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9,711,973	2017-07-18	1. A wireless power source, the wireless power source comprising: a microwave receiver to receive a microwave signal having a carrier frequency; a matching network to receive a signal having the carrier frequency and a switched frequency and to remove the carrier frequency such that the matching network outputs a switched electronic signal at the switched frequency; and a transducer, having a first coil and a second coil, to receive the switched electronic signal and output a DC 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	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
8,594,916	2013-11-26	1. A graphical display system, comprising: one or more sensors for obtaining data, wherein the data obtained includes position and trajectory data for a craft and airport data; a display element for displaying graphics and data; and at least one processor coupled to the one or more sensors, wherein, based on data received from the one or more sensors regarding craft position and trajectory relative to an airport, the at least one processor determines if a runway is being targeted, selects which runway guides and alerts to display based on data obtained and runway targeted, and sends signals to the display element to display the targeted runway with the selected runway guides and alerts, wherein displaying runway alerts and guides includes at least one of: fading in runway alerts and guides for a targeted runway; or displaying perspective runway distance remaining markers at fixed display positions along the displayed runway.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,772,362	2017-09-26	1. A method for testing a transformer, the method comprising: applying an input voltage to a secondary winding of the transformer in order to induce a voltage in a primary winding of the transformer, wherein the transformer is a multi-ratio current transformer (CT) comprising multiple taps; and simultaneously measuring secondary voltages in a plurality of secondary windings of the CT in response to applying the input voltage, wherein a plurality of secondary voltmeters are used to simultaneously measure the secondary voltages as a primary voltmeter measures the induced voltage in the primary winding of the CT.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,653,184	2014-02-18	1. A process for producing a composition comprising the product of contacting: (a) a polyvinyl chloride material, and (b) a blend comprising a cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid ester or a mixture of cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid esters and at least one other plasticiser;	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,612,106	2017-04-04	1. An apparatus for measuring a running gear of a motor vehicle, comprising: a left measuring unit positioned on a left side of the motor vehicle, in such a way that a measurement target on a left front wheel and a measurement target on a left rear wheel of the motor vehicle are sensed from the left measuring unit; a right measuring unit positioned on a right side of the vehicle, in such a way that a measurement target on a right front wheel and a measurement target on a right rear wheel of the motor vehicle are sensed from the right measuring unit; and an evaluation device configured to identify vehicle geometry data by comparing images of the measurement targets on the front wheels and images of the measurement targets on the rear wheels with reference images of the measurement targets; wherein each of the left and right measuring units includes: a reference target visible from the respective other measuring unit; an image acquisition unit sensing (i) an image of the respective measurement target on the respective front wheel, (ii) an image of the respective measurement target on the respective rear wheel, and (iii) an image of the reference target; and an optical device disposed and configured to direct the image of the respective measurement target on the respective front wheel, the image of the respective measurement target on the respective rear wheel, and the image of the reference target to the image acquisition unit; and wherein the evaluation device is configured to identify relative positions of the reference targets, wherein:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,309,847	2016-04-12	1. An armature for an injector, comprising: at least one magnetic region; and at least one non-magnetic region, wherein: wherein the armature has an annular shape with a feed-through opening, wherein the non-magnetic region includes a first axial end face section, a second axial and face section, an inner circumferential section, and an outer circumferential section, wherein the first axial end face section faces an inner pole, and wherein the outer circumferential section has a lesser thickness than a thickness of the second axial end face section and a thickness of the inner circumferential section.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9,566,231	2017-02-14	1. A process for providing highly voluminous feel by applying over scalp an aqueous hair cleansing agent and then foaming, rinsing and drying, wherein said aqueous hair cleansing agent comprises components (A), (B), (C) and water: (A) from 1 to 30% by mass of an anionic surfactant wherein said anionic surfactant is a sulfate-type anionic surfactant or a carboxylic acid-type anionic surfactant; (B) from 0.05 to 4% by mass of an organo polysiloxane, in which a poly(N-acyl alkylene imine) segment composed of repeating units represented by the following general formula (1) is bound to at least two silicon atoms in an organo polysiloxane segment constituting a main chain through alkylene group comprising a hetero atom, wherein, in the above-described general formula (1), R 6 represents a hydrogen atom, or alkyl group, aralkyl group or aryl group of 1 to 22 carbon atom(s), and n represents 2 or 3, wherein the number-average molecular weight of the poly (N-acyl alkylene imine) segment is within a range from 5.0×10 (C) from 0.01 to 3% by mass of one or more cationized polymer(s) selected from the group consisting of (c-1) and (c-2): (c-1) a cationized polymer having cellulose skeleton or galactomannan skeleton; and (c-2) a cationic polymer having diallyl dimethylammonium salt skeleton, wherein the mass ratio (B)/(C) is 0.2 to 20.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,405,128	2016-08-02	1. Eyeglasses comprising: a bridge; a first support member rotatably coupled to the bridge, with a first lens provided therein; a second support member rotatably coupled to the bridge, with a second lens provided therein; a clip provided in the bridge or one of the support members; a rail unit for guiding a folding passage, the rail unit provided in one of the bridge or the support members; and a projected portion for moving along the rail unit, the projected portion provided in the other one of the bridge or the support members, wherein the rail unit includes: wherein the first and second support members are folded with respect to the bridge in a direction where the first and second lenses are getting closer.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,695,583	2014-04-15	1. A charcoal grill weather cover system, comprising: a charcoal grill weather cover portion configured to be disposed above a charcoal grill cover portion of a charcoal grill, at least one support member with a first end configured to be secured to the charcoal grill weather cover portion and a second end configured to be secured to the charcoal grill cover portion, wherein the charcoal grill weather cover portion is configured to substantially prevent rainfall becoming incident on an outer surface of the charcoal grill cover portion.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,418,747	2016-08-16	1. A nonvolatile memory device, comprising: a memory cell array comprising multiple memory cells disposed at intersections of corresponding word lines and bitlines; and page buffers respectively connected to the bitlines, and performing consecutive verify read operations on selected memory cells programmed in first to N-th logic states (N>2), wherein, in the consecutive verify read operations, at least one of the bitlines is placed in a precharged state by being precharged to a first level during a verification period for memory cells programmed in the first logic state, maintained in the precharged state during at least two verification periods for memory cells programmed in the second to (N−1)-th logic states, and then discharged after a verification period for memory cells programmed in the N-th logic state.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,732,221	2017-08-15	1. A reinforced thermoplastic resin composition comprising: a resin main component (C) consisting of 50 to 100% by mass of a polycarbonate resin (A) and 0 to 50% by mass of a graft copolymer (B) obtainable by polymerization of a monomer mixture containing an aromatic alkenyl compound monomer (a) and a vinyl cyanide compound monomer (b) in the presence of a rubber polymer (B1), provided that the total amount of the polycarbonate resin (A) and the graft copolymer (B) is 100% by mass; an inorganic filler (D); a glycidyl ether unit-containing polymer (E) that has a glycidyl ether unit and has the mass average molecular weight of 3,800 to 60,000, provided that the graft copolymer is excluded from the definition of the glycidyl ether unit-containing polymer (E); and a polyamide (F) that has a moisture percentage of 0.1% by mass or less; wherein the amount of the inorganic filler (D) with respect to 100% by mass of the reinforced thermoplastic resin composition is 20 to 50% by mass; the amount of the glycidyl ether unit-containing polymer (E) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin main component (C) is 1 to 10 parts by mass; and the amount of the polyamide (F) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin main component (C) is 1 to 15 parts by mass.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,128,295	2015-09-08	1. A liquid crystal (“LC”) lens panel, comprising: a first substrate comprising: a second substrate comprising: a LC layer disposed between the first and second alignment layers.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,526,301	2016-12-27	1. An adaptable buckle system, comprising: a first component member and a second component member, each comprising a body having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first component member comprising a female connector and the first end of the second component member comprising a male connector; an interlocking side-release mechanism on the second end of each body comprising an arm pivotally affixed to a first side of the body, wherein a free end of the arm is adapted to removably engage with a receiver on a second side of each body, the receiver comprising an aperture adapted to receive a prong on the free end of the arm; and a plurality of ridges lining the prong and the aperture.	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,736,609	2014-05-27	1. Method for visualizing surface-like structures in volumetric data sets, wherein the visualization is determined by a set of external parameters comprising at least one of position coordinates and directions defining the visualization, the method comprising the steps of a) defining local coordinate systems at sample points of said volumetric data set, the local coordinate systems being different for each sample point, and the sample points defining a first resolution, b) calculating, by a graphic processing unit, gradient vector components (Gai, Gbi, Gci) within said local coordinate systems of said sample points, the calculation performed at the first resolution, c) transforming, by the graphic processing unit, said external parameters from a global coordinate system into said local coordinate systems at selected sample points or at points of a reference grid, the selected sample points or points of the reference grid defining a second resolution less than the first resolution d) using said gradient vector components in said local coordinate system of said sample points for calculating, by the graphic processing unit, a surface normal at a given position of said volumetric data set which is to be shaded, without transforming said gradient vector components to the global coordinate system, and e) calculating, by the graphic processing unit, external parameters from said global coordinate system at said given position by interpolating between the transformed external parameters of said local coordinate systems at said selected sample points or points of a reference grid.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,890,635	2014-11-18	1. A signal generator for a transmitter or a receiver for transmitting or receiving RF-signals according to a given communication protocol, respectively, the signal generator comprising: an oscillator configured to provide a signal generator output signal having a signal generator output frequency, the oscillator comprising a fine tuning circuit configured to provide a fine adjustment of the signal generator output frequency based on a fine tuning signal, and a coarse tuning circuit configured to provide a course adjustment of the signal generator output frequency based on a coarse tuning signal; and a mismatch compensator configured to receive the signal generator output signal and compensate a frequency mismatch between a desired signal generator output frequency and the signal generator output frequency generated by the oscillator by providing the fine tuning signal for changing a state of the fine tuning circuit of the oscillator and by providing the coarse tuning signal for changing a state of the coarse tuning circuit of the oscillator, wherein the mismatch compensator is configured to provide the coarse tuning signal during a guard period defined in the given communication protocol, during which no RF-signals are transmitted by the transmitter or no RF-signals are to be received by the receiver, such that the state of the coarse tuning circuit is changed within the guard 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,725,630	2014-05-13	1. A method of using a communication referral system to provide a user with a referral to a financial assistance provider, the method comprising: receiving, by a communication referral system comprising a computer, an inbound communication from the user; receiving, by the communication referral system, user information; based, at least in part, on the received user information, querying, by the system, a memory in applying referral criteria to identify at least one financial assistance provider; and providing, by the communication referral system, a referral for the user to communicate with said at least one identified financial assistance provider.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,093,706	2015-07-28	1. A negative electrode, comprising: a negative electrode active material for an electrical device, the negative electrode active material comprising an alloy having a composition represented by the formula Si	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	1	0	0
8,626,853	2014-01-07	1. A method for obtaining web content at an Internet-connected device from an Internet accessible content source, wherein the device connects to the Internet via an access network, the method comprising: obtaining, at the device, a link to a content element that is stored at the internet accessible content source, wherein the link includes a domain of a link translating proxy server (LTPS) that is located outside of the access network and additional information that corresponds to a URL for the content element; initiating, from the device, a request for the content element that is associated with the link, the request being directed to the LTPS; and receiving, at the device, a response that includes the requested content, the response passing through the LTPS, which has used the additional information to translate the link to the URL for the content element, wherein the response includes an application inserted by the LTPS that, when executed by the device, displays content other than the requested content on a display of the device in addition to the requested content.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,838,638	2014-09-16	1. A method of accessing metadata in a media file format, the method comprising: accessing a map node corresponding to at least one track of a media file and a corresponding unit time of the at least one track of the media file, the at least one track and the corresponding unit time being selected by a user in a time-track map of the media file; extracting position information of media objects corresponding to the accessed map node; and accessing the media objects within the media file according to the extracted position information, wherein the media file comprises the time-track map and the media objects; and wherein a plurality of map nodes of the time-track map are distinguished according to a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of the time-track map in a two-dimensional structure.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,432,922	2016-08-30	1. A method, comprising: performing a search for cells whose signals can be received by a user equipment (UE); generating a preliminary candidate cell list comprising measurements for each candidate cell, if any, wherein the measurements result from the search for cells and comprise a metric for a first short code and a metric for a second short code, wherein a physical layer cell identity group for a cell is generated from the first and second short codes; checking a candidate cell database for a candidate cell record matching each candidate cell in the preliminary candidate cell list, wherein each candidate cell record comprises accumulated measurements of a candidate cell; updating the matching candidate cell record based on a candidate cell record matching a candidate cell in the preliminary candidate cell list, by combining the measurements of the corresponding cell candidate in the preliminary candidate cell list with the accumulated measurements in the matching candidate cell record; generating a new candidate cell record for the candidate cell with the measurements of the cell candidate from the preliminary candidate cell list based on a candidate cell record not matching a candidate cell in the preliminary candidate cell list; and generating a pruning metric for each candidate cell based on the accumulated measurements in its candidate cell record, wherein the pruning metric comprises the minimum of a value for the accumulated metric for the first short code and a value for the accumulated metric for the second short code.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,311,183	2016-04-12	1. A method of setting target charges for a storage medium in a storage system, the method comprising: performing a sequence 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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,213,462	2015-12-15	1. A method, comprising: receiving an indication that a unified communications application executing on a computing device is to be displayed on a display of the computing device in a condensed view, the unified communications application displayable on the display in either a condensed view or a full view, the condensed view occupying a first portion of the display when displayed, the full view occupying a second portion of the display when displayed, the second portion is larger than the first portion, the unified communications application supports multiple communications modalities, the communications modalities comprising real-time communications modalities and non real-time communications modalities, the real-time communications modalities comprising instant messaging, video conferencing, and content sharing, the non real-time communications modalities comprising voicemail playback; and displaying, on the display of the computing device, the unified communications application in the condensed view responsive to receiving the indication, the unified communications application in the condensed view configured to receive and display real-time communications from at least one contact of a user of the computing device in any of the communications modalities.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,559,278	2017-01-31	1. A light emitting device package comprising: a package body; a first lead frame and a second lead frame disposed on the package body; and a light emitting device electrically connected to the first lead frame and the second lead frame via respective conductive adhesives, wherein at least one of the conductive adhesives has the smallest width at a central region 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,474,165	2013-07-02	1. A form assembly for removably attaching a form to a surface comprising: the form comprising a page, the page comprising: a body, a first detachable stub attached to a first edge of the body by a first detachment line, a second detachable stub attached to a second edge of the body opposite the first edge by a second detachment line; a first adhesive label comprising a lite-tac adhesive, wherein the first adhesive label and the lite-tac adhesive are aligned with the first detachment line such that the aligned portion of the first adhesive label is attached to the first detachable stub by the aligned portion of the lite-tac adhesive, wherein the lite-tac adhesive does not overlap the first detachment line; a second adhesive label comprising a lite-tac adhesive, wherein the second adhesive label and the lite-tac adhesive are aligned with the second detachment line such that the aligned portion of the second adhesive label is attached to the second detachable stub by the aligned portion of the lite-tac adhesive, wherein the lite-tac adhesive does not overlap the second detachment line; wherein the lite-tac adhesive of the first adhesive label and the lite-tac adhesive of the second adhesive label are adapted to removably secure the form assembly to a surface, and to leave little adhesive residue on the surface when the form assembly is removed; and a second page comprising a body, wherein the second page is attached to the page by a first adhesive glue placement attaching the body of the page to the body of the second page, and wherein an entirety of the first adhesive glue placement is disposed just below the first detachment line and between the first detachment line and the second detachment line.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,810,791	2014-08-19	1. An apparatus for the measurement of the rotary angle of two objects rotating relative to one another about an axis of rotation, comprising: a light source ( a receiver which measures the light intensity passing through or reflected by the polarizer ( said the receiver being configured as an optoelectronic sensor element ( said polarizing structure (	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,196,993	2015-11-24	1. A connector unit comprising: a first connector having a first connector housing receiving a first terminal; and a second connector having a second connector housing receiving a second terminal, said first and second connectors being fitted to each other by facing each other and pressing in a fitting direction, wherein the second connector includes a spacer provided movably in between a temporary locking position where the second terminal is allowed to fall out of the second connector housing and a regular locking position where the second terminal is prevented from falling out of the second connector housing, wherein the first connector housing includes a fitting concave having an inner wall portion extended in the fitting direction and formed in substantially a circular shape, and the inner wall portion has a first step portion extended perpendicular to the fitting direction and projected inward of the fitting concave, wherein the second connector housing includes a fitting convex having an outer wall portion extended in the fitting direction and formed in substantially a columnar shape, and the outer wall portion has a second step portion indented inward of the fitting convex, the second step portion corresponding to the first step portion, and wherein the spacer is projected from at least two positions of a part of the outer wall portion and the second step portion of the fitting convex in the temporary locking position, and is sunken in the outer wall portion or arranged in the same plane as the outer wall portion in the regular locking position, and wherein one of the first step portion of the fitting concave and the second step portion of the fitting convex is provided with a guiding groove extended in the fitting direction, and the other is provided with a projection to be inserted into the guiding 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,514,828	2016-12-06	1. A nonvolatile memory device comprising: a memory cell array including a plurality of cell strings on a substrate, each of the cell strings including a plurality of cell transistors stacked on top of each other in a direction perpendicular to the substrate; an address decoder connected to the cell strings through a ground select line, word lines, dummy word lines and string select lines; a read & write circuit connected to the cell strings through bit lines; and a voltage generator,	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,121,837	2015-09-01	1. An environmental monitoring device, comprising: a plurality of sensors of different types, where the different types of sensor obtain values of different environmental parameters; a control unit to receive the obtained values of the different environmental parameters and to compare the obtained values against predetermined standards and criteria which define parameter ranges of the different environmental parameters; a display unit to display a real-time air quality report comprising a simultaneous forecast to provide an instant level assessment of at least one environmental parameter not obtained by the plurality of sensors; wherein real-time analysis of the obtained values of the different environmental parameters is performed by considering the interrelationship of the obtained values of the different environmental parameters in order to interpret the obtained values and make a recommendation based on the obtained values.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,738,312	2017-08-22	1. A continuously variable speed transmission and steering differential comprising: a. a laterally extending central drive axle rotatably driven by a power source; b. two pairs of drive sheaves namely a left and right pair, mounted to the drive axle; wherein each pair of drive sheaves includes a fixed drive sheave and a laterally moveable drive sheave along the drive axle; c. a means for transmitting rotational energy from the left drive sheaves to a left driven axle and from the right drive sheaves to a right driven axle; d. two spaced apart longitudinally extending shift arms connected to the moveable drive sheaves for controlling the positioning of the moveable drive sheaves; e. wherein narrowing or increasing the gap between the shift arms narrows or increases respectively the gap between each pair of drive sheaves and increases or decreases the gear ratio which increases or decreases the speed of the driven axles, thereby providing speed control; f. wherein shifting the shift arms either left or right varies the gear ratio between the left and right pair of sheaves which provides differential speed between the left and right driven axles thereby providing steering control; wherein said shift arms are connected to each other such that speed control and steering control is simultaneously and independently effected by controlling the position of the shift arms.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,590,370	2013-11-26	1. A power steering sensor assembly mounted in an electric power steering system, comprising: a sensing device comprising a plurality of coupling projections formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof and connected to input and output shafts; and a first housing having the sensing device housed therein and comprising a plurality of coupling grooves formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof, the coupling grooves each having an upper end which is opened, wherein when the sensing device is housed in the first housing, the coupling projections of the sensing device are inserted into the coupling grooves of the first housing, respectively, such that the sensing device is coupled to the first housing without being moved in a radial direction and an axial direction.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,641,209	2017-05-02	1. An applicator for aligning a screen protector on a portable electronic device with a screen, four edges and a rear face opposite to the screen, the applicator comprising a single piece body with both an engagement member and an alignment feature, the engagement member being arranged for edgewise engagement with no more than three of the four edges of the device to align the applicator with the device by movement in a direction generally parallel to the plane of the screen such that the alignment feature covers a portion of the face of the device comprising the screen which is not covered by the screen protector allowing an edge of the screen protector to be located with respect to the alignment feature, wherein the alignment feature is a bulge extending from an edge of the body.	0	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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,291,558	2016-03-22	1. A sensor comprising: a detector; a substrate arranged above the detector, the substrate having a first surface and a second surface parallel to the first surface and having a ring lens formed therein, the first surface having at least one sensor site provided thereon, the substrate configured such that on excitation of a sample provided at the sensor site, luminescence originating from the sensor site propagates into the substrate, the ring lens formed in the second surface of the substrate configured to selectively transmit the luminescence propagating within the substrate at angles greater than the critical angle out of the substrate; and a separate reflective optical element comprising a conical mirror being circularly symmetric when viewed along an axis passing through the at least one sensor site and which is perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface of the substrate, the conical mirror being co-operatively arranged with the substrate to provide for redirection of the transmitted light towards the detector where the transmitted light is detected, the ring lens and conical mirror being arranged relative to one another such that the light operably exits the substrate through the ring lens and is collimated by the conical mirror prior to detection by the detector, and wherein the second surface of the ring lens defines a recess within which a co-operable protrusion of a surface of the reflective optical element is receivable.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,765,122	2014-07-01	1. A formulation comprising biodegradable carriers loaded with chondroitinase ABC (cABC) or a functional derivative of cABC, wherein said biodegradable carriers have a size of about 700 nm to about 15 μm, wherein the biodegradable carriers are large enough to substantially not enter cells in contact with the carriers, and wherein the biodegradable carriers release said cABC or functional derivative of cABC for up to about one year after exposure to an in vivo environment.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,764,330	2014-07-01	1. A pencil comprising: a cartridge (	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,814,195	2017-11-14	1. A plant, a plant part, or a seed of soybean variety XB28AB15R, representative seed of the variety having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-122704.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,187,507	2015-11-17	1. An acyclic nucleoside phosphonate derivative of Formula I: wherein,	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,614,973	2017-04-04	1. A computer-implemented method to obtain Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) credentials for a device, the method comprising: receiving, at a system, first credentials and a first device identifier from a device; authenticating the device using the first credentials; after authenticating the device, obtaining, at the system, a second device identifier for the device based on the first credentials; establishing a connection between the system and a VoIP system configured to provide VoIP services; after establishing the connection, providing the first device identifier and the second device identifier to the VoIP system; receiving, at the system, VoIP credentials for the device, the VoIP credentials configured based on the first device identifier and configured to authenticate the device with the VoIP system such that the device is able to receive the VoIP services from the VoIP system without further communication with the system; and providing the VoIP credentials to the device from the system, wherein the VoIP credentials are passed through the system to the device and not maintained in the system after providing the VoIP credentials to the 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	1	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,569,871	2013-10-29	1. A semiconductor device having a molded package comprising: a semiconductor chip; a thick-film lead electrode having a plated Ag layer on part of the upper surface of the thick-film lead electrode, wherein the semiconductor chip is die-bonded to the plated Ag layer at the upper surface of the thick-film lead electrode, the semiconductor chip the second region of the plated Ag layer is adjacent to the first region of the plated Ag layer; a copper oxide film a thin-film lead electrode having a wire bonded to the semiconductor chip and to the upper surface of the thin-film lead electrode; and a molding material the molding material having opposed upper and lower surfaces, wherein a portion of the lower surface of the thick-film lead electrode is exposed at and on the lower surface of the molding material as a heat dissipating electrode, a portion of the upper surface of the thin-film lead electrode is exposed at and on the upper surface of the molding material as an input/output electrode, and a portion of the upper surface of the thick-film lead electrode is exposed at and on the package upper surface of the molding material as a grounding electrode.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,079,171	2015-07-14	1. A polymer comprising acidic monomers, ionic monomers, and acidic-ionic monomers connected to form a polymeric backbone, wherein each acidic monomer independently comprises at least one Bronsted-Lowry acid, wherein each ionic monomer independently comprises at least one nitrogen-containing cationic group or phosphorous-containing cationic group, and wherein each acidic-ionic monomer independently comprises at least one Bronsted-Lowry acid and at least one cationic group.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,329,664	2016-05-03	1. A method for managing power in a computer system including a main processor and an active memory device including powered units, the active memory device in communication with the main processor by a memory link, the powered unit comprising a processing element, the method comprising: executing, at the main processor, a program on a program thread; encountering, at the main processor, a first section of code to be executed by the active memory device; changing, by a first command, a power state of a powered unit on the active memory device based on the main processor encountering the first section of code, the first command comprising a store command; executing, by the processing element, the first section of code; changing a power state of the main processor from a power use state to a power saving state based on the processing element executing the first section of code; changing the power state of the memory link to a power saving mode based on the processing element starting execution of the first section of code; changing, by a second command, the power state of the main processor from the power saving state to the power use state based on the processing element completing execution of the first section of code; and executing, by the main processor, a second section of code based on changing the power state of the main processor from the power saving state to the power use state.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9,656,163	2017-05-23	1. In an emulator configured to operate on a network, a method for adding a haptic stimulus to an emulated program, wherein the haptic stimulus generates a haptic response, wherein the haptic response is feedback corresponding to the sense of touch, comprising: a) receiving an emulation request for emulation of a program, wherein the program is not originally configured to generate a haptic stimulus; b) determining if there is a haptic trigger within a set of emulated data derived from the program; c) generating a haptic stimulus when one or more haptic triggers are in the set of emulated data, wherein the haptic stimulus is configured to produce a haptic response when received by a client device platform; and d) delivering the haptic stimulus and the emulated data to the client device platform.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,924,417	2014-12-30	1. A content reproduction method comprising: reproducing an audio file, if a reproduction command of the audio file is input; extracting metadata on the audio file; searching for video content related to the audio file based on the metadata; and receiving the video content, wherein in the searching for the video content, if a plurality of video contents are found, one of the video contents is selected based on resolution.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,534,833	2017-01-03	1. A basket for a refrigerator comprising: a basket body having a receiving space therein for storing food, the receiving space formed by a plurality of walls including a first wall and a second wall facing the first wall; a partition member disposed in the receiving space to partition the receiving space of the basket body; a pair of guide slots respectively defined in the first and second walls of the basket body and formed lengthwise in a direction in which the partition is movable, the pair of guide slots configured to guide movement of the partition member; a pair of guide members disposed on respective outer surfaces of the first and second walls, the guide members being coupled to the partition through the guide slots, to move as one body with the partition member; and a pair of cover members disposed at each of the guide slots, wherein each of the pair of cover members includes: an inner bracket provided on an inner surface of the first or second wall; and an outer bracket provided on the outer surface of the first or second wall.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,789,926	2014-07-29	1. A driving circuit which includes a plurality of MOS transistors electrically connected in parallel between a first node and a second node, and drives a load electrically connected between the first node and a third node by the plurality of MOS transistors, wherein the plurality of MOS transistors include at least two MOS transistors having channel lengths different from each other thereby having threshold voltages different from each other, the at least two MOS transistors include a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor having a longer channel length than that of the first MOS transistor, and the second MOS transistor has a larger threshold voltage than that of the first MOS transistor, and wherein each of the plurality of MOS transistors includes: a first conductivity type well region and a second conductivity type well region formed on a semiconductor substrate, a first conductivity type drain region formed in part of the first conductivity type well region, a first conductivity type source region formed in part of the second conductivity type well region, a LOCOS formed on part of the first conductivity type well region, and a gate electrode formed on the second conductivity type well region via a gate oxide film and on the LOCOS.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,710,671	2014-04-29	1. A multi-level integrated circuit comprising a superposition of at least a first and second stacks of layers of materials, and including at least: a first row of first electronic devices realized in the first stack, the first row extending parallel to a first direction and fitting into a first volume with a substantially parallelepiped rectangle shape corresponding to a portion of the first stack and having, in a first plane parallel to a contact surface between the first stack and the second stack, edges perpendicular to the first direction and with dimension H a second row of second electronic devices realized in the second stack, the second row extending parallel to the first direction and fitting into a second volume with a substantially parallelepiped rectangle shape corresponding to a portion of the second stack, placed on the first volume and having, in said first plane, edges perpendicular to the first direction and with dimension H a plurality of electrical connection elements electrically connecting inputs and outputs of the first electronic devices of the first row to electrically conductive input/output contacts arranged above the second stack, passing through the second stack of layers, each connection element fitting into a third volume corresponding to a portion of the second stack and being placed on the first volume next to the second volume.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0
9,535,032	2017-01-03	1. A system, comprising: a cartridge including a sensor structure, the sensor structure including multiple sensors positioned on a substrate, a common channel defined in the cartridge such that a fluid flowing in the common channel contacts each of the sensors as a result of the fluid flowing from an inlet of the common channel to an outlet of the common channel, and	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,506,263	2013-08-13	1. A vacuum pump comprising: a pumping mechanism; a drive shaft for driving the pumping mechanism; a gear box connected to the drive shaft for rotating the drive shaft; and pressure control means defining a path to allow fluid to flow from a swept volume of the pumping mechanism into the gear box and vice versa to reduce the pressure difference therebetween, wherein a part of the path is defined by a first conduit extending between the pumping mechanism and the gear box and being separate from and other than a fluid passage along the drive shaft, and, located in said path, a reservoir for collecting oil passing via the fluid passage along the drive shaft from the gear box towards the pumping mechanism so that, in use, pressurised fluid flowing from the pumping mechanism towards the gear box urges oil collected in the reservoir towards the gear box via a second conduit separate from and other than the fluid passage along the drive shaft.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,799,222	2014-08-05	1. A host-based replication snapshot method, comprising: synchronizing a set of data objects stored at both a replication source node and a secondary node; identifying changed data objects out of the set of data objects from the replication source node that have been modified during a time period between a first time and a subsequent second time; transmitting metadata indicating the changed data objects from the replication source node to the secondary node; generating a snapshot at the second time on the secondary node by using the metadata; and mounting an application onto the snapshot at the secondary node by using the synchronized set of data objects stored at the secondary node and the metadata, wherein the application is mounted on the snapshot prior to transmitting the changed data objects from the replication source node to the secondary node, and wherein the set of data objects stored at both the replication source node and the secondary node are synchronized prior to mounting the application.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,890,451	2014-11-18	1. A sensorless control unit for a brushless DC motor, comprising: a processor configured to: set a forced commutation mode to rotate the brushless DC motor during start-up of the brushless DC motor; and make a switchover to a sensorless control mode when a rotor position becomes detectable, wherein: in the forced commutation mode, a rotation speed is increased from a predetermined rotation speed by a predetermined increase amount each time and forced commutation is executed until the rotation speed reaches a set rotation speed, the switchover to the sensorless control mode is made when the rotation speed reaches the set rotation speed and the rotor position becomes detectable, and the predetermined amount of increase in the rotation speed is constant, and a duration of the forced commutation at each rotation speed is reduced with the increase in the rotation speed.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,363,317	2016-06-07	1. A method for writing data to a storage pool, comprising: receiving a virtual identifier (ID) and an offset for an object, wherein the virtual ID comprises an object ID and a node ID; obtaining, using the node ID, an object layout (OL) for the object from a first storage server; generating a value using the object ID and the offset; identifying a second storage server in the storage pool using a global namespace layout (GL), the OL, and the value; and issuing a write request to write data to the object in the second storage server, wherein the write request comprises the object ID and the offset.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,656,729	2017-05-23	1. A double-shell ship tank structure, which is a structure of a horizontal type cylindrical double-shell tank mounted on a ship, the structure comprising: an inner shell storing a liquefied gas; an outer shell forming a vacuum space between the inner shell and the outer shell; and a pair of support units disposed between the inner shell and the outer shell and supporting the inner shell from below with respect to the direction of gravity at positions spaced apart from each other in an axial direction of the tank, wherein each of the pair of support units includes: each of the cylindrical elements is made of glass fiber reinforced plastic, and at least one of the cylindrical elements is arranged such that a distance between the at least one cylindrical element and at least one of two directly adjacent cylindrical elements on either side of the at least one cylindrical element in the circumferential direction is less than the width of the at least one cylindrical element, or a distance between the inner shell and the outer shell.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9,652,298	2017-05-16	1. A computer-implemented method comprising: monitoring execution of a plurality of groups of software threads executing on a physical machine, wherein the physical machine comprises a physical hardware platform that includes a plurality of processor packages, the processor packages each having a plurality of processor cores and having a plurality of package power states, wherein the plurality of package power states includes an independent package power state, and wherein each of the processor packages can enter the independent package power state independently of other processor packages in the plurality of processor packages; obtaining a respective independent power state measure for each of the processor packages, wherein the independent power state measure provides a measure of a percentage of time the processor package spends in the independent package power state; obtaining a respective load measure for each of the processor packages, wherein the load measure provides a measure of a percentage of time the processor package was in use during a time window; adjusting an allocation of the plurality of groups of software threads across the plurality of processor packages based in part on the independent power state measures for the packages and the load measures for the packages; and classifying each of the plurality of processor packages into a respective category based on the load measures and the independent power state measures.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9,581,839	2017-02-28	1. A method of manufacturing a display device, the method comprising: placing a carrier, in which a display panel is formed, into a film attachment portion such that the carrier is pulled onto a carrier adsorption surface of a first stage; attaching a first protection film onto a first surface of the display panel in the film attachment portion, wherein the first surface is located opposite to a second surface of the display panel that faces the carrier; first transferring the first stage to a carrier separation portion; separating the display panel from the carrier; second transferring the display panel to a second stage such that the attached protection film is pulled onto a second film adsorption surface of the second stage; third transferring the second stage, on which the attached protection film is pulled from the carrier separation portion, to a transfer portion; separating the display panel from the second stage; placing the display panel on the transfer portion such that the second surface faces the transfer portion; removing the carrier from the first stage after separating the display panel from the carrier; fourth transferring the display panel to the film attachment portion such that the first protection film is pulled onto a first film adsorption surface of the first stage so that the display panel is supported via the first stage; and attaching a second protection film onto the second surface of the display panel in the film attachment 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	1	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,077,403	2015-07-07	1. A network multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless signal transmission and power control system, comprising: a plurality of adjacently arranged cells, each being a regular polygon and comprising: wherein, the directional antennas point towards connection points of the adjoining sides, and sectorize the cell into a plurality of kite-shaped sections by regarding the directional antennas as centers, and the power adjustment unit is for controlling power output of the directional antennas, wherein each of the kite-shaped sections comprises a central coverage area adjacent to the center of the cell and an edge coverage area adjacent to the adjoining sides of the cell, and wherein a specific power and a user number of the central coverage area are respectively defined as Pc and x, a specific power and a user number of the edge coverage area are respectively defined as Pe and y, and a specific power and a user number outside the edge coverage area of other collaborative adjacent cells are respectively defined as Pe′ and z; it is defined that Pta =xPc+yPe+zPe′, and K =zPe′/Pta; when K is greater than an outer area threshold coefficient Kmax, the power adjustment unit is applied to reduce the specific power outside the edge coverage area.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,105,900	2015-08-11	1. A battery pack having an exterior case formed with one or more hole sections, the battery pack comprising: a battery cell in which a positive electrode terminal section is formed on one end surface thereof and a negative electrode terminal section is formed on the other end surface; a battery holder having a plurality of battery cell receiving sections receiving the battery cell; and a metal plate joined to the battery holder and formed with a terminal contact section, wherein an end of the battery cell receiving sections is opened, and an end section having an opening is formed in the other end of the battery cell receiving sections, an elastic body having an opening is placed between the one end surface of the battery cell and the end section of the battery cell receiving sections, a predetermined portion of the elastic body is constricted by an end surface near the positive electrode terminal section and an inner surface of the end section, and a portion of the elastic body exposed from the opening of the battery cell receiving sections is constricted by the positive electrode terminal section and the metal plate near the terminal contact section.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,054,696	2015-06-09	1. A gate driving circuit, comprising a plurality of gate driving units, wherein each gate driving unit outputs a gate signal through a gate line coupled thereto, and each gate driving unit includes: an actuating unit configured to transmit an actuation signal; an energy storage unit coupled to an output end of the actuating unit to receive the actuation signal, and configured to execute a charging process under the action of the actuation signal and output a driving voltage; a pull-up unit coupled between the output end of the energy storage unit and the gate line to receive the driving voltage, and configured to pull up a gate signal on the gate line under the action of the driving voltage and a time pulse signal; a first pull-down unit coupled to the energy storage unit and the gate line, and configured to pull the driving voltage and the gate signal down to a first reference voltage under the action of a first control signal; a second pull-down unit coupled to the energy storage unit and the gate line, and configured to pull the driving voltage and the gate signal down to the first reference voltage under the action of a second control signal; and a third pull-down unit coupled to the energy storage unit, and configured to pull the driving voltage down, under the action of a third control signal, to a second reference voltage lower than the first reference 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	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
8,738,598	2014-05-27	1. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method comprising: instantiating at least one iterator in response to a search request, wherein the iterator includes fixed state information that remains constant over a life of the iterator, and includes dynamic state information that is updated over the life of the iterator; creating a storage structure associated with the iterator and storing a representation of the dynamic state information in the storage structure; creating a stack structure that includes a plurality of entries, further storing the representation of the dynamic state information in one of the entries, and further storing at least a further representation of a further instance of the dynamic state information in a further one of the entries; traversing the iterator through at least a portion of at least one postings list in connection with performing a search in response to the search request; updating at least one instance of the dynamic state information, as the iterator traverses through at least the portion of the postings list while performing the search; and evaluating whether to create a checkpoint of the iterator at one or more points during the iterator traversing through at least the portion of the postings list while performing the search, wherein the checkpoint includes at least a representation of the dynamic state information at one of the points.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,719,976	2017-08-01	1. A method of detecting phase change temperatures of a sample of molten iron or molten cast iron, the method comprising the steps of: providing a detection device including a temperature sensor and a sample cup with a cavity configured to receive a sample of molten iron or molten cast iron and allow the sample of molten iron or cast iron to solidify therein in a white structure; arranging a blob in the cavity, wherein the blob is configured to contact the sample of molten iron or cast iron as it solidifies within the cavity, the blob comprising a tellurium carbide stabilizer and magnesium hydroxide as a hydrogen releasing material; depositing a sample of molten iron or molten cast iron into the cavity, the blob reacting with the molten iron or molten cast iron sample upon contact therewith, such that hydrogen is released from the magnesium hydroxide into the molten iron or molten cast iron sample and the released hydrogen and tellurium promote the solidification of the molten iron or molten cast iron sample in a white structure; and allowing the molten iron or molten cast iron sample to solidify while simultaneously measuring phase change temperatures of the solidifying sample.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,827,279	2017-11-28	1. A method of controlling or reducing a patient's blood uric acid level in a hyperuricemia patient in need of the same which comprises orally administering to the hyperuricemia patient a therapeutically effective amount of a wherein said extract is prepared by a method comprising extracting	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,673,005	2014-03-18	1. A spinal fusion implant for implantation via a lateral surgical approach in an interbody space between an upper vertebral body and a lower vertebral body, said interbody space being at least partially defined by a posterior aspect, an anterior aspect, and opposing lateral aspects, said implant comprising: a top surface including anti-migration elements for contacting said upper vertebral body when said implant is positioned within the interbody space, a bottom surface including anti-migration elements for contacting said lower vertebral body when said implant is positioned within the interbody space, proximal and distal walls, and an anterior wall configured to face said anterior aspect of said interbody space when said implant is positioned within the interbody space, and a posterior wall configured to face said posterior aspect of said interbody space when said implant is positioned within the interbody space, said distal wall, proximal wall, anterior wall, and posterior wall comprising a radiolucent material, wherein said distal wall, proximal wall, anterior wall, and posterior wall provide a generally D-shaped circumference of said implant; wherein said implant has a longitudinal length extending from a proximal end of said proximal wall to a distal end of said distal wall, a lateral width extending generally perpendicularly relative to the longitudinal length, and a height extending generally perpendicularly relative to the longitudinal length, wherein said longitudinal length is greater than said lateral width and said height; a single fusion aperture extending between said top surface and said bottom surface configured to permit bone growth between said upper and lower vertebral bodies when said implant is positioned within the interbody space, wherein said single fusion aperture is positioned between said distal wall, proximal wall, anterior wall, and posterior wall, said single fusion aperture having: a longitudinal aperture length extending generally parallel to the longitudinal length of said implant, and a lateral aperture width extending generally parallel to the lateral width of said implant, wherein the longitudinal aperture length extends for greater than half of the longitudinal length of said implant, and wherein the longitudinal aperture width extends for greater than half of the lateral width of said implant; at least three radiopaque markers; wherein a first of the at least three radiopaque markers is disposed at least partially within said radiolucent material at a position distal of the single fusion aperture, a second of said at least three radiopaque markers is disposed at least partially within said radiolucent material at a position proximal of the single fusion aperture, and a third of said at least three radiopaque markers is disposed at least partially within said radiolucent material at a position lateral of the single fusion aperture.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,366,470	2016-06-14	1. A refrigerator comprising: a main body having an enclosable interior compartment, the compartment including at least one wall having and at least one channel recessed into the wall; at least one shelf mounted in the compartment; and a fixing rail including a base part to be fixedly secured in the channel, the base part including a slot, and an insert that is adapted to be slidably received in the slot, wherein the base part, in cross section or along an end view, has a bottom portion that faces a bottom of the channel, side portions that face sides of the channel, and a top portion that is positioned flush with or slightly below a plane defined by adjacent portions of the wall, wherein the base part further comprises a transition between the top portion and each side portion, the transition including a curved radius that converges with the top portion to form an outwardly extending pointed tip that is positioned flush with or slightly below the plane defined by adjacent portions of the wall, wherein the fixing rail is mounted to the wall and within the channel so that the fixing rail is positioned substantially flush with the plane defined by portions of the wall adjacent to the channel, wherein a side of each channel and the corresponding wall of the compartment form a curved corner such that the curved radius of the transition is flush with the curved corner, and wherein the fixing rail has a plurality of mounting locations for the shelf to allow adjustable mounting of the shelf relative to the wall.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,768,219	2014-07-01	1. A bias charging member comprising: a) a conductive core, and b) an outer surface layer disposed on the conductive core, the outer surface layer comprising carbon black and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, wherein the outer surface layer has a surface resistivity of from about 1×10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,577,493	2013-11-05	1. A method for manufacturing a dental prosthesis, comprising: receiving a three dimensional data indicative of a patient's oral cavity; generating based on the three dimensional data a dentition model so as to identify a prosthesis preparation and external surface shape geometry of a prosthesis coupling portion of the preparation; generating, based on the dentition model, prosthesis data comprising three dimensional shape data of a preparation coupling portion of the prosthesis, wherein the preparation coupling portion is configured for coupling the prosthesis and the preparation, the prosthesis data further comprising three dimensional shape data of an external surface of the prosthesis configured to match adjacent teeth in the patient's oral cavity; and transmitting prosthesis data for manufacture of the prosthesis such that the coupling portion of the prosthesis and coupling portion of the preparation have a predetermined criteria comprising a fitting tolerance in a predetermined range of dimensional accuracy, wherein manufacturing the prosthesis according to the predetermined criteria is shared among a service center and a dental lab, wherein the prosthesis data comprises a surface feature located on the coupling portion of the prosthesis and having a geometry configured to maintain proper spatial alignment between the coupling portion of the prosthesis and the external surface of the prosthesis.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,245,529	2016-01-26	1. A method of a digital signal processor for encoding samples in a digital signal, wherein the digital signal is a digital audio signal, the method comprising: considering every value in a plurality of samples of the digital signal; and lossless encoding the plurality of samples via the signal processor; wherein an output number of bits is adapted for coding efficiency when a value in a range of possible distinct data values of the plurality of samples is missing in the plurality of samples and reducing a number of required bits based on the distinct data values; encoding an indicator that identifies the particular value that is missing from the range of possible distinct data values, an indicator identifying a data value set of the plurality of samples, and data related to the value in the range; and transmitting, to a receiver, the encoded plurality of samples and the encoded indicator that identifies the particular value that is missing from the range of possible distinct data values, the indicator identifying a data value set of the plurality of samples, and the data related to the value in the range, wherein the output number of bits is adapted by one of method 1 or method 2, wherein method 1 includes:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,515,046	2013-08-20	1. A method, comprising: receiving a call at a network-based call control manager, the call from a calling party at a calling number to a called party at a called number; storing in a network-based database a selection of ring tones associated with calling numbers and with types of calls; determining the calling number is unassociated in the selection of ring tones; prompting the calling party to identify a type of the call; determining the calling party refused to identify the type of the call; typing the call in a predetermined manner in response to the calling party refusing to identify the type of the call; retrieving a ring tone associated with the predetermined manner; notifying the network-based call control manager of the ring tone; and presenting the ring tone on the call.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,552,200	2013-10-08	1. A substituted compound of formula (I): wherein R R R R R in which an “aliphatic group” and an “aliphatic residue” can in each case be branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated, in which a “cycloaliphatic residue” and a “heterocycloaliphatic residue” can in each case be saturated or unsaturated, in which “mono- or polysubstituted” with respect to an “aliphatic group” and an “aliphatic residue” relates, with respect to the corresponding residues or groups, to the substitution of one or more hydrogen atoms each independently of one another by at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, I, NO in which “mono- or polysubstituted” with respect to a “cycloaliphatic residue” and a “heterocycloaliphatic residue” relates, with respect to the corresponding residues, to the substitution of one or more hydrogen atoms each independently of one another by at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, I, NO in which “mono- or polysubstituted” with respect to “aryl” and a “heteroaryl” relates, with respect to the corresponding residues, to the substitution of one or more hydrogen atoms each independently of one another by at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, I, NO an NH(C said compound being in the form of a free compound, the racemate, a mixture of enantiomers, diastereomers, or of enantiomers and diastereomers in any mixing ratio, or of an individual enantiomer or diastereomer, or in the form of a salt of physiologically acceptable acids or bases.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,229,007	2016-01-05	1. A method for detecting at least one compound comprising a thiol group and an amino group, comprising: combining a sample potentially comprising at least one compound comprising a thiol group and an amino group with a solution comprising a probe having a structure according to general formula II where R 1 -R 4 independently are hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, thiol, thioether, lower aliphatic, or lower alkoxy, x is an integer from 0 to 4, and each R 5 independently is halogen, hydroxyl, thiol, thioether, lower aliphatic, or lower alkoxy; allowing a reaction between the compound and the probe to proceed for an effective period of time; and detecting the at least one compound by detecting fluorescence of the 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,733,456	2017-08-15	1. An optical image capturing system, from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens element with refractive power; a second lens element with refractive power; a third lens element with refractive power; a fourth lens element with refractive power; a fifth lens element with refractive power; a sixth lens element with refractive power; and an image plane; wherein the optical image capturing system consists of the six lens elements with refractive power, a maximum height for image formation on the image plane perpendicular to the optical axis in the optical image capturing system is denoted by HOI, at least two lens elements among the first through sixth lens elements respectively have at least one inflection point on at least one surface thereof, at least one lens element among the first through sixth lens elements has positive refractive power, focal lengths of the first through sixth lens elements are f1, f2, f3, f4, f5 and f6 respectively, a focal length of the optical image capturing system is f, an entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system is HEP, a distance on an optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens element to the image plane is HOS, a distance on an optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is InTL, a half of a maximum view angle of the optical image capturing system is HAF, a length of outline curve from an axial point on any surface of any one of the six lens elements to a coordinate point of vertical height with a distance of a half of the entrance pupil diameter from the optical axis on the surface along an outline of the surface is denoted as ARE, the following relations are satisfied: 1.0≦f/HEP≦2.2, 0.5≦HOS/f≦5.0 and 0.9≦2(ARE/HEP)≦1.5.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,472,284	2016-10-18	1. A memory apparatus, comprising: a first die comprising a first array of flash memory cells; a first control circuit for generating sectors of a first size with the first array; a second die comprising a second array of flash memory cells; a second control circuit for generating sectors of a second size different than the first size within the second array; and a plurality of TSV connections between the first die and second die.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,168,783	2015-10-27	1. A pivot hanger assembly adapted for mounting to a rectangular perimeter of a structural supporting location of a vehicle lift, said assembly comprising: a clamp subassembly having a first bracket, a second bracket and a third bracket which are each “L” shaped, and are inter-adjustably assembleable with one another for affixing around the rectangular perimeter of the structural supporting location of the vehicle lift; each bracket comprising a first side and a second side perpendicularly flanged relative to the first side such to respectively form the “L” shape of each bracket, and the brackets are assembled such that the second bracket is slidably mounted between the first bracket and the third bracket with the first side of each one of the brackets vertically oriented, and the second side of each one of the brackets horizontally oriented; said first bracket exhibiting spaced apart hinge collar supports vertically extending along the first side of the first bracket; a length extending slot respectively defined within the second side of said second bracket and the first side of said third bracket; a first pair of studs that are spaced apart from one another and exteriorly threaded are each anchored to and extend from an exterior surface the second side of the first bracket, and a second pair of studs that are spaced apart from one another and exteriorly threaded are each anchored base to and extend from an exterior surface the first side of the second bracket, said first pair of studs passing through said upon slot of the second bracket upon mounting the second side of the second bracket on the second side of the first bracket, said second pair of studs passing through said slot of the third bracket upon mounting the first side of the third bracket on the first side of the second bracket, a nut threadably engaging over a respective projecting end of each one of said first pair and second pair of studs to adjustably affix the first bracket, the second bracket and the third bracket around the rectangular perimeter of the structural support location such that the inner surface of the first bracket, the second bracket and the third bracket contact exterior surfaces defined by the rectangular perimeter of the structural supporting location, said brackets each being adjustable along a first axis and a second axis while mounted on the rectangular perimeter of the structural support location of the vehicle lift, wherein the second axis is perpendicular to the first axis; an elongated arm exhibiting additional spaced apart hinge collar supports along a proximal end which align with said spaced apart hinge collar supports of said first bracket such to define a continuous and cylindrical channel, said elongated arm further comprising a first proximal end located profile converging at a neck transition radii to an upwardly angled and distal end extending profile; and a hinge pin inserted into the continuous channel hingedly mounts said arm to said clamp subassembly such to permit the arm to bear load.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,435,963	2013-05-07	1. A composition for inducing weight loss wherein said composition consists essentially of: a) yohimbine; b) 11-hydroxy yohimbine; c) alpha-yohimbine; d) methyl synephrine; e) R-beta methylphenylethylamine; f) n-methyl beta methylphenylethylamine and/or n-methyl beta phenylethylamine; g) methyl hordenine; and h) methyl tetradecylthioacetic acid.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,806,438	2014-08-12	1. A method of collaborative software debugging in a distributed system, the distributed system comprising a debug server, a plurality of debug clients, and a data communications network, the debug server coupled for data communications to the plurality of debug clients through the data communications network, the debug server comprising a debug administrator, a message router, a back-end debugger, and a debuggee, the method comprising: receiving, by the debug server from the debug clients asynchronously during a debug session of the debuggee, a plurality of application-level messages, including receiving, from a requesting debug client, a request to establish a variable-specific message for a particular variable, the variable-specific message comprising an identifier of the requesting debug client, and content to be displayed in association with the particular variable in a debug client's client-specific graphical user interface (‘GUI’) upon evaluation of the particular variable; routing, by the message router in accordance with an application-level message passing protocol, the application-level messages among the debug clients, the debug administrator, and the back-end debugger, thereby providing distributed control of the back-end debugger to the debug clients with application-level messages routed to the back-end debugger, including establishing the variable-specific message for the particular variable; and returning, by the debug server to the debug clients, in response to the application-level messages routed to the back-end debugger, client-specific debug results, including responsive to each request by a variable evaluating debug client to evaluate a variable:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,004,133	2015-04-14	1. An apparatus to prepare a corrugated product, comprising: (a) a first pair of drive rollers to drive a middle substrate, actuated to have a velocity V (b) a form guide; wherein the form guide provides an upper surface to guide an upper substrate and a lower surface to guide a lower substrate; (c) a second pair of drive rollers actuated to have a velocity V (d) wherein V (e) a bonding device positioned about the upper surface and the lower surface of the form guide, wherein the bonding device attaches the middle substrate to the upper and lower substrates; wherein a corrugated product is prepared.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,023,959	2015-05-05	1. A catalyst composition comprising: an activator-support comprising a fluorided-chlorided silica-coated alumina; a metallocene compound; and optionally, a co-catalyst; wherein: a catalyst activity of the catalyst composition is greater than that of a catalyst system containing a fluorided silica-coated alumina, under the same polymerization conditions.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,343,148	2016-05-17	1. A device for determining an actual cell state of a resistive memory cell having a plurality M of programmable cell states, the device comprising: a sensing circuit configured to sense a sensing voltage of the resistive memory cell and configured to output a resultant value in response to the sensing voltage which is indicative of the actual cell state; a settling circuit configured to settle the sensing voltage to a certain target voltage representing one of the plurality M of programmable cell states; a prebiasing circuit configured to prebiase a bitline capacitance of the resistive memory cell such that the sensing voltage is close to the certain target voltage; and a resistor coupled in parallel to the resistive memory cell, wherein the resistor is configured to reduce an effective resistance seen by the prebiasing circuit.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,660,538	2014-02-25	1. A method of providing business services to a customer via a wireless device used by the customer, comprising the steps of: (a) enrolling a customer in a telematics service subscription; (b) receiving an email address from the customer during telematics subscription enrollment; (c) sending an email to the received email address comprising a universal resource locator (URL) linking the customer to business services; (d) receiving a wireless telephone number from the customer enrolled in the telematics service subscription via a website identified by the URL, wherein the wireless telephone number comprises a wireless email address; (e) initiating an email to the wireless telephone number; (f) converting the email to a short message service (SMS) message; and (g) sending the SMS message to the 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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,351,147	2016-05-24	1. An apparatus configured to set a roaming parameter, the apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive terminal information from a terminal connected to a wireless local area network (LAN), the terminal information comprising information of a model of the terminal and information of a user of the terminal; a calculator configured to calculate a roaming parameter of the terminal based on the received terminal information and roaming parameters corresponding to terminal models connectable to the wireless LAN; and a transmitter configured to transmit the calculated roaming parameter to the terminal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,036,628	2015-05-19	1. A network comprising: a user profile server storing user profile information; a first switch comprising a first internet protocol address in communication with the user profile server and storing first configuration data in response to the user profile information stored in the user profile server; a second switch comprising a second internet protocol address in communication with the user profile server and storing the first configuration data in response to the user profile information stored in the user profile server; and a configuration system in communication with the first switch and in communication with the second switch, the configuration system 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,549,180	2017-01-17	1. A method of decoding video data, the method comprising: determining that a current prediction unit (PU) of a current view of video data is encoded using a motion vector, wherein the current PU is within a coding unit (CU); based on a determination that a neighboring PU to the current PU is also within the CU, retrieving a first set of motion information for a PU outside the CU and that neighbors the CU; based on a determination that the first set of the motion information for the PU outside the CU defines a disparity motion vector, adding a second set of motion information from a PU of a reference view to a candidate list for the current PU, wherein the PU of the reference view is determined using the disparity motion vector; selecting a motion vector predictor from the second set of motion information; and decoding the motion vector based on the motion vector predictor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,426,722	2013-04-23	1. A photovoltaic cell, comprising: one or more overlying electron-conducting layers each comprising one or more electron-conducting materials; one or more overlying hole-conducting layers each comprising one or more hole-conducting materials; one or more overlying photoactive conversion layers, each of the overlying photoactive conversion layers being disposed between the one or more overlying electron-conducting layers and the one or more overlying hole-conducting layers, each of the photoactive conversion layers comprising one or more distinct overlying semiconductor and oxide layers, each semiconductor and oxide layer comprising a multiplicity of semiconductor grains arranged in a distinct oxide matrix, wherein each of the semiconductor grains is substantially columnar, wherein each of the semiconductor grains has a height substantially equal to that of a thickness of the respective distinct semiconductor and oxide layer, wherein the oxide matrix is dispersed at least at circumferential grain boundaries of the semiconductor grains; and wherein each of one or more of the overlying photoactive conversion layers comprises: a substrate, wherein: one or more electrically conducting interlayers that promote vertical columnar growth of semiconductor grains from an adjacent semiconductor and oxide layer respectively during deposition of the adjacent layers; one or more metal and oxide layers, each of the one or more metal and oxide layers being disposed between the one or more overlying electron-conducting layers and the one or more overlying hole-conducting layers, each of the metal and oxide layers comprising a multiplicity of metallic grains arranged in an oxide matrix, wherein each of the metallic grains is substantially columnar, wherein each of the metallic grains has a height substantially equal to that of a thickness of the respective metal and oxide layer, and wherein the oxide matrix is dispersed at least at circumferential grain boundaries of the metallic grains and wherein one or more of the metal and oxide layers are disposed between: the one or more overlying n-type semiconductor and oxide layers and the one or more overlying p-type semiconductor and oxide layers within a respective photoactive conversion layer; adjacent photoactive conversion layers of the one or more photoactive conversion layers; the one or more overlying electron-conducting layers and the one of the one or more photoactive conversion layers most closely disposed in proximity to the one or more overlying electron-conducting layers; and/or the one or more overlying hole-conducting layers and the one of the one or more photoactive conversion layers most closely disposed in proximity to the one or more overlying hole-conducting layers.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9,118,483	2015-08-25	1. A communication system comprising: a first relay device connected to a first network accessible by a specific user and a user other than the specific user; and a second relay device connected to a second network and the first network accessible by the specific user, the first relay device including the second relay device 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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,076,646	2015-07-07	1. A method comprising: (a) introducing a first reactant in vapor phase into a reaction chamber having a substrate therein, and allowing the first reactant to adsorb onto a surface of the substrate; (b) purging the reaction chamber after a flow of the first reactant has ceased; (c) introducing a second reactant in vapor phase into the reaction chamber while the first reactant is adsorbed onto the substrate surface; (d) exposing the substrate surface to plasma to drive a surface reaction between the first and second reactants on the substrate surface to form a film layer that lines the gap, wherein the plasma is a pulsed plasma; (e) extinguishing the plasma; and (f) purging the reaction chamber, wherein a ratio between a wet etch rate of the film layer at a middle portion of a sidewall of the gap (WE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,740,506	2014-06-03	1. A positioning apparatus comprising: a stage having a surface that is flat and on which a thin plate-like object is set, the plate-like object being a piezoelectric element having a shape that is quadrangle and is to be attached to an attaching part of a head suspension, the stage's surface having a first area within which the piezoelectric element is roughly positioned and a second area within which the piezoelectric element is positioned at a target position corresponding to the attaching part; a stop unit receiving the piezoelectric element set on the stage in a planar direction of the piezoelectric element along the surface of the stage so that the piezoelectric element is positioned at the target position in the second area of the surface; and a pushing unit that blows a gas to push the piezoelectric element toward the stop unit in the planar direction so that the piezoelectric element slides on the stage; and wherein the stop unit has two stop faces corresponding to adjacent two sides of an outer periphery of the piezoelectric element; wherein the pushing unit has a single nozzle opening oriented in the planar direction toward a corner area between the two stop faces, so that the nozzle opening faces two side faces at an outer periphery of the piezoelectric element, said two side faces being distal to said corner area when the piezoelectric element is roughly positioned in the first area of the stage; and wherein the pushing unit blows the gas through the single nozzle opening toward the corner area between the two stop faces, whereby the blown gas hits said two end faces of the piezoelectric element that is roughly positioned in the first area of the stage and enters under the roughly-positioned piezoelectric element to slide the roughly-positioned piezoelectric element toward the target position in the second area.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,560,697	2013-10-15	1. A Virtual Private Network (VPN) configurer for configuring Layer 1 VPNs on a communications network, the VPN configurer comprising: management plane logic operable to assign at least one Layer 1 network resource to Layer 1 VPNs; and control plane logic configured:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,823,536	2017-11-21	1. A method of forming an electrochromic multilayer device, comprising: providing a first substrate comprising a first transparent electrically conductive layer and a second substrate comprising a second transparent electrically conductive layer; scribing the first conductive layer with a laser to form a first patterned transparent electrically conductive layer having a first simulated sheet resistance to the flow of electrical current that varies as a function of position in the first patterned electrically conductive layer; scribing the second conductive layer with a laser to form a second patterned transparent electrically conductive layer to have a second simulated sheet resistance to the flow of electrical current that varies as a function of position in the second patterned electrically conductive layer; forming a first electrode layer comprising an electrochromic material over the patterned first transparent electrically conductive layer; forming a second electrode layer comprising an electrochromic material over the patterned second transparent electrically conductive layer; and providing an ion conductor material between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer to form the electrochromic multilayer 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9,119,447	2015-09-01	1. A method of manufacturing a bulk metallic glass object comprising: melting a metallic alloy comprising at least Pt, P, Si and B as alloying elements, wherein the Pt is present in the alloy at a weight fraction of about 0.925 or greater, and wherein the alloy is configured to form the bulk metallic glass object having a thickness of at least 0.5 mm into a molten state to form a molten metallic alloy; and quenching the molten metallic alloy at a cooling rate sufficiently rapid to prevent crystallization of the alloy.	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,585,984	2017-03-07	1. A preparation method of an antibacterial cornea repair material, comprising: (1) purifying type I collagen extracted from beef tendons, and using an acetic acid or hydrochloric acid solution to prepare a collagen solution with a concentration of 6.0-10.0 mg/mL; (2) casting the collagen solution into a mould of an antibacterial cornea repair material, and air drying the collagen solution at room temperature to form a collagen membrane; (3) soaking the collagen membrane obtained in step (2) in an antibiotic solution containing 5.0-25.0 mg/mL of an antibiotic, stirring the antibiotic solution until the collagen membrane is in contact with the antibiotic solution, adding a crosslinking agent and a catalyst to the antibiotic solution contacted with the collagen membrane, stirring to perform a crosslinking reaction to obtain a crosslinked membrane material, wherein the crosslinking agent to the catalyst is in a mass ratio of 4:1, and a total of the collagen membrane and the antibiotic to the crosslinking agent is in a mass ratio of (5-7):1; and (4) taking out the crosslinked membrane material obtained in step (3), washing the crosslinked membrane material 3-5 times with deionized water, and air drying the crosslinked membrane material at room temperature to obtain the antibacterial cornea repair material.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,795,843	2014-08-05	1. An acrylic film comprising a polymer comprising (i) a mono(meth)acrylate unit and (ii) a di(meth)acrylate unit of formula (1): wherein (X) represents at least one repeat unit selected from the group consisting of C (X) R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,409,225	2016-08-09	1. A tube expander for heat exchanger coil units, the tube expander comprising: a frame; a first back unit connected to the frame, the first back unit at least partially defining an internal region; a first door assembly movably connected to the first back unit and to which at least a first heat exchanger coil unit is adapted to be connected, the first door assembly being movable between: and a second door assembly movably connected to the first back unit and to which at least a second heat exchanger coil unit is adapted to be connected, the second door assembly being movable between:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,234,381	2016-01-12	1. A supplemental window apparatus for improving the thermal insulating properties of an existing fenestration, comprising: a contiguous frame defining a perimeter area that substantially covers an entire existing window pane; a substantially non porous sheet material attached to said contiguous frame covering said perimeter area; an attachment mechanism operative to releasably attach said contiguous frame to said window pane and to set a distance between said window pane and said substantially non porous sheet material when said supplemental window apparatus is attached to the window pane; a seal in contact with said contiguous frame such that when said contiguous frame is attached to the window pane said seal is compressed against the window pane thereby trapping a volume of gas between said window pane and said substantially non porous sheet material; wherein said distance provides an optimum thickness of trapped gas for increasing thermal insulating properties of a transparent area of the fenestration which includes the existing window pane and said supplemental window; and wherein said attachment mechanism is located within said perimeter area.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,051,486	2015-06-09	1. A phase change ink comprising: a crystalline material of an ester of tartaric acid having a formula of and an amorphous material of an ester of tartaric acid having a formula of wherein each R 1 and each R 2 in each of the crystalline material formula and the amorphous material formula, is independently, an alkyl group, and further wherein the alkyl portion can be straight, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, an substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group, and mixtures thereof, and further wherein each tartaric acid backbone of the crystalline material formula and the amorphous material formula, is independently, selected from L-(+)-tartaric acid, D-(−)-tartaric acid, DL-tartaric acid, mesotartaric acid, and mixtures thereof, and further wherein the crystalline material has a viscosity of from 1 to 10 cps at a temperature of 140° C. and the amorphous material has a viscosity of from 1 to 100 cps at a temperature of 140° C.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,509,468	2016-11-29	1. A method in a network node that serves a first cell having a first coverage area in a wi,reless network, the method comprising: transmitting reference signals for the first cell at a reference-signal power level; transmitting data in subframes of a first type at a first power level, said first power level being related to the reference-signal power level according to a first power offset; transmitting data in at least some subframes of a second type at a second power level, said second power being related to the reference-signal power according to a second power offset; wherein the subframes of the first type are normal subframes, which are normally used for data transmissions, and wherein the subframes of the second type are Almost Blank Subframes (ABS), and wherein transmitting data in at least some subframes of the second type at the second power level comprises using the ABS for data transmissions, in addition to using the normal subframes for data transmissions, when a load of the network node meets a threshold, and not using the ABS for data transmissions when the load of the network node does not meet the threshold.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,565,470	2013-10-22	1. An electroacoustic transducer attachable to close an opening of a casing, comprising: a diaphragm which has an edge and a vibrating portion surrounded by said edge and capable of vibration; a frame which has said edge attached thereto; an attachment member which includes a frame portion having a first plane to be bonded to said casing and a second plane parallel to said first plane, and a hook supported by said frame portion and having a third plane parallel and vertically aligned to said second plane with a gap interposed, a portion of said frame that has said edge attached thereto being fitted in said gap so as to be sandwiched between said second and third planes; and a securing member which secures said edge and said second plane together, wherein said securing member is compressed and exerts resilient force as it is pinched between said second plane and said edge.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,709,089	2014-04-29	1. A method of designing, using a computer system, a patient-specific surgical tool for use in surgery on a joint of a patient, the method comprising: creating a model representing at least a portion of an articular surface of the patient's joint based on electronic image data of the patient's joint; providing the model to make an altered model by removing at least a portion of an osteophyte of the joint to accommodate the implantation of an implant; and designing a surgical implantation tool based at least in part on the altered model of the patient's joint.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,964,013	2015-02-24	1. A display system that delivers a first image to a first location and a second image to a second location, the display system comprising: an array of pixels configured to emit light; and an elastic light manipulator configured to receive and manipulate the light emitted by the array of pixels to form different images at different locations, the elastic light manipulator having a first length and being configured to be stretched from the first length to a selectable second length by applying a tensile stress to the elastic light manipulator to form the first image at the first location and the second image at the second location.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,140,886	2015-09-22	1. An inverted microscope that allows observation of a specimen from underneath, the inverted microscope comprising: an objective lens holding unit that holds an objective lens configured to collect at least observation light from the specimen; a tube lens configured to focus the observation light collected by the objective lens; a branching unit configured to branch an optical path of the observation light from the tube lens; an observation image switching device which is removably provided in a microscope main body between the objective lens and the tube lens and which is configured to switch between wavelengths of an observation image or between magnifications of the observation image, wherein the observation image switching device includes a filter switching unit which has a plurality of absorption filters for absorbing light of wavelengths other than a specified wavelength and which is configured to cause one of the plurality of absorption filters to be arranged on an optical axis of the objective lens; a light source unit which includes a plurality of excitation filters for transmitting light of a specific wavelength to excite a fluorophore in the specimen and which is configured to select a wavelength of light to be introduced into the microscope main body by switching between the excitation filters; a dichroic mirror configured to selectively reflect or transmit the light of the specific wavelength from the light source unit; and a control unit configured to synchronize a switching operation between the absorption filters with a switching operation between the excitation filters.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,620,737	2017-04-11	1. An organic light emitting display apparatus, comprising: a substrate including a pixel region; a first electrode on the substrate; a second electrode on the first electrode; an organic light emission layer between the first and second electrodes to emit light; a plurality of layers on the second electrode; and a light compensation pattern on the second electrode and overlapping the pixel region, the light compensation pattern including: a plurality of protrusion patterns having progressively decreasing widths as a distance from a center of the pixel region increases, and a plurality of grooves separating the protrusions from one another in a direction parallel to the substrate from the center of the pixel region.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,673,076	2017-06-06	1. A device for rotationally transferring articles between an atmospheric pressure environment and a vacuum environment, the device comprising: a transfer housing having an atmospheric transfer port, a pumping port, a vacuum transfer port, and a venting port disposed in a circumferentially-spaced relationship, wherein the vacuum transfer port is in communication with a vacuum environment and the atmospheric transfer port is in communication with an atmospheric pressure environment; a carrier disc rotatably disposed within the transfer housing, the carrier disc having a pocket formed in a sidewall thereof for holding an article; and a differential pumping region configured to draw gas out of a gap between the transfer housing and the carrier disk, the differential pumping region comprising a groove formed in an inner sidewall of the transfer housing, the groove surrounding the vacuum transfer port; wherein the pumping port is configured to facilitate removal of gas from the pocket and the venting port is configured to facilitate introduction of gas into the pocket.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,421,000	2016-08-23	1. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising: a piezoelectric element array which has piezoelectric elements arranged therein, each piezoelectric element configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave, to receive an ultrasonic echo reflected by a subject, and to output a reception signal according to a received ultrasonic wave; a controller which controls ultrasonic transmission and reception by the piezoelectric element array; a storage which stores the reception signal output from the piezoelectric element array; a sound speed setter which sets a sound speed in the subject using the reception signal stored in the storage; an image producer which processes the reception signal output from the piezoelectric element array or the reception signal read from the storage, based on the sound speed set by the sound speed setter to produce an ultrasound image; a display; and an operating device which has a freeze instruction inputter configured to instruct to display a still image on the display, an observation target range instruction inputter configured to specify an observation target range of an ultrasound image displayed on the display, an image quality change instruction inputter configured to instruct to change image quality of the ultrasound image, and a mode change instruction inputter configured to instruct to change an image mode of the ultrasound image, wherein the controller is configured to cause the piezoelectric element array to perform ultrasonic transmission and reception for sound speed setting so as to allow the sound speed setter to set the sound speed in response to at least one instruction out of an instruction to display a still image from the freeze instruction inputter, an instruction on the observation target range from the observation target range instruction inputter, an instruction to change image quality from the image quality change instruction inputter, and an instruction to change an image mode from the mode change instruction inputter, the sound speed setter sets the sound speed in the subject using a reception signal obtained by the ultrasonic transmission and reception for sound speed setting to update the sound speed, the image producer processes the reception signal output from the piezoelectric element array based on an updated sound speed to produce an ultrasound image, the display displays the ultrasound image produced by processing based on the updated sound speed, the observation target range instruction inputter includes a region of interest setting instruction inputter configured to instruct setting of a region of interest, and the region of interest setting instruction inputter has a region of interest movement instruction inputter configured to instruct movement of a region of interest and a region of interest size change instruction inputter configured to instruct change in size of a region of interest, and when no operation is performed through the region of interest movement instruction inputter or the region of interest size change instruction inputter for a predetermined time in a state where the setting of a region of interest is instructed, the controller, considering that the instruction on the observation target range is given, is configured to cause the piezoelectric element array to perform the ultrasonic transmission and reception for sound speed setting.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,490,217	2013-07-23	1. A glove for protecting a hand, the glove comprising: a top panel for covering a back of the hand; a bottom panel for covering a palm of the hand, the top and bottom panels being connected to form a main glove body; fingers, including an index finger and other fingers, extending from the main glove body, each of the fingers having a top side and a bottom side corresponding with the top panel and bottom panels of the main glove body; a thumb extending from the main glove body; a region at a juncture of the index finger and the main glove body on or adjacent the top panel; and an insulating pad covering a portion of the region and partially positioned on the index finger, partially positioned on the main glove body, and not extending over a medial phalange of a user's hand when the glove is worn; and thermoplastic or molded rubber protective ridges extending upwardly from the top panel of each of the other fingers, but excluding the index finger which does not include such a protective ridge.	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0