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9,236,862	2016-01-12	1. Multi-layer body forming a capacitive touch panel device, comprising: at least one layer having a number of areas of surface; a plurality of electrically conductive elements on the at least one layer; said areas of surface are delimited in their shape and size by the respective electrically conductive elements; wherein the areas of surface comprise two classes, wherein certain of the areas of surface of the two classes are adjacent to one another, of which the electrically conductive elements of an area of surface of a first class form decoupling elements and the electrically conductive elements of an area of surface of a second class are galvanically separated from the electrically conductive elements of the first class forming coupling elements and are arranged such that each area of surface of the first class supplements at least one area of surface of the second class adjacent to it to form a touch panel; wherein at least two areas of surface of the same class have a different size, wherein each area of surface of the first class is connected to a first electrical contact area at an edge of the at least one layer outside all of the areas of surface via an area of an electrical connection surface and each area of surface of the second class is connected to a second electrical contact area at the edge outside all the areas of surface via an area of an electrical connection surface; and wherein, of groups of areas of surface of different size, the smaller sizes are arranged closer to an edge at which a contact area is provided than the spacing of larger area sizes to said edge at which a contact area is provided.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,769,516	2014-07-01	1. A method for automated repair support for input model errors comprising: utilizing a processor to execute computer code configured to perform the steps of: accessing an input model; transforming the input model to produce an output; accessing input indicating one or more errors within the output; said transforming comprising propagating at least one taint mark to the output and generating a taint log; creating a fault index, associated with the taint log, for the one or more errors, the fault index relating the one or more errors to the at least one taint mark; using the fault index to compile one or more repair action suggestions to repair the one or more errors; and outputting the one or more repair action suggestions.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,583,742	2013-11-12	1. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium that stores therein a mail list display program that causes a computer to display in a scrollable window of a display unit a list of e-mails stored in a mailbox of a server connected over a network, the mail list display program causing the computer to execute: firstly receiving from the server, identification data assigned to distinguish one e-mail from another for all the e-mails stored in the mailbox; creating the scrollable window with a scroll bar corresponding to total identification data received by the firstly receiving, a position of a scroll pointer in the scroll bar in the scrollable window being determined according to identification data of e-mails to be displayed in the scrollable window, the size of the scroll pointer being determined according to a ratio for a number of identification data of e-mails displayed to a total number of e-mails received by the firstly receiving; sending to the server the identification data of the e-mails corresponding to the scroll position of the scrollable window with respect to all the e-mails the identification data of which are received after the firstly receiving, and sending a request for list data used for list display of the e-mails; secondly receiving from the server, the list data of the e-mails corresponding to the identification data requested in the sending; storing the list data received in the secondly receiving in a predetermined list data storage unit; and outputting the list to be currently displayed to the scrollable window created based on the list data stored in the list data storage unit, the position of the scroll pointer and size of the scroll pointer for the scrollable window created, wherein the identification data of a predetermined number of e-mails before and after the e-mails along with the identification data of the e-mails to be displayed in the scrollable window are sent to the server in the sending, when the list data of the e-mails to be currently displayed in the scrollable window is not stored in the list data storage unit.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,417,407	2013-04-09	1. A vehicular electric power source control device provided on a vehicle provided with an engine that may be stopped even in a vehicle drivable state which is established when a predetermined condition is satisfied and in which a vehicle drive force can be generated, and an electric-energy storage device which is charged by an operation of said engine, the vehicular electric power source control device permitting implementation of an automatic engine starting control to start said engine when an amount of an electric energy stored in said electric-energy storage device has been reduced to or below a predetermined charging start threshold value while the engine is held at rest in said vehicle drivable state, the vehicle electric power source control device comprising: an engine start permitting portion configured to permit the implementation of said automatic engine starting control under a condition that any passenger is present within the vehicle.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0
8,426,631	2013-04-23	1. A compound of the formula I in which the substituents have the following meaning: R R R R R aliphatic and cyclic groups R L where R X is oxygen or sulfur; or an agriculturally acceptable salt of the compounds of the formula I.	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,141,223	2015-09-22	1. A liquid crystal display device comprising a touch and three-dimensional image display panel adhered to a liquid crystal panel through an adhesive layer, wherein the touch and three-dimensional image display panel comprises: a lower substrate; first and second electrodes for realizing a three-dimensional image disposed on a upper side of the lower substrate; a upper substrate; third and fourth electrodes for sensing touch disposed on a lower side of the upper substrate and a common electrode for realizing the three-dimensional image disposed on the lower side of the upper substrate; a liquid crystal layer filled between the upper and lower substrates; routing lines for realizing the three-dimensional image on an edge of the upper side of the lower substrate; and routing lines for sensing touch on an edge of the lower side of the upper substrate, wherein the third and fourth electrodes correspond one-to-one to the routing lines for sensing touch.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,171,003	2015-10-27	1. A method of monitoring files stored in a volume comprising at least one storage device, comprising: monitoring, by a crawler, the at least one storage device; maintaining, by the crawler, a catalog for files stored within the volume; receiving, by the crawler, an event indicating a change to a file stored on the at least one storage device; transcoding, by the crawler, the file from a first format to a second format; extracting, by the crawler, metadata for the file; storing, by the crawler in the volume, information indicating the change and the transcoding in the catalog of the files; determining a set of subscribers that have requested to receive a notification of the event; retrieving notification criteria for the set of subscribers from the catalog of files; evaluating the retrieved notification criteria for each of the set of subscribers; and sending a notification of the event to those subscribers whose notification criteria are satisfied.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,667,910	2017-05-30	1. A method of video equalization, said method comprising: receiving input video including a first video stream having a first dynamic range and second video stream having a second dynamic range different than said first dynamic range; defining a common anchor point associated with said input video and equalized video to be generated; performing equalization on said input video based on said common anchor point to generate said equalized video, said equalized video defining a sequence of images having dynamic range that is constant to a predetermined degree; and wherein said sequence of images includes at least one image associated with said first video stream and at least one image associated with said second video stream; and images of said sequence of images have substantially the same average luminance as associated images of said input video; and wherein said first dynamic range is larger than said second dynamic range; said first video stream is encoded with code values having a full range; and said step of performing equalization on said input video comprises mapping code values of said second video stream to code values in a subrange of said full range of code values associated with said first video stream such that said mapping expands said second dynamic range.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,852,042	2017-12-26	1. A method for dynamically limiting collection of metric data, comprising: collecting, metric data for a first job upon determining that the first job: stopping the collecting of metric data for the first job upon determining at least one of: (i) that the level of use of the memory falls below the first combined memory threshold, and (ii) the level of use of the first resource falls below the first threshold, wherein the collecting of the metric data causes the computing system to collect less metric data relative to collecting metric data without considering the combined threshold, the first threshold, and the time 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,763,002	2017-09-12	1. A method comprising: performing, by an audio mixing apparatus, a mixing algorithm on audio signals received from a plurality of channels to generate mixed audio signals; identifying, from the plurality of channels, a unique channel set and one or more non-unique channel sets, wherein the unique channel set includes channels that each receive a unique one of the mixed audio signals, and wherein the one or more non-unique channel sets each includes channels that receive a non-unique one of the mixed audio signals; determining that in the previous mix cycle a channel in the unique channel set was re-using audio frames encoded by a channel in a non-unique channel set; and copying a codec state of the channel in the non-unique channel set to the channel in the unique channel set that was re-using the audio frames encoded by the channel in the non-unique channel set.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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
9,385,457	2016-07-05	1. A connector and package assembly comprising: a package including a die coupled along a substrate, the package includes: a heat sink coupled over the die, and the side access port is between the heat sink and the substrate; and a connector including:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,718,189	2017-08-01	1. A robot teaching device for locating a workpiece and a robot having a tool in a virtual space, and for setting a target angle, an advance angle and a rotation angle about a longitudinal axis of the tool, the angles being used to determine a posture of the tool when the robot processes the workpiece, the robot teaching device comprising a robot controller, wherein the robot controller is configured to	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9,454,645	2016-09-27	1. A system for monitoring participant medication adherence in one or more clinical trials, comprising: a medication adherence monitoring apparatus operable to determine adherence of one or more clinical trial participants to a predetermined medication protocol, the medication adherence monitoring apparatus comprising a camera arranged and configured to capture a video of a user performing a plurality of predetermined steps indicative of proper medication administration, and comprising a processor operable to employ automated computer vision video activity sequence recognition of one or more medication administration instances performed by each of the one or more clinical trial participants; a computer configured to, in response to data received from the medication adherence monitoring apparatus, output to a display: a graphical user interface comprising a summary page providing an overview of each clinical trial participant in a graphical format, each clinical trial participant being represented by a unique clinical trial participant identifier; a plurality of clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applicable to modify one or more of the clinical trial participant identifiers in the summary page, each modifier indicative of a different status of the particular participant as represented by their identifier to which it is applied, wherein at least one modifier is indicative of a deviation in compliance with a medical protocol by a clinical trial participant as determined at least in part in accordance with the operation of the medication adherence monitoring apparatus; and a zoom selector for zooming in on a subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers included with the summary page; wherein the computer is further configured to: provide a first zoom level of the summary page; receive a user-initiated command via the graphical user interface to modify a zoom level of the zoom selector; and responsive to receiving the command to modify the zoom level, providing a second zoom level of the summary page comprising a corresponding amount of detailed information related to the subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers that is unavailable in the first zoom level, the detailed information including at least an indication of a plurality of different methods through which medication adherence has been confirmed and an indication of at least a proportion of medication adherence confirmations that have been performed by each of the plurality of different methods, at least one of the plurality of different methods comprising automated computer vision video activity sequence recognition by the medication adherence monitoring apparatus.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,698,167	2017-07-04	1. A thin film transistor array panel comprising: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area; a first semiconductor layer disposed in the display area and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the peripheral area; and a passivation layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer include an oxide semiconductor, and wherein a thickness of the first semiconductor layer is less than that of the second semiconductor layer.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,220,663	2015-12-29	1. A dental composition consisting of a filler, a resin matrix, optionally a coloring pigment, optionally an ultraviolet absorbing agent, optionally a polymerization inhibitor, optionally an anti-discoloring agent, and optionally an antimicrobial agent, wherein the filler consists of a first population of particles having an average particle size from 200 to 500 μm, wherein the maximum particle size of the first population of particles is less than 1.4 times the average particle size, and wherein the D30 of particle size distribution of the first population of particles is no less than 0.9 times the average particle size; and wherein the amount of the filler is from 85 to 99.5% by weight of the dental composition.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,057,873	2015-06-16	1. An imaging method for imaging an image of a circuit pattern formed on a wafer using an imaging device provided with an optical microscope for global alignment, the method comprising: a design data inputting step of inputting design data of the circuit pattern; an alignment pattern candidate determination step of evaluating degrees as alignment patterns of the wafer on the basis of the design data and determining multiple alignment pattern candidates on the basis of the degrees; a matching data producing step of storing the design data corresponding to the alignment patterns determined in the alignment pattern candidate determination step or image data produced from the design data in a recipe as matching data; a wafer mounting step of mounting the wafer to the imaging device; an imaged image obtaining step of imaging patterns on the wafer corresponding to the alignment pattern candidates determined in the alignment pattern candidate determination step using the optical microscope for global alignment; a matching step of matching the matching data produced in the matching data producing step and the imaged image obtained in the imaged image obtaining step to each other; and a step of calculating the amount of position shift and/or the amount of rotation of the wafer on the basis of the result in the matching step.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,944,085	2015-02-03	1. A valve comprising: a valve body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface defining an inlet, an outlet, and a body cavity between the inlet and the outlet; a gate movably coupled to the valve body and moveable over a portion of the valve body at least partially between the inlet and the outlet, the gate including a cam stop; and a drive assembly, the drive assembly including a drive shaft and a sync cam, the sync cam of the drive assembly movably positioned on the drive shaft and slidably positioned relative to the cam stop, the sync cam including at least one load balancing mechanism.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1
9,172,441	2015-10-27	1. Radio frequency (RF) front end circuitry comprising: at least four antenna ports; a plurality of RF front end ports; antenna switching circuitry coupled between the at least four antenna ports and the plurality of RF front end ports; duplexer and filtering circuitry comprising a plurality of filters each coupled to a different one of the plurality of RF front end ports and configured to selectively pass RF signals falling within at least one operating band between the antenna switching circuitry and transceiver circuitry while attenuating other signals; control circuitry coupled to the antenna switching circuitry and configured to place the RF front end circuitry into a carrier aggregation mode of operation by causing the antenna switching circuitry to simultaneously:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,299,745	2016-03-29	1. A method for fabricating an integrated circuit, the method comprising: forming a first conductive line in electrical connection with an underlying semiconductor device; depositing a dielectric layer having an upper surface over the first conductive line; exposing a surface of the first conductive line, wherein exposing the surface of the first conductive line comprises etching a trench into the dielectric layer and forming trench sidewalls therein; depositing manganese on the upper surface and trench sidewalls and forming a manganese silicate barrier layer; selectively depositing a conductive material on the surface of the first conductive line to form an electrode contact; and forming a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure directly over the electrode contact.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,507,079	2013-08-13	1. A structural color body having a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposed to each other, wherein the structural color body is film-like and comprises: a first resin layer disposed on a side of the first principal surface; and a second resin layer disposed on a side of the second principal surface, each of the first resin layer and the second resin layer contains a block copolymer and has a micro-phase separated structure including lamellar micro domains, each of the micro domains has a wave-like shape having amplitudes in a thickness direction of the structural color body, in each of the micro domains of the first resin layer, a maximum value of distances in the thickness direction between tops of convexities and bottoms of concavities of the micro domain is larger than a wavelength in a visible light range, and in each of the micro domains of the second resin layer, distances in the thickness direction between tops of convexities and bottoms of concavities of the micro domain are equal to or less than a wavelength in a visible light range.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,691,371	2014-04-08	1. A composite article comprising: a substrate; and a barrier coating secured to a surface of the substrate, and the barrier coating comprising a single layer comprising a transitional interface zone between an organic zone and an inorganic zone, wherein each of the transitional interface zone, the organic zone and the inorganic zone comprises no distinct boundary, and wherein the inorganic zone comprises one or more transition metals.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,258,749	2016-02-09	1. A method for wireless communication, comprising: performing a base station identity code (BSIC) reconfirmation for a number of top ranked cells in a received neighbor cell list when a radio link timeout (RLT) counter is less than a counter threshold before radio link failure (RLF), wherein a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for the top ranked cells is determined during the BSIC reconfirmation; and scheduling a system information (SI) decode upon RLF for the top ranked cells that have an SNR greater than an SNR 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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,846,594	2017-12-19	1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing therein a computer program that causes a computer to perform a procedure comprising: identifying resources which are respectively used upon execution of tasks included in a plurality of workflows, based on workflow definition information that defines content of each of the tasks included in the plurality of workflows; identifying, among the tasks included in the plurality of workflows, tasks that operate on a same exclusive resource, based on a result of the identifying of resources; determining an execution sequence of the identified tasks, based on the content of each of the identified tasks, the execution sequence including exclusive control on the exclusive resource to be operated by the identified tasks; identifying, among the identified tasks, one or more first tasks whose execution is omissible based on the content of each of the identified tasks and the execution sequence; and executing one or more second tasks and skipping execution of each of the one or more first tasks, the one or more second tasks being other than the one or more first tasks among the tasks included in the plurality of workflows.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,605,292	2013-12-10	1. Optical position measurement system for determination of position of substrates in a coating installation, comprising: a cantilever, a sensor head, arranged at a free end of the cantilever, the sensor head having at least one of a radiation inlet for reception of an optical signal and a radiation outlet for emission of an signal, and means for at least one of heating and cooling of the sensor head depending on at least one of a sensed temperature at the sensor head and a determined ambient temperature within the coating installation, to prevent deposition of coating material at the sensor head.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,902,079	2014-12-02	1. A device for scanning a division mark of a mechanical roller-type counter, comprising at least one rotatably driven ciphering roller, each of the at least one ciphering roller carrying a number of symbols that are distributed homogeneously over a circumference of the respective ciphering roller and can be detected and evaluated with a fixed reading device arranged opposite from the at least one ciphering roller; the device for scanning the division mark of a mechanical roller-type counter comprising at least one transponder associated with each symbol in the respective ciphering roller of the roller-type counter; an antenna field comprising a plurality of antennas located opposite from the at least one ciphering roller, said field being controlled by a circuit in such a way that each of the at least one ciphering roller of the roller-type counter is read respectively by one of the plurality of antennas of the antenna field.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
9,385,680	2016-07-05	1. A method of controlling an input to an envelope modulated power supply of an envelope tracking amplification stage, the method comprising: generating an envelope signal representing an envelope of a signal to be amplified; applying a shaping function to the envelope signal to generate a shaped envelope signal, wherein the applying comprises clipping the shaped envelope signal at high values of the envelope signal; and providing the shaped envelope signal as the input to the envelope modulated power supply.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,417,352	2013-04-09	1. An electrotherapy system for stimulating sensory nerves within skin tissue, said system comprising: an electrode carrier having an external non-conductive coating; a pulse generator electrically connected to said electrode carrier; an array of skin-penetrating electrodes disposed on said electrode carrier, each of said skin-penetrating electrodes including a needle-like protrusion; at least one surface skin electrode disposed on said electrode carrier, said at least one surface skin electrode being physically spaced and electrically separate from any needle-like protrusions disposed on the electrode carrier; and a pulse conditioning circuit operatively connected between said at least one surface skin electrode and said array of skin-penetrating electrodes, wherein said pulse generator produces a biphasic pulsed current at said at least one surface skin electrode capable of passing said biphasic pulsed current through the skin tissue; and, wherein said pulse generator and said pulse conditioning circuit collectively produce a monophasic pulsed current at each of said skin-penetrating electrodes capable of passing said monophasic pulsed current through the skin tissue.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,707,760	2017-07-18	1. A liquid ejecting head comprising: a flow path structure for distributing a liquid to each system; a liquid distributing unit for distributing the liquid of each system obtained after distribution by the flow path structure; a plurality of ejection head units for ejecting the liquid of each system, obtained after distribution by the liquid distributing unit, from a plurality of nozzles in accordance with a drive signal received from a first wiring substrate; and a second wiring substrate disposed between the flow path structure and the liquid distributing unit in a direction perpendicular to nozzle plates of the ejection head units and is connected to the first wiring substrate, each of the first and second wiring substrates including a wiring that transmits the drive signal thereon.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,497,894	2016-11-15	1. A low impedance radiofrequency shielded window for electromagnetic isolation comprising: a first window layer comprising a perimeter, a conductive mesh surface and an insulating surface; a first conductive perimeter layer making ohmic contact with the conductive mesh surface of the first window layer and extending past the insulating surface of the first window layer to allow contact to ground; a second window layer comprising a perimeter, a conductive mesh surface and an insulating surface; a second conductive perimeter layer making ohmic contact with the conductive mesh of the second window layer and extending past the insulating surface of the first window layer, where it makes contact to ground independently of the first window layer; the first conductive perimeter layer and the second conductive perimeter layer making mechanical and ohmic contact along the insulating surface of the first window layer thus allowing each window layer a separate path directly to ground.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,099,088	2015-08-04	1. An utterance emotional state detection device, comprising: a memory that stores a reply model including statistically processed information relating to a reply of a user in a normal state; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process comprising: acquiring user voice stream data of a specified user; extracting high frequency elements from the user voice stream data by frequency-analyzing; first calculating a fluctuation degree of the extracted high frequency elements for every unit of time; second calculating a statistic for every certain interval in the user voice stream data based on a plurality of fluctuation degrees in the every certain interval, the statistic being a representative value obtained from the fluctuation degrees in the every certain interval; determining that an utterance in the user voice stream data is a reply when a time length of the utterance is smaller than a first predetermined threshold; and determining an utterance emotional state of the specified user based on the statistic and the reply obtained from the user voice stream data of the specified user, wherein the determining of the utterance emotional state includes determining the utterance emotional state of the specified user in a reply period, wherein the reply period is determined from a plurality of replies that continuously appear in the user voice stream data, wherein each reply in the plurality of replies being smaller than the first predetermined threshold and where each reply of the plurality of replies in the reply period are compared to the reply model stored in the memory.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,753,800	2017-09-05	1. A communication network operations center (NOC) management system, comprising: a network equipment performance data store comprising network equipment performance data collected from at least one network equipment performance monitoring system; a network equipment fault data store comprising network equipment fault data collected from at least one network equipment fault monitoring system; a network equipment maintenance data store comprising maintenance data identifying maintenance activity for network equipment items; a network equipment inventory data store comprising at least three of an identification of the network equipment items, an identification of vendors of the network equipment items, a software version identity of the network equipment items, a hardware version identity of the network equipment items, a firmware version identity of the network equipment items, a topological relationship of the network equipment items to other network equipment items, wherein the network equipment inventory data store is updated daily; a customer complaint data store comprising reports of communication network customer complaints; a network equipment trouble history data store comprising a plurality of case histories of a network equipment item trouble, wherein the case histories comprise active network equipment trouble case histories and resolved network equipment trouble case histories, and wherein the resolved network equipment trouble case histories comprise an identification of the trouble, an identification of the network equipment item, and an identification of a resolution action; a communication network knowledge data store comprising vendor network equipment item product descriptions, vendor procedures for network equipment items, vendor recommendations for fixing network equipment item faults, and communication network service provider documentation of troubleshooting procedures; and a computer system comprising a processor, a non-transitory memory, and a network operations center (NOC) management application stored in the non-transitory memory that, when executed by the processor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,640,479	2014-02-04	1. A cooling system for a room containing electronic data processing equipment that is arranged in racks, said system comprising: a raised floor construction dividing said room into a plenum space underneath said raised floor and a usable space above said raised floor; an air conditioning device for feeding cooled air to said plenum space; a cooling module arranged as a floor element of said raised floor, said cooling module comprising: a control device connected to the deflector units of said cooling module for automatically controlling the flow direction of said partial flows by adjustment of said deflector units, wherein said control device is arranged for independently adjusting each of said deflector units so as to control the flow direction of each of said partial flows.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,078,758	2015-07-14	1. An implant for carpal hemiarthroplasty comprising: an articular component having a convex articular surface having a first curvature in a first direction defined by a major radius of curvature and a second curvature in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction defined by a minor radius of curvature, the major radius of curvature being larger than the minor radius of curvature, wherein the convex articular surface is shaped to conform to an unresected distal end of a radius bone such that the first direction corresponds to a ulnar-radial direction and the second direction corresponds to a dorsal-palmar direction, wherein the first curvature is selected to emulate a curve traced by a proximal portion of a scaphoid-lunate complex during normal articulation of a human wrist in radial and ulnar deviation and the second curvature is selected to emulate a curve traced by the proximal portion of the scaphoid-lunate complex during normal articulation of the human wrist in flexion and extension; a bearing component rigidly fixed to the articular component opposite the convex articular surface and having a bearing surface; and a carpal plate rotatably coupleable to the bearing component having a proximal surface and a distal surface, the proximal surface having a contour substantially conforming to the bearing surface, wherein the articular component defines a concavity opposite the convex articular surface, and wherein the articular component further includes a lip surrounding the concavity; wherein a proximal portion of the bearing component is received in the concavity, and wherein the bearing component includes a flange abutting the lip; and wherein no component of the implant is configured to be fixed to or inserted into the radius bone and/or an ulna bone.	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,346,877	2013-01-01	1. A computer program product being tangibly embodied in a nontransitory computer readable medium and including computer-executable code for enhancing an electronic document including at least one link and being served via a network responsively to a request received via the network and correspondent to the electronic document, the computer program product computer-executable code comprising: code for receiving a chat request via the network corresponding to activation of the at least one link included in the electronic document; code for automatically identifying an identifier responsively to the received chat request; code for automatically identifying at least one preference associated with the identified identifier; code for automatically sending, in response to receiving the chat request, a Short Message Service (“SMS”) message including a mobile chat link indicative of the received chat request in a first mode, wherein the first mode corresponds to the at least one identified preference indicating an SMS messaging preference; code for automatically sending, in response to receiving the chat request, an e-mail message including a personal computer chat link indicative of the received chat request in a second mode, wherein the second mode corresponds to the at least one identified preference indicating an e-mail messaging preference; code for automatically sending both SMS and e-mail messages, in response to receiving the chat request, the SMS message including the mobile chat link and the e-mail message including the personal computer chat link, each of the mobile chat and personal computer chat links being indicative of the received chat request, in a third mode, wherein the third mode corresponds to the at least one identified preference indicating both SMS and e-mail messaging preferences; code for selectively automatically causing a mobile mode of a chat application corresponding to the received chat request to be instantiated responsively to receiving a request via the network correspondent to activation of a mobile mode link; and code for selectively automatically causing a personal computer mode of the chat application corresponding to the received chat request to be instantiated responsively to receiving a request via the network correspondent to activation of a personal computer mode link; wherein the mobile mode instantiation of the chat application is adapted for use with a mobile device and is less computing resource intensive than the personal computer mode instantiation of the chat application, which is adapted for use with a personal computer, and wherein the instantiated chat application is displayed with the electronic document such that the chat application is superimposed over substantially only at least one advertisement portion of the served electronic document.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,697,185	2014-04-15	1. A continuous process for producing resin coated ceramic particles comprising feeding ceramic particles heated to a temperature above the melting point of the resin into an inlet of a mixing zone and withdrawing resin coated particles from an outlet of the mixing zone in a manner such that the particles travel along a travel path essentially continuously from the inlet to the outlet, combining a resin with the ceramic particles in the mixing zone at a first location along the travel path, mixing the resin and particles in the mixing zone, thereby causing the resin to melt and encapsulate the individual particles as they move along the travel path, combining a curing agent for the resin with the ceramic particles and the resin in the mixing zone at a second location along the travel path downstream of the first location, and cooling the resin encapsulated particles to a temperature below the melting point of the resin, thereby producing an essentially free flowing mass of resin coated particles at the outlet of the mixing zone, wherein the mixture of resin and particles is moved through the mixing zone by at least one auger comprising a rotating shaft and multiple paddles connected thereto, some of the paddles being arranged with reverse pitch to cause backward travel of the mixture in a portion of the mixing zone, thereby increasing the residence time of the mixture in the mixing zone.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,373,415	2013-02-12	1. A method for producing an image of a subject with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system in which signal contributions of at least two species are separated, the steps of the method comprising: a) acquiring, with the MRI system, multi-echo signal data from a subject; b) fitting the multi-echo signal data to a first signal model in order to produce a first residual value; c) fitting the multi-echo signal data to a second signal model in order to produce a second residual value; d) performing signal separation of the at least two species in order to produce signal contributions of the at least two species; e) selecting from the produced signal contributions a first signal contribution associated with a first one of the at least two species and a second signal contribution associated with a second one of the at least two species by comparing the first and second residual values; f) reconstructing at least one of an image of the subject depicting substantially only the first one of the at least two species using the first signal contribution and the acquired multi-echo signal data, and an image of the subject depicting substantially only the second one of the at least two species using the second signal contribution and the acquired multi-echo signal data.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,035,363	2015-05-19	1. A circuit, comprising: a first region having a first conductivity type formed at a face of a substrate; a first power supply terminal coupled to the first region; a gate having a second conductivity type formed in the substrate beside the first region; a channel having the first conductivity type formed below the first region adjacent the gate; a second region having the first conductivity type formed at the face of the substrate beside the gate; a third region coupled to the second region, having the first conductivity type, formed below the channel, and having a greater impurity concentration than the channel; and a second power supply terminal coupled to the second and third regions.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,774,281	2014-07-08	1. A method of processing digital video data for displaying, said method comprising: a) preparing said digital video data to recover a decoding order of said digital video data at least in part by associating coefficients representing the digital video data with discrete cosine transform (DCT) data corresponding to the respective coefficients to render prepared digital video data, wherein the digital video data is associated with a first fixed length DCT block and at least a first portion of the digital video data cannot fit within a capacity of the first DCT block and so the first portion is associated with a second DCT block, the preparing including combining the first portion with the first fixed length DCT block to render a variable length DCT block including all of the digital video data; b) decoding a variable length coding format of said prepared digital video data to render decoded digital video data; and d) decompressing said decoded digital video data to facilitate display thereof on an electronic display device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,669,424	2014-03-11	1. A plant, a plant part, or a seed of soybean variety XB47R12, representative seed of said soybean variety XB47R12 having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-120519.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,145,334	2015-09-29	1. An insulated glass sealant comprising an elastomeric matrix that is the reaction product of a carboxyl-terminated polymer and a polycarbodiimide, the elastomeric matrix having a Shore 00 hardness at 25° C. of at least 30, and wherein the carboxyl-terminated polymer is the reaction product of a hydroxyl-terminated polymer, an anhydride, and a chain extender, the chain extender selected from the group consisting of N,N-diisopropanol aniline (DIPA) and 2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol (EHD).	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,564,667	2017-02-07	1. A battery temperature control unit arranged in an internal space of a module case of a battery module for controlling a temperature of the internal space of the battery module where a battery is arranged outside the battery temperature control unit and inside the internal space of the module case, wherein the battery temperature control unit includes: a unit case which includes an air flow passage in the inside thereof and is arranged in the internal space; and a heat exchanger arranged in the air flow passage; the unit case includes: a module opening sealing portion which seals a module opening formed in a wall surface of the module case; and the module opening sealing portion includes: a module sealing surface which closes the module opening from an internal space side; a first communication hole which allows the outside and the inside of the unit case to communicate with each other and through which a heating medium which is directed toward the inside of the unit case from the outside of the module case flows; and a second communication hole which allows the outside and the inside of the unit case to communicate with each other and through which the heating medium which is directed toward the outside of the module case from the inside of the unit case flows; wherein the unit case is constituted of a unit case body having the air flow passage in the inside thereof and one sealing member, and the sealing member includes the module opening sealing portion and a unit opening sealing portion which closes a unit opening formed in a wall surface of the unit case 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,572,094	2017-02-14	1. A method for maintaining and utilizing wireless local area network (WLAN) access information by an electronic device, the method comprising: receiving, by the electronic device, first information from a first WLAN access point (AP) available at a first location of the electronic device; adding, by the electronic device, first WLAN access information for the first WLAN AP to a set of WLAN access information for WLAN APs previously stored in the electronic device, wherein the first WLAN access information for the first WLAN AP includes the first information received from the first WLAN AP and the set of WLAN access information for WLAN APs is for automatically accessing the WLAN APs; receiving, by the electronic device, second information from a second WLAN AP available at a second location of the electronic device; based on the second information received from the second WLAN AP and the set of WLAN access information including the first WLAN access information, determining, by the electronic device, that the second WLAN AP matches one of WLAN APs corresponding to the set of WLAN access information including the first WLAN access information if the second information is included in the set of WLAN access information including the first WLAN access information; and based on the determining, automatically accessing, by the electronic device, the second WLAN AP using second WLAN access information for the second WLAN AP, wherein the second WLAN access information for the second WLAN AP is included in the set of WLAN access information including the first WLAN access information, wherein the first information includes a service set identifier (SSID) of the first WLAN AP available at the first location of the electronic device, and wherein the set of WLAN access information includes an SSID and security information.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,591,016	2013-11-26	1. A method for delivering molten ink to a printing mechanism, comprising: receiving molten ink in a receiving reservoir; operating a first actuator operatively connected to a first seal member in a first reservoir that is configured to move between an intake position that permits fluid communication between a first inlet of the first reservoir and the receiving reservoir while preventing fluid communication between a first outlet of the first reservoir and the printing mechanism by sealing the first outlet of the first reservoir with the first seal member, and a discharge position that permits fluid communication between the first outlet of the first reservoir and the printing mechanism while preventing fluid communication between the first inlet of the first reservoir and the receiving reservoir by sealing the first inlet of the first reservoir with the first seal member; and operating a second actuator operatively connected to a second seal member in a second reservoir that is configured to move between an intake position that permits fluid communication between a first inlet of the second reservoir and the receiving reservoir while preventing fluid communication between a first outlet of the second reservoir and the printing mechanism by sealing the first outlet of the second reservoir with the second seal member, and a discharge position that permits fluid communication between the first outlet of the second reservoir and the printing mechanism while preventing fluid communication between the first inlet of the second reservoir and the receiving reservoir by sealing the first inlet of the second reservoir with the second seal member, the operation of the first actuator and the second actuator being coordinated so the first seal is in the intake position when the second seal is in the discharge position and the first seal is in the discharge position when the second seal is in the intake position.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,429,039	2016-08-30	1. A containment case for a gas turbine, the case comprising: a cylindrical outer casing extending about an axis and having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface; a coaxially arranged cylindrical inner skin formed of a harder material than the outer casing joined to the inner surface of the cylindrical outer casing; and an array of ribs extending radially from the inner skin towards the axis, wherein each rib has a hollow cavity open to a radially outer surface of the inner skin.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,028,479	2015-05-12	1. A radio-frequency (RF) amplifier for outputting at least one electrosurgical waveform, comprising: a phase compensator coupled to an RF arbitrary source, the phase compensator configured to generate a reference signal as a function of an arbitrary RF signal from the RF arbitrary source and a phase control signal; at least one error correction amplifier coupled to the phase compensator, the at least one error correction amplifier configured to output a control signal at least as a function of the reference signal; at least one power component coupled to the at least one error correction amplifier and to a high voltage power source configured to supply high voltage direct current thereto, the at least one power component configured to operate in response to the control signal to generate at least one component of the at least one electrosurgical waveform; and at least one stabilization amplifier coupled to the at least one power component, the at least one stabilization amplifier configured to introduce an error correction current into the electrosurgical waveform based on DC bias current flowing from the at least one power component.	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,965,103	2015-02-24	1. An endoscope, comprising: an imaging element disposed at a distal end of the endoscope that obtains images through a stereo optical adapter; a template image extracting unit comprising hardware that extracts a template image from blade images obtained by the imaging element by capturing blades periodically arrayed in a jet engine; an image comparing unit comprising hardware that compares the template image with the blade images; an image selecting unit comprising hardware that selects an image from the blade images based on a result of the image comparison of the image comparing unit; a first difference extracting unit comprising hardware that extracts a plurality of differences between the template image and the image selected by the image selecting unit; a measurement unit comprising hardware that executes measurement based on an image corresponding to the position of one of the plurality of differences extracted by the first difference extracting unit; and an input unit comprising hardware to which an instruction by a user to select one of the plurality of differences extracted by the first difference extracting unit is input; wherein the measurement unit executes, based on an image corresponding to the position of the difference indicated by the instruction input by the user to the input unit, stereo measurement using environmental data for correcting optical distortion of the stereo optical adapter to display a result of the measurement based on the environmental data.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,525,944	2016-12-20	1. An acoustic metamaterial comprising: cells that detect and digitally process an incoming sound waveform in three dimensions, and produce a corresponding response sound waveform as a function of a frequency and a phase of the incoming sound waveform, to produce a response sound waveform in three dimensions that, when combined with the incoming sound waveform, produces a modified sound waveform, wherein the cells are tetrahedral cells and a cell at an edge of the structural metamaterial is electrically connected with at least two other cells, and wherein a given interior cell inside of the edge is electrically connected with at least four other tetrahedral cells.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,656,368	2017-05-23	1. A device for gripping a substrate without contact comprising: a housing cap in which a nozzle disposed in an inner hollow space of the housing cap, wherein the nozzle has an inclined surface such that a width of the nozzle gradually decreasing in a direction from an undersurface of the nozzle to an upper surface of the nozzle, the undersurface of the nozzle being formed at a predetermined distance from an inner surface of the housing cap; and an ultrasonic shaker which applies ultrasonic vibration to the housing cap, wherein the housing cap has a protruding portion which is formed at an upper position than the undersurface of the housing cap, wherein the protruding portion is formed in a horizontal direction from sides of the housing cap.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,008,355	2015-04-14	1. A computing system, comprising: a depth camera configured to capture depth information for targets in a field of view of the depth camera; an aiming assembly configured to dynamically and repeatedly change the field of view of the depth camera by physically changing one or both of a pitch and a yaw of the depth camera to change an aiming vector of the depth camera while the depth camera images a scene; a logic subsystem in operative communication with the depth camera and the aiming assembly; and a data-holding subsystem holding instructions executable by the logic subsystem to:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,524,521	2013-09-03	1. A method for making a wafer level image module comprising the steps of: a) providing a photo sensor made by an integrated circuit manufacturing process; b) stacking a lens set made by an integrated circuit manufacturing process on the photo sensor; c) measuring a focus offset of said lens set and determining in-focus or out-of-focus status of said photo sensor; d) disposing an adjustment member between said lens set and said photo sensor to compensate the focus offset of said lens set so as to have said photo sensor be in an in-focus status, wherein said adjustment member comprises a glass ball; and e) disposing a transparent spacer between said photo sensor and said adjustment member, wherein said transparent spacer is in direct contact with said adjustment member.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,736,784	2014-05-27	1. An environmental seal between two compartments linked by a passageway containing an electrical cable, the seal comprising: a stop projecting from an interior surface of the passageway; a cable gland body within the passageway and in contact with the stop, the cable gland body encircling a portion of the electrical cable; a compression bushing within the cable gland body and encircling the portion of the electrical cable; a cable gland nut to compress the compression bushing and seal the compression bushing against the electrical cable and against an interior surface of the cable gland body; and a first elastomeric seal to seal between an exterior surface of the cable gland body and the interior surface of the passageway.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,964,343	2015-02-24	1. A semiconductor device, comprising: an n-channel or npn-type output transistor wherein an input voltage is impressed on a drain or a collector, and a pulsed switching voltage that corresponds to a switching drive of the transistor is brought out from a source or an emitter; a bootstrap circuit for generating a boost voltage enhanced by a predetermined electric potential above the switching voltage; an internal circuit for receiving a supply of the boost voltage to generate a switching drive signal, and supplying the signal to a gate or base of the output transistor; an overvoltage protection circuit for monitoring the boost voltage, and generating an overvoltage detection signal; and a switching element for establishing/blocking electrical conduction between the internal circuit and the end impressed with the boost voltage, in accordance with the overvoltage detection signal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,723,830	2014-05-13	1. A capacitive touch sensor panel, comprising: a first plurality of traces of conductive material located on a first substrate, each of the first plurality of traces comprising a first central trace arranged along a first dimension of a two-dimensional coordinate system and a plurality of first trace branches at least one of plurality of first trace branches protruding from both sides of the first central trace in a substantially straight line, the plurality of first trace branches extending substantially perpendicularly from the first central trace in a second dimension of the two-dimensional coordinate system; and a second plurality of traces of the conductive material located on a second substrate, each of the second plurality of traces comprising a second central trace arranged substantially along the second dimension and a plurality of second trace branches extending from the second central trace, at least some of the plurality of second trace branches comprising first extension branches, at least one of the first extension branches protruding from both sides of the second central trace in a substantially straight line, the first extension branches extending substantially perpendicularly along the first dimension from one of the second central traces and a plurality of second extension branches extending substantially perpendicularly along the second dimension from each of the first extension branches, the plurality of second extension branches interdigitated with the plurality of first trace branches.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,754,404	2014-06-17	1. An organic light emitting diode display, comprising: a substrate; a sealing member; pixel electrodes disposed on the substrate between the sealing member and the substrate; a pixel defining layer disposed on the substrate, having openings to expose the pixel electrodes; spacers disposed between the pixel defining layer and the sealing member to separate the sealing member from the pixel defining layer and to disperse reflected ambient light; organic emission layers disposed on the pixel electrodes; a common electrode disposed on the organic emission layers and the spacers, wherein an entire top surface of the common electrode on a top surface of the spacer contacts the sealing member; and color filters disposed on and contacting the common electrode in the openings of the pixel defining layer, and separated from the sealing member.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,646,257	2014-02-11	1. A method for estimating soot loading of a diesel particulate filter, comprising: establishing a soot loading model for estimating soot loading of a nominal diesel particulate filter, adjusting the soot loading model for a subject filter to account for differences between the nominal filter and the subject filter; and estimating soot loading of the subject filter using the adjusted soot loading model.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8,479,475	2013-07-09	1. Transportable bottling plant comprising: a container having a front side, a back side, first and second lateral sides connecting the front and back sides, and a separation wall dividing the container into a bottling room at the front side and a technical room at the back side, wherein the entire bottling plant is integrated into the container and provides a set of units together configured for performing every step in a bottling process, such that the transportable bottling plant is easily transportable to any location and can be started up quickly upon arrival without removal of any of said set of units from the bottling room; a preform feeder, a bottle blowing unit, a filling and closing unit and first and second transferring devices which are mounted in the bottling room and together form said set of units; a power generator, an air compressor and an air conditioning unit mounted in the technical room; wherein the preform feeder comprises a recipient for receiving plastic bottle preforms and an ordering unit for ordering the preforms and feeding them towards the bottle blowing unit; wherein the first transferring device is provided for transferring the preforms from the preform feeder to the bottle blowing unit; wherein the bottle blowing unit comprises a heater for heating the preforms and a blow-moulder for blow-moulding the preforms into bottles; wherein the second transferring device is provided for transferring the bottles from the bottle blowing unit to the filling and closing unit; wherein the filling and closing unit comprises a filling unit for filling the bottles with a liquid and a closing unit for closing the bottles with caps; wherein the power generator is electrically connected with the units mounted in the bottling room and is provided for generating electric power therefore; wherein the air compressor is provided for compressing air and supplying the pressurized air to the bottle blowing unit; and wherein the air conditioning unit is provided for conditioning air present in the bottling room.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,700,914	2014-04-15	1. A method for changing safety-relevant data for a control device comprising the steps of: receiving, from a user, safety-relevant data on a data processing installation; displaying the safety-relevant data that is received from the user in a first form during the receiving; establishing a first checksum for the safety-relevant data; storing the safety-relevant data and the first checksum in a memory in at least one data record on the data processing installation; reading back the safety-relevant data from the memory in the data processing installation; comparing the received safety-relevant data and the read back safety-relevant data by displaying the read back safety-relevant data to the user in a second form that differs from the first form and the user checking for an error present in the safety-relevant data that was input by the user during the receiving on the data processing installation; based on establishment of the first checksum establishing a second checksum upon a determination by the user, as a result of the comparing, that the received safety-relevant data is identical to the read back safety-relevant data and is absent of any errors input by the user during the receiving; and storing the second checksum in the at least one data record so as to provide an indication in the at least one data record that the at least one data record has been checked by the user prior to the at least one data record being activated on the control 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	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
8,840,727	2014-09-23	1. A film deposition apparatus for depositing a thin film on a substrate by stacking reaction products in layers by carrying out a cycle of successively feeding at least two kinds of reaction gases reacting with each other onto a surface of the substrate in a vacuum chamber, the film deposition apparatus comprising: a turntable provided in the vacuum chamber; a substrate placement part provided on a substrate-receiving surface of the turntable and configured to receive the substrate; a first reaction gas feed part and a second reaction gas feed part provided apart from each other in a rotation direction of the turntable and configured to feed a first reaction gas and a second reaction gas into a first process region and a second process region, respectively, on a side of the substrate-receiving surface of the turntable; a separation region positioned between the first process region and the second process region in the rotation direction of the turntable and configured to separate atmospheres of the first and second process regions, the separation region including a first separation gas feed part configured to feed a first separation gas thereinto so that the first separation gas flows toward the first and second process regions in the separation region, and a ceiling surface provided on each of sides of the first separation gas feed part in the rotation direction of the turntable in the separation region, wherein the ceiling surface has a width in the rotation direction of the turntable increasing toward a periphery of the ceiling surface, and wherein the separation region has a vertical height that is smaller, relative to the turntable, than respective vertical heights of the first and second process region; a center part region positioned at a center part inside the vacuum chamber and configured to separate the atmospheres of the first and second process regions, the center part region including an ejection opening for ejecting a second separation gas toward the substrate-receiving surface of the turntable; an evacuation port configured to evacuate the first separation gas diffused to each side of the separation region, the second separation gas ejected from the center part region, and the first and second reaction gases; and a drive part configured to rotate the turntable so that the substrate passes through the first and second process regions at different angular velocities of the turntable.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,421,997	2013-04-16	1. An active spot array projection system comprising a spatial light modulator having individually addressable elements for selectively conveying corresponding transverse segments of a light beam along an optical pathway, the individually addressable elements including peripheral boundaries, a focusing array along the optical pathway having individual focusing elements for focusing the transverse segments of the light beam into spots, an imaging optic along the optical pathway for imaging the individually addressable elements of the spatial light modulator onto the individual focusing elements through a common aperture, a spatial frequency filter along the optical pathway between the spatial light modulator and the focusing array arranged to attenuate certain spatial frequencies of light from within the peripheral boundaries of the individually addressable elements for regulating light distributions of the spots without attenuating certain other spatial frequencies of the light scattered from edges along the peripheral boundaries of the individually addressable elements for preserving imaging resolution of the peripheral boundaries of the individually addressable elements and avoiding crosstalk between adjacent spots.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,782,761	2017-10-10	1. A selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst comprising: a support layer; a copper-loaded chabazite (Cu/CHA) layer supported on the support layer; and a pre-aged copper-loaded beta zeolite (Cu/beta) layer supported on the Cu/CHA layer and having a surface area at least 20% per unit volume less than the surface area of an un-aged Cu/beta.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,290,518	2016-03-22	1. Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) of Formula I wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Cd, La, W, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Al, Ga, In, Ge, Sn, Pb), Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr or Ba; L is derivatives of an amino acid ligand of Formula II wherein R X is CH X is Cl, Br, CH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,525,175	2013-09-03	1. An electronic device, comprising: multiple electronic elements each including a semiconductor film; and a field effect element isolation region provided between adjacent ones of the multiple electronic elements, the field effect element isolation region comprising the semiconductor film having a bandgap of 1.95 eV or larger, an insulating film, and an element isolation electrode, the semiconductor film having first portion included in one of the multiple electronic elements and second portion included in the field effect element isolation region so that the semiconductor film is shared by the one of the multiple electronic elements and the field effect element isolation region in each portion, wherein the second portion is extended continuously from the first portion, and the element isolation electrode comprising an electrode which is separated from the semiconductor film of the field effect element isolation region by the insulating film and is applied with a voltage so as to increase a resistance of the semiconductor film of the field effect element isolation region based on an electric field effect, to thereby electrically isolate the multiple electronic elements from one another.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,376,090	2013-02-19	1. A method for the operation of an elevator comprising: in a normal operation mode, preventing a first travel operation in response to detecting that an elevator load exceeds a base limit-value; switching to a special-situation mode in response to detecting a special situation; and in the special-situation mode, preventing a second travel operation in response to detecting that the elevator load exceeds a second limit-value, the second limit-value being greater than the base limit-value.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,368,038	2013-02-05	1. An apparatus for controlling intensity of charged particles extracted from a circulating charged particle beam path in a synchrotron, said apparatus comprising: a radio-frequency field generator, wherein during use said radio-frequency generator applies a radio-frequency field to the circulating charged particles yielding betatron oscillating charged particles; an extraction material, wherein during use at least a portion of the betatron oscillating charged particles pass through said extraction material resulting in a secondary emission electron flow using electrons originating from the extraction material and without loss of electrons from the betatron oscillating charged particles; an intensity sensor, said intensity sensor configured to determine a measure of the electron flow; and a feedback control loop comprising an intensity controller, said intensity controller configured to provide the measure of electron flow as a feedback to said radio-frequency generator, said feedback control loop configured to control intensity of charged particles extracted from said synchrotron via control of said radio-frequency generator, wherein intensity comprises a number of the charged particles extracted as a function of time.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,433,423	2013-04-30	1. A method, comprising: positioning a first electrode within a first vessel of a renal vasculature of a patient at least substantially proximate to a neural fiber that contributes to a function of a kidney of the patient; positioning a second electrode within a second vessel of the renal vasculature of the patient, wherein the second vessel is a different vessel than the first vessel; and passing electrical current through the first electrode and the second electrode and modulating the function of the neural fiber.	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,615,106	2013-12-24	1. A method of determining a correspondence between a first object tracked in a first field of view and a second object tracked in a second field of view, the method comprising: determining a first area in the first field of view, the first object being detected in the first area; determining areas in the second field of view, the second field of view being different from the first field of view and the second object being detected in each of the areas in the second field of view; selecting a second area from the areas in the second field of view wherein a matching strength between the first object in the first area in the first field of view and the second object in the second area in the second field of view is above a threshold; deriving from the first area a first object signature associated with the first object; deriving from the second area a second object signature associated with the second object; determining a correspondence between the first object and the second object, based on a comparison of the first object signature and the second object signature; and passing signature modes between a first track associated with the first field of view and a second track associated with the second field of view, where an order of passing signature modes is prioritized based on at least one of a position of said first area in the first field of view, a position of said second area in the second field of view, and a number of previous matches relating to each signature mode.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,868,256	2014-10-21	1. A system for aerial refueling navigating an unmanned aerial vehicle relative to a tanker aircraft, comprising in combination: a processor; data storage; and machine language instructions stored in the data storage executable by the processor to: calculate a plurality of relative navigation solutions between an unmanned aerial vehicle and a tanker aircraft; compare the plurality of relative navigation solutions to identify relative navigation solutions that are within a threshold value of each other; and navigate the unmanned aerial vehicle with respect to the tanker aircraft using the relative navigation solutions that are within the threshold value of each other.	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,681,510	2014-03-25	1. A circuit board comprising: a first circuit area comprising a plurality of first electrical contacts; a first processing unit comprising a ball grid array (BGA) substrate, the BGA substrate having a plurality of solder balls, wherein the first processing unit is disposed on the first circuit area and is electrically connected to the first electrical contacts; a conductive pattern electrically connected to the first electrical contacts; a second circuit area comprising a plurality of second electrical contacts, wherein the second electrical contacts are electrically connected to the first electrical contacts; and a second processing unit disposed on the second circuit area and electrically connected to the second electrical contacts; wherein the BGA substrate further comprises a bypass circuit or a signal processing element, when the BGA substrate comprises the bypass circuit, the second processing unit is electrically connected to the bypass circuit via the second electrical contacts and the first electrical contacts, and a signal from the second processing unit is transmitted through the bypass circuit of the first processing unit, when the BGA substrate comprises the signal processing element, the second processing unit is electrically connected to the signal processing element via the second electrical contacts and the first electrical contacts, and the signal processing element is configured with the second processing unit.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,954,850	2015-02-10	1. A computer-implemented method for assisting a user in applying a business process pattern, the computer-implemented method comprising: providing a graphical user interface (GUI) adapted for displaying a first representation of a business process and for allowing user editing of the business process and user selection of any fragment of the business process; receiving a user selection of a fragment of the business process as displayed in the first representation; calling a second representation of the business process, the second representation comprising a hierarchy of fragments of the business process, wherein the second representation comprises fragments each having a single entry and a single exit; searching the second representation and checking whether the fragment selected by the user corresponds to a single entry and single exit of one of the fragments of the second representation; and if the fragment selected corresponds to the single entry and single exit of one of the fragments of the second representation, instantiating a business process pattern using the selected fragment, whereby the selected fragment is re-usable within the business process pattern.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,790,355	2014-07-29	1. An epilation device comprising: a) a plurality of epilation elements, each epilation element having a skin side intended for contacting the skin in an operation state of the epilation device, said epilation elements each having at least two adjoining clamping elements that are arranged on a base structure and that each have a clamping surface so that the clamping surfaces of the adjoining clamping elements lie opposite to each other, wherein said epilation elements are mounted abutting each other so that the skin sides of the epilation elements form a skin contacting surface; b) a support in which the epilation elements are mounted; and c) an actuation arrangement that during operation of the epilation device repeatedly actuates the epilation elements between a first bending state in which the base structure has a first curvature and a second bending state in which the base structure has a second curvature different from the first curvature, wherein the clamping surfaces of the clamping elements are separated by a gap at the skin side in the first bending state and are in clamping contact in the second bending state.	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,387,890	2013-03-05	1. An electronic device comprising: a power supply; an electronic component that is powered by the power supply; a controller adapted to receive a temperature representative signal, and output a command signal in response to the temperature representative signal, wherein the temperature representative signal is derived from the temperature of the electronic component, wherein the power supply is combined with the controller on a discrete chip of the electronic device; and an output weighting matrix adapted to receive the command signal from the controller and, in response thereto, output at least one weighted output signal, the output weighting matrix adapted to dynamically change the at least one weighted output signal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,674,486	2017-06-06	1. A software-as-a-service product, comprising: a non-transitory computer readable storage device; and computer readable instructions stored by the storage 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	1	0	0	1	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
9,215,945	2015-12-22	1. A method of protecting ornaments on a Christmas tree, comprising: providing a sheet of material having opposite upper and lower edges and opposite lateral side edges and having hooks on the upper corners; setting the Christmas tree upright in a tree stand on a support surface; then decorating the upright Christmas tree with ornaments hanging from branches of the tree; then hooking a first upper corner of the sheet of material to a branch of the upright Christmas tree; then wrapping the material around the decorated Christmas tree while the tree is upright so as to overlap the lateral side edges; then hooking a second upper corner of the sheet of material to a branch of the upright tree; whereby the material hangs downwardly from the hooked branches, with the lower edge of the material draping adjacent the support surface, so as to cover all the ornaments on the upright tree below the upper edge of the sheet of material and between the opposite lateral side edges.	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,435,658	2016-09-06	1. A computer-implemented method of determining routes in geographic areas, comprising obtaining, by one or more computing devices, data indicative of a request for a route from an origin to a destination, wherein the one or more computing devices comprise one or more processors; accessing, by the one or more computing devices, first graph data modeling a travel segment network for a first geographic region; accessing, by the one or more computing devices, second graph data modeling a travel segment network for a second geographic region; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a shortest path from the first graph data and the second graph data by visiting one or more nodes associated with boundary segments in the first graph data and the second graph data, the nodes associated with boundary segments being preserved in the graph data based at least in part on a reach value associated with each boundary segment; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a route from the origin to the destination based at least in part on the shortest path; and providing, by the one or more computing devices, data associated with the route for display on a display device; wherein the first graph data comprises first full graph data for a first base area of the first geographic region and one or more contraction cores for a first padding area of the first geographic region, each of the one or more contraction cores for the first padding area being generated based at least in part on a reach level associated with the contraction core.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,756,438	2017-09-05	1. A computing system comprising: at least one processor; and memory that comprises instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform acts comprising:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,375,948	2013-02-19	1. A method of safety of a structure, comprising: expediting an air extraction process from an emergency support system by including a RIC (rapid interventions company/crew) /UAC (universal air connection) fitting to a fill panel to fill a breathable air apparatus; ensuring that a prescribed pressure of the emergency support system maintains within a threshold range of the prescribed pressure by including a valve of the emergency support system to prevent leakage of breathable air from the emergency support system; designating the prescribed pressure of the emergency support system based on an authority agency that specifies a pressure rating of the breathable air apparatus for a particular geographical location; and filling the breathable air apparatus at a fill site within the structure.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,698,993	2014-04-15	1. A flat display panel, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate, the first and second substrates being sealed via a sealing member therebetween, wherein: the second substrate includes a display region and a non-display region, the display region and the non-display region including black matrix patterns; and the black matrix patterns have at least one opening in a sealing region of the non-display region, the sealing member being arranged in the sealing region, the sealing member is arranged in the non-display region and surrounds the display region, and at least one black matrix pattern in the non-display region includes a plurality of linear black matrix patterns in the sealing region, the plurality of linear black matrix patterns having a linear shape along the sealing member and being arranged parallel to each other.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	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
9,100,029	2015-08-04	1. A serializer comprising: a first drive control signal generator suitable for amplifying a first input data signal in response to a first clock signal and a second clock signal to generate a first pull-up drive control signal and a first pull-down drive control signal; and a second drive control signal generator suitable for amplifying a second input data signal in response to the second clock signal and a third clock signal to generate a second pull-up drive control signal and a second pull-down drive control signal, wherein the first drive control signal generator includes an initialization unit suitable for receiving the first clock signal and the second clock signal to initialize a first node through which a latch signal is outputted and a second node through which a complementary latch signal is outputted.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,731,519	2017-08-15	1. A conveying device comprising: a casing; a cover member including a guide portion and configured to move relative to the casing between a first position at which the guide portion defines a first conveying path, and a second position at which the guide portion exposes the first conveying path to an exterior of the conveying device; a conveying unit configured to convey a medium along a second conveying path; a flap supported by the cover member and pivotable about a pivot axis between a third position and a fourth position, the flap being configured to guide the medium toward the conveying unit, and the flap including a first contact portion; and a restricting mechanism disposed at the cover member and including a second contact portion, the restricting mechanism being configured such that:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,470,530	2016-10-18	1. An electronic device comprising a circuit substrate, an inertial sensor unit, and a moulded interconnect device carrying the inertial sensor unit, the interconnect device being moulded from a plastics material and incorporating integral legs to mount the interconnect device upon the substrate, the legs spacing at least part of the interconnect device from the substrate, at least one of the legs carrying a conducting track to provide a substantially direct electrical interconnection between the interconnect device and the substrate, wherein the conducting track is formed integrally with the interconnect device, and wherein the conducting track comprises a sloping track extending over part of the at least one of the legs.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,081,881	2015-07-14	1. A computer system for use in load testing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) service, comprising: a processor; and a memory storage device in communication with the processor, the memory storage device storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: prompt a user via a user-interface for an Extensible Markup Language (XML) message including an XML document, an address for a service to be tested, and an action, the action compliant with a protocol for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment and associated with the service, wherein the XML message carries information related to an insurance claim, the information related to the insurance claim comprising identification of an insured, identification of the claim, and a digital photograph related to the claim; receive, in response to said prompt, user input including the XML message, the address for the service to be tested, and the action compliant with the protocol for exchanging structured information in the decentralized, distributed environment and associated with the service; create and store in memory a template message package based on said user input and compliant with the protocol; create a populated message package compliant with the protocol by incorporating in the template message package the XML message, the address and the action; establish a connection to the service and furnish one or more documents and attachments to the service; receive a response from the service; and execute a virtual user generator program for generating test scripts based on the documents furnished to the service from the user interface and the reply from the service; wherein the receipt of user input of the XML message, the address for the service to be tested and the action is sufficient for the system to create the populated message package.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,497,314	2016-11-15	1. A method for mining data packets from a digital voice conversation comprising: receiving, at a first client, a request from a second client to establish a digital voice conversation over a communication channel that is used to transmit and receive data packets comprising contextual data packets and conversational data packets; wherein the conversational data packets are for conversation data and the contextual data packets are for data other than the conversation data; selecting, by the first client, a mining profile for use in mining at least one of contextual data packets and conversational data packets of the digital voice conversation, wherein the mining profile identifies at least one type of content that is to be mined and processing to be performed on the mined content; determining that a mining profile rule exists relating to the conversation; modifying the selected mining profile according to the mining profile rule; receiving, by the first client, a structured hierarchy defining an organization of the contextual data packets; receiving, by the first client over the communication channel, one or more contextual data packets organized in a structure defined by the structured hierarchy and one or more conversational data packets; during the digital voice conversation, determining, based in part on the at least one type of content identified in the mining profile, whether at least one of the received contextual data packets and conversational data packets are to be mined; mining, by the first client, the determined data packets based on the selected mining profile and the structured hierarchy; and processing the mined data packets based on the selected mining profile.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,493,299	2013-07-23	1. An image data processing device, comprising: an image data storage device in which image data, being repeatedly inputted, which indicates a gradation of a pixel is stored until next image data; and a correction means configured to output, in accordance with previous image data and current image data that has been read out from an image data storage section, corrected image data based on a gradation transition from a gradation indicated by the previous image data to a gradation indicated by the current image data, the correction means including: a parameter storage device configured to store a plurality of first calculation parameters for determining the corrected image data based on combinations of values associated with the previous image data and values associated with the current image data, the values being used to calculate gradations; and interpolation means (i) for, when a difference between the gradations respectively indicated by the previous image data and the current image data inputted thereto is more than a threshold value and when a second calculation parameter is not stored in the parameter storage device, the second calculation parameter corresponds to an input combination of a value of the previous image data and a value of the current image data, (i-a) reading out the plurality of first calculation parameters from the parameter storage device, (i-b) calculating the second calculation parameter by making an interpolation calculation based on the plurality of first calculation parameters, and (i-c) generating the corrected image data, and (ii) for outputting the current image data without correction when the difference between the gradations respectively indicated by the previous image data and the current image data inputted thereto is not more than the threshold value, the parameter storage device stores	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,525,754	2013-09-03	1. A display device comprising: a display panel including a plurality of pixel groups which display respective images independently of each other, a parallax barrier with an array of repetitively arranged light-impermeable strips which limit view ranges of images displayed respectively by said pixel groups, wherein each one of the view ranges corresponds to a respective pixel group and comprises: wherein said display device is selectively operable in:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,707,956	2014-04-29	1. A tracheal tube apparatus including an outer cannula having first and second ends, a fenestration along the length of the outer cannula between the first and second ends, an inflatable cuff formed on the outer cannula between the fenestration and the second end, a first conduit extending from the cuff for introducing an inflating fluid into the cuff when it is desired to inflate the cuff and removing inflating fluid from the cuff when it is desired to deflate the cuff and an inner cannula sized selectively to be inserted into, and removed from, the outer cannula, the inner cannula including first and second conduits, the second conduit to evacuate a region of a trachea of a wearer adjacent the cuff, the second conduit including an opening which lies adjacent the closest point in the fenestration to the cuff when the inner cannula is selectively inserted into a use orientation in the outer cannula.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,108,802	2015-08-18	1. A conveying device, comprising: two side limitation devices that are distanced from one another and run parallel to one another in a conveying direction, at least one extensively extended conveying member with an upper run section and a lower run section, said conveying member being arranged in a revolving manner between the side limitation devices and being deflected in two head-end regions distanced from one another, a support device with at least one support unit with rollers for the rolling support of the conveying member, said support device being arranged between the side limitation devices, at least one drive device with at least one electrical drive motor and with at least one drive shaft coupled to the at least drive motor and having at least one drive member for the direct drive of the conveying member at least partly wrapping the drive member, wherein the drive device forms a deflection location for the conveying member, wherein: the at least one drive device within the conveying device is arranged in a head-end region: between a conveying plane formed by the upper run section and a return plane formed by the lower run section, and along the conveying direction between the two head-ends as well as between the side limitation devices, wherein: the at least one drive motor is designed for picking up a torque from two locations on the drive motor that lie opposite one another and lie in a common axis, and the drive motor is coupled to drive shafts arranged on both sides.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,381,137	2016-07-05	1. A vial adapter for a closed fluid transfer system, the vial adapter including: a base defining an opening having a plurality of retainers extending around the opening of the base and being configured to snap-fit connect to a neck of a vial, the base defining a lower inner annular rim and an outer annular rim and a cavity therebetween; a cover supported on the outer annular rim of the base, wherein an expansion chamber is defined within the cover and the base; an adapter support situated within the cavity of the base, the adapter support including:	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	0	0	0	0	0
8,586,728	2013-11-19	1. A method for coupling a nucleoside phosphoramidite during the synthesis of an oligonucleotide to a universal support, to a first nucleoside, or to an extending oligonucleotide, wherein said oligonucleotide comprises at least 30% guanine monomers, and wherein said oligonucleotide comprises a first region of 3 or more consecutive guanine monomers and a second region of 3 or more consecutive guanine monomers, wherein said first nucleoside and/or said extending oligonucleotide is immobilized on a support, and wherein said support is a polystyrene support, wherein said polystyrene support is cross linked by divinylbenzene, said method comprising: (i) generating a coupling solution, wherein said coupling solution comprises: (a) at least one first solvent, wherein said at least one first solvent is a polar aprotic solvent, and wherein said at least one first solvent is sulfolane, wherein said coupling solution further comprises a second solvent, wherein said second solvent is acetonitrile, and wherein the ratio (v/v) of said at least one first solvent to said second solvent is between 5:1 and 1:2; (b) an activating reagent; and (c) said nucleoside phosphoramidite; wherein the concentration of said nucleoside phosphoramidite in said coupling solution is at least 0.03 M; and (ii) contacting said coupling solution with said universal support, with said first nucleoside, or with said extending oligonucleotide.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,296,303	2016-03-29	1. An electric vehicle supply equipment assembly comprising: a charge unit having a first connector of a first type and a control box connected to the first connector; a charge station sub-assembly having a second connector of a second type and a charge station housing a receiving portion configured to physically receive therein the control box of the charge unit; and a cord set sub-assembly having a third connector of the second type; wherein the first connector of the charge unit and the second connector of the charge station sub-assembly directly connect to one another upon the control box of the charge unit being physically received within the receiving portion of the charge station housing, the charge unit being electrically connected to the charge station sub-assembly while the first connector of the charge unit and the second connector of the charge station sub-assembly are connected to one another to thereby form a charge station; wherein the charge unit electrically connects to the cord set sub-assembly while the first connector of the charge unit and the third connector of the cord set sub-assembly are connected to one another to thereby form a cord set.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,667,979	2014-03-11	1. A battery rack system, comprising: a battery rack for holding a plurality of batteries; and a liner-equipped containment system connected to the battery rack, the containment system for containing leaks or spills from the batteries, wherein the containment system includes a liner therein and wherein the battery rack is mounted to the containment system or to a floor below the containment system through the liner.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,468,418	2016-10-18	1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising: an internal storage configured to store auxiliary diagnostic indication concerning each of examination items in association with a display position of the auxiliary diagnostic indication in a display area where an ultrasonic image is displayed; a monitor configured to have a display area for an ultrasonic image; and controller configured to generate an ultrasonic image concerning a scan target based on an echo signal from an ultrasonic probe, and control the monitor so as to display specific auxiliary diagnostic indication, of auxiliary diagnostic indication stored in the internal storage, which is associated with an examination item of the scan target at a specific display position associated with the specific auxiliary diagnostic indication.	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,802,748	2014-08-12	1. A graft polymer mixture based on grafting bases different from one another comprising component a) at least one of brown coal or polyphenol derivatives, and component b) polyamides and component c) ethylenically unsaturated monomers differing from one another, said graft polymer mixture having a pH value of from 8 to 11, wherein the grafted copolymer contains the component b) in an amount of 10 to 95% by weight, and the component c) is present in amount of from 10 to 95% by weight.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	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
8,683,472	2014-03-25	1. A computer system comprising: a plurality of multithreaded applications resident in a memory of the computer system, each multithreaded application comprising a plurality of independently executable tasks, each task comprising a plurality of threads and each thread using one or more resources; a performance monitor interface, the performance monitor interface providing performance measurement capabilities to the plurality of multithreaded applications to obtain performance information on a thread level; a process layer to obtain utilization information of the resources; a central monitoring component, wherein the central monitoring component performs actions comprising:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,432,014	2016-08-30	1. A circuit arrangement comprising: a circuit having a first terminal for a first supply potential and a second terminal for a second supply potential, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the first supply potential; a switch, by means of which the second terminal can be coupled to the second supply potential; a voltage source coupled to the second terminal; and a control device designed to open the switch in reaction to receiving a turn-off signal in an operating mode in which the switch is closed, and subsequently to control the voltage source in such a way that it varies the potential of the second terminal in the direction of the first supply potential, wherein the first supply potential is a high supply potential and the second supply potential is a low supply potential, wherein the voltage source varies the potential of the second terminal in the direction of the first supply potential by feeding current to the second terminal current in addition to a total current which flows from the first supply potential through the circuit to the second terminal, and wherein the control device controls the voltage source in such a way that the current fed to the second terminal by the voltage source does not exceed an adjustably set maximum value and so that a voltage of the voltage source is increased to a voltage of the first supply potential within a predefined period of time.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0
9,075,656	2015-07-07	1. A cloud computing system comprising at least one application server that communicates with an information processing apparatus via a network, wherein the at least one application server comprises: a central processing unit and at least one memory; a request reception unit constructed to execute a request reception program that stores a message corresponding to a job in a storage unit in response to reception of a processing request for the job from the information processing apparatus; a back-end processing unit constructed to execute a back-end processing program that makes an acquisition request for the message to the storage unit at regular intervals, and when the message has been acquired from the storage unit, performs processing based on the acquired message; wherein a plurality of back-end processing units are activated in the cloud computing system, and each back-end processing unit is incorporated into a processing execution unit included in an application; a calculation unit constructed to calculate a number of the back-end processing units to be deleted based on a number of messages stored in the storage unit; a determination unit constructed to determine a processing execution unit in a state in which all of the back-end processing units incorporated into the processing execution unit are not performing a processing, among the plurality of processing execution units; and a deletion unit constructed to instruct to delete the number of the back-end processing units included in the processing execution unit calculated by the calculation unit to the processing execution unit determined by the determination unit, wherein the application comprises a first application including only a processing execution unit that is activated all the time, and a second application that is different from the first application, wherein the number of the processing execution units included in the first application is greater than the number of the processing execution units included in the second application, wherein the processing execution unit included in the first application executes processing based on the message in priority to the processing execution unit included in the second application, and wherein the determination unit determines the second application as including only the processing execution unit that is not executing processing based on the message, and the deletion unit instructs to delete the number of the back-end processing units to the processing execution unit included in the second 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,540,726	2013-09-24	1. A method for implanting a bone screw, comprising the steps of: screwing into a threaded bore in a distal portion of an implantation instrument a rear threaded portion of a bone screw having a front threaded portion separated from the rear threaded portion by an unthreaded middle portion, the bone screw further including a central bore hole therethrough dimensioned to accommodate a guide wire; inserting the guide wire into a first target portion of bone; inserting the implantation instrument over the guide wire such that the front threaded portion of the bone screw is adjacent to the first target portion of bone; rotating the implantation instrument to insert the front threaded portion of the bone screw into the first target portion of bone while a locking component is engaged to prevent rotation of the bone screw relative to the implantation instrument; and rotating the bone screw with a driving tool to drive the bone screw further into the first target portion of bone to a desired depth and out of engagement with the implantation instrument while the locking component is disengaged to permit rotation of the bone screw relative to the implantation instrument.	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,506,732	2013-08-13	1. A method of heat treating an elongated workpiece having opposing ends disposed at an angle to the axial length of the elongated workpiece, the method comprising the steps of: inserting each one of the opposing ends of the elongated workpiece at least partially in a seating notch in one of a pair of end insert contacts; and applying an electric potential across the pair of end insert contacts to establish an electric current flow through the pair of end insert contacts and the elongated workpiece to resistance heat the elongated workpiece to one or more heat treatment temperatures over a heat treatment time period while the pair of end insert contacts are resistance heated to approximately one or more heat treatment temperatures for each one of the opposing ends of the elongated workpiece at least partially inserted in the seating notch of each one of the pair of end insert contacts.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,650,839	2014-02-18	1. A method of separating a liner from a sealed position on a container neck comprising the steps of: removing a closure having at least one internal hinged finger from engagement with a container neck, said at least one internal hinged finger having a hinged connection projecting from a step of an interior surface of a peripheral skirt of said closure, wherein said at least one hinged finger tapers toward said hinged connection adjacent said peripheral skirt of said closure, wherein a distal end of said at least one hinged finger is thicker in cross section than at a proximate end adjacent said hinged connection; axially traveling said at least one hinged finger of said closure along an exterior surface of said container neck as said closure is removed; engaging said distal end of said at least one hinged finger with an underside of a sealed liner along an annular position of said sealed liner, said annular position is at a first radius, wherein said first radius is adjacent said exterior surface of said container neck; lifting said liner as said closure is removed by maintaining said engagement at said first radius of said annular position between said distal end of said at least one hinged finger and said liner underside substantially unchanged when lifting said liner up and away from an opening defined by said container neck during rotational removal of said closure from said container neck; thereby separating at least a portion of said liner from said container neck.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,293,870	2016-03-22	1. An apparatus, comprising: an electronic control module, comprising:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,925,473	2015-01-06	1. A method for cutting at least an upper thread of a sewing machine, wherein a length of the thread consumed for a cut can be set within a predetermined interval, said sewing machine having a thread feeder for the upper thread, a thread cutter, a fabric clamping member, a processor for controlling said thread cutter, thread feeder, and fabric clamping member, and a memory, the sewing machine also having an adjustable height presser foot, the method comprising: feeding by said thread feeder a predetermined length (x) of said upper thread to be consumed in a cut sequence, pulling out the upper thread said predetermined length by displacing a displacement of said fabric clamping member from a first position to a second position, instructing the processor to execute at least one program sequence stored in the memory, the at least one program sequence configured to operate said thread cutter to perform a cut of at least said upper thread.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0