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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185858 | Apparatus, method, and program for predicting layout wiring congestion A layout-wiring-congestion prediction apparatus. The layout-wiring-congestion prediction apparatus includes: a circuit-data providing section providing circuit data; a conversion processing section converting the provided circuit data into directed graph data; a nod... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185821 | Table generating method, information processing apparatus, and recording medium having recorded table generating program thereon A method of generating a table in which data having time or period information is laid out at corresponding positions along a chronological axis includes the steps of displaying a table generating screen including a table generating area; displaying the chronologica... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185740 | Consumer computer health validation Consumer computers that are not properly configured for safe access to a web service are protected from damage by controlling access to web services based on the health of the client computer. A client health web service receives health information from the client c... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185553 | Categorization of information using natural language processing and predefined templates A computer implemented method for generating a report that includes latent information, comprising receiving an input data stream that includes latent information, performing one of normalization, validation, and extraction of the input data stream, processing the i... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185456 | Method and system for structuring a mortgage Methods and systems are configured to structure a collateralized loan such that a borrower's future income is factored into the determination of payment amounts due to a lender. The methods and systems disclosed herein provide benefits to both lenders and borrowers ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185120 | Cellular service with improved service availability A cellular communication system in which overload of a base station is averted by offering users the option to communicate using a spectrum outside of the spectrum allocated for cellular communication. Incentives are offered to connect to the base station using the ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185071 | Tuner module A tuner module includes a filter that reduces the signal level outside the frequency band of a selected channel in an input RF signal of terrestrial television broadcasting, a local oscillation circuit that oscillates a local oscillation signal, a mixing circuit tha... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185054 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium There is provided an information processing apparatus according to the present invention performing a bidirectional communication with another information processing apparatus through a plurality of channels in a predetermined frequency band, and including a selecti... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183098 | SOI device with contact trenches formed during epitaxial growing A method for manufacturing an integrated electronic device. The method includes providing an SOI substrate having a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer on the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor starting layer on the insulating layer; epitaxially g... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182852 | Method and device for multistage product frying A method is described wherein products, such as potato chips, vegetables, fruits, nuts or the like are fried in at least two stages. In the first stage the products are fried at a temperature between 90-190° C., where after the products are being transported to the... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182545 | Implantable prosthesis An implantable prosthesis and a method of repairing an anatomical defect, such as a tissue or muscle wall defect, by promoting tissue growth thereto, while limiting the incidence of postoperative adhesions between a portion of the prosthesis and tissue or organs. Th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182289 | High density electrical connector with variable insertion and retention force An interconnection system that includes a daughter card and backplane electrical connectors mounted to printed circuit boards at connector footprints. The spring rate of beam-shaped contacts in the daughter card connector increases while mating with the backplane co... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181986 | Directional device for deployment of an airbag A directional device for the deployment of an airbag includes a deflection element that directs airbag deployment, the deflection element on actuation of the airbag exerting a pressure on the airbag which is directed away from the windscreen during the entire airbag... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660418 | Limiter for dispensing device | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181113 | Mediating conflicts in computer users context data Techniques are described providing mediated information about a current state that is modeled with multiple state attributes. In some situations, the providing includes receiving from a first source an indication of a first value for an indicated one of the state at... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180002 | Digital signal processing device, digital signal processing method, and digital signal processing program The present invention provides a digital signal processing device that considerably reduces a return noise generated in a processing result signal in specific signal processing without wastefully increasing the processing load. There is provided a digital signal pro... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179996 | Method and device for decoding a signal A method and a circuit for determining the frame header of a signal that can be applied to standard DVBS2. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178907 | Nanoscopic wire-based electrical crossbar memory-devices and arrays Electrical devices comprised of nanoscopic wires are described, along with methods of their manufacture and use. The nanoscopic wires can be nanotubes, preferably single-walled carbon nanotubes. They can be arranged in crossbar arrays using chemically patterned surf... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178579 | Dioxanes and uses thereof In recognition of the need to develop novel therapeutic agents and efficient methods for the synthesis thereof, the present invention provides novel compounds of general formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable derivati... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178426 | Method for manufacturing a structure of semiconductor-on-insulator type A method for manufacturing an insulated semiconductor layer, including: forming a porous silicon layer on a single-crystal silicon surface; depositing an insulating material so that it penetrates into the pores of the porous silicon layer; eliminating the insulating... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178233 | Case for miniature fuel cells A case for fuel cells including an upper plate formed of a stack of a first insulating board, portions of a first conductive layer, a second insulating board, and a second conductive layer, this stack including windows, fuel cells being placed under the first insula... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177576 | Connector with an inner mold integral with a printed circuit board with pinholes penetrating a body of the connector A connector comprises a connector body (40), a connector upper housing (10), a locking component (20) and a connecting assembly (30) provided within the connector body (40). The locking component (20) includes a locking knob... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659924 | Steam mop | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176118 | Server device, client device, information processing system, information processing method, and program An information processing method of an information processing system including a client device functioning as a client and a server device functioning as a server which are capable of communication via a network, includes the steps of: at the server device, managing... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175976 | Method for providing and obtaining content In a data providing server 1101, whether or not specified compressed content data D51 generated by means of a specified compression coding method corresponding to terminal identification information has been stored in a content database 1113 is ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175883 | Speech recognition system and method According to the present invention, a method for integrating processes with a multi-faceted human centered interface is provided. The interface is facilitated to implement a hands free, voice driven environment to control processes and applications. A natural langua... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175571 | Communication equipment and communication system A communication system includes: sender-side communication equipment including a detection unit configured to detect information indicating the condition of a user, and a transmission unit configured to transmit information indicating the condition of the user detec... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175317 | Audio reproducing apparatus and audio reproducing method An audio reproducing apparatus is disclosed. The audio reproducing apparatus includes a plurality of speaker units and a directivity controlling section. The radiation surfaces of the plurality of speaker units outwardly face. The directivity controlling section con... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175202 | Receiver with clock drift compensation A receiver is described including circuitry for deriving at least a first stream of first digitized samples from a received analog signal at a first sampling rate, circuitry for selecting a first sampling point and at least a second sampling point, a demodulator for... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174170 | Methods and apparatus for mechanical resonating structures Mechanical resonating structures and related methods are described. The mechanical resonating structures may provide improved efficiency over conventional resonating structures. Some of the structures have lengths and widths and are designed to vibrate in a directio... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174090 | Packaging structure The invention discloses a packaging structure and packaging method. The packaging structure includes a solder bump, a pad located on a front side of a chip, and an intermediate metal layer which connects the solder bump and the pad, wherein a through hole passing fr... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173860 | Non-human transgenic mammal expressing a human FcRn on its mammary gland cells and expressing a transgenic protein-human Fc-domain fusion The invention provides, in part, methods for the production of proteins in a transgenic non-human mammal, wherein the proteins are transported from the blood to the mammary gland for secretion in milk. The transport of the protein to the mammary gland and/or milk is... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173384 | Methods for analyzing or processing a heparin sample The invention relates to methods and products for analyzing or processing a heparin sample. In one embodiment, the methods comprise contacting the sample with heparinase I, heparinase II and heparinase III, determining the amount of a signature component in the samp... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172857 | Endoscopic tissue apposition device and method of use An endoscopic tissue apposition device that includes a vacuum chamber configured to securely hold a portion of tissue therein, the vacuum chamber being defined by a proximal wall and a distal wall opposite to the proximal wall. Working and vacuum channels are provid... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172784 | Compositions, methods, and devices for treating liver disease Described are compositions and methods for treating liver disease, e.g., acute liver disease, using bone marrow-derived stem cells and bone marrow-derived stem cell conditioned media. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172614 | Differential electrical connector with improved skew control An electrical interconnection system with high speed, differential electrical connectors. The connector is assembled from wafers each containing a column of conductive elements, some of which form differential pairs. Skew control is provided for at least some of the... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172119 | Parallel motion stapler Embodiments described herein relate to a stapler that is constructed in a manner such that the handle of the stapler remains at least substantially parallel to the base as the handle is moved downward by a user to actuate a stapling operation. One illustrative embod... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171252 | Sharing of non-divisible files A method and a system for sharing files recorded by non-divisible sections in a first memory, including dividing each section into subsets to which are respectively assigned specific access rights; storing, in a second memory, separate from the first one, a specific... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171032 | Providing customized electronic information This invention relates to customized electronic identification of desirable objects, such as news articles, in an electronic media environment, and in particular to a system that automatically constructs both a “target profile” for each target object in the elec... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170881 | Distributed voice browser The present invention can include a method of call processing using a distributed voice browser including allocating a plurality of service processors configured to interpret parsed voice markup language data and allocating a plurality of voice markup language parse... | 05/01/2012 |
