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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157788 | Multi-site drug delivery platform A pharmaceutical composition for administration to a patient body. The composition includes a physiologically-acceptable formulation including at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient, wherein said physiologically-acceptable formulation including said at least ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8132737 | Aircraft air-conditioning system for an aircraft cabin having a plurality of zones An air-conditioning system and associated method for air-conditioning an aircraft cabin including a first zone and a second zone of variable length and at least one intermediate zone is provided. The intermediate zone is selectively associated with the first zone or... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8061154 | Cooling system for the cooling of heat-producing devices in an aircraft A cooling system for the cooling of heat producing devices in an aircraft is designed with a central cold producing device, at least one cold consumer and a cold conveyance system which connects the cold producing device and the cold consumer. With this cooling syst... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8056554 | Man made island with solar energy collection facilities A man-made island adaptable for land-based operation holds solar energy collection facilities and is rotatable to optimize the angular orientation thereof relative to the position of the sun. A platform includes a large outer ring that floats on a fluid and a flexib... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7939582 | Compostable vinyl acetate polymer compositions, composites and landfill biodegradation Compositions of vinyl acetate polymers such as polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) are rendered compostable by a monomeric adduct of an organotitanate or zirconate as a prodegradant. PVAc sheets and composites are compostable in landfills. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7890699 | Processing unit incorporating L1 cache bypass A circuit arrangement and method bypass the storage of requested data in a higher level cache of a multi-level memory architecture during the return of the requested data to a requester, while caching the requested data in a lower level cache. For certain types of d... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7668317 | Audio post processing in DVD, DTV and other audio visual products The method and system of present invention sequences audio post-processing algorithms to simulate live or theater sound. An audio signal is selectively post-processed according to equipment availability and listener preferences. Downmixing or Prologic algorithms are... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7632246 | Injector An injector 20 that may be used to deliver radiographic contrast media and/or flushing solution into a patient's vascular system for the purposes such as obtaining enhanced diagnostic x-ray images. The injector includes the following features: (1) a syringe m... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7624231 | Map based striping of data in a distributed volatile memory environment An apparatus, program product and method stripe value data associated with each of a plurality of keyed data sets across a plurality of processes in a data process set and accessing a first keyed data set among the plurality of keyed data sets using at least one of ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7621892 | Contrast container holder and method to fill syringes The filling of a syringe can be performed at a faster rate using a filling sequence which expels air from the fill tube before filling the syringe. A similar method is used when changing contrast containers during a filling sequence to ensure that all the air is exp... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7603528 | Memory device verification of multiple write operations Verification operations are utilized to effectively verify multiple associated write operations. A verification operation may be initiated after the issuance of a plurality of write operations that initiate the storage of data to a memory storage device, and may be ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7594424 | Automated timer and setpoint selection for pneumatic test equipment A fill time and stabilize and measurement time are determined for a pneumatic testing procedure. The fill time is computed by identifying, in the filling of a sample unit, a time when a substantial portion of variations of a measured variable (due to stabilization) ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7543182 | Automated failover system for logical partitions An apparatus, program product and method improve software updates processes within a logically partitioned environment by creating a new, proxy partition having substantially the same operating characteristics as an original partition, in addition to an updated soft... | 06/02/2009 |
| 6927863 | Apparatus for measuring a measurement object An apparatus for contactlessly measuring a measurement object is proposed, which has an optical sensor, the optical sensor having an optical probe having a light source and a measurement objective for directing a light beam onto a measurement object and a receiver d... | 08/09/2005 |
| 7536514 | Early return indication for read exclusive requests in shared memory architecture An early return indication is used to notify a first communications interface, prior to a response being received from any of a plurality of sources coupled to a second communications interface, that the return data can be used by the first communications interface ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7526692 | Diagnostic interface architecture for memory device A diagnostic interface architecture for a memory device supports in one aspect one or more dynamically reconfigurable functional interconnects normally utilized in connection with reading data from the memory device and/or writing data to the memory device. The dyna... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7511121 | Polymeric immunoglobulin fusion proteins that target low-affinity Fcγreceptors The present invention concerns a family of nucleic acids, polypeptides and cloning vectors which direct expression of fusion proteins that can mimic aggregated IgG (AIG) and immune complex function with respect to their interactions with FcγR and which allow for th... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7503964 | Paste wax composition A solvent based paste wax polish composition for metallic, plastic, and painted surfaces containing a blend of synthetic and natural waxes, a blend of silicone fluids, blend of solvents, zinc oxide nanoparticles UV agent having a particle size of 100 nanometers or l... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7498367 | Acid-tolerant dental composition A dental composition compatible with acidic dental primers/adhesives, the dental composition comprising (A) 5% (w/w) to 90% (w/w) of at least one polymerizable monomer having at least one ethylenically unsaturated vinyl, acrylate, or methacrylate group; (B) 0.01% (w... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7485211 | Electro-catalysts for the oxidation of ammonia in alkaline media An electro-catalyst for the oxidation of ammonia in alkaline media; the electrocatalyst being a noble metal co-deposited on a support with one or more other metals that are active to ammonia oxidation. In some embodiments, the support is platinum, gold, tantalum, or... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7468153 | Degradable blading for tire curing molds A degradable sipe blade for forming sipes in a tire tread, where the degradable material may be removed by exposure to water. A tire curing apparatus is also provided having a plurality of degradable sipe blades affixed to the mold surface within the tread pattern. ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7392353 | Prioritization of out-of-order data transfers on shared data bus Uncontested priority is provided to out-of-order data transfers over in-order data transfers on a data bus shared by a plurality of memory requesters. By always granting priority to out-of-order transfers such as deferred read data transfers over in-order transfers ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389802 | Tire with double layer innerliner A pneumatic tire with a double layer innerliner structure bonded to an inner face of the tire carcass for reducing noise generated by air vibrations inside of the tire's air chamber, and a method of making the tire. The double layer structure includes a first innerl... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7334070 | Multi-channel memory architecture for daisy chained arrangements of nodes with bridging between memory channels Multiple memory channels of a multi-channel memory architecture are effectively bridged together to enable data traffic associated with various nodes in daisy chain arrangement to be communicated over both memory channels. For example, a daisy chain arrangement of n... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7284112 | Multiple page size address translation incorporating page size prediction Page size prediction is used to predict a page size for a page of memory being accessed by a memory access instruction such that the predicted page size can be used to access an address translation data structure. By doing so, an address translation data structure m... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7246469 | Multi-piece eaves beam for preassembled glazed roof system An eaves beam for a glazed roof system includes a base member and an upper member. The base member includes a base plate adapted to rest on a building wall and includes upstanding wall members. The base member can be fastened from the top into the wall with the fast... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7048199 | Kitchen exhaust optimal temperature span system and method An exhaust control system (72) for a commercial or institutional kitchen exhaust system (32) is disclosed in which the exhaust fan speed is optimized for the amount of cooking heat and cooking by-product generated by the cooking units, as well as for c... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6940760 | Data strobe gating for source synchronous communications interface A circuit arrangement and method are used in connection with a data latch that is coupled to a data source over a source synchronous communications interface to disable the data latch from latching data whenever the data source is not driving the source synchronous ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6922830 | Skip list data storage during compilation A compiler and method of compiling provide enhanced performance by utilizing a skip list data structure to store various properties of a program at points of interest in the procedure, for example, the properties of the statements in each block in the control flow g... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6874122 | Computer system, program product and method of adjusting the display positions of hypertext links to modify the relative alignment thereof A computer system, program product and method of displaying documents control the relative alignment of hypertext links by adjusting previously-determined display positions of selected hypertext links in a document. The relative alignment of the hypertext links may ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6874123 | Three-dimensional model to facilitate user comprehension and management of information A computer system and method of presenting information from a body of knowledge to a user utilize a three-dimensional model to facilitate user comprehension and management of both the specific information in the body of knowledge, as well as the contextual relations... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6868348 | Adaptive high frequency energy detection A data collector having a digital signal processing circuit that receives a digitized vibration signal, and performs processing steps to isolate high frequency pulses in the digitized vibration signal and quantify energy content of those pulses by detecting a peak n... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6643804 | Stability test for silicon on insulator SRAM memory cells utilizing bitline precharge stress operations to stress memory cells under test An apparatus, program product, and method of testing a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) static random access memory (SRAM) introduce switching history effects to a memory cell during testing to stress the memory cell such that a reliable determination of stabil... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6616958 | Method of making and using an edible film for decorating foodstuffs An edible film and method of making and using same for decorating foodstuffs, in particular baked goods, wherein anyone can easily, inexpensively and artistically decorate foodstuffs. The edible film according to the present invention is composed of an ed... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6568018 | Washing machine speed sensor A washing machine (10) includes a one part sensor (60, 70) mounted to detect passage of a component normally associated with, and rotatable with, the drive shaft (25) of the machine (10) to detect speed of rotation of the shaft (25) and, in turn, speed of... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6540745 | Coated medical devices Medical devices, such as scalpels (10), needles (30) and electrosurgical knife tips (50), are provided with a silane coating (20) directly against the parent metal (16, 33, 63) of the tissue-contacting (15) distal ends (14, 37, 60) thereof whereby to impa... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6511302 | Slurry piston pump with cylinder cleaning apparatus A slurry piston pump (10) including a fluid hose (70) coupled into the back end (26) of a piston cylinder (24) to provide cleaning and/or lubricating fluid (60) into the interior (23) of cylinder (24) while allowing cylinder (24) to be directly coupled to... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6477866 | Washing machine motor cut-off A washing machine (10) includes a motor cut-off circuit (70) which includes a fuse (100) and a blow switch (110) responsive to a brake failure signal (BFS) to blow the fuse (100) and prevent the motor (40) from thereafter being energized until the fuse (1... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6415542 | Location-based firearm discharge prevention A firearm, program product and method collectively utilize an on-board location sensor (e.g., a GPS receiver) and stored location information to selectively inhibit discharge of a firearm based on the current location of the firearm. Location information ... | 07/09/2002 |
