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8,788,730	2014-07-22	1. A method for sending a keycode of a non-keyboard apparatus, comprising the steps of: (a) connecting the non-keyboard apparatus to a computer so as to perform device enumeration and generate enumeration information, wherein the enumeration information is recorded by the non-keyboard apparatus and includes an enumeration value; (b) identifying, according to the enumeration value, the kind of an operating system used by the computer, and recording the kind of the operating system by the non-keyboard apparatus; and (c) reading the kind of the operating system so as to determine a preset second keycode that matches the kind of the operating system, wherein the second keycode is an ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) code.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,621,421	2013-12-31	1. A method executed at least in part in a computing device for providing workflow visualization, the method comprising: executing a workflow; receiving a workflow definition; generating a new workflow definition that includes mappings to a static diagram visualizing the workflow; receiving workflow execution state information; loading graphical elements for annotating the static diagram based on the workflow execution state information, wherein the static diagram includes shapes and connectors constructed to represent workflow activities and activity flows described in the workflow definition; enabling a script within a rendering page for rendering the workflow visualization by overlaying the annotations on the static diagram; including one of: a textual visualization and a graphical visualization within the workflow visualization; presenting a list of workflow activities in a chronological order through the textual visualization wherein each entry in the list includes at least two of: a workflow activity, a date of the workflow activity, an identifier of a user associated with the workflow activity, and description of the workflow activity; and presenting the workflow as a flowchart including a start of the workflow and an end of the workflow through the graphical visualization.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,461,433	2016-10-04	1. A light-emitting device comprising: a base; a light-emitting element held by the base; a lens held by the base and disposed above the light-emitting element, configured to condense light emitted from the light-emitting element; a first tubular member disposed on the base; a second tubular member fitted into the first tubular member; a holder allowed to be inserted into the second tubular member and thereby fitted into the second tubular member and having a through hole through which light condensed by the lens passes; and a light-transmitting member formed on the holder so as to block the through hole, the light-transmitting member having a rectangular bottom surface with a size larger than the through hole, wherein the second tubular member has a heat-dissipation part formed on and protruded from an outer side surface thereof, the holder has a structure made of a single member composed of an upper flange portion and a lower insertion fitting portion, the upper flange portion has a lower surface disposed on an upper surface of the second tubular member, and the lower insertion fitting portion of the holder extends up to at least a region where the heat dissipation part of the second tubular member is formed and has an outer side surface that is in contact with an inner side surface of the second tubular member.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,229,528	2016-01-05	1. An input apparatus, comprising: a plurality of blocks releasably connectable to each other and each block including at least one of: a position acquisition unit provided with a mechanism to acquire an exact position in a three-dimensional space; a connecting part identification unit configured to acquire a position to which another block is connected; a sensor measurement acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement of an embedded sensor; an inclination identification unit configured to acquire an inclination; an inter-block communication unit configured to transmit or receive signal to or from one or more of the plurality of blocks via a connecting part, where one or more of the plurality of blocks do not have an inter-block communication unit; and an information transmitting unit configured to transmit information acquired internally to an information processor that uses a signal from the input apparatus as an input value to perform information processing in accordance with the position, posture, and shape of the input apparatus, and the information transmitting unit is configured to transmit, to the information processor, pieces of information acquired within and transmitted from one or more of the plurality of blocks directly or indirectly connected to the block comprising the information transmitting unit, wherein any of the plurality of blocks that are provided with the inter-block communication unit and are connected to the one or more blocks that do not have the inter-block communication unit transmit internally-acquired information directly or indirectly to any of the plurality of blocks that have the information transmitting unit.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,508,147	2013-08-13	1. A dimmer circuit, comprising: a bleeder as a dummy load; a phase dimmer for generating a signal corresponding to an adjustment of the phase dimmer by a user; a phase detect circuit for detecting a phase angle of the signal; a pulse width modulation (PWM) circuit for generating a PWM signal to drive a light emitting diode (LED) device; and a programmable micro controller, coupled to the phase detect circuit, wherein the programmable micro controller receives the signal and the phase angle to determine pulse width of the PWM signal according to the phase angle and the programmable micro controller generates a control signal to turn on/off the bleeder according to the phase angle.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,470,577	2016-10-18	1. A device comprising: a UV sensing unit comprising a circuitry for measuring irradiating UV intensity; and a mobile computing unit calculating exposed UV dose and cutaneous vitamin D generation for a user of the device based on the measured irradiating UV intensity adjusted by a predetermined scaling factor corresponding to a location of the UV sensing unit relative to an exposed body surface of the user, wherein the mobile computing unit is adapted to calculate and display an output parameter that quantifies a degree of balance between a risk of UV exposure and a benefit of UV exposure.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,956,227	2015-02-17	1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an image processing program for causing a computer of an image processing device to process images, the image processing program comprising instructions, when executed by the computer, configured to: acquire a captured image of a real-world subject with an imaging device; determine an imaging direction of a virtual camera arranged in a virtual space based on motion of the imaging device; locate a virtual object in the virtual space so that the virtual object surrounds and encloses the virtual camera; associate the captured image of the real-world subject to the virtual object located in the virtual space; determine a particular portion of a piece of information in accordance to the imaging direction, the piece of information being information on visual characteristics at each position of the virtual object; generate, in accordance with the virtual camera with the determined imaging direction, an image of the virtual space by adjusting visual characteristics of the virtual object with the associated captured image based on the determined particular portion of the piece of information; and cause a display device to display the generated image, wherein the image is generated on a real-time basis with acquisition of the captured image; wherein the acquired captured image is processed such that a portion of the virtual space is displayed in preference to the particular portion of the captured image.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,593,486	2013-11-26	1. A method for outputting information comprising: photographing in a plurality of directions at each of a plurality of photographic locations a photographic region with a photographing device, obtaining a plurality of image data of the photographic region and storing in a memory, the plurality of image data of the photographic region at each of the plurality of photographic locations, the photographic region being divided into a plurality of sub-regions; correlating and storing in the memory photographic location data and photographic direction data at the time when the plurality of image data is obtained with each of the plurality of image data when storing each of the plurality of image data in the memory; specifying a photographed sub-region when the image data is obtained, by referencing the photographic location data and the photographic direction data correlated with image data stored in the memory; correlating and storing in a database the image data, the photographic location data and photographic direction data with the specified sub-region; specifying a plurality of locations arranged in order on a perspective route set above the photographic region and a direction of sight line towards the photographic region at each of the plurality of locations; referencing the photographic location data correlated with the sub-region stored in the database and reading out in order image data with searching the image data including the sub-region, the sub-region being located in the direction of sight line at each of the plurality of locations on the perspective route; and outputting the image data read out in order; wherein the photographic device includes a plurality of cameras pointing in a plurality of directions, the plurality of cameras simultaneously photograph at each of the plurality of photographic locations and the plurality of image data is obtained; and for each sub-region of the plurality of sub-regions, if a sub-region is photographed a plurality of times when seeing a plurality of photographic locations from an arbitrary geographical point in the sub-region, then an adjacent photographic location is included in a three dimensional angular range of 0.004 steradians or more and 0.54 steradians or less.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,373,033	2016-06-21	1. A computer-implemented image processing method, the computer including a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the method performed by the processor comprising: accessing image data representing a plurality of images of a plurality of vehicles; accessing a discriminative type-specific vehicle model calculated from training data representing a predefined vehicle attribute; processing, using the discriminative type-specific vehicle model, a portion of the image data to automatically detect a vehicle feature of at least one of the plurality of vehicles represented in at least one of the plurality of images based on the predefined vehicle attribute; and processing the portion of the image data to automatically generate vehicle data representing the detected vehicle feature.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,353,500	2016-05-31	1. A thumb for a heavy equipment vehicle, the heavy equipment vehicle having an equipment train comprising a boom, stick and bucket, the thumb opposing the bucket, the thumb comprising: a) a thumb frame comprising: b) the bucket opposing face of the thumb frame comprising a material having a first degree of hardness; c) the thumb frame comprising a longitudinal length defined by a direction from the proximal end of the thumb frame to the distal end of the thumb frame, the proximal end extending one-half the longitudinal length of the thumb frame, the distal end extending one-half the length of the thumb frame; d) a set of four teeth being engaged to the thumb frame, each of said four teeth comprising a hardened tip; e) one of i) said hardened tip of said tooth and ii) said tooth as a whole being individually removable from said thumb frame; f) a platform defined by said hardened tips of said four teeth; g) said platform extending laterally and longitudinally; h) the platform being spaced from the bucket opposing face of the thumb frame in a depth direction; i) each of said hardened tips having a second degree of hardness, the second degree of hardness being greater than the first degree of hardness; j) wherein one tooth extends from said proximal end of the thumb frame, and wherein one tooth extends from the distal end of the thumb frame such that said platform extends over a portion of said proximal end of the thumb frame and such that said platform extends over a portion of said distal end of the thumb frame; k) wherein the thumb frame comprises a first tine, the first tine extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the thumb frame, said bucket opposing face having a bucket opposing edge on said first tine, a first tooth of said four teeth being engaged to said first tine and the hardened tip of said first tooth being offset from said bucket opposing edge of the first tine in a lateral direction, and a second tooth of said four teeth being engaged to said first tine and the hardened tip of said second tooth being offset from said bucket opposing edge of the first tine in a lateral direction; l) wherein the thumb frame further comprises a second tine, the second tine extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the thumb frame, each of said first and second tines having an outer face and an inner face, the inner faces of said first and second tines facing each other, the outer faces of said first and second tines facing away from each other, said bucket opposing face having a bucket opposing edge on said second tine, said third tooth of said four teeth being engaged to said second tine and the hardened tip of said third tooth being offset from said bucket opposing edge of the second tine in a lateral direction; m) wherein said first tooth is engaged to the first tine in the proximal end of the thumb frame and said third tooth is engaged to the second tine in the proximal end of the thumb frame; n) wherein said second tooth is engaged to the first tine in the distal end of the thumb frame and said fourth tooth is engaged to the second tine in the distal end of the thumb frame; o) wherein each of said first, second, third and fourth hardened tips is spaced apart from the thumb frame in a depth direction; p) a tooth receptacle between each of the four teeth and the thumb frame, the tooth receptacle comprising a through opening extending in a direction from the stick opposing face of the thumb frame to the bucket opposing face of the thumb frame, said opening receiving a tooth of said teeth, said tooth having an end opposite of said hardened tip, said end of said tooth being accessible through said opening such that said tooth can be punched out of the tooth receptacle in the direction from the stick opposing face of the thumb frame to the bucket opposing face of the thumb frame; and q) wherein said tooth receptacle for the first tooth is engaged to the outside face of the first tine, wherein said tooth receptacle for the second tooth is engaged to the outside face of the first tine, wherein said tooth receptacle for the third tooth is engaged to the outside face of the second tine, wherein said tooth receptacle for the fourth tooth is engaged to the outside face of the second tine.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,350,327	2016-05-24	1. A flip-flop comprising: a tri-state inverter configured to receive a flip-flop input and a clock input; a master latch coupled to an output of the tri-state inverter and configured to provide a control signal to the tri-state inverter, the control signal configured to activate the tri-state inverter; a slave latch configured to receive an output of the master latch and the control signal; and an output inverter coupled to an output of the slave latch and configured to generate a flip-flop output.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,849,270	2017-12-26	1. An adhesive composite dressing comprising: an anchor member comprising a first skin-contact adhesive; a target member comprising an opening adapted to enable skin treatment; a folding member comprising a drug reservoir and a second skin-contact adhesive, wherein the folding member is attached to the anchor member through a hinge defined by a line of attachment that is not contiguous with an edge of the anchor member; and an impermeable barrier between the drug reservoir and the second skin-contact adhesive.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,940,390	2015-01-27	1. A ceramics composite comprising an inorganic material which comprises: a matrix phase comprising translucent ceramics; and a phosphor phase comprising YAG containing Ce, wherein a content of the phosphor phase is from 22% by volume to 55% by volume based on a whole phase including the matrix phase and the phosphor phase, wherein a content of Ce in the YAG is 0.005 to 0.05 in terms of an atomic ratio of Ce to Y (Ce/Y), and wherein the ceramics composite has a thickness in a light outgoing direction of 30 μm to 200 μm.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,432,689	2013-04-30	1. A computer chassis, comprising: a first chassis retainer on one side of the computer chassis and defining an opening, the first chassis retainer including a first flexible flange biased away from the opening, wherein the first flexible flange includes a protruding portion that extends toward the opening; wherein the protruding portion is configured to flex inwardly in relation to the computer chassis; and wherein the first flexible flange is configured to be urged outwardly in relation to the computer chassis such that the protruding portion extends through the opening.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,443,144	2013-05-14	1. A memory device, comprising: a first memory configured to have a first storage capacity; a second memory configured to have a second storage capacity greater than the first storage capacity; and a controller configured to receive a virtual address from an external host and configured to provide the external host with an address space corresponding to a third storage capacity, the third storage capacity being less than a sum of the first storage capacity and second storage capacity, wherein the controller converts and translates the virtual address into a physical address of either the first or second memory based on a temporal locality of the received virtual address, where data requested from the external host is stored in the first memory, the controller transmits the requested data from the first memory to the external host, and where the requested data is not stored in the first memory, the controller transmits the requested data from the second memory to the external host.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9,618,007	2017-04-11	1. A blower assembly comprising: a housing including a fluid inlet and a spaced apart fluid outlet; a blower wheel disposed in the housing, the blower wheel including an inlet ring and plurality of spaced apart blades, a peripheral surface of the inlet ring enclosed by the fluid inlet; and a pre-swirler disposed in the fluid inlet of the housing, the pre-swirler including a plurality of vanes, each of the vanes having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and an outer edge extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, wherein a blade exposure distance is less than about 10 mm and a blower wheel overlap distance is greater than about 5.5 mm, wherein the blade exposure distance is a distance between a junction point of the trailing edge with the outer edge of each of the vanes of the pre-swirler and an end of a trailing edge of at least one of the blades of the blower wheel, and wherein the blower wheel overlap distance is a distance between the junction point of the trailing edge with the outer edge of each of the vanes of the pre-swirler and the peripheral surface of the inlet ring of the blower wheel, wherein the blade exposure distance is a vertical distance extending parallel to a rotation axis of the blower wheel and the blower wheel overlap distance is a vertical distance extending parallel to the rotation axis of the blower wheel, wherein the pre-swirler includes a central hub, an outer ring, and an inner ring disposed between the central hub and the outer ring, wherein the vanes extend from the central hub to the outer ring through the inner ring, wherein the junction point is positioned between the inner ring and the outer ring, and wherein the junction point is disposed inside the blower wheel.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,101,570	2015-08-11	1. A method to treat diabetes comprising: implanting concentrated nucleated cells including stem cells from multiple source tissues directly into tissue of the duodenum to reset or repair the immune system or to reset or repair metabolite production in the duodenum, the concentrated nucleated cells being a heterogeneous population of cells and including cells from a bone marrow aspirate, a fat aspirate, cord blood, Wharton's Jelly, or afterbirth tissue.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8,490,905	2013-07-23	1. A horizontal shaft impact crusher comprising a crusher housing having an inlet for material to be crushed and an outlet for material that has been crushed, an impeller mounted in the crusher housing for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis, a curtain disposed in the crusher housing and arranged so material accelerated by the impeller may be crushed thereagainst, and an adjustment device for adjusting the position of said curtain relative to the impeller, wherein at least two guide rods are disposed in the crusher housing and to which said adjustment device is slidably connected, the adjustment device including a locking device positionable selectively in: a holding state in which the locking device is de-energized and arranged to apply a holding force for holding said adjustment device in a crusher operation position relative to the guide rods, and an adjustment state in which the locking device is energized and arranged to release the holding force, thereby enabling displacement of the adjustment device relative to the guide rods.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,345,549	2016-05-24	1. An ophthalmological laser system comprising: a laser, the radiation of which is focusable as a laser illumination light beam, wherein the laser is a pulse laser and the laser illumination light beam comprises a sequence of light pulses of average time duration between 10 milliseconds and 100 milliseconds; at least one processor; memory; at least one program stored in the memory and executable by the at least one processor, the at least one program comprising instructions to:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,472,902	2016-10-18	1. An electrical receptacle connector, comprising: a metallic shell comprising a top cover plate, a rear cover plate, and defining a receptacle cavity, wherein the rear cover plate is extended from a back side of the top cover plate to cover a back side of the receptacle cavity and a plurality of pins are extended from two sides of a bottom of the rear cover plate; an insulated housing received in the receptacle cavity and comprising a base portion and a tongue portion extended from one of two sides of the base portion, wherein the tongue portion has an upper surface and a lower surface; a plurality of upper-row receptacle terminals comprising a plurality of signal terminals, at least one power terminal, and at least one ground terminal, wherein each of the upper-row receptacle terminals is held in the base portion and disposed at the upper surface, each of the upper-row receptacle terminals comprises a tail portion protruded from a bottom of the base portion to be arranged into a row, and the tail portions of the upper-row receptacle terminals are near to the pins; and a plurality of lower-row receptacle terminals comprising a plurality of signal terminals, at least one power terminal, and at least one ground terminal, wherein each of the lower-row receptacle terminals is held in the base portion and disposed at the lower surface, each of the lower-row receptacle terminals comprises a tail portion protruded from the bottom of the base portion to be arranged into a first row and a second row, wherein the tail portions of the lower-row receptacle terminals are parallel to the tail portions of the upper-row receptacle terminals.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,535,229	2017-01-03	1. A fiber optic cassette comprising: a body defining a front and an opposite rear and an enclosed interior; a cable entry location defined in the body for a cable to enter the interior of the cassette, wherein a cable that enters at the cable entry location is attached to the cassette body, and fibers are extended into the cassette body and form terminations at first connectors that are non-traditional connectors, wherein each of the first connectors are formed of only a ferrule terminating a fiber and a ferrule hub mounted to the ferrule; wherein the first connectors are connected to a rear side of adapters located at the front of the cassette, wherein the rear side of each adapter defines a structure for receiving the ferrule and the ferrule hub of one of the first connectors; wherein a front side of the adapters define termination locations for cables to be connected to the fibers connected at the rear of the adapters, wherein the termination locations are configured to receive second connectors having a different format than the first non-traditional connectors connected to the rear side of the adapters, wherein each second connector is a traditional connector including one of an SC or an LC connector; and wherein the cable includes a jacket, a strength member, and fibers, wherein the strength member is crimped to a crimp tube and is mounted to the cassette body, allowing the fibers to extend past the crimp tube into the interior of the cassette body, and wherein a strain relief boot is provided at the cable entry location.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,111,663	2015-08-18	1. A sintered composite oxide composed mainly of zinc, aluminum, titanium and oxygen, the atomic ratio of the elements composing the sintered material satisfying the following equations (1), (2) and (3), the sintered material comprising particles having a hexagonal wurtzite structure containing zinc oxide as the major component and having a mean particle size of no greater than 20 μm, and particles having a ZnTiO and containing no particles with a spinel oxide structure of zinc aluminate with zinc and aluminum in solid solution, wherein in said equations (1), (2) and (3), Al, Ti and Zn represent the contents in atomic percents of aluminum, titanium and zinc, respectively.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,320,915	2016-04-26	1. An intrauterine brachytherapy method, comprising: providing an intrauterine brachytherapy tandem and ovoid colpostat system, the tandem having a tandem proximal section detachable from a tandem distal section having a proximal end; attaching the tandem proximal section to the proximal end of the tandem distal section to provide an assembled tandem; inserting the assembled tandem into a patient's uterus; intracavitarily placing the ovoid within a vagina of said patient, this intracavitary placing being in association with said tandem insertion; treating by radiation at least one intracavitary location of the patient by way of radiation dosage at the colpostat of the ovoid or tandem; and detaching the tandem proximal section from the tandem distal section, and removing the ovoid and the tandem proximal section from the patient while retaining the tandem distal section within the uterus of the patient for subsequent treating.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,389,479	2016-07-12	1. An electrochromic device, comprising: an active layer configured to provide a transparent state by a protonation and a reflective state by a deprotonation; an ion storage layer configured to store a proton; an electrolytic layer provided between the active layer and the ion storage layer and configured to be a medium through which the proton is moved; and a mixed layer comprising a constituent element of the ion storage layer and a constituent element of the electrolytic layer.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,837,119	2014-09-16	1. A matrix converter comprising: first, second, and third AC reactors connected in series with first-phase, second-phase, and third-phase outputs of three-phase AC electric power, respectively; a first cooling fan that generates cool air for cooling the first to third AC reactors, wherein the first to third AC reactors are arranged side-by-side in a direction intersecting a direction in which the cool air flows; and a plurality of AC capacitor modules located on a side from which input and output terminals of the first to third AC reactors project when viewed in plan.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,564,281	2013-10-22	1. An apparatus for determining the position of a movable element relative to a stationary element along a measurement axis, the apparatus comprising: a sensor head fixed in relation to the stationary element, the sensor head comprising a soft-magnetic core; a sensor target fixed in relation to the movable element, the soft-magnetic core and the sensor target separated by an air gap and defining a magnetic circuit; a conductive excitation coil coiled around the soft-magnetic core and adapted to produce an AC magnetic flux in the magnetic circuit, the AC magnetic flux corresponding with a total magnetic flux in the air gap, the sensor target comprising different electromagnetic properties at different locations along the measurement axis that causes a distribution of the total magnetic flux in the air gap to change when the sensor target is displaced along the measurement axis; a magnetic flux density sensor fixed in relation to the sensor head and residing in the air gap between the soft-magnetic core and the sensor target, the magnetic flux density sensor configured to detect magnetic flux density in a portion of the air gap; and a controller in communication with the magnetic flux density sensor, configured to receive an output signal of the magnetic flux density sensor and determine the position of the sensor target along the measurement axis based on two parameters associated with a magnetic flux distribution in the air gap including a value of the total magnetic flux in the air gap and a value of the magnetic flux density in the portion of the air gap detected by the magnetic flux density sensor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,480,041	2016-10-25	1. A location information registration method, comprising: transmitting, by a mobile communication terminal, a location registration request signal of making a registration request of location information of the mobile communication terminal, to a first mobile communication network over which the mobile communication terminal can communicate; transmitting to the mobile communication terminal, by a first mobile management node, the location registration request signal to a first subscriber server connected with the first mobile communication network, when the first mobile management node connected with the first mobile communication network receives the location registration request signal; transmitting, by the first mobile management node, a first location registration response signal in which a predefined value indicative of a cause of rejecting the registration request of the location information is set, when the first mobile management node determines that a registration of the location information of the mobile communication terminal cannot be completed; transmitting, by the mobile communication terminal, the location registration request signal of the mobile communication terminal to a second mobile communication network based on the predefined value, when the mobile communication terminal receives the first location registration response signal in which the predefined value is set and when there is the second mobile communication network over which the mobile communication terminal can communicate; and carrying out a first location registration operation of retransmitting the location registration request signal to the first mobile communication network, when there is not the second mobile communication network or when it is determined that a location registration of the mobile communication terminal in the second mobile communication network is not completed.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,808,892	2017-11-07	1. A fitting holding device comprising: a handle, said handle being elongated between a first end and a second end, said handle comprising a gripping section and a tapered section extending from said gripping section to said first end of said handle, said gripping section having a rectangular cross-sectional shaped transverse to a longitudinal axis of said handle; a first rod coupled to and extending from said first end of said handle, said first rod being elongated, said first rod being straight, said first rod having a consistent cross-sectional shape extending along a length of said first rod, said first rod extending from said first end of said handle offset from a center of said handle; a second rod coupled to and extending from said first end of said handle, said second rod being elongated, said second rod having a first section being coplanar with said first rod, said second rod having a second section extending from said first section, said second section of said second rod being coplanar with respect to said first section, said second section of said second rod being skewed relative to said first rod, said second rod comprising a third section extending from a distal end of said second section relative to said first section, said third section of said second rod being coplanar with said second section and said first section of said second rod, said third section being transverse relative to said first rod wherein said third section extends in spaced relationship across from said first rod defining a gap therebetween wherein said first rod and said third section of said second rod are configured to engage and hold an olet fitting therebetween, said third section of said second rod being transverse relative to said handle; and a cuff coupled to and extending around said first rod and said first section of said second rod, said cuff being slidable along a length of said first rod wherein said cuff being configured to adjust tension on said olet fitting positioned between said first rod and said third section of said second rod.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,287,707	2016-03-15	1. A system for a power supply, wherein the power supply is configured to (i) receive an alternating current voltage and (ii) supply an output voltage, the system comprising: a switch configured to a control circuit configured to deactivate the switch in response to the power supply (i) receiving the alternating current voltage and (ii) supplying the output voltage, wherein, in response to the control circuit deactivating the switch, (i) the switch stops charging the capacitance, and (ii) the first circuit receives the output voltage of the power supply.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,375,262	2013-02-12	1. A method for operating an electronic device, comprising: enabling a normal operating mode of said electronic device; evaluating at least, one parameter value associated with a memory sector and comparing said parameter value to at least one parameter threshold value, wherein the parameter value is at least one of leakage current, data retention time, endurance, or program time; upon the parameter value reaching the parameter threshold value, generating a command for replacing the memory sector; receiving the command for replacing the memory sector in said electronic device during said normal operating mode; identifying one or more available spare memory sectors in said electronic device; and modifying at least one memory map in said electronic device to replace said memory sector with said one of said available spare memory sectors.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,302,996	2016-04-05	1. A continuous arycyclic compound represented by the formula: wherein Alk represents a linear C in Ring X, X X X X where R in Ring Y, Y Y Y Y R in Ring Z, R or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Ring X is a pyridyl or phenyl group, and Ring Y is a pyridyl or phenyl group.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,546,368	2013-10-01	1. A compound which is 7,9-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,6,7-hexahydro-5H-pyrazolo[3,4-h]-1,6-naphthyridin-5-one.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,579,897	2017-02-28	1. An image recording apparatus, comprising: an ink-jet head comprising (i) a plurality of nozzles through which the ink-jet head ejects ink and (ii) an energy applier configured to apply ejection energy to the ink, the ejection energy causing the ink to be ejected from the plurality of nozzles; a medium supplier configured to supply a recording medium to a recording start position at which the ink-jet head is started to record an image on the recording medium; a first sensor provided on a supply path through which the recording medium is to be supplied to the ink-jet head by the medium supplier, the first sensor being configured to detect the recording medium supplied to the ink-jet head by the medium supplier; and a controller configured to perform:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,371,597	2013-02-12	1. An apparatus adapted to mount to a truck trailer having a trailer floor and a safety bumper spaced below the trailer floor, said apparatus comprising: a mounting plate secured to the trailer; a guide block secured to the mounting plate and extending downwardly from the mounting plate; a generally U-shaped step secured to the mounting plate, said U-shaped step being located between the trailer floor and the safety bumper; and a handle movable between an upright position and a stowed position, wherein said handle may be locked in either of said positions, a portion of said handle passing through an opening in said guide block.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,417,037	2013-04-09	1. A method of determining temporal correspondence between different sets of video data, the method comprising: inputting the sets of video data; representing the video data as ordered sequences of visual nucleotides; and determining temporally corresponding subsets of video data by aligning the sequences of visual nucleotides; wherein the visual nucleotides are computed by: representing a temporal interval of the video data as a collection of features and feature descriptors; discarding the spatial coordinates of the features, and grouping similar feature descriptors into bins according to a grouping function; and creating visual nucleotides that correspond to the coefficients of the various feature descriptor bins; and wherein the features are chosen so as to be substantially invariant with respect to video resolution, orientation, or lighting.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,719,932	2017-08-01	1. A metrology system comprising: an illumination source configured to generate an amount of broadband radiation, wherein one or more beam shaping optics direct the amount of broadband radiation to a specimen, the illumination source comprising, a detector configured to receive an amount of radiation collected from the specimen in response to the incident radiation and generate signals indicative of a property of the specimen.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,657,571	2017-05-23	1. A system for machining a turbine rotor wheel by removal of a portion of the turbine rotor wheel, the system comprising: the turbine rotor wheel, the turbine rotor wheel including a dovetail acute corner and a cooling slot; and a tool reversibly engaged to and secured to the turbine rotor wheel, wherein the tool includes a securing mechanism directly in contact with and mounted as a slide directly to a dovetail slot, the tool including: wherein the guide and the stop permit removal of a stress region from the dovetail acute corner of the turbine rotor wheel.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,500,750	2016-11-22	1. A probe for detecting radiation, comprising: an elongate handle having a first end and a second end; and an assembly disposed at an end of the handle for detecting photon emissions, the assembly comprising: at least three cadmium zinc tellurium crystal slices disposed in a stacked array and electrically coupled together in a parallel electrical circuit; and a shield at least partially surrounding the crystal slices, wherein the stacked array provides photon absorption comparable to a monolithic crystal having a thickness generally equivalent to the sum of the thicknesses of the crystal slices, wherein the stacked array is electrically biased to a voltage less than that required for a monolithic crystal having a thickness equivalent to the sum of the thicknesses of the crystal slices, and wherein the stacked array is electrically biased to a voltage corresponding to a ratio of the thickness of the individual crystal slices to that of a monolithic crystal having a thickness generally equivalent to the sum of the thicknesses of the crystal slices, further including a plurality of interconnects adapted to electrically couple together the crystal slices in a parallel electrical circuit, the interconnects having electrically conductive, spaced-apart and generally parallel elements joined by electrically conductive spacers extending generally orthogonally therebetween, and the spacers being rotationally offset from each other by a predetermined angle.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,560,432	2017-01-31	1. A Bluetooth communication bracelet, comprising: a main body including: a wearing member contoured with an internal cavity extending inside of said wearing member along the length thereof, wherein the wearing member defines a receiving groove located on an outer peripheral of the wearing member, the wearing member further including a positioning portion and a charging electrode, each located on a respective sidewall of the receiving groove; a charging plate located in said internal cavity formed in the wearing member, said charging plate being electrically coupled to the charging electrode; a USB interface located on the wearing member, wherein the USB interface is electrically coupled to the charging plate for charging the charging plate; a Bluetooth earphone received in the receiving groove, wherein the Bluetooth earphone includes: a carrier, wherein the carrier has a matching portion and a contact electrode, wherein the matching portion cooperates with the positioning portion of said wearing member to allow the Bluetooth earphone to be removably mounted to the main body, wherein the contact electrode is positioned in contact with the charging electrode positioned at said wearing member for charging the Bluetooth earphone; an earplug located on a side of the carrier abutting against the receiving groove; a microphone located on the carrier, and a music player located in said internal cavity formed in said wearing member and electrically coupled in said internal cavity to said charging plate.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,400,525	2013-03-19	1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a determination unit that determines whether location information corresponding to image data indicates a destination or a transit point; and a recording unit that (a) records, on a recording medium, information corresponding to the destination as additional information of the image data if the location information corresponding to the image data indicates the destination, and (b) records, on the recording medium, information corresponding to the transit point and the information corresponding to the destination as additional information of the image data if the location information corresponding to the image data indicates the transit point.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,382,980	2016-07-05	1. A multi stage transmission for a vehicle, comprising: an input shaft and an output shaft; a first planetary gear device, a second planetary gear device, a third planetary gear device, and a fourth planetary gear device provided to transfer a torque between the input shaft and the output shaft and each planetary gear set including three rotating elements; and at least six shift elements connected to at least one of the three rotating elements of the first, second, third, and fourth planetary gear devices, wherein a first rotating element of the first planetary gear device is fixedly connected to one of the at least six shift elements, a second rotating element of the first planetary gear device is continuously connected to a second rotating element of the third planetary gear device and a third rotating element of the fourth planetary gear device, and a third rotating element of the first planetary gear device is continuously connected to a first rotating element of the second planetary gear device and a third rotating element of the third planetary gear device, a second rotating element of the second planetary gear device is continuously connected to the input shaft, the second rotating element of the second planetary gear device is selectively connected to the third rotating element of the third planetary gear device, and a third rotating element of the second planetary gear device is selectively connected to a first rotating element of the third planetary gear device, the first rotating element of the third planetary gear device is selectively connected to a first rotating element and a second rotating element of the fourth planetary gear device, respectively, and the first rotating element of the fourth planetary gear device is fixedly connected to another one of the at least six shift elements and the second rotating element of the fourth planetary gear device is continuously connected to the output shaft.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,736,024	2017-08-15	1. A method of registering devices for network access, the method comprising; receiving, by a registration module, a media access control (MAC) address associated with a network adapter of a device, the device being associated with a guest of a lodging facility; registering, by the registration module, the device, including associating the MAC address received by said receiving step of the MAC address associated with the network adapter of the device with a guest account for said guest, before the time of registration of a said guest at said lodging facility and by confirming that a user name associated with the device is associated with a said guest account; and allowing, by the registration module, the registered device to access a network at said lodging facility, including adding, by the registration module, the MAC address of the device to an authorized device list, the authorized device list including multiple MAC addresses associated with one guest account, each MAC address corresponding to a different network adapter of one or more devices.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,670,066	2017-06-06	1. A composition of matter comprising hydrothermally dehydrated saccharide-derived carbon particles wherein said particles are characterized by having an oxygen content of 5-30 weight percent and a leakage current of less than 5×10 −4 A.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
8,562,045	2013-10-22	1. A tong or clamp apparatus for picking up an object, comprising: a) a first member having a front end in the form of a first elongate arm and a rear end; b) a second member having a front end in the form of a second elongate arm and a rear end, the first member and the second member are pivotably connected together at a first pivot axis; c) a utility portion; and d) a rear portion including a locking mechanism for controlling configuration of the apparatus; wherein the locking mechanism includes: i) a lever pivotably connected to the apparatus and adapted to take a swinging course between a first position and a second position, in that in the first position the first arm and the second arm may be locked together and in the second position the first arm and the second arm are allowed to be freely movable relative to each other; ii) a guide defining a region at which the lever is movable within a range of distance; and wherein the apparatus is configured to assume: 1) a first configuration in which the lever is engaged in the first position due to orientation of the apparatus and the effect of gravity on the lever such that the first arm and the second arm are locked against each other from movement; or 2) a second configuration in which the lever having been disengaged from the first position, or engaging or engaged in the second position, due to orientation of the apparatus and the effect of gravity on the lever such that the first arm and the second arm are movable relative to each other.	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,518,326	2016-12-13	1. A method for fabricating an electrostatic chuck comprising: forming vias in a ceramic plate; printing a metal paste in the vias and curing the ceramic plate; printing the metal paste on a front surface of the ceramic plate and curing the ceramic plate; printing the metal paste on a bottom surface of the ceramic plate and curing the ceramic plate to form one or more contact pads on the bottom surface of the ceramic plate, wherein the metal paste on the front surface and the metal paste on the bottom surface are electrically coupled by the metal paste in the vias; and printing a dielectric film on the front surface of the ceramic plate and curing the ceramic plate.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,952,753	2015-02-10	1. A dynamic power supply for regulating a power output by a control signal, said dynamic power supply comprising: a) a linear driver having: b) a capacitor connected in series with said driver output for generating a capacitor voltage responsive to DC and low frequency current components in said driver output current; c) a switching regulator having a control input and a regulator output connected in a regulator feedback loop, wherein said control input is connected to receive said capacitor voltage and said regulator feedback loop minimizes said capacitor voltage thereby generating at said regulator output a regulator output current comprising said DC and low frequency current components, wherein said control input receiving said capacitor voltage further receives a voltage offset from an offset voltage source, thereby generating a DC offset in said driver output; and d) a combiner for combining said driver output current and said regulator output current to yield said power output.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,546,338	2013-10-01	1. A dicephalic peptide amphiphile comprising the formula: wherein n is equal to at least 6 and X is one of the peptide sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 16 and SEQ ID NO: 17.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,971,123	2015-03-03	1. A method of calibrating a temperature sensor in a memory controller chip, in a multi-chip memory system, comprising: assembling the multi-chip memory system, including connecting the memory controller chip to at least one nonvolatile memory chip; subsequently, measuring an output of the temperature sensor at a first temperature and storing a result of the measuring in the nonvolatile memory chip; subsequently, measuring an output of the temperature sensor at a second temperature that is different to the first temperature; and calculating the second temperature from: (a) the output of the temperature sensor at the second temperature; (b) the stored result of the measuring at the first temperature; and (c) a relationship between temperature and sensor output over a temperature range of interest of temperature sensors of a genus that includes the temperature sensor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,028,832	2015-05-12	1. An antibody comprising a heavy chain and a light chain, wherein the heavy chain comprises a heavy chain variable region and a heavy chain constant region, and wherein the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region is set forth at positions 1-145 of SEQ ID NO:3, and wherein the heavy chain constant region is a heavy chain constant region of human antibody IgG1, and wherein the amino acid sequence of the light chain is set forth by SEQ ID NO:1.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,878,276	2014-11-04	1. An apparatus comprising: a diode plug disposed upon a second-patterned portion of a semiconductive film, wherein the diode plug contacts a first wall, a second wall, a third wall, and a fourth wall of the semiconductive film; an electrode disposed above and on the diode plug; a shallow-trench isolation (STI) adjacent to the Schottky diode; and a variable-resistance material memory (VRMM) cell coupled to the electrode, wherein the variable-resistance material is a doped chalcogenide glass of A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,643,316	2017-05-09	1. A robot system comprising: a track; a robot that includes a robot arm having multiple degrees of freedom of movement; a carriage configured to carry said robot on said track; a 3D scanner mounted upon an end of said robot arm, said 3D scanner configured to collect environmental data from an operating environment surrounding said robot while said robot remains within a safe working volume; and an operator station that includes a computer and associated software and is located remotely from said robot arm, said operator station configured to control movement of said robot arm and said carriage; wherein, in said safe working volume, said robot is configured to translate along said track in a tucked position without colliding with any portion of the operating environment, wherein said 3D scanner is a laser device configured to gather said environmental data, wherein said computer and associated software is configured to voxelize said scanned data and to utilize said voxelized data to define said operating environment, and wherein said computer and associated hardware is configured to utilize said voxelized data to define movements of said carriage and said robot arm with said operating environment that also avoids collisions between said carriage and said robot arm with said operating environment.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,512,247	2013-08-20	1. A portable system for about real time non-invasive determination of glycogen store value comprising: a glycogen evaluator structured and arranged to evaluate with a processor at least one selected portion of an ultrasound scan of a selected target muscle to determine a glycogen store value within the target muscle in about real time.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,006,157	2015-04-14	1. An emulsifiable silicone material having the general formula MD x D y ′D z ″M′, wherein D= D′= D″= R=hydrocarbon functional group; R′=—C M=R M′=R y>0; and z>0; R″=C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,625,633	2017-04-18	1. An optical assembly comprising: a light emitting panel member having opposite sides and at least one input edge for receiving light from at least one light source; and a pattern of individual optical deformities on or in at least one of the sides for producing a light output distribution from a light emitting surface area of the panel member, the individual optical deformities being varied within the pattern, the pattern including different sets of the optical deformities in respective regions of the light emitting surface, a first set of the optical deformities each having at least one surface that is shaped or oriented to extract light propagating through the panel member in an output ray angle distribution, a second set of the optical deformities each having at least one surface that is shaped or oriented to extract light propagating through the panel member in a different output ray angle distribution than the first set.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8,476,656	2013-07-02	1. A light-emitting diode, comprising: a circuit board; a pair of electrodes provided adjacent to opposite sides on the circuit board; at least one light-emitting diode element electrically connected to the pair of electrodes; a central electrode for heat-dissipation provided between the pair of electrodes on the circuit board; and a heat-dissipation plate having a treated surface of increased reflection at least formed on an upper surface of the heat-dissipation plate, and the heat-dissipation plate being disposed on the central electrode, the light-emitting diode element being disposed on the upper surface of the heat-dissipation plate and electrically connected to the pair of electrodes on the circuit board by a pair of wires, the pair of electrodes each including an upper electrode provided on an upper surface of the circuit board and a lower electrode provided on a lower surface of the circuit board and the upper electrode electrically connected to the lower electrode, the upper electrodes and the lower electrodes of the pair of electrodes disposed adjacent to the opposite sides on the circuit board.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,889,561	2014-11-18	1. A method comprising: forming a hardmask on a substrate; providing first and second mandrels on the hardmask having first and second widths, respectively, wherein the first and second widths are different; providing a first spacer on each side of each of the first and second mandrels; removing the first and second mandrels; providing, after removal of the first and second mandrels, a second spacer on each side of each of the first spacers; removing the first spacers; etching, after removal of the first spacers, the hardmask using the second spacers as a mask; and generating a plurality of fins by etching, after etching of the hardmask, a part of a layer of the substrate using the hardmask as a mask, wherein the fins have a variable fin pitch less than 40 nm.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,428,522	2016-08-30	1. A compound of Formula (III), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein: R V is selected from the group consisting of a bond, C(R A is a linking —C(R X and, when X each R each R each R each R each R each R R each R n is 1 or 2; and q is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,276,654	2016-03-01	1. A transmitter comprising: a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) precoder configured to, in response to a first input signal and a second input signal, generate a first transmission signal and a second transmission signal, by performing MIMO precoding by pre-phase shifting or pre-phase shifting/hopping the second input signal, and superposition encoding the first input signal and the pre-phase shifted or pre-phase shifted/hopped second input signal; and an OFDM modulator configured to OFDM modulate the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal, wherein the MIMO precoder performs the MIMO precoding by using one of following four equations: where c is a pre-phase shift matrix, is a superposition encoding matrix, θ is a pre-phase shift parameter, and w is a superposition encoding parameter; where c is a pre-phase shift/hopping matrix, is a superposition encoding matrix, θ(k) is a pre-phase shift/hopping parameter for a k th symbol, and ψ is a superposition encoding parameter; where c is a pre-phase shift matrix, is a superposition encoding matrix, θ is a pre-phase shift parameter, and ψ(k) is a superposition encoding parameter for a k th symbol; and where c is a pre-phase shift/hopping matrix, is a superposition encoding matrix, θ(k) is a pre-phase shift/hopping parameter for a k th symbol, and ψ(k) is a superposition encoding parameter for a k th symbol.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,363,283	2016-06-07	1. A method of generating a digital reputation score, comprising: generating, by a server, a first reputation score of a first user based on online activity associated with the first user, identity verification of the first user and online transaction history of the first user; receiving, by the server, a first plurality of requests from a first online account of the first user to establish unidirectional trust relationships with a first set of online accounts corresponding to a first set of users, the first online account and the first set of online accounts maintained by the server; establishing, by the server, responsive to receiving the plurality of requests from the first online account, for the first online account, a unidirectional trust relationship from the first online account to each of the first set of online accounts; receiving, by the server, a second plurality of requests from a second set of online accounts corresponding to a second set of users to establish unidirectional trust relationships with the first online account corresponding to the first user, the second set of online accounts maintained by the server; establishing, by the server, responsive to receiving the second plurality of requests from the second set of online accounts, for the first online account, a plurality of unidirectional trust relationships from the second set of online accounts to the first online account, each of the unidirectional trust relationships from the second set of online accounts to the first online account established from a respective online account of the second set of online accounts to the first online account; generating, by the server, for the first online account of the first user, a second reputation score based on a first number of unidirectional trust relationships established from the first online account to each of the first set of online accounts and a second number of unidirectional trust relationships established from the second set of online accounts to the first online account; generating, by the server, for the first online account of the first user, a third reputation score using the first reputation score of the first user and the second reputation score of the first user; identifying, by the server, from the second set of online accounts, a second online account corresponding to a second user that is included in the second set of online accounts; generating, by the server, for the second online account of the second user, a fourth reputation score based on i) online activity associated with the second user, ii) identity verification of the second user, and iii) online transaction history of the second user; generating, by the server, for the second online account of the second user, the fifth reputation score based on i) a third number of unidirectional trust relationships established from the second online account to each of a third set of online accounts and ii) a fourth number of unidirectional trust relationships established from a fourth set of online accounts to the second online account, the third set of online accounts including the first online account corresponding to the first user; generating, by the server, for the second online account of the second user, a sixth reputation score of the second user based on the fourth reputation score and the fifth reputation score; receiving, by the server, an update on at least one of the online activity associated with the first user, the identity verification of the first user or the online transaction history of the first user; adjusting, by the server, the first reputation score and the third reputation score of the first user responsive to receiving the update; and adjusting, by the server, responsive to adjusting the third reputation score of the first user, the fourth reputation score of the second user based on the unidirectional trust relationship from the second online account to the first online account.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,788,566	2017-10-17	1. A system for producing free-flowing powder with a narrow particle size distribution from liquid solutions or liquid suspensions or liquid dispersions of functional foods, nutraceuticals, and natural health ingredients comprising in combination: (a) a feeding reservoir equipped with an agitator to maintain homogenous liquid compositions of said liquid solutions or liquid suspensions or liquid dispersions; (b) a positive displacement pumping device to pump said liquid composition into at least one atomizing device; (c) said at least one atomizing device composed of: (d) a conical-cylindrical drying chamber sustaining a temperature of gaseous drying medium at 250° C. and above equipped with a manhole, and a multi-nozzle manifold; (e) an intermediate drying medium consisting of a single bed or multi-beds of inert carriers leading to reduced volume of the drying chamber.	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,291,795	2016-03-22	1. A device, comprising: a device level having an optical component; at least another device level having another optical component; and a press fit optical via to interconnect the device level and the at least another device level, wherein the press fit optical further comprises:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8,861,442	2014-10-14	1. A power control method, applied to a radio network controller (RNC), for performing an outer loop power control operation between the RNC and a node B, the method comprising: a) calculating a corresponding packet error rate threshold and a corresponding base received packet count according to a target block error rate (BLER) and a precision of the target BLER; b) obtaining a received packet count and a packet error count within an operation period of the RNC, and respectively adding the received packet count and the packet error count to an accumulated received packet count and an accumulated packet error count; c) determining whether the accumulated packet error count is greater than a product of the accumulated received packet count and the packet error rate threshold, and increasing a target signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) of the node B when the accumulated packet error count is greater than the product of the accumulated received packet count and the packet error rate threshold; d) determining whether the accumulated received packet count is greater than or equal to a product of the base received packet count and a threshold parameter, and decreasing the target SIR when the accumulated received packet count is greater than or equal to the product of the base received packet count and the threshold parameter; e) determining whether the target SIR is adjusted in step (c) or step (d), and performing step (f) when the target SIR is adjusted in step (c) or step (d); and f) resetting the accumulated received packet count and the accumulated packet error count if the target SIR is adjusted in step (c) or step (d).	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,803,963	2017-10-31	1. A swing blade broadhead comprising: a shank base includes an arrow shaft shank, a blade base and a nose section, said arrow shaft shank extends from a bottom of said blade base, said nose section extends from a top of said blade base, a plurality of holes are formed through said nose section; a plurality of swing blades each having a blade portion and a pintle roll extending from said blade portion; and at least one of a plurality of pins and fasteners are inserted through said plurality of holes and said plurality of pintle rolls, said at least one of said plurality of pins and fasteners are retained at a bottom of said blade base, wherein said plurality of swing blades pivot relative to said shank base.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,648,604	2014-02-11	1. An ionization gauge to measure pressure comprising: at least one electron source that generates electrons; a collector electrode that collects ions formed by the impact between the electrons and gas molecules; an anode configured to operate at an initial anode bias voltage for an initial voltage difference, between the initial anode bias voltage and a collector bias voltage of the collector electrode, during normal high vacuum pressure measuring operation; and a controller that substantially reduces the voltage difference between the anode bias voltage and the collector bias voltage, relative to the initial voltage difference and with the anode bias voltage at less than 180 volts, during pressure measuring operation at pressures above normal high vacuum operation to reduce yield of sputtering impacts.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,366,060	2013-02-05	1. A supporting arm assembly, comprising: an upper arm having two ends; a lower arm pivotally connected to one of the ends of the upper arm; a display-connecting device mounted on the upper arm at an end opposite to the lower arm and having a display mount mounted securely on the connecting base; a holding base mounted on the lower arm at an end opposite to the upper arm, wherein the upper arm has a connecting hole defined in the upper arm and holding a bottom end of the pivotal pin of the display-connecting device inside; the pivotal pin of the display-connecting device further has the display-connecting device further has a pivotal rod mounted rotatably in the clamping hole and connected securely to the connecting base to pivotally connect the connecting base with the pivotal pin.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,515,922	2013-08-20	1. A method for smarter deduplicated caching of queries for green IT management by combining caching and deduplicating of queries and responses to reduce work load by a processor device in a computer storage device, the method comprising: ascertaining a plurality of most-used data access chains, wherein a plurality of access paths to identical data is determined for the plurality of most-used data access chains; determining a generalized chain that is formed from the plurality of access paths to the identical data; and deduplicating a plurality of keys and a plurality of information relating to the plurality of access paths to the identical data, further including performing at least one of: maintaining a plurality of statistics of the plurality of information used by a common information model (CIM) agent, wherein the ascertaining the plurality of most-used data access chains is performed by the CIM agent, and using a plurality of statistical hints from the plurality of statistics for managing cache space.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,783,704	2014-07-22	1. A shock absorbing suspension system for a vehicle comprising: a vehicle frame having a front end, a rear end, and opposing sides; at least one pair of gas shock absorbers, each one of said pair of gas shock absorbers having a piston and a piston stem extending from said piston and through said gas shock absorber wherein each of said pair of gas shock absorbers is functionally attached to said frame; at least one axle, wherein at least one tire is rotatably attached to each of said at least one axle; at least two extension arms, each one of said at least two extension arms pivotally attached to said frame forming a pivotal connection and having a first end and a second end, wherein said each of said extension arm first ends is attached to said piston stem of one of said at least one pair of gas shock absorbers, said second extension arm end is attached to one of said at least one axle, wherein said pivotal connection is between said first extension arm end and said second extension arm end; a steering column attached to said frame; a pair of upper forks, each upper fork of said pair of upper forks having a first end and a second end wherein each of said upper fork first ends is attached to said steering column and each of said upper fork second ends is attached to said pivotal connection; wherein one gas shock absorber of one pair of said at least one pair of gas shock absorbers is attached to one of said pair of upper forks; and, wherein said pair of upper forks and said steering column form a functional attachment of each said one gas shock absorber of said one pair of said at least one pair of gas shock absorbers to said frame.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,688,819	2017-06-27	1. An addition-crosslinking silicone resin composition comprising A) at least one branched, self-crosslinking organopolysiloxane of the formula (I) where R 1 to R 6 are mutually independently monovalent, optionally substituted hydrocarbon moieties which are optionally interrupted by heteroatoms, or are an OH group, or a hydrogen atom, M, D, T, and Q are a number from 0 to <1, with the proviso that M+D+T+Q=1 and Q+T>0, and with the proviso that a molecule A) comprises, as moieties R 1 to R 6 , at least two alkenyl groups, at least two hydrogen atoms, and at least one aryl group, and with the provisos that at least 5 mol % of all of the subunits of A) are of the form (R 4 R 5 SiO 2/2 ) D , at least 6 mol % of all of the subunits (R 4 R 5 SiO 2/2 ) D are present as chain segments made of from 3 to 200 adjacent subunits in A), and the moieties R 4 and R 5 of said subunits present as chain segments are neither a hydrogen atom nor an alkenyl moiety, where the molar ratio of the silicon-bonded repeating units bearing alkenyl groups to the repeating units bearing silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms is at least 0.75; and where the molar proportion of the silicon atoms bearing at least one aryl moiety to the total number of the silicon atoms is at least 30%; and where the molar proportion of the alkyl groups, based on the total number of the silicon-bonded moieties is at most 70%, C) an effective catalyzing amount of at least one catalyst that promotes the addition reaction of Si-bonded hydrogen onto aliphatic double bonds, where the molar ratio of silicon-bonded alkenyl groups to silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in the addition-crosslinking silicone resin composition is from at least 0.75:1 to 2:1, and further comprising at least one flexipolymer D) of the formula (IV) where R 11 and R 12 and R 13 are mutually independently optionally substituted hydrocarbon moieties which are optionally interrupted by heteroatoms, and are not a hydrogen atom; w and x* are respectively a number 0, 1, 2, or 3, where w+x=3; y and z are respectively a number 0, 1, 2, or 3, where y+z=2; M, D, and T are a number from 0 to <1, where M+D+T*=1, with the proviso that, per molecule D), there are at least two alkenyl groups present as R 11 , and there is at least one aryl group present as R 12 or R 13 .	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,407,510	2013-03-26	1. A data transfer method, comprising: determining that no device is transmitting or receiving a clock signal on a clock bus including determining an availability of the clock bus based on an amount of data transmitted or received on a data bus associated with the clock bus; driving the clock bus to a first voltage after it is determined that no device is transmitting or receiving a clock signal on the clock bus; and driving the clock bus to a second voltage different than the first voltage.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,405,726	2016-08-02	1. A method for calculating intermodulation noise generated with one or more land seismic sources, the method comprising: receiving seismic data generated by actuating the one or more land seismic source with a first sweep and a second sweep; calculating with a computing device a first earth response (h calculating with the computing device a second earth response (h calculating the intermodulation noise (IMD) based on the first and second earth responses (h removing from the seismic data the intermodulation noise (IMD); and generating an image of a surveyed subsurface based on the seismic data, from which the intermodulation noise (IMD) has been removed, for identifying geophysical structures, wherein the second sweep is a time reverse sweep of the first sweep.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,800,342	2017-10-24	1. An optical WDM transmission network comprising at least one optical line terminal, a remote node and a plurality of optical network units, wherein (a) the at least one optical line terminal is connected to the optical remote node via an optical WDM path, (b) each optical network unit is connected to the optical remote node via an optical distribution path, (c) the optical remote node comprising a cyclic N×N arrayed waveguide grating has connection ports for connecting the at least one optical line terminal and the plurality of optical network units to the optical remote node, the cyclic N×N arrayed waveguide grating having wavelength-depending routing properties being configured in such a way that bidirectional hub links via the optical remote node between the at least one optical line terminal and each of the optical network units can be established and being further configured in such a way that direct bidirectional star links via the optical remote node between one or more selected optical network unit and at least one of the other optical network unit can be established, the wavelength-dependent routing properties of the cyclic N×N arrayed waveguide grating being essentially identical in a first optical band, a second optical band, and a third optical band, the first, second and third optical band having no overlap, (d) wherein, for establishing the hub links, the at least one optical line terminal creates optical downstream channel signals at first wavelengths lying in the first optical band and each of selected one or more optical network units creates an optical upstream channel signal at a dedicated second wavelength lying in the second optical band and wherein, for establishing the direct star links, each of selected one or more optical network units creates an optical star link channel signal at a dedicated third wavelength lying in the third optical band, (e) each of the selected optical network units further comprising a first optical band filter device comprising a common port and a first band port and a second band port, a first optical receiver connected to the first band port and a second optical receiver coupled to the second band port, the first optical receiver being adapted to receive an optical downstream channel signal lying in the first optical band for establishing a hub link and the second optical receiver adapted to receive an optical channel signal lying in the third optical band for establishing a direct star link, (f) wherein the optical band filter device is configured to route an optical channel signal supplied to the common port and lying in the first optical band to the first band port and to route an optical channel signal supplied to the common port and lying in the third optical band to the second band port, (g) wherein the optical line terminal and each optical network unit have a connection port comprising a separate output port and a separate input port, wherein the output port of the optical line terminal and each output port of an optical network unit are connected to a dedicated front port of the cyclic N×N arrayed waveguide grating and wherein the input port of the optical line terminal and each input port of an optical network unit are connected to a dedicated back port of the cyclic N×N arrayed waveguide grating by a separate optical path.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,753,171	2014-06-17	1. A bra comprising: two breast cups; a medial window disposed between the two breast cups, wherein the medial window is formed of a material that is visually transparent so that a light field is projectable onto a wearer's chest and viewed without obstruction; two shoulder straps for supporting the two breast cups; and a back band that couples to the shoulder straps and the two breast cups, wherein: (i) neither the breast cups, medial window, shoulder straps, nor back band comprise a material that scatters or substantially attenuates treatment radiation; and (ii) the bra is configured so that, when worn, no portion of a vertical midline of a wearer's chest is obscured by the bra.	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,714,805	2017-07-25	1. A silencer apparatus for suppressing the sound of a projectile fired from a firearm, the silencer apparatus comprising: at least a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber, each of said chambers having a cylindrical, oval, or rectangular shape; the first, second, and third chambers being aligned longitudinally and sequentially along a bore line, wherein the bore line is coaxial with a longitudinal bore axis of a barrel of the firearm when the silencer apparatus is installed on the firearm; the first chamber extending proximally and radially around the gun barrel along the bore line, comprising a first end cap on a proximal end thereof and a second end cap at the distal end of the first chamber, the first chamber being defined by one of a solid cylindrical wall or a wall with a plurality of vent holes, an internal cavity of the first chamber between walls thereof containing one of empty space or sound absorbing material or mechanical baffles, the first end cap being concentric with the bore line and including a concentric annular opening around the gun barrel and encompassing the gun barrel, wherein the first end cap is either solid or includes vent holes; the second end cap having an opening formed there-through, and the second end cap having one of a screw mount, a three-lug twist disconnect system, or a mechanical connection system, for attaching the silencer apparatus to a muzzle end of the barrel of the firearm such that the bore line and longitudinal bore axis are aligned; the second end cap being attached to a proximal end of the second chamber and the distal end of the first chamber, the second end cap being concentric with the bore line and including a concentric annular opening; a guide ring formed on a distal end of the second end cap, the guide ring being concentric with the bore line and the concentric annular opening of the second end cap, and the guide ring being beveled along a distal side thereof and extending distally from the second end cap and functioning as an interface and alignment guide for a tube coming into contact with the guide ring along the bore line; the second chamber further including a radially inward projecting first flange on a distal end of the second chamber and a spring, the spring being concentric with and internal to the second chamber, and the spring being connected with the first flange; the third chamber having a smaller diameter or cross-sectional area than the second chamber, the third chamber being wholly or partially inserted within the second chamber; the third chamber having a radially outwardly facing second flange on a proximal end thereof, the proximal end of the third chamber being disposed inside the second chamber; the spring being concentric with and fitting between an outer surface of the third chamber and an inner surface of the second chamber; the spring being disposed between the first flange and the second flange such that the spring biases the third chamber into a retracted position in which the third chamber is retracted into the second chamber, and wherein the third chamber is movable relative to the second chamber longitudinally along the bore line from the retracted position to an expanded position, against the bias of the spring, when the third chamber is acted upon by expanding gases within the silencer apparatus; the silencer apparatus further comprising an inner tube disposed inside the third chamber and concentric with the bore line, the inner tube being attached to a third end cap that is located at a distal end of the third chamber, the inner tube having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter or cross-sectional area of the third chamber, and the diameter of the inner tube being larger than the projectile; the inner tube being partially or fully perforated with holes along a length thereof to allow gases following the projectile along the bore line to vent from inside the inner tube into the second and third chambers; an internal cavity of the third chamber, which is defined between an outer wall of the third chamber and the inner tube, containing one of empty space or sound absorbing material or mechanical baffles; wherein a proximal end of the inner tube contacts with the guide ring, such that the beveled portion of the guide ring causes the inner tube to align concentrically with the bore line, when the third chamber is in the retracted position; and wherein the second end cap includes vent holes communicating with the first chamber to allow gases to pass from the second chamber to the first chamber; wherein the interior cavity of the first chamber contains one of empty space or sound absorbing material or mechanical baffles; wherein the silencer apparatus allows a projectile fired from the firearm to travel along the bore line through the second end cap, the second chamber, the inner tube, the third chamber, and the third end cap, when the silencer apparatus is installed on the muzzle end of the barrel of the firearm; wherein all the elements concentric to the bore line and along the path of the projectile of the silencer allow for a free flow path of the projectile and are sized with one of a same diameter as the barrel or a diameter just slightly larger than the projectile.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,590,234	2013-11-26	1. An insulated roof assembly comprising: at least one support structure having a main body portion; a first insulation material generally disposed around said main body portion; a roof panel supported by said at least one support structure; a second insulation material disposed between said roof panel and said at least one support structure; and a reflective insulation material disposed between said second insulating material and said at least one support structure, said reflective insulating material being separated from said roof panel by a first air gap of at least approximately 1 inch, and said reflective insulating material being separated from said first insulation material by a second air gap of at least approximately 1 inch.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,775,383	2014-07-08	1. A file editing apparatus that performs revoke processing for revoking segmentation of a file in a system that reads and writes data on a per-minimum-unit basis, the apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store the file and first and second segments of the file created during segmentation of the file; a processor configured to:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,363,492	2013-01-29	1. A delay adjustment device installed on an apparatus connected to an external memory by a data line and a strobe line, the data line carrying a data signal, and the strobe line carrying a strobe signal that specifies when to read the data signal, the delay adjustment device performing delay adjustment on the strobe signal and comprising: a memory bandwidth monitoring unit operable to monitor a memory bandwidth and to successively output memory bandwidth information indicating the memory bandwidth, the memory bandwidth representing an amount of data transferred during transmission between the external memory and the apparatus; an elapsed time measurement unit operable to measure an elapsed time since startup of the delay adjustment device; a temperature sensor operable to measure temperature of the delay adjustment device; and a delay adjustment unit operable to perform the delay adjustment on the strobe signal with respect to the data signal in accordance with the memory bandwidth indicated by the memory bandwidth information, the elapsed time, and the temperature.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,571,423	2013-10-29	1. A digital signal processor (DSP), comprising a memory configured to process complex symbol streams derived from a received digitally modulated optical signal, the DSP configured to perform a method, comprising: using a filter adaptation algorithm (FAA), processing the complex symbol streams for each of a sequence of predefined unitary matrix different starting conditions associated with the FAA to establish a converged FAA.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,981,148	2015-03-17	1. An esteramide compound of formula (I′): wherein:	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,084,484	2015-07-21	1. A shelving system comprising: a plurality of tubular frame members; a plurality of shelves, the shelves having frame receiving regions arranged to receive ends of the tubular frame members, wherein the plurality of shelves and the plurality of tubular frame members are connectable by insertion of the tubular frame members into the frame receiving regions to form an openly configured, assembled shelving unit in which the shelves are connected to one another in vertically spaced relationship by the frame members; and at least one closure member; the assembled shelving unit and the at least one closure member both having an integrally molded connector structure that provides for connectability of the at least one closure member to the assembled shelving unit with the tubular frame members received by the frame receiving regions, wherein, after the tubular frame members are received in the frame receiving regions to form the assembled shelving unit, the integrally molded connector structure of the assembled shelving unit remains available, without removing the tubular frame members from the frame receiving regions of the assembled shelving unit, for connection with the integrally molded connector structure of the at least one closure member, such that connection of the at least one closure member to the assembled shelving unit positions the at least one closure member between two of the shelves of the assembled shelving unit, wherein each of the plurality of shelves includes a front portion, a rear portion, and opposed side portions, wherein each of the plurality of shelves includes corner portions disposed at intersections of the front portion with the opposed side portions and at intersections of the rear portion with the opposed side portions, and wherein each of the corner portions includes the integrally molded connector structures that provide for connectability of the at least one closure member to the assembled shelving unit and also includes the frame receiving regions that provide for connectability of the tubular frame members to the corresponding shelves to form the assembled shelving unit, and wherein each of the corner portions protrude outwardly beyond the front portion and side portion or rear portion and side portion which intersect at each respective corner portion.	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,543,797	2017-01-10	1. A cross-interlocked switch type DC electric machine system having auxiliary excitation winding and conduction ring and brush, said system including a first switched DC electric machine ( 1001 ) having conduction ring and brush and a second switched DC electric machine ( 1002 ) having conduction ring and brush, comprising: a first drive control device ( a first magnetic field structure ( the first magnetic field winding set ( the first electric machine angular position sensor ( the first rotary part ( the first serial type auxiliary excitation winding set ( the first electric conduction ring and brush device ( a second drive control device ( a second magnetic field structure ( the second magnetic field winding set ( the second electric machine angular position sensor ( the second rotary part ( the second serial type auxiliary excitation winding set ( the second electric conduction ring and brush device (	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,117,377	2015-08-25	1. A dynamically-changeable abdominal simulator system comprising: a patient manikin having an abdominal cavity removably covered by a sheet of synthetic skin; a grid array of inflatable cells emplaced within the abdominal cavity covering respectively distinct areas of pressurization over a length and a width of a tactile surface of the abdominal cavity, wherein each inflatable cell is supplied with pressurization from a source of pressurization under separate and independent inflation control; and an inflation manifold and an electronic control module operable therewith for controlling pressurization supplied separately and independently to the inflatable cells of the grid array from the source of pressurization in order to simulate a wide range of abdominal ailments and/or conditional expressions for the tactile surface of the abdomen of the patient manikin, wherein the grid array of inflation cells are each made of semi-rigid material for maintaining a fixed cell shape and contains an inflation balloon for pressurizing cell turgidity.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,110,586	2015-08-18	1. A scrolling apparatus that enables scrolling of display contents of a display, the scrolling apparatus comprising: a detector that detects a position of a movement starting point specified by a user in an operating range having a position that is specifiable by the user; a primary storage that stores display data; a secondary storage that stores the display data in a load range that is larger than a display range of the display among the display data stored in the primary storage; a load range determining unit that is electrically connected to the detector, the primary storage and the secondary storage, and determines the load range of the display data to be loaded from the primary storage to the secondary storage according to the position of the movement starting point detected by the detector; a loading unit that is electrically connected to the load range determining unit, the primary storage and the secondary storage, and loads the display data in the load range determined by the load range determining unit from the primary storage to the secondary storage; and a display control unit that is electrically connected to the display and the secondary storage, and displays on the display display data in the display range among the display data in the load range stored in the secondary storage, wherein the load range determining unit is configured to: wherein the loading unit sequentially loads to the secondary storage display data starting from data judged to have a high priority by the load range determining unit.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,045,608	2015-06-02	1. A rigid polyurethane foam comprising unit cells, comprising: thermally expandable fine particles placed between at least two adjacent unit cells to penetrate into a unit cell, to be exposed from a unit cell, or both, and a filler dispersed on surfaces of the thermally expandable fine particles, on inner surfaces of the unit cells, on outer surfaces of the unit cells, or on a combination thereof, wherein the cells have an average diameter of about 200 μm to about 300 μm and the rigid polyurethane foam has a cell close ratio of about 85% to about 99%.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,890,039	2014-11-18	1. A method for heating a fluid line system of a motor vehicle, the fluid line system including a fluid line having a pair of line connectors at ends of the fluid line, the method comprising the steps locating at least two electric heating elements on the fluid line system with one of the heating elements being provided with one of the line connectors and another of the heating elements being provided with the fluid line, electrically connecting and operating the heating elements in parallel and separately supplying each heating element with a controlled operating current for adjusting its heating power, wherein each heating element is separately supplied with its own operating voltage, and each operating voltage is generated from a supply voltage by means of a PWM controller clocked to regulate the heating power with a defined mark-to-space ratio, wherein the respective operating current results from an effective value of the clocked operating voltage and a respective existing resistance of the heating element, wherein successive locations within the heating line system are in fluid communication with each other and subjected to different heating power along the heating line system.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,812,887	2014-08-19	1. An electronic display device operable to work in a working mode or a power saving mode, the electronic display device comprising: a display operable to display working content; a camera positioned on the display; at least one processor; a storage system to store one or more programs executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9,245,709	2016-01-26	1. A charged particle beam specimen inspection system, comprising: an emitter for emitting at least one charged particle beam; a specimen support table configured for supporting a specimen; an objective lens for focusing the at least one charged particle beam; a charge control electrode provided between the objective lens and the specimen support table, wherein the charge control electrode has at least one aperture opening for the at least one charged particle beam; and a flood gun configured to emit further charged particles for charging of the specimen, wherein the charge control electrode has a flood gun aperture opening at which a conductive membrane is provided which is positioned between the flood gun and the specimen support table.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,551,795	2017-01-24	1. A position-sensitive ionizing-radiation counting detector comprising: a radiation detector gas chamber having at least one ultra-thin chamber window; an ultra-thin first substrate contained within the gas chamber; a second substrate generally parallel to and coupled to the first substrate and defining a gas gap between the first substrate and the second substrate; a discharge gas between the first and second substrates and contained within the gas chamber, wherein the discharge gas is free to circulate within the gas chamber and between the first and second substrates at a given gas pressure; at least one first electrode coupled to one of the substrates; at least one second electrode electrically coupled to the first electrode; a first impedance coupled to the first electrode; a power supply coupled to at least one of the electrodes; a first discharge event detector coupled to at least one of the electrodes for detecting a gas discharge counting event in the electrode; a plurality of pixels defined by the electrodes, each pixel capable of outputting a gas discharge counting event pulse upon interaction with ionizing radiation; and circuitry for detecting if a gas discharge counting event pulse is output from the pixels, and for counting each such gas discharge pulse as an individual event and having an approximately equal value.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,578,507	2017-02-21	1. A method, comprising: decreasing, with a device via a first application programming interface (API), a timer, associated with the device, from a first value to a second value, establishing, by the device and via a second API, a data connection with the network; determining, by the device and based on the data connection, a quality of service (QoS) framework for the network, utilizing, by the device, the PTT application and the timer to establish a PTT session with another device via the network; and prioritizing, by the device and based on the QoS framework, PTT traffic provided in the PTT session with the other device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8,613,240	2013-12-24	1. A one-piece manual tightening tool for driving a fastener, the tool substantially extending in a general plane and comprising: two working heads which are intended to cooperate with the fastener, said working heads comprising a fork working head and an eyelet working head; and a handle which is integral with the two working heads, the handle extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising a linear portion and respective connection portions which connect each working head to the linear portion, the linear portion of the handle having a transverse section which is transverse relative to the longitudinal axis and which comprises a first transverse dimension substantially parallel with the general plane of the tool and which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a second dimension which is smaller than the first dimension and is perpendicular to the general plane of the tool, wherein the first dimension and the second dimension of the transverse section change along the longitudinal axis, and wherein the second dimension of the transverse section of the handle increases from the fork working head as far as the eyelet working head between a minimum and a maximum, a ratio of the maximum of the second dimension to the minimum of the second dimension being between 1.1 and 1.5.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,655,807	2014-02-18	1. A method for forming a recognition algorithm for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, the method comprising: determining a most mathematically different dataset of a plurality of spectral datasets corresponding to materials wherein, the most mathematically different dataset comprises first spectra indicative of light emitted from a first vaporized material; dividing the spectral datasets into model development datasets and performance evaluation datasets, wherein the model development datasets and the performance evaluation datasets comprise the first spectra; transforming, automatically with a processor, one of the model development datasets into a first discrimination model that discriminates the first spectra; removing the first spectra from the model development datasets to yield a subset of development datasets; determining a next most mathematically different spectral dataset of the spectral datasets, the next most mathematically different spectral dataset comprising second spectra indicative of light emitted from a second vaporized material; transforming the subset of development datasets into a second discrimination model that discriminates the second spectra; and combining the first discrimination model and the second discrimination model to form the recognition algorithm for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,487,077	2013-07-16	1. An anhydrous process for preparing 18 F labeled compounds comprising a labeling step comprising, in the presence of carbonate ions, reacting an alkyl or aryl 4-trimethylammoniumbenzoate triflate with a dried potassium-Kryptofix-2.2.2 complex salt of [ a deprotecting step comprising dissolving the alkyl or aryl 4-[ a coupling step comprising adding a solution of an activating agent to the reaction mixture contained 4-[	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,913,639	2014-12-16	1. An optical module comprising: a first die including: a second die including:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,100,144	2015-08-04	1. A method for transmitting a relay node specific downlink physical control channel (R-PDCCH) and a downlink physical shared channel (PDSCH) to a relay node from a base station in a multiple antennae wireless communication system, the method comprising: mapping the R-PDCCH to resource elements (REs) in a first slot of at least one resource block (RB) pair of two or more RB pairs on a specific antenna port among a plurality of antenna ports; mapping the PDSCH to REs in the two or more RB pairs on the plurality, of antenna ports; and transmitting the mapped R-PDCCH and the mapped PDSCH to the relay node, wherein the PDSCH is not mapped to any RE in the first slot of the at least one RB pair on the plurality of antenna ports, and wherein the PDSCH is mapped to REs in a second slot of the at least one RB pair on the plurality of antenna ports.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,769,206	2017-09-19	1. A system, comprising: a processing unit; and a memory unit that stores instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to perform operations comprising	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,417,844	2016-08-16	1. A method comprising: (a) receiving a command onto a random number generator thereby causing a self-timed logic bit stream generator within the random number generator to output a bit stream; (b) supplying the bit stream onto an input of a signal storage ring so that entropy of the bit stream is captured in the signal storage ring; (c) causing the self-timed logic bit stream generator to stop outputting the bit stream while the signal storage ring is circulating; (d) using a signal output by the signal storage ring to generate a random number after the self-timed logic bit stream generator has been stopped in (c) but while the signal storage ring is circulating; and (e) outputting the random number from the random number generator.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,050,558	2015-06-09	1. A biotrickling filter for treating waste gas, the biotrickling filter comprising: a plurality of cross-flow units; each of the plurality of cross-flow units comprising an upper portion, a middle portion, a bottom portion, and a partition; the upper portion comprising a gas inlet and a gas outlet; the middle portion comprising a first packing layer and a second packing layer; packing materials; a packing material support plate; a spray liquid storage tank; a plurality of washing pipes; a spray pipe; a water supply vent; a discharge vent; and a sampling port; wherein: the gas outlet of one of the plurality of cross-flow units is connected to the gas inlet of another one of the plurality of cross-flow units, wherein the plurality of cross-flow units is connected in series to one another; the gas inlet is connected to the first packing layer; the gas outlet is connected to the second packing layer; the partition is disposed in the upper portion and the middle portion and separates the first packing layer from the second packing layer; the packing materials are arranged in the first packing layer and the second packing layer; the plurality of washing pipes is disposed within the first packing layer and the second packing layer, and is oriented in a direction horizontal to a bottom surface of the biotrickling filter; each of the plurality of washing pipes penetrates through the first packing layer and the second packing layer; the bottom portion of each of the plurality of cross-flow units is connected to the spray liquid storage tank; the packing material support plate is disposed between the spray liquid storage tank and the bottom portion of each of the plurality of cross-flow units; the spray pipe is disposed in the upper portion of each of the plurality of cross-flow units; and the water supply vent, the discharge vent, and the sampling port are disposed on the spray liquid storage tank.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,496,956	2016-11-15	1. A system for removing at least some radio frequency interference emissions, the system comprising: one or more collectors, each of the one or more collectors tuned to one or more bandwidths of the at least some radio frequency interference emissions, at least some of the one or more collectors adapted to collect one or more signals; one or more combiners adapted to combine the one or more signals to produce a combined signal; a fiber optic transmitter adapted to up-convert the combined signal into an optical signal; a fiber optic cable adapted to carry the optical signal; a photodiode adapted to convert the optical signal into a current; and one or more first resistors adapted to reduce the current.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,853,463	2017-12-26	1. A battery monitoring and control integrated circuit which is connected to a cell group having a plurality of series-connected single cells, and which monitors and controls the single cells, the battery monitoring and control integrated circuit comprising: a signal input terminal for inputting an AC signal; a DC signal generation circuit which generates a DC signal based on the AC signal; and a start detection unit which detects the DC signal and activates the battery monitoring and control integrated circuit; whereby the DC signal is for activating the battery monitoring and control integrated circuit.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9,406,606	2016-08-02	1. A device comprising: a first power supply line supplying a first voltage; first, second, and third nodes; a selection circuit connected between the first power supply line and the first node; a first anti-fuse connected between the first node and the second node; a second anti-fuse connected between the first node and the third node, the second and third nodes being not connected to each other; a first transistor coupled to the second node and to a second voltage; a second transistor coupled to the second node and to a third voltage; a third transistor coupled to the third node and to the second voltage; and a fourth transistor coupled to the third node and to the third voltage.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,005,099	2015-04-14	1. A method of treating progressive myopia comprising: providing an apparatus that upon insertion will deliver a drug formulation comprising riboflavin to scleral ocular tissue of a sclera of an eye of a patient in need of treatment for progressive myopia; inserting the apparatus through an opening in a conjunctiva to deliver to deliver the drug formulation to targeted regions of the scleral ocular tissue; and allowing the drug formulation to diffuse from the apparatus into the targeted regions of the scleral tissue to soak the scleral tissue, wherein the apparatus is disposed in and delivers the drug formulation to an equatorial region of the sclera beneath the rectus muscles and the four quadrants of the sclera between the rectus muscles, wherein the drug formulation comprises riboflavin capable of being activated by UVA radiation for purposes of inducing cross-linking of scleral collagen tissue, and wherein the crosslinking imparts and increase in biomechanical rigidity or stiffness to the treated ocular tissue to reduce, limit, and/or arrest elongation of the eye that is characteristic of the progressive myopia.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0