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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5836000 | Phase locked loop having automatic free running frequency adjustment The capture range and stability of a phase locked loop are improved by adjusting the free running frequency of a voltage controlled oscillator in response to the output signal of the phase locked loop. The output signal is filtered and amplified, and then... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5836001 | Solenoid having multistage plunger A solenoid has a multistage telescoping plunger which together produce a single stroke. Each plunger stage has a separate air gap individually associated therewith. As the first air gap closes responsive to movement of a first telescoping plunger stage, a... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5836002 | Anti-theft device An anti-theft device for protecting objects and vehicles, includes a housing that is attachable to or permanently affixed to an object or vehicle to be secured, wherein the attachment means is accessible only through a lockable access door of the housing.... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5836003 | Methods and means for image and voice compression A system for lossy compression of digital data for transmission to a remote location or to a storage medium and subsequently reconstructing the digital data includes an encoder which compares sequences of characters with an encoder database of data record... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5836004 | Differential mode time to digital converter A differential mode time to digital converter uses a pair of symmetric capacitors and a pair of constant currents to generate two charging curves with the same characteristics. By charging the capacitors at different timings to produce a voltage differenc... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5836005 | Mobile telephone antenna A mobile telephone antenna including an alloy wire rod moved in a metal socket in a mobile telephone at the top, the alloy wire rod having a bottom end fixed with a first axial metal element, and a top end inserted through a second axial metal element, wh... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5836006 | Apparatus for identifying a mis-oriented tape cassette in a loader mechanism The orientation of a tape cassette is automatically determined as it is being loaded into the tape drive by the transport mechanism. A reference edge of the cassette (for example, a predetermined lower edge of a DAT tape cassette) is characterized by a di... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5836007 | Methods and systems for improving memory component size and access speed including splitting bit lines and alternate pre-charge/access cycles A memory system having split logical bit lines and interleaved pre-charge/access cycles is provided. A bit line access circuit supports multiple conductors per logical bit line and pre-charges the conductors before access cycles thereto. The access cycles... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5836008 | Communications interface for connection between telecommunications equipment and interface modules A system for transmitting information between a source and a receiver via a network to which is connected telecommunications equipment (1) comprising a plurality of interfaces (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) for various communication services (ATM, CODEC, LAN, X25) as we... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5836009 | Caller ID telephone with signal attenuation A telephony call waiting feature is provided wherein a caller ID information related to a third party wishing to converse with a first party already engaged in a conversation with a second party is provided to the first party. When the local office sends ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5836010 | Personal computer using chip-in card to prevent unauthorized use A personal computer system capable of preventing unauthorized user's access by way of a chip-in card including a card read and write unit for detecting the insertion or ejection of the chip-in card; a card read and write controller for generating an inter... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5836011 | Implementation of teams and roles within a people oriented work environment A method and apparatus for efficiently representing, maintaining and managing a project and enclosed lifecycles in a data processing system used to support a people-oriented work environment. An object-oriented language environment is utilized to represen... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5836013 | Method and apparatus for compressing system read only memory in a computing system A chipset (platform)-independent method and apparatus for compressing and decompressing a system ROM of a computer (e.g., BIOS, setup program, and one or more option ROMs) are disclosed. The setup program, option ROM, and part of the BIOS are compressed u... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5836014 | Method of constructing a constant-folding mechanism in a multilanguage optimizing compiler A compiler framework comprises a generic compiler back end which may be used by a plurality of front ends to generate object code for a target computer system. Each front end scans and parses a source module containing source code for a programming langua... | 11/10/1998 |
