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8,751,018	2014-06-10	1. A method of manufacturing an implantable lead, the method comprising: providing a core including at least one longitudinal lumen; providing a first coil having a first filarity about an outer circumferential surface of a first portion of the core; providing a second coil having a second filarity different from the first filarity, about an outer circumferential surface of a second portion of the core longitudinally spaced from the first portion of the core; providing a jacket about an outer circumferential surface of the first and second coils, wherein the jacket is formed of a reflowable material; causing the material of the jacket to reflow through the first and second coils and bond to the core; and causing the outer circumferential surface of at least one of the first and second coils to be exposed through the jacket.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,207,922	2015-12-08	1. A compiling method for scheduling a block in a pipeline, the compiling method comprising: profiling, using a processor, an access count of a block in a control flow of a program code; determining that the block is an important block, in response to an edge count of an edge entering the block being greater than or equal to a predetermined value, the edge count being included in the access count of the block; scheduling the important block in the pipeline using the access count to prevent a register writeback conflict, wherein the scheduling of the important block based on the access count to prevent the register writeback conflict comprises scheduling an operation absent executing writeback in a cycle in which the register writeback conflict is expected in the important block; wherein determining that the block is the important block comprises forming a superblock from the block based on the access count; and scheduling taking no account of writeback in an unimportant block, wherein the scheduling of taking no account of writeback in the unimportant block comprises applying a stall cycle in a physical approach in a cycle in which the register writeback conflict is expected in the unimportant block.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,801,655	2017-10-31	1. A device for creating an intercostal transcutaneous access to an endoscopic operating field, the device comprising: an all-side frame-shaped base body configured to closely surround an incision; and at least four webs mounted on the base body and configured to be introduced into an intercostal space so that two ribs of a patient arranged next to each other can be moved apart; wherein the at least four webs are mounted adjustable relative to each other on the base body between an insertion position and an operating position, wherein the base body includes two housing sections which are formed to be rotatable relative to each other about a vertical axis and wherein there are at least two webs mounted on a distal side of each housing section, wherein in the insertion position the at least four webs of the base body are aligned in a straight line.	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,362,150	2013-01-29	1. A method for the gas-phase polymerization of conjugated diene monomer and alkenyl aromatic monomer to form copolymers, the method comprising the steps of: (i) preparing a mixture of a alkenyl aromatic monomer and a stable free radical compound; (ii) heating the mixture to form a gaseous stream of alkenyl aromatic monomer; (iii) providing a gaseous stream of conjugated diene monomer; (iv) introducing the stream of conjugated diene monomer and the stream of alkenyl aromatic monomer to form a copolymerizable gaseous monomer mixture; (v) introducing an anionic polymerization catalyst to a gas-phase reactor zone; (vi) introducing the copolymerizable gaseous monomer mixture to the gas-phase reactor zone; (vii) allowing the copolymerizable gaseous monomer mixture to polymerize into a copolymer including mer units deriving from conjugated diene monomer and alkenyl aromatic monomer; and (viii) withdrawing the copolymer from the gas-phase reactor zone.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,676,668	2017-06-13	1. A dry mix for a concrete, consisting of: from about 80% to about 95% by weight of sand and/or aggregates, and from about 5% to about 20% by weight of a dry mix for a calcium aluminate composite cement, wherein the dry mix for a calcium aluminate composite cement consists of:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9,620,785	2017-04-11	1. A carbon structure electrode for redox flow batteries, comprising a plurality of spherical, patterned, uniformly dispersed, macropores formed on a surface of a polymer-derived carbon structure and inside the polymer-derived carbon structure so as to allow electrolyte migration, wherein the macropores are arranged in an opal structure.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,766,851	2014-07-01	1. A butler matrix comprising a plurality of hybrids, each provided at one side thereof with an input port and at an opposite side thereof with an output port, and waveguides configured to connect the hybrids to transmit a signal among the hybrids, wherein the hybrids are provided in a predetermined disposition, the input port and the output port of the hybrids are provided in a predetermined direction and the waveguides are provided in a bended structure such that paths for connecting the hybrids have no crossing portion.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,821,126	2014-09-02	1. An apparatus for a fan blade having one or more bosses extending inwardly relative to a surface of the fan blade, comprising: (a) an attachment portion having a distal end; and (b) an angled portion, wherein the angled portion extends from the distal end of the attachment portion such that the attachment portion and the angled portion form a homogeneous continuum of material; wherein the attachment portion is configured to insert into a first end of the fan blade and engage the one or more bosses; and wherein the angled portion extends vertically at a non-perpendicular, non-parallel angle relative to the fan blade when the attachment portion is inserted into the first end of the fan blade; and wherein the attachment portion and the angled portion collectively define a substantially hollow interior.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,957,700	2015-02-17	1. An integrated circuit (IC), comprising: a first pin; and an impedance sensing circuit electrically connected to the first pin, wherein the impedance sensing circuit is configured to determine an impedance of a first external passive network when the first external passive network is electrically connected to the first pin, and wherein the impedance sensing circuit is configured to digitally configure the IC to one of at least four possible states based on the determined impedance.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,393,547	2016-07-19	1. Adsorbent material having the following formula: wherein w+x+y+z=1; and 0.20≦w≦0.60; 0.20≦x≦0.60; 0.05≦y≦0.25; 0.05≦z≦0.25; 0.20≦(y+z)≦0.33; and 0.50≦m≦0.80, wherein A is CO wherein the adsorbent material is not calcined, and wherein the adsorbent material is present in hydrotalcite-like and/or aurichalcite-like structure.	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	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
8,501,231	2013-08-06	1. A composition comprising: (a) a drug in a pharmaceutically acceptable solubility-improved form that is a high-energy crystalline form of said drug; and (b) a concentration-enhancing polymer selected from the group consisting of cellulose acetate phthalate, cellulose acetate trimellitate, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose phthalate, and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate succinate hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose acetate, hydroxyethyl ethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl ethyl cellulose, acrylate and methacrylate copolymers, and mixtures thereof wherein said drug alone has an aqueous solubility of up to 2 mg/mL at pH 1 to 8, and said composition is not a dispersion.	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,056,153	2015-06-16	1. An implantable medical device comprising: a biocompatible polymer comprising monomers consisting of a first monomer and a second monomer, wherein said first monomer is 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and said second monomer is n-hexyl methacrylate, and further wherein the ratio of the first monomer and the second monomer is 1:1; and a bioactive agent.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,943,203	2015-01-27	1. A system comprising: a server comprising a server operating system, the server being operatively coupled to a storage system and configured for	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,791,842	2017-10-17	1. A power control system configured to receive electrical energy from an electrical power distribution system, the system comprising: a plurality of energy storage devices, each energy storage device comprising: a controller controls electrical energy consumption of at least one of the energy storage devices to heat its heat storage medium to a temperature that exceeds the target temperature setting and is below the maximum temperature as a function of:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,926,474	2015-01-06	1. An exercise device comprising: a) a frame having two opposing sides each with at least one guiding channel; b) a plurality of panels hingedly connected together to form an endless loop, each of said plurality of panels including a front face and two ends; wherein one of said two ends of each of said plurality of panels is received in the guiding channel of one of said two opposing sides and the other of said two ends is received in the guiding channel of the other of said two opposing sides such that upon articulation of said endless loop, said plurality of panels slide in said guiding channels; c) a plurality of lock plates, having upper and lower surfaces, connected to said front faces of said plurality of panels at said lower surfaces; d) a plurality of retaining plates mated to said upper surfaces of said lock plates; e) a plurality of hand grip assemblies including upper handle portions and lower rectangular portions; wherein each of said lower rectangular potions include a bottom surface and a pivot lever; and wherein said bottom surface slides on said front faces of said plurality of panels and said pivot lever engages said lock plate at a lock plate tooth; f) a sprocket having sprocket teeth, said sprocket being mounted to a shaft such that rotation of the sprocket about its central axis transmits the rotation to the shaft and wherein said sprocket teeth engage consecutive panels of said plurality of panels as said endless loop articulates and thus said sprocket and said shaft rotate in response to articulation of said endless loop; g) an adjustable tensioning mechanism mounted on said frame and configured to apply a retarding force to said shaft to slow rotation of said shaft and said sprocket; h) a braking mechanism mounted on said frame and configured to apply an arresting force to said shaft to selectively prevent rotation of said shaft and said sprocket; i) first and second beam reflectors; j) first and second sensors in communication with said braking mechanism; wherein said sensors further comprise beam emitting mechanisms and beam receiving mechanisms configured to receive beams reflected at said beam reflectors such that when beam receiving mechanisms are prevented from receiving reflected beams, a signal to said braking mechanism to apply said arresting force is not sent to said braking mechanism; k) a plurality of feet mounted to said frame to allow for mounting of said exercise device to a vertical surface such as a wall.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,176,024	2015-11-03	1. A system comprising: a first unitary measurement strip configured to be attached about a rotational component at a first axial location, the first unitary measurement strip having a first thickness, wherein the first unitary measurement strip comprises a first set of one or more windows formed in the first unitary measurement strip prior to attachment to the rotational component, each window of the first set of one or more windows is configured to correspond to a first respective tangential location of the rotational component at the first axial location, wherein each window of the first set of windows comprises a recess through an entirety of the first thickness of the first unitary measurement strip, and each window of the first set of one or more windows is configured to be detectable via a first non-optical sensor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9,077,381	2015-07-07	1. A memory controller controlling a memory, comprising: an encoding unit that executes an error correction coding process on input-data to generate a code word; the encoding unit including a remainder circuit that calculates a remainder obtained by dividing the input-data by a first generator polynomial and generates a first code word having a first error correction capability, and a first multiplication circuit that multiplies the first code word by a second generator polynomial and generates a second code word having a second error correction capability, the first code word being a code word of systematic code, the second code word being a code word of non-systematic code; a calculation control unit that controls whether to execute the multiplication calculation of the multiplication circuit; and a memory interface unit that controls writing of the code word to the memory and reading of the code word from 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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,709,277	2014-04-29	1. An etching composition, comprising: about 60% to about 95% of at least one sulfonic acid; about 0.005% to about 0.04% of chloride anion; about 0.03% to about 0.27% of bromide anion; about 0.1% to about 20% of nitrate or nitrosyl ion; and about 3% to about 37% of water.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,755,458	2014-06-17	1. An apparatus comprising: a baseband signal processor configured with a plurality of signal processing function modules comprising a plurality of transmit signal processors each of which being configured to assign elements of a symbol vector to a corresponding one of a plurality of antennas; and a transmit spatial processor that is configured to apply weights to outputs of the plurality of transmit signal processors so as to weight the elements of a symbol vector at each of a plurality of frequency bins to produce a plurality of weighted symbols, and to convert the plurality of weighted symbols to the time-domain using an inverse Fourier Transform procedure to produce a plurality of time-domain sequences.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,072,843	2015-07-07	1. A renal therapy system comprising: a filter; an arterial blood flowpath in fluid communication with the filter; a venous blood flowpath in fluid communication with the filter; an extracorporeal circuit including the filter, the arterial blood flowpath and the venous blood flowpath; a renal therapy fluid flowpath in fluid communication with the extracorporeal circuit; first and second renal therapy fluid pumps in fluid communication with the filter; and a plurality of renal therapy fluid valves located upstream and a plurality of renal therapy fluid valves located downstream of the first and second renal therapy fluid pumps, wherein the system is configured to operate the plurality of renal therapy fluid valves so that (i) the first renal therapy fluid pump pumps renal therapy fluid through the renal therapy fluid flowpath to the extracorporeal circuit for a number of first pump actuations and (ii) the second renal therapy fluid pump pumps renal therapy fluid through the renal therapy fluid flowpath for a number of second pump actuations.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,111,457	2015-08-18	1. A computer-implemented method comprising: determining a user selected portion of a text communication selected on a first computing device, wherein the text communication includes visible text and wherein the user selected portion of the text communication is the visible text; providing at the first computing device, in real-time during a text communication session between the first computing device and a second computing device, a user selectable voice prompt that allows the user to record a pronunciation of the user selected portion of the visible text in the text communication, wherein the pronunciation of the user selected portion of the visible text in the text communication is recorded in real-time at the first computing device where the user selected portion of the visible text in the text communication is selected by the user; associating the recorded pronunciation of the visible text in the text communication with the user selected portion of the visible text in the text communication; transmitting both the visible text in the text communication and the recorded pronunciation of the user selected portion of the visible text in the text communication to a second computing device; and displaying at the first computing device and the second computing device simultaneously, a visual indicator relating to the user selected portion of the visible text in the text communication and the recorded pronunciation that facilitates the use of the recorded pronunciation.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,574,689	2013-11-05	1. An O-plate, comprising: a substrate; an alignment film prepared by coating the substrate with a composition for an alignment film that comprises a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA); 13 to 25% by weight of an acrylate monomer based on the weight of the polyvinyl alcohol; 20 to 30% by weight of a compatibilizing agent based on the weight of the acrylate monomer; 10 to 50% by weight of an aqueous photo initiator based on the weight of the acrylate monomer; and a solvent, followed by undergoing drying, curing and rubbing processes; and a splay-aligned liquid crystal film formed on the alignment film, wherein the solvent comprises a mixture of water and alcohol, and the water to alcohol ratio of the solvent is 40:60 to 50:50, wherein the compatibilizing agent is poly(4-vinylphenol), and wherein the substrate comprises triacetyl cellulose or a cycloolefin polymer (COP).	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1
8,855,932	2014-10-07	1. A method for remotely measuring surface air pressure, comprising: transmitting signals at two different wavelengths into the atmosphere to produce altered signals; receiving the altered signals; and processing the received signals to determine the relative received power of the signals, to calculate the differential absorption index and the corresponding surface air pressure.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,566,391	2017-02-14	1. A needle shield assembly, comprising: a) a needle cannula, wherein said needle cannula includes a needle hub secured at a proximal end thereof and a sharp end at an opposite distal end thereof; b) an adapter assembly removeably securing said needle cannula to a syringe, said adapter assembly including an adapter housing and a needle hub connector mounted within said adapter housing; c) said adapter assembly further including a needle shield moveably connected to said adapter housing and rotatable between a first position wherein said needle cannula is enclosed by said needle shield and a second position wherein said needle cannula is exposed for use; and d) a tendon member having a distal end secured to said needle shield and a proximal end secured to said needle hub connector.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,523,664	2016-12-20	1. A powder detector to detect an amount of powder in a powder container, the powder having flowability, the powder detector comprising: a vibration plate disposed in the powder container to vibrate; a contact member to vibrate the vibration plate; and a vibration detector to detect a vibration state of the vibration plate, wherein the vibration state of the vibration plate is affected by the powder in the powder container.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,763,563	2017-09-19	1. A variable direction of view endoscope system, comprising: an endoscope having an image receiver with a variable direction of view adjustable over a viewing range bound by a first limit and a second limit, said variable direction of view being adjustable in only one direction over the viewing range with a wrap-around from the second limit directly back to the first limit; the endoscope having only one control interface, said one control interface is configured to adjust the variable direction of view of the image receiver and to capture images via said endoscope, wherein actuating said one control interface issues a command to a view control device to advance the variable direction of view sequentially through the viewing range from a first one of a plurality of view angle positions to a second one of the plurality of view angle positions, wherein when the image receiver is at the second limit of the viewing range, one same actuation of said one control interface issues the command and adjusts the image receiver back to the first limit of the viewing range; wherein said one control interface is a button.	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,421,906	2013-04-16	1. A method for selecting a focus setting for a digital image acquisition appliance, the method comprising: acquiring a first image with a first focus setting; acquiring a second image with a second focus setting, the second image being acquired sequentially with the first image; dividing the first image into a first grid of macroblocks; dividing the second image into a second grid of macroblocks; determining a first zone in the first grid of macroblocks and a second zone in the second grid of macroblocks using a first predetermined selection criteria, wherein the first predetermined selection criteria comprises the number of saturated macroblocks in the respective zone and in a macroblock order around the respective zone; calculating a macroblock shift of the first zone with respect to the second zone to a sub-macroblock precision; calculating a first value of a figure-of-merit for the first image and a second value of the figure-of-merit for the second image, the first value being calculated using focus metric data obtained from macroblocks belonging to the first grid of macroblocks, the second value being calculated using focus metric data obtained from macroblocks belonging to the second grid of macroblocks, wherein the calculated first and second values have been corrected for the macroblock shift; selecting the focus setting using a second predetermined selection criteria based on the first and second values of the figure-of-merit, wherein the second predetermined selection criteria comprises a maximum sum of squares difference (SSD) and/or a sum of absolute difference (SAD).	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,738,103	2017-08-22	1. A post-processing apparatus configured to perform post-processing on a sheet having an image formed thereon, the post-processing at least including case bookbinding by using paste, and the apparatus comprising: a paste applicator having a paste application member and configured to supply paste to coat a back of a sheet bundle with the paste; a pressurization member configured to press a cover onto the back of the sheet bundle with the paste coated thereon; and a controller configured to receive information relating to a cover gutter setting and to perform control over the paste applicator and the pressurization member, the controller being configured to cause, in a guttered cover setting, the paste to overflow in a larger amount from the back of the sheet bundle toward a gutter than an amount of overflow in a non-guttered cover setting based on the information relating to the cover gutter setting, wherein the information relating to the cover gutter setting contains information on a depth of the gutter, and wherein the controller is configured to set the larger amount according to the depth of the gutter.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,491,239	2016-11-08	1. A method comprising: receiving a first request for content from a computing device; retrieving an index file associated with the content from a first storage medium in response to the first request; determining that a second storage medium enables caching of the index file and disables caching of the content; storing the index file in the second storage medium, wherein the first storage medium is located in a network upstream from the second storage medium relative to the computing device; receiving a second request for the content; and retrieving the index file from the second storage medium in response to the second request.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,405,712	2016-08-02	1. A memory device, comprising: a crossbar interconnect; a plurality of processing elements coupled to the crossbar interconnect, the plurality of processing elements comprising a first processing element configured to send a first memory access request to the crossbar interconnect and a second processing element configured to send a second memory access request to the crossbar interconnect, the first processing element including a first memory request priority register set to a first priority value based at least in part on a first load-to-use distance hint from a compiler and a first instruction execution rate associated with the first processing element and the second processing element including a second memory request priority register set to a second priority value based at least in part on a second load-to-use distance hint from the compiler and a second instruction execution rate, the first memory access request comprising the first priority value and the second memory access request comprising the second priority value; memory comprising a memory stack, the memory stack comprising a plurality of memory dies stacked together, the memory storing a compiler configured to: wherein the first processing element is configured to set the first memory request priority register to the first priority value further based at least in part on the first load-to-use distance hint from a compiler, wherein the second processing element is configured to set the second memory request priority register to the second priority value further based at least in part on the second load-to-use distance hint from the compiler, the memory device further comprising: a memory controller coupled to the memory and the crossbar interconnect, the memory controller comprising a queue that buffers a plurality of memory access requests to the memory stack, the plurality of memory access requests in the queue comprising the second memory access request, wherein the crossbar interconnect is configured to route the first memory access request and the second memory access request to the memory controller, and wherein the memory controller is configured to: i) determine that the first priority value is greater than the second priority value, the first priority value being greater than the second priority value indicating at least in part that the first instruction execution rate is less than the second instruction execution rate or that the second load-to-use distance hint is greater than the first load-to-use distance hint, and ii) access the memory stack based on the first memory access request prior to accessing the memory stack based on the second memory access request.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9,289,445	2016-03-22	1. A method for inhibiting retrovirus replication in a subject, the method comprising administering to a non-dividing cell of a subject having or at risk of developing a retroviral infection a ribonucleoside chain terminator or an analog or derivative thereof, thereby inhibiting viral replication in the non-dividing cell of the subject.	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
8,679,905	2014-03-25	1. A method of forming ohmic source/drain contacts in a metal oxide semiconductor thin film transistor comprising the steps of: providing a gate, a gate dielectric, a high carrier concentration metal oxide semiconductor active layer with a band gap and spaced apart source/drain metal contacts in a thin film transistor configuration, the spaced apart source/drain metal contacts defining a channel region in the active layer, and further including an etch stop passivation layer positioned in overlying relationship on the channel region of the metal oxide semiconductor active layer and partially beneath the source/drain metal contacts, the etch stop passivation layer being formed with insulating material that has a glass transition temperature (Tg), where below the Tg the insulating material functions as a chemical barrier to O providing an oxidizing ambient adjacent the channel region; and heating the gate and the channel region in the oxidizing ambient to reduce the carrier concentration in the channel area.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,624,304	2014-01-07	1. A transistor device, comprising: a substrate; a gate electrode formed over said substrate; a gate dielectric layer formed over said gate electrode and at least a portion of said substrate; source and drain electrodes formed over said gate electrode such that said source and drain electrodes are spaced apart from said gate electrode in a plane of said gate dielectric layer and further such that a portion of each of said source and drain electrodes overlap a portion of said gate electrode; a functional layer formed over and in physical contact with said source and drain electrodes and further over and in physical contact with at least a portion of said gate dielectric; a first insulative wall structure formed over at least a portion of said source electrode such that a region of said source electrode is not covered by said first insulative wall structure and a second insulative wall structure formed over at least a region of said drain electrode such that a portion of said drain electrode is not covered by said second insulative wall structure; and a semiconductor layer formed over said functional layer and in physical and electrical contact with said exposed regions of said source and drain electrodes, said semiconductor layer laterally confined by the first and second insulative wall structures.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,502,526	2016-11-22	1. A method for forming a semiconductor device comprising: forming a trench by etching a semiconductor substrate; forming a gate insulation film over the trench; forming a first gate in a lower portion of the trench and over the gate insulation film; implanting nitrogen into the gate insulation film; forming a nitride film over the gate insulation film including the nitrogen; implanting nitrogen into the nitride film; forming an insulation film over the nitride film; forming a second gate over the insulation film and over the first gate; and forming a capping layer over the insulation film and over the second gate.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,724,439	2014-05-13	1. An optical recording method for recording information on an optical recording medium by directing laser light onto the optical recording medium according to recording parameters responsive to recorded data length, the recording parameters including a plurality of parameters, the optical recording method comprising: a recommended recording condition reading step for reading recommended recording parameter values from the optical recording medium, on which the recommended recording parameter values have been recorded; a recording parameter decision step for using the recommended recording parameter values read in the recommended recording condition reading step and vector information and approximation coefficients obtained in advance to obtain the recording parameters to be used in recording; and a writing step for using the recording parameters thus obtained to write on the optical recording medium by the recording method; wherein the vector information includes a principal component vector obtained by finding parameter difference values between optimal recording parameter values and the recommended parameter values of the optical recording media in advance, and performing a principal component analysis on the difference values; and the approximation coefficients are coefficients for conversion obtained according to rules and conversion formulas that permit unique conversion from feature information indicating feature parameters of each optical recording medium calculated from the recommended recording parameter values and the vector information to converted information indicating a relation between the vector information and the parameter difference values, the converted information is a solution to linear equations having the vector information as coefficients and the parameter difference values as constants; the feature information is feature information indicating feature parameters of each optical recording medium found by using the vector information to weight the parameters of the recommended recording parameter values.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,628,325	2017-04-18	1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause a user equipment (UE) to: monitor a high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) channel, wherein the HSDPA channel includes at least one of a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH), a high speed physical downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH), or a high speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH); determine a channel quality of the HSDPA channel, wherein the channel quality is determined based at least in part on a ratio of energy per chip to power density; declare a radio link failure if the determined channel quality of the HSDPA channel remains below a predetermined threshold over a predetermined period of time; and invoke a procedure to recover the radio link.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,015,691	2015-04-21	1. A method comprising: loading a software class containing class information for a lock state; allocating an instance of a software object derived from the software class, wherein the allocating includes allocating of a lock word as part of the instance of the software object, the lock word defining whether the software object is locked by a thread of multiple threads; observing activity relative to the instance of the software object; and responsive to observing the activity relative to the instance of the software object that indicates that the lock state of the instance of the software object is non-locking, removing the lock word from the instance of the software object, wherein removing the lock word from the instance of the software object is delayed relative to the observing of the activity relative to the instance of the software object that indicates that the lock state of the instance of the software object is non-locking.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,657,228	2014-02-25	1. An apparatus for actuating a moveable member on a wing member, comprising: a base; a first linear actuator having a first fixed element and a first sliding element movable within the base; a second linear actuator having a second fixed element and a second sliding element movable within the base; a crank element coupled to a link element at a link attachment location, the link element extending approximately chordwise, the link element being operably associated with the moveable member; a first sleeve element connected to the first sliding element and to the crank element; a second sleeve element connected to the second sliding element and to the crank element; a first flexure strap and a second flexure strap each connected to the base and to the crank element such that the first flexure strap and the second flexure strap diagonally cross each other at a pivot point, the pivot point being located an approximately spanwise distance from the link attachment location.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8,917,418	2014-12-23	1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a conveying section that accelerates a long-length recording medium from a stopped state to a predetermined speed, that conveys the long-length recording medium, and that decelerates the long-length recording medium to the stopped state; a recording section that records an image on the recording medium during a current printing, and that forms a first test pattern on the recording medium after the image has been recorded during the current printing, at a time of deceleration of the recording medium; a reading section that reads the image that the recording section has recorded and the first test pattern that the recording section has formed; an image converting section that converts inputted image data into image data that the recording section outputs; a maintenance section that performs maintenance of the recording section; and a controller that decides, on the basis of first data obtained by reading the first test pattern, whether or not the maintenance is needed and the content thereof, wherein the recording section is equipped with an inkjet recording head, and the first test pattern is a pattern for detecting jetting defects per nozzle of the inkjet recording head, and wherein the image recording apparatus does not perform the maintenance in a case in which a number of misfiring nozzles detected in the pattern for detecting jetting defects is equal to or less than a predetermined number.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,276,931	2016-03-01	1. A method comprising: storing in a database a plurality of different algorithms and a different time interval in association with said each different algorithm, a security token value for authenticating a client requesting access to a network service being generated with said each different algorithm; determining a new time interval for generating a new security token value, wherein the new time interval is different from an immediate prior time interval to the new time intervals that was used for generating an immediate prior security token value, and wherein new time interval is determined using a pre-computed time table, a time algorithm, or a combination thereof; selecting an algorithm from the plurality of different algorithms for generating the new security token value based on the new time interval, wherein selecting the algorithm comprises determining the one of the plurality of different algorithms having an associated time interval that corresponds to the new time interval; generating the new security token value using the selected algorithm, comparing the new security token value to the immediate prior security token value; and upon condition that the comparing indicates the new security token value is the same as the immediate previous security token value, determining to regenerate the new security token, wherein the generating of the new security token value uses a first seed value, and regenerating of the new security token value uses a second seed value.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,513,047	2013-08-20	1. A method for manufacturing a solar cell, comprising: forming irregularities on a crystal semiconductor substrate by an etching process as well as forming a photoelectric conversion part having a semiconductor pn junction or a semiconductor pin junction; forming collecting electrodes on the photoelectric conversion part; forming dividing grooves by irradiating the photoelectric conversion part with a laser beam; and fracturing the photoelectric conversion part along the dividing grooves by bending the photoelectric conversion part along the dividing grooves, wherein the dividing grooves are not parallel to a cleavage plane of the crystal semiconductor substrate on which the irregularities are formed by the etching process.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,235,914	2016-01-12	1. An image editing apparatus comprising: an input interface configured to input a moving image stream that includes a plurality of frames; a conversion processor configured to extract a specific subject from at least one of the frames included in the input moving image stream; and an image processor configured to perform a mask processing to the specific subject for producing an output moving image stream according to whether the specific subject satisfies a predetermined output condition; wherein a display resolution of the output moving image stream is different than a display resolution of the input moving image stream; and wherein the predetermined output condition is satisfied when at least one of the following determination criteria is satisfied: Determination 1: a×V≧a2 or b×V≧b2; Determination 2: a×V≧a2 and b×V≧b2; Determination 3: a×b×V≧a2b2;	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,442,638	2013-05-14	1. A method of providing disordered breathing therapy to a patient, comprising: sensing one or more conditions affecting the patient; predicting disordered breathing or detecting disordered breathing in the patient using the one or more of the sensed conditions; and in response to predicting or detecting, delivering a first disordered breathing therapy and a second disordered breathing therapy and implementing instructions in a programmed therapy controller to coordinate the delivery of the first and second disordered breathing therapies, wherein the first disordered breathing therapy includes an electrical stimulation of a neural target to modify a baroreflex response and the second disordered breathing therapy does not include the electrical stimulation of the neural target to modify the baroreflex response, wherein implementing instructions in a programmed therapy controller to coordinate the delivery of the first and second disordered breathing therapies includes using the programmed therapy controller to evaluate the one or more conditions affecting the patient after delivering the first disordered breathing therapy and the second disordered breathing therapy and to adapt the first and second desired breathing therapies.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,194,358	2015-11-24	1. An automotive carbon monoxide sensor comprising: a sensor housing that includes a motion sensor, a heat sensor, and a carbon monoxide sensor; the motion sensor is adapted to detect motion inside of a passenger compartment of a vehicle; the heat sensor is adapted to detect temperature inside of said passenger compartment of said vehicle; the carbon monoxide detector is adapted to detect carbon monoxide levels inside of said passenger compartment of said vehicle; wherein a weight sensor that is adapted to detect the presence of a driver in a vehicle driver seat; wherein the sensor housing, the weight sensor, and a seat belt sensor are all connected to a central processing unit that is able to detect motion, temperature, carbon monoxide, and presence of a driver in order to set an alarm via a vehicle horn and/or automatically lower at least one vehicle window; wherein the sensor housing is adapted to be secured to a ceiling surface of said vehicle; wherein the sensor housing is further defined with a top housing surface that includes at least one mounting hole thereon so that the sensor housing is adapted to be mounted to the ceiling surface of the vehicle; wherein the sensor housing includes a sensor housing wire that extends from the sensor housing to said central processing unit; wherein the central processing unit is wired to the seat belt sensor via a seat belt wire; wherein the seat belt sensor is used to detect a position of the driver seat belt so as to decipher whether or not the driver seat belt is in use; wherein the central processing unit is adjacent to the weight sensor; wherein the central processing unit is in wired connection with the weight sensor, and the sensor housing wire; wherein the central processing unit includes a window relay wire, a vehicle horn wire, a vehicle ignition kill wire, and a cellular transceiver wire.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,756,959	2017-09-12	1. A mattress assembly comprising: a mattress core; a headboard attached to the mattress core, wherein the headboard is attached to a mattress sidewall of the mattress core and extends vertically upwards parallel to the mattress sidewall; and a mattress cover at least partially enclosing the core, wherein an outermost surface of at least one of the mattress core, the mattress cover, and the headboard is configured with a customer assistance sensory device configured to provide to a customer an odor indicative of one or more parameters of the mattress core, wherein the customer assistance sensory device consists of a member physically attached to the outermost surface of at least one of the mattress core, the mattress cover, and the headboard, wherein the member includes a top surface that is parallel to the outermost surface, and wherein the top surface of the customer sensory assistance device provides to the customer the odor indicative of the one or more parameters of the mattress core and is viewable by an end user from a foot end of the mattress assembly.	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,451,714	2013-05-28	1. A method for falling back from a primary network to a secondary network to ensure call quality in a distributed telephony system, the method comprising: initiating a call from a first endpoint to a second endpoint; using the primary network for call control; determining whether any defined network preference describing a preference for using the secondary network is stored, wherein the defined network preference is defined by a user or an administrator; determining whether the primary network can be used for data transmission based at least in part on the determination of whether any defined network preference is stored; and if it is determined that the primary network cannot be used for data transmission, using the secondary network for data transmission and the primary network for call control while using the secondary network for data transmission, wherein the primary network is an IP network.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,834,492	2017-12-05	1. A process for making propylene comprising: cracking a hydrocarbon feed stream and a distillate recycle stream comprising distillate hydrocarbons over an FCC catalyst in an FCC zone to produce a cracked product stream; recovering a propylene product stream from said cracked product stream; obtaining an oligomerization feed stream comprising C passing said oligomerization feed stream to an oligomerization zone to oligomerize said oligomerization feed stream over a zeolite catalyst having a uni-dimensional 10-membered ring pore structure to produce an oligomerate stream comprising less than about 80 wt % C separating said oligomerate stream in a distillate separator, having an overhead pressure of between about 10 and about 60 kPa (gauge) and a bottom temperature of between about 225° C. and about 275° C. to provide a gasoline stream and said distillate recycle stream comprising distillate hydrocarbons; and wherein said distillate recycle stream has a boiling point of between about 200° C. and about 400° C.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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
8,752,063	2014-06-10	1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: registering a user-mode virtual memory buffer corresponding to an application; issuing a system call to a kernel for a kernel-mode execution thread to handle a request from the application; allocating a completion queue from the user-mode virtual memory buffer and pinning the completion queue to physical memory; mapping the completion queue to a first kernel-mode system address in the kernel, the completion queue configured to receive completion notifications from the kernel mode execution thread via the kernel-mode system address and to enable access to the completion notifications by the application via the user-mode virtual memory buffer; registering a socket configured to provide data requests from the application to the kernel, the registering the socket comprising: receiving an additional request from the application for the kernel-mode execution thread to handle additional data in the request queue, the kernel-mode execution thread handling the additional request without an additional system call being issued to the kernel.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,790,667	2014-07-29	1. A container containing a pharmaceutical solution containing a protein, said container having a hydrophobic inner surface and a coating thereon to isolate said pharmaceutical solution from said inner surface, said coating comprising: a linker adsorbed on said inner surface, wherein said linker comprises at least one of an unfolded protein, a carbohydrate, and a biological polymer; and a chaperone protein bound to said linker, wherein said chaperone protein stabilizes said linker in order to prevent aggregation of said protein.	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
8,478,616	2013-07-02	1. A method defining a business process and executing said business process in a business process execution environment, said method comprising the elements of: accepting input through a graphical user interface to create a flow chart of a business process, said business process including input from at least one messaging system in a data and messaging service; generating Business Process Modeling Language (BPML) code from said flow chart, said BPML code operating on at least one Business Object comprising metadata; hosting said BPML code on a web services server system; executing said BPML code in said business process execution environment, said business process execution environment comprising said data and messaging service executing on a server system for accessing external information, said data and messaging service providing unified access to a plurality of different messaging systems by receiving input information using said data and messaging service on behalf of said Business Object; and transmitting output information using said data and messaging service on behalf of said Business Object.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,648,031	2014-02-11	1. A compound of the formulae (I) or (IIa) or a mixture thereof in which n is zero (0) or one (1) and the dashed line is a double bond in 11 or 12 position in cis or trans configuration.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,447,172	2013-05-21	1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having an executable data structure for managing reproduction of text subtitle data by a reproducing apparatus, comprising: an area storing at least one main AV data and a plurality of subtitle information segments, each one of the subtitle information segments being represented by a single PES packet of transport packets which includes a packet identifier for identifying a type of packet, wherein each one of the subtitle information segments includes a segment identifier identifying the subtitle information segment as one of text data and graphic data, wherein a first subtitle information segment identified as the text data defines at least one style information, a second subtitle information segment identified as the text data includes at least two text subtitle regions, and each of the text subtitle regions is linked to the style information defined in the first subtitle information segment by an identifier, the style information defining horizontal position, vertical position, width and height of the text subtitle region to be displayed, wherein the graphic data is multiplexed with the main AV data into a file while the text data is separate from the main AV data, wherein either one of the graphic data or the text data is displayed together with the main AV 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,183,202	2015-11-10	1. A method of application integration on a computing device, comprising: selecting an application plan for an application executing on the computing device; identifying, using the application plan, if a display generated by the application contains one or more previously mapped locations within the display; when the display contains at least one previously mapped location based on the application plan, automatically, and continuously collecting application data from at least one of the previously mapped locations in the display generated by the application; using the collected application data, querying a computer-readable storage medium for one or more documents without user intervention; retrieving identifying data associated with the one or more documents based upon the query; monitoring the collected application data from the mapped location for a change in the collected application data; upon detecting the change, re-querying the computer-readable storage medium using the changed collected application data and retrieving identifying data associated with the one or more documents having properties matching the changed collected application data; and displaying the one or more documents having properties matching the changed collected application data, wherein the mapped location is a spatial location of information in the display generated by the application.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,608,632	2017-03-28	1. A resistance calibration method for a first resistor of a first module, the resistance calibration method comprising: performing resistance calibration on a calibration unit of a second module, wherein the first module is connected to the second module via a pad coupled to the first resistor, and the calibration unit is coupled to the pad; obtaining a resistance value of the calibration unit after the resistance calibration; and calibrating a resistance value of the first resistor according to the resistance value of the calibration 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,623,753	2017-04-18	1. A cooling control apparatus for an electric vehicle motor, comprising: a motor for transmitting power to a wheel of a vehicle; a clutch for transmitting or disconnecting the power from the motor to the wheel; an oil circulator to be driven in operational association with the motor, for circulating oil to the motor; and a controller for controlling operations of the motor and the clutch, wherein: the controller configured to: continue the drive of the motor when the estimated magnet temperature of the motor is higher than a predetermined reference temperature at which the motor needs to be cooled, and stops the drive of the motor when the magnet temperature of the motor is equal to or lower than the predetermined reference temperature, wherein the motor control part constantly drives the motor at a plurality of numbers of revolutions when the motor is driven after the clutch is disengaged.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0
9,054,613	2015-06-09	1. A motor drive apparatus for driving an AC motor using electric power provided from a DC power supply, said AC motor being configured to rotate a rotor provided with a permanent magnet using a current magnetic field generated by passing a drive current through a coil of a stator, said motor drive apparatus comprising: a power conversion device configured to convert DC electric power provided from said DC power supply into AC electric power for driving said AC motor; and a control device for controlling said power conversion device such that an offset current is superimposed on at least one phase of said coil and a temperature of said permanent magnet is raised.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,777,792	2017-10-03	1. A fluid metering device comprising: a housing defining a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber; a valve having at least one orifice for controlling fluid flow between the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber; a piezoelectric device moveable between at least a first position and a second position, wherein the piezoelectric device affects fluid flow through the at least one orifice when disposed in the first position at a first rate, and wherein the piezoelectric device affects fluid flow through the at least one orifice when disposed in the second position at a second rate; wherein the valve includes at least one valve disc; wherein the at least one valve disk is bendable about a spring point in response to a fluid pressure to control fluid flow through the at least one orifice, between the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber; and wherein the piezoelectric device engages the at least one valve disk to move the spring point, about which the at least one valve disk bends, radially outward relative to a longitudinal axis, to change the fluid pressure required to bend the at least one valve disk when the piezoelectric device is disposed in the second position.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	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
8,611,725	2013-12-17	1. A playback display device comprising: a display unit; a data storage unit which stores data representing a travel route and a plurality of pieces of image data each associated with an image capturing place; a movement display control unit which displays a mark moving on a map displayed on the display unit based on the data representing the travel route; an image playback unit which displays image data when, while the movement display control unit displays the mark moving on the map, a displayed position of the mark matches a corresponding position of the image capturing place associated with the image data; a travel means identification unit which identifies travel means at each place on the travel route; and a display mode changing unit which changes a scale of the map on which the mark is displayed, based on the travel means identified by the travel means identification 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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,078,724	2015-07-14	1. A dental floss apparatus, comprising: a floss arm having a floss bridge at a distal end and a hollow base at a proximal end; a pair of prongs included on the floss bridge defining a gap between the pair of prongs, wherein each of the pair of prongs includes a notched portion having an angled-V cross-section adjacent to a free end of the prong; and a supply of dental floss contained within the hollow base and the hollow base having a dispensing hole proximate to the floss arm, wherein a loose end of the supply of dental floss is passable through the dispensing hole and wrappable around the notched portion on each of the pair of prongs so as to form a taut length of dental floss between the pair of prongs.	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,833,024	2017-12-05	1. An encased wire for a garment, comprising: a wire with first and second ends; and a casing surrounding the wire, wherein the casing comprises at least one first fabric ribbon woven from a polyamide, wherein the casing has a first side edge, a second side edge, and at least a first, stitched seam disposed adjacent to the first side edge to close the casing, thereby containing the wire, wherein the casing comprises at least one first woven region and at least one second woven region, wherein at least a portion of said at least one first fabric ribbon comprises said at least one first woven region, wherein at least a portion of at least one of said at least one first fabric ribbon and a second fabric ribbon comprises said at least one second woven region, wherein said at least one first woven region comprises a first woven density that resists penetration by at least one of the first and second ends of the wire, wherein said at least one first woven region is in contact with the wire, wherein said at least one second woven region comprises a second woven density that is configured to provide increased comfort to a wearer of the garment incorporating the wire, wherein said at least one first woven region is disposed between the wire and said at least one second woven region, thereby separating the wire from said at least one second woven region, and wherein the first woven density is greater than the second woven density.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,609,071	2013-12-17	1. A phosphopeptide stabilised amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) or amorphous calcium fluoride phosphate (ACFP) complex, wherein the complex is formed at a pH of from about 5.0 up to but below 7.0, and wherein the ACP or ACFP complex has bound and unbound calcium, wherein the bound calcium in the complex is less than the bound calcium in an ACP or ACFP complex formed at a pH of 7.0 and the ACP or ACFP is predominantly in a basic form.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,916,733	2014-12-23	1. A continuous process for hydrofluorinating 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene to 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane, comprising: contacting the 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene with hydrogen fluoride in the presence of a catalyst having about 25 to about 99.9 mole percent antimony pentachloride and about 0.1 to about 75 mole percent of a metal of a Lewis acid under conditions sufficient to form the 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane, wherein a conversion of greater than about 45 mole percent 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene and a selectivity of less than about 15 mole percent for each by-product other than 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane is achieved in less than 30 hours from initiation of the contacting 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,980,196	2015-03-17	1. A fluid-sparged helical channel reactor, comprising: a) a constrained-flow unit located within a reactor body, said unit having an inner wall and an outer wall configured to produce a helical constrained flow along a substantially enclosed helical flow path around an axial interior volume, wherein at least part of the outer wall includes a sparging portion to allow fluid reactant to be sparged into the helical constrained flow; b) a liquid inlet fluidly connected to the reactor body and configured to allow addition of a liquid into the enclosed helical flow path; c) a sparging fluid inlet fluidly connected to the reactor body for supply of a sparging fluid to the sparging portion of the constrained-flow unit; d) a liquid outlet fluidly connected to the reactor body to allow removal of liquid from the constrained-flow unit; e) a gas outlet fluidly associated with the enclosed helical flow path to allow removal of gases from the enclosed helical flow path; f) a separation unit fluidly connected between the helical flow path and the liquid outlet and gas outlet, said separation unit allowing at least partial separation of gases and liquids; and g) a gas preheater, separate or operatively coupled to provide sparging fluid to the sparging fluid inlet and thermally associated with the separation unit such that the sparging fluid is heated by heat transferred from the separation unit before introduction into the sparging fluid inlet.	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,840,922	2014-09-23	1. A transdermal absorption formulation produced by dissolving donepezil, which is an active ingredient, in an adhesive patch base containing a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, a hydrogenated rosin glycerin ester, liquid paraffin, and an absorption promoter, wherein (a) a blend ratio between the hydrogenated rosin glycerin ester and donepezil is hydrogenated rosin glycerin ester/donepezil=1.5 to 8, and (b) a blend ratio between the styrene-isoprene-stryene block copolymer and liquid paraffin is styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer/liquid paraffin=0.7 to 1.5.	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,064,955	2015-06-23	1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a source region in a P-body; a drain region in an N-well; a drift region between the source region and the drain region; a first gate disposed above a portion of the P-body; and a second gate aligned with at least one side of the drain region, wherein the first gate comprises first and second gate electrodes separated by a gate oxide 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,375,987	2013-02-19	1. A concentrator for increasing the particle concentration in an aerosol flow, the concentrator comprising: a sculptured acceleration plate with a number of slit-shaped and radially extending entry openings adapted to receive a first aerosol volume flow and having a first cumulative cross-sectional size, and a number of slit-shaped and radially extending acceleration plate exit openings adapted to release the first aerosol volume flow and having a second cumulative cross-sectional size that is smaller than the first cumulative cross-sectional size; a sculptured deceleration plate with a number of slit-shaped and radially extending deceleration plate entry openings adapted to receive a second aerosol volume flow of high particle concentration and having a third cumulative cross-sectional size, and a number of slit-shaped and radially extending deceleration plate exit openings adapted to release the second aerosol volume flow and having a fourth cumulative cross-sectional size that is larger than the third cumulative cross-sectional size; wherein sculptured acceleration channels extend between the acceleration plate entry openings and the acceleration plate exit openings and sculptured deceleration channels extend between the deceleration plate entry openings and the deceleration plate exit openings; the acceleration plate exit opening are spaced from a base surface on an exit side of the acceleration plate and the sculptured deceleration channel entry openings are spaced from a base surface on an entry side of the deceleration plate; a gap is provided between the acceleration plate base surface and the deceleration plate base surface, the gap being adapted to release a third volume flow of low particle concentration; and the acceleration plate exit openings overlap substantially with the deceleration plate entry openings, the openings extend from a location closer to a center of the respective acceleration and deceleration plates in radial direction to a location closer to an outer periphery of the respective acceleration plate and deceleration plate; and the plurality of openings comprises openings of at least two different lengths.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,802,467	2017-10-31	1. A controller, comprising: a single chip microcomputer disposed on a circuit board; a first relay driver coupled with the single chip microcomputer and driving a first motor which is disposed adjacent to the circuit board; a second relay driver coupled with the single chip microcomputer and driving a second motor which is disposed farther from the circuit board than the first motor; a first sensor disposed on the circuit board; and a second sensor disposed adjacent to the second motor and coupled with the single chip microcomputer, wherein the single chip microcomputer receives signals from the first motor and second motor, responds to instructions from a user, and controls operation of the first relay driver and the second relay driver respectively.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,368,693	2016-06-14	1. A semiconductor structure, comprising: a nanocrystalline core comprising a first semiconductor material; a nanocrystalline shell comprising a second, different, semiconductor material at least partially surrounding the nanocrystalline core; a first compositional transition layer disposed between, and in contact with, the nanocrystalline core and nanocrystalline shell, the first compositional transition layer having a composition intermediate to the first and second semiconductor materials; a nanocrystalline outer shell at least partially surrounding the nanocrystalline shell, the nanocrystalline outer shell comprising a third semiconductor material different from the first and second semiconductor materials; a second compositional transition layer disposed between, and in contact with, the nanocrystalline shell and the nanocrystalline outer shell, the second compositional transition layer having a composition intermediate to the second and third semiconductor materials; and an insulator coating surrounding and encapsulating the nanocrystalline core/nanocrystalline shell/nanocrystalline outer shell structure.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,574,682	2017-02-21	1. A valve monitoring system comprising: a latching valve with a snap spring, a valve piston, and an inlet port; a travel sensor for measuring travel of the valve piston between an activation pressure and a zero pressure; and, a processor connected to the travel sensor for calculating a rate of travel of the valve piston and determining a latched state of the valve, wherein:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,448,174	2016-09-20	1. A method of detecting time-resolved fluorescence of a sample, the method comprising the steps of: providing a time-resolved fluorescence system having a sample holder, a motor, a light transmission modulator, a light source, and a light detector; disposing a sample in said sample holder; operating the motor to rotate said light transmission modulator; operating the light source to illuminate said sample when said light transmission modulator is in a first rotated position; stopping operation of said motor; capturing light signal data from said light detector indicative of the time-resolved fluorescence of said sample; and wherein the step of capturing light signal data is carried out after stopping operation of said motor and while said light transmission modulator is rotating.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,634,478	2014-01-21	1. A method for decoding a received incoming Linear Time Code (LTC) frame of the type used in connection with film and television and accompanying audio, comprising the steps of (a) detecting a valid synchronization sequence within the incoming LTC frame while measuring a predetermined symbol interval relative to a reference clock, including: triggering a half-symbol duration counter upon a first phase change in a bi-phase mark symbol of a synchronization word; upon a second change of the bi-phase mark symbol, stopping the half-symbol duration counter, storing a current count, and resetting the half-symbol duration counter; counting the half-symbol duration until a third change of the bi-phase mark symbol; and comparing the current count to a previously stored count to determine whether the synchronization sequence is valid; (b) determining a LTC frame direction; (c) decoding a payload information from the LTC frame following the determination of the LTC frame direction; and (d) transferring the payload information in an order determined by the LTC frame direction.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,813,454	2014-08-26	1. A panel coupling assembly comprising: a panel including a side edge which is provided with an activating portion directed to a panel fixing direction, a base coupling member, an intermediate coupling member being displaceable with respect to the panel and the base coupling member in a non-assembled condition and which is provided with a sleeve portion facing the activating portion of the panel, a guide configured to guide the intermediate coupling member from a position in the non-assembled condition to a position in an assembled condition of the panel coupling assembly, which guide is configured such that upon displacing the panel with respect to the base coupling member in the panel fixing direction the activating portion of the panel presses onto the sleeve portion and the intermediate coupling member is displaced in at least a direction extending transversely to the panel fixing direction, a fixing element being engageable to the intermediate coupling member such that in the assembled condition the intermediate coupling member and the fixing element together form a locking member that couples the panel and the base coupling member such that the panel is locked with respect to the base coupling member in a direction opposite to the panel fixing direction.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,218,986	2015-12-22	1. A method, comprising: forming a patterned hard mask over a dielectric layer; etching at least one trench in the dielectric layer using the hard mask, wherein a recess is formed between a sidewall of the patterned hard mask and a sidewall of the trench; forming an edge cover layer over the hard mask, the edge cover filling the recess; and filling the at least one trench with a metal 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,023,950	2015-05-05	1. A star polymer represented by the formula: wherein: A represents a polyvalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 4-15 carbons, C represents a carbon atom, X represents a homopolymer chain of hydroxystyrene, Y represents a hydroxy group or an oxo group, m represents an integer of 1 or 2, and n represents any integer from 2 to 5, with the proviso that if Y is a hydroxy group, m is 2, and if Y is an oxo group, m is 1.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,935,550	2015-01-13	1. A system to manage power, comprising: a port to transmit and receive data; a Media Access Control (MAC) layer; a physical layer (PHY) coupled to the port; an idle port monitor, coupled to the port and the PHY, and configured to monitor the queue depth signal once every pre-determined period of time, determine whether the one or more transmit queues are empty for a pre-determined number of times based on the queue depth signal, receive a signal from the Media Access Control (MAC) layer, and generate a transition state signal based on the queue depth signal and the signal received from the MAC layer to selectively cause portions of a Physical Medium Attachment (PMA) layer and a Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) layer of the PHY to operate in a low power 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	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	1	0	0	0	0
8,507,139	2013-08-13	1. A fuel cell module comprising: a fuel cell stack that is formed by stacking a plurality of unit cells that generate electricity using an oxidant gas and a fuel gas; an oxidant gas distributing member that is disposed on a side of a side surface which extends along a stack direction of the unit cells in the fuel cell stack, and that distributes the oxidant gas for use for electricity generation of the unit cells from one end side toward the other end side of each of the unit cells and then supplies the oxidant gas to the other end side of each of the unit cells; a reformer that is disposed on the one end side of each of the unit cells; and a combustion portion that is disposed between the one end side of each of the unit cells and the reformer, and that burns a fuel off-gas that is left unused in the electricity generation of the unit cells, using an oxidant off-gas that is left unused in the electricity generation of the unit cells, the fuel cell stack, the oxidant gas distributing member, the reformer, and the combustion portion being arranged in a casing, wherein the oxidant gas distributing member has at least one of a structure in which the oxidant gas distributing member has a fin on an external surface or an internal surface of a side wall at a portion corresponding to the one end side of each of the unit cells and does not have the fin on either the external surface or the internal surface of the side wall at a portion corresponding to the other end side of each of the unit cells, a structure in which the oxidant gas distributing member has a partition member that partitions a channel into a plurality of paths at the portion corresponding to the one end side of each of the unit cells and does not have the partition member in the path at the portion corresponding to the other end side of each of the unit cells, and a structure in which the oxidant gas distributing member has a dimple on the external surface or the internal surface of the side wall at the portion corresponding to the one end side of each of the unit cells and does not have the dimple on either the external surface or the internal surface of the side wall at the portion corresponding to the other end side of each of the unit cells, thereby having a higher thermal conductivity at the portion corresponding to the one end side of each of the unit cells than at the portion corresponding to the other end side of each of the unit 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,464,096	2013-06-11	1. A method for execution by one or more computers associated with a dispersed data storage network, the method comprises: identifying a data slice requiring rebuilding to produce an identified data slice, wherein the identified data slice is one of a set of data slices that constitute a data segment, wherein data words of the data segment are arranged into a data matrix that is encoding using an encoding matrix function in accordance an information dispersal algorithm to produce a coded matrix of coded values that is arranged into the set of data slices; retrieving at least m number of data slices for the set of data slices, wherein n represents the number of data slices in the set of data slices and m is less than or equal to n-2; decoding the retrieved at least m number of data slices by arranging coded values of the retrieved at least m number of data slices into a reconstructed coded matrix and decoding the reconstructed coded matrix using a decoding matrix function in accordance with the information dispersal algorithm to reconstruct the data segment; encoding the reconstructed data segment by arranging data words of the reconstructed data segment into the data matrix and encoding the data matrix using the encoding matrix function in accordance with the information dispersal algorithm to produce the coded matrix that is arranged into a new set of data slices; selecting a data slice of the new set of data slices as a rebuilt data slices to replace the identified data slice; and outputting the rebuilt data slice for storage in one of a plurality of data slice servers.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,541,166	2017-01-10	1. A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle comprising: an input shaft; an output shaft; first, second, third and fourth planetary gear devices disposed between the input shaft and the output shaft to transmit rotary force, each of the first, second, third and fourth planetary gear devices having three rotary elements; and at least six shifting elements connected to the three rotary elements of the first, second, third and fourth planetary gear devices, wherein a first rotary element of the first planetary gear device is continuously connected to a third rotary element of the second planetary gear device, a second rotary element of the first planetary gear device is selectively connected to a first rotary element of the second planetary gear device, and a third rotary element of the first planetary gear device is continuously connected to a second rotary element of the third planetary gear device, wherein the first rotary element of the second planetary gear device is continuously connected to the input shaft and selectively connected to a third rotary element of the third planetary gear device, a second rotary element of the second planetary gear device is installed to be fixable by a first shifting element of the at least six shifting elements and a third rotary element of the second planetary gear device is continuously connected to a first rotary element of the third planetary gear device, wherein the first rotary element of the third planetary gear device is selectively connected to each of a first rotary element and a second rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device and the second rotary element of the third planetary gear device is continuously connected to a third rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device, and wherein the first rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device is installed to be fixable by a second shifting element of the at least six shifting elements and the second rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device is continuously connected to the output shaft.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,849,934	2014-09-30	1. One or more computer-readable storage memory comprising computer-readable instructions which, responsive to execution by at least one processor, are configured to: monitor an input region of a user interface associated with a messaging system; receive user activated input via said input region; responsive to receiving the user activated input, analyze the user activated input to identify a type of user activity from a predetermined set of user activities, wherein the predetermined set of user activities comprises at least a deletion activity, an accidental input activity, and a message completed activity; and transmit, over a communication network, a message comprising data representing the identified type of user activity from a first user terminal to at least a second user terminal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,894,690	2014-11-25	1. A bone anchor assembly for spanning a separation distance to connect laterally with a spinal fixation element, the assembly comprising: a bone anchor comprising:	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,467,261	2016-10-11	1. A method comprising: mapping, by a base station, a default broadcast channel and repetitions of the default broadcast channel over subframe (SF) symbols and over a set of sub-carriers (SCs) of a bandwidth, wherein: a repetition of the default broadcast channel is mapped by copying the mapping of the default broadcast channel on a second set of SF symbols in a second SF from the set of SFs and on the set of SCs and by copying the mapping of the CRS when a SF symbol from the first set of SF symbols includes CRS mapping and a respective SF symbol from the second set of SF symbols does not include CRS mapping; and transmitting, by the base station, the default broadcast channel and the repetitions of the default broadcast channel.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,489,357	2013-07-16	1. A method of determining junction temperature (Tj) and drain-source current (Ids) of a standard three-terminal FET, wherein said standard three-terminal FET is disposed in a module containing a plurality of standard three- terminal FETs, and wherein each FET in said module is thermally and electrically coupled to a common case terminal, with a thermal resistance interconnecting the case and the surrounding module ambient, said method comprising the steps of: sampling the ambient temperature (Ta) for the module; sampling the drain to source voltage (Vds) for each FET which is electrically and thermally coupled to the common case within the module; loading a Tj-dependant equation for each FET on-resistance (Rds(Tj)); loading a value for the thermal resistance (Rth,ca) between the case and module ambient; solving for a single Tj value for all thermally-coupled FETs in said common case; using the solved Tj value to calculate a separate value for the drain to source on-resistance (Rds) and drain to source current (Ids) for each of the thermally-coupled FETs in said common case; and using the solved value for Rds for each FET and a maximum allowed transient current (Idsf) to determine if the FET is in a transient over-current condition by monitoring the FET Vds.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,966,483	2015-02-24	1. A method of optimizing execution of a software application, the application comprising at least one call to at least one function to be executed by a secondary computing unit, the software application being executed in a system comprising a plurality of main processors, a plurality of secondary computing units, and a plurality of input/output controllers, wherein each input/output controller is linked to at least one main processor, and wherein each secondary computing unit is linked to an input/output controller, the method comprising: determining a topology of the system; intercepting the at least one call to the at least one function; identifying which main processor generated the one call; identifying at least one secondary computing unit according to the identified main processor and according to the topology of the system; and modifying the one call to force at least one part of the one function to be executed in the identified secondary computing unit; wherein the determining of the topology comprises determining a set of links between the main processors, the secondary computing units and the input/output controllers, wherein the at least one identified secondary computer unit is connected to the main processor that generated the at least one call through at least one associated input/output controllers according to a linked relationship of the topology, and wherein the at least one identified secondary computing unit is the closest available secondary computing unit to the main processor that generated the at least one call.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,755,283	2014-06-17	1. At a computer system including a router and a load balancing system, the load balancing system including a load balancer, one or more other load balancers, and a plurality of destination hosts, the router connected to a network and being a point of ingress into the load balancing system, components on the network using a virtual electronic address to communicate with the load balancing system, a method for sharing state between load balancers, the method comprising: an act of the load balancer receiving a packet from the router, the packet containing source electronic address information identifying a source on the wide area network and destination electronic address information including the virtual electronic address; an act of the load balancer determining that the packet is for an existing data flow; an act of the load balancer using an algorithm to generate a data flow identifier for the existing data flow from the packet contents, including the packet headers; an act of load balancer determining that the load balancer lacks sufficient information to identify the destination host, from among the plurality of destination hosts, that corresponds to the existing data flow, including: in response to the determination that the load balancer lacks sufficient information to identify the destination host that corresponds to the existing data flow:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,417,755	2013-04-09	1. A system for reducing memory traffic and power consumption in a processing environment by efficiently solving a consistent set of linear equations represented by AX=B, said system comprising: one or more memory modules, wherein said one or more memory modules store the matrices A and B; and one or more processor modules, wherein said one or more processor modules:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,944,729	2015-02-03	1. A tool for machining workpieces, comprising a shank, a cutting insert configured to be received and held by the shank and to be removable from the shank, the insert having a basic body with an end face at an outward end thereof, the shank having a front side with a slot therein shaped and configured to accommodate the cutting insert with the outward end of the insert out of the slot, the basic body of the cutting insert having a central section having a center axis, the central section having at least one convexly curved centering surface extending substantially along the direction of and also being curved around the center axis, each of the centering surfaces comprises a sectional partial area of a lateral surface of an imaginary section of a cone, wherein the lateral surface and the imaginary section of the cone tapers toward the front side of the shank, the at least one centering surface of the basic body defines an outer surface of the central section of the basic body, at least one driver extending outward from the central section of the basic body, said driver extending such that it is not parallel to the center axis; at least one driving surface formed in the slot of the shank, the driving surface extending such that it is not parallel to the center axis; the slot in the shank has at least one inner surface region shaped and configured to interact with the at least one centering surface, and the inner surface region of the slot is of corresponding shape to the centering surfaces, the at least one centering surface extends along the cutting insert up to the end face of the basic body of the cutting insert.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
8,952,918	2015-02-10	1. A display device, comprising: a panel configured to comprise subpixels placed in a display region defined between one face of a first substrate and one face of a second substrate and electrode units placed in the second substrate; and a sense unit coupled to the electrode units and configured to sense a position through the electrode units, wherein at least some of the electrode units are made of stacked metal oxide, metal and metal oxide sequentially, wherein a thickness of the metal is thinner than that of the metal oxide for improving light transmissivity in the visible region and sheet resistance of the metal oxide.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,454,550	2013-06-04	1. A device for detecting moisture for use with a device for monitoring an access to a patient for an apparatus with which a fluid can be at least one of (a) fed to a patient and (b) carried away from a patient via a hose line, the device for detecting moisture comprising: a cover made of a flexible material and configured to be placed onto the patient's skin, the cover including	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,849,096	2014-09-30	1. A moving image reproducing apparatus comprising: a division unit configured to temporally divide a moving image file into a plurality of first divisional moving image files having equal time intervals; a reproduction unit configured to simultaneously reproduce the first divisional moving image files which were temporally divided; a selection unit configured to select one of the first divisional moving image files, while the reproduction unit reproduces the first divisional moving image files, in response to a user's instruction; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a reproduction position of the selected first divisional moving image file in response to the user's instruction; a searching unit configured to search one of a plurality of second divisional moving image files from among the plurality of second divisional moving image files acquired by dividing the selected first moving image file by said division unit, including the acquired reproduction position of the selected first divisional moving image file; and a calculation unit configured to calculate time between a beginning position of the searched second divisional moving image file and a position of the searched second divisional moving image file corresponding to the acquired reproduction position of the selected first divisional moving image file, wherein the reproduction unit starts the reproduction of the plurality of second divisional moving image files from a position where the calculated time has elapsed from a beginning position of each of the second divisional moving image files 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,352,854	2013-01-08	1. A method comprising: receiving a user request for a customized page; receiving a template program that is unique to the user and based on user configuration information, the user configuration information being supplied by the user and used to build the template program that is unique to the user, the user configuration information including user demographic information, and wherein the template program is received from one of at least two locations, the location determined from the frequency of the user request for the customized page; receiving an advertisement selected in accordance to the user demographic information; executing the template program using the selected advertisement to generate the customized page; and providing the customized page to the user.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,782,642	2014-07-15	1. A method of compiling a data structure that is performed by a socket library in a computer system, the computer system being arranged to perform protocol processing and transmit data via an interface on the basis of instructions in accordance with a route, the method that is performed by the socket library comprising: receiving a first instruction comprising a system call and an indication of a descriptor; determining a route indicated by the first instruction; identifying, in response to the determination, an interface within the determined route; attempting to determine the ownership of the interface wherein determining ownership of the interface comprises determining an entity to which the interface is allocated; and causing an entry to be made in the data structure stored in the socket library, the entry including an identifier of the descriptor and a state of the descriptor, wherein the state represents the result of the attempting step and indicates an entity to which the socket library should send instructions including an indication of the descriptor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,416,130	2016-08-16	1. A method of prevention and treatment of viral infections in a subject in need thereof which comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I) which is 4-(8-methoxy-1-(1-methoxypropan-2-yl)-2-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-7-yl)-3,5-dimethylisoxazole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8,799,094	2014-08-05	1. A product catalog management system for managing product data associated with a plurality of products, said system comprising: a processor; a product information database in electronic communication with said processor for storing product data associated with a plurality of products therein, said product information database including a plurality of product templates, each product template corresponding to a product category and having a plurality of product attribute fields, where a particular product template can be associated and linked with other templates to thereby effectively reference a plurality of templates within a product template, and a plurality of instantiated product templates, each of said instantiated product templates being associated to a particular product, with said product attribute fields being populated with attributes of the particular product; a task management module in electronic communication with said product information database that facilitates generation of a plurality of tasks; and a task assignment module in electronic communication with said task management module, said task assignment module adapted to assign a generated task for processing product data for completion.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,263,287	2016-02-16	1. A method of forming fin-shaped structures, comprising: forming a plurality of spacers on a substrate; etching the substrate by using the spacers to serve as hard masks to form a plurality of fin-shaped structures in the substrate; performing a cutting process to remove parts of the fin-shaped structures and the spacers formed on the removed parts; filling a first isolation material between the fin-shaped structures before the cutting process is performed; using a second isolation material to fill the space generated by the removal of the first isolation material and the fin-shaped structures through the cutting process after the cutting process is performed; and removing the spacers, a top part of the first isolation material and a top part of the second isolation material after the second isolation material is filled to expose a top part of the fin-shaped structures.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,935,687	2015-01-13	1. A method comprising: storing a plurality of recipes in a repository, wherein each of the plurality of recipes describe the bits that make up an application and at least a portion of an operating system included in a software appliance; receiving a request to modify the software appliance, the software appliance comprising a binary image of data embodying the application and the at least the portion of the operating system to provide an execution platform for the application; determining, by a processor, modification data representing a modification to the binary image by comparing bits that make up the application and the at least the portion of the operating system in a modified binary image to bits that make up the application and the at least the portion of the operating system in the binary image, wherein the modification comprises a change to bits of the binary image that modify the software appliance according to the request, wherein the modification data to describe the change to the bits of the binary image, and wherein determining the modification data comprises determining a recipe of the plurality of recipes corresponding to the binary image, determining a modified recipe of the modified binary image, wherein the modified binary image embodies data of the software appliance modified according to the request, and comparing the recipe and the modified recipe to determine the change in bits; and providing the modification data to an initiator of the request.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,406,589	2013-03-26	1. A process for forming a fiber optical cable assembly comprising the steps of: (a) subjecting a first reinforcement yarn having a linear density of from 150 to 12000 dtex, a tenacity of from 10 to 65 g/dtex, a modulus of from 150 to 2700 g/dtex, and an elongation to break of from 1 to 8 percent coated with a water-impermeable thermally reversible cross-linked polymeric precursor coating to a temperature of from 45 to 200° C. for sufficient time to convert the protective precursor coating via bond cleavage into a water-swellable super absorbent polymer, (b) combining one or more of the first reinforcement yarns from step (a) with one or more optical glass fiber transmission media and (c) applying a protective sleeve over at least one assembly of step (b), wherein the precursor coating is a cross-linked polymer comprising reversible covalent bonds capable of bond cleavage under heat.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,413,334	2013-04-09	1. A shaving cartridge comprising: a housing; at least one blade mounted to the housing; a guard having a plurality of spaced apart projections with an upper surface, the projections defining a plurality of open slots extending transverse to the blade, the open slots having a lower surface extending between the plurality of projections, wherein the open slots have a slot depth between the lower surface and the upper surface of about 0.10 mm to about 0.5 mm, wherein the lower surface between the projections has a radius of about 0.15 mm to about 1 mm.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,428,679	2013-04-23	1. A method for processing reference glucose values, the method comprising: receiving sensor data from a continuous glucose sensor; receiving reference data from a reference glucose monitor, the reference data corresponding in time to the sensor data; determining, using a processor module, an acceptability of the reference data or the sensor data, the determination comprising considering a deviation between the reference data and the sensor data using an error grid analysis for determining a risk of the deviation; and processing, using the processor module, the reference data or the sensor data responsive to the error grid analysis.	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,872,765	2014-10-28	1. A portable terminal comprising: a receiver configured to receive, from an electronic device, a processor configured to the processor is configured to preferentially present the first GUI of the plurality of GUIs usable for an operation of the operation target.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,306,022	2016-04-05	1. A semiconductor device comprising: a body including a first junction region; a pillar positioned over the body and including a vertical channel region and a second junction region over the vertical channel region; a gate trench exposing side surfaces of the pillar; a gate dielectric layer provided in the gate trench and over a side surface of the pillar; and a gate electrode provided in the gate trench, wherein the gate dielectric layer is interposed between the gate electrode and the gate trench, wherein the gate electrode 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