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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D638117 | Inhalation therapy nebuliser | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941833 | Enhanced shared secret provisioning protocol An Enhanced Shared Secret Provisioning Protocol (ESSPP) provides a novel method and system for adding devices to a network in a secure manner. A registration process is launched at two network devices together within a predetermined time interval. These two devices ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941831 | Dynamic update of authentication information A framework is provided that decouples credential acquisition from authentication processes using those credentials in a way that facilitates dynamic update of credential information. An authentication component may receive credential information for authentication ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941672 | Regeneration of a secret quantity from an intergrated circuit identifier A method and a circuit for generating a secret quantity based on an identifier of an integrated circuit, including combining a first digital word derived from a physical parameter network with a second word stored in a non-volatile memory element. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941639 | Protection of the execution of a program A method for protecting the execution of a main program against possible traps, including, on occurrence of an instruction from the main program, starting a time counter of a given count according to next instructions of the main program, and executing, once the cou... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941312 | Dynamic mixed-initiative dialog generation in speech recognition Disclosed are a method (500), apparatus (100) and computer program product for generating a mixed-initiative dialog to obtain information for dialog slots. A composite grammar dependent upon a set of unfilled slots is constructed (501). A prompt... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941235 | Playback apparatus, playback method, playback system and recording medium In a playback apparatus, when a transmission finished notification for kth decompressed digital data is received via a communication portion, a control portion detects a silence start position in the kth decompressed digital data that is stored in the first buffer, ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940885 | Methods and apparatus for obtaining low-dose imaging In one aspect, A method of imaging an object of interest positioned in an exposure area is provided. The method comprises obtaining projection data of the object by providing radiation to the exposure area and detecting at least some of the radiation exiting the obj... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940606 | Signal detecting device and signal detecting method A signal detecting device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a near-field light generating section that is provided on the semiconductor substrate and generates near-field light near an interface with the semiconductor substrate; a light source that outputs light ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940030 | DC-DC converter with current overload protection circuit and method A DC-DC converter including: a switch, having a control terminal receiving a control signal, and a conduction terminal supplying a current; a load, coupled to the conduction terminal of the switch and selectively receiving the current; a control circuit, receiving a... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939887 | Active semiconductor component with a reduced surface area A semiconductor component in which the active junctions extend perpendicularly to the surface of a semiconductor chip substantially across the entire thickness thereof. The contacts with the regions to be connected are provided by conductive fingers substantially cr... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939317 | Transgenic animals secreting desired proteins into milk A DNA sequence containing a gene encoding a protein, the gene being under the transcriptional control in the DNA sequence of a mammalian milk protein promoter which does not naturally control the transcription of the gene, such DNA sequence including DNA enabling se... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939292 | Modified heparinase III and methods of sequencing therewith The invention relates to heparinase III and mutants thereof. Modified forms of heparinase III having reduced enzymatic activity which are useful for a variety of purposes, including sequencing of heparin-like glycosaminoglycans (HLGAGs), removing active heparan sulf... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939277 | Methods and assays for distinguishing between different forms of diseases and disorders characterized by thrombocytopenia and/or by spontaneous interaction between Von Willebrand Factor (vWF) and platelets The invention relates to a method for distinguishing between different states or forms of diseases and disorders characterized by thrombocytopenia and/or by spontaneous interaction between Von Willebrand Factor (vWF) and platelets, and/or to predict the progression ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939198 | Composite cathodes, electrochemical cells comprising novel composite cathodes, and processes for fabricating same The present invention pertains to composite cathodes suitable for use in an electrochemical cell, said cathodes comprising: (a) an electroactive sulfur-containing cathode material, wherein said electroactive sulfur-containing cathode material, in its oxidized state,... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637653 | Game tablet | 05/10/2011 |
| D637484 | Beverage cartridge | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937753 | Method and apparatus for distributed information management The information management system such as might be used for a source code management system. The information management system is distributed throughout an enterprise and is operated to allow secure communications with remote sites connected to a central site over a... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937625 | Evaluating effectiveness of memory management techniques selectively using mitigations to reduce errors A mitigation enablement module for a computer that improves application reliability. When performing memory management operations, the mitigation enablement module and associated memory manager selectively use mitigations that are intended to prevent an application ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937590 | Secure identification with biometric data A secure method and device of identification by biometric data in which digital biometric data obtained by a sensor are combined with an identifier of an integrated circuit chip contained in a device common to the sensor. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937394 | Method and system for dynamically processing ambiguous, reduced text search queries and highlighting results thereof A method and system are provided of processing a search query entered by a user of a device having a text input interface with overloaded keys. The search query is directed at identifying an item from a set of items. Each of the items has a name including one or mor... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937268 | Facilitating navigation of voice data A system, system, and program for facilitating navigation of voice data are provided. Tokens are added to voice data based on predefined content criteria. Then, bidirectional scanning of the voice data to a next token within the voice data is enabled, such that navi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937263 | System and method for tokenization of text using classifier models The present invention pertains to a system and method for the tokenization of text. The featurizer may be configured to receive input text and convert the input text into tokens. According to one aspect of the invention, the tokens may include only one type of chara... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937121 | Intelligent data network with power management capabilities In one embodiment, a method for implementing two-way communication between at least first and second devices comprises steps of: (a1) during finite time periods following transmission of respective first messages from the first device to the second device, using the... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936875 | Protection of a digital quantity contained in an integrated circuit comprising a JTAG interface A method and a circuit for protecting a digital quantity stored in a microcontroller including a JTAG interface, including the step of making the digital quantity dependent from a value stored in non-volatile fashion in the microcontroller and made inaccessible if s... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936657 | Apparatus for initializing and method of manufacturing optical disc, and initialization reference plate An embodiment of the present invention includes rotating an integrated disc formed by temporarily fixing an initialization reference plate to an uninitialized optical disc that is an optical disc to be irradiated with a light beam of light having a predetermined or ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936656 | Optical disc apparatus, focus position control method and optical disc An optical disc apparatus and a focus position control method can highly accurately record recording marks representing information on or reproduce such recording marks from an optical disc. A blue light beam is irradiated onto the target depth to be irradiated by d... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935795 | Human monoclonal antibody binding to hGM-CSF and its antigen binding portion The present invention provides a human monoclonal antibody, and antigen-binding portions thereof, capable of binding to human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (hGM-CSF) and neutralizing the bioactivity of the hGM-CSF, wherein the anti-hGM-CSF monoclo... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935675 | Immunostimulatory nucleic acid molecules Nucleic acid sequences containing unmethylated CpG dinucleotides that modulate an immune response including stimulating a Th1 pattern of immune activation, cytokine production, NK lytic activity, and B cell proliferation are disclosed. The sequences are also useful ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935496 | Diagnosis of preeclampsia The present invention provides methods and compositions related to the detection and/or monitoring of the levels of angiogenic factors, specifically VEGF, PlGF and sFlt-1, in urine samples obtained from pregnant women and the effects of such levels on the risk of de... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934841 | Optical display systems and methods Optical display systems and methods are disclosed. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637294 | Peritoneal dialysis machine | 05/03/2011 |
| D637293 | Dialysis machine | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934129 | Network hang recovery A method of detecting a network hang and restoring an application that communicates on a connection giving rise to the network hang. A user experience may be improved by providing the user with an option to restore the hung application without losing unsaved data or... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933942 | Low cost, high purity sign wave generator An automatic test system that includes low cost and accurate circuitry for generating sinusoidal signals. Each sinusoidal signal generator produces a series of digital values approximating a sine wave. These values are computed, avoiding the need for large memories ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933617 | Content reproducing device, content reproducing system, automatic content receiving method, and automatic content transferring method Disclosed herein is a portable type content reproducing device for reproducing content data, said portable type content reproducing device including, a radio communication unit, a nonvolatile storage unit, a reproduction processing unit, a connection controlling uni... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933412 | In-vehicle communication system and method therefor, in-vehicle communication terminal, communication method therefor, program recording medium, and program Display devices are connected with a content server mounted inside a vehicle by a wireless communication technology as stipulated in IEEE802.11b. The content server and display devices share common keys (encryption key and corresponding decryption key) acted on by k... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933344 | OFDMA based on cognitive radio A multiuser scheme allowing for a number of users, sets of user, or carriers to share one or more channels is provided. In the invention, the available channel bandwidth is subdivided into a number of equal-bandwidth subchannels according to standard OFDM practice. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933177 | Optical pickup apparatus, optical read/write apparatus, and gap control method An optical pickup apparatus includes a light source, focusing optics, a light detector, a controller, and a drive unit. The drive unit first drives the focusing optics to a specific position on an information recording medium. Light from the light source irradiates ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933145 | Nonvolatile magnetic memory device A nonvolatile magnetic memory device includes a magnetoresistance effect element that includes: a layered structure having a recording layer; a first wiring electrically connected to a lower part of the layered structure; a second wiring electrically connected to an... | 04/26/2011 |
