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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185214 | Online configurable control system for fuel cells A fuel cell system control system includes a fuel cell system and a controller. The controller includes a display and a processor configured to execute a program for managing an operation of a fuel cell state machine having a plurality of states and capable of execu... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183587 | LED with upstanding nanowire structure and method of producing such The present invention relates to light emitting diodes, LEDs. In particular the invention relates to a LED comprising a nanowire as an active component. The nanostructured LED according to the embodiments of the invention comprises a substrate and at an upstanding n... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182956 | Fuel cell stack with internal fuel manifold configuration A fuel cell stack includes a plurality of fuel cells, and a plurality of fuel delivery ports. Each of the plurality of fuel delivery ports is positioned on or in the fuel cell stack to provide fuel to a portion of the plurality fuel cells in each stack. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178403 | Method of producing precision vertical and horizontal layers in a vertical semiconductor structure The present invention relates to providing layers of different thickness on vertical and horizontal surfaces (15, 20) of a vertical semiconductor device (1). In particular the invention relates to gate electrodes and the formation of precision layers (... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178286 | Double patterning method A method of making a device includes forming a first photoresist layer over an underlying layer, patterning the first photoresist layer to form a first photoresist pattern comprising a first grid, rendering the first photoresist pattern insoluble to a solvent, formi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175082 | Technique for communicating information over a broadband communications network A system and method for enabling communications to be transmitted between at least two associated counterpart devices at different locations, e.g., at work and home. One or more communications devices having a first identification code applicable to a first communic... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172154 | Humidity monitoring and alarm system for unattended detection of building moisture management problems A detection and monitoring method and system which makes it possible to detect the presence of moisture problems when they manifest as abnormal humidity in one or more discrete ventilation zones within a building envelope. The abnormal humidity can then be investiga... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8161517 | System and method for assigning and verifying CPE service calls in a cable network A system and method for determining a fault in a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) cable network segment. A two-way client uses a two-way query interface to acquire information indicative of the two-way operational status of subscriber CPE units associated with a subscriber n... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160068 | System and method for facilitating communication between a CMTS and an application server in a cable network A system and method for facilitating communication between a CMTS and a VoIP application server in a cable network. VoIP-enabled customer premises equipment (CPE) generates packets that are sent through a cable modem (CM) to a cable modem termination system (CMTS). ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151175 | Fault tolerant decoding method and apparatus A bit quality evaluator receives a sequence of bits. The bit sequence is provided to a decoding device that performs soft decision convolutional decoding on the sequence of bits. An off track event detector detects an occurrence of a trellis decode path change durin... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148839 | Ribbon drive power generation and method of use The ribbon drive generation apparatus is comprised of a ribbon-like curved shape, composed either of metal or other suitable material, attached to a containment tube, peripheral rings, shaft, or porous central tube, with the complete apparatus being contained in a t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148230 | Method of making damascene diodes using selective etching methods A method of making a semiconductor device includes providing an insulating layer containing a plurality of openings, forming a first conductivity type semiconductor layer in the plurality of openings, forming a second conductivity type semiconductor layer over the f... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146920 | Tile game apparatus and method for learning alphabet-based symbolic notation A tile-based game is used for teaching symbolic notation corresponding to alphabetical notation, such as found in music and code or sign language, by having players attempt to spell word with the symbolic notations that appear on one side of the tiles. Players are g... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143658 | Charge storage nanostructure The present invention relates to a nanostructured device for charge storage. In particular the invention relates to a charge storage device that can be used for memory applications. According to the invention the device comprise a first nanowire with a first wrap ga... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142943 | Solid oxide fuel cell column temperature equalization by internal reforming and fuel cascading A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack including a plurality of fuel cells. The fuel cell stack includes a middle portion of fuel cells and at least one end portion of fuel cells. The fuel cells of the end portion is arranged in a cascade configuration with t... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139569 | System and method for communication over an adaptive service bus An adaptive service bus comprising adaptable logical components for transporting communications. A configuration of each logical component of the adaptive service bus is determined by receipt of a control message that establishes the behavior of that component. Ther... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138493 | Optoelectronic semiconductor device The present invention provides an optoelectronic semiconductor device comprising at least one semiconductor nanowire, wherein the nanowire comprises a nanowire core and at least one shell layer arranged around at least a portion of the nanowire core. The nanowire co... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138010 | Method for fabricating high density pillar structures by double patterning using positive photoresist A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming a first photoresist layer over an underlying layer, patterning the first photoresist layer into a first photoresist pattern, wherein the first photoresist pattern comprises a plurality of spaced apart first ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137855 | Hot box design with a multi-stream heat exchanger and single air control A fuel cell stack module includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks, an anode tail gas oxidizer (ATO) which is located in a heat transfer relationship with the plurality of fuel cell stacks, a base supporting the plurality of fuel cell stacks and the ATO, and at least... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134069 | Method and apparatus for controllable sodium delivery for thin film photovoltaic materials A solar cell includes a substrate, a first electrode located over the substrate, where the first electrode comprises a first transition metal layer, at least one p-type semiconductor absorber layer located over the first electrode, an n-type semiconductor layer loca... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130651 | Addressable fiber node A system and method for providing a hybrid fiber network (HFN) means to identify a fiber node by a unique address. An addressing module is installed in proximity to, or collocated with, a fiber node. The addressing module comprises an addressing module identifier th... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8120009 | Nanowhiskers with PN junctions, doped nanowhiskers, and methods for preparing them Nano-engineered structures are disclosed, incorporating nanowhiskers of high mobility conductivity and incorporating pn junctions. In one embodiment, a nanowhisker of a first semiconducting material has a first band gap, and an enclosure comprising at least one seco... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118488 | Mobile medical imaging system and methods A mobile medical imaging device that allows for multiple support structures, such as a tabletop or a seat, to be attached, and in which the imaging gantry is indexed to the patient by translating up and down the patient axis. In one embodiment, the imaging gantry ca... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115095 | Protective layer for large-scale production of thin-film solar cells A solar cell includes a substrate, a protective layer located over a first surface of the substrate, a first electrode located over a second surface of the substrate, at least one p-type semiconductor absorber layer located over the first electrode, an n-type semico... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110738 | Protective layer for large-scale production of thin-film solar cells A solar cell includes a substrate, a protective layer located over a first surface of the substrate, a first electrode located over a second surface of the substrate, at least one p-type semiconductor absorber layer located over the first electrode, an n-type semico... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110319 | Fuel cell stack components An interconnect for a fuel cell stack includes a first set of gas flow channels in a first portion of the interconnect, and a second set of gas flow channels in second portion of the interconnect. The channels of the first set have a larger cross sectional area than... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107270 | Three dimensional hexagonal matrix memory array A nonvolatile memory device includes a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells arranged in a substantially hexagonal pattern. The nonvolatile memory cells may be pillar shaped non-volatile memory cells which can be patterned using triple or quadruple exposure lithogra... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102694 | Nonvolatile memory device containing carbon or nitrogen doped diode A nonvolatile memory device includes at least one nonvolatile memory cell which comprises a silicon, germanium or silicon-germanium diode which is doped with at least one of carbon or nitrogen in a concentration greater than an unavoidable impurity level concentrati... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101307 | Fuel cell system with electrochemical anode exhaust recycling A method of operating a fuel cell system includes providing a fuel inlet stream into a fuel cell stack, operating the fuel cell stack to generate electricity and a hydrogen containing fuel exhaust stream, separating at least a portion of hydrogen contained in the fu... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097498 | Damascene method of making a nonvolatile memory device A method of making a device includes providing a first device level containing first semiconductor rails separated by first insulating features, forming a sacrificial layer over the first device level, patterning the sacrificial layer and the first semiconductor rai... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097378 | Stack seal interface adapter A fuel cell system comprises a first fuel cell stack having a first end plate, wherein the first end plate has a first opening, and a fuel cell component having a second opening. An adapter connects the first opening in the first end plate and the second opening in ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097374 | System and method for providing reformed fuel to cascaded fuel cell stacks A fuel cell system includes a first fuel cell stack, a second fuel cell stack arranged in a cascade configuration with the first fuel cell stack, and at least one hydrocarbon fuel reformer which is thermally integrated with at least a portion of the first stack. The... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094658 | System and method for providing premium transport in a DOCSIS-compliant cable network A system and method for providing premium transport in a DOCSIS-compliant cable network. An edge server in a DOCSIS-compliant cable network maintains a list of preferred content providers (PCPs). For each PCP, the PCP list comprises matching criteria. The edge serve... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088959 | Conversion of fluorocarbons A process is disclosed for the conversion of fluorocarbons into fluorinated unsaturated compounds useful as monomers or other chemical precursors, such as C2H2F2. The process comprises reacting a hydrocarbon feed (20) arid a f... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087526 | Knockdown storage vessel A knockdown storage vessel has an internal bladder and external barrel sections. The ends of two barrel sections include a centrally-located bush that can be engaged by a handle so as to secure the barrel sections and allow for rolling transport of the vessel. The v... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086280 | Explosion proof communications relay and communications system A wireless communication system for use in an explosive environment includes at least a pair of explosion-proof communication relay modules which relay communication to mobile communication devices in locations beyond the reach of normal wireless communications with... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084366 | Modified DARC stack for resist patterning A method of making a device includes forming a device layer, forming an organic hard mask layer over the device layer, forming a first oxide hard mask layer over the organic hard mask layer, forming a DARC layer over the first oxide hard mask layer, forming a photor... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084337 | Growth of III-V compound semiconductor nanowires on silicon substrates The present invention relates to growth of III-V semiconductor nanowires (2) on a Si substrate (3). Controlled vertical nanowire growth is achieved by a step, to be taken prior of the growing of the nanowire, of providing group III or group V atoms to ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8080443 | Method of making pillars using photoresist spacer mask A method of making a device includes forming a first hard mask layer over an underlying layer, forming first features over the first hard mask layer, forming a first spacer layer over the first features, etching the first spacer layer to form a first spacer pattern ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8076174 | Method of forming a sputtering target A sputtering target, including a sputtering layer and a support structure. The sputtering layer includes an alkali-containing transition metal. The support structure includes a second material that does not negatively impact the performance of a copper indium seleni... | 12/13/2011 |
