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8,903,860	2014-12-02	1. A method of automatic file owner identification, said method comprising: collecting a plurality of samples indicating usage of a file by a plurality of users; calculating, using at least one computer processor, a plurality of factors based on said plurality of users, wherein a respective factor is calculated for each of said plurality of users, wherein each respective factor for each sample equals (A calculating a respective value for each of the plurality of users of said file based on said use elements by summing the plurality of factors associated with the plurality of samples; automatically determining a file owner of said file from among said plurality of users based on the plurality of factors, wherein the file owner is determined based on said calculated respective value for each of the plurality of users; and communicating said file owner.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,958,301	2015-02-17	1. An apparatus, comprising: a plurality of Ethernet ports; a switch having links to the Ethernet ports, wherein the switch switches traffic between the Ethernet ports over the links; and wherein the switch changes a speed of each link based on a measurement about each link, and wherein the measurement comprises an arbitration score indicative of how long a receive channel has been waiting to win arbitration of the switch.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,484,031	2016-11-01	1. A computer-implemented method of correcting text being performed on a computing device, the method comprising: determining a target text unit to be corrected in the text by selecting the target text unit from a plurality of recognized text units, wherein the target text unit is selected based on a lowest confidence value corresponding to the target text unit; displaying the text to a user on a display of the computing device and indicating the target text unit to be corrected on the display; receiving, via graphical user interface of the computing device, a reference voice segment of the user, wherein the reference voice segment comprises a sentence or phrase; performing automatic voice recognition on the reference voice segment to obtain a reference text segment, wherein the reference text segment comprises a plurality of reference text units; determining that one of the plurality of reference text units has a pronunciation similar to a word in the target text unit, wherein the reference voice segment is in Chinese and the text is in Chinese characters that are divided into a first phoneme and a second phoneme and the pronunciation similarity between two Chinese characters is measured according to an average similarity per phoneme, wherein the average similarity per phoneme is obtained from a sum of the phoneme similarities of the two Chinese characters, that are being compared, divided by two; and correcting the word in the target text unit in the text using the reference text unit with the similar 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	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
8,601,191	2013-12-03	1. A deadlock avoidance method comprising: managing information on previous transactions issued before by a master to any of a plurality of slaves; determining whether or not a most recent transaction newly issued by the master is a cause of a deadlock on the basis of the information on the previous transactions; terminating issuance of the most recent transaction if the most recent transaction is determined to be a cause of a deadlock; and controlling an operation to pass on responses generated by the slaves to the master so as to sustain a response outputting order expected in advance if responses have been output by the slaves to the master in response to the previous transactions in an order different from the response outputting order expected in advance, saving a response if the response has been output by any of the slaves to the master in response to one of the previous transaction in an order different from the response outputting order expected in advance.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,353,624	2013-01-15	1. Test device capable of checking for the presence of non-condensable undesirable gases, and therefore the quality of the sterilizing steam in a pre-vacuum apparatus intended for sterilization with said steam, and including an envelope holding elements of the device, said test device including a receptacle forming an elongate chamber closed at a distal end and open at a proximal end; said chamber containing a filling load occupying at least a portion of a volume of said chamber; at least one undesirable gas presence indicator arranged toward the distal closed end of the chamber; the envelope having a high thermal inertia at least around the distal end of the chamber; the undesirable gas presence indicator comprising an electronic temperature sensor which is able to allow calculation of a proportion of said non-condensable undesirable gas in the atmosphere at the distal end of the chamber; and the filling load comprising at least, in an operating position of the chamber, one path enabling a flow by gravity of water condensed in the chamber from the steam primarily forming the atmosphere of the chamber, to the opening of the proximal end, wherein the filling load consists of at least one rigid element.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,121,117	2015-09-01	1. A beading loom comprising: a first side support structure and a second side support structure spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction; a first thread fixing shaft for fixing one end of each of a plurality of threads, the first thread fixing shaft being rotatably connected to the first side support structure and the second side support structure; a second thread fixing shaft for fixing the other end of each of the threads, the second thread fixing shaft being spaced apart from the first thread fixing shaft in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the lateral direction and rotatably connected to the first side support structure and the second side support structure; a first thread supporting shaft provided adjacent to the first thread fixing shaft to hold the threads as spaced apart from each other in the lateral direction, the first thread supporting shaft being positioned between the first thread fixing shaft and the second thread fixing shaft as viewed in a height direction perpendicular to both of the lateral direction and the longitudinal direction and rotatably connected to the first side support structure and the second side support structure; and a second thread supporting shaft provided adjacent to the second thread fixing shaft to hold the threads as spaced apart from each other in the lateral direction, the second thread supporting shaft being positioned between the first thread fixing shaft and the second thread fixing shaft as viewed in the height direction and rotatably connected to the first side support structure and the second side support structure; wherein each of the first and second thread supporting shafts includes a first and a second thread supporting portions elongated in the lateral direction, the first and the second thread supporting portions being provided at different positions in a circumferential direction of the thread supporting shaft, each of the first and the second thread supporting portions including a plurality of grooves arranged at a predetermined pitch in the lateral direction, and the pitch of the grooves of the first thread supporting portion differs from the pitch of the grooves of the second thread supporting 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	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
9,834,491	2017-12-05	1. A method for producing bio-based homoserine lactone and bio-based organic acid, comprising hydrolysis of O-acyl homoserine produced by a microorganism in the presence of a hydrochloric acid catalyst.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9,165,871	2015-10-20	1. A semiconductor unit comprising: a plurality of semiconductor chips connected in parallel, each of the semiconductor chips being an SiC switching device having one principal surface and an other principal surface, wherein a first main electrode is formed on the one principal surface while a second main electrode and a gate electrode are formed on the other principal surface; a first common conductive plate having a first principal surface and a second principal surface, wherein the first main electrodes are joined to the first principal surface of the first common conductive plate; a conductive block joined to the second main electrode; a second common conductive plate having a first principal surface and a second principal surface, wherein the first principal surface of the second common conductive plate are connected to the conductive block; an insulating resin packed in between the first principal surface of the first common conductive plate and the first principal surface of the second common conductive plate, with the second principal surface of the first common conductive plate and the second principal surface of the second common conductive plate being exposed; and a third conductive plate electrically insulated from the second common conductive plate and passing through the second principal surface of the second common conductive plate, wherein the gate electrodes are connected to the third conductive plate.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,340,407	2016-05-17	1. A method of manufacturing a cushion, comprising: providing a first sheet comprising a material selected from the group consisting of cross-linked foamed polyethylene (PE) and cross-linked foamed polypropylene (PP), wherein the first sheet has a foaming ratio of 3-30 and a thickness of 3-10 millimeters, wherein the first sheet functions as an outer layer of the cushion; forming a second sheet by performing the steps of crushing polyurethane (PU) foam, adding an adhesive to the crushed PU foam, and then compressing the crushed PU foam and the adhesive to form the second sheet, wherein the second sheet is a synthetic foam which functions as an intermediate layer of the cushion; providing a third sheet comprising a material selected from the group consisting of cross-linked foamed polyethylene (PE) and cross-linked foamed polypropylene (PP), wherein the third sheet has a foaming ratio of 3-30 and a thickness of 3-30 millimeters, wherein the third sheet functions as an inner layer of the cushion; laminating the outer layer, the intermediate layer and the inner layer to form a multi-layer structure; placing the multi-layer structure in an oven and heating the multi-layer structure to soften the inner layer and the outer layer; placing the heated multi-layer structure having softened inner and outer layers in a mold; pressing the heated multi-layer structure in the mold to form a shaped multi-layer structure, wherein the shaped multi-layer structure has a curvature suitable to support a user's waist, neck, back or head; and cooling the shaped multi-layer structure to form the cushion.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,673,860	2017-06-06	1. A method for acquiring crosstalk coefficients from a plurality of disturber lines into a victim line in a wired multi-carrier communication system, the method comprising iteratively performing: inserting a plurality of crosstalk probing signals within the wired multi-carrier communication system for probing crosstalk from respective ones of the plurality of disturber lines into the victim line, carrying out crosstalk measurements over the victim line, estimating the crosstalk coefficients from the crosstalk measurements, organizing the plurality of disturber lines into subsets of disturber lines, and individually assigning disjoint groups of carriers to respective subsets of disturber lines, the insertion of the plurality of crosstalk probing signals being confined within the respectively assigned groups of carriers, wherein at least one of the subsets of disturber lines and the assigned groups of carriers used for a second or a subsequent iteration, is adjusted based on the crosstalk coefficients for respective disturber lines during a previous iteration.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,620,908	2013-12-31	1. A method of retrieving a configuration record in a configuration management database pertaining to an IT-infrastructure comprising host devices, a configuration record having attributes and assigned attribute values, the IT-infrastructure being managed by an operation management system providing messages indicating events in the IT-infrastructure, the method comprising: providing a message comprising a set of unidentified attribute values and an identified host value, retrieving from the configuration management database one or more configuration records containing the identified host value, and selecting from the one or more retrieved configuration records a configuration record depending on the number of matches between the unidentified attribute values and the attribute values of the retrieved configuration records, wherein each of the unidentified attribute values includes an attribute value whose semantics are unknown.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,041,948	2015-05-26	1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store one or more programs: and a processor configured to execute the one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs which, when executed by the processor, function as: a normal mode, in which the imaging unit and an image forming unit for forming an image on a recording medium are active.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,729,168	2014-05-20	1. An adhesive composition comprising: a) an isocyanate functional polyether base prepolymers having a z molecular weight average (Mz) of about 10,000 to about 80,000 g/mole; (b) a carbon black having an average oil absorption number of at least about 80 to at most about 400 cubic centimeters of dibutyl phthalate per 100 grams of the carbon black; (c) reactive silicon in an amount from about 0.001% to about 10% by weight of the adhesive composition; and (d) one or more catalysts for the reaction of isocyanate with hydroxyl groups.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,171,945	2015-10-27	1. A switching element comprising: a first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer formed on an upper surface of the first semiconductor layer, having a band gap larger than that of the first semiconductor layer, and forming a heterojunction with the first semiconductor layer; a third semiconductor layer formed on an upper surface of the second semiconductor layer and having a band gap smaller than that of the second semiconductor layer; a fourth semiconductor layer formed on an upper surface of the third semiconductor layer and having a band gap larger than that of the third semiconductor layer; a first electrode having at least one part formed on the upper surface of the first semiconductor layer; a second electrode having at least one part formed on the upper surface of the first semiconductor layer; and a control electrode having at least one part formed on the upper surface of the second semiconductor layer and arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the switching element is switched, depending on a potential of the control electrode, between wherein recombination of electrons and holes is made in the third semiconductor layer when the off state is provided, wherein the switching element further comprises an insulating layer formed on an upper surface of the fourth semiconductor layer and having a band gap larger than that of the fourth semiconductor layer, wherein the insulating layer is formed in a space obtained by separating the third semiconductor layer and the fourth semiconductor layer from each of the control electrode, the first electrode, and the second electrode, and wherein the third semiconductor layer has a multiple quantum well structure.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,193,582	2015-11-24	1. A method of forming a microelectronic device comprising, on a same substrate comprising a semi-conducting layer, at least one component provided with at least one suspended structure and at least one transistor, the method comprising: a) forming, in a first region of the semi-conducting layer, one or more sacrificial blocks arranged on either side or around at least one given block of said semi-conducting layer, and forming one or more electrical insulating blocks of the component, the sacrificial blocks and the insulating blocks being formed by: b) forming a transistor at a second region of said semi-conducting layer; c) forming one or more interconnection levels in at least one insulating layer arranged on said semi-conducting layer; d) forming at least one cavity in the at least one insulating layer, revealing at least partially an upper surface of said given block and revealing at least partially an upper surface of said sacrificial blocks arranged on either side or around said given block; and then e) removing said sacrificial blocks and a sacrificial layer around said given block, thereby releasing said given block, and thereby forming at least a portion of said at least one suspended structure from said released given 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,321,394	2016-04-26	1. A portable lighting lamp configured under the form of a headlamp comprising: one or more LEDs: a controllable power module providing power to LED lamps, a control module for adjusting the light generated by the lamp, characterized in that said control unit includes an image sensor generating images of the illuminated area of the lamp, said image sensor having an axis which corresponds to the axis of the LEDs, and a processor for processing images so as to detect the presence of an eye in a presumably dangerous area, said control module generating a control signal applied to said controllable power module for reducing the amount of light generated by the LEDs upon detection of a human face, in particular of an eye in said presumably dangerous 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,345,374	2013-01-01	1. A data storage device comprising: an electrically conductive heat sink layer; a plurality of discrete magnetic recording elements positioned adjacent to a first surface of the heat sink layer; and a recording head further comprising: a near field transducer for producing electromagnetic radiation having an electric field component substantially perpendicular to the first surface of the heat sink; and a pole for changing the magnetization of the discrete magnetic recording elements.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,344,891	2016-05-17	1. A method of wireless communication of a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving a broadcast announcement; communicating based on the broadcast announcement, wherein at least one field of the broadcast announcement is at least one of integrity protected or encrypted based on a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Server (MBMS) service key (MSK) known by the UE and stored on a smartcard in the UE, wherein the broadcast announcement is a user service discovery/announcement; decrypting the broadcast announcement based on the MSK when the broadcast announcement is encrypted; and verifying an integrity of the broadcast announcement based on the MSK when the broadcast announcement is integrity protected, wherein the communicating occurs based on the broadcast announcement when the integrity of the broadcast announcement is verified.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,368,278	2016-06-14	1. A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising: a ceramic body having a plurality of dielectric layers and having first and second end surfaces opposing each other; a first internal electrode formed on each of the dielectric layers, including a first insulating part exposed to the second end surface, and exposed to the first end surface; a second internal electrode disposed to face the first internal electrode, having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and exposed to the first and second end surfaces; and a second insulating part formed on an edge of the second internal electrode exposed to the first end surface, wherein the first insulating part has a composition different than that of the second insulating part.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,717,395	2014-05-06	1. Apparatus for producing a print on a recording medium, comprising: a) a printhead configured to provide drops of hydrophilic liquid; b) an intermediate member having a conductive element and a drop-retention layer disposed over the conductive element, the drop-retention layer configured to receive the drops of hydrophilic liquid, the drop-retention layer being formed from a hydrophobic material having a plurality of cells and including an ion donor disposed in one or more of the cells; c) a controller configured to receive image data for the print and control the printhead and the intermediate member so that a liquid pattern corresponding to the image data is produced in one or more of the cells of the intermediate member, wherein the ion donor in those cells dissolves in the deposited liquid so that the liquid pattern includes ions having respective signs of charge; d) a transport member configured to bring the recording medium into contact with the liquid pattern on the intermediate member; e) a backing electrode arranged opposite the positioned recording medium from the intermediate member; f) a voltage source configured to apply a bias across the recording medium in contact with the liquid pattern using the backing electrode and the conductive element of the intermediate member, so that at least some of the ions of a selected one of the signs of charge move from the liquid pattern to the recording medium and a charge pattern corresponding to the liquid pattern is developed on the recording medium; and g) a development station configured to apply charged dry ink to the recording medium bearing the charge pattern, so that a dry ink image corresponding to the image data is formed on the recording medium.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,969,485	2015-03-03	1. An implantable medical device comprising: a substrate comprising a biodegradable polymeric material capable of being formed via ring-opening polymerization and containing a reduced amount of residual catalyst; and a biodegradable coating positioned on at least a portion of the substrate, wherein the biodegradable coating is derived from at least one monomer capable of ring-opening polymerization by the residual catalyst contained in the biodegradable polymeric material.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,790,763	2017-10-17	1. A downhole tool comprising: a body, wherein at least a portion of the body is degradable when exposed to a wellbore environment; and at least one degradable sealing element disposed on the body, the at least one degradable sealing element comprising a thermoset cast degradable elastomer, wherein at least a portion of the thermoset cast degradable sealing element degrades when exposed to the wellbore environment.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,235,281	2016-01-12	1. A touch-sensitive device with a protection function, comprising: a touch-sensitive screen; a storage unit; and a processor comprising:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,129,998	2015-09-08	1. An apparatus for cleaning at least one object, the apparatus comprising: a cleaning chamber configured to receive the at least one object therein; an air-blowing unit configured to blow air to the at least one object in the cleaning chamber to float particles from the at least one object; a rotating unit configured to rotate the at least one object to provide the at least one object with the air in at least two directions from the air-blowing unit; and a collecting unit configured to collect the floated particles, wherein the collecting unit comprises: a collecting frame disposed adjacent to the cleaning chamber; an exhausting duct installed in the collecting frame and connected to the cleaning chamber; a vacuum pump configured to provide the cleaning chamber with a vacuum through the exhausting duct to suck the particles through the exhausting duct; and a first horizontal actuator configured to move the collecting frame forwardly and backwardly toward and away from the cleaning chamber.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,861,206	2014-10-14	1. A casing for electronic ballast, in which a PCB assembly is received, the casing comprising: a top wall; a bottom wall opposite to the top wall; two opposite side walls extending integrally between the top wall and the bottom wall; and two opposite end walls extending integrally from the top wall, wherein the top wall, bottom wall, side walls and end walls are formed integrally, the top wall, bottom wall and side walls define openings at both ends of the casing in a lengthwise direction of the casing, the end walls are arranged to be pivotable relative to the top wall so as to close the openings formed by the top wall, bottom wall and side walls.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1
8,885,592	2014-11-11	1. A method for determining resource indices in a base station in a wireless communication system, wherein said base station communicates with a user equipment (UE) supporting multiple logical antennas transmission, the method comprising: mapping at least two control channel elements (CCEs) allocated to the UE to at least two demodulation reference signal (DRS) indices for the UE according to a predetermined mapping rule; and mapping the CCEs to at least two acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) indices for the UE according to a predetermined mapping rule; wherein the mapping of the CCEs to at least two DRS indices for the UE according to a predetermined mapping rule further comprises: determining the at least two DRS indices for the UE, wherein each DRS index is determined according to where s is the first CCE index of the UE, m is an offset, where m≧0, a is a value between 0 and N−1, where N is the number of CCEs for the UE, K	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,736,435	2017-08-15	1. A vision system for a vehicle, said vision system comprising: a forward viewing camera configured to be disposed at a windshield of a vehicle equipped with said vision system; wherein, when disposed at the windshield of the equipped vehicle, said forward viewing camera has a field of view through the windshield of the equipped vehicle and is operable to capture image data; said forward viewing camera comprising an imaging array sensor and a lens; an image processor operable to process image data captured by said forward viewing camera; wherein, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, a road characteristic of a road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling is detected; wherein, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, other vehicles exterior the equipped vehicle are detected; wherein, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, road curvature of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling is determined; wherein, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, a school bus stopping signal of a school bus present within the field of view of said forward viewing camera is detected; and wherein said vision system identifies the detected school bus stopping signal by matching a detected color or shape of the signal to a specified color or shape for that type of signal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,883,263	2014-11-11	1. A coated film manufacturing method of supplying a coating liquid to a continuously-traveling web and manufacturing a coated film, the coated film manufacturing method comprising: a step of preparing a coating machine including (a) a die coater having a manifold to be supplied with the coating liquid, a slot communicating with the manifold, and a lip face formed at an end of the slot, (b) a heat-insulating plate being disposed in a region below the lip face of the die coater and having a top end portion in which the thickness of the heat-insulating plate gradually decreases upward, and (c) a depressurizing chamber being disposed upstream in a web conveying direction from the die coater; a step of causing the coating machine to stand by at a position for forming a clearance greater than a predetermined clearance between the coating machine and the web at the time of coating while flowing the coating liquid from the die coater; and a step of causing the coating machine to move to a position for forming the predetermined clearance, forming a bead between the web and the die coater, and supplying the coating liquid to the web to form a coat; wherein the top end portion of the plate has a tapered shape; and wherein the plate is fixed to the die coater by the use of a screw fixing the plate to the die coater and the screw has a shape that does not protrude from the plate after the plate is fixed to the die coater.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,090,980	2015-07-28	1. System for electrochemical generation of hypochlorite comprising: a dosing chamber of an alkali chloride solution; an undivided electrolytic cell, equipped with at least one pair of electrodes comprising a valve metal substrate and at least two overlaid catalytic layers of distinct composition, fed with said alkali chloride solution coming from said dosing chamber; means for applying an electric current with alternate polarization in predefined cycles between said electrodes of said pair; a sensor connected to an alert device for measuring the potential difference between said electrodes of said pair; at least one collection vessel for the hypochlorite solution coming from said electrolytic cell; a processor programmed for controlling and checking: based on the comparison of the potential difference measurement carried out by said sensor with a set of critical values as a function the actuation of said alert device occurring whenever said potential difference is higher than the corresponding critical 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,743,486	2017-08-22	1. An electronic device, comprising: a body having a side on which an unstable display is disposed and another side on which a bi-stable display is disposed; and a light source module arranged inside the body and configured to provide a light source to one or none of the unstable display and the bi-stable display, wherein the light source module comprises: a first light guide plane and a second light guide planes respectively arranged on the side on which the unstable bi-stable display is disposed and between the unstable display and the bi-stable display for receiving the light source; a second light guide plane arranged between the unstable display and the bi-stable display for receiving the light source; a first light emitting device configured to provide the light source to one of the first and the second light guide planes; a first and a second switchable light shelters respectively arranged between the first light emitting device and the first light guide plane and between the first light emitting device and the second light guide plane; and a light control module, arranged inside the body and having a controller and at least a sensor electrically connected with each other, wherein the light control module is configured to sense which one of the unstable display and the bi-stable display a user operates and control the light source module to provide the light source to the one or none of the unstable display and the bi-stable display operated by the user.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8,858,265	2014-10-14	1. A connector comprising: a fixture with multiple slits defined therein; multiple terminals having one ends received in corresponding slits, the terminals having other ends exposed from the fixture, the terminals being composed of a metal housing enclosing the exposed other ends of the terminals and connected to the metallic baffle; and a metal casing enclosing the fixture and a part of the metal housing.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,351,503	2013-01-08	1. A method of deriving a motion vector of a bi-predictive block based on temporal distances associated with a co-located block in a first reference picture performed by a moving picture coding system, comprising: selecting, by the moving picture coding system, a list deriving, by the moving picture coding system, a first temporal distance between the current picture and a second reference picture referred by the co-located block; deriving, by the moving picture coding system, a second temporal distance between the first reference picture and the second reference picture; scaling, by the moving picture coding system, the selected motion vector based on the first and second temporal distances; and deriving, by the moving picture coding system, the motion vector of the bi-predictive block based on the scaled motion vector.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,922,474	2014-12-30	1. A method for modifying an image to be displayed on a display comprising: (a) receiving an image to be displayed on said display having a backlight and a transmissive panel, modifying the image to determine an off-axis image, and detecting the presence of halo artifacts in said off-axis image; (b) providing a backlight signal to said backlight for causing said backlight to selectively illuminate different portions of said backlight with different characteristics, wherein said characteristics include at least one of a different color and a difference luminance; (c) providing a panel signal to said panel for causing said transmissive panel to selectively change its transmissivities; (d) wherein at least one of said backlight signal and said panel signal are modified in selected regions of said display in a manner to reduce any off-axis halo artifacts detected in said selected regions.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,969,155	2015-03-03	1. A method of forming a semiconductor structure comprising: depositing a first nitride layer on a semiconductor structure comprising a first fin and a second fin; removing a portion of the first nitride layer to form nitride spacer regions on a lower sidewall portion of the first fin and a lower sidewall portion of the second fin; removing the nitride spacer regions from the first fin; depositing an oxide region on the semiconductor structure; recessing the oxide region; depositing a second nitride layer over the semiconductor structure; removing a portion of the second nitride layer to form nitride spacer regions on an upper sidewall portion of the first fin and an upper sidewall portion of the second fin; forming an isolation region under the first fin by performing a thermal oxidation; and removing the nitride spacer regions from the upper sidewall portion of the first fin and the upper sidewall portion of the second fin.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,089,329	2015-07-28	1. A method for connecting an anastomotic prosthesis to tissue, the method comprising: applying suction to an engagement device attached to an applicator tool, the applicator tool configured to deploy a securement into an anastomotic prosthesis and tissue; and deploying the securement into the anastomotic prosthesis and the tissue during the applying of the suction to the engagement device, wherein the applying of the suction inhibits or prevents relative movement between the applicator tool and the tissue, wherein the anastomotic prosthesis is an attachment ring for connecting an artificial conduit to a hollow anatomical organ, and the method further comprises positioning the attachment ring on the hollow anatomical organ before applying the suction to the engagement device and while the attachment ring is mounted on the applicator tool, and the method further comprises releasing the attachment ring from the applicator tool after the deploying of the securement.	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,094,494	2015-07-28	1. A holder for a handheld electronic device, comprising: a backing plane formed with a substantially rigid spine portion and comprising a receiver pocket formed adjacent to a base portion thereof and substantially oriented along an insertion direction; a latching arm extended from the backing plane and further comprising a resiliently flexible stem portion coupled to the backing plane and having a head portion spaced away from the backing plane; wherein the stem portion is position between the backing plane and the head portion; and a roller composed of a substantially hard material, the roller being rotatably coupled to the head portion of the latching arm in a position that is both spaced away from the receiver pocket and spaced outwardly from an interior surface of the backing plane and at least a portion of the roller being further positioned inwardly of an interior surface of the latching arm on a structure that is extended from the interior surface of the latching arm, wherein the roller is operable about a rotational axis that is oriented substantially transverse to a direction substantially normal to the interior surface of the backing plane.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,806,479	2017-10-31	1. A conductor element for switchboard terminal blocks comprising a conductor body, the conductor element comprising: a conductor lamina extending in a longitudinal direction and designed to electrically connect together two wires in the longitudinal direction; a substantially vertical shaped body extending in the longitudinal direction, connected to the conductor lamina and having a bottom body section, the bottom body section including: a bottom free edge extending in the longitudinal direction, the bottom free edge including a first edge section for resting in a vertical direction on a first flange of two folded flanges of a DIN-standard rail; a first end proximal to said first edge section and including a bottom edge having a first tooth for engaging with the first flange of the DIN-standard rail; a second end opposite to the first end; wherein the bottom free edge has a second edge section proximal to said second end and aligned in the vertical direction with the first edge section, for conductively resting in the vertical direction on a second flange of the two folded flanges of the DIN-standard rail; a flat-lamina spring including a head and two flat-pin legs which are separated by an interspace; wherein said second end is adapted to engage and retain the flat-lamina spring; and wherein the respective free ends of the two flat-pin legs are resiliently deformable so as to be arranged, during use, to contact and push on the second folded flange of the DIN-standard rail for engaging therewith, and to allow operation of the flat-lamina spring for disengagement from the rail.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,463,672	2013-06-11	1. A method for facilitating interim billing for an IMS session, comprising: a trigger determining process comprising:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,526,343	2013-09-03	1. A mobile communication method that is an operation frequency setting method for setting an operation frequency of a radio base station comprising: step A of measuring by the radio base station a received power level of a common control signal transmitted by each of neighboring radio base stations; and step B of comparing each of the measured received power levels of the common control signals with a prescribed threshold and determining an operation frequency of the radio base station from among operation frequency candidates from which a frequency of a common control signal having a received power level higher than the prescribed threshold is excluded, wherein in the step B, an operation frequency of a neighboring radio base station having the highest priority among the operation frequency candidates from which the frequency of the common control signal having the received power level higher than the prescribed threshold is excluded is determined as the operation frequency of the radio base station.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,516,275	2016-12-06	1. A driving support apparatus comprising: an image acquiring section that acquires a captured image of an area behind a vehicle supported by the apparatus, the area including a tow coupler at a rear portion of the vehicle and a tow-target coupler of a tow-target vehicle to be coupled to the tow coupler; and a superimposing section that superimposes a pair of left and right planar predicted-trajectory guide marks in accordance with steering operation of the vehicle supported by the apparatus, on the captured image acquired by the image acquiring section and that outputs the superimposed image, wherein each of the pair of left and right planar predicted-trajectory guide marks comprises at least a first line that forms a first side of the predicted-trajectory guide mark located on a center side of a vehicle width direction and a second line that forms a second side of the predicted-trajectory guide mark located on an outer edge side of the vehicle width direction, the first line being separated from the second line, the superimposing section superimposes first lines of the predicted-trajectory guide marks respectively at positions in an outer edge direction from the tow coupler, the first lines being located on the center side of the vehicle width direction, and the superimposing section superimposes second lines of the predicted-trajectory guide marks respectively as predicted-trajectories of both lateral edges of the vehicle supported by the apparatus, the second lines being located on the outer edge side of the vehicle width direction, wherein the superimposing section changes an image to be superimposed between a tow guide and a normal backward assistance other than the tow guide, and in the case of the normal backward assistance, the superimposing section does not superimpose the first lines of the predicted-trajectory guide marks respectively at the positions in the outer edge direction from the tow coupler.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9,502,304	2016-11-22	1. A method for forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising the steps of: forming a buried layer below a top substrate surface of a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type, wherein the buried layer has a second conductivity type that is different from the first conductivity type; forming a sinker region between the top substrate surface and the buried layer, wherein the sinker region has the second conductivity type, and an isolation structure is formed by the sinker region and the buried layer; forming an active device in a portion of the semiconductor substrate contained by the isolation structure, wherein the active device includes forming a diode circuit connected between the isolation structure and the drain region.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,581,352	2013-11-12	1. An electronic device comprising: a substrate; and a dielectric disposed on the substrate, the dielectric including a nanolaminate, the nanolaminate consisting of a plurality of insulating layers, the nanolaminate containing barium strontium titanium oxide, a layer of erbium-doped barium strontium titanium oxide being doped with a compound or an element without erbium, barium, strontium, titanium, or combinations thereof, and a layer of an insulating material in which the insulating material is structured without containing both barium and strontium, the barium strontium titanium oxide being doped with a compound or an element without erbium, barium, strontium, titanium, or combinations thereof.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,587,206	2017-03-07	1. A composition for providing the delayed release of scent comprising: (a) an amino alcohol compound of the general Formula (I) wherein R or mixtures of these compounds, (b) a scent aldehyde and/or scent ketone and (c) a silicic acid ester of the general Formula (II): wherein all R, independently of each other, are selected from the group that comprises H, the linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,389,321	2013-03-05	1. A method of manufacturing a solar cell, comprising: providing a substrate; depositing a protective layer over a first surface of the substrate; depositing a first electrode over a second surface of the substrate; depositing at least one p-type semiconductor absorber layer over the first electrode, wherein the p-type semiconductor absorber layer includes a copper indium selenide (CIS) based alloy material; depositing an n-type semiconductor layer over the p-type semiconductor absorber layer to form a p-n junction; and depositing a second electrode over the n-type semiconductor layer; wherein: the protective layer has an emissivity that remains substantially constant during the step of depositing the at least one p-type semiconductor absorber layer.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9,476,242	2016-10-25	1. A window balance assembly comprising: first and second members configured to engage a window sash and a window jamb, respectively; a spring element including first and second portions coupled to the first and second members, respectively, the spring element biasing the window sash; and a debris dam movable with the first member and disposed between the second member and at least a portion of the first member, the debris dam reducing exposure of at least one of the spring element and the first member to debris; wherein the first member includes a carrier engaging a curled portion of the spring element; and wherein the second member engages the carrier in when the window balance assembly is in an uninstalled configuration, the second member including a stress riser coupling the second member to the carrier, wherein the stress riser fails in response to application of a force during installation of the window balance assembly to disengage the second member from the carrier.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,243,702	2016-01-26	1. A blade for a torque converter, comprising: a body with first and second blade side surfaces and a blade edge surface connecting the first and second blade side surfaces; and, a first tab extending from the blade edge surface and arranged for insertion through an opening in a core ring for the torque converter, the first tab including: the first and second indentations are separated from the blade edge surface by respective portions of the first and second tab edge surfaces; the core ring forms at least respective portions of respective inner circumferences for a turbine and pump for the torque converter; and, after insertion through the opening, the first tab is arranged to be bent along a line connecting the first and second indentations so that a portion of the first tab engages the core ring.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,791,603	2014-07-29	1. A method, comprising: in an electronic switch having a sensor, an electronic circuit, a first terminal and a second terminal, receiving, by the electronic circuit, an output of the sensor proportional to a sensed amount; determining, by a comparator of the electronic circuit, that the output of the sensor is less than a threshold voltage; in response to determining, deactivating, by the comparator, a voltage limiting circuit of the electronic circuit to operate the electronic circuit in a first state; operating the electronic circuit in a second state when the output of the sensor is at least the threshold voltage; receiving, across the first terminal and the second terminal, a switch voltage used to provide power for the electronic switch; wherein the electronic switch sets the switch voltage to a first voltage level operative to power the electronic circuit and the sensor when the electronic circuit is operating in the first state; and wherein the electronic switch sets the switch voltage to a second voltage level operative to power the electronic circuit and the sensor when the electronic circuit is operating in the second state.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	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	1
9,479,664	2016-10-25	1. A networked, OXPd-enabled imaging device, comprising: a REST-protocol interface structured to receive over a network a payload for an OXPd application installed on an external web server; a non-volatile storage insufficient to store the payload; an address on the network of a REST-protocol resource server; and a client structured to use the resource server address to store at least a portion of the payload on the resource server using REST protocol.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,578,801	2017-02-28	1. A particulate delivery system comprising: a tank containing particulate; a plurality of particulate-transporting lines; a metering system including a plurality of particulate metering sections, each of said particulate metering sections being associated with a respective one of the particulate-transporting lines and including a metering device configured to control dispensation of the particulate from the tank to the respective particulate-transporting line; an airflow generator in communication with the particulate-transporting lines so as to provide pneumatic conveying of the particulate within the particulate-transporting lines; a plurality of damper assemblies, each of which is associated with a respective one of the particulate-transporting lines, each of said damper assemblies being operable to selectively restrict airflow within the respective particulate-transporting line responsive to variations in metering of particulate to the respective particulate-transporting line, each of said damper assemblies being shiftable between engaged and disengaged configurations, said engaged configuration corresponding to at least partially obstructed airflow within the respective particulate-transporting line, said disengaged configuration corresponding to at least substantially unobstructed airflow within the respective particulate-transporting line, each of said damper assemblies including a flap shiftably mounted within the respective particulate-transporting line, said flap being shifted out of the airflow within the respective particulate-transporting line when the damper assembly is in the disengaged configuration, said flap being shifted into the airflow within the respective particulate-transporting line when the damper assembly is in the engaged configuration, each of said damper assemblies including a damper actuator operably coupled to the flap to effect shifting of the flap between the engaged and disengaged configurations of the damper assembly, each of said metering devices including a metering device actuator, said metering device actuator being operable to permit or stop dispensation of particulate by the metering device, each of said damper actuators being operatively linked with a respective one of the metering device actuators so that the damper assembly is shifted to the engaged configuration when particulate dispensation is stopped and the damper assembly is shifted into the disengaged configuration when particulate is dispensed, each of said damper actuators comprising a damper hydraulic cylinder, each of said metering device actuators comprising a metering device hydraulic cylinder; and a hydraulic system operably coupled to the cylinders, with each of the damper hydraulic cylinders being fluidly coupled with a respective one of the metering device hydraulic cylinders so that both are controlled simultaneously by the hydraulic system.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9,420,078	2016-08-16	1. A communications test device comprising: a hand-held housing enclosing a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9,832,961	2017-12-05	1. A plant of soybean variety 01064167, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-123982.	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,778,294	2017-10-03	1. A non-contact AC voltage measurement device that measures an AC voltage applied to a conductor of an electric wire, the non-contact AC voltage measurement device comprising: a first electrode provided outside the electric wire, a coupling capacitance being formed between the conductor and the first electrode; and a parallel circuit including a capacitor and an opening/closing means connected in parallel with the capacitor, the parallel circuit being connected in series with the coupling capacitance, wherein, for the purpose of measuring the AC voltage applied to the conductor of the electric wire, a first current and a second current are measured, the first current flowing through the parallel circuit in a state in which the opening/closing means of the parallel circuit is closed, and the second current flowing through the parallel circuit in a state in which the opening/closing means of the parallel circuit is open, wherein, the non-contact AC voltage measurement device further comprising a detection means that detects a state in which the AC voltage applied to the conductor of the electric wire is at a zero-crossing point or close to a zero-crossing state, wherein opening and closing operations of the opening/closing means are controlled on the basis of outputs from the detection means.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,085,240	2015-07-21	1. A high voltage module for motor vehicles, comprising: a module housing in which a manually operated circuit breaker is disposed in a socket of the module housing, which upon removal from the socket interrupts at least one high voltage cable within the module housing; and a manually operated tool that includes a plug-type housing adapted to the socket, wherein the plug-type housing includes a pivotable cover capable of assuming an opened and a closed position, wherein the tool includes at least one measuring lead that is connected to the at least one high voltage cable and a measuring terminal in the plug-type housing, wherein the tool, upon insertion in the socket and with the cover in the opened position, connects the at least one high voltage cable and exposes the measuring 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,073,254	2015-07-07	1. A conveying and cooling apparatus for plastic performs comprising a cooling plate, adapted to rotate about a longitudinal axis (X), a system for supplying fluids and transmitting the rotational motion to said cooling plate, wherein said system for supplying fluids and transmitting the rotational motion comprises a single rotation shaft provided with ducts for the passage of fluids from or to said cooling plate, a mechanical support structure arranged along the longitudinal axis (X), for supporting the cooling plate arranged at a first side of said structure, and comprising said single rotation shaft, a motor, arranged along the longitudinal axis (X) at a second side of said mechanical support structure opposite the first side, and adapted to transmit the rotation to said single rotation shaft and, consequently, to the cooling plate, and wherein fluid inlet/outlet pipes are connected to said single rotation shaft, said mechanical support structure being configured to act as a rotating joint that allows the distribution of said fluids from said inlet/outlet pipes to the respective ducts or vice versa.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,663,347	2017-05-30	1. A micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) switch comprising: a substrate; and a switch structure formed on the substrate, the switch structure comprising: wherein the cantilevered portion of the beam undergoes deformation during periods of strain mismatch between the substrate and the switch structure so as to have a takeoff angle relative to the substrate; wherein the self-compensating anchor structure directs a portion of the strain mismatch orthogonally to the cantilevered portion so as to warp the anchor and compensate for the takeoff angle of the cantilevered portion; and wherein the self-compensating anchor structure comprises a shaped anchor connection that mechanically connects the beam to the substrate, the shaped anchor connection being formed directly on a bottom surface of the switch structure, which defines a footprint, of the self-compensating anchor structure and covering only a portion of the bottom surface, such that the shaped anchor connection is contained within the footprint of the self-compensating anchor 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,017,799	2015-04-28	1. A cellular cushioning article comprising a multilayer first film and a second film, the first film having a thermoformed portion comprising a plurality of discrete thermoformed regions separated by an unformed land area, with each discrete thermoformed region providing a discrete raised embossment, with the second film having a bonded portion and an unbonded portion, with the unbonded portion comprising a plurality of discrete unbonded regions, with each discrete unbonded region including at least a portion juxtaposed opposite a base of each of the discrete thermoformed regions of the first film, with the bonded portion of the second film being bonded to at least a portion of the land area of the first film, with the plurality of discrete thermoformed regions of the first film and a plurality of discrete unbonded regions of the second film together making up a plurality of discrete cells, with each cell surrounding a discrete volume of fluid entrapped between the first film and the second film, with the first film having a bonding layer comprising polyolefin and a high melt point layer comprising polyamide, and the cellular cushioning article has a combination of an average thickness of the land area of the first film, and an average maximum birefringence of the thermoformed regions of the first film, selected from the group consisting of: (A) average land area thickness of from 2.01 mils to 3 mils, and an average maximum birefringence of at least 6×10−3; (B) average land area thickness of from 1.41 mils to 2 mils and an average maximum birefringence of at least 16×10−3; (C) average land area thickness of from 1.01 mils to 1.40 mils and an average maximum birefringence of at least 17×10−3; (D) average land area thickness of from 0.76 mil to 1.0 mil and an average maximum birefringence of at least 17×10−3; (E) average land area thickness of from 0.45 rail to 0.75 rail and an average maximum birefringence of at least 17×10−3.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,316,555	2016-04-19	1. A cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge, comprising: two electrodes disposed such that one of the electrodes is surrounded by the other electrode having a cylindrical shape to thereby form a discharge space therebetween; and an electrode protection member disposed in the discharge space and configured to protect an inner wall surface of the other electrode in a circumferential direction, wherein the electrode protection member includes a protection portion formed of an elastic member having electric conductivity and a plate-shape, the elastic member being capable of elastic deformation into a cylindrical shape and being capable of changing the diameter of the cylindrical shape in accordance with the elastic deformation, and wherein the protection portion is elastically deformed along a shape of the inner wall surface in the circumferential direction, presses the inner wall surface of the other electrode, and is to be electrically connected to the other electrode.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,349,290	2016-05-24	1. A self-reported tracking method, comprising: receiving, at an in-vehicle application resident on a memory of an in-vehicle infotainment unit of a vehicle or an application resident on a memory of a mobile device, a trip plan, the trip plan including an expected trip duration, an expected trip return, or combinations thereof; any of monitoring, facilitated by an in-vehicle bus connected to the infotainment unit, the vehicle for a return event, or monitoring, facilitated by a monitoring system of the mobile device, the mobile device for a return event; and any of: i) receiving a notification at the in-vehicle application that the return event has been recognized; and ii) recognizing, by the in-vehicle application, that the expected trip duration, the expected trip return, or the combinations thereof has expired, and that no notification of the return event has been received; and iii) receiving a notification at the application that the return event has been recognized; and iv) recognizing, by the application, that the expected trip duration, the expected trip return, or the combinations thereof has expired, and that no notification of the return event has been received; and	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,710,447	2017-07-18	1. A method comprising: training, by at least one computing device, a machine-modeled kernel jointly modeling content, semantic information and social network information, the kernel for use with a digital content annotation and recommendation system, the training comprising building the kernel using a content kernel trained using a training set comprising content feature information, a semantic kernel trained using semantic feature information of the training data set and a social network kernel trained using social network feature information of the training data set, an implicit social network determined from a plurality of content items is used in determining the social network feature information used in training the kernel; identifying, by the at least one computing device, one or more annotations for a test content item of the content data store other than the plurality of content items used to train the kernel, the identifying using the trained kernel and the test content item's content feature information to identify the one or more annotations; and serving, by the at least one computing device and to a client computing device of a user via an electronic communications network, the test content item based on the one or more identified annotations and an interest of the user, the serving of the test content item to the user computing device resulting in the test content item being output by the user computing device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,465,762	2013-06-18	1. A dermal application system, which is a self-adhesive matrix system, consisting of aminolaevulinic acid (ALA) salt crystals suspended in a polymer matrix, wherein the polymer matrix consists of polymers from the group consisting of acrylates, silicon polymers, and polyisobutylene, wherein a substantial amount of the crystals of the ALA salt have a mean diameter of 20 μm to 200 μm.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,032,143	2015-05-12	1. A Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander circuit comprising: a plurality of physical links with transceivers (PHYs); a routing memory including entries that each indicate a set of the PHYs available for initiating a connection with a SAS address, the routing memory including an entry that represents a SAS port with a start tag indicating a first PHY of the port and a length tag indicating a number of PHYs in the port; a Content Addressable Memory (CAM) including entries that each associate a SAS address with an entry in the routing memory; and a controller operable to receive a request that identifies a SAS address, further operable to use the CAM to determine a corresponding routing memory entry for the identified SAS address, and further operable to select the port indicated by the corresponding routing memory entry in order to initiate a connection with the identified SAS address.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,528,366	2013-09-10	1. A sag-bending system, comprising: a sag-bending glass support mold having a quadrilateral shape, a collective upper surface, and a periphery, the support mold comprising: a perimeter thermal manager sized and positioned to surround, to extend at least partially over, and to extend at least partially under the periphery of the support mold, the thermal manager 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8,543,881	2013-09-24	1. A method for high throughput unified turbo decoding comprising: loading data from a first data window; computing a first forward state metric using the data from the first data window; storing the first forward state metric in a memory; computing a first reverse state metric using the data from the first data window; storing the first reverse state metric in the memory; computing a log likelihood ratio (LLR) of the first data window using the first forward state metric and the first reverse state metric; loading data from a last data window; transferring the first reverse state metric from the first data window to the last data window; and computing extrinsic information for the first data window associated with the unified turbo decoding, wherein the extrinsic information is defined by where λ is an input extrinsic LLR defined by a logarithm of a ratio of probabilities for systematic symbol c	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,489,794	2013-07-16	1. In a bridge coupled to a first bus and a second bus, a method for communicating between the first and second buses comprising: A) receiving, from the first bus, a command having an identification field, the identification field having a value; B) entering the command into a buffer in the bridge unless another command having the same identification field value exists in the buffer; C) transmitting the buffered command over the second bus; D) receiving a response to the command from the second bus; E) transmitting the received response over the first bus; and F) removing the command from the buffer; wherein the second bus comprises a command channel and a response channel, the command channel for communicating commands transmitted from the bridge, and the response channel for communicating responses to be received by the bridge.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,646,520	2017-05-09	1. A flag handling system comprising: the flag having a top and a bottom separated by an elevational dimension, the flag having a vertical interior and a vertical exterior separated by a lateral dimension; and a strap formed in a rectangular configuration having horizontal upper and lower edges separated by a height, the strap having a vertical interior and exterior edges separated by a length, the strap having a front face and a rear face; a horizontal strip of fasteners positioned on the front face of the strap laterally from the interior edge to a location spaced from the exterior edge; a vertical strip of fasteners positioned on the front face of the strap extending elevationally from the upper edge to the lower edge and extending laterally from the exterior edge to a location spaced from the interior edge whereby the strap may be folded with the vertical strip in contact with the horizontal strip to form a loop; horizontal stitching lines coupling the horizontal strip to the strap and the flag; and vertical stitching lines coupling the vertical strip to the strap.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,351,704	2013-01-08	1. A method of capturing linear features along a reference-line across a surface for use in a map database, comprising: generating, from reference-line data representative of coordinates of said reference-line in a geographic coordinate reference system and source images of a surface adjacent to said reference-line and associated position and orientation data in said geographic coordinate reference system, a reference-line referenced data set, wherein the reference-line referenced data set comprises a plurality of sets of image data and associated data defining a reference-line across a surface in the geographic coordinate reference system, the sets of image data including pixels wherein a set of image data corresponds to an orthorectified view representation of a line section of the surface in the geographic coordinate reference system, each set of image data comprises a reference pixel associated with a position on the reference-line, wherein each pixel represents a surface including a position at a distance from the position of the reference pixel along the line section, and wherein the line section perpendicularly crosses the reference-line at the position associated with the reference pixel; and post processing the generated reference-line referenced data set to produce linear features along the referenceline and associated locations in the geographic coordinate reference system for use in a map database.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,749,855	2017-08-29	1. A method for facilitating wireless transactions with a service provider using a wireless device comprising: accepting registration information from a microprocessor of a user's wireless device by a server of a service provider, wherein the service provider maintains a data server storing financial account data for the user; verifying the registration information from the user by the service provider's server; activating access to software on the user's wireless device microprocessor in response to verification of the registration information by the service provider's server, wherein the software includes wherein activating access to the software further comprises downloading the software to the user's wireless device microprocessor in a two-part download sequence in response to verifying the registration information by the service provider's server, and wherein said two-part download sequence further comprises downloading the interface application in a first part of said two-part download sequence and thereafter downloading the protocol application in a second part of said two-part download sequence only after detecting, by the service provider's server, the downloaded interface application running for a first time on the user's wireless device microprocessor; and authenticating the user by the server of the service provider in response to user identification data supplied by the wireless device microprocessor using the interface application.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,433,496	2016-09-06	1. A bifocal lens comprising: a posterior aspheric lens surface having a first radius of curvature, an anterior aspheric lens surface, said anterior aspheric lens surface having a first aspheric distance optic portion having a radius of curvature equal to the first radius of curvature of the posterior aspheric lens surface, a second near optic portion having a radius of curvature less than that of the first portion thereby forming a second optic surface on the anterior lens surface, the first aspheric distance optic portion having a perimeter and the second near optic portion having a perimeter, a flat surface extending outwardly from the entire radially outer periphery of the anterior lens near optic portion, and a first haptic extending from a top portion of said bifocal lens and a second haptic extending from a lower portion of said bifocal lens, each haptic including a first and second leg extending from the bifocal lens and a cross member extending between the legs, and a footplate located at a distal end of each leg.	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,351,928	2016-05-31	1. Composite excipient particles for use in a pharmaceutical composition, each composite excipient particle comprising a particle of an excipient material and additive material adhering to the surface of that particle of excipient material, wherein 90% by weight of the composite excipient particles have diameter of less than 20 μm determined using the Malvern laser light scattering method, wherein the additive material is in the form of particles coating the surfaces of the particles of excipient material.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8,729,713	2014-05-20	1. A vent hole precursor structure in an intermediate product for a semi-conductor device having one or more device structures, said intermediate product comprising: a first wafer in which there is formed a depression, said first wafer being bonded to a second wafer comprising a device layer from which the one or more device structures are to be made by etching; a cavity defined by the second wafer and the depression of the first wafer; and the vent hole precursor structure, wherein the vent hole precursor structure comprises a hole or groove having a predefined depth and extending downwards into the device layer, such that the cavity during etching is opened up before the etching procedure breaks through the device layer to form the one or more device structures, wherein the one or more device structures are mirror and/or hinge 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,074,395	2015-07-07	1. A door stop positioned on a top of a door for preventing closing of the door against a door frame comprising: a first body segment; a second body segment; and a connector having a first end attached to the first body segment, the second body segment having a tunnel allowing the connector to pass through the second body segment, locking means positioned at a second end of the connector for fixedly securing the door stop in a desired adjustment; wherein, in a first mode of operation, the first and second body segments are fixedly secured on the top of the door at a first adjustment position, the height of the first body segment configured to contact the door frame, preventing closure of the door; wherein, in a second mode of operation, the first body segment is freely moved downward, allowing the door to be closed, and is returned and fixedly secured in a second adjustment position, preventing the door from being opened.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,511,720	2013-08-20	1. A coupler which is adapted to be connected to a complementary means for the transfer of a fluid between the coupler and the complementary means, the complementary means comprising a tubular flow member having a first transverse end flange defining a first annular end face, the coupler comprising: a body which is releasably connectable to the tubular flow member, the body having a second transverse end flange defining a second annular end face which engages the first annular end face when the body is connected to the flow member; at least one seal which is mounted on the second annular end face for providing a fluid-tight seal between the first and second annular end faces; means for protecting the at least one seal; the protecting means comprising a ring which is mounted concentrically over the second transverse end flange and is movable by the complementary means between a first position before connection in which the ring projects beyond the at least one seal in the direction of connection, and a second position after connection in which the ring no longer projects beyond the at least one seal; and damping means positioned between the second end flange and the ring for urging the ring towards its first position wherein the ring does not engage the at least one seal in either its first or second position.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8,770,102	2014-07-08	1. A square baler comprising: a control system comprising a data processor; a control panel connected to the control system for enabling an operator of the baler to input a plurality of operating parameters of the baler that affect the baling operation; a plurality of sensors connected to the control system for monitoring the baling operation; display connected to the control system for displaying information to the operator; and the control system is programmed to determine a desired value for at least one operating parameter based on the inputted operating parameters and the sensor measurements, determine if an operating parameter deviates from its desired value and display to the operator a recommended change to this operating parameter in order to restore this operating parameter to its desired value.	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,868,089	2014-10-21	1. A method in a user equipment for reporting Channel State Information (CSI) to a base station in a cellular communication network, the method comprising: receiving, from the base station, in a subframe n, a grant of uplink resources to be used for CSI reporting, determining a subframe type of a subframe n+p, where p is a variable value; and reporting, to the base station, CSI that reflects channel conditions in subframes of the determined subframe type; wherein the determined subframe type is one of two or more subframe types, each of which two or more subframe types is associated with a respective set of different subframes, and wherein the reported CSI reflects channel conditions particular to subframes belonging to the set of subframes associated with the determined subframe type.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,568,332	2017-02-14	1. A navigation system, comprising: an optical output device; a database storing data which defines three-dimensional roof structures, the database being a relational database; and a processing device coupled to the database, the processing device configured to retrieve data defining a three-dimensional roof structure from the database, to reconstruct the three-dimensional roof structure based on the retrieved data and to control the optical output device to display the reconstructed roof structure, wherein the retrieved data includes information on each edge of a plurality of edges of at least one closed polygon and a type identifier respectively stored in the database for each edge of the plurality of the edges, at least a subset of the type identifiers for the edges being stored as attributes in the relational database, each one of the type identifiers being respectively selected from a finite set of type identifiers which includes a first type identifier for an ascending roof face, a second type identifier for a planar face which is oriented normal to a base plane, and a third type identifier for a flat roof; wherein the retrieved data includes parameter values for each edge of the plurality of edges, the parameter values being different from the type identifiers, each one of the parameter values being respectively stored for an edge of the plurality of edges of the polygon; the processing device configured to determine plural planar faces to reconstruct the roof structure, each one of the planar faces respectively being determined such that it passes through an edge of the polygon and has an orientation determined based on the type identifier stored for the edge; and the processing device configured to reconstruct the three-dimensional roof structure based on at least the information on the plurality of edges, the type identifiers for the edges, and the plural planar faces.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,632,807	2017-04-25	1. A method for dynamically changing a fundamental attribute of an object in a game played using a system having a system directory which includes a system file and a plurality of system layers including a transmit layer and a receive layer, wherein data signals are communicable from the transmit layer to the receive layer, the method comprising: identifying the object, the fundamental attribute of the object being associable with the system file when data signals communicated from the transmit layer are processed at the receive layer based on the system file; inserting a configuration file to the system directory; and intercepting communication between the transmit layer and the receive layer so that the fundamental attribute of the identified object is modified based on the configuration file, wherein the fundamental attribute of the identified object is related to fundamental appearance of the identified object, and wherein the fundamental appearance of the identified object is modified such that the shape associated with the identified object is retained whilst remaining appearance of the identified object is replaced by an advertisement.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,684,405	2014-04-01	1. A propellant grain retainer for an air bag inflator having a pressure vessel, comprising: a cantilevered finger mounted in the pressure vessel; and a propellant grain mounted on the finger; the finger being positioned in the pressure vessel such that, upon assembly of the pressure vessel, the finger is deformed inwardly away from an adjacent wall of the pressure vessel to increase an air gap between the adjacent pressure vessel wall and the propellant grain to reduce heat transfer therebetween.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,728,002	2017-08-08	1. A method comprising: mapping pixels of a first frame of a video stream to texels; selecting a subset of the texels for shading based on previously cached texels that were shaded for a second frame; shading the subset of the texels; caching the shaded subset of the texels with the previously cached texels; and determining values for the pixels of the first frame based on the cached texels.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,370,571	2013-02-05	1. A first storage controller for use as part of a cluster of storage controllers, comprising: an interface to communicate with at least one storage subsystem having a storage volume, wherein the first storage controller is to be initially assigned to process requests for the storage volume; and a processor to:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,762,579	2017-09-12	1. A method comprising: providing an internetwork authentication service between a first network and a second network by establishing a connection between a first network device of the first network and a second network device of the second network through a first local authoritative user datastore interface at the first network device and an internetwork authentication proxy and a second local authoritative user datastore interface at the second network device and the internetwork authentication proxy, the first and second local authoritative user datastore interfaces associated with identity routing rules for routing to the first network; receiving at the second network device, an authentication request for a station to access the first network; determining if the authentication request matches a filtering rule of the identity routing rules specifying to remove identities from authentication requests; filtering the authentication request to remove an identity from the authentication request; routing the authentication request according to the identity routing rules to the first network device through the first and second local authoritative user datastore interfaces; receiving at the second local authoritative user datastore interface from the first local authoritative user datastore interface an authentication result indicating the station is authenticated to access the first network; providing the station access to network services provided through the second network according to the authentication result.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,627,513	2017-04-18	1. A method for manufacturing a lateral double-diffused metal oxide semiconductor transistor, comprising: forming a semiconductor layer of a first doping type; forming a high-voltage gate dielectric at a surface of said semiconductor layer; forming a thin gate dielectric above said semiconductor layer to have at least a portion adjacent to said high-voltage gate dielectric without using a mask; forming a gate conductor above said thin gate dielectric and said high-voltage gate dielectric without using a mask; forming a first sidewall of said gate conductor above said thin gate dielectric, by patterning said gate conductor through a first mask; forming a second sidewall of said gate conductor at least partially above said high-voltage gate dielectric, by patterning said gate conductor through a second mask; and forming source and drain regions of said first doping type, wherein said method further comprises forming a body region of a second doping type opposite to said first doping type by doping through said first mask.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,097,838	2015-08-04	1. An aromatic polycarbonate resin composition, comprising 100 parts by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A) and 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of polyoxytetramethylene-polyoxyethylene glycol (B), wherein the polyoxytetramethylene-polyoxyethylene glycol (B) is represented by the following general formula (I): wherein, m and n each independently represent an integer from 4 to 60; and (m+n) is an integer from 20 to 90.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,478,194	2016-10-25	1. A driving circuit for driving a display device having a display panel, comprising: (a) a printed circuit board (PCB); (b) a transmitter disposed on the PCB for providing an input signal comprising a first Gamma reference voltage and a second Gamma reference voltage; (c) first and second transmission lines disposed on the PCB and electrically coupled to the transmitter for transmitting the input signal; wherein the first Gamma reference voltage is transmitted through the first transmission line; and (d) a plurality of source drivers formed in a chip-on-film (COF) architecture between the PCB and the display panel, wherein each source driver comprises: first and second Hi-z components electrically coupled to the first and second transmission lines, respectively, for preventing voltage drops of the input signal, and outputting the first and second Gamma reference voltages, wherein the input signal further comprises control signals, wherein each source driver further comprises:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,299,354	2016-03-29	1. An audio encoding device comprising: a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: when the first phases are other than identical phases or opposite phases, the first predictive coding is performed, and when the first phases are identical phases or opposite phases, the second predictive coding is performed.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,558,158	2017-01-31	1. A method comprising: scanning an image of an original document using a scanner of a multi-function device; performing, by a processor, optical character recognition of the image to retrieve a text of the original document; identifying, within the text, a first portion expressed in a source natural language, wherein the first portion matches a first stored translation record associating the first portion and a first translated text expressed in a target natural language; translating the first portion into the target natural language using the first translated text; receiving a user input specifying a translation method selected from a machine translation and a human translation; responsive to receiving the user input specifying the translation method, selecting the translation method from among the machine translation and the human translation; responsive to failing to match a second portion of the text to a second stored translation record, causing the second portion of the text to be translated into the target natural language using the selected translation method; producing a translated document comprising the translations of the first portion and the second portion; and printing the translated document using a printer of the multi-function device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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
8,832,064	2014-09-09	1. A method comprising: receiving a natural language question from a user; generating a search phrase by: identifying a plurality of candidate sentences based on the search phrase, wherein each candidate sentence in the plurality of candidate sentences contains the plurality of words in the non-stop order; evaluating the plurality of candidate sentences using a 3-tier cascaded approach, wherein the 3-tier cascaded approach utilizes a baseline approach in combination with a semantic role labeler approach, where the baseline approach is a first tier of the 3-tier cascaded approach, the semantic role labeler approach is a second tier of the 3-tier cascaded approach, and a conjunction of sub-phrase search which is a mixture of the baseline approach and the semantic role labeler approach is a third tier of the 3-tier cascaded approach, to yield a level of precision for each candidate sentence; when the level of precision of a candidate sentence meets a required threshold, generating a candidate answer by using a phrase sentence extraction approach to extract a portion from a side of the search phrase within the candidate sentence; and providing the candidate answer in response to the natural language question.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,582,295	2013-11-12	1. An electronic system, comprising: an electronic device; a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with the device, the heat exchanger comprising a flow duct for receiving a fluid, at least a portion of the flow duct being arranged for thermal communication with the device; and a pressure reducing unit comprising a pump associated with the flow duct and a Venturi tube configured for reducing the pressure of the fluid in the portion of the flow duct arranged in thermal communication with the device to a value in a range of about 0.6 to about 0.8 bar abs and less than the pressure external to the duct.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,314,304	2016-04-19	1. A system comprising: an excitation source that emits an excitation light towards an object including a plurality of cells; an image processor that detects light from the object including the plurality of cells; a treatment device that destroys one or more cells; a feedback system that detects a condition of each cell of the plurality of cells to identify one or more diseased cells amongst the plurality of cells using the detected light, and wherein the feedback system targets the one or more diseased cells with the treatment device and applies a treatment using the treatment device to the one or more diseased cells to destroy the one or more diseased cells.	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,479,004	2016-10-25	1. A power bank circuit comprising: a voltage input (VIN) terminal; a voltage output (VOUT) terminal; at least one rechargeable battery, wherein the at least one rechargeable battery has an operating voltage range from a fully uncharged operating voltage VBATL to a fully charged operating voltage VBATH, wherein the operating voltage range is between a ground (GND) node and a battery (VBAT) node; a first field effect transistor S a second field effect transistor S an inductor coupled to conduct current between the SW node and a voltage output (VOUT) node; a capacitor having a first lead coupled to the VOUT node and a second lead coupled to the GND node; a third field effect transistor SA having a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, wherein the first terminal of transistor SA is coupled to a voltage input (VIN) node; a fourth field effect transistor SB having a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, wherein the first terminal of transistor SB is coupled to the second terminal of transistor SA, and wherein the second terminal of transistor SB is coupled to the VOUT node; and a control circuit that controls the transistor S	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,179,368	2015-11-03	1. A method for implementing quality of service (QoS) request information, comprising: a policy enforcement functional entity (PE-FE) sending a policy decision functional entity (PD-FE) a QoS request message in a form of a Credit Control Request (CCR) command including one or more Traffic-Information attribute-value pairs (AVPs); wherein said each Traffic-Information AVP consists of a group of predetermined parameters, and said each group of the predetermined parameters are used to represent the QoS request information of the transport layer for a respective service, and wherein said each group of the predetermined parameters include following information: flow description information, flow status information, quality of service information, user name information, Layer 2 address information, IP address information, logical access address information, and physical access address information.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,356,083	2013-01-15	1. A method for transmitting and receiving a call by a home network telephony Control Point (CP) using a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol, the method comprising: requesting a telephony server and a telephony client for media capability information; receiving the requested media capability information from each of the telephony server and the telephony client; selecting the media capability information of the telephony server and the telephony client in order to transmit and receive the call; establishing a connection between the telephony server and the telephony client by making reference to the selected media capability information; and controlling the telephony server and the telephony client between which the connection is established, wherein establishing the connection between the telephony server and the telephony client comprises: receiving call state information indicating a call state from the telephony server; identifying the received call state information, and then transmitting a message for media session initiation to the telephony client; and receiving media session information indicating a media session state from the telephony client.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,590,506	2013-11-26	1. A compression ignition gasoline engine comprising: a combustion control device having an injector directly injecting fuel into a combustion chamber; a variable valve device changing a valve timing; at least two intake valves; at least two exhaust valves; a spark plug positioned at a central portion of the combustion chamber; and an injector positioned adjacent to the spark plug toward a center portion of the combustion chamber; wherein the exhaust valve has a symmetric valve lift in which the lift and the opening section of the at least two exhaust valves are the same in low lift, and the intake valve has an asymmetric valve lift in which the lift and the opening of the at least two intake valves are different in the low lift.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0
8,582,421	2013-11-12	1. A system of processing information regarding medical devices in wireless communication with each other, the system comprising: a base device having a first wireless communication link with a first medical device and a second wireless communication link with a second medical device; and the base device having a processor configured to monitor the status of the first wireless link and the status of the second wireless link; wherein the base device processor is further configured to determine if a problem exists with one or more of the first and second links; and wherein the base processor is further configured to compare the first wireless link status with the second wireless link status in the event that a problem with one or more of the monitored links is detected, and to provide guidance for resolving the problem based on the comparison.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8,419,124	2013-04-16	1. A reclining chair comprising a base, a plurality of movable person support sections coupled to the base and including a back section, a seat section, and a leg section, a pair of arms that are individually pivotable between a use position along side the seat section and oriented higher in elevation than a seating surface of the seat section and an out-of the way position to facilitate lateral transfer of a person off of the seating surface, at least one storage unit coupled to the base and positioned alongside the base, and a tray pivotably coupled to the at least one storage unit for movement about a substantially vertical tray axis that is located alongside the back section and closer to a rear of the at least one storage unit than a front of the at least one storage unit.	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9,242,214	2016-01-26	1. A mixing baffle for mixing a fluid flow in a static mixer, comprising: a mixing element support structure extending along a longitudinal direction; a set of moveable mixing elements coupled to the mixing element support structure, the set of moveable mixing elements being formed in a first configuration; and a set of stationary mixing elements coupled to the mixing element support structure, the set of stationary mixing elements not interlaced with the set of moveable mixing elements when in the first configuration, wherein the set of moveable mixing elements moves from the first configuration to a second configuration when the mixing baffle is inserted into a tubular conduit, and wherein the set of moveable mixing elements and the set of stationary mixing elements alternately mesh together to form an interlaced lattice structure when the set of moveable mixing elements moves to the second configuration.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	1
8,576,545	2013-11-05	1. A switchgear for connecting and disconnecting an electrical communication between a bus bar and a cable, comprising a chassis, a disconnecting switch including therein an electrode grounded electrically and air as an electrically insulating medium, and a drive device for manipulating the disconnecting switch, wherein the chassis has metallic plates grounded electrically and forming in the chassis cases of a bus bar section for receiving the bus bar, a switch section arranged under the bus bar section and containing therein the disconnecting switch and the drive device, a cable section arranged on a horizontal side with respect to the bus bar section to receive the cable and a control section arranged on another horizontal side with respect to the bus bar section to control the drive device, wherein the case of the switch section is removable from the chassis, and has a part through which the air is capable of passing between inside and outside of the case of the switch section, and a particle including at least one of oil and water is prevented from passing between the inside and the outside, and a remainder part of the case of the switch section is hermetically sealed.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,085,544	2015-07-21	1. A method for synthesizing and recrystallizing a dianhydrohexitol comprising the steps of: (a) converting a hexahydroxyl-substituted sugar alcohol to a 1,6-dibromo derivative of the hexahydroxyl-substituted sugar alcohol by reaction of the hexahydroxyl-substituted sugar alcohol dulcitol with hydrobromic acid for from about 18 hours to about 36 hours at an elevated temperature to provide the 1,6-dibromo derivative product 1,6-dibromodulcitol; (b) adding the product of step (a) to water, agitating the product of step (a) added to water for from about 18 hours to about 36 hours, filtering the mixture of the product of step (a) and water, washing the mixture with a large volume of water, drying the solid product under nitrogen, and then subsequently washing the dried solid product with a large volume of an aliphatic ether; (c) reacting the product of step (b) with a carbonate of an alkali metal in a polar aprotic solvent at an elevated temperature; (d) filtering the product of step (c) to remove the solids; (e) washing the solids removed in step (d) with a polar aprotic solvent and combining the washings with the solids removed in step (d); (f) concentrating the combination of the washings with the solids of step (e) to a volume that is approximately from about 0.20 to about 0.27 of the volume of polar aprotic solvent used in step (c) at a temperature of from about 30° C. to about 40° C.; (g) agitating the concentrated product of step (f) for from about 18 hours to about 36 hours at a temperature of from about 0° C. to about 10° C.; (h) washing the product of step (g) with an aliphatic ether; (i) drying the washed product of step (h) under nitrogen; and (j) recrystallizing the product of step (i) by:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,712,694	2017-07-18	1. A cooperative system comprising: at least one device that includes at least one first processor and at least one second processor, the at least one second processor configured to establish external communications; and an information processing apparatus including at least one third processor, wherein the at least one first processor is configured to cause the at least one second processor and the information processing apparatus to execute a cooperating job cooperatively, the cooperating job including a plurality of stand-alone jobs, and the at least one second processor is configured to the at least one third processor is configured to, store the first stand-alone job logs; control execution of the plurality of stand-alone jobs included in the cooperating job, based on a request for executing the cooperating job from the at least one first processor; manage cooperating job identification information for identifying the cooperating job in an association with the stand-alone job log identification information of the plurality of stand-alone jobs included in the cooperating job; and acquire second stand-alone job logs from the at least one second processor and extract the first stand-alone job logs including the stand-alone job log identification information associated with the cooperating job identification information to generate a cooperating job log that is a log of the cooperating job based on the acquired second stand-alone job logs and the extracted first stand-alone job logs, wherein the at least one third processor is configured to request the at least one second processor to execute at least one of the plurality of stand-alone jobs in the cooperating job and to request the information processing apparatus to execute at least another one of the plurality of stand-alone jobs in the cooperating job.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,262,294	2016-02-16	1. A system for event detection and correlation from moving object sensor data, the system comprising: a processor that is adapted to execute stored instructions; and a memory device that stores instructions, the memory device comprising processor-executable code, that when executed by the processor, is adapted to:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,473,379	2013-06-25	1. A credit control server, comprising: a rating engine; a session control module configured to: the charging unit determination module configured to: wherein the rating engine is configured to:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0