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9,806,567	2017-10-31	1. A motor comprising: a base ( a cover ( a first circuit board ( a housing ( an insulation plate ( a second circuit board ( a plurality of airtight gaskets including a first airtight gasket (	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,695,243	2017-07-04	1. An isolated antibody that binds to human colony stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R), wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chain comprising a heavy chain (HC) CDR1 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:27, an HC CDR2 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:28, and an HC CDR3 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:29; and a light chain comprising a light chain (LC) CDR1 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:30, a LC CDR2 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:31, and a LC CDR3 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:32.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,637,354	2014-01-28	1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming a semiconductor layer; stacking a first conductive film, a second conductive film, and a third conductive film in this order over the semiconductor layer; and performing at least three-stage etching on the first to third conductive films to form a wiring layer having a three-layer structure, wherein the three-stage etching comprises: a first etching process, which is performed until the first conductive film is exposed; a second etching process, which is performed under a condition that an etching rate for the first conductive film is higher than the etching rate in the first etching process and an etching rate for the semiconductor layer is lower than the etching rate in the first etching process; and a third etching process, which is performed under the condition that etching rates for the first to the third conductive films are higher than the etching rates in the second etching process.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,630,762	2014-01-14	1. A method for evading at least one obstacle approaching a motor vehicle by maneuvering the motor vehicle, the method comprising: determining, by a processor of a vehicle control device, a collision-avoiding trajectory for the driving maneuver of the motor vehicle, so as to evade the at least one obstacle approaching the motor vehicle during a driving operation; wherein the determining includes, for each of a plurality of longitudinal distances from the vehicle, calculating an associated attainable lateral position range of the motor vehicle by taking the lateral speed of the motor vehicle into account independently of a longitudinal speed of the motor vehicle, and wherein the attainable lateral position range is at least one of cut off and bounded by a blocking region of the at least one obstacle, so as to result in a passing gate.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,034,433	2015-05-19	1. An automated method for creating a shutter with a wood appearance by executing computer instructions for the method resident in a non-transitory computer readable medium, the automated method comprising: a. instructing a sales processor in a sales client device to receive customer specifications for production of a shutter including color and generating a work order with a work order identifier; b. instructing the sales processor to store the generated work order with the work order identifier; c. transmitting the generated work order over a network to a production client device; d. receiving and storing the generated work order from the sales client device in a production data storage; e. matching the generated work order to a chemical specification database in the production data storage to determine a base coat; f. matching the generated work order to temperatures from a library of temperature requirements in the production data storage for the base coat; g. inserting the shutter for treatment in a tray with a tray identifier; h. matching the tray identifier with the generated work order and initiating processing of the shutter in the tray and movement of the tray on a conveying system; i. matching a base coat indicated on the generated work order with exact volumes from the chemical specification database and instructing a first spray treatment device to automatically flow base coat from a pump room to the first spray treatment device; j. spraying the shutter with the first spray treatment device using exact volumes from the chemical specification database to form a preset thickness of base coat; k. performing timed drying of the shutter coated with base coat for a predetermined unit of time; l. matching the generated work order to determine a glaze; m. matching the generated work order to temperatures for the glaze from the library of temperature requirements; n. matching a glaze indicated on a work order with exact volumes from the chemical specification database and instructing a second spray treatment device to automatically flow glaze from the pump room to the second spray treatment device; o. spraying the shutter with the glaze using the second spray treatment device; p. performing timed drying of the shutter coated with the glaze over the base coat for a predetermined amount of time; q. moving the dried shutter with base coat and glaze to a third spray treatment device; r. flowing automatically a top coat from the pump room to the third spray treatment device; s. spraying the shutter with the top coat using the third spray treatment device; t. drying and ultraviolet curing the top coat while moving the shutter on the conveying system; u. turning over the shutter to present a second side for processing; and v. repeating steps h-t for the second side; and	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,953,362	2015-02-10	1. A method of operating a resistive switching device, the method comprising: applying a signal comprising a pulse on a first terminal of a two terminal resistive switching device, the resistive switching device having the first terminal and a second terminal, the resistive switching device having a first state and a second state, wherein the pulse comprises a first ramp from a first voltage to a second voltage over a first time period, a second ramp from the second voltage to a third voltage over a second time period, and a third ramp from the third voltage to a fourth voltage over a third time period, the second ramp and the third ramp having an opposite slope to the first ramp, wherein a sum of the first time period and the second time period is less than the third time period.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,811,177	2014-08-19	1. An automated computer implemented method for network analysis for endpoint deployment, wherein the method is executed by a programmed computer processor which communicates with a user via a network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, via a user interface, current device count configuration, current bandwidth utilization data; and planned device count configuration for a site location wherein the current device count configuration comprises a combination of current telepresence room devices, conference room devices and desktop devices and wherein the planned device count configuration comprises another combination of planned telepresence room devices, conference room devices and desktop devices; accessing Quality of Service allocation data; determining, via a computer processor, whether a Quality of Service analysis based on the Quality of Service allocation data meets a first predetermined threshold for the location; if the Quality of Service analysis does not meet the first predetermined threshold, calculating a first minimum required bandwidth for meeting the first predetermined threshold and increasing link capacity to at least the first minimum required bandwidth or modifying an operation mode; determining, via a computer processor, whether a bandwidth analysis meets a second predetermined threshold for the location; if the bandwidth analysis does not meet the second predetermined threshold, calculating a second minimum required bandwidth for meeting the second predetermined threshold and increasing link capacity to at least the second minimum required bandwidth; and providing, via a user interface, analysis results comprising the minimum required capacity for each link for a plurality of links at the location, codec operation modes and a proximity of the projected total link utilization to a designated link utilization threshold level for the deployment.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,471,250	2013-06-25	1. A display apparatus, comprising: an organic electroluminescence device, for emitting a light, wherein a curve of a relationship between the wavelength and the light intensity of the light has a peak in a band of 420 nm to 480 nm, a band of 480 nm to 540 nm, and a band of 590 nm to 650 nm respectively; and a color filter, for receiving and converting the light into a color light, wherein a correlated color temperature (CCT) of a white screen displayed by the display apparatus is in the range of 8000K to 12000K, and a curve of a relationship between the wavelength and the light intensity of the white screen has a first peak in a band of 420 nm to 480 nm, a second peak in a band of 480 nm to 540 nm, and a third peak in a band of 590 nm to 650 nm respectively, and a ratio of the second peak to the first peak is in the range of 0.31 to 0.40.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,745,996	2017-08-29	1. A fan for generating an air current within a room, the fan comprising: a first casing comprising an air inlet through which an air flow is drawn into the fan, and a second casing connected to the first casing, the second casing comprising an air outlet from which the air flow is emitted from the fan, the first casing comprising: an impeller housing having an air inlet and an air outlet; a mixed-flow impeller located within the impeller housing for drawing the air flow through the air inlet of the first casing; and a motor for driving the impeller; wherein the impeller comprises a substantially conical hub connected to the motor, and a plurality of blades connected to the hub, each blade comprising a leading edge located adjacent the air inlet of the impeller housing, a trailing edge, an inner side edge connected to and extending partially about an outer surface of the hub, an outer side edge located opposite to the inner side edge, and a blade tip located at the intersection of the leading edge and the outer side edge; and wherein the leading edge comprises an inner portion located adjacent the hub, and an outer portion located adjacent the blade tip, and wherein the inner portion is swept rearwardly from the hub to the outer portion away from a direction of rotation of the impeller, and the outer portion is swept forwardly from the inner portion to the blade tip toward the direction of rotation of the impeller.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,811,246	2014-08-19	1. A wireless communication system, comprising: at least one first relay configured to forward data received from at least one of a plurality of base stations, and to reduce intra-cell interference between a plurality of sectors of the plurality of base stations, the first relay being at a first 3-sector vertex between the plurality of base stations; at least one second relay at a second 3-sector vertex including three of the plurality of sectors, and at least one third relay on a border between only two of the three of the plurality of sectors, the at least one third relay between the at least one first relay and the at least one second relay, each of the two sectors corresponding to a different one of the base stations.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,781,790	2014-07-15	1. A remote sensing system for obtaining range information about an object in a predetermined direction, the system comprising: a pulsed signal source for emitting at least one pulsed signal; a transceiver for directing the at least one pulsed signal in the predetermined direction and for receiving at least one return signal associated with the at least one pulsed signal from along the predetermined direction; at least one detector, each for gathering the at least one return signal from the transceiver; and a signal processor 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,527,302	2013-09-03	1. A method for an insurer to offer an insurance plan to participants, comprising: receiving, by a computing device of the insurer, a first plurality of bids from a first plurality of reinsurance companies, each bid including a price for a first unit of a first insurance product, the first unit of the first insurance product being associated with a first risk factor based on a participant characteristic; selecting, from the first plurality of bids, by the computing device of the insurer, a first bid from a first reinsurance company, the first bid being the lowest bid of the first plurality of bids for the first unit; receiving, by the computing device of the insurer, a second plurality of bids from a second plurality of reinsurance companies, each bid including a price for a second unit of a second insurance product, the second unit of the second insurance product being associated with a second risk factor based on the participant characteristic; selecting, from the second plurality of bids, by the computing device of the insurer, a second bid from a second reinsurance company, the second bid being the lowest bid of the second plurality of bids for the second unit; forming, by the computing device of the insurer, the insurance plan for the insurer including at least the first unit of the first insurance product and the second unit of the second insurance product; and offering, by the computing device of the insurer, the insurance plan to a first set of participants having the first risk factors at a first price equal to the first bid for the first unit and a second set of participants having the second risk factors at a second price equal to the second bid for the second unit, wherein the insurer purchases a first asset from the first reinsurance company based on an amount of the insurance plan necessary to cover the first units purchased by the first set of participants and a second asset from the second reinsurance company based on an amount of the insurance plan necessary to cover the second units purchased by the second set of participants.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,820,507	2017-11-21	1. A method of making an oral pouch product comprising: folding web into a tubular form with opposite longitudinal edge portions in an opposing relation along said tubular form using a vertical fill and seal machine; forming a fin seam along said opposing edges of the tubular form; folding the fin seam into a superposed relation to an outer surface of said tubular form; sealing the fin seam to said outer surface of the tubular form to form an integrated fin and lap seal; forming a lower transverse seam across the tubular formation; placing a portion of a loose botanical filling material into the tubular formation above the transverse seam; and forming an upper transverse seam across the tubular formation to enclose the filling material in a pillow-shaped oral pouch product.	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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,982,407	2015-03-17	1. An image processing device comprising: an input unit configured to input an image; an obtaining unit configured to obtain a binary image by performing screen processing on the input image; a selecting unit configured to select pixels in the binary image one by one; a point-symmetry determination unit configured to determine whether or not pixels located at predetermined point-symmetric positions with respect to each selected pixel have the same colors; and a pixel replacement unit configured to replace each selected pixel with an output pattern with a resolution higher than that of the binary image in a case that the pixels located at the positions are determined to have the same colors.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,404,134	2016-08-02	1. A method of at least partially degrading, cleaving, or removing polysaccharides, lignocellulose, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, starch, chitin, polyhydroxybutyrate, heteroxylans, glycosides, xylan-, glucan-, galactan-, or mannan-decorating groups, the method comprising: placing a polypeptide at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID No. 304 in fluid contact with a polysaccharide, lignocellulose, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, starch, chitin, polyhydroxybutyrate, heteroxylans, glycoside, xylan-, glucan-, galactan-, or mannan-decorating group; wherein the polypeptide has an enzymatic activity as an carboxylesterase.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,312,264	2016-04-12	1. A non-volatile memory device comprising one or more memory cells, wherein each of the memory cells comprises a memory transistor, a first selection transistor, and a second selection transistor, and a source and a drain of the memory transistor, a source or a drain of the first selection transistor, and a source or a drain of the second selection transistor are electrically connected to one another to form an internal node of each memory cell, the memory transistor comprises a transistor structure having a gate electrode, a source region, a drain region, and a channel region, each region being composed a metal oxide semiconductor, the memory transistor holds in a non-volatile manner any one of a first state in which a current/voltage characteristic between the source region and the drain region changes depending on a voltage application state of the gate electrode and a second state in which a current/voltage characteristic between the source region and the drain region indicates an ohmic resistance characteristic regardless of a voltage application state of the gate electrode, and the memory transistor has a state transition characteristic which transits from the first state to the second state depending on a current flowing between the source and the drain, the non-volatile memory device is configured so that at a writing operation time of transiting the memory transistor from the first state to the second state, a conducting state is set between the source and the drain of the first selection transistor, a non-conducting state is set between the source and the drain of the second selection transistor, and a writing current flows in the memory transistor and the first selection transistor, and the non-volatile memory device is configured so that at a reading operation time of detecting whether the memory transistor is in the first state or the second state, a non-conducting state is set between the source and the drain of the first selection transistor, a conducting state is set between the source and the drain of the second selection transistor, and a reading voltage is applied between the source and the drain of the memory transistor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,598,182	2013-12-03	1. A process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I) wherein X X Z represents CH or N; L represents H, halogen or C Q represents H, halogen, OR R R R R which comprises: (a) contacting a 2,4,6-trichloropyrimidine (A) or a 2,4,6-trifluoropyrimidine (B) wherein L is as previously defined with an aryl amine of formula (C) wherein X in a polar aprotic solvent in the presence of base to provide 2-arylamino-4,6-dichloropyrimidines of formula (D) and 4-arylamino-2,6-dichloropyrimidines of formula (E) or 2-arylamino-4,6-difluoropyrimidines of formula (F) and 4-arylamino-2,6-difluoropyrimidines of formula (G), respectively, wherein L, X 1 , Y 1 and Z are as previously defined; (b) contacting 2-arylamino-4,6-dichloropyrimidines of formula (D) or 2-arylamino-4,6-diflloropyrimidines of formula (F) with a nucleophile Q in a polar aprotic solvent in the presence of base to provide 2-arylamino-6-chloropyrimidines of formula (H) or 2-arylamino-6-fluoropyrimidines of formula (J), respectively, and wherein X or contacting 4-arylamino-2,6-dihalopyrimidine of formula (E) or (G) with a nucleophile Q in a polar aprotic solvent in the presence of base to provide 4-arylamino-6-halopyrimidines of formula (K) and 4-arylamino-2-halopyrimidines of formula (L) wherein X (c) contacting 2-arylamino-6-chlorophyrimidines of formula (H) or 2arylamino-6-fluoropyrimidines of formula (J) with a hydrazine of the formula R wherein X or contacting 4-arylamino-6-halopyrimidines of formula (K) with a hydrazine of the formula RNHNH 2 in a polar aprotic solvent to provide the compounds of formula (N) wherein X or contacting 4-arylamino-2-halopyrimidines of formula (L) with a hydrazine of the formula RNHNH 2 in a polar aprotic solvent to provide the compounds of formula (O) wherein X (d) contacting the compounds of formula (N), (M) and (O), individually, with an aryl aldehyde of the formula (VIII) wherein X in a polar aprotic solvent to provide the compound of formula (I).	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,553,131	2017-01-24	1. A semiconductor device comprising: a plurality of bit lines; a plurality of plate lines; and a plurality of memory cells that are electrically coupled respectively to one of the bit lines and to one of the plate lines and different from each other in the combination of the bit line and the plate line; wherein the memory cells each include: a variable resistance element; and a transistor having a gate electrode, the source of the transistor being electrically coupled to the bit line, the drain of the transistor being electrically coupled to the plate line through the variable resistance element, and wherein the transistor and the variable resistance element are configured such that the transistor breaks down between the drain and the source at a forming voltage of the variable resistance element or breaks down between the drain and the gate at the forming voltage.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,826,540	2014-09-09	1. A method for influencing a cut and functional face, including a reduction, of a fine-blanked finished part cut out of a metal strip, comprising: clamping the strip during closure between an upper part and a lower part, the upper part comprising a cutting punch and guide plate for the cutting punch, the lower part comprising a die plate and an ejector, and wherein a blank with said reduction to a preset value is cut out of the metal strip during a first working stage by cutting in a cutting direction; cutting the blank with a defined material allowance relative to a contour of the finished part at least in an area of the reduction; wherein size of said area of reduction is adjusted within the first working stage to a stipulated degree to a material volume that fills up, compensates or exceeds a volume deficit that occurs due to the reduction to the preset value; and subsequent to the first working stage, during a second working stage during which a forming process is performed, shifting said material volume in a direction opposite the cutting direction of the first working stage on the cutting line of the blank to fill said reduction at least in part; and wherein a size of the material allowance relative to the contour is defined before actual fine blanking starts as a function of a geometry of the finished part, a strength and type of the material, and a thickness of the finished part by means of a virtual fine blanking simulation, and as a function of a size of the material volume to be shifted by means of a virtual forming simulation.	0	0	0	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	1
9,531,741	2016-12-27	1. A method of controlling a computer system, the computer system comprising a data security system adapted to be monitored by an operator, the method comprising: receiving, at a controller of the data security system, a signal comprising information about the state of the data security system that is monitored by the operator, and controlling, by the controller, the data security system based at least in part on the signal, wherein in response to a determination based on the signal that the computer system is not currently monitored by the operator, preventing at least a part of data communications in and/or out of the computer system, allowing only a predefined type of data communications in and/or out of the computer system and preventing other types of data communications.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,024,270	2015-05-05	1. A position signal processing method for gamma imaging probe, comprising; a step of establishing estimation-model built-up section; and a step of establishing an application mode section, wherein, the gamma imaging probe is a combination of a plurality of independent detectors, each independent detector has same structure in design, in which, each channel of signal is equally-divided or duplicated into two directional signal branches X and Y, and thus in X and Y direction there is its own L and N number of branch respectively, the signal branches in each direction are processed with its own weight model G for the calculation of addition/multiplication to obtain the two position signal with respect to each direction, that is, X+, X−, Y+ and Y−, which can be used to define a rectangular image area, therefore, the weight model can be formulated as G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,505,993	2013-08-13	1. A vehicle interior member that is attached to an interior side of a vehicle body, comprising: an interior member body which is made of an unwoven fabric, the interior member body having a circumferential portion, a front surface exposed to the vehicle interior, and a rear surface that is invisible from the vehicle interior side; and a reinforcement band which is made of a rigid plastic and attached to the rear surface of the interior member body, the reinforcement band being provided with a locking mechanism that fixes the interior member body to the vehicle body; wherein at least a part of the reinforcement band is attached only to the circumferential portion of the rear surface of the interior member body.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,439,377	2016-09-13	1. A seed, plant, plant part, or plant cell of inbred maize variety PH1TPN, representative seed of the variety having been deposited under ATCC accession number PTA-123181.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,332,791	2016-05-10	1. An infant positioning device comprising: a lower pad having a top portion, a bottom portion, and first and second lateral sides; a first wing attached to the first lateral side of the lower pad, the first wing having a length long enough to extend across a width of the lower pad and having resiliency along said length; a fastener attached to the first wing to attach the wing to a plurality of different locations on the lower pad; a headpiece comprising a fill material residing between upwardly extending sidewalls, the headpiece affixed to the top portion of the lower pad to form a supporting boundary for an infant's head; a brim covering a top down view of the headpiece and being removably attachable and detachable to said headpiece; and a bottom flap attached to the lower pad, the bottom flap having a plurality of channels formed between adjacent seams and has a fastening segment that securely attaches the bottom flap to different locations on the lower pad, whereby upon the bottom flap being raised up over the infant's lower extremities and the fastening segment being securely attached to the lower pad, the bottom flap provides a pouch that contains the infant's lower extremities while the channels of the bottom flap maintain the infant's lower extremities in a desired therapeutic infant position.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,077,106	2015-07-07	1. A connector, comprising: an intermediate housing including a first fitting recess and a second fitting recess; a first inner housing which is to be fit into the first fitting recess and into which at least one first terminal fitting is to be mounted; a first outer housing separate from the first inner housing, fit to the first fitting recess, coupled to the first inner housing and held in a state fit on the first fitting recess by a first holding means; a second inner housing which is to be fit into the second fitting recess and into which at least one second terminal fitting is to be mounted; and a second outer housing separate from the second inner housing, fit to the second fitting recess coupled to the second inner housing and held in a state fit on the second fitting recess by a second holding means different from the first holding means; wherein: the first and second outer housings are shaped differently from each other at least due to a difference between the first and second holding means; and the first and second inner housings are identically shaped.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,186,041	2015-11-17	1. A medical information recording apparatus, comprising: an input portion having a plurality of input terminals and into which one or more medical images are inputted from a plurality of image pickup apparatuses, the input portion being configured to detect whether the medical image is inputted through any input terminal among the plurality of input terminals and to output the detection result; a screen synthesis portion configured to: (i) determine a content of a medical scene based on the detection result of the input portion, (ii) select one synthesis pattern corresponding to the medical scene from a predefined plurality of synthesis patterns based on the determined medical scene, (iii) perform synthesis processing in accordance with the selected synthesis pattern with respect to the inputted one or more medical images inputted through the plurality of input terminals, and (iv) output a synthesized image generated by the synthesis processing based on the inputted one or more medical images and the selected synthesis pattern, the screen s synthesis portion including: a recording processing portion configured to record the synthesized image as a single image file, wherein:	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,507,297	2013-08-13	1. A method for testing a plurality of encapsulated electro-optical devices on a semiconductor wafer, comprising: applying an electric signal through a pair of interconnections, selected from an X-Y matrix of interconnections on the wafer, from electrical terminals located at the periphery of the semiconductor wafer to an electro-optical device associated with the selected pair of interconnections, the electro-optical device being encapsulated at least partially with a translucent material in a chamber on the wafer; while the electric signal is present, passing light through the translucent material of the chamber encapsulating the associated electro-optical device, thereby illuminating the associated electro-optical device, the device transmitting or reflecting light from the illumination to form a light beam that can be detected.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,895,295	2014-11-25	1. A container for performing a plurality of reactions on a fluid sample in a closed system comprising a high density reaction zone provided in the closed system comprising wherein the high density reaction zone is configured such that the sample received through the channel flows across the pierced layer, over all of the piercings, and through the piercings into the high density reaction wells.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,126,678	2015-09-08	1. A rotor system for tilt rotor aircraft, the rotor system comprising: an engine disposed at a first fixed location on a wing member; a prop-rotor pylon mechanically coupled to the engine along a first drive path, wherein the prop-rotor pylon is rotatably mounted on a spindle, wherein the prop-rotor pylon is configured to selectively rotate about a rotational axis of the spindle between a vertical position and a horizontal position; a gearbox disposed in the first drive path, wherein the gearbox comprises a rotational shaft configured to at least partially transmit a rotation of the engine to the prop-rotor pylon, wherein a rotational axis of the rotational shaft is aligned with the rotational axis of the spindle; and an interconnect drive shaft passing through the wing member, wherein the prop-rotor pylon is mechanically coupled to the interconnect drive shaft along a second drive path, wherein a rotational axis of the interconnect drive shaft is aligned with the rotational axis of the spindle; wherein the interconnect drive shaft is disconnected from the rotational shaft included in the gearbox causing the first drive path and the second drive path to independently engage a prop-rotor gearset.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,286,597	2016-03-15	1. A method for managing co-authoring conflicts, the method comprising: providing simultaneous co-authoring access to a document by a plurality of users; receiving an indication to save a first change made to a content in the document by a first user; saving the first change made to the content in the document while simultaneously receiving edits to the content by a second user; receiving an indication to save a second change made to the content in the document by the second user; determining if the second change made to the content in the document conflicts with the first change made to the content in the document; and if a conflict is determined, saving the second change as a conflict comment associated with the content in the document and allowing the first user and second user to continue editing the document without resolving the conflict.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,520,865	2016-12-13	1. A delay circuit for delaying an output enable signal, comprising: a first shift register chain comprising: a second shift register chain comprising: a delayed output configured to provide an output enable out signal based on the first strobe signal, the second strobe signal, and the output enable in signal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	1	0	0	0	0	0
8,690,436	2014-04-08	1. An apparatus, comprising: a spindle having a spindle axis, and first and second ends; a hub disposed coaxially to the spindle; a first thrust bearing adjacent to the first end of the spindle; a first thrust washer adjacent to the first end of the spindle; a second thrust bearing adjacent to the second end of the spindle; a journal bearing disposed between the first and second thrust bearings; a first fluid seal that includes a fluid pump operable to pump fluid toward the first thrust bearing, adjacent to the first thrust bearing, wherein the first fluid seal includes a circumferential pattern of lands and grooves formed in a face of the first thrust washer facing the hub; a ring seal coated with a barrier film coating adjacent to the first fluid seal; a second fluid seal adjacent to the second thrust bearing; and a channel operable to circulate a lubricant fluid between the first and second fluid seals and further operable to purge air, wherein the ring seal includes a first circumferential groove formed in the first thrust washer between the pattern of lands and grooves formed in the face of the first thrust washer and the first end of the spindle, and a second circumferential groove formed in a face of the hub facing the first circumferential groove.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,571,316	2013-10-29	1. An image processing system for image forming with an electrophotographic image forming device, comprising: a memory that stores correspondence information associating features of a region of image data with a colorless pattern to be formed with colorless toner in electrophotographic image forming, the correspondence information including pile height criteria information restricting a pile height of the colorless toner in association with a set of the features and the colorless pattern; and a processor configured by execution of a program of instructions to include: the memory stores keyword parameter correspondence information that associates a plurality of keywords each reflecting features of a colorless pattern with a plurality of pattern parameters each specifying the features of the colorless pattern, the processor configured by execution of the program of instructions causes a user interface to display a list of the plurality of keyword to a user to allow the user to select one of the plurality of keywords, and the processor is further configured by execution of the program of instructions to include a region segmentor part that refers to the keyword parameter correspondence information to obtain a pattern parameter that corresponds to the selected keyword, and generates the colorless pattern using the obtain pattern parameter.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,020,429	2015-04-28	1. A method of sharing data between a plurality of media devices, comprising: executing a device discovery process between the plurality of media devices by which device-descriptive data are obtained by a first media device from a second media device of the plurality of media devices; retrieving, from the device-descriptive data obtained by the first media device from the second media device, a second network address of the second media device on a communications network to which the first media device is coupled to at a first network address; establishing an end-to-end network connection on the communications network between the first and second media devices using the second network address of the second media device retrieved from the device-descriptive data thereof; transmitting a media asset from the first media device to the second media device over the network connection; processing the media asset with the second media device to be output according to at least one media control command received by the second media device from the first media device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,445,761	2016-09-20	1. A lancing device for use with a multi-lancet chain to lance skin, the multi-lancet chain including a series of lancing elements interconnected by breakaway connections, the lancing device comprising: a housing; a lancet holder that is received in the housing and carries the multi-lancet chain, wherein a forward-most lancing element of the multi-lancet chain is carried by the lancet holder through a lancing stroke to an extended position relative to the housing for lancing the skin; an advance-and-eject mechanism including a positioning member that is received in the housing, carries the lancet holder carrying the multi-lancet chain, and is operable to advance and eject the forward-most lancing element of the multi-lancet chain, wherein the advance-and-eject mechanism further includes an actuator, one or more control channels, a cam-and-follower mechanism, one or more axial-contact members, and one or more angular-contact members, wherein actuating the actuator relative to the one or more control channels imparts rotational and axial forces on the positioning member, wherein the cam-and-follower mechanism selectively restricts rotational and axial motion of the positioning member to induce first-stage rotation, second-stage translation, and third-stage rotation, wherein the first-stage rotation rotates the one or more axial-contact members from a non-interference position to an interference position relative to the forward-most lancing element resulting in an interfered-with forward-most lancing element, the second-stage translation advances the one or more axial-contact members and the interfered-with forward-most lancing element, and the third-stage rotation rotates the one or more angular-contact members and the forward-most lancing element to sever its breakaway connection to the multi-lancet chain to eject the forward-most lancing element from the lancing device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,674,520	2017-06-06	1. An apparatus for decoding images, comprising: a decoder configured to decode one or more quantized transform blocks from a bitstream, and extract prediction unit (PU) mode information indicating a prediction unit (PU) mode of a current coding unit (CU) among a plurality of PU modes relating to types of partition of the current CU into PUs, wherein the plurality of PU modes includes a horizontally longer made and a vertically longer mode; an inverse quantizer configured to inversely quantize the quantized transform blocks to generate transform blocks; an inverse transformer configured to inversely transform the transform blocks to reconstruct a residual block of the current CU; a predictor configured to generate one or more predicted block of the current CU by predicting each PU within the current CU based on the PU mode; and an adder configured to add the reconstructed residual block and the generated predicted block, wherein the predictor generates the predicted blocks by using motion information selected from a plurality of merge candidates corresponding to neighboring blacks, based on a merge index, and the merge candidates are generated by predetermined positions and priorities corresponding to the positions, wherein the merge candidates are generated in consideration of a position of the current PU in the current CU and the PU mode, wherein the merge candidates include at least one of a left block A, an upper block B, an upper-right block C, a left-lower block D and an upper-left block E and the priorities correspond to an order of the left block A, the upper block B, the upper-right block C, the left-lower block D and the upper-left block E, and wherein the predictor excludes at least one of the neighboring blocks from the merge candidates when the PU mode corresponds to the horizontally longer mode or the vertically longer mode and the position of the current PU corresponds to a predetermined condition, without considering motion information of the at least one of the neighboring blocks.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,984,209	2015-03-17	1. A semiconductor device comprising: a non-volatile memory device; and a control circuit device that carries out access to the non-volatile memory device using erasing and writing operations having the same data size, wherein the non-volatile memory device has an overwritable characteristic, wherein the control circuit device carries out control by using predetermined management information so as to equalize sizes of data write and data erase with respect to an address region of the non-volatile memory device, wherein, when the control circuit device carries out a data write request from outside that includes a logical address associated with a physical address of a first region of the non-volatile memory device and write data, the control circuit allocates a sequential physical address of a second region of the non-volatile memory device to the logical address independently from the logical address, and when the data write request is an overwrite request to write data to the first region, without carrying out a data overwriting operation, the control circuit device performs the data write using a set of two types of operations 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	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
9,579,677	2017-02-28	1. A flushing pump assembly comprising: a first pump, the first pump comprising a first piston; a second pump, the second pump comprising a second piston; and an actuator comprising an external leaf spring operatively associated with the first piston; and wherein the assembly provides for at least a first position, a second position, and a third position; wherein in the first position, the first piston and the second piston are inoperative; wherein during the transition from the first position to the second position, both the first piston and the second piston are operative; wherein in the second position, the first piston is inoperative and the second piston is operative; wherein during third position, the first piston and the second piston are inoperative; and wherein the assembly provides for a flushing volume during the transition from the second position to the third position.	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
9,013,381	2015-04-21	1. An organic light emitting device comprising: a first pixel having a first area displaying red; a second pixel having the second area displaying green; a third pixel having a third area displaying blue; a fourth pixel having a fourth area displaying blue, the first pixel, second pixel, third pixel and fourth pixel positioned adjacent to each other on a plane and forming a dot, and wherein the size of the first area, second area, third area and fourth area are the same, a signal controller configured to receive and input image signal, the input image signal including a red input luminance for an individual red pixel, a green input luminance for an individual green pixel, and a blue input luminance for an individual blue pixel, the signal controller generating a red output signal based on the red input luminance for the individual red pixel, a green output signal based on the green input luminance for the individual green pixel, a first blue output signal based on the blue input luminance for the individual blue pixel and a second blue output signal based on the blue input luminance for the individual blue pixel; and a data controller generating a first pixel data voltage based on the red output signal, a second pixel data voltage based on the green output signal, a third pixel data voltage based on the first blue output signal and a fourth pixel data voltage based on the second blue output signal; wherein the first to fourth pixels respectively comprise a switching element receiving a corresponding data voltage and an organic light emitting element connected to the switching element, a sum of areas of the first to fourth pixels is substantially the same as an area of the dot, and the third pixel and the fourth pixel are simultaneously supplied with third pixel and fourth pixel data voltages that are smaller than the first pixel and the second pixel data voltages at a same time, and, the third pixel data voltage and the fourth pixel data voltage are each, respectively, less than a data voltage for only one blue pixel based on the blue input luminance for the individual blue pixel in a dot including only the individual red pixel, individual green pixel and individual blue pixel positioned adjacent to each other in a plane in which the individual blue pixel has an area equal to the third area of the third pixel.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,971,532	2015-03-03	1. A system for protecting video content comprising: computer memory comprising a stored set of instructions for processing video data; and at least one microprocessor configured to process the video data according to the stored set of instructions, the stored set of instructions configured to: receive encoded video data from a video source, said video data comprising at least one video frame; apply at least one wavelet transform to a selected frame of the at least one video frame k iterations to generate image data Pk and associated support spaces, where k is an integer greater than 1, wherein each of said iterations re-represents a preview of the previous iteration as a quarter-size preview, together with three quarter-size support spaces; separate said image data Pk into dataset A and modified image Pk′; wherein reproduction of the selected frame of the at least one video frame requires said dataset A and said modified image data Pk′; re-encode and compress said dataset A of said image data Pk; apply data-hiding operation to said re-encoded and compressed dataset A to generate a modified dataset A′ such that dataset A requires a key for reconstruction from dataset A′; re-encode and compress said modified image Pk′; and output at least one video stream comprising a frame header, said modified dataset A′ and said re-encoded and compressed modified image Pk′.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,620,853	2017-04-11	1. An antenna system configured to operate over a predetermined frequency range from a first frequency (f 1 ) corresponding to a first wavelength (λ 1 ) to a second frequency (f 2 ) corresponding to a second wavelength (λ 2 ), wherein the second wavelength is shorter than the first wavelength, the system consisting essentially of: a plurality of nested sleeves, wherein each sleeve includes one or more layers of dielectric substrate having a conductive array of fractal resonators disposed thereon, wherein the resonators of each sleeve are separated by a non-zero distance corresponding, when the system is operating at the first frequency (f wherein the predetermined frequency range is dependent upon the physical dimensions of the sleeves and resonators; and wherein, in operation, the system produces a 3 dB passband of 2:1 or greater.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9,020,905	2015-04-28	1. A system to synchronize a database and a non-database resource, the system comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory device coupled to the at least one processor and storing components for execution on the at least one processor, the components 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,654,114	2014-02-18	1. A driving method of a thin film transistor circuit which includes a thin film transistor of which a threshold voltage changes reversibly by applying and eliminating an electrical stress to the thin film transistor, the driving method comprising the steps of: driving the thin film transistor in a condition that the threshold voltage is saturated to the electrical stress; and applying the electrical stress to the thin film transistor while the thin film transistor circuit is not used by making a drain potential equal to the source potential and making a voltage between the gate terminal and the source terminal a same polarity as a voltage between the gate terminal and the source terminal applied while the thin film transistor is driven.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,243,664	2016-01-26	1. A toroidal roller bearing, comprising, an outer ring; an inner ring; a plurality of roller elements interposed between the outer and inner rings, wherein the toroidal roller bearing allows for angular and axial displacement between said outer and inner ring; and a cage for holding and separating the roller elements, wherein, when viewing an axial cross-section of the toroidal roller bearing, the cage has a first axial part and a second axial part with one of the plurality of roller elements therebetween, at least one of the first axial part and the second axial part of the cage comprises an axial guiding feature extending radially therefrom for axially guiding the roller elements against at least one of the outer ring, the inner ring and a separate element located outside the toroidal roller bearing, wherein a radial end of the axial guiding feature is configured to contact the at least one of the outer ring, the inner ring, and the separate element only when the plurality of roller elements are subjected to an axial force in a direction away from the axial guiding feature, and wherein the axial guiding feature has an axial length less than an axial length of the at least one of the first axial part and the second axial part of the cage.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,445,921	2013-05-21	1. A vertical topology light emitting device, comprising: a GaN-based semiconductor structure having a first surface, a second surface and a side surface, the semiconductor structure comprising an active layer, wherein the first surface is opposite the second surface; a first electrode on the first surface of the semiconductor structure; a second electrode on the second surface of the semiconductor structure; an insulative layer on the first surface of the semiconductor structure; a wavelength converting layer on the insulative layer, wherein the insulative layer is disposed between the first surface of the semiconductor structure and the wavelength converting layer; and an open space corresponding to the first electrode, wherein the open space is a portion not covered by the insulative layer and the wavelength converting layer.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,824,527	2014-09-02	1. A method for processing OFDM signals, comprising: determining a reference signal based on standard-dictated pilot locations and virtual pilot locations, the virtual pilot locations in addition to and responsive to the standard-dictated pilot locations; performing time domain channel estimation responsive to the reference signal, wherein the time domain channel estimation includes determining an initial channel impulse response; and equalizing a received symbol responsive to the time domain channel estimation, further comprising determining a training symbol facsimile responsive to a received mixed symbol of pilot and data information and correlating the reference signal with the training symbol facsimile.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,588,207	2017-03-07	1. A system for parallel image processing in MR imaging, comprising: a plurality of MR imaging RF coils for individually receiving MR imaging data representing a slice of patient anatomy; an MR imaging system for using the plurality of RF coils for acquiring a corresponding plurality of image data sets of said slice; and an image data processor comprising at least one processing device 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,679,547	2017-06-13	1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: capturing a visual scene; identifying a physical image marker within the visual scene, the physical image marker representing a first musical entity; augmenting the visual scene with the augmented reality version of the physical image marker; and outputting an augmented reality version of the visual scene for display in conjunction with audio output based upon a first portion of a musical arrangement of a musical composition, the first portion of the musical arrangement comprising a first musical style and sound characteristics associated with the first musical entity, the musical arrangement being re-arrangeable within the augmented reality version of the visual scene while maintaining a musical theme and impression of the musical composition.	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	1	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
9,844,755	2017-12-19	1. A separation membrane cartridge-cleaning apparatus for sewage treatment process using a sewage treatment process system including a flow rate adjustment tank into which sewage is introduced; an anaerobic tank receiving fluid from the flow rate adjustment tank and emitting phosphorous by using organic matter which can be decomposed due to introduction of inflow water and of return sludge; alternate reaction tanks receiving fluid from the anaerobic tank and which are arranged in parallel and run in modes of nonaeration-aeration-nonaeration and nonaeration to remove nitrogen; a membrane separation aerobic tank receiving fluid from the alternate reaction tanks and which removes floating matter and colonbacillus by immersing a precise filtering membrane made of polyolefin-based hollow fibers; and a dissolved oxygen-decreasing tank receiving fluid from the membrane separation aerobic tank and for improving an efficiency of removal of nitrogen and phosphorous, wherein the separation membrane cartridge-cleaning apparatus is configured to clean separation membrane cartridges contaminated by contaminants contained in the sewage in the membrane separation aerobic tank, and wherein the separation membrane cartridge-cleaning apparatus comprises:	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9,084,800	2015-07-21	1. An isolated compound of Formula (I), or a salt thereof: wherein R wherein R wherein R wherein	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,465,060	2016-10-11	1. An apparatus for connecting an electrical measurement system to a movable object to measure at least one of a temperature and an electrical resistivity of the movable object, the electrical measurement system having at least a first conductor and a second conductor, the apparatus comprising: a first connector and a second connector each rotatable about a fixed axis; a first contact wire electrically communicable with the first conductor, the first contact wire being wound around at least a portion of the first connector such that the first contact wire is engageable with the movable object at a first contact point; and a second contact wire electrically communicable with the second conductor, the second contact wire being wound around at least a portion of the second connector such that the second contact wire is engageable with the movable object at a second contact point; wherein the first contact wire and the second contact wire each have a polarity; and wherein the first connector and the second connector are each made of a material having higher electrical and thermal resistivity than the first contact wire and the second contact wire.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,871,259	2014-10-28	1. A method, comprising: administering, to the skin of a subject having or at risk of neuropathic pain, a composition comprising an effective amount of molecular nitric oxide and a carrier comprising phosphatidylcholine entrapping the molecular nitric oxide, wherein the molecular nitric oxide is present within the carrier as a gas or bound by hydrogen bonds or van der Waals forces, wherein the composition is stable at room temperature.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,487,257	2013-07-16	1. Device for detecting thermal radiation, having a stack comprising: at least one detector support with at least one thermal detector element in said stack that converts thermal radiation into an electric signal; at least one circuit support in said stack with at least one read-out circuit in said stack to read out the electric signal; at least one cover that shields the detector element; wherein: the detector support is arranged between the circuit support and the cover; the detector support and the cover are arranged with respect to one another to form at least one first stack cavity, bounded by the detector support and the cover, between the detector element of the detector support and the cover; the circuit support and the detector support are arranged with respect to one another to form at least one second stack cavity, bounded by the circuit support and the detector support, between the detector support and the circuit support; and the detector support and the circuit support and/or the detector support and the cover are respectively connected by a hermetically sealed permanent material bond such that the first stack cavity and/or the second stack cavity form an evacuated space.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,551,046	2013-10-08	1. A method of dispensing medicine from an infusion pump device, comprising: resetting a ratchet mechanism in a drive system of an infusion pump device by activating an electrically powered actuator to provide a reset force to the ratchet mechanism; driving the ratchet mechanism in a forward direction to advance a piston rod during a drive step so as to dispense a medicine from the infusion pump device, wherein the electrically powered actuator is decoupled from the ratchet mechanism during the drive step while the piston rod is advanced and subsequently couples with the ratchet mechanism to provide the reset force to the ratchet mechanism.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,671,402	2014-03-11	1. A method comprising: coupling to a first computer a removable non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein said removable non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is already storing data representing images at a time of an initial coupling; sending, from the first computer to a second computer, an identification information of the first computer and a request for identification information of an authorized image version the first computer is authorized to maintain; receiving, at the first computer from the second computer, identification information of the authorized image version; determining, by the first computer, whether said data already stored by the removable non-transitory computer-readable medium at the time of the initial coupling includes the authorized image version; preventing any data representing an unauthorized image version to be loaded by the first computer from the removable non-transitory computer-readable storage medium; responsive to the first computer determining that said data stored by the removable non-transitory computer-readable medium includes the authorized image version, loading, by the first computer, the data representing the authorized image version from the removable non-transitory computer-readable storage medium to a logically protected region of the first computer; and responsive to determining that no data representing the authorized image version is stored on the non-transitory removable computer-readable storage medium, outputting data indicating that no data representing the image version exists on the removable non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,647,341	2014-02-11	1. An endoscopic bipolar forceps, comprising: a housing; a shaft affixed to the housing having a movable jaw member and a fixed jaw member at a distal end thereof, the shaft defining a longitudinal axis therethrough, the movable jaw member movable about a hinge axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the shaft and including a pivot flange having a central protrusion that extends from a center of the pivot flange orthogonally to the hinge axis; a drive assembly configured to move the movable jaw member relative to the fixed jaw member from a first position wherein the movable jaw member is disposed in spaced relation relative to the fixed jaw member to a second position wherein the movable jaw member is closer to the fixed jaw member for manipulating tissue, the drive assembly being actuatable by proximal movement of a movable handle to rotate a drive flange proximally about a drive pivot which proximally biases a proximal portion of the drive assembly, which as a result moves a tubular reciprocating sleeve proximally along the longitudinal axis, wherein the proximal portion of the drive assembly is disposed proximally of the drive flange, the tubular reciprocating sleeve including an aperture defined therein at a distal end thereof that receives the central protrusion of the pivot flange of the movable jaw member to impart a predetermined closure force to the movable jaw member, the drive pivot being located a fixed distance above the longitudinal axis in a direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and a gripping portion of the movable handle being located a fixed distance below the longitudinal axis in a direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the shaft; each of the movable and fixed jaw members adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy such that the movable and fixed jaw members are capable of conducting energy through the tissue held therebetween to effect a tissue seal; and a selectively advanceable knife assembly that cuts the tissue in a forward direction along the tissue seal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,573,902	2017-02-21	1. A process for the preparation of ivacaftor of Formula I, comprising: a) coupling a protected quinoline carboxylic acid compound of Formula IV or an ester thereof wherein “R” represents a cleavable group, with 5-amino-2,4-di-(tert-butyl) phenol of Formula III in the presence of a coupling reagent and optionally in the presence of a base to obtain a protected ivacaftor compound of Formula II and b) deprotecting the resulting protected ivacaftor compound of Formula II.	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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,096,237	2015-08-04	1. A freight car, comprising: a loading area and at least two axles upon which said loading area is supported; said loading area having formed therein one or a plurality of coil troughs for steel coils; said loading area having formed therein insertion openings for insertion stakes in a vicinity of said coil troughs for the steel coils; trough covers for covering said coil troughs to form a continuous loading surface when said coil troughs are covered by said trough covers.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,740,177	2014-06-03	1. A valve comprising: an inlet passage having an inlet end; an outlet passage having an outlet end; a valve seat intermediate the inlet passage and outlet passage, the valve seat having a first vertical axis; an inlet chamber about the valve seat, the inlet chamber having a second vertical axis parallel to and offset from the first vertical axis, the first vertical axis being closer to the outlet end than the second vertical axis; a diaphragm configured to engage the valve seat; a control chamber disposed on an opposite side of the diaphragm from the valve seat and being in fluid communication with the inlet passage; and the first and second vertical axes are offset from one another a predetermined distance so that a first portion of the diaphragm closer to the inlet end lifts vertically off of the valve seat higher than a second portion of the diaphragm closer to the outlet end at least initially as the valve opens.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,701,107	2017-07-11	1. A printing machine comprising: a printing tower; a plurality of printing couples arranged vertically one above the other in the printing tower, first ones of the plurality of printing couples defining a first machine plane, second ones of the plurality of printing couples being spaced vertically in the printing tower above the first ones of the plurality of printing couples being spaced vertically in the printing tower above the first ones of the plurality of printing couples and defining a vertically spaced advanced position; a printing forme changing system including at least one vertically movable printing forme storage device for printing formes to be newly applied to second ones of the plurality of printing couples in the vertically spaced advanced position; a first conveying system for the printing formes to be newly applied and usable to move the at least one vertically printable forme storage device along a first conveying path from a printing forme loading position located in a region of the first machine plane, to the vertically spaced advanced position assigned to the second ones of the plurality of printing couples, which lies outside of an access zone to the first machine plane, and which first conveying system is assigned to at least one of the second ones of the plurality of printing couples for the infeed of printing formes; a vertically movable storage unit, different from the at least one vertically movable printing forme storage device; a second conveying system for the storage unit, which is different from the first conveying system for the printing formes to be newly added, which second conveying system is usable to move the storage unit along a second conveying path, different from the first conveying path, for removed printing formes, between an unloading position located in the first machine plane and a loading position, spaced vertically from the unloading position, and assigned to at least one of the second ones of the plurality of printing couples and lying outside of an access zone of the first machine plane; and wherein the first conveying system for the printing formes to be newly applied, and the second conveying system for the removed printing formes are arranged one in front of the other, at least in a height of the first machine plane, as viewed in a horizontal direction extending perpendicular to longitudinal axes of the plurality of printing couples in the printing tower.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,349,786	2016-05-24	1. A fixed capacitor comprising: a capacitor body in a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) structure, the capacitor body comprising a first plate with an outer edge defining a fractal shape and a second plate with an outer edge defining a complementary fractal shape, where a lateral capacitance is provided by the first plate and the second plate, where the first plate and the second plate are within a single plane, where the first plate is horizontally separated from the second plate by at least a distance of separation thereby defining an air gap between the first plate and the second plate, where the first plate has a vertical thickness, and where a ratio of the vertical thickness to the distance of separation is greater than two; and a substrate above which the capacitor body is positioned.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1
8,944,303	2015-02-03	1. A clamp-on saddle bag mounting system comprising: a base plate having a first pin opening and a second pin opening, said first pin opening is formed in a first end of said base plate, said second pin opening is formed in a second end of said base plate; and a clamp unit includes a clamp lever, a first clamp device and a second clamp device, said first clamp device is pivotally engaged with said first end of said base plate, said second clamp device is pivotally retained in said second end of said base plate, a first end of said clamp lever is pivotally engaged with said first clamp device, a second end of said clamp lever is engaged with said second clamp device, said clamp lever is slidably engaged with said base plate.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,031,643	2015-05-12	1. A method of communicating a Heart Rate Variability (HRV) fields of two or more users participating in an on-line collaboration environment via respective client devices over a network via a server device, said method comprising: detecting, at a respective client device of a respective user, a Heart Rate Variability (HRV) field emitted by that user at a respective device while the users participating in the on-line collaboration environment; recording, at said respective client devices of the users, the Heart Rate Variability (HRV) field of the respective users; encoding, at the client devices of the users, the recorded Heart Rate Variability (HRV) field as data; transmitting, from the client devices of the users, the encoded HRV field data together with a message to a server device; receiving, at the server device, the encoded HRV field data with the message; decoding, at the server device, the encoded HRV field data; summing, at the server device, each of the decoded HRV field data of the users currently participating in the on-line collaboration environment and encoding the summed HRV field data; transmitting the encoded summed HRV field data to each user client device in the on-line collaboration environment; decoding, at the each user client device in the on-line collaboration environment, the transmitted encoded summed HRV field data to obtain the summed HRV field of the two or more users; displaying, at the each client user device, the message; and simultaneously broadcasting, at the each user client device, the decoded summed HRV field data of the two or more users as an electromagnetic signal for direct application to each user in the on-line collaboration environment to influence a physical state of the each user in the on-line collaboration environment, the simultaneously broadcasting including: transforming the decoded summed HRV field data to an effect for sensing by the each user in the on-line collaboration environment; and emitting the effect to the each user in the on-line collaboration environment in order for the each user in the on-line collaboration environment to experience the effect.	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
8,973,565	2015-03-10	1. An apparatus for inflicting brain injury on a laboratory animal comprising: a platform for supporting said laboratory animal, said platform defining an opening for positioning a head of said laboratory animal over the opening; a projectile; a projectile launching device orientated below said opening of said platform, said projectile launching device having a trigger mechanism for propelling said projectile directly at and/or through said opening of said platform, said projectile launching device comprising: a vial of dry ice having an opening at one end; a heater source for heating said vial to generate gas from said dry ice, wherein said CO	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,850,030	2017-12-26	1. A collapsible box with side wall article supports comprising: an arrangement of four panels arranged in a parallelogram configuration, each panel having a plurality of parallel, generally rectangular bar members having opposite ends with holes therein, supported at each end by upright posts extending through holes of stacked bar members, the rectangular bar members having a characteristic bar thickness, and a plurality of grommets fitting tightly between adjacent parallel bar members, each grommet having a boss with a pin retainer therein, the grommet having a grommet thickness corresponding at least to the bar thickness that provides linear support for a pin retained in the boss, wherein each grommet has two parallel opposed sides, with each side having edgewise parallel rails that engage the bar members at opposed ends of the characteristic bar thickness.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,226,106	2015-12-29	1. A computer-implemented method of filtering communication for a location-based game, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more computing devices, communication data for a plurality of players associated with the location based-game, the location based game comprising a virtual world that parallels at least a portion of the real world such that the plurality of players continuously navigate the virtual world as the players continuously navigate the real world; and filtering, by the one or more computing devices, the communication data for each player based on one or more signals associated with the respective player, the communication data comprising one or more messages between the plurality of players associated with the location-based game; and adjusting, by the one or more computing devices, the filtered communication data for each player based on one or more constraints associated with each respective player; wherein the one or more signals associated with the respective player comprise one or more of location data, player level data, real world contacts data, custom team data, game social graph data, potential portal capture team members data, portal subscription data, following a player data, game mode data, game territory data, portal linking data, distress data, game actions data, target acquisition call data, game entity message data, game character message data, spy mode data, stealth mode data, view zoom level data, or combinations thereof.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,169,246	2015-10-27	1. A compound corresponding to formula (I): in which: R1 represents: R 2represents: R3 represents: A represents: X is absent or represents: Ra and Rb represent, independently:	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,856,076	2014-10-07	1. A method for rendering tape file system information, comprising: obtaining a list of one or more files residing on a tape in the tape file system from a file directory; obtaining location information associated with at least one file of the one or more files; rendering a representation, in a graphical user interface, of a portion of the tape and the location information associated with the at least one file residing on the portion of the tape; and rendering, in the graphical user interface, information related to a state the tape file system, wherein the information related to the state of the tape file system comprises one or more of tape head position relative to the representation of the tape, direction and velocity of tape motion relative to the representation of the tape, time to access the one or more files, elapsed time, or read progress.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,733,147	2017-08-15	1. A method for testing a leakage detection system using a test leak device that is located in a test chamber of the leakage detection system, wherein the test leak device is provided with a test leak and has a cavity that can be filled with a gas, having the steps: a) filling the cavity of the test leak device with ambient air until an interior pressure in the interior of the cavity corresponds to ambient atmospheric pressure, b) establishing an exterior pressure in the test chamber in the area surrounding the test leak device that is lower than the interior pressure in the cavity, c) measuring of the leakage rate of the air flowing from the cavity into the test chamber through the test leak of the test leak device, and d) establishing an exterior pressure in the test chamber in the area surrounding the test leak device using an atmosphere consisting of ambient air with an ambient atmospheric pressure.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,528,741	2016-12-27	1. A compact icemaker control system for an automatic icemaker comprising: an icemaker module including a first gear having a first side with an engagement key for engaging a twist-type ice mold tray and a second side having a plurality of cams including a progressive cam member and first and second cam portions; a plurality of meshed gears comprising a gear train connecting a motor drive shaft to the first gear to rotate the first gear in a first direction between a home position and a second position to twist an ice mold tray to eject ice therefrom, and in a second direction between the second position and the home position to return the ice mold tray to its home position; a direct current motor coupled to the motor drive shaft; a switch board in operable communication with the direct current motor, the switch board having a first S a bail arm shaft having a projection adapted to engage the second S each of the first and second cam portions being adapted to engage the first S	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9,492,232	2016-11-15	1. A powered stereotactic positioning guide apparatus, comprising: a positioning guide means, and a positioning guide control means; wherein said positioning guide means comprises a tubular positioning guide, a pivotable means, a lock and release means and a securing means, wherein said positioning guide means is configured to synchronize coupling said positioning guide means with the positioning guide control means for operational control of said positioning guide means by said positioning guide control means with letting the pivotable means be rotatable, wherein said positioning guide means is configured to synchronize uncoupling said positioning guide means from said positioning guide control means with locking said pivotable means so as to guide an invasive tubular device inside said positioning guide means slidably passing therethrough in a range of insertion angle to a tissue object, wherein said positioning guide means is configured to be independently operable following uncoupling from said positioning guide control means, and wherein said positioning guide means is configured to rotationally adjust and reversibly lock said tubular positioning guide for the insertion angle of the invasive tubular device; and wherein said positioning guide control means comprises an electromagnetic pointing device, a positioning control means, a power and electronic control means, an ultrasound transducer enclosure and a handle, wherein said positioning guide control means is configured to visually locate the tissue object by the electromagnetic pointing device of said positioning guide control means in a visualized ultrasonographic field, wherein said positioning guide control means is configured to be electrically powered to align a longitudinal axis of said positioning guide means with the tissue object in the visualized ultrasonographic field, and wherein said positioning guide control means is configured to electronically synchronize locating the tissue object by said electromagnetic pointing device with aligning the longitudinal axis of said positioning guide means with the tissue object.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,632,901	2017-04-25	1. A method for data transfer, comprising: receiving in a data transfer operation data to be written by a peripheral device to a specified virtual address in a random access memory (RAM) of a host computer; detecting, upon receiving the data, that a page that contains the specified virtual address is marked as not present in a page table of the host computer; receiving in the peripheral device a notification that the page is not present and an estimate of a length of time that will be required to make the page available; selecting a mode for handling of the data transfer operation depending upon the estimate; and completing the data transfer operation in accordance with the selected 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,268,471	2016-02-23	1. A method of directing sound in a mobile device equipped with a directional speaker, the method comprising: determining a location of a target in relation to the mobile device; receiving a user input for modifying the location of the target in relation to the mobile device; obtaining information regarding a moving path of the mobile device when the mobile device has moved since the user input was received; adjusting a direction of sound output from the directional speaker toward the target, as a function of a direction of the target and a distance of the target and the information regarding the moving path of the mobile device; and outputting sound in the adjusted direction through the directional speaker.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,731,288	2017-08-15	1. A method of separating a target molecule from one or more impurities in a sample, where the method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a sample comprising a target molecule and one or more impurities; (b) contacting the sample with a soluble stimulus responsive polymer selected from the group consisting of benzyl modified polyallylamine; diphenyl modified polyallylamine; dichlorobenzyl modified polyallylamine; chlorobenzyl modified polyallylamine; hexanoic acid and tert-butyl modified polyallylamine; phenylbenzyl modified polyallylamine; benzyl modified polyethyleneimine; and benzyl modified polyvinylamine, wherein the stimulus responsive polymer is capable of binding and precipitating one or more impurities following the addition of a multivalent ion stimulus; and (c) adding a multivalent ion stimulus selected form phosphate or citrate to the sample to precipitate complex of polymer and one or more impurities out of the sample;	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,413,036	2016-08-09	1. A sodium-halogen secondary cell, comprising: a negative electrode compartment comprising a negative electrode that comprises sodium, wherein the negative electrode electrochemically oxidizes to release sodium ions during discharge and electrochemically reduces sodium ions to form sodium metal during recharge; a positive electrode compartment comprising a current collector disposed in a liquid positive electrode solution that comprises at least one of a halogen and a halide; and a sodium ion conductive electrolyte membrane that separates the negative electrode from the liquid positive electrode solution.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
8,453,190	2013-05-28	1. A system for sending a video and an associated advertisement over a computer network, comprising: (a) a first computer system for connection to other computer systems over a computer network, the first computer system including: (b) a second computer system comprising storage and for connection to other computer systems over the computer network, the second computer system 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	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,375,715	2016-06-28	1. A pressure relief tool apparatus for a test cell, comprising: a plunger assembly; a plunger rod; a handle; a stem; a stem connector; and a vent opening; wherein	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,371,568	2016-06-21	1. A method of treating a cancer patient comprising: a) measuring differential gene expression of the biomarkers MDM2, CDKN1A, ZMAT3, DDB2, FDXR, RPS27L, BAX, RRM2B, SESN1, CCNG1, XPC, TNFRSF1OB and AEN in a cancer sample obtained from the patient; b) determining differential expression of the biomarkers by comparing the measured gene expression of the biomarkers in the cancer sample with the gene expression of the biomarkers in a control sample, wherein the control sample has a functional p53 gene pathway; c) determining sensitivity of the patient to a MDM2i(1); and d) administering to the patient MDM2i(1); (e) wherein the cancer sample is selected from the group consisting of breast, lung, pancreas, colon, liver, leukemia, melanoma and kidney.	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	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,486,287	2016-11-08	1. A protective cover, comprising: a substrate film having a top surface and a bottom surface, two opposing flat edges and two opposing curved edges, wherein said two opposing flat edges are a first distance apart; tab material applied to said substrate film proximate said opposing curved edges, wherein said opposing curved edges are spaced apart by a distance generally equal to said first distance; a coating of tacky adhesive applied to said bottom surface of said substrate film between said tab material and between said opposing flat edges, wherein said coating of tacky adhesive does not cover said tab material.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,699,911	2017-07-04	1. A process apparatus capable of pushing a panel-shaped object, comprising: a process device, comprising a carrying fixture and a separating fixture, wherein the carrying fixture has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other and has at least one positioning pillar, and the separating fixture has a pushing portion; and at least one panel-shaped object, having at least one positioning hole and carried on the top surface, wherein the positioning pillar is inserted into the positioning hole to position the panel-shaped object, and the pushing portion is adapted to move from the bottom surface toward the top surface and protrudes out of the top surface, thereby making the panel-shaped object pushed by the pushing portion and separated from the carrying fixture, wherein the panel-shaped object is a circuit board.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,709,503	2017-07-18	1. A method of sequencing a nucleic acid segment, comprising: a) performing a single molecule nucleic acid sequencing reaction on a template nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid segment of interest, wherein the template nucleic acid molecule provides for iterative sequencing of the nucleic acid segment of interest, thereby generating multiple sequence reads of the nucleic acid segment of interest; and b) analyzing the multiple sequence reads to determine a nucleic acid sequence for the nucleic acid segment of interest.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,571,755	2017-02-14	1. A system for producing a user-selective high-definition (HD) synthesis video, comprising: a camera device configured to provide HD video data captured for chroma-key synthesis; an audio device configured to provide HD audio data; and a system main body configured to receive the HD video data and the HD audio data from the camera device and the audio device, to synthesize, in real-time, the HD video data and the HD audio data with background video data or background image data selected by a user into an HD video using a chroma-key synthesis scheme, and to selectively store the HD synthesis video data in an external memory device, wherein the system main body comprises a main body housing having a stand structure; a main body display device having a touch screen installed on the main body housing, and configured to display a user interface for synthesizing and storing a video and a synthesized HD video; a display controller connected with the main body display device and to which one or more external display devices is connectable; a storage device in which a user-selective background video file and a background image file are stored; a connection port configured to connect to the external memory device; and a controller configured to indicate a video or an image selected from the storage device as a background through a user interface screen, to synthesize, in real-time, the HD video data and the HD audio data input through the camera device and the audio device with the video or the image selected as the background, to store the HD synthesis video in the external memory device, to display, in real-time, the HD synthesis video on the main body display device, and also to selectively display the HD synthesis video on the external display device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,282,443	2016-03-08	1. A method for conditionally shifting a word that spans across two message blocks of a short message service (SMS) message that each share a fixed character limit, the method comprising: at a source wireless device:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,495,894	2016-11-15	1. A display device including a plurality of pixel circuits each having an electric optical element in which a luminance is controlled by a current, and a drive transistor configured to control a current to be supplied to the electric optical element, the drive transistor having a channel layer formed of an oxide semiconductor, the display device comprising: a current measuring portion configured to measure a drive current of the drive transistor included in each of the pixel circuits and to output a value of the drive current as current data; a current data dividing portion configured to divide the current data into high frequency component data and low frequency component data; a high frequency component data compression processing portion configured to compress the high frequency component data; a low frequency component data compression processing portion configured to compress the low frequency component data; and a storage portion configured to save the high frequency component data after compression by the high frequency component data compression processing portion and the low frequency component data after compression by the low frequency component data compression processing portion, wherein data compression is performed by different techniques in the high frequency component data compression processing portion and the low frequency component data compression processing portion.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,773,118	2017-09-26	1. A method of data deduplication, comprising: on a programmed processor device, performing operations including: generating a first key from plain text data of a first data element; encrypting the first data element using the first key, resulting in an encrypted first data element; comparing the first key to each key of a plurality of previously stored keys, wherein the keys of the plurality of previously stored keys are associated with other encrypted data elements, respectively; in response to the first key matching a second key of the plurality of previously stored keys, comparing the encrypted first data element to the other encrypted data element encrypted by the second key; in response to the encrypted first data element matching the other encrypted data element encrypted by the second key: associating the first key with the other encrypted data element encrypted by the second key; and discarding the encrypted first data 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,525,149	2016-12-20	1. A light-emitting element comprising: a hole-transport layer; and a light-emitting layer over the hole-transport layer, wherein the light-emitting layer includes a first organic compound having an electron-transport property, a second organic compound having a hole-transport property, and a third organic compound converting triplet excitation energy into light emission, wherein the hole-transport layer includes a fourth organic compound and a fifth organic compound, wherein a HOMO level of the fourth organic compound is lower than or equal to a HOMO level of the second organic compound, and wherein a HOMO level of the fifth organic compound is higher than the HOMO level of the second organic compound.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,516,648	2016-12-06	1. A communication apparatus comprising: a receiver which receives signals mapped on a plurality of frequency bands in a frequency domain, each frequency band including a plurality of subcarriers, each frequency band being located at a position separate from position(s) of other(s) of the plurality of frequency bands, and a size of at least one of the plurality of frequency bands being a multiple of a product of two or more powers of prime numbers, the prime numbers being integer numbers that are greater than 1 and are different from each other, an exponent for at least one of the prime numbers being an integer greater than 1; a combiner which combines the received signals into a combined signal; and a transformer which transforms the combined signal in the frequency domain into a symbol sequence in a time domain with an inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) having a size that is a product of powers of a plurality of values, the plurality of values being integer numbers that are greater than 1 and are different from each other, an exponent for at least one of the plurality of values being an integer greater than 1.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9,655,010	2017-05-16	1. A method for mobility management at a network management center, comprising: receiving a measurement report from a terminal device via a source access node; determining whether the terminal device needs to be handed over to a target access node based on the measurement report, wherein the source access node and the target access node are communicatively connected to the network management center via their wireless connections with at least one aggregation node that is connected to the network management center via a wired connection; indicating a target access node to the terminal device being served by the source access node, in response to determining that the terminal device needs to be handed over to the target access node; and transmitting network-related context information of the terminal device to the target access node that receives terminal-related context information of the terminal device from the terminal device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,109,146	2015-08-18	1. Adhesive composition comprising: a content of greater than 0 and less than 15% by weight of a PolyPropylene having a melting point between 30° C. and 100° C.; from 30 to 60% by weight of a cross-linkable polymer with silyl end groups comprising cross-linking groups bonded to the silicon atom, the cross-linkable polymer having a functionality of on average 3-12 cross-linking groups; a cross-linking catalyst for the cross-linkable polymer; a water scavenger; and a rheology 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	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,592,911	2017-03-14	1. A system for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle within an environment, the system comprising: one or more processors individually or collectively 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,844,899	2017-12-19	1. A handle formed using the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a structural core for the item; b) molding a first component over the core in a first mold, the first component having a projection defining at least one recess and a ridge extending outwardly from the projection and separating the at least one recess from a remainder of the first component; c) sealingly engaging the only the ridge with an interior of a second mold to seal off the at least one recess from the remainder of the first component; and d) molding a second component in the second mold, the second component directly engageable with the projection around the at least one first recess in the first component below the ridge, wherein the ridge forms a tactile locating feature on an exterior of the handle.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,298,284	2016-03-29	1. A method, comprising: from an active light source capable of being handled by a user, emitting an electromagnetic wave signal in an initial direction toward a planar layer, wherein the active light source is at a distance above the planar layer; directing the electromagnetic wave signal in one or more lateral directions different from the initial direction, toward a plurality of detectors positioned at peripheral locations relative to the planar layer; receiving the directed electromagnetic wave signal at the plurality of detectors; and estimating a position of the active light source based on a plurality of intensity measurements of the directed electromagnetic wave signal received at each of the plurality of detectors.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,700,143	2014-04-15	1. A method of monitoring for abnormally high fluid levels by an implantable medical device, comprising: the device intermittently measuring a physiological parameter value related to a patient's fluid level; the device calculating a short-term representative value and an associated long-term representative value of the measured physiological parameter values after receipt of one or more of the measured physiological parameter values; the device comparing each short-term representative value and the associated long-term representative value to determine if the short-term representative value indicates abnormal fluid levels, wherein abnormally high fluid levels are indicated responsive to the short-term representative value not being greater than the long-term representative value minus a first predetermined hysteresis value and abnormally low fluid levels indicated responsive to the short-term representative value not being less than the long-term representative value plus a second predetermined hysteresis value; the device cumulatively adding a difference between the short-term representative value and the associated long-term representative value responsive to the short-term representative value not indicating normal fluid levels; the device resetting the cumulative sum responsive to the short-term representative value indicating normal fluid levels; and the device generating a notification in response to the cumulative sum exceeding a predetermined threshold value.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,948,773	2015-02-03	1. A method for managing active sets by a terminal that receives a pilot channel from a base station in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: measuring reception strength of at least one of pilot channels; determining whether a number of pilot channels that belong to the active sets being managed by the terminal is greater than or equal to a predetermined maximum number of supportable pilot channels; transmitting a pilot report message, if the number of pilot channels that belong to the active sets currently being managed by the terminal is greater than or equal to the predetermined maximum number of supportable pilot channels and the reception strength is less than a particular strength; and preventing transmission of the pilot report message, if the number of pilot channels that belong to the active sets being managed by the terminal is greater than or equal to the predetermined maximum number of supportable pilot channels and the reception strength is greater than a predetermined value, wherein the active sets being managed by the terminal are independently assigned by a plurality of base stations; and wherein the terminal manages all active sets allocated from the plurality of base stations as a collective active set.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,044,984	2015-06-02	1. An ink jet recording apparatus comprising: an ink jet head for ejecting ink droplets from a plurality of nozzles to draw an image on a medium; a deflected ejection amount detector for detecting a deflected ejection amount of each of the nozzles; an uneven concentration correction parameter creation part for creating an uneven concentration correction parameter required for uneven concentration correction by analyzing an image of a test chart drawn on the medium by the ink jet head; an uneven concentration correction part for performing uneven concentration correction on the basis of the uneven concentration correction parameter created by the uneven concentration correction parameter creation part; an allowable value range determination part for determining an allowable value range of a deflected ejection amount for each of the nozzles with respect to a deflected ejection amount of each of the nozzles when the test chart is drawn; a deflected ejection nozzle detector for detecting a nozzle in which a deflected ejection amount exceeds the allowable value range so that a deflected ejection occurs, as a deflected ejection nozzle; and a non-ejection correction part for performing non-ejection correction by not allowing the deflected ejection nozzle to eject ink.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,598,915	2013-12-03	1. A CMOS programmable non-linear function synthesizer, comprising: a plurality of current squarer circuits having a plurality of MOSFET transistors configured for providing current gain and current mirroring, each of the squarer circuits including a bias circuit controlling the current gain responsive to an external voltage, the current gain responsiveness to the external voltage being characterized by the relation: where V GG is a gate voltage operable within the bias circuit, I in is the input current of the current squarer circuit, k 1 is a transconductance parameter of the current gain portion of the current squarer circuit, k 3 is a transconductance parameter of the bias circuit, and V th is a threshold voltage associated with the formation of the gate voltage, the bias circuit having MOSFET transistors operating in a linear region, the current gain portion of the current squarer circuit having MOSFET transistors operating in a saturation region, the current gain representing at least one term of a Taylor series expansion of a nonlinear function; successive power-factor raising circuit stages, each of the stages being connected to the current squarer circuits, the successive power-factor raising circuit stages including combinations of inverting and non-inverting current mirrors, the power-factor raising stages each producing a current output; a variable DC current source; a summer circuit having a plurality of switches configured to combine currents from the variable DC current source and the plurality of power-factor raising current stages, each of the switches having a first position configured to switch the current for the DC current source or the corresponding power-factor raising stage to a positive current, a second position configured to the current for the DC current source or the corresponding power-factor raising stage to a negative current, and a third position configured to disconnect the current for the DC current source or the corresponding power-factor raising stage from the summer circuit, the switch positions representing sign coefficient weights applied to successive terms of the Taylor series expansion of the nonlinear function of interest; wherein the total current output of the summer circuit approximates the nonlinear function, the squarer circuits, the power-factor raising circuit stages, and the switch positions being configured to represent weighted power factors corresponding to the plurality of terms in the Taylor-series expansion of the nonlinear function.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,580,596	2013-11-12	1. A method of forming one or more micro cavities, each micro cavity comprising a micro electrical mechanical system (MEMS), in a process further forming at least one semiconductor component in parallel with the micro cavity and having process steps in common, comprising: releasing the micro cavity after the formation of the at least one semiconductor component is finished; providing a plurality of release openings through a backside of a substrate at the micro cavity, wherein a total area of the release openings through the backside of the substrate at the micro cavity is about 50% or less of the corresponding area of the micro cavity, and a density of the release openings is about 0.25 or less per μm depositing a hermetic sealing layer on the backside of the substrate to seal the micro cavity formed by etching, wherein at least part of the hermetic sealing layer is deposited by sputtering metal on the backside of the substrate, wherein the hermetic sealing layer is in physical contact with the entire backside of the substrate, and wherein sidewalls of the openings are essentially free of the hermetic sealing layer.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,044,188	2015-06-02	1. A method of monitoring a patient, the method comprising: using a processor to perform a first characterizing step characterizing a first patient propensity for an onset of a first epileptic seizure; communicating to the patient and/or a health care provider a first therapy recommendation, wherein the first therapy recommendation is selected from a plurality of therapy recommendations based on the first patient propensity for the onset of the first epileptic seizure characterized in the first characterizing step; using the processor to perform a second characterizing step after said first characterizing step, the second characterizing step comprising characterizing a second patient propensity for an onset of a second epileptic seizure; and communicating to the patient and/or the health care provider a second therapy recommendation, wherein the second therapy recommendation is different from the first therapy recommendation and is selected from the plurality of therapy recommendations based on the second patient propensity for the onset of the second epileptic seizure characterized in the second characterizing step.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,847,142	2017-12-19	1. A semiconductor apparatus comprising: a fuse array configured to store word line failure information; a redundancy latch section; and a redundancy control block configured to store, in the redundancy latch section, word line order information generated according to the word line failure information, wherein the fuse array comprises a plurality of fuses, each of the plurality of fuses stores the word line failure information as a single-bit for indicating whether a corresponding word line of the plurality of word lines has failed or not.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,609,845	2013-12-17	1. A compound of formula I: wherein A is thiazole; ring A and Q together are selected from the group consisting of: Q is (a) alkyl, wherein one or more CH X Y is CH R R R R R R R R R V is alkyl, a carbocycle or a heterocycle; and wherein one or more CH R wherein each alkyl is independently a branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group, having up to 12 carbon atoms; or salts 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	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