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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7262003 | Plant test procedure to detect natural, semi-synthetic, synthetic compounds and physical stress factors through expression of distinct responses The present invention relates to a method of testing Bacopa monnieri response to abiotic stress factors and for testing bioactivity of natural, synthetic and semisynthetic compounds using Bacopa monnieri plant, which comprises growing the said plant an... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247384 | Modification of silicon-containing scanning probe microscopy tips and growth of oligo-or poly (ethylene glycol) films on silicon surfaces through formation of Si-C bonds The present invention provides for a practical method of grafting oligo- and/or poly(ethyleneglycol) (OEG and/or PEG) derivatives onto hydrogen-terminated silicon surfaces, including the surfaces of silicon scanning probe microscopy (SPM) tips, by hydrosilylation of... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240299 | Method for improving usage of a graphic user interface pointing device A two part method for improving the usage of a pointing device by a physically impaired user is disclosed. A first method is provided for learning how a user moves the pointing device by acquiring motion data for a user and generating motion vectors corresponding to... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7214749 | Catalyst system for high activity and stereoselectivity in the homopolymerization and copolymerization of olefins The present invention is directed to a novel composition, and to a method of making the composition, the composition being useful in catalyst systems for the homopolymerization and/or copolymerization of olefins, wherein such catalyst systems display a higher level ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208972 | Circuit for generating a tracking reference voltage Two or more integrated circuit (IC) chips are separated by a significant distance relative to their communication frequency such that pseudo-differential signaling is used to improve signal detection. A derived reference voltage is generated that tracks the variatio... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198045 | Low pressure hyperbaric chamber and method of using the same A low pressure hyperbaric chambers and methods of using same are disclosed. The present invention provides means for designing, building, and using low pressure chambers suitable for use in managing pain associated with medical conditions. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194619 | Remotely booting devices in a dense server environment without manually installing authentication parameters on the devices to be booted A method, system and computer program product for remotely booting devices. A deployment server may remotely transmit authentication parameter(s), e.g., public key, secret key, to a service unit configured to establish a private connection between server blades and ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192836 | Method and system for providing halo implant to a semiconductor device with minimal impact to the junction capacitance A method and system for providing a halo implant to a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method and system includes providing a thin photoresist layer that covers a substantial amount of an active area including a source region and a drain region of the semicond... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194603 | SMT flush arbitration A methodology to process flushes in an SMT processor with a dynamically shared group completion table (GCT) and a Flush table comprises identification of incoming flush sources by thread. This uses the forward link array by flush source to determine the next instruc... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194725 | System and method for design rule creation and selection A method of producing design rules including generating a plurality of parametrically varying geometric layouts and simulating how each geometric layout will pattern on a wafer. Edges of structures within the simulated geometric layouts can be classified based on ma... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189568 | Method and composition for clonal propagation of The present invention provides a method of clonal propagation of Pandanus amaryllifolius and further provides a composition for the clonal propagation of scented Pandanus amaryllifolius. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185175 | Configurable bi-directional bus for communicating between autonomous units Processing units (PUs) are coupled with a gated bi-directional bus structure that allows the PUs to be cascaded. Each PUn has communication logic and function logic. Each PUn is physically coupled to two other PUs, a PUp and a PUf. The communication logic receives L... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176146 | Method of making a molecule-surface interface This invention is generally related to a method of making a molecule-surface interface comprising at least one surface comprising at least one material and at least one organic group wherein the organic group is adjoined to the surface and the method comprises conta... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7178165 | Additional layer in operating system to protect system from hacking A method, system and computer program product for preventing at least in part a hacker from performing unwanted activities such as in a file system. A security layer may be added in the kernel space configured to determine whether a request to provide a service from... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167982 | Securing decrypted files in a shared environment A method, system and computer program product for securing decrypted files in a shared environment. A filter driver in a kernel space may be configured to control service requests to encrypted files stored in a shared area, e.g., a shared directory on a disk unit, a... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160025 | Micromixer apparatus and methods of using same Microfluidics mixing apparatus and methods of using same are disclosed for mixing fluids using increasing centrifugal force as the fluids being mixed traverse a mixing channel. One inventive apparatus comprises a generally planar substrate having a top major surface... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161309 | Protecting a cold cathode fluorescent lamp from a large transient current when voltage supply transitions from a low to a high voltage A compensation circuit for protecting a lamp from a large transient current. The compensation circuit may include a saw tooth generator configured to generate a saw tooth signal with an amplitude corresponding to a supply voltage of the lamp. A pulse width modulated... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157036 | Method to reduce adhesion between a conformable region and a pattern of a mold The present invention provides a method to reduce adhesion between a conformable region on a substrate and a pattern of a mold, which selectively comes into contact with the conformable region. The method features forming a conformable material on the substrate and ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153688 | Rock assay for predicting oil or gas in target reservoirs The present invention relates to assays for ascribing catalytic activity to rock samples by virtue of zero-valent transition metals potentially being present within the sample. Embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to novel assays for measuring... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150864 | Ropes comprised of single-walled and double-walled carbon nanotubes The present invention concerns a method for growing carbon nanotubes using a catalyst system that preferentially promotes the growth of single- and double-wall carbon nanotubes, rather than larger multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Ropes of the carbon nanotubes are form... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149818 | Method to communicate PHY mean square error to upper layer device driver for rate negotiation A method for communicating a Physical Layer (PHY) mean square error (MSE) to an upper layer device driver includes: receiving a frame by the PHY; computing a MSE for the frame by the PHY; sending the MSE and the frame to a Media Access Control (MAC); inserting the M... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147060 | Method, system and apparatus for orienting casing and liners A method and system are provided for installing an oriented conduit section in a well-bore having a substantially non-vertical axis. In one example, the system comprises: means for inserting a conduit a the well-bore, wherein the conduit comprises a section to be or... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142015 | Fast turn-off circuit for controlling leakage A buffer, logic circuit, and data processing system employing fast turn-off drive circuitry for reducing leakage. Leakage current in logic circuitry is managed by coupling and decoupling the voltage potentials applied to large, high-leakage devices. Circuitry includ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141411 | Decaffeinating microorganism and process of bio-decaffeination of caffeine containing solutions The present invention relates to a simple, safe, and efficient process for the complete bio-decaffeination of caffeine-containing solutions using fungus Pseudomonas alcaligenes CFR 1708, a method of isolating pseudomonas alcaligenes CFR 1708 useful for... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7143267 | Partitioning prefetch registers to prevent at least in part inconsistent prefetch information from being stored in a prefetch register of a multithreading processor A method and multithreaded processor for dynamically reallocating prefetch registers upon the processor switching modes of operation. An execution unit may be coupled to a prefetch engine where the execution unit may be configured to receive prefetch instructions re... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138100 | Process for making single-wall carbon nanotubes utilizing refractory particles A continuous gas-phase method for producing single-wall carbon nanotubes at high catalyst productivity and high yield is disclosed. The method involves the use of a novel in-situ formed catalyst to initiate and grow single-wall carbon nanotubes using a carbon-contai... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137080 | Method for determining and using leakage current sensitivities to optimize the design of an integrated circuit An integrated circuit design has circuit macros made up of device cells. The cells are characterized by determining the leakage current dependency on various process, environmental and voltage parameters. When circuit macros are designed their leakage power is calcu... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7137141 | Single sign-on to an underlying operating system application A method and computer program product for bypassing the initial sign-on of an underlying operating system with single sign-on capability. In one embodiment, a method comprises the step of providing an application framework which logs on a user with a first level of ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133423 | Maintaining synchronization between frame control word and data frame pairs in a home network A method and system for maintaining synchronization in a home network is disclosed. The home network includes a host ethernet media access controller and an HPNA chip, where control frame and data frame pairs are transferred between the host ethernet media access co... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129859 | Method and apparatus for minimizing threshold variation from body charge in silicon-on-insulator circuitry Circuitry used to de-skew data channels coupling parallel data signals over a communication link employs SOI circuitry that is subject to generating pulse distortion due to the history effect modifying threshold voltages. To substantially eliminate the pulse distort... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129754 | Controlled load limited switch dynamic logic circuitry An LSDL circuit replaces the normal clock control of the pre-charge device for the dynamic node with a control signal that is logic zero whenever the circuit is in an active mode and is a logic one when the circuit is in standby mode. The pre-charge device holds the... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129860 | System and method for performing scalable embedded parallel data decompression A parallel decompression system and method that decompresses input compressed data in one or more decompression cycles, with a plurality of tokens typically being decompressed in each cycle in parallel. A parallel decompression engine may include an input for receiv... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125534 | Catalytic growth of single- and double-wall carbon nanotubes from metal particles Single-walled carbon nanotubes have been synthesized by the catalytic decomposition of both carbon monoxide and ethylene over a supported metal catalyst known to produce larger multi-walled nanotubes. Under certain conditions, there is no termination of nanotube gro... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125533 | Method for functionalizing carbon nanotubes utilizing peroxides A method for functionalizing the wall of single-wall or multi-wall carbon nanotubes involves the use of acyl peroxides to generate carbon-centered free radicals. The method allows for the chemical attachment of a variety of functional groups to the wall or end cap o... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125502 | Fibers of aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes and process for making the same The present invention involves fibers of highly aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes and a process for making the same. The present invention provides a method for effectively dispersing single-wall carbon nanotubes. The process for dispersing the single-wall carbon... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125308 | Bead blast activation of carbon nanotube cathode Activation of printed or dispensed carbon nanotube (CNT) film using a particle-blasting technique, also referred to as sandblasting or bead blasting. The process works by sending particles of material at high enough velocity such that when the particles hit the surf... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126081 | Radial pulsed arc discharge gun for synthesizing nanopowders A system and method for synthesizing nanopowder which provides for precursor material ablation from two opposing electrodes that are spaced apart within a gaseous atmosphere, where a plasma is created by a high power pulsed electrical discharge between the electrode... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127562 | Ensuring orderly forward progress in granting snoop castout requests A method and system for ensuring orderly forward progress in granting snoop castout requests. Masters may include a tag (“request tag”) in their transfer requests to a bus macro. The request tag indicates the order of the request issued by the master. If the bus... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122710 | Fluorination of polymeric C The present invention is directed towards the fluorination of polymeric C60 and towards the chemical and physical modifications of polymeric C60 that can be accomplished through fluorination. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122079 | Composition for an etching mask comprising a silicon-containing material The present invention includes a composition for a silicon-containing material used as an etch mask for underlying layers. More specifically, the silicon-containing material may be used as an etch mask for a patterned imprinted layer comprising protrusions and reces... | 10/17/2006 |
