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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185241 | Tracked robotic crawler having a moveable arm A tracked robotic crawler capable of multiple movement moves is disclosed. In one embodiment, the tracked robotic crawler includes at least one frame unit, the frame unit having a continuous track rotatably coupled thereto. Disposed on the at least one frame unit is... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183086 | Diamond GaN devices and associated methods Semiconductor devices and methods of making thereof are provided. In one aspect, for example, a method for making a semiconductor device can include polishing a working surface of a diamond layer to a substantially flat surface, depositing a buffer layer on the work... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182190 | Unloading system and method for continuously moving rapid discharge railcars An unloading station and method for unloading bulk material from a moving railcar with a bottom discharge while the railcar is moving includes a track with a pair of rails. A synchronized parallel conveyor is oriented parallel with the pair of rails and forms a mova... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181732 | Y splitter for exhaust systems A Y-pipe splitter for use on race cars, such as stock cars which race on oval tracks and sports cars which race on road course tracks, mounts to the lower frame or chassis of the car, and routes exhaust gasses from a Y-pipe assembly to a pair of tail pipes extending... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181671 | Anti-resonant pulse diffuser An elongate flow tube having an interior cross-section surrounding a long axis, an inlet end for receiving a fluid flow and an outlet end for discharging the fluid flow, and a diffuser plate spanning the interior cross-section to separate the flow tube into an inlet... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181379 | Composite gun scope cover A composite gun scope full cover for a gun scope secured with a mounting base to a gun comprising a pair of interacting partial substantially identical scope covers; each partial cover including a body of flexible sheet material having a top surface and spaced apart... | 05/22/2012 |
| D659869 | Flashlight | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172883 | Method of treating a degenerate spinal segment A method of treating a degenerate spinal segment comprises obtaining a first spinal implant configured to apply a first torque to a degenerate spinal segment having an abnormal curvature and a second spinal implant configured to apply a second torque to the degenera... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170643 | System and method for irradiating a target with electromagnetic radiation to produce a heated region A system and corresponding method for irradiating a target with electromagnetic radiation to produce a heated region. The system comprises a coupling device operable to couple electromagnetic radiation from a magnetic resonance imaging system. A plurality of energy ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169122 | Ultra sonic release of DNA or RNA Method and apparatus for sonication in connection with preparing a cellular sample containing DNA or RNA for performance of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or for other reasons where it is important to break down the cell walls and other cellular structures to relea... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168969 | Semiconductor-on-diamond devices and methods of forming The present invention provides semiconductor-on-diamond devices, and methods for the formation thereof. In one aspect, a mold is provided which has an interface surface configured to inversely match a configuration intended for the device surface of a diamond layer.... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8159370 | System and method for control of medical equipment using multiple wireless devices A system and method for controlling a body-scanning device using multiple wireless devices is disclosed. The method includes communicating a secure wireless signal from a footswitch enclosure to a footswitch receiver coupled to the body scanning device in response t... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157914 | Substrate surface modifications for compositional gradation of crystalline materials and associated products A compositionally graded material having low defect densities and improved electronic properties is disclosed and described. A compositionally graded inorganic crystalline material can be formed by preparing a crystalline substrate by forming crystallographically or... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157134 | Piston with guide rings In a piston pump, the improvement of providing a locating disc on the piston extending radially outwardly from the piston to engage a chamber wall of the piston chamber and with the locating disc having an opening axially therethrough permitting fluid flow both in a... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657840 | Mounting clamp | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151404 | Modular trowel handle A modular trowel handle device comprises a handle section to provide a handle interface for a user of the trowel handle. A post extends from the handle section and a mounting surface is coupled to the post and extends generally parallel to the handle section. A trow... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151399 | Cloth accessory A cloth accessory and methods for the use thereof are disclosed and described. In one aspect, the cloth accessory may include a cover member forming an enclosure with a cavity therein, and a cloth attached to the cover member. The cloth may have a first configuratio... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148473 | Sulfur-containing conjugated diolefin copolymer rubber, and rubber composition comprising the same Disclosed is a sulfur-containing conjugated diolefin copolymer rubber composed of a conjugated diolefin and an aromatic vinyl compound, wherein (1) the content of sulfur bound to the rubber is 0.01 mmol % or more, (2) the content of the aromatic vinyl compound polym... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148448 | Tire puncture sealant A tire puncture sealant having both excellent sealing performance and excellent storage performance, specifically a tire puncture sealant containing a natural rubber latex (A) and a VEVA copolymer resin emulsion (B), wherein the solid content mass of the natural rub... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147796 | Hydrogen storage in a combined MAlH/M′(NH)system and methods of making and using the same As a promising clean fuel for vehicles, hydrogen can be used for propulsion, either directly or in fuel cells. Hydrogen storage compositions having high storage capacity, good dehydrogenation kinetics, and hydrogen release and uptake reactions which are reversible a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147761 | Air freshener clip with domed head An air freshener has at least one vent rod configured to engage an air vent. A scent material is associated with the at least one vent rod. A head is coupled to the at least one vent rod. The head has a domed face opposite the vent rod. Indicia is associated with th... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147387 | Muscle exercise devices and associated methods A muscle exercise device can include a crank having an axis of rotation. A first arm can be connected to the crank so that a downward external force applied to the distal end of the first arm causes rotation of the crank. The devices of the present invention can fur... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143688 | Highly-depleted laser doped semiconductor volume A device with increased photo-sensitivity using laser treated semiconductor as detection material is disclosed. In some embodiments, the laser treated semiconductor may be placed between and an n-type and a p-type contact or two Schottky metals. The field within the... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142261 | Methods for enhancing chemical mechanical polishing pad processes The present invention discloses a CMP device and methods that are capable of improving CMP processing through incorporation of vibration sources which produce vibrations in a direction substantially parallel to the working surface of the CMP pad. The CMP device incl... | 03/27/2012 |
| D656686 | Auto-arresting safety device | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140087 | Techniques for always on always connected operation of mobile platforms using network interface cards An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a network interface (NIC) card operable in communication with a mobile platform to monitor network traffic and perform filtering to enable decreased system resource use in said mobile platform ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140068 | Techniques for feedback in cellular systems to mitigate interference in downlink An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising broadcasting base station (BS) channel allocation methods and supported interference mitigation techniques in a whole cell by the base station and reporting classification information by mobile sta... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139138 | System and method for measuring accuracy of focus A reliable and repeatable accuracy of focus measurement device to measure the focus accuracy of cameras that employ a different light path between the lens and the focusing sensor and between the lens and the film or image sensor. The measurement device includes a f... | 03/20/2012 |
| D656250 | Tile with wide mouth coupling | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134912 | Apparatus, systems and methods adapted for opportunistic forwarding of uplink short messages in wireless metropolitan area networks An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a subscriber station (SS) operable to communicate with a base station (BS) and at least one additional subscriber station (SS) in a wireless metropolitan area network, wherein the at least one ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130496 | Device and method for mitigating radio frequency interference Embodiments of the present invention describe a device and method of mitigating radio frequency interference (REI) in an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a housing, and a thermal energy storage material is formed in the housing. By increasing the l... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130222 | System and method for resolving visual priority among coincident primitives A system and method is disclosed for resolving visual priority among coincident primitives for a computer graphics system. The method can include the operation of classifying primitives within a computer generated scene into an ordinary group and one or more coincid... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127856 | Well completion plugs with degradable components A downhole tool for use in completing a well includes a plug body selectively securable to a wellbore at a desired elevation and having a flowbore. A non-dissolvable flow restrictor is operably disposed in the flowbore and operates to restrict fluid flow through the... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127751 | Nitrous oxide/methanol injection system A nitrous oxide system for an internal combustion engine includes a bottle containing pressurized nitrous oxide coupled to a nitrous oxide flow line, which is in fluid communication with an injection nozzle operatively coupled to the engine intake. A control valve i... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127214 | Unified decoder for convolutional, turbo, and LDPC codes A unified decoder is capable of decoding data encoded with convolutional codes, Turbo codes, and LDPC codes. In at least one embodiment, a unified decoder is implemented within a multi-standard wireless device. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124118 | Composition comprising biodegradable hydrating ceramics for controlled drug delivery The present invention relates to a drug carrier composition comprising i) one or more biodegradable hydrating ceramics ii) one or more expandable agents, and iii) sorbed aqueous medium which in solid form has a ruptured structure. The function of the expandable agen... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123922 | Nanopore based ion-selective electrodes Nanopore based ion-selective electrodes and methods of their manufacture as well as methods for their use are disclosed and described. The nanopore based ion-selective electrode can include a pore being present in a solid material and having a nanosize opening in th... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8113388 | Engagement flange for removable dispenser cartridge An improved arrangement for removably coupling a replaceable cartridge to a housing of a dispenser with the cartridge including a resilient member which prevents radial movement relative a catch member of the housing from a coupled orientation unless the resilient m... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112827 | Shower drain adapter A shower drain adapter system configured to allow use of a bondable waterproof membrane with a shower pan drain system comprises a drain body and an integrated bonding flange extending upwardly from the drain body. The integrated bonding flange is operable to be sea... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110846 | Diamond semiconductor devices and associated methods Semiconductor devices and methods for making such devices are provided. One such method may include forming a transparent diamond layer having a SiC layer coupled thereto, where the SiC layer has a crystal structure that is substantially epitaxially matched to the t... | 02/07/2012 |
