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8,489,139	2013-07-16	1. A power sharing method for communication systems of at least two modes that share a power amplifier, the method comprising: determining whether to perform power sharing among communication systems of different modes, according to a power demand of a communication system of at least one mode among the communication systems of different modes sharing a power amplifier, the determining including: adjusting an available power of communication systems of one or more modes if it is determined to perform power sharing among the communication systems of different modes.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,597,471	2017-03-21	1. A method of positioning a suction catheter in an airway of a patient intubated with an endotracheal tube, comprising: advancing a delivery device along an endotracheal tube into a patient intubated with the endotracheal tube, and wherein the delivery device comprises an elongate shaft comprising a central shaft region located between a proximal handle and an atraumatic distal end, wherein the elongate shaft has a maximum insertion distance of 11 cm; an elongate lumen configured to receive a suction catheter; a proximal alignment region located on the proximal handle; and a retention element configured to releasably couple to an outside of the endotracheal tube; aligning the proximal alignment region of the delivery device with an anatomical landmark to position a distal outlet of the elongate lumen of the delivery device about the patient's vocal cords; and advancing a distal portion of a suction catheter out of the distal outlet of the elongate lumen to advance the distal portion of the suction catheter into the patient's airway.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,346,639	2013-01-01	1. A portable consumer device comprising: a processor chip; and memory coupled to the processor chip, the memory storing:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,720,713	2014-05-13	1. A case having an interior surface for confining an article, said case comprising: a first case portion; and a second case portion adapted for engaging said first case portion to define the interior surface, wherein said first case portion includes one or more first ridges having edges that protrude towards said second case portion, and one or more apertures to the exterior of the case, and wherein said second case portion includes one or more second ridges having edges that protrude towards said first case portion, such that an article placed within said case contacts the edges of at least some of the first ridges and the edges of at least some of the second ridges, wherein said edges of said one or more first ridges generally define a convex shape, and wherein said edges of said one or more second ridges generally define a concave shape.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,478,901	2016-10-25	1. A cable set comprising: a cable assembly; and a connector comprising: a first metal unit fixed to and in contact with outer surfaces of the single magnet block, electrically connected to the cable assembly, and used for attracting and electrically connecting to a portable electronic device; and two conductive pins respectively penetrating through the single magnet block, respectively electrically connected to the cable assembly, and used for electrically connecting to the portable electronic device wherein the conductive pins are respectively disposed in the at least one through hole.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,765,557	2017-09-19	1. A guide for a sliding door, comprising: a rail fastened against a vertical panel, the rail extending along a longitudinal axis; a pad fitted in said rail and able to slide along said rail, the pad comprising a first stop part; and a carriage fastened to a sliding door, the carriage comprising a connecting portion, connecting the carriage to said pad so as to allow sliding of the carriage and said pad together along said rail, the connecting portion comprising a second stop part, wherein said first and second stop parts are formed by respective first and second abutting surfaces that are each inclined relative to the vertical panel by an angle between 30° and 60°, the first abutting surface being part of said pad and the second abutting surface being part of said connecting portion of said carriage, wherein said first and second stop parts oppose movement of said carriage relative to said rail in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein under a first force applied in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, at least one of said first and second stop parts deform elastically so as to allow a separation between said carriage and said rail, and wherein under a second force less than the first force, applied perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the first and second abutting surfaces slide against one another perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, while being retained in contact with each other, thereby preventing a separation between said carriage and said rail.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	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
9,216,351	2015-12-22	1. A computer graphics animation method, wherein user inputs are received by a computer graphics program and motion sequences of elements of a geometric model in a scene space are output corresponding, at least approximately, to the user inputs, the method comprising: accessing an expression graph corresponding to the geometric model, wherein the expression graph includes at least one directed, acyclic, rooted scene tree; receiving user input corresponding to at least one reference point, wherein the at least one reference point is associated with an element of the geometric model; receiving user input corresponding to a desired motion path for the at least one reference point; determining avars in the expression graph that relate to motion of the at least one reference point, thereby determining which avars would alter position of the at least one reference point; computing the desired motion path based at least in part on changes in the position of the at least one reference point; and determining values for the determined avars such that evaluation of the expression graph with the determined values results in the at least one reference point following, at least approximately, the desired motion path.	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	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
8,427,913	2013-04-23	1. A servo control signal generation device corresponding to reproduction of optical disks having a reflectance after recording which is lower than that before recording and optical disks having a reflectance after recording which is higher than that before recording, said servo control signal generation device comprising: a RF generator which generates a RF signal on the basis of reflected light of an optical disk; a top envelope generator which generates a top envelope signal of the RF signal; a bottom envelope generator which generates a bottom envelope signal of the RF signal; and a signal selector which selects a signal from the top envelope signal and the bottom envelope signal on the basis of a kind of the optical disk as to whether the optical disk is an optical disk having a reflectance after recording which is lower than that before recording or an optical disk having a reflectance after recording which is higher than that before recording and generates a defect signal on the basis of the selected signal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,464,147	2016-10-11	1. A process for preparing an ethylene homo- or copolymer in the presence of a supported chromium catalyst by slurry loop polymerization or copolymerization, whereby the resulting polymer powder has a powder density of ≧500 g/L, in which the supported chromium catalyst has a chromium content of from 0.01 to 5 wt. %, based on the element in the finished catalyst, and shows a particle size distribution measured according to ISO 13320-2009 comprising two main fractions one of which having a d 50 of from 15 to 40 μm and the other having a d 50 of from 45 to 80 μm and a total d 10 value of lower than 20 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	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
9,082,593	2015-07-14	1. An electrode having a gas discharge function, used in a plasma processing apparatus and disposed facing an electrode on which an object is held, the electrode having the gas discharge function comprising: a base material forming a gas diffusion space, the gas diffusion space including a bottom plate having a plurality of first gas holes; and an electrode cover member having a plurality of second gas holes, the electrode cover member being attached to an outer surface of the bottom plate in a way that an imaginary axis of conduit formed by one of the first gas holes and imaginary axes of conduits formed by two or more of the second gas holes are parallel to each other to be able to discharge a gas from the gas diffusion space through the first and second gas holes, wherein the first gas hole includes a clearance portion formed at an outer end portion of the first gas hole, the clearance portion forming a space flared towards the second gas hole; and wherein a film is coated in an inner wall of the clearance portion to prevent damage by plasma.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	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
8,723,985	2014-05-13	1. A camera on which a lens apparatus can be mounted, comprising: a controller which performs a focusing control corresponding to the mounted lens apparatus; a display unit which performs a display process corresponding to an output of the controller; and a storage section which stores correction information for correcting a calculation result in the focusing control by the controller, in association with the mounted lens apparatus; wherein the controller identifies the mounted lens apparatus, determines whether the correction information corresponding to the identified lens apparatus is stored in the storage section, and outputs a signal corresponding to a result of the determination to the display unit, and the display unit, in response to the signal output by the controller, displays information related to the correction information corresponding to the mounted lens apparatus.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,573,441	2013-11-05	1. A system for the controlled storage and dispensing of a hazardous material at super-atmospheric pressure from a pressurized source vessel, the system comprising: a. a pressurized source vessel having a neck portion and an interior space for holding a hazardous material in either a fluid form or a gas form, the neck portion having a vessel outlet that traverses the neck portion and is in communication with the interior space through which the hazardous material can flow; and b. a integrated valve regulator assembly for the pressurized source vessel, the integrated valve regulator assembly comprising: wherein when a downstream system having a pressure greater than one atmosphere is connected to the system via the assembly outlet and the isolation valve is in the opened position, hazardous material in gas form flows from the interior space of the pressurized source vessel through the vessel outlet, along the single defined internal passage, through the super-atmospheric pressure regulator and isolation valve and out the assembly outlet where the hazardous material in gas form is delivered to the point of use at super-atmospheric pressure.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	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
9,178,949	2015-11-03	1. A method for managing push data transfers comprising: receiving a push data transfer request at a push data server from a content server for push delivery of content to one of a plurality of computing devices; comparing a counter representing a number of push data transfers concurrently being effected from the push data server to the plurality of computing devices to a maximum number of concurrent push data transfers permitted to be effected from the push data server to the plurality of computing devices; when the counter is less than the maximum, beginning a push data transfer of the content to the one computing device from the push data server, and incrementing the counter; when an acknowledgement indicating that the push data transfer is completed is received, decrementing the counter; and when no acknowledgement indicating that the push data transfer is completed is received within a predefined time limit, deeming the push data transfer to be completed and decrementing the counter without terminating the push data transfer.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,595,430	2013-11-26	1. A system for managing a virtual tape library (VTL) domain capable of being coupled to a host, comprising: a plurality of VTL nodes configured to store a plurality of scratch erased volumes and capable of being coupled to the host, wherein each VTL node comprises: a processor configured to be coupled to the host, wherein each processor is configured to: receive a request from the host to de-mount a volume in one of the plurality of VTL nodes; transfer the volume to a scratch category in response to receiving the request; erase data stored in the volume and categorize the volume as a scratch erased volume; compare a number of scratch erased volumes owned by each VTL node with a predetermined threshold number of scratch erased volumes; determine a frequency at which the host requests use of scratch erased volumes in each of the plurality of VTL nodes; determine a ratio of a number of scratch erased volumes owned by each VTL node with respect to the frequency; and provide ownership of the scratch erased volume to a VTL node which owns a least amount of scratch erased volumes relative to other VTL nodes in the plurality of VTL nodes based on the comparison or the ratio.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,635,841	2017-05-02	1. A lure comprising: a body; a sinker moving spatial portion provided inside the body and extending in an anteroposterior direction of the body; a spherical sinker accommodated in the sinker moving spatial portion to be movable along the sinker moving spatial portion in the anteroposterior direction of the body; and a retainer provided at a front side of the sinker moving spatial portion, said retainer configured to magnetically attract the spherical sinker; wherein a partition is provided between a front portion of the sinker moving spatial portion and the retainer, the partition has a tapered surface portion that is gradually reduced in thickness from the sinker moving spatial portion toward the retainer, the partition has a hole, and the tapered surface portion is located to completely surround and define the hole, and the spherical sinker contacts and magnetically attaches directly to the retainer through the hole, and the spherical sinker is configured to simultaneously contact the tapered surface portion, an upper wall of the sinker moving spatial portion, and a lower wall of the sinker moving spatial portion, when the spherical sinker contacts and is magnetically attached directly to the retainer through the hole.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,512,806	2016-12-06	1. An internal combustion engine comprising: an operator-controlled element; a supply channel for supplying combustion air for the engine; a throttle element mounted in said supply channel; said operator-controlled element being operatively connected to said throttle element to adjust the position thereof; a starter device having an operating position and a starting position; said starter device being configured to enable a defined clear flow cross section in said supply channel in said starting position; a latching unit for latching said starter device in said starting position; said operator-controlled element being operatively connected to said latching unit for unlatching said latching unit in response to an actuation of said operator-controlled element; an intermediate stop configured to be active in response to a first actuation of said operator-controlled element after said latching unit is unlatched so as to prevent a full opening of said throttle element; and, said intermediate stop being further configured to be deactivated in response to a follow-on closing movement of said throttle element so as to permit said throttle element to be fully opened.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0
9,635,628	2017-04-25	1. A first wireless communication device having a processor, a memory, and a radio, the first device configured to: transmit a sync request frame between the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device, the sync request frame formatted as a request to transmit a sync frame; and receive the sync frame; wherein the sync request frame is transmitted just before the first device enters a low power state and requests transmission of a sync frame after the first device exits low power state.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,527,831	2016-12-27	1. A compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: each of T L each of R or R each of R Q provided (a) that a ring carbon atom of the Q each of X each of R or R R R or R R R each R each of R each of R each of R each R R t1 is 0, 1, or 2; t2 is 0 or 1; and t3 is 0, 1, or 2.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,489,885	2013-07-16	1. A method of managing digital content, said digital content being encrypted with a content key before sending said digital content to a third device, the method comprising: encrypting said content key by a first device to generate an encrypted content key; sending said encrypted content key by said first device to a second device that is not given the ability to decrypt said key for inclusion in license data to be sent by said second device to the third device in response to a request from said third device to use said digital content, said license data describing the rights to use said digital content by said third device; and said first device effecting decryption of said encrypted content key when said key is received by said third device from said second 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	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
9,408,882	2016-08-09	1. A method for alleviating one or more side effects associated with exposure to radiation in a subject in need thereof comprising orally administering to the subject an effective amount of a drinkable suspension containing at least 250 mg of a dried powdered edible source of melanin in a volume of at least 10 mL, wherein the edible source of melanin comprises Auricularia auricular - judae.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,842,488	2014-09-23	1. A fuse circuit, comprising: a voltage supply terminal; a latch circuit comprising a p-channel transistor having a first source terminal and an n-channel transistor having a second source terminal; a semiconductor controlled rectifier having an anode comprising the first source terminal and a cathode comprising the second source terminal, wherein the anode and cathode are spaced apart without intervening heavily doped regions; and a fuse coupled between the voltage supply terminal and the semiconductor controlled rectifier.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,999,020	2015-04-07	1. A process for converting a carbonaceous feedstock into a plurality of gaseous products contained in a gas stream, and for separating hydrogen and methane from the gas stream, the process comprising the steps of: (a) supplying a carbonaceous feedstock to a gasification reactor, wherein the carbonaceous feedstock includes a carbon source selected from the group consisting of coal, petroleum coke, asphaltene, liquid petroleum residue, biomass and mixtures thereof; (b) reacting the carbonaceous feedstock in the gasification reactor in the presence of steam and a gasification catalyst and under suitable temperature and pressure to form a first gas stream comprising methane, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and one or more additional gaseous by-products; (c) removing a substantial portion of the carbon dioxide and a substantial portion of the one or more additional gaseous by-products from the first gas stream to produce a second gas stream comprising methane, hydrogen, and optionally carbon monoxide; (d) at least partially separating hydrogen from the second gas stream to form a hydrogen-enriched gas stream and a hydrogen-depleted gas stream, wherein the hydrogen-depleted gas stream comprises methane, optionally carbon monoxide and up to about 4 mol % hydrogen; wherein, if the heating value of the hydrogen-depleted gas stream is less than 950 btu/scf (dry basis), and if the hydrogen-depleted gas stream comprises 1000 ppm or more of carbon monoxide: (1) at least partially separating carbon monoxide from the hydrogen-depleted gas stream to form (i) a carbon monoxide-enriched gas stream and (ii) a methane-enriched gas stream having a heating value of at least 950 btu/scf (dry basis); or (2) at least partially methanating the carbon monoxide in the hydrogen-depleted gas stream to form a methane-enriched gas stream.	0	0	0	0	0	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	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	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
8,706,025	2014-04-22	1. A method for determining link performance metrics for terminals in a satellite communication network, the method comprising: identifying a first round trip link performance metric from a first terminal via a satellite back to the first terminal under clear sky conditions; identifying a second round trip link performance metric from a reference terminal via the satellite back to the reference terminal under clear sky conditions; identifying a first one-way link performance metric from the first terminal to the reference terminal via the satellite under clear sky conditions; identifying a second one-way link performance metric from the reference terminal to the first terminal via the satellite under clear sky conditions; identifying a third one-way link performance metric from the reference terminal to the first terminal via the satellite under dynamic conditions; identifying a fourth one-way link performance metric from the first terminal to the reference terminal via the satellite under dynamic conditions; identifying a fifth one-way link performance metric from a second terminal to the reference terminal via the satellite under clear sky conditions; identifying a sixth one-way link performance metric from the reference terminal to the second terminal via the satellite under clear sky conditions; identifying a seventh one-way link performance metric from the second terminal to the reference terminal via the satellite under dynamic conditions; determining a first difference between a known link performance metric for the first terminal and a known link performance metric for the reference terminal; determining a second difference between a known link performance metric for the second terminal and a known link performance metric for the reference terminal; calculating at least one first terminal-to-satellite performance metric utilizing the plurality of identified round trip link performance metrics, the plurality of identified one-way link performance metrics, and the first difference; calculating at least one second terminal-to-satellite performance metric utilizing the plurality of identified round trip link performance metrics, the plurality of identified one-way link performance metrics, and the second difference; calculating a first dynamic link factor for the reference terminal based on the identified third one-way link performance metric and the link performance metrics identified under clear sky conditions; calculating a second dynamic link factor for the first terminal based on the identified fourth one-way link performance metric and the link performance metrics identified under clear sky conditions; calculating a third dynamic link factor for the second terminal based on the identified seventh one-way link performance metric and the link performance metrics identified under clear sky conditions; and calculating a third round trip link performance metric between the first terminal and the second terminal utilizing the dynamic link factors.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,169,419	2015-10-27	1. A thermosetting powder coating composition comprising a crosslinker and a polyester, wherein the crosslinker is a compound having β-hydroxyalkylamide groups, and wherein the polyester is a carboxylic acid functional polyester, and wherein the polyester has functional groups capable of reacting with β-hydroxyalkylamide groups, and wherein the polyester is prepared from at least the following monomers: neopentylglycol, a difunctional alcohol other than neopentyl glycol (DFA); isophthalic acid (IPA), terephthalic acid (TPA), optionally adipic acid, and a branching monomer selected from the group consisting of at least trifunctional carboxylic acid, an at least trifunctional alcohol, at least trifunctional hydroxy carboxylic acid, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the DFA is present in the polyester from 1 to 50% w/w, and wherein the IPA is present in the polyester from 6 to 30% w/w, and wherein the molar ratio of TPA to IPA is at least 1.1, and wherein the polyester has a functionality of at least 2.1 and at most 4.0, and wherein the polyester has an acid value of at most 65 mg KOH/g, and wherein the polyester has a hydroxyl value of at most 14 mg KOH/g, and wherein the polyester has a glass transition temperature of at least 20° C. and of at most 120° C. measured via DSC at a heating rate of 5° C./min, and wherein the polyester has a viscosity of at most 200 Pa·s measured at 160° C. using a cone and plate rheometer Brookfield CAP 2000+ Viscometer with spindle CAP-S-05 at 21 rpm and a shear rate 70 s-1 and wherein % w/w is based on the polyester.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	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	1
9,213,946	2015-12-15	1. A computer implemented method for evaluating performances of generative models, comprising: receiving data describing observations associated with observable variables of a first generative model and a second generative model, each of the first and second generative models having information about relationships among one or more variables; for at least one observation: outputting a subset of the observations, each corresponding to first and second assessments having a similarity score that is less than a predetermined threshold.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,220,719	2015-12-29	1. A single-dose oral formulation for controlling a C. felis infestation on a cat comprising an ectoparasiticidal amount of spinosad, microcrystalline cellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, colloidal silicon (anhydrous), croscarmellose sodium, and magnesium stearate, and optionally an artificial flavor, wherein the formulation is suitable for oral administration once every 30 days at a dose of at least about 50 mg of spinosad per kg of body weight of the cat, wherein the formulation comprises the following weight/weight percentages:	0	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,697,823	2017-07-04	1. A method, executed by one or more processors, the method comprising: receiving a channel recording corresponding to a conversation; receiving a transcription for the conversation; generating a conversation-specific language model for the conversation using the transcription; conducting speech recognition on the channel recording using the conversation-specific language model to provide time boundaries and written language corresponding to utterances within the channel recording; determining sentence or phrase boundaries for the transcription; aligning written language within the one or more transcriptions with the written language corresponding to the utterances with the channel recording to provide sentence or phrase boundaries for the channel recording; and training a speech recognizer according to the sentence or phrase boundaries for the transcription and the sentence or phrase boundaries for the channel recording.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,535,450	2013-09-17	1. A formulation, comprising: (A) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of aminocarboxylates and polyaminocarboxylates, (B) at least one salt of bismuth (Bi) selected from the group consisting of Bi (C) at least one homopolymer of ethyleneimine or copolymer of ethyleneimine.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,851,285	2014-10-07	1. A pack comprising: at least two articles combined with each other, whereby the articles are held together by a strip-like or ribbon-like compact strapping, the strapping spun or stretched around an outer surface of the articles in a horizontal manner, the strapping being made of at least one plastic band, ends of the band overlapping and forming a single part or multi part contact site by gluing and/or welding the band together, the strapping forming a relief loop at the contact site or apart from the contact site, the relief loop including a pretensioned part of the strapping and a relief flap connected at a first joint of the relief loop to the pretensioned part and at a second joint of the relief loop to the pretensioned part, the relief flap being less tensioned than the pretensioned part prior to release, the relief flap being releasable at least one of the first and second joints, the pretensioned part after release losing tension and the relief flap being tensioned, wherein the at least one band of the strapping has the relief loop arranged between the first and second joints at the contact site between the ends of the band, and wherein the relief loop arranged between the first and second joints points towards the inside of the pack, so that the relief flap is inwards of the pretensioned part.	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,872,985	2014-10-28	1. A modular video projector system comprising: a light engine module comprising at least one light source; and an optical engine module housed in a separate packaging than the light engine module, wherein the optical engine module is 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	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,788,766	2017-10-17	1. A transcutaneous continuous glucose sensor system, comprising: a substantially planar sensor, the sensor comprising: a membrane disposed on at least a portion of the sensor; and electronics electrically coupled to the working electrode.	0	0	0	0	1	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	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
9,486,708	2016-11-08	1. A processor-implemented group engagement tracking game modification method, comprising: obtaining, via a computer network, for a group of users within a geographical region, at least: generating, via a processor, individual social-gaming activity timelines for the users using the gaming action identifiers and the associated gaming action timestamps, as well as the social networking action identifiers and the associated social networking action timestamps; calculating individual time-varying activity level graphs for the users using the individual social-gaming activity timelines; calculating an aggregate activity level graph by aggregating the individual time-varying activity level graphs; identifying an activity trough in the aggregate activity level graph, wherein the activity trough corresponds to a time period for which an aggregate activity level within the aggregate activity level graph is below a threshold; searching the Internet for identifying one or more events in the geographical region during the time period corresponding to the activity level trough, wherein the searching the Internet is performed during the time period corresponding to the activity level trough to provide aggregated search results for the one or more events in the geographical region, wherein identifying the one or more events in the geographical region comprises identifying one or more keywords corresponding to the one or more events; querying a product database for sale items based on the one or more keywords that correspond to the one or more events; obtaining product results from the product database based on the query; and providing via the computer network one or more game incentives for the online game based on the product results.	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	1	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
9,027,488	2015-05-12	1. A direct drive cloth feeding mechanism of a sewing machine, comprising: a cloth feeding structure, comprising a swing shaft, and a cloth feeding teeth member pivotally disposed on the swing shaft and driven by the swing shaft to perform a horizontal reciprocal movement; a vertical driving structure, comprising an eccentric shaft connected to the cloth feeding teeth member and driven by a driving motor to drive the cloth feeding teeth member to perform a vertical reciprocal movement, and an eccentric cam disposed on the eccentric shaft and driven by the eccentric shaft to rotate; and a direction adjustment structure, comprising: wherein the cloth feeding teeth member performs a forward feeding process when the linkage rod performs the first swinging displacement, and a reverse feeding process when the linkage rod performs the second swinging displacement; wherein the eccentric shaft comprise a main shaft penetrating through the eccentric cam and driven by the driving motor to rotate, a connecting portion pivotally connected to the cloth feeding teeth member, and an auxiliary shaft eccentrically disposed at one end of the main shaft, connected to the connecting portion, and driven by the main shaft to allow the cloth feeding teeth member to perform the vertical reciprocal movement.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,938,412	2015-01-20	1. A method on a computer for calculating the relevance of an author of one or more documents to a community, the method comprising: receiving a set of documents associated with one or more authors; for a given set of topics, calculating a set of probability distributions of topics over words within the documents, wherein each probability distribution comprises a data structure that defines a probability that a word is present in a topic; for a given set of communities, calculating a set of probability distributions of communities over the given set of topics, wherein each probability distribution comprises a data structure that defines a probability that a topic is present in a community; for each author of a document, calculating a set of probability distributions over the given set of communities, wherein each probability distribution comprises a data structure that defines a probability that an author takes part in a community; calculating a set of probability distributions of resources over the given set of topics for each community, wherein each probability distribution comprises a data structure that defines a probability that a given topic will be included in the document; receiving a structured graph of data sources interconnected via one or more links, wherein a structured graph comprises a hierarchy of graphs; assigning initial activation states to nodes in the structured graph relative to a probability of the node occurring in each community; executing a spreading activation process on the structured graph, thereby producing a data structure that defines a relevance measure for each node within each community; and transmitting said relevance measure for each node within each community for display to a user.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,301,293	2016-03-29	1. A communication apparatus comprising: a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits downlink control information including a transmission request of a sounding reference signal (SRS) using one downlink control information format (DCI format) among a plurality of DCI formats, wherein each DCI format corresponds to at least one set of SRS parameters, the at least one set of SRS parameters for one DCI format is different from the at least one set of SRS parameters for another DCI format, and each set of SRS parameters specifies one of a plurality of SRS resources for use in transmitting the SRS, and wherein the plurality of DCI formats include a first DCI format corresponding to one set of SRS parameters and a second DCI format corresponding to three sets of SRS parameters; and a receiver, which, in operation, receives the SRS transmitted using an SRS resource specified by a set of SRS parameters corresponding to said one DCI format.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,750,581	2017-09-05	1. A method for making a hydrogel plug that contracts in a controlled manner when hydrated, comprising: forming said hydrogel plug so that it has a predetermined geometric configuration when in a repose configuration; subjecting said hydrogel plug to a dehydration process; inducing stress into said hydrogel plug during said dehydration process by applying an external force; controlling said stress so that said hydrogel plug is stretched beyond its elastic limit and assumes and retains a stretched preselected geometrical configuration; removing said externally applied force during the dehydration process so that the hydrogel plug substantially retains said stretched predetermined geometrical configuration before the dehydration process is concluded; and curing said dehydrated hydrogel plug; wherein the cured and dehydrated hydrogel plug, when hydrated, contracts until assuming the in repose configuration, and wherein curing said dehydrated hydrogel plug comprises curing said dehydrated hydrogel plug inside a core of a coil and between loops of the coil to achieve a selected coverage of a hyperechoic marker.	0	0	0	0	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,404,969	2013-03-26	1. An actinic energy ray curable adhesive comprising: a urethane resin (D); and an epoxy resin (E), the urethane resin (D) prepared by reacting the following ingredients with one another: a diol ingredient (A1) having no (meth)acryloyl group and selected from the group consisting of an optional diol ingredient (A2) having no (meth)acryloyl group, no carbonate structure and no alicyclic structure; a polyol ingredient (B) having a (meth)acryloyl group and two or more hydroxyl groups in a molecule; and a polyisocyanate ingredient (C), wherein the urethane resin (D) has a glass transition temperature of −60 to −10° C., and wherein the urethane resin (D) has carbonate groups and alicyclic skeletons originated from the diol ingredient and further has (meth)acryloyl groups originated from the polyol ingredient (B) at side chains of the urethane resin (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	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	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	1	0	0	0	1
9,407,636	2016-08-02	1. A method comprising: reading a monotonic counter value in response to detecting a processor resume operation; generating a data structure including at least the monotonic counter value; generating a message authentication code (MAC) over the data structure using a first key; securely providing the data structure and the MAC to a module executed on the processor; the module verifying the MAC, comparing the monotonic counter value with a counter value stored during a previous suspend operation and, if the counter values match, then loading processor state required for the resume operation to complete; implementing a cryptographic protocol to establish a secure connection between the processor and an off-processor component, wherein the off-processor component comprises a chipset manageability engine (CSME); generating the first key by the processor; and transmitting the first key from the processor to the off-processor component over the secure connection.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,734,534	2014-05-27	1. A compound of formula (1) wherein R1 represents hydrogen; substituted or unsubstituted C k is an integer from 1 to 4, r is an integer of 0 or 1; A, C represent, independently of each other, or tautomeric forms wherein D represents C with the proviso that D is not equal to B represents wherein and wherein m, s independently of each other, are an integer from 1 to 4; and n, p independently of each other, are an integer from 1 to 3.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	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
9,723,653	2017-08-01	1. A telecommunications system transmitting data across a network of nodes having device components enabling multiple modes of communications, the system comprising: core nodes in the network in communication with a network monitoring center; fringe nodes connected to the network; sensors connected to said fringe nodes and gathering telemetry data for the respective fringe nodes; gateway nodes connected to said fringe notes on the network and further connected to said core nodes across a backhaul; wherein at least said gateway nodes and core nodes comprise at least one digital signal processor and respective non-transitory computer readable storage media having programmed algorithms stored thereon that are executable by the processor in the gateway node or the core node; wherein said monitoring center receives said telemetry data across the backhaul and in response thereto, said monitoring center transmits hierarchical instructions to at least one node on the network; wherein upon receiving said instructions from the monitoring center, the at least one node receiving the instructions changes a network hierarchical status for the at least one node.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,710,183	2014-04-29	1. A compound comprising a peptide moiety comprising, the peptide sequence of a tyrosine cluster YC of the BY-kinase of a bacteria, or a fragment or an analogue thereof, and an adenine peptide analogue PNA(A), whereas the peptide moiety and the PNA(A) are linked together.	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	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,806,165	2014-08-12	1. A mass storage system, comprising: a main storage subsystem providing a main physical storage space of the mass storage system and comprising a plurality of non-solid-state storage devices (“NSSDs”) allocating a plurality of physical storage locations to the main storage space, the plurality of physical storage locations provided by the NSSDs are mapped to a respective plurality of logical storage addresses; and an auxiliary storage subsystem comprising a plurality of solid-state data retention devices (“SSDRDs”) providing a plurality of physical storage locations collectively giving rise to an auxiliary storage space; a storage system controller coupled to the main storage space and to the auxiliary storage subsystem and is:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,162,898	2015-10-20	1. A method of removing at least one boron-containing contaminant from a composition comprising trichlorosilane to form a purified product comprising trichlorosilane, the method comprising the steps of: i) partially removing the boron-containing contaminant from the composition by feeding the composition into a first column through an upper inlet port proximal to a top end thereof, and removing from the first column ii) feeding the partially purified composition into a purification column through a side inlet port and removing from the purification column	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	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
9,262,166	2016-02-16	1. A method, comprising: compiling source code having an inner loop body using a graphics processing unit (GPU) compiler; determining whether more than one machine code instruction of compiled source code under-utilizes GPU instruction bandwidth limitations; and in response to a determination that more than one machine code instruction of compiled source code under-utilizes the GPU instruction bandwidth limitations:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,857,115	2014-10-14	1. A stairway for ingress and egress of a swimming pool or a spa, the stairway comprising: at least two composite steps including a first step and a second step, an interconnecting sealing strip positioned between said first step and said second step, said interconnecting sealing strip for sealing said first step with said second step, each of said first step and said second step including: an upper flange substantially perpendicular to said tread and coupled with and one of upwardly and downwardly extending from one of said opposing side edges of said tread opposite said riser, said upper flange configured to be coupled with one of said riser of another step and a wall of the swimming pool or spa; at least one fastener for firmly coupling said first step with said second step to form the stairway; a device configured for securing the stairway to the wall of the swimming pool or spa, said device including at least one angle bracket and at least one screw, bolt or rivet; at least one of said first step and said second step further comprising a lower flange extending substantially perpendicular from a bottom of said riser; and wherein said interconnecting sealing strip is positioned between a bottom portion of said first step and said upper flange of said second step.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,144,027	2015-09-22	1. An apparatus comprising: a transmitter; and a processor configured to: wherein the transmitter is configured to produce a PtM channel having the transmission power level.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,237,931	2016-01-19	1. A system comprising: a stereotactic access device comprising a bone screw configured to extend through the mounting guide and screw into the bone of the patient, and wherein the bone screw comprises a channel through which a second device may extend to enter the bone of the patient.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,837,705	2014-09-16	1. A method, comprising: a data collection function of a contact center creating a plurality of service time probability distributions, wherein the plurality of service time probability distributions include a first service time probability distribution and a second service time probability distribution, and wherein the first service time probability distribution is associated with a first metadata and the second service time probability distribution is associated with a second metadata; the data collection function storing the plurality of service time probability distributions in a service time database; receiving a first contact at a contact center; determining that the first metadata is associated with the first contact; based at least on the first metadata, retrieving the first service time probability distribution associated with the first metadata; calculating the estimated service time for the first contact based on the first service time probability distribution; determining that a new set of metadata is associated with the first contact, wherein the new set of metadata includes the second metadata; retrieving the second service time probability distribution based on the second metadata; and recalculating the estimated service time for the first contact based on the second service time probability distribution.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,776,899	2017-10-03	1. A water treatment system comprising: a fluid supply inlet; a purification system fed from said fluid supply inlet and disposing effluent discharge via an effluent discharge outlet; and a dispensation outlet; wherein pressure from fluid supply inlet forces fluid through the water treatment system and the water treatment system does not include a pump, wherein said purification system 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	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
8,937,092	2015-01-20	1. A substituted compound of formula (I), wherein one of residues R wherein R wherein R and the respective remaining residue of R R Z represents N or C—R R R X represents N or CH; R A A A A A with the proviso that 0, 1, 2 or 3 of variables A R in which an “aliphatic residue” can be branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated, if not indicated otherwise; optionally in the form of a single stereoisomer or a mixture of stereoisomers, in the form of the free compound and/or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,343,844	2013-01-01	1. A method of manufacturing a capacitor of a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a high-k dielectric pattern on a semiconductor substrate, the high-k dielectric pattern having a pillar shape including a hole therein; forming a lower electrode in the hole of the high-k dielectric pattern; forming a blocking insulating pattern on an upper surface of the lower electrode; and forming an upper electrode covering the high-k dielectric pattern and the blocking insulating pattern.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,728,236	2014-05-20	1. A single crystal III-V nitride material having a large area of greater than 2 cm 2 on a face thereof and having a uniformly low dislocation density not exceeding 3×10 6 dislocation per cm 2 of growth surface area on the face, and including within the single crystal III-V nitride material adjacent to the face a plurality of filled pits, wherein each filled pit has a pit size embodying a maximum diameter or transverse dimension parallel to the plane of the growth surface, and the filled pits have an average pit size of greater than 25 microns, wherein the filled pits are present within the single crystal III-V nitride material at a concentration of at least 100 filled pits per square centimeter of the growth surface area; and wherein the face has a density of unfilled pits not exceeding 3 pits/cm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,214,490	2015-12-15	1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns; a plurality of horizontal controlling lines, each one of the horizontal controlling lines connected to a single row of pixels; a first and a second vertical signal line for each column of pixels, wherein the first vertical signal line is connected to a first group of pixels that are adjacent to each other in the column and the second vertical signal line is connected to a second group of pixels that are adjacent to each other in the column, the first and second groups each including at least two adjacent pixels in the column; and an analog-to-digital (AD) conversion circuit configured to perform analog-to-digital conversions of pixel signals obtained from the plurality of pixels, wherein the first vertical signal line for each column crosses the second vertical signal line for the same column between the first and second groups of pixels in the column.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,625,694	2017-04-18	1. A scanning optical system comprising: a scanner that deflects laser light from a light source while changing a deflection angle of the laser light; a light splitting unit that is capable of splitting-off the laser light from an optical path of the laser light deflected by the scanner; an optical-path combining unit that is disposed between the light source and the scanner and that causes the laser light split-off by the light splitting unit to travel toward the scanner; and a reentry relay optical system that has one time magnifying power and that is disposed between the light splitting unit and the optical-path combining unit, the reentry relay optical system relaying the laser light split-off by the light splitting unit so as to cause the laser light to be incident again on the scanner at the same position as an incident position of the laser light from the light source via the optical-path combining 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	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
9,324,464	2016-04-26	1. A robotic apparatus for remotely inspecting at least one component in an annulus region of a reactor pressure vessel of a nuclear power plant, comprising: a partial track positioned on an annular rim of a core shroud in the reactor pressure vessel and horizontally movable along the rim; a frame assembly, comprising: at least one inspection device attached to the at least one mast assembly; and a braking system connected to the partial track and the frame assembly, structured such that when activated, the partial track is stationary and the frame assembly is horizontally movable along the partial track and when deactivated, the partial track is horizontally movable along the annular rim of the core shroud and the frame assembly is stationary.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,071,541	2015-06-30	1. A method comprising: receiving, with a first router of a network, a link bandwidth for each of one or more network links of the network that are positioned between the first router and a second router of the network; selecting, with the first router, a plurality of forwarding paths from the first router to the second router that each satisfy a constraint; determining that one of the network links is a common network link shared by multiple forwarding paths of the plurality of forwarding paths and positioned between the second router and a downstream router that is positioned between the first router and the second router along at least one of the forwarding paths; computing, by the first router, an amount of bandwidth that can be sent on an outgoing interface of the first router to a neighbor node on the multiple forwarding paths that share the common network link, wherein computing the amount of bandwidth comprises (i) accounting for splitting of the link bandwidth of the common network link across the multiple forwarding paths that share the common network link, and (ii) when the first router determines that the downstream router is not configured to account for splitting of the link bandwidth for the common network link across the multiple forwarding paths that share the common network link when the downstream router computes an amount of bandwidth that can be sent on an outgoing interface of the downstream router, computing the bandwidth based on a capability of the downstream router in load balancing received traffic across multiple next hops of the downstream router; selectively assigning, with the first router, packet flows to each of a plurality of outgoing interfaces of the first router based at least on the computed amount of bandwidth; receiving packets for the packet flows with the first router; and forwarding packets of each of the packets flows to the respective one of the plurality of outgoing interfaces to which the packet flow is assigned.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,349,870	2016-05-24	1. A method for forming a polysilicon thin film comprising: depositing an amorphous silicon thin film on a base substrate; covering the amorphous silicon thin film with an anti-reflective optical film; performing photolithography and etching on the anti-reflective optical film such that light condensing structures are provided in an array on the anti-reflective optical film; and irradiating the amorphous silicon thin film with the anti-reflective optical film covered by laser light such that the amorphous silicon film is converted into the polysilicon thin film.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,700,168	2014-04-15	1. A method comprising: determining, by a fitting subsystem communicatively coupled to a cochlear implant system, one or more control parameters to be used by the cochlear implant system to apply electrical stimulation to a patient; determining, by the fitting subsystem based on the one or more control parameters, a target stimulation level to be used by the cochlear implant system to apply the electrical stimulation to the patient; and displaying, by the fitting subsystem, a pre-stimulation visual cue indicative of the determined target stimulation level in a graphical user interface prior to the cochlear implant system using the one or more control parameters to apply the electrical stimulation to the patient.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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
8,443,927	2013-05-21	1. An exhaust device of a vehicle having a V-engine including a front cylinder and a rear cylinder, the exhaust device comprising: at least one muffler disposed in a rear part of the vehicle; a front-cylinder exhaust pipe which is connected at a connecting portion to a front surface of the front cylinder and which reaches the muffler; and a rear-cylinder exhaust pipe which is connected to a rear surface of the rear cylinder and which reaches the muffler, wherein: the front-cylinder exhaust pipe is curved rearward at a curved portion from the connecting portion between the front-cylinder exhaust pipe and the front cylinder inward of a side frame in a lateral direction, the front-cylinder exhaust pipe is located outward in the lateral direction with a fixed space from the engine, and the front-cylinder exhaust pipe extends toward a rear part of the vehicle substantially along the side frame as viewed from above, the rear-cylinder exhaust pipe is disposed inward in the lateral direction with respect to the front-cylinder exhaust pipe, behind the engine, the front-cylinder exhaust pipe and the rear-cylinder exhaust pipe are both connected to the muffler, a curvature of the front-cylinder exhaust pipe in front of a connecting portion of the front-cylinder exhaust pipe to the muffler is set greater than a curvature of the rear-cylinder exhaust pipe in front of a connecting portion of the rear-cylinder exhaust pipe to the muffler, and the connecting portion of the front-cylinder exhaust pipe to the muffler and the connecting portion of the rear-cylinder exhaust pipe to the muffler are arranged side by side in a vertical direction.	0	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	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
9,274,879	2016-03-01	1. A server comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising: receiving, at a server and from a support device, an issue definition update for an issue definition that enables detection of an issue at a device of an enterprise level system; identifying, by the server, an issue definition stored by the server to update based on the issue definition update; updating, by the server, the identified issue definition stored by the server based on the issue definition update; generating, by the server, issue detection logic based on the updated issue definition; determining, by the server, that the device requires the generated issue detection logic to enable the device to detect the issue; and providing, by the server and to the device, the generated issue detection logic.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,496,701	2013-07-30	1. A frame for an intraocular lens, comprising: an anterior frame element and a posterior frame element; and a connecting element for operably coupling the frame elements to first and second optical elements; the connecting element configured to convert a first displacement between the frame elements into a second displacement between the optical elements having at least a component that is substantially perpendicular to the first displacement.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,614,015	2017-04-04	1. A method for fabricating a display device, the method comprising: forming a thin film transistor on a base substrate; forming a first electrode connected to the thin film transistor; forming a pixel defining layer overlapping a portion of the first electrode, such that the pixel defining layer exposes a portion of the first electrode and partitions pixel areas; forming a block copolymer layer on the first electrode and the pixel defining layer; patterning the block copolymer layer; etching the pixel defining layer by using the patterned block copolymer layer as a mask, such that an uneven pixel defining layer with a plurality of defining layer grooves is formed; and forming a light emitting layer on the first electrode and the uneven pixel defining 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	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,487,280	2013-07-16	1. A method of implanting a workpiece comprising: implanting a first species into an entire surface of said workpiece, wherein said first species has a dose that is uniform across said entire surface of said workpiece; implanting helium into said entire surface of said workpiece, wherein said helium has a non-uniform dose such that said helium has a higher dose at a portion of a periphery of said workpiece; and initiating a split of said workpiece at said portion of said periphery with said higher dose.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,175,585	2015-11-03	1. An engine comprising: an engine block; an oil pan operatively connected to the engine block, the oil pan including a chamber floor, a first chamber wall and a second chamber wall defining a chamber configured for collecting a fluid therein; wherein the fluid in the chamber defines a present fluid volume and a present fluid level relative to the chamber floor; a fluid level detection device operatively connected to the oil pan, the fluid level detection device including: wherein the third sidewall is contiguous with both the second and fourth sidewalls; wherein the first sidewall defines a drain slot extending from a slot level to the second end of the stabilizer, such that the drain slot opens into the second end of the stabilizer; wherein the plurality of sidewalls and the base portion define a storage well configured to store a portion of the fluid around the sensor; and wherein the stabilizer is configured to prevent the sensor from indicating the second state when the present fluid volume in the chamber is above the predetermined minimum volume.	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	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	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
9,802,078	2017-10-31	1. A high knees exercise apparatus, comprising: a base, comprising: a driving mechanism, comprising: a linkage mechanism connected with the pivoting members to maintain reciprocal motion of the driving members relative to each other; and two magnetic resistance devices configured to provide a magnetic resistance in in response to swinging of the two driving members; wherein each of the magnetic resistance devices comprises: a cylinder case disposed on the bottom base; a magnetic resistance component assembly located in the cylinder case, wherein the magnetic resistance component assembly comprises: a piston rod, wherein one end of the piston rod is connected to the linkage mechanism to provide movement between the magnet and the conductive member, so that magnetic resistance is generated.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,778,864	2017-10-03	1. A data storage device comprising: a nonvolatile memory device comprising a plurality of memory blocks, each having a plurality of pages, wherein each of the pages is divided into a plurality of segments having predetermined segment offset values, the plurality of segments are grouped into a plurality of segment groups, each consisting of segments having the same segment offset value, and the nonvolatile memory device performs a write operation on a segment by driving a word line corresponding to the segment and transferring data to bit lines corresponding to the segment, and a controller suitable for storing data in a first segment group, among the plurality of segment groups, until the first segment group includes no more empty segments by controlling the nonvolatile memory device to perform the write operation on each of segments included in the first segment 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,737,188	2014-05-27	1. A method for crosstalk cancellation, the method comprising: receiving a near-end acoustic signal via a microphone and a far-end acoustic signal via a receiver; generating a cross-talk estimate signal, the generating comprising: subtracting the cross-talk estimate signal from the near-end acoustic signal to generate a cleaned acoustic signal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,315,296	2016-04-19	1. A package for storing goods, the package comprising: a housing portion having a housing depth, housing width, and housing height, the housing portion having an opening at its top; a bag formed from a first web and a second web sealed together at a pair of side edges, the bag having a base portion and a top portion, wherein the side edges of the first web and second web angle inward between about 40 and about 50 degrees at a top portion transition point on the bag, the bag having a bag depth and a first bag width at the base portion forming a cavity between the first web and second web for storing the housing portion, the bag having no depth at a top edge of the bag and a second bag width at the top portion transition point, wherein the second bag width is greater than the first bag width, wherein excess material in the top portion of the bag is folded and tucked into the interior of the bag; a header strip formed across the top edge of the bag having a header strip width; and wherein a good stored within the housing extends through the opening of the housing portion and is visible to a consumer.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,043,285	2015-05-26	1. A method comprising: receiving text data items; receiving a set of classes into which the text data items are to be classified; selecting a phrase-based classifier to classify the text data items into the set of classes; and applying the phrase-based classifier to classify the text data items into the classes, the applying 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	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	1	0
8,382,954	2013-02-26	1. A wet paper web transfer belt for transferring a wet paper web used in a closed-draw papermaking machine, comprising: a base fabric disposed inside as well as a wet paper web-side layer disposed on the wet paper web-side, which includes a hydrophilic fibrous body, and a machine-side layer disposed on the press roll; wherein the base fabric is made by stacking together a first woven fabric disposed on the wet paper side and a second woven fabric disposed on the press roll side, and the first woven fabric is woven from a machine direction yarn material and a cross machine direction yarn material, the machine direction yarn material is a complex yarn, which is made from a short fiber yarn (spun yarn) or which is a combined filament yarn in which the short fiber yarn (spun yarn) and a long fiber yarn (filament yarn) are twisted together, and the cross machine direction yarn material is a yarn material of a low water absorption rate.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,345,955	2016-05-24	1. A method comprising: detecting, by a master secondary game unit in a wagering game server, events indicating that secondary wagering games are to be awarded, wherein the events arise from primary wagering games presented on remote wagering game terminals; in response to the detecting, launching, by a presentation coordinator in the wagering game server, secondary wagering game units for each of the secondary wagering games; determining, by the secondary wagering game units, results for the secondary wagering games; determining, by at least one of the secondary wagering game units, an award amount for one of the secondary wagering games based on the results; notifying, by the at least one secondary wagering unit, an accounting routing service onboard the wagering game server about the award amount; and transmitting, by the accounting routing service over a network, an indication of the award amount to a remote accounting server for updating a player account balance maintained in the accounting server; receiving, by the accounting routing service from remote accounting server, an updated session balance associated with the one of the secondary wagering games; forwarding, by the accounting routing service, the updated session balance to the at least one secondary wagering game unit; and presenting, by the secondary wagering game unit, the updated session balance on a credit meter on one of the remote wagering game terminals.	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	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
9,281,964	2016-03-08	1. A method for establishing an optimized media path applied in an IP multimedia core network subsystem (IMS), comprising: during a process of forwarding a session description protocol (SDP) request and a SDP response, a first application layer gateway (ALG) judging that there is the optimized media path between the first ALG and a second ALG to be established when the first ALG receives a SDP response A responding to a SDP request A sent by the first ALG, the first ALG performing the following two steps simultaneously: 1) sending a SDP request B to the second ALG, and 2) including indication information in the received SDP response A to obtain a SDP response including the indication information and then sending said SDP response including the indication information; the second ALG sending a SDP response B responding to the SDP request B when the second ALG receives a SDP response including the indication information, such that the optimized media path between the first ALG and the second ALG can be established.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,361,867	2016-06-07	1. A hand-held percussive shaker instrument comprising: a first enclosure, the first enclosure comprising a first sound producing material; a second enclosure, the second enclosure comprising a second sound producing material; a center assembly, the center assembly fixedly connected to the first enclosure and the second enclosure; and a lock assembly, the lock assembly integrally formed in the center assembly; wherein said center assembly divides said lock assembly from said first enclosure and said second enclosure.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,799,213	2014-08-05	1. A method, comprising: a capture process on a source node creating a stream of messages including a plurality of logical change records, of a source database, mined from transaction logs at said source node; a destination node setting up a memory structure on said destination node, wherein said capture process on said source node adds all of said plurality of logical change records into said memory structure by way of a single capture proxy process on said destination node, and wherein a single apply process on said destination node receives said all of said plurality of logical change records by way of said memory structure; said capture process sending said plurality of logical change records in said stream of messages to said single capture proxy process on said destination node; said single capture proxy process receiving said plurality of logical change records in said stream of messages from said capture process; upon receiving said plurality of logical change records, said single capture proxy process, without taking a latch for adding said plurality of logical change records to said memory structure, adding said plurality of logical change records in said stream of messages from said capture process to said memory structure on said destination node; while said single capture proxy process is concurrently adding more logical change records to said memory structure, said single apply process, without taking a latch for changing said plurality of logical change records from said memory structure, retrieving said plurality of logical change records from said memory structure and marking said plurality of logical change records; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing 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	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
9,120,099	2015-09-01	1. A shredder for producing particles from a sheet material, wherein the shredder comprises: a transverse cutting device positioned after a longitudinal cutting device, wherein the longitudinal cutting device comprises: a. a first cutting roller comprising a first saw-tooth profile with first longitudinal faces, wherein the first longitudinal faces are inclined to a direction of a longitudinal axis of the first cutting roller, wherein first abutting faces are located on the first cutting roller, and wherein the first abutting faces extend at least section-wise perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the first cutting roller; b. a second cutting roller comprising a second saw-tooth profile with second longitudinal faces, wherein the second longitudinal faces are inclined to a direction of a longitudinal axis of the second cutting roller, wherein second abutting faces are located on the second cutting roller, and wherein the second abutting faces extend at least section-wise perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the second cutting roller or at least section-wise inclined up to four degrees to a perpendicular of the longitudinal axis of the second cutting roll; and c. wherein the first saw-tooth profile and the second saw-tooth profile engage to a penetration depth such that in the direction of the longitudinal axes of the cutting rollers at least one of the first longitudinal faces and at least one of the first abutting faces abuts section-wise on at least one of the second abutting faces, wherein cutting edges extend parallel in the longitudinal direction of a sheet material, wherein at least three of four sides of cut strips of the sheet material are in contact between respective longitudinal faces of the saw-tooth profiles of the first cutting roller and second cutting roller and the second abutting faces of the saw-tooth profile of the second cutting roller and are guided at an angle to respective longitudinal axes of the first cutting roller and the second cutting roller according to inclinations of the respective longitudinal faces and are guided parallel in the longitudinal direction of the sheet material according to resultant cutting edges, and wherein the respective cut strips are supplied parallel in the longitudinal direction of the sheet material continuously to the transverse cutting device.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,018,427	2015-04-28	1. A reactive distillation method comprising: introducing a feed stream to a reactive distillation column, wherein the feed stream comprises one or more alpha hydrogen alcohols; contacting the feed stream with one or more catalysts in the reactive distillation column during a distillation, wherein the feed stream reacts in contact with the one or more catalysts to produce a reaction product comprising one or more higher alcohols, wherein the one or more higher alcohols are alcohols having a higher molecular weight than the corresponding one or more alpha hydrogen alcohols in the feed stream, and wherein the one or more higher alcohols comprise a C removing the one or more higher alcohols during the distillation from the reactive distillation column as a bottoms stream.	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	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	1	0	0	0
9,141,165	2015-09-22	1. A method of controlling the clock frequency of a processor executing software in a plurality of active periods, the method comprising: supplying to a power management application at least one parameter defining an execution profile for each period having high frequency and low frequency operating intervals; the power management application determining, based on said profile and a granularity of a clock, granted clock frequencies for the high and low frequency operating intervals; the processor supplying to the power management application at the commencement of a period an operating cycle requirement for the period; the power management application determining, for each period, based on the operating cycle requirement, the length of the low frequency interval; and controlling the clock frequency in each interval based on the granted clock frequencies determined by the power management application and the granularity of the clock.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,117,868	2015-08-25	1. A plasma etch chamber, comprising: a plasma source disposed in an upper region of the plasma etch chamber; a bipolar electrostatic chuck disposed below the plasma source, the bipolar electrostatic chuck sized to support a substrate carrier having a tape and tape frame, wherein the bipolar electrostatic chuck is configured to control a backside temperature of the substrate carrier prior to and during plasma processing, wherein the bipolar electrostatic chuck has one or more cooling channels disposed therein for transporting a cooling liquid to reduce the backside temperature of the substrate carrier; and a shadow ring disposed between the plasma source and the bipolar electrostatic chuck, the shadow ring for covering the tape frame and an outermost portion of a substrate processing region of the substrate carrier, wherein the shadow ring has one or more cooling channels disposed therein for transporting a cooling liquid to reduce a front side temperature of the substrate carrier during plasma processing, and wherein the one or more cooling channels of the bipolar electrostatic chuck are in series with the one or more cooling channels of the shadow ring.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,355,510	2013-01-15	1. A method to equalize frequency responses within a frequency range in a listening area, comprising: measuring frequency responses in the listening area generated by at least one acoustic transducer at an at least one listening point, resulting in a matrix of frequency responses; inverting the matrix of frequency responses to determine a vector of correction filters for the at least one acoustic transducer; performing a global magnitude equalization, with respect to a target function on a resulting vector of frequency responses that is the result of multiplying the vector of correction filters with the matrix of frequency responses; performing a global group delay equalization on the resulting vector of frequency responses, where performing a global group delay equalization further includes, replacing equalization filters by minimum-phase versions outside of a predetermined frequency range of 20 Hz-80 Hz where the at least one acoustic transducer operates in the frequency domain; and determining final equalization filters in a time domain with an inverse Fourier transform of the resulting vector of frequency responses after performance of the global group delay equalization.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,531,988	2013-09-10	1. A method of operating a computing device with wireless network interface adapted to communicate over a channel, the method comprising: measuring errors associated with packets communicated in the channel; measuring received signal strength in the channel; determining that there is a source of interference in response to a determination that the measured errors associated with packets communicated in the channel exceed a first threshold in combination with the measured received signal strength in the channel exceeding a second threshold, wherein the first threshold is associated with a measure of errors and the second threshold is associated with a signal strength; when the measured received signal strength exceeds the first threshold for a period of time exceeding a third threshold, determining that the source of interference does not have a first characteristic; and when the measured received signal strength exceeds the first threshold for a period of time not exceeding the third threshold, determining that the source of interference has the first characteristic.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,800,155	2017-10-24	1. A DC-DC converter that increases or decreases an input voltage supplied from an input power source, and generates an output voltage having a constant voltage level, the DC-DC converter comprising: a coil; a voltage decreasing switch that is disposed between the input power source and one end of the coil; a first output terminal that outputs the output voltage; and a second output terminal that has a potential fixed at a reference potential; a voltage increasing switch that is disposed between the second output terminal and the other end of the coil; and a control unit that keeps the output voltage at the constant voltage level irrespective of variation in the input voltage by controlling an on-state and an off state of each of the voltage decreasing switch and the voltage increasing switch, wherein: the control unit performs a voltage increasing operation for increasing the input voltage or a first voltage increasing and decreasing operation having a voltage increase amount of the input voltage smaller than the voltage increasing operation; the control unit performs a voltage decreasing operation for decreasing the input voltage or a second voltage increasing and decreasing operation having a voltage decrease amount of the input voltage smaller than the voltage decreasing operation; in the voltage increasing operation, the control unit always controls the voltage decreasing switch to be in the on-state, and controls the voltage increasing switch to switch periodically between the on-state and the off-state; in the voltage decreasing operation, the control unit controls the voltage decreasing switch to switch periodically between the on-state and the off-state, and always controls the voltage increasing switch to be in the off-state; in each of the first voltage increasing and decreasing operation and the second voltage increasing and decreasing operation, the control unit controls the voltage decreasing switch and the voltage increasing switch to switch with a same period at a different duty ratio between the on-state and the off-state; when switching from the voltage increasing operation to the first voltage increasing and decreasing operation, the control unit increases an on-state time per one period in the voltage increasing switch at a beginning of the first voltage increasing and decreasing operation to be longer than an end of the voltage increasing operation so as to inhibit the output voltage from undershooting; when switching from the second voltage increasing and decreasing operation to the voltage decreasing operation, the control unit decreases an off-state time per one period in the voltage decreasing switch at a beginning of the voltage decreasing operation to be shorter than an end of the second voltage increasing and decreasing operation so as to inhibit the output voltage from undershooting; when switching from the voltage decreasing operation to the second voltage increasing and decreasing operation, the control unit increases the off-state time in the voltage decreasing switch at a beginning of the second voltage increasing and decreasing operation to be longer than an end of the voltage decreasing operation so as to inhibit the output voltage from overshooting; and when switching from the first voltage increasing and decreasing operation to the voltage increasing operation, the control unit decreases the on-state time in the voltage increasing switch at a beginning of the voltage increasing operation to be shorter than an end of the first voltage increasing and decreasing operation so as to inhibit the output voltage from overshooting.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,961,946	2015-02-24	1. A hair processing agent comprising water as solvent and at at least one compound represented by the following formula (2): wherein X is a structure selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—, —NH— and —NR wherein the pH of the hair processing agent is in the range of 2.5 to 8.7.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,709,648	2014-04-29	1. A lithium rechargeable battery, comprising: at least one electrode having wherein said electrode layer is coupled to a surface of the current collecting material by a binder.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,342,271	2013-01-01	1. A robotic vehicle comprising: a chassis having front and rear ends; an electric power source supported by the chassis; and wherein the amplifier commutator further comprises a programmable logic circuit in communication with the drive motor controller logic circuit, DC/DC converter, and commutator; wherein the drive control module further comprises: wherein the drive motor controller logic circuit comprises logic for three cascading control loops comprising motor current, motor voltage, and motor rotor rotation; and wherein the motor rotor rotation control loop of the drive motor controller logic circuit comprises:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9,335,884	2016-05-10	1. A computer-implemented interface for data presentation embodied on a computer-readable storage device, the computer-implemented interface comprising: a lens component associated with a portion of a user interface display, wherein the lens component defines an area to display information from at least one search result; and a layout component that displays a detailed subset of information, comprising textual information, within the area defined by the lens component based upon the at least one search result, wherein the detailed subset of information is animated to magnify a size of the detailed subset of information and to progressively insert additional textual information associated with the at least one search result into the detailed subset of information based at least partly on an amount of time a mouse hovers over the at least one search result, wherein a rate of magnification of the detailed subset of information is determined based at least in part on a magnification factor, wherein a zoom is incrementally adjusted based at least in part on the rate of magnification until a target is reached, wherein the additional textual information to be progressively inserted into the detailed subset of information is selected from the at least one search result based in part on a query associated with the at least one search result, and wherein the additional textual information being additional as compared to the amount of information displayed for the at least one search result outside of the area defined by the lens component.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,632,864	2014-01-21	1. An injection molded plastic article with a decorative metal finish, comprising: at least one injection molded plastic surface having a light surface roughness of about 0.02 um to 0.1 um root mean square (rms) roughness to improve its adherence capabilities; a thin first metal layer non-electrolytically deposited in an aqueous solution on substantially all of said at least one injection molded plastic surface; and at least one translucent coating disposed on said thin first metal layer to provide increased durability for the metal finish and to allow the decorative metal finish to remain visible therethrough.	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	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,105,996	2015-08-11	1. An electromagnetic actuator comprising: a housing having several faces; and an electronic circuit divided into at least two portions distributed over at least two adjacent faces of the housing, each portion of the circuit comprising at least one first metal connector arranged to be electrically and mechanically connected to a second metal connector of another portion of the circuit in order to form an electrical connection, the first metal connector comprising: the second metal connector comprising a portion having a surface designed to come into contact with the contact surface of the second portion of the first metal connector.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8,576,841	2013-11-05	1. A method comprising: generating, by a computing device, an encoded value that represents a specified port range comprising: receiving, by the computing device, a packet that indicates a port value; generating, by the computing device, a query value based at least on the port value; selecting, by the computing device, one or more filters using a content-addressable data structure that indicates an association between the encoded value and the one or more filters, wherein the encoded value matches the query value; and applying, by a forwarding plane of the computing device, the one or more filters associated with the encoded value to the packet that indicates the port.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,379,402	2013-02-19	1. A wiring board having a lead pin comprising: a connecting pad which is formed on the wiring board, and to which the lead pin is bonded through a conductive material, wherein the lead pin includes:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9,726,150	2017-08-08	1. A compressed-air energy storage plant, comprising at least one first and, separate therefrom, one second storage space at the same depth level or at differing depth levels, at least one pressurized gas line that is/are routed in the first storage space and in the second storage space respectively a compression machine of the compressed-air energy storage plant connected to the at least one pressurized gas line optionally via switchable valves, wherein the compression machine is set up to optionally generate a gas pressure of a pressurized gas of differing magnitudes in the first and the second storage space respectively, a control means, which is set up, upon an expansion of pressurized gas out of one of the first and second storage spaces, to transfer the expanded pressurized gas into the other of the first and second storage spaces, and a pressurized gas expansion machine, which is operated for supplying energy to an energy supply network solely through expansion of the pressurized gas by transferring the pressurized gas out of one of the first and second storage spaces into the other of the first and second storage spaces, wherein the control means is set up, upon the expansion of pressurized gas out of one of the first and second storage spaces, not to allow the gas pressure in each of the first and second storage spaces to fall below a predefined minimum pressure value of 60 bar in order to realize a high compression energy with a small temperature difference.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	1	0	0	0
9,027,502	2015-05-12	1. A rowing shoe fastening system comprising: a cleat assembly mountable to at least a ball portion of a sole of a rowing shoe and including a forwardly extending toe and a rearwardly extending lip spaced apart longitudinally from the toe; a receiver mountable to a footboard of a rowing boat and having a base extending longitudinally between a toe receiving portion and a heel receiving portion, wherein the toe receiving portion permits slidable insertion of the toe, and once inserted, the toe receiving portion prevents translation of the toe in a first plane, permits lateral translation of the toe in a laterally outward direction in a second plane generally perpendicular to the first plane while preventing translation of the toe in an opposite laterally inward direction in the second plane; wherein the heel receiving portion is biased via a resilient member to permit slidable insertion of the lip of the cleat assembly to become engaged relative to an upper, forward edge of the heel receiving portion, and wherein, after insertion of the lip of the cleat assembly within the heel receiving portion, the heel receiving portion retains the lip of the cleat assembly at least until after the toe of the rowing shoe has been laterally translated out of the toe receiving portion.	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	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
9,372,736	2016-06-21	1. A computer-implemented method for determining a representation of an execution trace, comprising: identifying at least one execution trace of a process model, the process model including parallel paths where a path influences an outcome of a decision; determining path information of the process model using a hardware processor by injecting at least one token in the process model such that the at least one token traces one or more active nodes representing the path information, the path information including at least one of: task execution order for each parallel path, task execution order across parallel paths, and dependency between parallel paths; and selecting a path representation for the at least one execution trace based upon the path information to determine a representation of the at least one execution trace.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,960,705	2015-02-24	1. A sliding-hitch assembly comprising: a base assembly configured to couple to a vehicle; a hitch carriage slideably coupled to the base assembly and moveable along the base assembly between a forward and an aft position, the hitch carriage including a hitch for coupling to a trailer; and a latching assembly disposed in the base assembly, the latching assembly including a latching member, an arming member, and a locking member, the latching assembly advanceable between a locked orientation, an unlocked orientation and an armed orientation; in the locked orientation, the latching member is biased to extend from the base assembly and toward the hitch carriage to engage one of at least a first and second receiver in the hitch carriage to prevent sliding movement of the hitch carriage with respect to the base assembly with the locking member preventing withdrawal of the latching member from the receiver, in the unlocked orientation, the latching member is withdrawn at least partially into the base assembly and is disengaged from the receiver in the hitch carriage and restrained from being biased toward the locked orientation, the arming member is positioned in the path of the hitch carriage such that contacting of the arming member by the hitch carriage during sliding movement of the hitch carriage along the base assembly, displaces the arming member and advances the latching member to the armed orientation, in the armed orientation, the latching member is biased toward the hitch carriage and then into the locked orientation when one of the at least first and second receivers is aligned therewith.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,331,278	2016-05-03	1. A method of forming a printhead with a memristor, comprising: forming a printhead body comprising a first conductive material; forming a third conductive material on the first conductive material; forming a memory with the printhead body by: forming a second conductive material on the switching oxide material, wherein the first and the third conductive materials comprise a first electrode of the memory and the second conductive material comprises a second electrode of the memory.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,667,337	2014-03-04	1. A storage apparatus comprising: a first controller having a processor, a memory, and a network I/F that receives a data input/output request from an external apparatus; a second controller having a processor, a memory, and a network I/F that receives a data input/output request from the external apparatus; a plurality of first expanders configuring a first system by being communicatively coupled to a storage drive, having a plurality of communication ports, and being in cascade connection with the first controller through the communication ports; a plurality of second expanders configuring a second system by being communicatively coupled to another storage drive, having a plurality of communication ports, and being in cascade connection with the second controller through the communication ports, wherein the first controller accesses the storage drive through at least one of the first expanders in response to the data input/output request, the second controller accesses the other storage drive through at least one of the second expanders in response to the data input/output request, the first controller transmits an instruction to execute a diagnosis on the communication ports to the first expanders, the first expanders, upon receiving the instruction, diagnose the communication ports thereof, and the first controller stores a concurrently-executable maximum number being a maximum number of the communication ports concurrently diagnosable in the first system, and causes the first expanders to execute the diagnosis on the communication ports in the first system by repeatedly performing a process of selecting a number of the communication ports not exceeding the concurrently-executable maximum number and a process of transmitting an instruction to perform the diagnosis on the selected communication ports to the first expanders.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,829,720	2017-11-28	1. An optical lens device having an actively controllable focal length, comprising: an element with lensing effect comprising a plurality of regions, each region having a corresponding refractive power arranged for providing a corresponding focal length distinct from the focal length of at least one other region of said plurality of regions; at least one addressable optical element integrated in or provided on the element with lensing effect, the at least one addressable optical element being arranged for changing the transmittance of at least one of said plurality of regions in response to a control signal; and a control means programmed for generating said control signal, wherein said at least one addressable optical element is non-concentric, said at least one addressable optical element comprising an addressable optical element configured as one or more sectors of the element with lensing effect, wherein the one or more sectors are pie-slice shaped sectors with their pie-point at the centre of the element with lensing effect.	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	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
9,593,248	2017-03-14	1. Ink comprising: a photopolymerization initiator; a colorant; and at least one of a compound represented by formula 1, a compound represented by formula 2, a compound represented by formula 3, or a compound represented by formula 4, where R R where, R where a ring A represents a saturated five-membered ring or a saturated six-membered ring, both having one nitrogen atom in the ring structure, R where a ring B represents a saturated five-membered ring or a saturated six-membered ring, both comprising two nitrogen atoms, R wherein, in formula 4, the nitrogen atom of ring B bound to R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,054,103	2015-06-09	1. A semiconductor device including an inverter circuit in which complementary switching elements are connected in series between a power supply potential and a ground potential, comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a main surface; a power supply interconnection formed on a surface of said semiconductor substrate and extending in parallel to a first direction, to which a power supply potential is applied; a ground interconnection formed on the surface of said semiconductor substrate and extending in parallel to said first direction at a distance from said power supply interconnection in a second direction orthogonal to said first direction, to which a ground potential is applied; and two element formation regions for said complementary switching elements, each defined by an element isolation insulating film in a region of said semiconductor substrate lying between said power supply interconnection and said ground interconnection, each said element formation region having formed said gate interconnection portion including said second gate interconnection portion being arranged such that a distance in parallel to said first direction between said butting diffusion and said second gate interconnection portion gradually increases as said second gate interconnection portion extends from said first gate interconnection portion.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,289,697	2016-03-22	1. A device for continuously removing volatile organic compounds from polluted waters, comprising: a) a countercurrently operating stripping column for desorption of the volatile organic compounds from the water to be purified, said stripping column comprising b) a separator for separating the volatile compounds from the stripping gas that flows out of said stripping column, said separator comprising a hydrophobic macro-porous resin adsorption unit and a cryogenic condensation unit; the device further comprising:	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,653,849	2017-05-16	1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing defining an upper sidewall, a lower sidewall opposite to the upper sidewall and a pair of end walls connected with the upper and lower sidewalls, the upper sidewall, the lower sidewall and the end walls together forming a receiving cavity, each end wall defining a recess communicating with the receiving cavity; and a terminal module retained in the insulative housing and defining a first module, a second module and a shielding member located between the first module and the second module; wherein the shielding member is an integrated structure and defines a shielding portion, a plurality of elastic contacting arms projecting forwardly from the shielding portion and extending laterally, and a pair of locking portions bending into the corresponding recesses from the opposite sides of the shielding portion, the elastic contacting arms and the locking portions are exposed into the receiving cavity of the insulative housing; wherein the terminal module is assembled to a rear sidewall of the insulative housing and further includes a third module disposed between the first module and the second module, the first module and the second module are separated from each other in a vertical direction, and the shielding member is integrally formed with the third module.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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