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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6751812 | Closet flange A closet flange for installing a bathroom commode, comprising an integrally formed unit having an upper flange, a cylindrical section extending downwardly therefrom for connection to a waste water discharge conduit, and a through passageway extending through the uni... | 06/22/2004 |
| 7260508 | Method and system for high-resolution modeling of a well bore in a hydrocarbon reservoir A method and system are disclosed for high-resolution modeling of a well bore in a reservoir. An embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the steps of constructing a first unstructured mesh having a plurality of n-dimensional simplices corresponding to a first... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7162286 | Superconducting articles, and methods for forming and using same A superconducting tape is disclosed, including a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the substrate including a plurality of indicia provided on the first surface spaced apart along a length of the substrate; and a superc... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7139727 | Method and system for optimizing market accessibility via an electronic network A method for marketing a plurality of products or services includes the steps of selecting an arbitrary word and appending the arbitrary word to a first and a second product- or service-related word to create a first and a second site name. Each of the first and the... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7113546 | System for handling compressed video data and method thereof In a specific embodiment of the present invention, a system and method is disclosed having a plurality of modes for providing and/or receiving compressed video data at a frame buffer memory. The modes include providing compressed video data directly from a system ho... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113430 | Device for reducing sub-threshold leakage current within a high voltage driver A device for reducing the effects of leakage current within electronic devices is disclosed. In one form, a high voltage driver includes a high voltage source coupled to at least one high voltage transistor and a leakage offset module coupled to at least a portion o... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7089426 | Method and system for encryption A method and systems are provided for creating an authentication of secure communications between a software video driver and a video display. A video driver transmitting digital video data deemed high-bandwidth digital content, to a display, can perform authenticat... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7075473 | System and apparatus for reducing the effects of circuit mismatch in analog-to-digital converters A system and apparatus for reducing the effects of circuit mismatch in analog-to-digital converters is disclosed. In one form, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes a switching network operable to couple an analog input received by a sample and hold module t... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7053411 | Method for treating semiconductor processing components and components formed thereby A method for treating a semiconductor processing component, including: exposing the component to a halogen gas at an elevated temperature, oxidizing the component to form an oxide layer, and removing the oxide layer. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054964 | Method and system for bit-based data access A system and a method for transcoding multiple media channels are provided. The system includes a first processor to parse a media data stream having one or more media data channels and a vector processor to decompress, scale, and then compress the parsed media chan... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7045223 | Spinel articles and methods for forming same Single crystal spinel boules, wafers, substrates and active devices including same are disclosed. In one embodiment, such articles have reduced mechanical stress and/or strain represented by improved yield rates. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043479 | Remote-directed management of media content A remote media player and methods for managing content. The media player includes storage to store content files. A user interface allows the user to make content selections. The content selections are used with a content database to manage the relationships between... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042272 | Transconductance amplifier with substantially constant resistance and mixer using same A transconductance amplifier (620) includes four transistors each operating in saturation and strong inversion. A first transistor (622) has a first current electrode and a control electrode both receiving an input voltage, and a second current electro... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7026039 | Zircon/zirconia mix for refractory coatings and inks Refractory coatings comprising unstabilized zirconia, silica, and, optionally, zircon and/or mullite are disclosed herein. The unstabilized zirconia, silica, and optional zircon and/or mullite are applied as a slurry onto ceramic substrates such as silicon carbide a... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025826 | Methods for surface-biaxially-texturing amorphous films Methods for biaxially-texturing a surface-region of an amorphous material are disclosed, comprising depositing an amorphous material onto a substrate, and supplying active oxygen near the substrate during ion beam bombardment of the amorphous material to create an a... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027964 | Method and system for solving finite element models using multi-phase physics Systems and methods for solving finite element models, wherein the matrix that governs the solution is modified by adjusting the weighting coefficients of the matrix so that the elements which lie on the diagonal of the matrix are non-negative and the elements which... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027972 | System for collecting and analyzing graphics data and method thereof A system and methods are shown for performing a hardware performance analysis of graphics hardware and an application program. An application program generates a set of function calls. The function calls are translated to a native command set. The native command set... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7016418 | Tiled memory configuration for mapping video data and method thereof A method of mapping motion pictures experts group (MPEG) video information for improved efficiency is presented, wherein image information is stored in blocks of memory referred to as tiles. Tiles are mapped in memory so that adjacent tiles only correspond to differ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7017053 | System for reduced power consumption by monitoring video content and method thereof A system and method are provided for reducing power consumption within a video processing portion of a system based on display content. Display content is monitored to determine whether the display content is changing. New display content is compared to old display ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7012610 | Portable device for providing dual display and method thereof Systems and methods are provided for supporting an external display on a portable device. A system on a chip (SOC) of the portable device provides a first set of graphics data to a graphics controller. The embedded graphics controller renders the first set of graphi... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7006951 | Method for solving finite element models using time slabbing A method for solving finite element problems in n+1 dimensions by iteratively extruding an n-dimensional finite element mesh in an n+1th dimension to form “slabs” which can be more easily solved within the entire n+1-dimensional problem. In a preferred embodimen... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006612 | Fax transmission denial by sensing for CNG tones within a telephone network A presence of a facsimile transmission tone generated by a calling party within a call is sensed for within a public telephone network before the call has been routed to a called party. If the facsimile transmission tone is present in the call, the telephone network... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7007188 | Precision bypass clock for high speed testing of a data processor A system clock circuit that provides a high-speed reference clock signal for operating an integrated circuit. The system clock circuit comprises a frequency combiner circuit that receives a first external clock signal having a frequency F1 and a second external cloc... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003078 | Method and apparatus for telephone line testing A method and apparatus for qualifying a telephone transmission line for XDSL communication services is disclosed. The system includes a modem, located at the customer premises to be connected. The modem analyzes actual signals to determine the electrical characteris... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003743 | Method and system of data processor design by sensitizing logical difference A method of optimizing a design is disclosed, wherein a target element contributing to an undesirable characteristic in an original netlist is modified to create a modified netlist. A set of test vectors identifying differences between the original netlist and the m... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998028 | Methods for forming superconducting conductors A method for producing a superconducting conductor is disclosed, including providing a substrate, depositing a buffer film having a biaxial texture to overlie the substrate by reactive sputtering, and depositing a superconducting layer to overlie the buffer film. De... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6999424 | Method for displaying data In accordance with a specific aspect of the present invention, a compressed video stream, such as an MPEG-2 video stream, is received by a transport demultiplexor, synchronized, parsed into separate packet types, and written to buffer locations external the demultip... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6992675 | System for displaying video on a portable device and method thereof A system and methods are provided for processing graphics to be displayed in a portable device. A current mode of operation of the portable device is identified. In a normal mode of operation, image data associated with the portable device is rendered by a graphics ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6988088 | Systems and methods for adaptive medical decision support The current invention is directed to a system for adaptive medical decision support. The invented system provides a system that allows users to efficiently enter, access, and analyze medical information, without disrupting patient-doctor interactions or medical faci... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6982125 | ALN material and electrostatic chuck incorporating same An electrostatic chuck is provided which includes a ceramic body comprising aluminum nitride (AlN), and at least one electrode in the ceramic body. According to a particular feature of this embodiment, the aluminum nitride has a resistivity ratio ρ10V/ρ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982130 | Fused zirconia-based solid oxide fuel cell The disclosure is directed to a solid oxide fuel cell including an electrolyte. The electrolyte is formed using a fused electrolyte powder. The disclosure is also directed to a solid oxide fuel cell stack including a plurality of solid oxide fuel cells. Each solid o... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982605 | Transformer coupled oscillator and method In a particular embodiment, an oscillator adjustment circuit is disclosed. The oscillator adjustment circuit includes a resonator portion comprising a capacitive element coupled to an inductive element and a signal balancing portion comprising a secondary coil of th... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982483 | High impedance radio frequency power plastic package The disclosures made herein relate to RF power semiconductor devices. In accordance with one embodiment of the disclosures made herein, a RF power plastic semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor (RF) device, a Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic (LTCC) impedance... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6979172 | Engine blade containment shroud using quartz fiber composite An engine fan containment shroud including a containment structure composed of a composite material including a reinforcing fiber having an elongation to break of at least about 3.6%. The preferred fiber is a quartz fiber having an elongation to break of at least ab... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977925 | Folded fabric switching architecture An optimal printed circuit board input/output switching system is provided and includes a printed circuit board having multiple input/output ports with communication channels coupling the input/output ports to a switching fabric located thereon. Two printed circuit ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6973142 | Timing synchronization for M-DPSK channels The present invention discloses an improved method of timing synchronization with transmitted data packets in a receiver on a communication channel using differential phase shift keying (DPSK) modulation—especially an RF wireless communication channel. The inventi... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970173 | System for providing multiple display support and method thereof A system and method is provided for supporting a multiple display configuration through a single connected display device. The present disclosure allows a system desktop to be expanded across multiple virtual displays without a need for extra hardware to support mul... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970758 | System and software for data collection and process control in semiconductor manufacturing and method thereof In its various embodiments, the method collects data from process and metrology tools in a semiconductor manufacturing environment, generates statistics from that data, detects tool failures, processing errors, and other conditions that can jeopardize product output... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970978 | System and method for providing a pre-fetch memory controller A system and method is disclosed for providing a pre-fetch memory controller in a computer system that comprises a plurality of master agents. The memory controller comprises a bus interface, a memory interface and a plurality of pre-fetch queues. In one embodiment ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966581 | Apparatus for distinguishing between tubing assemblies An apparatus for use in identifying or distinguishing at least one substance or article associated with the apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a translucent body and an identification formation. The translucent body is for defining or engaging an openin... | 11/22/2005 |
