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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181921 | Platform telescoping mechanism Disclosed are various embodiments of a platform telescoping system which comprises a platform, a first supporting arm, a second supporting arm, a telescopic driving mechanism which comprises a first power output, end and a rotational driving mechanism which comprise... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176298 | Multi-core multi-threaded processing systems with instruction reordering in an in-order pipeline An advanced processor comprises a plurality of multithreaded processor cores each having a data cache and instruction cache. A data switch interconnect is coupled to each of the processor cores and configured to pass information among the processor cores. A messagin... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175310 | BTE hearing aid adaptor The present invention relates to an adaptor for a BTE hearing aid with a housing to be worn behind the ear, an earpiece for insertion in the earcanal, and a signal transmission member for transmission of a signal from the housing at a first end of the member to the ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165329 | Hearing instrument with user interface A hearing instrument includes a microphone for converting sound into an electric audio signal, a signal processor unit coupled to the microphone, the signal processor unit configured for operating in a plurality of states that include at least a first state and a se... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161536 | Authenticating sessions in queryable caches Techniques for authenticating users when an operation requested by a user in one of the systems of a distributed system is redirected to another system of the distributed system. The user is authenticated in the usual way to the one system but is authenticated to th... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161425 | Method and system for implementing timing aware metal fill An improved approach for implementing metal fill on an electrical device without causing creating cross-coupling capacitance problems is disclosed. Timing aware metal fill insertion is performed to avoid or minimize cross-capacitance problems on the IC design. A cos... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160203 | Calculation of probable accumulated dosages based on patient movement A stochastic patient movement model and a dosage delivery plan are used to determine probabilities of dosages received by a target volume during a radiation treatment. The stochastic patient movement model is created by identifying possible sequences of patient posi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156474 | Automation of software verification A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for automatic test generation for a compiler. In one approach, the method, system and computer program product represent a test case for the compiler in a structure with one or more elements of a programmi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156453 | Method and system identifying and locating IP blocks and block suppliers for an electronic design An improved approach for locating and identifying IP for an electronic design is described. The present approach addresses the situation in which an IP catalog does not contain any IP which matches the exact requirements of an electronic design for which the IP is t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156450 | Method and system for mask optimization A method and apparatus for mask optimization is provided. Mask design and production is optimized by providing proper weighting parameters for critical features. The parameters may include information such as parametric information, functional information, and hot s... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156083 | Database system that provides for history-enabled tables Techniques for history enabling a table in a database system so that past versions of rows of the history-enabled table are available for temporal querying. The table is history enabled by adding a start time column to the table and creating a history table for the ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149862 | Multi-protocol communication circuit A multi-protocol communication circuit, for example, a serializer-deserializer (SerDes) circuit for communicating between an internal logic circuit and an external link includes a select terminal configured to accept a select signal representing a plurality of mode ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146024 | Method and system for process optimization A method and apparatus for process optimization is provided. Process optimization improves parametric and functional yield post mask manufacturing. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143816 | Power variator An apparatus for use in a process to regulate power for a particle accelerator includes a first circulator, a second circulator, a tee coupled between the first and the second circulator, and a tuner coupled to the tee. An apparatus for use in a process to regulate ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136068 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing compact manufacturing models in electronic design automation Disclosed are a method, a system, and a computer program product for implementing compact manufacturing model during various stages of electronic circuit designs. In some embodiments, the method or the system receives or identifies physics based data. In some embodi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8136060 | Method and mechanism for identifying and tracking shape connectivity A method and mechanism is disclosed for identifying and tracking nets in an electrical design. A hierarchical design does not have to be flattened to perform the operation of identifying and tracking nets. To identify sets of connected shapes, instead of having to u... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8136056 | Method and system for incorporation of patterns and design rule checking Methods and systems for representing the limitations of a lithographic process using a pattern library instead of, or in addition to, using design rules. The pattern library includes “known good” patterns, which chip fabricators know from experience are successf... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132135 | Method and system for creating a boolean model of multi-path and multi-strength signals for verification A system, method, computer program product for verification and equivalence checking. In one approach, the system, method, and computer program product analyzes the switching paths in a manner consistent with circuit functionality to provide a complete application w... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122397 | Method and system for mapping source elements to destination elements as interconnect routing assignments Aspects for optimized mapping of source elements to destination elements as interconnect routing assignments are described. The aspects include utilizing chosen rules to establish a priority for mapping, and generating mapping assignments based on the priority. The ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117569 | Method and mechanism for implementing a minimum spanning tree Disclosed is an improved method, system, and mechanism for using and constructing a minimum spanning tree. In one approach, each iteration of the process for constructing a minimum spanning tree calculates at most two additional point-pairs for nearest neighbors of ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117566 | Method and system for representing manufacturing and lithography information for IC routing A mechanism to compress manufacturing awareness into a small representation and to enable the router to consult the representation without performing, or understanding, detailed process analysis, is disclosed. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8108878 | Method and apparatus for detecting indeterminate dependencies in a distributed computing environment Method and system for detecting indeterminate dependencies in a distributed computing grid. A determination is made whether a deadlock situation exists within a workflow of the distributed computing grid and a user of the computing grid is notified of the deadlock s... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103986 | Method and system for representing manufacturing and lithography information for IC routing A mechanism to compress manufacturing awareness into a small representation and to enable the router to consult the representation without performing, or understanding, detailed process analysis, is disclosed. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103985 | Method and system for implementing controlled breaks between features using sub-resolution assist features Disclosed is a method, system, and computer program product for implementing controlled breaks using sub-resolution assist features. Sub-resolution bridging features are added to implement controlled breaks between features on the layout. The bridging features may a... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103982 | System and method for statistical design rule checking Methods and systems for allowing an Integrated Circuit designer to specify one or more design rules, and to determine the expected probability of success of the IC design based on the design rules. Probability information is compiled for each circuit component, that... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103635 | Reinstatement of database system in an automatic failover configuration Techniques used in an automatic failover configuration having a primary database system, a standby database system, and an observer. In the automatic failover configuration, the primary database system remains available even in the absence of both the standby and th... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099693 | Methods, systems, and computer program product for parallelizing tasks in processing an electronic circuit design Disclosed are a method, a system, and a computer program product for implementing compact manufacturing model during various stages of electronic circuit designs. In some embodiments, the method loads the full design database information on the master; distributes t... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095898 | Method and system for implementing electronic design entry Disclosed are improved approaches for implementing design entry. An efficient, spread-sheet based representation is provided for both the instances and connections in a design. Visualization techniques provide the user with visual cues, to direct and identify compat... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091047 | System and method for implementing image-based design rules Systems and methods for creating and implementing two-dimensional (2D), image-based design rules (IBDRs) are disclosed. Techniques for creating 2D IBDR can include identifying a search pattern that is representative of a 2D pattern of interest of a design, creating ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090074 | Systems and methods for obtaining reconstructed images during a treatment session A medical system includes a treatment radiation source configured to deliver treatment radiation during a treatment session, an imaging system configured to obtain image data during the treatment session, and a processor configured to determine a beam break, and aut... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087635 | Pneumatic pinch valve A pneumatic pinch valve assembly having a lever, a piston supporting a pressing piece, and a fluid tube receiving space formed between the lever and the pressing piece for receiving fluid tubes is disclosed. Air is introduced into a cavity to actuate the piston in o... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086983 | Method and system for performing improved timing window analysis A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for performing crosstalk analysis using first-order parameterized analysis modeling. The approach can be used to factor in the effect of process variations within the definition of timing windows. This app... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086978 | Method and system for performing statistical leakage characterization, analysis, and modeling A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for performing statistical leakage power characterization to estimate yield of a circuit in terms of leakage power. According to some approaches, this is performed with consideration of state correlation. | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086564 | Techniques for the logical replication of high-level procedures A method and system that annotates a redo log to provide information concerning the execution of a procedure at a primary database. The annotations include entry and exit markers that indicate the beginning and the end of the execution along with any arguments passe... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082416 | Systems and methods for utilizing an extended translation look-aside buffer having a hybrid memory structure Extended translation look-aside buffers (eTLB) for converting virtual addresses into physical addresses are presented, the eTLB including, a physical memory address storage having a number of physical addresses, a virtual memory address storage configured to store a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079005 | Method and system for performing pattern classification of patterns in integrated circuit designs Disclosed is an approach for performing pattern classification for electronic designs. One advantage of this approach is that it can use fast pattern matching techniques to classify both patterns and markers based on geometric similarity. In this way, the large numb... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078997 | Method, system, and computer program product for implementing a direct measurement model for an electronic circuit design Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to a method, system, and computer program product for implementing direct measurement model with simulation and calibration of manufacturing process model in the manufacturing of precision devices s... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078588 | Recoverable execution Systems and methods for providing a one-step API that executes a series of atomic transactions in a database system. In one implementation, each atomic transaction is associated with a forward block of code that effects changes, an undo block of code that reverses t... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075559 | Apparatus and method for integrated vessel ligator and transector Surgical treatment of tissue includes electro cauterization of blood vessels interposed between spaced sets of electrodes of opposite polarity, and includes transection of such tissue by a cutter that is mounted between the spaced sets of electrodes for translationa... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069432 | Method and system for performing statistical leakage characterization, analysis, and modeling A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for performing statistical leakage power characterization to estimate yield of a circuit in terms of leakage power. According to some approaches, this is performed with consideration of bi-exponential mode... | 11/29/2011 |
