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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189175 | Immersion lithography apparatus and tank thereof A tank for an immersion lithography apparatus provided. The tank has a container with a bottom plate and side plates connected to each, wherein the side plates surround and connect all edges of the bottom plate. The container is filled in at least a liquid having a ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7342817 | System and method for writing data using an electron beam A system for writing data using an electron beam to change the structure of a small section of a storage medium and includes at least one focused electron beam source. The duration of a write cycle of the focused electron beam source is controlled at least in part o... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7324240 | Color correction method with transparent toner insignia images A method for color correction of an image having an insignia portion in a multi-module printer (10). A first color profile is calibrated for a four-color image. A second color profile is calibrated for a four-color image with a transparent toner layer on top ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317179 | Systems and methods to shape laser light as a homogeneous line beam for interaction with a film deposited on a substrate Systems and methods are disclosed for shaping and homogenizing a laser beam for interaction with a film. The shaping and homogenizing system may include a lens array and a lens that is positioned to receive laser light from the lens array and produce a respective el... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312878 | Method for manufacturing a scale, a scale manufactured according to the method and a position measuring device In a method for producing a scale in the form of a phase grating, the scale itself, and a position measuring device including the scale, the scale includes two reflection layers located at a distance from one another on either side of a spacer layer. The production ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7286684 | Secure document design carrying auxiliary machine readable information A two dimensional pattern design for secure documents serves as both a machine readable code and an aesthetic part of the documents' design. A method for generating the design generates a variable auxiliary message comprising message values and maps the message valu... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277188 | Systems and methods for implementing an interaction between a laser shaped as a line beam and a film deposited on a substrate Systems and methods are disclosed for focusing a beam for an interaction with a film deposited on a substrate wherein the focused beam defines a short axis and a long axis. In one aspect, the system may include a detecting system to analyze light reflected from the ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7266215 | Image forming apparatus and copy management system An additional data useful for the management of copies of a document for an image forming apparatus is embedded in a hard copy of the document. The additional data is embedded in an inherent image of a document as discrete dots arranged in a prescribed format. Prefe... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266531 | Mail processing system with unique mailpiece authorization assigned in advance of mailpieces entering carrier service mail processing stream A mailing list is created including destination addresses for mailpieces to be submitted to a carrier service for delivery. A unique mailpiece identifier associated with mailpieces on the mailing list is generated by the carrier or other trusted third party. The uni... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7251050 | Limited return messaging A method of limiting communication between an application and a user, via a sensing device interacting with machine-readable coded data printed on a surface, the method comprising the steps, performed in a computer system, of: receiving interaction data representing... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7230964 | Lithography laser with beam delivery and beam pointing control The present invention provides a modular high repetition rate ultraviolet gas discharge laser light source with a beam delivery to a production line machine. The system includes an enclosed and purged beam path with beam pointing control for delivery the laser beam ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229572 | Photoluminescent phosphor powders, methods for making phosphor powders and devices incorporating same Photoluminescent phosphor powders and a method for making phosphor powders. The phosphor powders have a small particle size, narrow particle size distribution and are substantially spherical. The method of the invention advantageously permits the economic production... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219973 | Image-forming device and method The present invention provides an image-forming device that can record an image onto a rewritable image recording medium. Prior to recording a predetermined image, the medium is set and a test image for measuring the density is recorded thereon. When the density is ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7196767 | Apparatus with compartment for high vacuum and use of construction element for constructing a compartment for high vacuum An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a compartment for containing a high vacuum environment. The compartment is partly defined by and/or includes a surface that has a subsurface that includes a first zone and a second zone. The second zone is located be... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7181022 | Audio watermarking to convey auxiliary information, and media embodying same Methods of processing audio to convey auxiliary information therein without audible evidence of data alteration. Various arrangements are disclosed. One receives plural bit auxiliary data in which the auxiliary information is included, and modulates a carrier signal... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181057 | Overlay marks, methods of overlay mark design and methods of overlay measurements An overlay mark for determining the relative position between two or more successive layers of a substrate or between two or more separately generated patterns on a single layer of a substrate is disclosed. The overlay mark includes a plurality of working zones, whi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177457 | Overlay marks, methods of overlay mark design and methods of overlay measurements An overlay mark for determining the relative shift between two or more successive layers of a substrate via scanning is disclosed. The overlay mark includes at least one test pattern for determining the relative shift between a first and a second layer of the substr... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7160663 | Toner A toner includes toner particles and an inorganic fine powder mixed with the toner particles. The toner particles contain a binder resin, a coloring agent, a releasing agent, and a sulfur-containing resin. The toner particles contain at least one element selected fr... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158941 | Residential and business logistics system and method A method for delivering and shipping parcels using a secure receptacle. The secure receptacle has an access device that controls a lock which is used to secure the contents of the receptacle from unauthorized access. One or more carriers are provided with authorized... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7145644 | Device and method for testing an exposure apparatus A device and a method for testing an exposure apparatus is disclosed. A testing device includes a substrate, and a plurality of block patterns, each of which has a top area varying with an area of a shot region of the exposure apparatus, having at least two differen... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141798 | Spectrum measuring apparatus and method A spectrum measuring apparatus that includes an extinction member for decreasing a light intensity from an EUV light source, a spectrum member for extracting light with a desired wavelength band from the decreased intensity light and a detector for detecting a light... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7122795 | Detector optics for charged particle beam inspection system A charged particle beam column for substrate inspection includes detector optics with high secondary electron detection efficiency combined with minimal distortion of the charged particle beam. One embodiment of the detector optics includes a symmetrizing electrode ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7113615 | Watermark embedder and reader A watermark system includes an embedder, detector, and reader. The watermark embedder encodes a watermark signal in a host signal to create a combined signal. The detector looks for the watermark signal in a potentially corrupted version of the combined signal, and ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106990 | Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus is equipped with a straight handle that can be pushed into and pulled out of an outer wall through a hole provided to the outer wall, and has a protruding component on the outer wall in the vicinity and next to the hole. The handle is con... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102772 | Method and system for delivery of a facsimile A method of delivering a facsimile, including: providing a printed form for entering a message thereon using a sensing device adapted to read coded data on the form; receiving, in a computer system, interaction data representing interaction of the sensing device wit... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099010 | Two-dimensional structure for determining an overlay accuracy by means of scatterometry A two-dimensional periodic pattern that is symmetrical with respect to a first and a second direction allows the determination of an overlay accuracy that is obtained during the fabrication of the two-dimensional structure. Due to the symmetry of the structure, the ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093991 | Combined printer and binder A combined printing and binding device which includes a media tray, a printhead, an adhesive applicator, a binder and a housing. The media tray is designed to receive and retain a plurality of media sheets. The printhead is a page-width printhead designed to print i... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092017 | Fixed pattern noise removal in CMOS imagers across various operational conditions CMOS imagers can possess higher levels of imager noise than their predecessors, CCDs. This noise can be of the form of temporal variation and fixed pattern. The fixed pattern component of this noise can be removed, which is known already in the art. The invention in... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090252 | Folded integral composite image product and method of making A dual sided integral composite image product and method of make same. The image product includes a first support substrate having a separate image layer thereon and a second support substrate having separate image layer thereon. The second support substrate being s... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7084427 | Systems and methods for overlay shift determination The systems and methods enable the determination of the magnitude and direction of overlay of at least two elements in two layers. Overlay measurements along two axes can be obtained using four probe pads and without requiring a decoder. Overlay measurements along a... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085510 | Safety apparatus to suppress the spread of fire from a fixing chamber of a fixing station in an electrophotographic print or copy device To suppress spread of fire from a fixing chamber of a fixing station in an electrophotographic print or copy device, in the event of a fire, in order to partition a fixing chamber for a recording medium in a fireproof manner, arranged at the openings of the fixing c... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7068811 | Protecting images with image markings A method and system for embedding signatures within visual images in both digital representation and print or film. A signature is inseparably embedded within the visible image, the signature persisting through image transforms that include resizing as well as conve... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068833 | Overlay marks, methods of overlay mark design and methods of overlay measurements An overlay mark for determining the relative shift between two or more successive layers of a substrate is disclosed. The overlay mark includes at least one test pattern for determining the relative shift between a first and a second layer of the substrate in a firs... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7061652 | Image processing apparatus and method using image information and additional information or an additional pattern added thereto or superposed thereon Predetermined additional information is superposed as a dot pattern on image information read by an image scanner, and the image information superposed with the additional information is modulated. The modulated information is demodulated and recorded on a recording... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057775 | Image processing apparatus and method using image information and additional informational or an additional pattern added thereto or superposed thereon Predetermined additional information is superposed as a dot pattern on image information read by an image scanner, and the image information superposed with the additional information is modulated. The modulated information is demodulated and recorded on a recording... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054463 | Data encoding using frail watermarks Image, video, or audio data is encoded with both a frail and a robust watermark. The two watermarks respond differently to different forms of processing (e.g., copying the object may render the frail watermark unreadable), permitting an original object to be disting... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050603 | Watermark encoded video, and related methods Watermarks in video signals or the accompanying audio track are used to associate video objects in a video sequence with object specific actions or information. A video object refers to a spatial and temporal portion of a video signal that depicts a recognizable obj... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050195 | Printed medium data storage A method of, and apparatus for, printing information on a hardcopy medium includes the acceptance of data representing a first information and the acceptance of data representing a second information. Second information is printed in regions on the medium where firs... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7005085 | Oxygen-containing phosphor powders, methods for making phosphor powders and devices incorporating same Phosphor powders and a method for making phosphor powders. The powders are oxygen-containing, such as metal oxides, silicates, borates or titanates and have a small particle size, narrow particle size distribution and are substantially spherical. The method of the i... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003132 | Embedding hidden auxiliary code signals in media Methods for embedding and reading auxiliary messages from image signals use embedded code signals modulated with the auxiliary message. These embedded ode signals may be used to convey hidden tracking codes in images, video and printed objects. The embedded code sig... | 02/21/2006 |
