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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949630 | Storage of data addresses with hashes in backup systems Seek operations required to perform restore processes at an HFS server are reduced by storing storage addresses of data associated with hash values included in recipes with the recipes. In a typical embodiment, an HFS server receives a recipe for entry into a hash f... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947466 | Methods for identifying agents that modulate LGIC receptor activity Fluorescence based screening assays are provided that allow for the for identification of agents that selectively bind to a ligand-gated ion channel (LGIC) such as a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). Also provided are methods for identifying agents that sele... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946936 | Sports system A sports system may include a base and a support structure that is sized and configured to support a goal, such as a netball goal or a basketball goal, at a height above a playing surface. The base may be constructed from plastic and may include a hollow interior po... | 05/24/2011 |
| D638367 | Secure cable distribution box | 05/24/2011 |
| D638235 | Chair frame | 05/24/2011 |
| D638232 | Chair | 05/24/2011 |
| D638230 | Chair | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945950 | Generic interactive challenges in a distributed system A challenge mechanism in which a challenge is issued from one message processor to another. In generating the challenge, the message processor may select any one or more of a number of available interactive challenge types, where each type of challenge type might us... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945949 | Providing remote services to legacy applications A developer can provide complex services to existing legacy applications using one or more components configured to tap into a service abstraction framework. In one implementation, for example, a developer of a remote service provider adds one or more authentication... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945906 | Method and software tools for intelligent service pack installation A software tool and method are provided for selectively installing service packs in a computer system according to dependency information and whether or not an upgrade to an application is scheduled. The method comprises prompting a user for desired setup informatio... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945904 | Embedding expression in XML literals An architecture that extends conventional computer programming languages that compile into an instance of an extensible markup language (XML) document object model (DOM) to provide support for XML literals in the underlying programming language. This architecture fa... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945853 | Script markup A script markup language provides a declarative mechanism for defining script-based interactive behavior and application logic associated with a document. The script markup defining the interactive behavior and application logic is presented as an independent portio... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945849 | Identifying appropriate client-side script references The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying appropriate client-side script references. Embodiments of the invention facilitate tailoring a list of script references to send to a Web browser based on a list of scri... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945819 | Message state maintenance at a message log The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for maintaining message state at a message log. Messages are accumulated at a message log in accordance with a message retention policy. Any of a variety of message capture assurances c... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945631 | Message state maintenance at a cursor The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for maintaining message state at a cursor. A message consumer requests messages from a cursor. The cursor can maintain state information for the message consumers separately from a mess... | 05/17/2011 |
| D637810 | Handbag with interchangeable handbag cover | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941793 | Class initialization method semantics A system and method for mitigating problems associated with automatic execution of initialization code is provided. The system includes an initialization method activator that can call a class initialization method at a pre-determined execution point. The system als... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940459 | Formable fused polymer panels containing light refracting films A dichroic, light refracting resin panel comprises one or more dichroic/refracting films that have been embedded and/or laminated between a plurality of resin substrates, such as copolyester, polycarbonate, and/or acrylic substrates. The dichroic resin panel can be ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940451 | Wavelength converter and wavelength conversion apparatus A wavelength converter which performs simultaneously wavelength conversion for a plurality of input light wavelengths that are unequally intervals, is provided. The nonlinear material of the wavelength converter has a modulation structure which has modulation of a n... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940191 | Movement controlled luminaire and luminaire arrangement A luminaire includes at least one main illuminant and at least one auxiliary illuminant. The main illuminant is provided for a continuous operation. The auxiliary illuminant is controlled by a motion sensor, which activates it when movement is detected. Preferably, ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938843 | Devices configured from heat shaped, strain hardened nickel-titanium Cold worked nickel-titanium alloys that have linear pseudoelastic behavior without a phase transformation or onset of stress-induced martensite as applied to a medical device having a strut formed body deployed from a sheath is disclosed. In one application, an embo... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938526 | Pattern forming method, droplet discharging device and circuit module A method of forming a pattern including: discharging a droplet of a pattern forming material onto a substrate; drying the droplet that has landed on the substrate; and forming a pattern on the substrate, the drying comprising: irradiating a region of the droplet wit... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938502 | Flushing method for fluid ejecting device and fluid ejecting device There is provided a flushing method for a fluid ejecting device that prevents clogging of a nozzle by ejecting a fluid of a set number of droplets at each set time interval in a fluid ejecting process from the nozzle of a fluid ejecting head toward a fluid receiving... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938454 | Sterile connector systems A system for forming a fluid connection includes a first connector and a second connector. Both connectors include a tubular body having a membrane mounted on a distal end thereof. A support member facilitates the coupling of the connectors together so that the memb... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938394 | Recording medium feeding device and recording apparatus A recording medium feeding device includes a recording medium cassette that is detachable from a main body and a recording medium retracting unit that retracts a recording medium lying on a recording medium feeding path back to the recording medium cassette. The rec... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637399 | Interchangeable handbag cover | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937401 | Multidimensional database query extension systems and methods The subject invention pertains to the integration of an object model and a multidimensional database query language such as MDX. In particular, multidimensional declarative query language entities can be exposed through objects in an object model. The object model e... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936872 | Client proximity detection method and system A system and method in a wireless network for discovering which resources (e.g., other wireless computing devices) are proximate a user's wireless computing device. Wireless signal strengths with respect to various base stations are compared with the signal strength... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936551 | Electronic device with electrostatic guiding structure An electronic device with an electrostatic guiding structure includes a metal case, a plastic case overlapping the metal case, a conductive strip, and an electrically insulating strip. The conductive strip is electrically connected to a conductive region of the plas... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936341 | Recognizing selection regions from multiple simultaneous inputs The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for recognizing selection regions from multiple simultaneous inputs. Input selection regions are calculated from simultaneous contacts on a multi-touch input display surface. Computer s... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936262 | Remote tracking system with a dedicated monitoring center A remote tracking system is described that includes one or more remote tracking devices, where each remote tracking device including a cellular transceiver, a positioning system receiver, and a processor connected to the positioning system receiver and the cellular ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936050 | Semiconductor device and method of fabricating semiconductor device A semiconductor device may be fabricated according to a method that reduces stain difference of a passivation layer in the semiconductor device. The method may include forming top wiring patterns in a substrate, depositing a primary undoped silicate glass (USG) laye... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935811 | Apparatus and system having dry gene silencing compositions A reverse transfection apparatus can be used for introducing siRNA into a cell to effect gene silencing. Such an apparatus can include a well plate having a well configured for transfecting cells. The well can include a substantially dry gene silencing composition t... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935652 | Supported nanoparticle catalysts manufactured using caged catalyst atoms Nanoparticle catalysts are manufactured by first preparing a solution of a solvent and a plurality of complexed and caged catalyst atoms. Each of the complexed and caged catalyst atoms has at least three organic ligands forming a cage around the catalyst atom. The c... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935276 | Polymeric materials incorporating carbon nanostructures The present invention relates to novel composites that incorporate carbon nanospheres into a polymeric material. The polymeric material can be any polymer or polymerizable material compatible with graphitic materials. The carbon nanospheres are hollow, graphitic nan... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934786 | Liquid ejecting apparatus and method of driving liquid ejecting head A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head including pressure generation chambers communicating with nozzle openings for ejecting a liquid and pressure generation units which cause pressure variations in the pressure generation chambers. A driving u... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934717 | Sheet transporting device with locking mechanism A rotation-transmitting mechanism includes a first planetary gear mechanism and a locking mechanism. The first planetary gear mechanism transmits rotational driving force to the transportation unit through a first planet gear to rotate the transportation roller when... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934417 | Scanning probe microscope Implementations of the present invention relate to a scanning probe microscope, which includes a base frame to which a probe holder with a probe as well as a probe support are, or can be fixed. The probe and the sample mount can be moved relative to one another in o... | 05/03/2011 |
| RE42325 | Homogeneous multiplex hybridization analysis by color and Tm The invention provides methods and devices for analyzing sequence variations in nucleic acid samples comprising multiple loci, each having two, three or more possible allelic sequences. The method involves combining at least a first and second pair of oligonucleotid... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637184 | Earphone | 05/03/2011 |
