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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940798 | Burst transmission A terrestrial digital video broadcasting (DVB-T) network is used to transmit IP datagrams to receiving devices using multiprotocol encapsulation (MPE). MPE datagram section and, if forward error correction (FEC) is used, MPE-FEC datagram sections may include time-sl... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935987 | Epitaxial group III nitride layer on (001)-oriented group IV semiconductor Group III nitride layers have a wide range of uses in electronics and optoelectronics. Such layers are generally grown on substrates such as sapphire, SiC and recently Si(111). For the purpose inter alia of integration with Si-CMOS electronics, growth on Si(001) is ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933583 | Method and apparatus for digital image processing of an image from an image sensor A method and apparatus for providing a mobile terminal with at least one feature setting. The method comprises steps of storing at least a first check-up data in the mobile terminal; linking at least the first check-up data via a feature lock with at least one featu... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930165 | Procedure and device for emulating a programmable unit providing system integrity control A method and corresponding equipment for emulation of a target programmable unit, which has at least one CPU, by means of an external emulation device, which is coupled to the target programmable unit by means of a communication link, comprising: transferring predet... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927157 | Bonding and grounding clamp/connector for electrode conductors By providing a single housing incorporating a central passageway or channel formed therein which is constructed for receiving and retaining a typical grounding rod/grounding electrode conductor and constructing the housing for being quickly and easily mounted and se... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7920706 | Method and system for managing cryptographic keys A key management of cryptographic keys has a data package including one or more cryptographic keys that are transferred to a personal device 100 from a secure processing point 150 of a device assembly line in order to store device specific cryptographi... | 04/05/2011 |
| D635520 | Electrical connector | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916710 | Method, device, system and software product for alternative time division duplex frame structure optimization A method, mobile device, network device, and software product are for forming a time division duplex frame structure, including a downlink pilot timeslot within an initial data timeslot of the frame structure, and also including an uplink pilot timeslot in a further... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916135 | Timing controller and method of generating timing signals A timer controller and method of generating timing signals uses a synchronization signal and a clock signal to generate a timing signal by counting the clock signal only after the synchronization signal has changed states. In a display requiring a dot or line counte... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912715 | Determining distortion measures in a pattern recognition process A method for determining a set of distortion measures in a pattern recognition process, where a sequence of feature vectors is formed from a digitized incoming signal to be recognized, said pattern recognition being based upon said set of distortion measures. The me... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903921 | Manufacturing of optical waveguides Optical waveguide and manufacturing of an optical waveguide comprising embossing at least one groove into a first substrate by rolling, applying at least a second substrate into the groove and covering at least the groove with a third substrate such that the groove ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901256 | Bonding and grounding clamp/connector for electrode conductors By providing a single housing incorporating a central passageway or channel formed therein which is constructed for receiving and retaining a typical grounding rod/grounding electrode conductor and constructing the housing for being quickly and easily mounted and se... | 03/08/2011 |
| D633873 | Conduit sealing bushing | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898821 | Apparatus and arrangement for shielding a light emitting diode against electrostatic discharge The invention relates to an apparatus and arrangement for shielding a light emitting diode against electrostatic discharges during usage. On a printed circuit board (103, 203) there is placed a light emitting diode (108, 208), and on the component side... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7889689 | Supporting a switch between channels for a multicast transmission The invention relates to switching between a point-to-multipoint channel and a point-to-point channel for transmitting multicast data from a mobile communication network to a mobile station. According to a first aspect of the invention, the mobile station determines... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885506 | Device and a method for polarized illumination of a micro-display A display device comprises a light source to provide an input light beam, a substrate having an input surface to form an in-coupled light beam by receiving light of the input light beam, wherein the in-coupled light beam is confined to the substrate by total interna... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882782 | Printing device having print head and counterpressure surface in fixed relationship A printing device for printing sheet elements (2) that are serially fed to the printing device, in particular product labels made of temperature-sensitive paper or paper substitute materials, comprises at least two separate feed devices (3a, . .... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880270 | Vertical bipolar transistor A vertical heterobipolar transistor comprising a substrate of semiconductor material of a first conductivity type and an insulation region provided therein, a first semiconductor electrode arranged in an opening of the insulation region and comprising monocrystallin... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7880189 | Dislocation-based light emitter A light-emitting semiconductor component comprising a substrate which has a first interface between a first and a second silicon layer, whose lattice structures which are considered as ideal are rotated relative to each other through a twist angle about a first axis... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7848522 | Method for authenticating a user in a terminal, an authentication system, a terminal, and an authorization device The invention relates to a method for authenticating the user of a terminal (5), in which terminal a device (15) for verifying the rights to use is applied for running an authentication protocol. The device (15) for verifying the rights to use i... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7870196 | System and methods for using an application layer control protocol transporting spatial location information pertaining to devices connected to wired and wireless internet protocol networks Application layer signaling is provided from users registering at a presence server for a presence service wherein upon reception the signaling is checked for spatial location information and stored for future use in providing the presence service in association wit... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869974 | Connector or other circuit element having an indirectly coupled integrated circuit An apparatus (130) including an integrated circuit (200 200a) and at least one coupler (302a 302b) for electromagnetically coupling the integrated circuit (200 200a) to a conductor (323a | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869813 | Position detection with frequency smoothing The invention relates to a method for calculating a position of a mobile communications equipment. In order to obtain a more accurate position information of the mobile communications equipment, receiving physical communication channels within the mobile communicati... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7860709 | Audio encoding with different coding frame lengths The invention relates to a method for supporting an encoding of an audio signal, wherein at least one section of the audio signal is to be encoded with a coding model that allows the use of different coding frame lengths. In order to enable a simple selection of the... | 12/28/2010 |
| D629869 | Valve for a toilet installation | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856235 | Position detection with frequency smoothing The invention relates to a method for calculating a position of a mobile communications equipment. In order to obtain a more accurate position information of the mobile communications equipment, receiving physical communication channels within the mobile communicati... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7855865 | Circuitry protection arrangement A circuit and a method are provided for protecting sensitive circuitry from over voltage and over current during a double fault situation. The circuit may be used in a portable electronic device, and may include an over voltage protection component and an over curre... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7855404 | Bipolar complementary semiconductor device A complementary BiCMOS semiconductor device comprises a substrate of a first conductivity type and a number of active regions which are provided therein and which are delimited in the lateral direction by shallow field insulation regions, in which vertical npn-bipol... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7855008 | Battery holder The invention relates to a battery holder 30 for an electronic device. In order to provide an improved possibility of exchanging a battery of an electronic device, it is proposed that the battery holder 30 comprises an outer surface 31, means | 12/21/2010 |
| 7854083 | Cartridge magazine for firearms A cartridge magazine for firearms has an elongated channel to receive a plurality of cartridges. The cartridge magazine has a box forming a housing of the cartridge magazine, a spring operated follower for pressing the cartridges in the magazine to an upper position... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7850333 | Planar circuit for driving gas discharge lamps Gas discharge lamps can be driven with a circuit with a small form factor by an arrangement comprising a planar printed wiring board with at least one coil for driving a gas discharge lamp, wherein a reflector plate of the gas discharge lamp supports the planar prin... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844046 | Method for generating a telephone number Method for generating a telephone number in a device comprising at least a display for presenting a first character string. At least one second character string (1) containing a telephone number is selected from the first character string presented on the dis... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843974 | Audio and video synchronization The present invention relates to media synchronization. The invention is mainly addressed to synchronization of continuous media streams that are provided in data transfer systems. In a sending device, at least one of media components being transferred is provided, ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843379 | Symmetrical multi-path method for determining the distance between two transmitter-receivers The invention relates to a symmetrical multi-path method for determining the spatial distance between two transmitter-receivers. Both transmitter-receivers set off at least one signal round in each case. A signal round comprises the steps: a) transmitti... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7841115 | Mounting systems A mounting system for displaying planar articles (13) comprising a plate (10) of a magnetic material, a plurality of fingers (12) projecting from the plate (10), the fingers (12) having co-planar support surfaces, and magnets (1... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7839915 | Reception of a spread spectrum modulated signal The present invention relates to a receiver for receiving a spread spectrum modulated signal, comprising a sampler for forming samples of a received signal, at least one reference code block for generating at least first and second reference codes, and a correlation... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7829799 | Method for manufacturing a miniaturized three-dimensional electric component Manufacturing of miniaturised three-dimensional electric components are presented, as well as components manufactured by the methods. The manufacturing methods comprise micro-replication of at least one master structure, e.g. via a mould structure, in at least one p... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7825680 | Componet supplied with an analog value An apparatus comprises at least one component arranged to be supplied with at least one analog value. In order to enable a testing of the at least one component, the apparatus further comprises at least one comparator configured to compare at least one analog value,... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7821399 | RFID optimized capability negotiations A near field communication (NFC) device is capable of operating as an NFC initiator device or an NFC target device for exchanging request and response messages with another similar device in order to determine a secondary transport mechanism suitable for communicati... | 10/26/2010 |
| D626087 | Grounding bridge | 10/26/2010 |
