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8,638,764	2014-01-28	1. A method for providing mobile telecommunications, comprising: receiving, by a gateway that aggregates a plurality of radio network controllers over a shared radio network controller connection to a mobile switching center (MSC) server, via a first communication interface associated with the shared radio network controller connection to the MSC server, uplink messages from respective ones of a plurality of small scale base stations, the uplink messages comprising data from different sources; aggregating, by the gateway, the uplink messages; transmitting, by the gateway, all of the aggregated uplink messages as a single stream to the MSC server via the shared radio network controller connection; receiving, by the gateway, a downlink mobile telecommunications signaling message; and mapping, by the gateway, the downlink mobile telecommunications signaling message to one of the plurality of small scale base stations, the small scale base stations being configured to perform functions of the plurality of radio network controllers.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,226,145	2015-12-29	1. A mobile communication device, comprising: a processor; and a memory, comprising: whereby asset migration between network carriers is achieved and unauthorized activities are avoided while security keys are kept confidential to individual carriers.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,513,255	2013-08-20	1. A compound of formula (I): in which R R R represents halogen or methoxy; or a 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	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
9,589,017	2017-03-07	1. A method in a data processing system that includes storage that stores data, and includes one or more processors configured to execute queries against the data, the method comprising: storing a plurality of keys associated with a plurality of previous queries, the plurality of keys including a first key associated with a first previous query; receiving a query comprising a plural number of efficiency expressions; generating, based on the received query, a second key indicating a first selectivity region in a selectivity space comprising an array of selectivity regions arranged according to a grid with a number of dimensions equal to the plural number; comparing the second key to the plurality of keys; executing, based on the received query, a stored query plan associated with the first key on a condition that the first key is determined to match the second key; and executing, for the received query, a new query plan associated with the second key when the second key is determined to not match any stored key of the plurality of stored keys.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,358,745	2013-01-22	1. A method for recording identity data and enabling on demand services in a communications system wherein said communications system includes a plurality of telecommunications enabled devices, each with a speaker and a microphone for a telecommunications session, said plurality of telecommunications enabled devices communitively coupled via a telecommunications network to a communications station having an on demand recording and voice record storage function and wherein a telecommunications session between two enabled devices and said communications station includes transmission of data packets therebetween which include metadata identifying the sending enabled device and which include on demand control command data and transfer control token command data, the method comprising: at the communications station, assigning an on demand control token to a first enabled device engaged in said telecommunications session; monitoring all data packets; upon recognition of an on demand command request from said sending enabled device which matches said on demand token at the communications station, activating said on demand recording and voice record storage function; and, upon recognition of said transfer control token command data from said first enabled device at the communications station, reassigning said on demand control token to a second of said two enabled devices engaged in said telecommunications session.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,495,248	2016-11-15	1. A method for managing the storage of data on a solid state drive (SSD), the SSD having a plurality of dies, each die of the plurality of dies having a storage capacity, the method comprising: dividing, by a controller operatively coupled to the plurality of dies, the storage capacity of each die of the plurality of dies into a primary capacity and a spare capacity, a primary die of the plurality of dies having a maximum primary capacity, a sum of the spare capacities of each of the plurality of dies excluding the primary die being at least as great as the maximum primary capacity, wherein the dividing the storage capacity of each die of the plurality of dies into a primary capacity and a spare capacity comprises designating, by the controller, within each die of the plurality of dies a first plurality of blocks as the primary capacity and a second plurality of blocks as the spare capacity such that the controller does not allow an amount of the data stored in each die to exceed the designated primary capacity of the die, and wherein the designated primary capacity of each die is set by a user; storing, by the controller, the data on the plurality of dies, the stored data distributed among each of the primary capacities, a first portion of the data stored in the primary capacity of a first die of the plurality of dies; detecting, by the controller, a failure of the first die; and in response to the detecting the failure of the first die, retiring, by the controller, the first die; and in response to the detecting the failure of the first die and the retiring the first die, migrating, by the controller, the first portion of the data to the spare capacity of at least one die of the plurality of dies.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,769,135	2017-09-19	1. An information processing device, comprising: circuitry, communicably connected to a server via a network, configured to:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,018,796	2015-04-28	1. A vehicle power system comprising: an energy storage unit; an electric device; and a bi-directional DC-DC power converter electrically connected between the unit and device, and including a non-isolated transformer having a primary winding, a plurality of input ports each tapping the primary winding such that each of the input ports has a DC voltage of a different magnitude, and a plurality of output ports each tapping the primary winding such that each of the output ports has a DC voltage of a different magnitude, wherein a polarity of some of the DC voltages of the input ports is different.	0	0	0	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	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
9,181,444	2015-11-10	1. A light-curable ink composition for ink jet recording comprising a coloring material, a polymerizable compound, a polymerization and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the coloring material contains at least C.I. Pigment Yellow 155, and the polymerizable compound contains at least a vinyl-ether-containing (meth)acrylate represented by general formula (I) below, with the vinyl-ether-containing (meth)acrylate present in an amount of 10 to 67% by mass based on a total mass of the ink composition: (where R 1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 is a divalent organic residue having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and R 3 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic residue having 1 to 11 carbon atoms), wherein the polymerizable compound further contains a monofunctional (meth)acrylate, other than the vinyl-ether-containing (meth)acrylate, having either an aromatic skeleton or an alicyclic skeleton present in an amount of 10 to 60% by mass based on the total mass of the ink composition.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,765,443	2017-09-19	1. An electroplating processor, comprising: a vessel holding a catholyte containing metal ions; a head having a wafer holder, with the head movable to position the wafer holder in the vessel; at least one anode in the vessel; an isolyte compartment containing an isolyte, with the isolyte separated from the catholyte by a first membrane; a thiefolyte compartment containing a thiefolyte, with the thiefolyte separated from the isolyte by a second membrane; and a current thief electrode in the thiefolyte compartment.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,142,223	2015-09-22	1. A sound process apparatus comprising: a processor; a memory having machine executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the sound process apparatus to perform operations comprising:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,075,614	2015-07-07	1. A processor comprising: a core area including a plurality of cores and coupled to a first voltage regulator, wherein the first voltage is to provide a first regulated voltage (VR) to the core area via a first supply pin of the core area coupled to a first load resistor; and an uncore area having a power management unit and coupled to a second voltage regulator, wherein the second voltage regulator is to provide a second VR to the uncore area independently of the first VR, via a second supply pin of the uncore area coupled to a second load resistor, wherein the power management unit is to detect an event based on which the core area is to enter a deep power saving state in which the first VR is to be substantially cut off and in response provide a first voltage value to the second voltage regulator, the second voltage regulator to decrease the second VR from a first reference voltage value to a second reference voltage value based on the first voltage value, the decrease to cause a reduction in a pin voltage value provided at the second supply pin of the uncore area, wherein the reduction in the pin voltage value is to decrease power consumption of the uncore area, wherein the pin voltage value is to be decreased to a level sufficient to maintain a minimum pin voltage value to operate the processor at a specified frequency value.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0
9,480,394	2016-11-01	1. An apparatus that produces an image of a posterior or an anterior segment of an eye, comprising: a light source; an optical system with a center having optical elements that is shifted to deliver light from said light source on an optical axis or slightly off said optical axis from said center of optical system and return an imaging path from said posterior and anterior segments; a means for sequentially turning said light source on and off in synchronization with image capture under each condition; a means for inserting a flipping mask that momentarily blocks unwanted reflections in small areas of an image while leaving the majority areas of the image illuminated; a means for detecting said artifacts in one image without said flipping mask, and detecting said flipping artifact mask in second image, and combining images to create a composite image that is artifact-free; a means for tilting or swinging the optical head, changing patient fixation to generate views with artifacts in different locations on each image or movie stream, and a plurality of shifting optical elements, masks and light sources where two or more images having specular and other reflection artifacts located in two or more anatomically different areas of each sequentially acquired image of said eye segments are created, said artifacts in said images are detected by image processing, said images are combined with one or more other images to create a composite image, a stereo image, a panoramic image from multiple images or video stream, or generating a video stream panning the retina without artifacts, where relatively clear well-focused image sections are combined from one or more said other images or video streams to create said composite image or movie, wherein said alternate illuminating and imaging paths enter said pupil at an angle in comparison to said optical center axis but are shifted by optical elements to create artifacts in different locations, wherein said position of light sources and said imaging paths are of variable size, position and shape depending upon pupil size and is manually or automatically adjusted dynamically in combination with apertures and masks based on said pupil size and desired field of view.	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
9,596,031	2017-03-14	1. An optical network unit for use in a wide area network (WAN), the optical network unit comprising: an optical transceiver for coupling to an optical fiber; at least one electrical coupling device adapted to separate an electrical power and a subscriber data communication from a combined WAN signal received from a subscriber terminal, and a media access control (MAC) communication device electrically coupled to the optical transceiver and coupled to the at least one electrical coupling device, wherein the MAC communication device is adapted for communication with the one or more subscriber terminals and adapted to aggregate subscriber data communications received at a first frequency from one or more subscriber terminals for transmission across the optical fiber and the MAC communication device is adapted to convey at a second frequency a message regarding electrical power to one or more subscriber terminals.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,525,874	2016-12-20	1. A receiving apparatus configured to receive encoded moving image data from a transmitting apparatus, comprising: a decoding unit configured to decode the encoded moving image data stored in the receiving apparatus; a first determination unit configured to determine a decoding time at which decoding is performed for lost encoded moving image data, the decoding time depending on an amount of the encoded moving image data stored in the receiving apparatus; an acquiring unit configured to acquire the decoding time determined by the first determination unit when the loss of the encoded moving image data occurs; a second determination unit configured to determine whether retransmission of the lost encoded moving image data is in time for the decoding, and in a case where the second determination unit determines that the retransmission of the lost encoded moving image data is not in time, determine to request the transmitting apparatus to switch, for moving image data of which decoding time is later than the decoding time of the lost encoded moving image data, to intraframe encoding and transmit the encoded moving image data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the request determined by the second determination unit to the transmitting 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	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
9,399,711	2016-07-26	1. An inflatable article comprising an elastomer layer that is airtight to at least one inflation gas used to inflate the article, wherein the elastomer layer includes: wherein the styrene thermoplastic elastomer is a styrene/isobutylene/styrene triblock copolymer (SIBS), wherein the polyphenylene ether is poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether); and wherein a content by weight of polyphenylene ether represents between 0.5 and 2 times a content by weight of styrene present in the styrene thermoplastic elastomer.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1
9,615,426	2017-04-04	1. A method for controlling a light source via a wireless mesh network, the method comprising: receiving via the wireless mesh network a first light intensity value from a first sensor that detects ambient light in an environment, the environment including the light source; calculating a resulting light intensity (RLI) value based on the first light intensity value; determining that the RLI value exceeds a light intensity threshold; and modifying an output of the light source based on the RLI value exceeding the light intensity 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	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,841,689	2014-09-23	1. A heat-curable silicone resin sheet comprising: a layer (2) including a heat-curable silicone resin composition containing phosphors that is in a plastic solid or semi-solid state at room temperature; and a layer (1) including a heat-curable silicone resin composition containing essentially no phosphors that is in a plastic solid or semi-solid state at room temperature, wherein the layer (2) includes the heat-curable silicone resin composition containing: (A-1) a resin-structured organopolysiloxane consisting essentially of R R R a represents 0, 1, or 2, b represents 1 or 2, a+b is either 2 or 3, and at least a portion of the R (B-1) a resin-structured organohydrogenpolysiloxane consisting essentially of R R c represents 0, 1, or 2, d represents 1 or 2, c+d is either 2 or 3, and at least a portion of the R a molar ratio of hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms within component (B-1) with respect to the sum of the vinyl groups and the allyl groups within component (A-1) is in a range of 0.1 to 4.0; (C-1) an effective amount of at least one platinum group metal based catalyst for curing; and (D) at least one phosphor, and the layer (1) includes the heat-curable silicone resin composition containing essentially no phosphors, the composition containing: (A-2) a resin-structured organopolysiloxane consisting essentially of R R R a represents 0, 1, or 2, b represents 1 or 2, a+b is either 2 or 3, and at least a portion of the R (B-2) a resin-structured organohydrogenpolysiloxane consisting essentially of R R c represents 0, 1, or 2, d represents 1 or 2, c+d is either 2 or 3, and at least a portion of the R a molar ratio of hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms within component (B-2) with respect to the sum of the vinyl groups and the allyl groups within component (A-2) is in a range of 0.1 to 4.0; and (C-2) an effective amount of at least one platinum group metal based catalyst for curing.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,454,912	2013-06-04	1. A radioisotope adsorbent comprising: a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 or 2 bonded on the surface of silica which is a bone structure of the adsorbent: wherein R is a straight-chain or side chain alkyl group of C M is a cation of H n is an integer of 1-10.	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	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	1
8,579,129	2013-11-12	1. An enhanced water product with safety feature, comprising: a water bottle containing water and having an elongated body with a neck finish on one end and a concave bottom on the other end, the concave bottom having a first annular ring at the periphery of the elongated body and a second annular ring recessed from, and inboard of, the first annular ring, the second annular ring having a flat surface bounded by an inside periphery and an outside periphery, said inside periphery defining a cavity with the concave bottom; a closure sealingly fitted to the neck finish; a solid dosage preparation protectively housed in the cavity; a means for retaining the solid dosage preparation in the cavity, said means having a peripheral edge, the solid dosage preparation being visible at a glance within said means; and a frustum wall section joining the first annular ring and the second annular ring at the outside periphery thereof, the frustum wall section providing an abutment surface for the means for retaining the solid dosage preparation, the abutment surface rendering the edge of the means for retaining abutted thereto substantially inaccessible for the purpose of peeling it away and exposing the cavity; whereby the solid dosage preparation is conveyed together with the water bottle and an integrated means for providing an indication of tampering, should pre-purchase access to the cavity be attempted, is comprised of the inaccessibility of the abutted edge.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,824,975	2014-09-02	1. A radio communication apparatus that has a normal transmitting/receiving mode and a distortion correction mode, the apparatus comprising: a transmitting circuit that includes a transmitting processing circuit configured to generate a high frequency signal from a transmitting baseband signal by radio transmitting process and a power amplifier configured to amplify the high frequency signal; a transmitting antenna configured to transmit the high frequency signal amplified by the power amplifier; a receiving antenna configured to receive the high frequency signal transmitted by the transmitting antenna; a receiving circuit that includes a low noise amplifier configured to amplify the high frequency signal received by the receiving antenna and a receiving processing circuit configured to generate a receiving baseband signal by demodulating the high frequency signal amplified by the low noise amplifier; a distortion detecting section configured to detect a distortion component using the transmitting baseband signal and the receiving baseband signal; an adjustment section arranged between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna and configured to adjust a degree of coupling between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna, wherein the adjustment section includes a passive element, a ground, and a switch operable to connect the passive element to the ground; and a control section configured to close the switch to connect the passive element to the ground, in the normal transmitting/receiving mode, and to open the switch to disconnect the passive element from the ground, in the distortion correction mode.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,350,972	2013-01-08	1. A display apparatus comprising: a pixel array section comprising:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,934,824	2015-01-13	1. A fixing device configured to fix a developer image onto a recording sheet, the fixing device comprising: a flexible cylindrical member which has an inner peripheral surface and is configured to rotate about an axis; a heater arranged inside the flexible cylindrical member and extending in an axial direction of the flexible cylindrical member; a nip member, which includes: a pressure member, the pressure member and the nip member being configured to pinch the flexible cylindrical member therebetween; and a guide member arranged at least at one side of the nip member in the sheet conveying direction and including a guide surface that is configured to guide the inner peripheral surface of the flexible cylindrical member, wherein the inner peripheral surface of the flexible cylindrical member is configured to slide on the nip member, and wherein the guide member and the nip member are at least partially separated along the predetermined range of the nip member within the predetermined length of the contact surface in the sheet conveying 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,253,572	2016-02-02	1. A method of providing synthetic audio placement comprising: receiving an incoming signal over an audio connection, the incoming signal including audio input from a plurality of audio sources, the incoming signal not including information regarding relative positions of the plurality of audio sources; synthesizing a sound field having a synthetic position associated with each of the plurality of audio sources relative to a listener, wherein the synthetic position includes arranging the plurality of audio sources in a default configuration relative to the listener; adjusting a synthetic position of one of the plurality of audio sources within the default configuration without changing respective synthetic positions of other ones of the plurality of audio sources within the sound field; processing a portion of the incoming signal, including:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,188,285	2015-11-17	1. A system, comprising: a mixing module configured to receive and mix a boil-off gas stream comprising a boil-off gas from a cryotank disposed in an upstream direction from the mixing module and art oxygen stream to form a mixed stream; an oxidation module disposed in a downstream direction of the mixing module and configured to receive the mixed stream, the oxidation module comprising a catalytic converter configured to oxidize the boil-off gas in the mixed stream to produce an exhaust stream that is output in the downstream direction; and a heat exchanger comprising a first passage and a second passage and configured to exchange heat between streams passing through the first and second passages, the first passage configured to receive at least a portion of the exhaust stream, the second passage configured to receive a fluid including the boil-off gas, the second passage comprising an inlet and an outlet, the inlet and the outlet of the second passage disposed upstream of the oxidation module, whereby the heat exchanger is configured to heat the fluid including the boil-off gas and cool the at least a portion of the exhaust stream, whereby the fluid including, the boil-off gas is heated by the heat exchanger upstream of the oxidation module, wherein the inlet of the second passage of the heat exchanger is positioned downstream of the mixing module, the inlet configured to accept the mixed stream exiting the mixing module, whereby the mixed stream is heated after leaving the mixing module and before entering the oxidation module, further comprising a second heat exchanger comprising a first passage configured to accept a portion of the exhaust stream and a second passage configured to accept the boil-off as stream, the second passage of the second heat exchanger including an inlet interposed between the cryotank and the mixing module, whereby the boil-off gas is heated by the second heat exchanger before entering the mixing 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	1	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	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,697,551	2014-04-15	1. A method of fabricating a crystalline AlC thin film, comprising: supplying a carbon-containing gas and an aluminum-containing gas into a furnace, to grow the AlC thin film on a substrate.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,421,232	2016-08-23	1. A method of preparing a food or medicinal composition, wherein the method comprises: dehydrating uncoated, revivable micro-organisms, wherein the micro-organisms are a mixture of mixing the dehydrated uncoated, revivable micro-organisms with particles, wherein (i) each of said particles has a mean diameter, (ii) the mean diameters of said particles are distributed almost exclusively in a range of from 50 to 1,000 μm, (iii) about 65% of said particles have a mean diameter greater than 250 μm, and (iv) about 35% of said particles have a mean diameter of at most 250 μm, so as to form a composition comprising about 33% w/w revivable dehydrated micro-organisms, and further comprising about 67% w/w particles, wherein the micro-organisms are mixed with the particles in the composition, wherein the particles are granules comprising an aggregated and granulated mixture of (i) vitamins, trace elements, amino acids, sugars, and minerals or the salts thereof, and (ii) at least one carrier, and wherein the granules are substantially devoid of micro-organisms, wherein the composition has a water activity lower than 0.3, and wherein the micro-organisms in the composition have a revivability such that, after being kept moisture-free and at room temperature for 18 months, the composition comprises at least 20% revivable micro-organisms from amongst 100% revivable micro-organisms initially present in said composition.	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,153,491	2015-10-06	1. A method for forming conductive elements on and in a substrate, the method comprising: at least substantially entirely covering a first major surface of a substrate with a conductive material; and subsequently forming a via through the substrate from a second major surface of the substrate opposing the first major surface to the conductive material.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,484,348	2013-07-09	1. A method for facilitating fulfillment of web-service requests associated with computer-to-computer transactions on a communication network, the method comprising: receiving, by a content switch from a web-service client, a primary request for access to a web-service, the primary request being a web-service request generated by a computer as part of a computer-to-computer request for access to a resource associated with the web service; selecting, by the content switch, one of a plurality of web-service servers to handle the primary request; forwarding, by the content switch, the primary request to the selected web-service server; and monitoring, by the content switch, traffic generated by the selected web-service server for a secondary web-service request directed to a second web-service server, the secondary web-service request being related to the primary web-service request, the secondary web-service request being configured as a computer-to-computer request for access by the selected web-service server to a resource associated with the second web-service server to enable the selected web-service server to utilize the resource available via the second web-service server in connection with preparing a response to the primary web-service request; and collecting information associated with how requests are handled by particular servers; wherein collecting information comprises correlating request information and resource information at the time the primary request was forwarded to the web-service server; and wherein the resource information includes at least current conditions, resource conditions, and information about other requests.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,378,970	2016-06-28	1. A method for etching in a plasma etching reactor, comprising: performing at least one first phase, comprising: performing at least one second phase, comprising:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,290,722	2016-03-22	1. A cleaning composition for dishwashing, said cleaning composition comprising: (I) from 1 to 2 wt. % of the reaction product of; (II) from about 10 to about 40 wt. % of a surfactant component comprising a nonionic surfactant that is a monofunctional, linear alcohol alkoxylate; and (III) from about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % a hydrotrope component that is sodium xylenesulfonate; and (IV) optionally, water, wherein said cleaning composition is free of unreacted MGDA and MSA.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,726,518	2017-08-08	1. An apparatus for detecting a presence of an object, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of resonant sense circuits, each having a resonant frequency, each resonant sense circuit comprising an electrically conductive structure and a coupling circuit configured to determine resonance and an amount of coupling, the electrically conductive structure comprising a loop positioned within a multidimensional loop array; a multiplexer coupled to the plurality of resonant sense circuits; at least one capacitor coupled between the plurality of resonant sense circuits and the multiplexer; and a detection circuit coupled to the multiplexer, the detection circuit configured to detect the presence of the object in response to detecting a difference between a measured characteristic that depends on a frequency at which a resonant sense circuit of the plurality of resonant sense circuits is resonating and a corresponding characteristic that depends on the resonant frequency of the resonant sense circuit.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
8,352,002	2013-01-08	1. A superconductor cooling system comprising: a first superconductor; a first cooling conductor used for cooling said first superconductor; a first cooling unit configured to cool said first cooling conductor to a first temperature; a current lead configured to supply a current to said first superconductor, wherein a part of a path of said current is formed of a second superconductor; a second cooling conductor used for cooling said second superconductor; a second cooling unit configured to cool said second cooling conductor to a second temperature; and a first thermal conduction switch connected between said first cooling conductor and said second cooling conductor to ON and OFF heat transfer between said first cooling conductor and said second cooling conductor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	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
9,051,441	2015-06-09	1. A process for passivating a polymeric material, comprising: (a) surface treating the polymeric material, wherein the polymeric material constitutes the surface of one or more toner particles, the one or more toner particles comprising a crystalline polyester; and wherein the surface treatment comprises	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,168,115	2015-10-27	1. A toothpick assembly comprising; a toothpick comprising: a plurality of bristles extend outwardly from a portion of each of the first and second sides of the first region; wherein the bristles progressively increase in length from proximate the tip of the first region to proximate the second end of the base; and wherein the bristles are arranged in a sinuous wave along each of the first and second sides of the first region; and wherein the bottom of the first region, which is adapted to be oriented adjacent the gingiva between the two teeth, is free of bristles.	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
9,240,416	2016-01-19	1. A semiconductor memory device comprising: a stacked body with electrode films and inter-electrode insulating films alternately stacked therein; a semiconductor member provided in the stacked body and extending in stacking direction of the electrode films and the inter-electrode insulating films; a first insulating film provided on a side surface of the semiconductor member; a charge accumulation film provided on a side surface of the first insulating film; an insulating member provided at a position opposed to the inter-electrode insulating film on a side surface of the charge accumulation film, divided for each of the inter-electrode insulating films along the stacking direction, and made of a material different from that of the charge accumulation film; a floating electrode member provided on a region of the side surface of the charge accumulation film not covered with the insulating member, being in contact with the charge accumulation film, divided for each of the electrode films along the stacking direction, and having higher conductivity than the charge accumulation film; and a second insulating film provided between the floating electrode member and the electrode 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,835,026	2014-09-16	1. A method for recovering metaloxidic cathodic active material for a lithium ion secondary battery comprising: (a) dissolving a ternary or binary cathodic active material from a waste lithium ion secondary battery using sulfuric acid solution containing sulfurous acid gas to generate a solution containing metal ions; and (b) injecting sodium hydroxide solution and ammonia solution in the solution containing the metal ions to fabricate an electrode active material precursor; wherein the concentration of the ternary or binary cathodic active material within the solution containing the metal ions is in the range of 10 to 50 g/L; wherein the concentration of the sulfuric acid solution is in the range of 0.5 to 2M, and the sulfurous acid gas contained in the sulfuric acid solution is in a saturated state; wherein step (a) is performed at room temperature within 1 hour; wherein in step (b), the ammonia solution in the range of 6 to 13 M is added to adjust the coprecipitation rate with maintaining pH in the range of 8 to 14 and a temperature in the range of 30 to 70° C.; and wherein in step (b), the concentration of metal ions in the solution containing the metal ions is in the range of 1 to 6M, and the sodium hydroxide solution is injected at a concentration twice as high as the metal ion concentration of the solution containing the metal ions.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
8,828,810	2014-09-09	1. A method for producing a semiconductor component structure in a semiconductor body having a first and a second side, wherein the method comprises producing two differently doped semiconductor zones of the same conduction type, comprising: carrying out a first implantation, in the course of which dopant atoms of a first conduction type are implanted into the semiconductor body via one of the sides over the whole area; producing a mask on the one side, which partly leaves free the one side; removing at least a portion of the implanted dopant atoms by eroding the semiconductor body proceeding from the one of the sides in the region left free by the mask; removing the mask, wherein a second implantation is carried out before or after the mask has been removed, in the course of which implantation dopant atoms of the first conduction type are implanted into the semiconductor body via the one of the sides.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,371,392	2016-06-21	1. A method of treating pain comprising parenterally administering denosumab to relieve pain in a human being in need thereof, wherein the pain results from complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,023,156	2015-05-05	1. A dish washer, comprising: a tub configured to accommodate dishes; a sump configured to supply water to the tub; and a water supply device configured to supply water received from an outer source to the sump or the tub, wherein the water supply device comprises:	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,821,340	2014-09-02	1. A variator comprising: an endload chamber configured to apply an amount of force to a variator input disc in a first direction based on fluid pressure within the endload chamber; a subtraction chamber configured to apply an amount of force to the variator input disc in a second direction opposite the first direction based on fluid pressure within the subtraction chamber such that the net force applied to the variator input disc is reduced; and a valve having a first port fluidly coupled to the endload chamber and a second port fluidly coupled to the subtraction chamber, the valve being movable to a first position in which the endload chamber and the subtraction chamber are not fluidly coupled and to a second position in which the endload chamber and the subtraction chamber are fluidly coupled, wherein the subtraction chamber is sized to reduce the net force applied to the variator input disc by a percentage amount in the range of 5% to 10% when the valve is in the second position relative to the net force applied to the variator input disc when the valve is in the first position.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,311,240	2016-04-12	1. A method for relocating data in a cache, comprising: receiving, from a first client, a request to access a first portion of the cache; receiving, from a second client, a request to access the first portion of the cache; initiating, in response to the second client request, a determination of a first amount of time elapsed since receiving the first client request; determining the first amount of time elapsed since receiving the first client request; determining whether the first amount of time exceeds a first pre-determined threshold value; tracking one or more usage patterns of the first client and the second client; requesting migration of data associated with the first portion of the cache to a second portion of the cache, wherein the request comprises determining if any active client references are associated with data associated with the first portion of the cache; maintaining a back reference to the data associated with the first portion of the cache; and migrating data associated with the first portion of the cache to the second portion of the cache if the first amount of time exceeds the first pre-determined threshold value, wherein the migration is based, at least in part, on the one or more usage patterns; and after migrating data associated with the first portion of the cache to the second portion of the cache, removing data associated with the first portion of the cache from a replica data store associated with the first portion of the cache.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,633,105	2014-01-21	1. A method of forming a memory cell, the method comprising: forming a first pillar-shaped element comprising a first semiconductor material; forming a first opening self-aligned with the first pillar-shaped element; and depositing a second semiconductor material in the first opening to form a second pillar-shaped element above the first pillar-shaped element.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,384,032	2016-07-05	1. A boot key, comprising: an operating system configured to be executed by a computing system; a boot loader configured to cause said operating system to be loaded by the computing system during turn-on of the computing system; and a worker distinct from the operating system and configured to work in conjunction with said operating system to cause the computing system to automatically communicate with a web-service located on a communications network.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,028,559	2015-05-12	1. A vertical suspension system for a prosthetic foot, comprising: a first member having an upper coupling location and a lower coupling location wherein the first member is adapted to be operatively coupled to an amputee's residual leg; a second member having an upper coupling location and a lower coupling location wherein the second member is horizontally spaced from and positioned rearward of the first member and adapted to be coupled to the prosthetic foot; at least one upper leaf spring having a first end portion and a second end portion that are located on opposite ends of the upper leaf spring, wherein the first end portion of the upper leaf spring is coupled to the first member's upper coupling location and the second end portion of the upper leaf spring is coupled to the second member's upper coupling location such that the upper leaf spring extends between the first member and the second member, and at least one of the upper leaf spring's first end portion and second end portion being rotationally fixed to at least one of the first member and the second member; and at least one lower leaf spring having a first end portion and a second end portion that are located on opposite ends of the lower leaf spring, wherein the first end portion of the lower leaf spring is coupled to the first member's lower coupling location and the second end portion of the lower leaf spring is coupled to the second member's lower coupling location such that the lower leaf spring extends between the first member and the second member, and at least one of the lower leaf spring's first end portion and second end portion being rotationally fixed to at least one of the first member and the second member.	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
9,184,255	2015-11-10	1. A diode, comprising: a semiconductor body; a first emitter region of a first conductivity type; a second emitter region of a second conductivity type; a base region arranged between the first and second emitter regions and having a lower doping concentration than the first and second emitter regions; a first emitter electrode only electrically coupled to the first emitter region; a second emitter electrode in electrical contact with the second emitter region; a control electrode arrangement comprising a first control electrode section, and a first dielectric layer arranged between the first control electrode section and the semiconductor body; and at least one pn junction extending to the first dielectric layer or arranged distant to the first dielectric layer by less than 250 nm; wherein the base region has a length in the vertical direction of the semiconductor body that is a shortest distance between the first emitter region and the second emitter region; and wherein a distance between the first control electrode section and the second emitter region is less than 75% of the length of the base region.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,776,299	2014-07-15	1. A toothbrush head comprising: a main body portion; and a generally cylindrical connection member extending downwardly therefrom, wherein the connection member defines an axis, and wherein the connection member comprises: a bottom surface, an outer surface and an inner surface that defines a central opening, a first lower protrusion extending inwardly from the inner surface, wherein the first lower protrusion includes first and second inclined surfaces, a first slot defined in the bottom surface and the inner surface, a first lower notch defined in the inner surface, wherein the first slot and the first lower notch are disposed on opposite sides of the first lower protrusion, and a first opening extending through the connection member from the inner surface to the outer surface above the first lower protrusion, wherein a first lower tab is positioned in the first lower notch and the first lug is positioned in the first opening.	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
9,716,756	2017-07-25	1. A cloud customer computing device to request monitoring information for customer data stored by one or more cloud services, the cloud customer computing device comprising: a monitoring request hardware module to construct a monitoring request for geographic storage location information of customer data stored by one or more cloud service providers, wherein the monitoring request includes a monitoring policy that defines a condition to be satisfied as a function of the storage location information, wherein the condition comprises whether the geographic storage location information associated with the customer data has changed; and a communication hardware module to (i) send the monitoring request to a cloud monitoring server and (ii) receive response data from the cloud monitoring server in response to the monitoring request, wherein the response data is indicative of a geographic location of the customer data stored by the one or more cloud service providers.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,986,793	2015-03-24	1. A method of producing a metal element of an electronic device on a substrate, including: forming a mixture of a material comprising metal atoms with a liquid; depositing the material from the liquid mixture onto a substrate; forming a further layer over the deposited material; and then irradiating at least part of the deposited material with light to increase the electrical conductivity of the deposited material; wherein said irradiating is done through a transfer layer of a donor sheet and said further layer, and said irradiating through said transfer layer causes transfer of a portion of said transfer layer from said donor sheet to the surface of said further 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,679,637	2017-06-13	1. A memory device, comprising: a first memory array comprising a first bit cell and a second bit cell that are configured to provide a first reference signal and a second reference signal, respectively; a second memory array comprising a third bit cell that is configured to store a first logical state; a reference signal provision (RSP) unit, coupled to the first memory array, and configured to short the first and second reference signals so as to provide an averaged reference signal; and a sensing amplifier, coupled between the RSP unit and the second memory array, and configured to use the averaged reference signal to read out the first logical state stored by the third bit cell.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,785,501	2017-10-10	1. A method comprising: in a data storage device that includes a non-volatile memory and a controller, wherein the non-volatile memory includes a single-level cell (SLC) portion and a latch portion, performing, at the controller:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,449,264	2016-09-20	1. A radio frequency identification (RFID) device comprising: an integrated circuit (IC) die electrically connected to a radio frequency (RF) antenna winding for transmitting electronically stored information via the RF antenna winding; a first core comprising a first layer of the RF antenna winding, the first core defining a cavity for retaining the IC die; and a second core comprising a second layer of the RF antenna winding, the second core directly laminated to the first core so that the RF antenna winding is routed through the first core and the second core.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,561,899	2013-10-22	1. A data communication device for communicating information via an image, said device comprising: a display component configured to display an image sequence or authentication graphic on a display screen of the device; a reader component configured to read an image sequence or authentication graphic; a decoding component configured to decode an image sequence; and a receiving component configured to receive an authentication graphic; wherein at least one member of the image sequence differs from the other members with respect to a display specification, and wherein the display specification comprises the amount of time each image in the sequence is displayed, based upon the complexity of the image.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,360,133	2013-01-29	1. A method of boring a hole in a mold, comprising: preparing a mold boring apparatus including a mold boring tool having a flow passage that is formed inside of the mold boring tool and allows a fluid to flow therethrough, a plurality of slits and a plurality of protruding portions that are formed on an outer peripheral portion of an outer body of a tool blade member of the mold boring tool in a circumferential direction thereof so as to extend from a leading end to a base end of the tool blade member, and a plurality of blades that are inclined inward and are respectively formed at leading ends of the protruding portions formed between the adjacent slits; fitting the tool blade member to a leading end of a support pipe provided for a mount plate of the mold boring apparatus so as to support the tool blade member; introducing the fluid from the support pipe into the flow passage of the tool blade member of the mold boring tool when the mold boring tool is moved in an axial direction thereof to be stuck into sand of the mold; and boring the hole in the mold while the blades of the mold boring tool act to collapse the sand of the mold to an inner side of the tool blade member of the boring tool, and the sand collapsed by the blades is discharged to an outside of the mold through the slits by an action of the fluid flowing from the flow passage into the slits.	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
8,589,387	2013-11-19	1. A method performed by one or more devices, the method comprising: identifying, by the one or more devices, a tuple, from text of a plurality of documents, using a first data pattern; identifying, by the one or more devices, second data patterns, determining, by the one or more devices, a quantity of the second data patterns that match the tuple; and storing, by the one or more devices, the tuple in a data storage when the quantity of the second data patterns that match the tuple satisfies a particular 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	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
8,733,098	2014-05-27	1. A shape memory alloy actuator comprising: a shape memory alloy wire portion of which a length changes due to contraction by heating by applying current, and due to elongation by cooling; a non-deformable portion which is formed at an other end of the shape memory alloy wire portion, and of which a length does not change; a wire portion which is formed by the shape memory alloy wire portion and the non-deformable portion; a tube member in which the wire portion is inserted into; a movable body which is movable in a direction in which the length of the shape memory alloy wire portion changes; an elastic member which exerts an external force in the direction in which the shape memory alloy wire portion elongates; and a fixed member to which one end of the tube member and one end of the shape memory alloy wire portion are fixed, wherein one end of the non-deformable portion which forms the wire portion is connected to the movable body, and the tube member includes therein the shape memory alloy wire portion, and includes therein at least a part of the non-deformable 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,755,954	2017-09-05	1. A protection switching method, wherein a protection group comprises a first protection switching node and a second protection switching node, and at least two transmission paths between the first protection switching node and the second protection switching node; a mapping relationship between a path bandwidth combination and a channel allocation policy is configured on the first protection switching node; and the path bandwidth combination is formed by bandwidths of the at least two transmission paths; the switching method comprises: determining, by the first protection switching node, that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes; obtaining, by the first protection switching node, a final path bandwidth combination according to the bandwidth of the transmission path whose bandwidth changes, wherein the final path bandwidth combination is formed by bandwidths of the at least two transmission paths after the bandwidth of at least one transmission path changes; querying, by the first protection switching node, the stored mapping relationship between the path bandwidth combination and the channel allocation policy according to the final path bandwidth combination, and determining the channel allocation policy corresponding to the final path bandwidth combination; and performing, by the first protection switching node, channel switching according to the channel allocation policy corresponding to the final path bandwidth combination.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,950,963	2015-02-10	1. A multi-unit cosmetic applicator comprising: a housing, a first cosmetic unit comprising a first cosmetic agent housed in the housing, a second cosmetic unit comprising a second cosmetic agent housed in the housing, a single distal opening in the housing, wherein each cosmetic unit has a means for independently moving the cosmetic agent relative to the other cosmetic agent from a stored position to an advanced position through the single distal opening in the housing where the respective cosmetic agent is placed in a user-accessible position; and wherein one means comprises a twist assembly and another means comprises a ratchet assembly.	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
8,957,780	2015-02-17	1. A system for remotely monitoring changes in condition comprising: a condition indication device including an indicator and an identification, said indicator includes a color indicator and a conductivity measuring indicator, said color indicator changing a color of the color indicator if there has been a change of condition, said conductivity measuring indicator has a different value if there is a change of condition; a reader, said reader obtaining first information directed to said indicator and said identification; and a remote recognition device, receiving said first information and determining a status of said condition indication 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	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
9,657,411	2017-05-23	1. A single-crystal growth apparatus comprising: a chamber; a crucible provided in the chamber and configured to accommodate a melt that is a raw material for single-crystal growth; a heater disposed between the crucible and a side wall of the chamber, and the heater to heat the crucible; and a crucible screen disposed on an upper end of the crucible, wherein the crucible screen 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	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
9,444,184	2016-09-13	1. A connector system, comprising: a first connector component configured to mount to a fluid dispenser and a second connector component configured to mount to a structure; the first connector component and the second connector component defining a push to connect-pull to disconnect mechanical connector assembly, comprising:	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	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,952,701	2015-02-10	1. An isolation resistance measuring apparatus having a fault self-diagnosing function, the apparatus comprising: a first isolation resistance measuring unit and a second isolation resistance measuring unit respectively connected to a cathode terminal and an anode terminal of a battery; a first switch and a second switch for connecting the first isolation resistance measuring unit and the second isolation resistance measuring unit to the cathode terminal and the anode terminal, respectively; a voltage detection unit for sensing first and second diagnosis voltages by means of the first and second isolation resistance measuring units; and a control unit for outputting control signals to the first and second switches to form a diagnosis circuit, the control unit determining whether a fault arises at the isolation resistance measuring apparatus by using a circuit equation derived from the diagnosis circuit and the first and second diagnosis voltages received from the voltage detection unit when the diagnosis circuit is formed, wherein the second isolation resistance measuring unit further includes a DC power applying unit, and wherein the control unit determines whether a fault arises at the isolation resistance measuring apparatus, by checking whether the following equation is valid when the first and second diagnosis voltages are put therein: where V	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,958,863	2015-02-17	1. A distributed medical sensing system comprising: a first hub configured to be concurrently communicatively coupled to a first plurality of medical instruments associated with a first sterile field, the first plurality of medical instruments including a first body sensing device and a second body sensing device, the first and second body sensing devices being associated with different medical modalities, the first hub receiving first medical characteristic data from the first body sensing device and receiving second medical characteristic data from the second body sensing device; a first bedside controller communicatively coupled to the first hub and configured to provide user control of the first and second body sensing devices, the first bedside controller being associated with the first sterile field, wherein the first bedside controller includes a touch screen display configured to provide a first graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to at least one of the first and second body sensing devices such that a first aspect of a medical workflow associated with the first sterile field is controllable with a user input via the first GUI, and wherein the first GUI is automatically provided in response to at least one of the first and second body sensing devices being communicatively coupled to the first hub; a first control room controller communicatively coupled to the first hub and disposed outside of the first sterile field, wherein the first control room controller is configured to provide a second GUI such that a second aspect of the medical workflow associated with the first sterile field is controllable with a user input via the second GUI, wherein the first bedside controller and the first control room controller are configured to simultaneously control the first and second aspects of the medical workflow in the first sterile field in response to respective first and second user inputs associated with the first and second aspects of the medical workflow, wherein the first and second aspects of the medical workflow are different and selected from the group consisting of: data acquisition, border tracing, co-registration, and selecting diagnostic data for display; a second hub configured to be concurrently communicatively coupled to a second plurality of medical instruments associated with a second sterile field spaced from the first sterile field, the second plurality of medical instruments including a third body sensing device and a fourth body sensing device, the third and fourth body sensing devices being associated with different medical modalities, the second hub receiving third medical characteristic data from the third body sensing device and receiving fourth medical characteristic data from the fourth body sensing device; a second bedside controller communicatively coupled to the second hub and configured to provide user control of the third and fourth body sensing devices, the second bedside controller being associated with the second sterile field, wherein the second bedside controller includes a touch screen display configured to provide a third graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to at least one of the third and fourth body sensing devices such that a third aspect of a medical workflow associated with the second sterile field is controllable with a user input via the third GUI, and wherein the third GUI is automatically provided in response to at least one of the third and fourth body sensing devices being communicatively coupled to the second hub; a second control room controller communicatively coupled to the second hub and disposed outside of the second sterile field, wherein the second control room controller is configured to provide a fourth GUI such that a fourth aspect of a medical workflow associated with the second sterile field is controllable with a user input via the fourth GUI, wherein the second bedside controller and the second control room controller are configured to simultaneously control the third and fourth aspects of the medical workflow in the second sterile field in response to respective third and fourth user inputs associated with the third and fourth aspects of the medical workflow, wherein the third and fourth aspects of the medical workflow are different and selected from the group consisting of: data acquisition, border tracing, co-registration, and selecting diagnostic data for display; a computing device outside of the first and second sterile fields and communicatively coupled to the first and second hubs, the computing device configured to: wherein the first bedside controller is further configured to process at least one of the first and second diagnostic data to generate first modified diagnostic data in response to the first user input associated with the first aspect of the medical workflow in the first sterile field and to display the first modified diagnostic data via the first GUI; wherein the first control room controller is further configured to process at least one of the first and second diagnostic data to generate second modified diagnostic data in response to the second user input associated with the second aspect of the medical workflow in the first sterile field and to display the second modified diagnostic data via the second GUI; wherein the second bedside controller is further configured to process at least one of the third and fourth diagnostic data to generate third modified diagnostic data in response to the third user input associated with the third aspect of the medical workflow in the second sterile field and to display the third modified diagnostic data via the third GUI; and wherein the second control room controller is further configured to process at least one of the third and fourth diagnostic data to generate fourth modified diagnostic data in response to the fourth user input associated with the fourth aspect of the medical workflow in the second sterile field and to display the fourth modified diagnostic data via the fourth GUI.	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	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
8,901,706	2014-12-02	1. A trench structure comprising: a trench having a width ranging from 30 nm to 250 nm, and an aspect ratio greater than 20:1; and a dielectric layer that is continuously present on the sidewalls and base of the trench, wherein the dielectric layer has a dielectric constant that is greater than 30, wherein the dielectric layer is comprised of tetragonal phase hafnium oxide with silicon present at grain boundaries of the tetragonal phase hafnium oxide in an amount ranging from 3 wt. % to 20 wt. %.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,547,850	2017-01-17	1. A point-of-sale (POS) system with a display viewing angle adjustment device, comprising: a screen having a rear cover; a fixing plate securely mounted on the rear cover of the screen and having a first position hole and two slide slots formed through the fixing plate; a support plate mounted between the rear cover of the screen and the fixing plate, and having a second position hole and two side legs respectively formed on and protruding rearwards from a left edge and a right edge of the support plate and slidably mounted through the respective slide slots of the fixing plate to be movable within the respective slide slots in a downward or upward direction; and a base having a support arm pivotally connected with the side legs of the support plate; and an adjustment switch is pivotally mounted on a pivot seat, and having a protrusion on one end and a pressing portion on opposite end; when the pressing portion is pressed, the protrusion is released from the first position hole and the support plate is movable to align with the second hole or a lower edge to the first position hole; and when the pressing portion is released, the pressing portion is biased by an elastic force and the protrusion is inserted into the first position hole and configured to engage the second position hole in a lower position and the lower edge in a higher position.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,690,948	2017-06-27	1. A method, comprising: receiving a request for a content object from a requestor, wherein the content object includes a plurality of content items, wherein each content item of the plurality of content items indicates a network address of a content and a descriptive tag for the content, and wherein the content object is associated with a plurality of access authorization items, wherein each of the access authorization items indicates an access authorization level; and in response to determining that the requestor is authorized to access the content object based on one of the access authorization items: generating a presentation page for the content object; accessing the content for each of the plurality of content items using the network address of the content; and organizing each of the accessed content in a plurality of frames rendered on the presentation page, wherein each of the frames concurrently renders the content for the plurality of content items having one of a plurality of descriptive tags with which the frame is associated, wherein each of the accessed content for the plurality of content items associated with different of the descriptive tags are rendered in different frames.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,857,692	2014-10-14	1. A fastener driving tool comprising: a motor; a DC power supply that supplies electrical power to the motor; a magazine that supplies fasteners to a nose; a plunger that is driven by the motor to move between an upper dead point and a lower dead point; a blade connected to the plunger for driving the fasteners supplied to the nose; a drive spring that urges the plunger downwards, and that is capable of being compressed upwards; a spring compression drive unit that moves the plunger in a compression direction of the drive spring using a drive force of the motor, and that moves the plunger downwards by releasing the compressed spring; a first operation switch that detects a first user operation; a second operation switch that detects a second user operation; an operation detection sensor that detects a drive state of the spring compression drive unit to produce a detection signal; and a controller that controls starting, stopping, and rotational speed of the motor based on detection signals from the first operation switch, the second operation switch, and the operation detection sensor, the controller including means for providing a pulse width modulation signal to the motor to reduce the rotational speed of the motor based on the detection signal which is output from the operation detection sensor when the operation detection sensor detects that the plunger is moved again to an initial position close to the upper dead point by the drive force of the motor after the plunger is moved to the lower dead point.	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
8,573,047	2013-11-05	1. A passive RFID transponder sensor system providing a transponder antenna serving a dual function of housing, a transponder sensor and increasing magnetic flux collecting area of the RFID transponder sensor system, comprising: an electronic sensor device; and a transponder antenna, including an electrical transponder coil electrically connected to said electronic sensor device, said transponder antenna including an enclosure formed of a magnetically permeable metal within which said electrical transponder coil is disposed, said enclosure including a transponder antenna stem having a top portion with an exterior side configured to receive a magnetic flux entering said transponder antenna stem, and said enclosure including a portion configured to direct said magnetic flux through said electrical transponder coil.	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,555,433	2013-10-15	1. A device for assisting loading onto a loading ramp of an ambulance a stretcher provided with a chassis and front pivoting legs pivotally attached to the chassis, said front pivoting legs having idle wheels fit for moving the stretcher, said device comprises: at least one driving wheel fixed in a front lower portion of the chassis, in front of the front pivoting legs remote from said idle wheels, in order to engage the loading ramp of the ambulance during loading and unloading of the stretcher; said at least one driving wheel is operably connected to a driving member which is electrically powered and controlled to activate the at least one driving wheel at least during the loading of the stretcher into the ambulance, a transmission axle to which is fixed a pulley which is connected to the driving member and further connected to the transmission axle are two lateral wheels, at least one of which is the driving wheel, wherein the at least one driving wheel engages a further provided idle wheel via a caterpillar track, and wherein the two lateral wheels are each configured to free wheel at a higher speed than that provided by the driving member; and at least one sensor coupled to the chassis for detecting an operating position of the stretcher during an unloading phase out of the ambulance.	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	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
8,527,342	2013-09-03	1. A method of delivering advertising in an online environment comprising acts of: determining an intent of a user interacting with an e-commerce website; determining, by a publisher of the e-commerce website, a hurdle, based at least on the intent of the user, that identifies a threshold amount to be bid by an advertiser in order to display an advertisement to the user interacting with the e-commerce website; selecting, from a plurality of advertisements, one or more optimal advertisements having a combined advertiser bid that exceeds the determined hurdle rate; providing one or more controls in a user interface of a client computer system, each of the one or more controls being associated with a respective advertisement of the one or more optimal advertisements and adapted to enable the user to select one or more of the one or more controls; and providing an element, responsive to an input of the user, that is adapted to display, to the user, the one or more respective advertisements selected by the 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	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
9,682,189	2017-06-20	1. A connector valve comprising: a body defining a chamber and comprising a primary inlet, a secondary inlet, and an outlet; a compressible member disposed within the chamber and configured to compress from an uncompressed state to a compressed state; and a resilient member disposed within the chamber and engaged with the compressible member such that the resilient member moves within the chamber from an open configuration, when the compressible member is in the uncompressed state, to an occluding configuration, when the compressible member is in the compressed state; wherein the resilient member in the open configuration permits a bidirectional primary fluid flow between the primary inlet and the outlet, and the resilient member in the occluding configuration permits a bidirectional secondary fluid flow between the secondary inlet and the outlet, and unidirectional primary fluid flow from the primary inlet to the outlet.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,875,133	2014-10-28	1. A method for migrating two or more virtual machines in a source hypervisor to a target hypervisor comprising: acquiring a list of active and connected virtual machines in the source hypervisor on a source platform; rerouting data connections between the virtual machines to a buffer so that data flowing between the virtual machines is captured and buffered; migrating the virtual machines to a target hypervisor on a target platform; re-establishing the data connections between the migrated virtual machines in the target hypervisor as the data connections were in the source hypervisor; migrating the buffered data to the migrated virtual machines; and activating the virtual machines in the target hypervisor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,656,656	2017-05-23	1. A method for reducing a fuel consumption of a work vehicle, the method comprising: determining, with a controller, a load power requirement for the work vehicle, wherein determining the load power requirement for the work vehicle comprises forecasting the load power requirement based at least in part on a current load power requirement; determining a plurality of candidate engine speeds at which the load power requirement is achievable; analyzing stored efficiency data for a transmission and at least one additional component of the work vehicle to determine a power loss value for each candidate engine speed; determining a candidate engine power for each candidate engine speed based on the load power requirement and the power loss values; and analyzing stored fuel efficiency data based on the candidate engine powers to determine a target engine speed for the work vehicle; and adjusting a transmission ratio of the transmission based in part on the target engine speed.	0	0	0	0	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	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	1	0	0	0	0
9,511,162	2016-12-06	1. A method for disinfecting a room, the method comprising: generating a disinfecting fog from an enclosure including a first air inlet, a second air inlet, and an air dispersion outlet including a fan configured to draw air into the enclosure through the first and second air inlets and to force air out of the enclosure, the enclosure further including a filter assembly disposed relative to the second air inlet such that air that flows between the exterior and interior of the enclosure through the second air inlet passes through the filter assembly; actuating an air intake control assembly to open the first air inlet; activating the fan to draw air through the open first air inlet and out of the air dispersion outlet to disperse the fog into the room; actuating the air intake control assembly to close the first air inlet to draw the fog from the room through the second air inlet and the filter assembly; actuating the air intake control assembly to open the first air inlet; dispensing an antimicrobial coating substance relative to the fan to disperse the antimicrobial coating substance into the room; and deactivating the fan after drawing fog from the room through the second air inlet and after dispersing the antimicrobial coating substance into the room.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,790,662	2017-10-17	1. A hybrid-type working machine comprising: an automotive vehicle body provided with a working mechanism; an engine that is disposed on said vehicle body and drives a hydraulic pump; a first electric motor that is driven by said engine to generate power or assists in a drive of said engine by supply of power; an electricity storage device that stores power generated by said first electric motor or discharges power therein; a second electric motor that is driven by power supplied from said electricity storage device or supplies regeneration power generated by a regeneration operation to said electricity storage device; a first inverter for controlling an operation of said first electric motor; and a second inverter for controlling an operation of said second electric motor, characterized in that: said first inverter and said second inverter are mounted on a support bracket elastically supported on said vehicle body in a position different from a position where said electricity storage device is mounted, said first inverter and said second inverter are connected by a connecting line in which a cooling medium for cooling said first inverter and said second inverter circulates, said support bracket, said first inverter, said second inverter and said connecting line are configured as an inverter assembly, an inlet line is connected to one inverter of said first inverter and said second inverter, said inlet line causing the cooling medium for cooling said first inverter and said second inverter to flow into said one inverter, and an outlet line is connected to said other inverter, said outlet line causing the cooling medium having cooled said first inverter ( a plurality of cables are connected respectively to said first inverter and said second inverter, and said support bracket is provided with cable fixing tools for fixing said plurality of cables respectively and line fixing tools for fixing said inlet line and said outlet line respectively.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	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	1	0	0	1	0
9,441,089	2016-09-13	1. A dispersant selected from the group consisting of compounds of the formula: where R=methyl, R where R=methyl, R where R=methyl, R where R=methyl, R and M	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,725,050	2014-05-13	1. A sliding member for a fixing device, the sliding member comprising: a base body; and a sliding sheet that is disposed on the surface of the base body and is made of cross-linked polytetrafluoroethylene provided with through holes passing therethrough in a thickness 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,807,398	2014-08-19	1. A dispenser for a replaceable liquid container comprising a foam pump arranged to be activated in a first direction, the dispenser comprising: a housing for containing the liquid container; and an actuator which is displaced directly by a user or displaced via a motor, wherein the actuator is adapted to displace a nozzle cap in the first direction so as to transfer a movement of the actuator to the foam pump, and wherein the nozzle cap is integral with the replaceable liquid container, is arranged to at least partly surround a compressible chamber portion of the foam pump in a decompressed position, and is arranged in sliding abutment with and externally to a connecting portion of the replaceable liquid container.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,940,900	2015-01-27	1. A compound of formula (I) or its stereoisomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, Ring-A is selected from a group consisting of phenyl, pyridinyl, naphthyl, indolyl, indanyl, and benzodioxolyl; X is selected from a group consisting of O and NR R R Ring-B is selected from a group consisting of thiazolyl and benzothiazolyl; with a proviso that the amide nitrogen of formula-(I) is not connected through any heteroatom of ring-B; 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	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
9,218,638	2015-12-22	1. A method for embedding a watermark into a video, the method comprising: converting, by an image management computing device, at least one predetermined size of a video frame, of the video, from a Red Green Blue (RGB) color space to a YUV color space; dividing, by the image management computing device, a first chrominance component of the video frame into a plurality of blocks of a predetermined size wherein each of the plurality of blocks comprises a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the plurality of pixels is associated with a pixel value; selecting, by the image management computing device, the plurality of blocks based on a predetermined size of the watermark; associating, by the image management computing device, at least one pixel in the watermark with at least one pixel in the selected plurality of blocks; embedding, by the image management computing device, the watermark corresponding to the selected plurality of blocks to obtain a processed first chrominance component, wherein the embedding comprises: determining, by the image management computing device, a minimum pixel value of a column of a block in the plurality of blocks and replacing a pixel value of the block with the minimum pixel value of the column of the block when a binary value of a corresponding watermark pixel is zero; creating, by the image management computing device, a processed YUV video frame by combining a Y component and a second chrominance component of the video frame with the processed first chrominance component of the video frame; and converting, by the image management computing device, the processed YUV video frame to a RGB video frame.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,509,341	2013-08-13	1. A communications device comprising: a modulator; and a filter downstream from said modulator and operable to generate an output wideband complex signal with at least one frequency notch therein, said filter comprising said filter operating with a block length of M, with M =N/2, and wherein the N output values are filtered every M samples in time.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,629,944	2017-04-25	1. An implantable device comprising a coating deposited thereon, the coating comprising a PLGA-PEG-PLGA triblock copolymer; wherein PLGA in the PLGA-PEG-PLGA triblock copolymer is a block of poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) and PEG in the PLGA-PEG-PLGA triblock copolymer is a block of poly(ethylene glycol); and wherein the PLGA-PEG-PLGA triblock copolymer has a weight average molecular weight (M	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	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
9,597,889	2017-03-21	1. A liquid heating apparatus for heating a liquid that is supplied in a liquid supply direction through a supply route to a liquid droplet ejection head, the liquid heating apparatus comprising: a liquid chamber disposed upstream of the liquid ejection head in the liquid supply direction and disposed on the supply route of the liquid and configured to temporarily store the liquid supplied from a liquid tank; a temperature-adjusting flow path disposed downstream of the liquid chamber in the liquid supply direction, the temperature-adjusting flow path including a predetermined length having a serpentine shape configured to heat the liquid supplied from the liquid chamber, the liquid flowing in the liquid supply direction through the predetermined length having the serpentine shape from one end of the predetermined length having the serpentine shape to the other end of the predetermined length having the serpentine shape; a housing to house the liquid chamber and the temperature-adjusting flow path; and a heater surrounding the liquid chamber and surrounding the temperature-adjusting flow path, to heat both of (i) the liquid chamber and (ii) the temperature-adjusting flow path including the predetermined length having the serpentine shape through which the liquid flows from one end of the predetermined length having the serpentine shape to the other end of the predetermined length having the serpentine shape.	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
8,424,026	2013-04-16	1. A method comprising: detecting on a computing device an invocation event facilitating execution of one or more applications, wherein the applications include at least one remote application each for execution on a corresponding remote computing device; examining a search path to determine locations for the one or more applications, wherein the search path includes at least one indicator each associated with a corresponding remote application and indicating a remote location for execution of the corresponding remote application; resolving each indicator associated with the at least one remote application to determine a remote location for execution of the corresponding remote application; and enabling execution of the one or more applications at the determined locations, wherein each remote application is executed on the corresponding remote computing device at the corresponding remote location.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,734,964	2017-08-15	1. A data input and/or operating system, comprising a lower part made of silicone; an upper part made of silicone; at least one printed circuit board; and at least one retainer plate, wherein one or more protective mats of an elastic material are adhesively bonded in the interior to the printed circuit board, wherein components of the printed circuit board are recessed in the protective mat and air channels are integrated to assure ventilation of keys relative to one another, and wherein the retainer plate lies on the lower part, wherein one or more bushings are integrated for connecting the printed circuit board with the retainer plate, where the upper part is formed by a silicone mat with keys, wherein the stability of the keyboard is realized by the printed circuit board, the bushings, and the retainer plate, and wherein the lower part is connected sealingly to the upper 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,419,347	2013-04-16	1. A fluid pump comprising: a pump body; a fluid inlet; a first impeller; impeller seal means provided on the pressure side of the first impeller between the first impeller and the pump body; a pump priming system; and a pump priming conduit extending from the inlet, suction, side of the first impeller, through the first impeller, and through the pump body to the pump priming system, the pump priming conduit being provided through the first impeller radially inboard of the impeller seal means, the impeller seal means separating the inlet side of the first impeller from its pressure side.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,437,836	2013-05-07	1. A diagnostic imaging apparatus comprising: a detector array for receiving events from an imaging region; a triggering processor for assigning a time stamp to the received events; a reconstruction processor that reconstructs an adjustable portion of the events that fall in a temporal window into an image representation; an analyzer that analyzes the reconstructed image representation to determine a parameter indicative of image quality and adjusts the adjustable portion of the verified events by adjusting the temporal window in accordance with the determined parameter, the reconstruction processor reconstructing the adjusted portion of the verified events in the adjusted temporal window into a subsequent image representation; wherein the reconstruction processor and the analyzer iteratively repeat the analyzing, adjusting the temporal window, and reconstructing until the determined parameter meets a preselected criteria.	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	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
9,770,783	2017-09-26	1. A method, comprising the following steps: a) providing a machining head of a laser machining apparatus that is configured to machine a workpiece by means of laser radiation, wherein the machining head comprises a housing that has an interior and an opening configured to emit the laser radiation, b) directing the laser radiation on the workpiece after the laser radiation has passed through the interior and the opening; c) generating an object beam by means of a light source of an optical coherence tomograph, and directing the object beam on the workpiece in such a manner that the object beam passes through the interior and the opening before being incident upon the workpiece; d) detecting a reflection of the object beam from the workpiece; e) superimposing the reflection of the object beam with a reference beam generated by the light source of the coherence tomograph; f) determining the distance between the machining head and the workpiece from an interference signal obtained by the superimposition in step e); wherein a measuring beam, which passes through the interior in addition to the object beam, is used to compensate falsifications of the measured distance that have been caused by pressure fluctuations in the interior.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,615,979	2017-04-11	1. An absorbent article to be worn by a user, the absorbent article comprising: an outer layer having at least one attachment portion and at least one non-attachment portion; an inner layer substantially co-extensive with the outer layer; an absorbent layer interposed between the outer layer and the inner layer; at least one fastener adapted for securing the absorbent article to the user; and wherein the non-attachment portion comprises at least one chemically-treated portion and an untreated portion, the at least one chemically-treated portion inhibiting attachment of the at least one fastener to the at least one chemically-treated portion.	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	1
9,787,649	2017-10-10	1. A system for controlling access to encrypted data received from a transmitter network, and for controlling access to different estimates of a receiver's position by one or more applications, the system comprising: a processor; a first cryptography component; and a second cryptography component, wherein the first cryptography component is operable to decrypt, using a first key, encrypted data retrieved from one or more signals that were transmitted by a terrestrial transmitter, wherein the encrypted data includes data representing the terrestrial transmitter's position coordinates, and further includes data representing an atmospheric measurement that was measured at the terrestrial transmitter, wherein the processor is operable to determine an estimate of a receiver's position using (i) an atmospheric measurement from a sensor of the receiver and (ii) the decrypted data representing the terrestrial transmitter's position coordinates and representing the atmospheric measurement that was measured at the terrestrial transmitter, wherein the estimate of the receiver's position includes an estimated latitude, an estimated longitude, and an estimated altitude of the receiver's position, and wherein the second cryptography component is operable to encrypt, using a second key associated with a first application, a first set of coordinates from the estimated latitude, the estimated longitude, and the estimated altitude that the first application is permitted to receive.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,369,038	2013-02-05	1. A system for distinguishing spatial and thermal defects on perpendicular media comprising: an apparatus for: a transport mechanism for providing relative motion between a surface of the perpendicular media and the apparatus; and a signal analyzer for:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,212,967	2015-12-15	1. A method for monitoring the quality of an industrial working process, which includes identifying defects of the working process, of the type comprising the steps of: acquiring a signal having multiple frequency components from the industrial working process, said acquired signal being generated by a process sensor, evaluating said signal having multiple frequency components acquired from the industrial working process to indicate if said defects and a defect analysis step is performed on said signal having multiple frequency components, said evaluation being performed without comparing said signal having multiple frequency components acquired from the industrial working process to a stored process reference signal, wherein the method further comprises the operations of: decomposing at least one signal having multiple frequency components in signals having single frequency components, calculating an information content for each signal having a single frequency component, analyzing the information content for each signal having a single frequency component, and if a value of the information content of the signal at the lowest single frequency component does not represent a main percentage of the information content of the whole acquired signal, said acquired signal having multiple frequency components is evaluated as indicative of a working process including defects and a defect analysis step is performed on said signal having multiple frequency components.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9,040,120	2015-05-26	1. A method comprising: a) forming a coextruded organic film substrate by a co-extrusion process; b) depositing a first inorganic nanocoating layer directly on to a surface of the film substrate at open atmosphere to enhance the wettability of the film substrate for metallization, wherein the first inorganic nanocoating layer is silica, and wherein the inorganic nanocoating layer is deposited on to at least one surface of the film substrate prior to all winding and deposited in a process that is inline with the coextrusion process, wherein the inorganic nanocoating layer is less than 8 nm in average thickness; and wherein the surface roughness of the inorganic nanocoating layer is characterized by root mean square value of less than about 5 nm; and c) depositing a metal layer directly on the first inorganic nanocoating layer by a vacuum metallization process to produce a coated film substrate, wherein the metal layer is not a metal oxide layer, wherein the metal layer is aluminum, and wherein the metal layer has a thickness from about 5 to about 50 nm.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,123,859	2015-09-01	1. A method for module-level processing of photovoltaic cells, the method comprising: (a) bonding at least one crystalline silicon photovoltaic substrate to a carrier by means of an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer is present on a surface of the carrier, wherein part of the adhesive layer remains uncovered after the bonding, and wherein the at least one crystalline silicon photovoltaic substrate has a front side and a rear side; and (b) exposing the uncovered part of the adhesive layer and the at least one crystalline silicon photovoltaic substrate to a plasma; and (c) removing a surface portion of the at least one crystalline photovoltaic substrate.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
8,613,941	2013-12-24	1. A method for inhibiting microbial growth in a medium at a temperature of at least 60° C. and a sulfide level at least 4 ppm; said method comprising adding to the medium: (a) tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium sulfate; and (b) tris(hydroxymethyl)nitromethane; wherein a weight ratio of tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium sulfate to tris(hydroxymethyl)nitromethane is from 1:2 to 1:8.	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
9,631,742	2017-04-25	1. A marine pipeline installation vessel for laying a pipeline on the seabed, said vessel at least being adapted to carry out the reel lay method, wherein the vessel comprises: at least a first storage reel fore of a moonpool and a second storage reel aft of the moonpool for storage of the pipeline to be laid, the storage reels being positioned in or onto the vessel; a pipeline launch tower mounted to the vessel, the pipeline launch tower being adapted to launch the pipeline in a firing line along said tower; and a pipeline guide mounted at an elevated position to the pipeline launch tower, the pipeline guide having a pipeline guide surface member providing an essentially circular or semi-circular pipeline guide surface, and the pipeline guide being adapted to, in a primary pipelaying position thereof relative to the tower, guide a pipeline from a first storage reel over the pipeline guide into the firing line, wherein said pipeline contacts the pipeline guide surface at a first contact point fore of the firing line and departs said surface at a first departure point into the firing line, wherein a pipeline guide displacement drive is provided, the pipeline guide displacement drive being adapted to displace the pipeline guide with respect to the tower between the primary pipelaying position and a secondary pipelaying position thereof, the pipeline guide being adapted to, in the secondary pipelaying position, guide a pipeline from a second storage reel over the pipeline guide into the firing line, wherein said pipeline contacts the pipeline guide surface at a second contact point aft of the firing line and departs said surface at a second departure point into the firing line, wherein the first and second departure points are both in the firing line, wherein the first and second contact points are positioned fore and aft of the firing line, respectively, and wherein the first contact point of the pipeline guide surface faces towards one of the at least two storage reels and the second contact point of the pipeline guide surface faces towards another one of the at least two storage reels.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,137,231	2015-09-15	1. A method performed by a user equipment for communication through an access network, comprising: retrieving information from, or interpreting a condition indicated by, a message sent to the user equipment from a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Authentication, Authorization, Accounting (AAA) server in a 3GPP home network of the user equipment, in an authentication procedure being part of establishing a connection from the user equipment through the access network, the information or condition relating to whether the access network is trusted or not, the retrieving occurring before the connection is established; and using, in a following stage of the procedure of establishing the connection, the retrieved information or the result of the interpreting of the condition for selecting an appropriate way of establishing the connection through the access network.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,024,203	2015-05-05	1. An embedded printed circuit board, comprising: a circuit substrate, the circuit substrate comprising a base, a first wiring layer, and a second wiring layer, the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer being respectively arranged at opposite surfaces of the base, the first wiring layer comprising a plurality of electrode connection wires, the circuit substrate defining an opening, the opening being spatially corresponding to the electrode connection wires, thereby exposing the electrode connection wires; an anisotropic conductive film received in the opening and adhered on the electrode connection wires; and an electrical element arranged in the opening of the circuit substrate, the electrical element comprising a plurality of electrodes, the electrodes respectively corresponding to the electrode connection wires, and each electrode being electrically connected to the corresponding electrode connection wire through the anisotropic conductive 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
9,032,656	2015-05-19	1. A trigger assembly comprising: a plurality of components including a trigger shoe configured to disengage a firing mechanism in response to a force applied by a user and including a safety mechanism, the trigger shoe including at least one opening to allow light to pass therethrough and the safety mechanism including a safety lever configured to move between a first position and a second position; a first circuit including at least one optical sensor including a first optical sensor adjacent to the at least one opening to receive light and including a second optical sensor adjacent to the safety mechanism; and a controller configured to determine a positional state of the trigger shoe in response to a signal from the first optical sensor and a physical state of the safety mechanism in response to a signal from the second optical sensor indicating a position of the safety lever, the controller further configured to prevent the trigger shoe from disengaging the firing mechanism when the safety mechanism is in a safety on state and when the safety mechanism is between the safety on state and a safety off state as determined based on the signal from the second optical sensor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,690,770	2014-04-08	1. A physiological monitoring system, comprising: a medical sensor comprising at least one emitter and at least one detector; and a physiological monitor comprising a timer set to run for a time interval and at least one of a display or speaker, wherein the timer is configured to start when the physiological monitor receives a signal related to a change in the light received at the at least one detector that is indicative of the medical sensor being affixed to a patient and to reset if the signal indicates that the medical sensor is removed from the patient and reaffixed to the patient prior to the expiration of the time interval and wherein the at least one of a display or a speaker is configured to provide a prompt if the medical sensor is not removed from the patient and reaffixed to the patient during the time interval.	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	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