures, as well as methods for their production. The nanowire structures comprise a nanowire core, a carbon-based layer, and in additional embodiments, ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938041 | Bi-directional overrunning clutched differential unit In a bi-directional overrunning clutched differential unit, a pair of coaxial hubs are relatively unrotatably fitted on respective coaxial output shafts, and are relatively rotatably inserted into a cage holding rollers. A pair of second bearings journal a clutch ho... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637380 | Portion of a shoe | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937300 | System and method for providing interoperability between diameter policy control and charging in a 3GPP network A system and method are described whereby interoperability is facilitated in a 3GPP network environment in combination with DIAMETER policy controls. Such interoperability enables updated policy rules to be fully communicated in on-line charging situations where quo... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937059 | Converting an electromagnetic signal via sub-sampling Methods, systems, and apparatuses for down-converting an electromagnetic (EM) signal by aliasing the EM signal are described herein. Briefly stated, such methods, systems, and apparatuses operate by receiving an EM signal and an aliasing signal having an aliasing ra... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936744 | Network telephony system The present invention includes a network telephone having a microphone coupled to provide voice data to a network, a speaker coupled to facilitate listening to voice data from the network, a dialing device coupled to facilitate routing of voice data upon the network... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936546 | Apparatus and method for classifying a powered device (PD) in a power source equipment (PSE) controller Power over Ethernet (PoE) communication systems provide power and data communications over the same communications link, where a power source device (PSE) provides DC power (for example, 48 volts DC) to a powered device (PD). The DC power is transmitted simultaneous... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936443 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method Data from the piezo-electric sensors in the mounts for the projection system can be used in the control loops for other parts of the lithographic apparatus, for example the mask table, the substrate table or the air mounts for the frame bearing the projection system... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936022 | Method and circuit for down-converting a signal Methods, systems, and apparatuses for down-converting an electromagnetic (EM) signal by aliasing the EM signal are described herein. Briefly stated, such methods, systems, and apparatuses operate by receiving an EM signal and an aliasing signal having an aliasing ra... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935717 | Method for treating hypertriglyceridemia, dyslipidemia and hypercholesterolemia with a 1-methylnicotinamide salt The invention is directed to a method for treating hypertriglyceridemia, dyslipidemia and hypercholesterolemia by administration of a 1-methylnicotinamide salt. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935510 | Mutant receptors and their use in a nuclear receptor-based inducible gene expression system This invention relates to the field of biotechnology or genetic engineering. Specifically, this invention relates to the field of gene expression. More specifically, this invention relates to novel substitution mutant receptors and their use in a nuclear receptor-ba... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934578 | Hydraulic pump unit, hydraulic pump set, and working vehicle There is provided a working vehicle having first and second hydraulic pump units operatively driven by a driving source and arranged away to each other in a width direction of the vehicle. In the working vehicle, each of the first and second hydraulic pump units inc... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934574 | Swing working vehicle A rotation table frame for a working vehicle including, a portion rearward of both sides of the rotation table frame being substantially within a width of a traveling device and circular in a plan view, a front portion of the rotation table frame is rectilinearly cu... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934521 | Configurable fluid transfer manifold for inflatable footwear A configurable fluid transfer system for inflatable footwear includes a manifold. The manifold has a top surface, a bottom surface with a plurality of openings, a lateral side with at least one opening, a medial side, a heel side with a plurality of openings and a f... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934078 | System and method for retiring approximately simultaneously a group of instructions in a superscalar microprocessor An system and method for retiring instructions in a superscalar microprocessor which executes a program comprising a set of instructions having a predetermined program order, the retirement system for simultaneously retiring groups of instructions executed in or out... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933945 | Method, system, and computer program product for managing controlled residential or non-residential environments A control server, or similar central processor, manages the distribution of data (including audio and video), voice, and control signals among a plurality of devices connected via a wired and/or wireless communications network. The devices include audio/visual devic... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930362 | Techniques for delivering personalized content with a real-time routing network Techniques for dynamically updating a live object with personalized content for clients are provided. The techniques include receiving a first message from a source including a first identifier and a second identifier. The first identifier may be unique to a client.... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930176 | Packet loss concealment for block-independent speech codecs A technique for performing frame erasure concealment (FEC) in a speech decoder. One or more non-erased frames of a speech signal are decoded in a block-independent manner. When an erased frame is detected, a short-term predictive filter and a long-term predictive fi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929576 | Method and system for accommodating different clock frequencies in an ethernet passive optical network One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that accommodates different clock frequencies in an EPON. The system receives a signal from the OLT at the ONU and derives an OLT clock. The system also maintains a local clock. The system further receives fr... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928874 | Analog to digital converter with dynamic power configuration In an embodiment, an analog to digital converter (ADC) has a dynamic power circuit. The ADC has a track-and-hold circuit with an output and a track mode. The ADC also has a comparator with an input. A preamplifier is coupled between the track-and-hold output and the... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928412 | Lithographic apparatus, and device manufacturing method A lithographic apparatus configured to project a patterned beam of radiation onto a target portion of a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first radiation dose detector and a second radiation dose detector, each detector comprising a secondary electron... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927852 | Aggregate-free urate oxidase for preparation of non-immunogenic polymer conjugates A naturally occurring or recombinant protein, especially a mutein of porcine urate oxidase (uricase), that is essentially free of large aggregates can be rendered substantially non-immunogenic by conjugation with a sufficiently small number of strands of polymer suc... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927589 | PEG-urate oxidase conjugates and use thereof A naturally occurring or recombinant urate oxidase (uricase) covalently coupled to poly(ethylene glycol) or poly(ethylene oxide) (both referred to as PEG), wherein an average of 2 to 10 strands of PEG are conjugated to each uricase subunit and the PEG has an average... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927253 | Sports electronic training system with electronic gaming features, and applications thereof A sports electronic training system with electronic gaming features, and applications thereof, are disclosed. In an embodiment, the system comprises at least one monitor and a portable electronic processing device for receiving data from the at least one monitor and... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926468 | Cold start device for fuel injection pump A fuel injection pump provided with a diesel engine having a starter started up by a key switch. The fuel injection pump comprises a cold start device having a sparking actuator, the starter and the sparking actuator. The fuel injection pump includes an activator th... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926062 | Interrupt and exception handling for multi-streaming digital processors A multi-streaming processor has a plurality of streams for streaming one or more instruction threads, a set of functional resources for processing instructions from streams, and interrupt handler logic. The logic detects and maps interrupts and exceptions to one or ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925864 | Method and apparatus for binding shadow registers to vectored interrupts A method and apparatus within a processing system is provided for associating shadow register sets with interrupt routines. The invention includes a vector generator that receives interrupts, and generates exception vectors to call interrupt routines that correspond... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925336 | Differentiating ischemic from non-ischemic T-wave inversion A method of discriminating between ischemic and cardiac memory effects in a heart, comprising receiving electrocardiographic (ECG) data, calculating, from the ECG data, a direction of a T-wave vector, diagnosing ischemia if the T-wave vector is between about 75 degr... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924399 | Assembly comprising a conditioning system and at least one object, a conditioning system, a lithographic apparatus and methods An assembly including a conditioning system and an object movable into and/or out of an area to be conditioned is disclosed. The conditioning system has fluid outlet passages to supply conditioning fluid to the area to be conditioned and is configured to adjust outf... | 04/12/2011 |
