Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941712 | Method for error test, recordation and repair In a memory device, an on-die register is provided that is configured to store a row address as well as a column address of a memory cell that fails a test. Storing the row address frees testing from being limited to activating at one time only rows related to a com... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940078 | Method and apparatus for output driver calibration, and memory devices and system embodying same A method, system, and output driver calibration circuit determine calibration values for configuring adjustable impedance output drivers. The calibration circuit includes a pull-up calibration circuit configured to generate an averaged pull-up count signal for calib... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939449 | Methods of forming hybrid conductive vias including small dimension active surface ends and larger dimension back side ends A conductive via of a semiconductor device includes a relatively small diameter portion extending into an active surface of a fabrication substrate and a corresponding, relatively large diameter portion that extends into a back side of the fabrication substrate. Thi... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937860 | Calendar A dispensing device, such as a calendar is formed of a plurality of substrates. A first substrate carries indicia thereon which identifies selected time periods, such as days or months of the year. A second substrate is positioned adjacent to the first substrate. Th... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637478 | Clamp assembly | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936564 | Mobile displays and related methods Mobile display apparatus and methods of operating mobile display apparatus are disclosed. Mobile display apparatus include a structure for attaching the display apparatus to a mobile structure and at least one display module coupled to the structure. The mobile disp... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934980 | Chip stack cutter devices for displacing chips in a chip stack and chip-stacking apparatuses including such cutter devices Apparatuses for stacking chips include a container for receiving unstacked chips, a carrier comprising a channel for carrying a chip stack, a transport system for transporting chips from the container towards the carrier, and at least one ejector system for ejecting... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932360 | Recombinant production of mixtures of antibodies The invention provides methods for producing mixtures of antibodies from a single host cell clone, wherein, a nucleic acid sequence encoding a light chain and nucleic acid sequences encoding different heavy chains are expressed in a recombinant host cell. The recomb... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931072 | High heat flux evaporator, heat transfer systems An evaporator includes an outer fluid enclosure, a liquid inlet port extending through the outer fluid enclosure, a liquid-distribution structure, a wick, and a vapor removal channel. The liquid-distribution structure is joined to the outer fluid enclosure to form a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931067 | Movable partitions with lateral restraint devices and related methods Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for laterally restraining a movable partition. In one embodiment, a movable partition includes two laterally spaced structures wherein each structure includes a plurality of hingedly coupled panels. A lateral restraint mechanism... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929343 | Methods, devices, and systems relating to memory cells having a floating body Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed relating to a memory cell having a floating body. A memory cell includes a transistor comprising a drain and a source each formed in silicon and a gate positioned between the drain and the source. The memory cell may furth... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928579 | Devices including sloped vias in a substrate and devices including spring-like deflecting contacts Methods for forming vias are disclosed. The methods include providing a substrate having a first surface and an opposing, second surface. The vias are formed within the substrate to have a longitudinal axis sloped at an angle with respect to a reference line extendi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928577 | Interconnect structures for integration of multi-layered integrated circuit devices and methods for forming the same Semiconductor devices comprise at least one integrated circuit layer, at least one conductive trace and an insulative material adjacent at least a portion of the at least one conductive trace. At least one interconnect structure extends through a portion of the at l... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927923 | Method and apparatus for directing molding compound flow and resulting semiconductor device packages Flow diverting structures for preferentially impeding, redirecting or both impeding and redirecting the flow of flowable encapsulant material, such as molding compound, proximate a selected surface or surfaces of a semiconductor die or dice during encapsulation are ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927916 | Optic wafer with reliefs, wafer assembly including same and methods of dicing wafer assembly An optic wafer for assembly with an imager wafer, the optic wafer comprising a plurality of reliefs in a surface thereof coincident with street locations separating mutually adjacent optic element locations. A wafer assembly that includes the optic wafer and an imag... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927605 | Environmentally regulated genes of The invention relates to the field of the diagnosis of and vaccination against Streptococcal infections, and to the detection of virulence markers of Streptococci. The invention discloses a method for modulating virulence of a Streptococcus comprising modifyi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926538 | Lateral restraint for a movable partition, movable partitions incorporating same and related methods Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for laterally restraining a movable partition. In one embodiment, a movable partition includes two laterally spaced structures wherein each structure includes a plurality of hingedly coupled panels. A lateral restraint mechanism... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926402 | Method and apparatus for munition timing and munitions incorporating same Microcontroller apparatuses and methods of use are disclosed. An explosive projectile system contains a faze and a remote fuze setter. The fuze includes a microcontroller comprising an RC-based clock generator and is configured to sample an accurate timing event sen... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923692 | Radioisotope Detection Device and Methods of Radioisotope Collection A device for collection of radionuclides includes a mixture of a polymer, a fluorescent organic scintillator and a chemical extractant. A radionuclide detector system includes a collection device comprising a mixture of a polymer, a fluorescent agent and a selective... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923298 | Imager die package and methods of packaging an imager die on a temporary carrier Methods for fabricating an imager die package and resulting die packages are disclosed. An imager die packaging process may include dicing through a fabrication substrate comprising a plurality of imager die. Thereafter, known good die (KGD) qualified from the image... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923234 | Thermal and acid tolerant beta-xylosidases, genes encoding, related organisms, and methods Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius and variations thereof are provided. Further provided are methods of at least partially degrading xylotriose and/or xylobiose using iso... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922585 | Methods and systems for communicating parimutuel wager details and results Methods and systems of conducting parimutuel wagering activities are disclosed. A method of sending a message to a patron of a parimutuel gaming system includes providing the patron an opportunity to establish an identity on the parimutuel gaming system. Responsive ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921937 | Drilling components and systems to dynamically control drilling dysfunctions and methods of drilling a well with same Drilling tools that may detect and dynamically adjust drilling parameters to enhance the drilling performance of a drilling system used to drill a well. The tools may include sensors, such as RPM, axial force for measuring the weight on a drill bit, torque, vibratio... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921060 | Methods and systems for pricing products that enhance productivity A method for pricing a productivity enhancing product or method, such as a feed additive, a fertilizer, or the like, that includes consideration of an expected or realized added benefit from the productivity enhancing product or method to an end user and the price t... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920428 | Methods and apparatuses relating to automatic cell threshold voltage measurement Methods and apparatuses for automatically measuring memory cell threshold voltages are disclosed. Measurement circuitry includes an internal reference current generator, a plurality of memory cells and a bit line pre-charge reference circuit. If the reference curren... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919800 | Capacitor-less memory cells and cell arrays A capacitor-less memory cell, memory device, system and process of forming the capacitor-less memory cell includes forming the memory cell in an active area of a substantially physically isolated portion of the bulk semiconductor substrate. A pass transistor is form... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919257 | Method for selecting a single cell expressing a heterogeneous combination of antibodies The present invention provides combinations of specific binding proteins, such as immunoglobulins, that are designed to be true combinations, essentially all components of the combination being functional and compatible with each other. The invention further provide... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918721 | Methods of separating particulate residue streams A particulate residue separator and a method for separating a particulate residue stream may include an air plenum borne by a harvesting device, and have a first, intake end and a second, exhaust end; first and second particulate residue air streams that are formed ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918383 | Methods for placing substrates in contact with molten solder Methods and devices for placing a semiconductor wafer or other substrate in contact with solder are described. A wave soldering apparatus includes a solder bath, a nozzle for producing a solder wave, and a jig for orienting a substrate in a substantially vertical or... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918292 | Earth-boring tools having features for affecting cuttings flow An earth-boring bit has a bit body having a plurality of bit legs extending longitudinally therefrom, each bit leg comprising one or more groove regions formed along a laterally outer surface thereof. Each groove region comprises a fluid course for drilling fluid an... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917479 | Non-volatile memory devices, systems including same and associated methods A memory device, system and method of editing a file in a non-volatile memory device is described. The memory device includes a controller and a memory array configured to copy an existing first file into a second file during editing and to maintain the first file w... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915718 | Apparatus for flip-chip packaging providing testing capability A method and apparatus for increasing the integrated circuit density in a flip-chip semiconductor device assembly including an interposer substrate facilitating use with various semiconductor die conductive bump arrangements. The interposer substrate includes a plur... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915472 | Surface decontamination compositions and methods Clay-based compositions capable of absorbing contaminants from surfaces or objects having surface faces may be applied to a surface and later removed, the removed clay-based compositions absorbing at least a portion of the contaminant from the surface or object to w... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915077 | Methods of making metal core foldover package structures Chip-scale packages and assemblies thereof and methods of fabricating such packages including Chip-On-Board, Board-On-Chip, and vertically stacked Package-On-Package modules are disclosed. The chip-scale package includes a core member of a metal or alloy having a re... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913928 | Adaptive structures, systems incorporating same and related methods Adaptive structures, systems incorporating such adaptive structures and related methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an adaptive structure is provided that includes a first structure and at least one microstructure associated with the first structure. The at le... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913779 | Earth-boring rotary drill bits including bit bodies having boron carbide particles in aluminum or aluminum-based alloy matrix materials, and methods for forming such bits Rotary drill bits for drilling subterranean formations include a bit body and at least one cutting structure disposed on a face thereof. The bit body includes a crown region comprising a particle-matrix composite material that includes a plurality of boron carbide p... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913035 | Method and apparatus for address FIFO for high bandwidth command/address busses in digital storage system A method of buffering a data stream in an electronic device using a first-in first-out (FIFO) buffer system wherein a first read latch signal does not change a pointer location of a read pointer. A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and system are also disclosed in... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7910776 | Methods of producing 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene Methods of producing 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB), from alkoxy derivatives of phloroglucinol, such as 5-methoxyresorcinol, 3,5-dimethoxyphenol, or 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene, are disclosed. The alkoxy derivatives may be exposed to and directly nitrated w... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7910330 | Efficient expression of apical membrane antigen in yeast cells A method of efficiently expressing Plasmodium AMA-1 ectodomain or a functional part, derivative, and/or analogue thereof, in a eukaryotic expression system. Preferably, the Plasmodium AMA-1 ectodomain is Pf AMA-1 ectodomain. This protein may be express... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7906113 | Serotype of adenovirus and uses thereof Adenovirus serotypes differ in their natural tropism. The adenovirus serotypes 2, 4, 5 and 7 all have a natural affiliation towards lung epithelia and other respiratory tissues. In contrast, serotypes 40 and 41 have a natural affiliation towards the gastrointestinal... | 03/15/2011 |
