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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7852237 | Content-based segmentation scheme for data compression in storage and transmission including hierarchical segment representation In a coding system, input data within a system is encoded. The input data might include sequences of symbols that repeat in the input data or occur in other input data encoded in the system. The encoding includes determining a target segment size, determining a wind... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7471136 | Temperature compensated self-refresh circuit A temperature compensated self-refresh circuit maintains a stable current characteristic by maintaining a predetermined self-refresh cycle to cope with a process skew and a voltage change in a low power consumption memory product and by changing the self-refresh cyc... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7457329 | Method and system for a high power low-coherence pulsed light source A high power pulsed optical source includes a multi-port optical circulator and a seed source coupled to a first port of the multi-port optical circulator. The seed source is adapted to provide amplified spontaneous emission. The high power pulsed optical source als... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7285534 | Corticotropin-releasing hormone analogs and their uses This invention provides members of the corticiotropin-releasing hormone superfamily and peptide analogs thereof wherein the 38th amino acid from the N-terminus is D-Nle, i.e. [D-Nle38]-CRH peptide. The peptide analogs can be used to treat proli... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282490 | Osteopontin-related compositions and methods This invention provides a method for reducing the amount of osteopontin in an osteopontin-expressing cell comprising introducing into the cell a nucleic acid which specifically inhibits osteopontin expression in the cell. This invention also provides methods for inh... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7188095 | System and method for managing a storage device A storage device system includes a storage control device with a file system for execution of data I/O processing relative to a storage device according to a data I/O request by means of file identifier assignment as sent from a host computer. A computer is connecte... | 03/06/2007 |
| D533887 | Camera with flexible attachment device | 12/19/2006 |
| 7145307 | Data storage apparatus and control method thereof with compensation Embodiments of the invention provide a data storage apparatus and its control method capable of accurately reading/writing data. A data storage apparatus in an embodiment of the invention comprises: a servo control section which, based on servo data stored on the st... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7071160 | Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein Using the proteins of the present invention, DNAs encoding the proteins, and antibodies recognizing the proteins, detection methods for diseases relating to the novel insulin-like growth factor binding proteins of the present invention, as well as diagnostic agents,... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7062418 | Computer aided design method and system for developing a microfluidic system The present invention generally relates to design automation techniques and more particularly to the design of customized microfluidic systems using a microfluidic computer aided design system. In one embodiment of the present invention the system includes a synthes... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060874 | Bioengineering cotton fiber properties The present invention provides plant fiber expansion (FE) genes that encode FE polypeptides, such as phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase (PEPcase), expansin, endoglucanase, xyloglucan endoglycosyltransferase (XET), and pectin methyl esterase (PME). The invention furthe... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6850801 | Mapping methods for cardiovascular reflex control devices Devices, systems and methods by which the blood pressure, nervous system activity, and neurohormonal activity may be selectively and controllably reduced by activating baroreceptors. A baroreceptor activation device is positioned near a baroreceptor, preferably in t... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6829519 | Systems for assembling mailings and methods for external control thereof Systems and methods for selecting inserts. In some cases, the inserts can be advertisements or offers, and the inserts are included with an offer item that can be, for example, a scheduled bill or other planned mailing. In particular cases, the systems can include a... | 12/07/2004 |
| D491385 | Audio-video storage unit | 06/15/2004 |
| 6656735 | Method for identification of target genes of transcription factors Transcription factor responsive elements, target genes, and co-factors of a transcription factor, either individually or in combination, are identified by integrating into the genome of a eukaryotic cell a gene trap vector that includes a reporter gene, a... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6465633 | Compositions and methods of their use in the treatment, prevention and diagnosis of tuberculosis The present invention relates to Mycobacterium antigens, optionally from a species such as M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. smegmatis, BCG, M. leprae, M. scrofulaceum, M avium-intracellulare, M. marinum, M. ulcerans, M. kansasii, M. xenopi, M. szulgai, M. fo... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6449712 | Emulating execution of smaller fixed-length branch/delay slot instructions with a sequence of larger fixed-length instructions A processor element, structured to execute a 32-bit fixed length instruction set architecture, is backward compatible for executing a 16-bit fixed length instruction set architecture by translating each of the 16-bit instructions into a sequence of one or... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6441412 | Unit pixel of CMOS image sensor with capacitor coupled photodiode A unit pixel in a CMOS image sensor, which enhances a capacitance of a photodiode to reduce noises and increase the maximum output signal of the image sensor, is provided. To achieve this, the CMOS image sensor includes a photodiode aligned with an edge o... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6387589 | Photoresist polymers and photoresist compositions containing the same The present invention provides photoresist polymers and photoresist compositions comprising the same. The photoresist polymer is represented by the following Chemical Formula 5. Photoresist compositions containing the polymers of the present invention hav... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6252226 | Nanometer scale data storage device and associated positioning system A data storage system that includes a positioning system for positioning the write/read mechanism and the storage medium (202) of the data storage device (200) with respect to each other in first and second predefined directions. The positioning system (1... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6248847 | Copolymer resin, preparation thereof, and photoresist using the same The present invention relates to a copolymer resin for ultra-shortwave light source such as KrF or ArF, process for preparation thereof, and photoresist comprising the same resin. The copolymer resin according to the present invention is easily prepared b... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6236100 | Semiconductor with high-voltage components and low-voltage components on a shared die A method and apparatus for increasing a breakdown voltage of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device is constructed on a semiconductor substrate including an isolation diffusion region around the semiconductor device, a substrate layer, an epi la... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6232457 | Recombinant vanadium haloperoxidases and their uses The present invention provides new recombinantly produced vanadium bromoperoxidases. The enzymes are useful in a number of industrial applications.... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6184870 | Integral ball cage for pointing device An electronic mouse with an integral ball cage. The ball cage in one embodiment has integrally formed extensions having openings for enclosed shaft encoders and a pressure roller. The shaft encoders are preferably made of a single piece of plastic. The ba... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6184866 | Pointing device A pointing device comprises a substrate with an electrically conductive surface and a resilient boot. The resilient boot resiliently supports a resistive surface to contact the electrically conductive surface in a pressed mode when a force is applied to p... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6182702 | Device for generating an underpressure An ejector unit (1) is mounted on a conventional valve manifold (10) with a manifold pressurised air supply connected to an ejector (4) through channels (15, 16) and a first pilot valve (3). A suction channel (20) and a return air channel (22) are connect... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6157270 | Programmable highly temperature and supply independent oscillator An oscillator circuit generates an output frequency that is substantially independent of power supply and temperature variations. The oscillator circuit can be implemented using conventional complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology. The oscillat... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6150681 | Monolithic flow sensor and pressure sensor A monolithic, integrated circuit sensor combining both a differential pressure sensor and a flow sensor on the same silicon chip. The integrated circuit has a diaphragm with a number of piezo-resistive elements placed on it in the normal manner for a pres... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6032235 | Memory initialization circuit A memory initialization circuit for preventing random garbage data left over from a previous program from being read into a newly executed program. The initialization circuit is applicable to memories of all types, but is particularly useful for memories ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6007319 | Continuous forming of complex molded shapes A method, process and apparatus for generating complex shapes without the use of dies, molds, or other fixed tooling. A continuous length or flow of a malleable or fluent material is provided to a forming apparatus which shapes the material, producing a c... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5997002 | Casino card game A poker-style casino card game wherein jokers are never wild. The game uses a 52 card standard playing deck plus an additional five Jokers for a total of 57 playing cards. A sixth "imaginary" or side Joker is deemed to be within a player's hand if he plac... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5996048 | Inclusion vector architecture for a level two cache A cache architecture with a first level cache and a second level cache, with the second level cache lines including an inclusion vector which indicates which portion of that line are stored in the first level cache. In addition, an instruction/data bit in... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5972894 | Peptides having potassium channel opener activity This invention concerns methods for prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of diseases responsive to the opening of potassium channels, peptides having potassium channel opener activities, and pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising such peptides.... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5958203 | Electropipettor and compensation means for electrophoretic bias The present invention provides for techniques for transporting materials using electrokinetic forces through the channels of a microfluidic system. The subject materials are transported in regions of high ionic concentration, next to spacer material regio... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5949710 | Programmable interconnect junction A static, nonvolatile, and reprogrammable programmable interconnect junction cell for implementing programmable interconnect in an integrated circuit. The programmable interconnect junction (600) is programmably configured to couple or decouple a first in... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5931945 | Graphic system for masking multiple non-contiguous bytes having decode logic to selectively activate each of the control lines based on the mask register bits A partial store instruction and associated logic for storing selected bytes of a group of bytes in a register to a designated memory location. A mask in a separate register is used to enable particular bytes to be written, with only enabled bytes being wr... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5915850 | Support system for bath, shower or whirlpool tubs A support system for bath or shower tubs which are preferably provided with a rim, in particular a preferably extending rim has at least one upper horizontal strut (10, 12, 14, 16) to which at least one vertical strut (20-30) is secured, with an element f... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5902311 | Low profile intraluminal suturing device and method An improved suturing device and method is provided. The suturing device is of the type including a guide body and means on the guide body for translating at least one needle relative to the guide body. The suturing device is improved by providing a rotata... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5884508 | Security adapter A retrofit security adapter for adding a security slot to a portable device, such as a portable electronic device (laptop computer or electronic organizer). The adapter is made of ABS plastic made from a plastic formulation into which fiberglass fiber fil... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5877148 | Treatment of cancer with human chorionic gonadotropin Methods useful for treating cancers are disclosed. The methods involve administering human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) or human luteinizing hormone (hLH) to patients having cancers. Articles of manufacture that are useful for carrying out the described m... | 03/02/1999 |
