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9,809,790	2017-11-07	1. A treatment composition comprising: (i) water; (ii) at least one water-soluble associative polyelectrolyte complex comprising a water soluble cationic first polyelectrolyte; and a water soluble second polyelectrolyte bearing groups of opposite charge to said first polyelectrolyte; wherein the resulting water-soluble associative polyelectrolyte complex is non-precipitating in the treatment composition, wherein R, the molar ratio of charged groups present on said first polyelectrolyte to oppositely charged groups present on said second polyelectrolyte is from about 0.10 to 20; (iii) wherein said cationic first polyelectrolyte and said second polyelectrolyte each comprise at least one of homopolymers, random copolymers, alternating copolymers, or mixtures thereof; (iv) wherein neither said cationic first polyelectrolyte nor said second polyelectrolyte is a synthetic block copolymer; (v) wherein the at least one polyelectrolyte complex is at a concentration of no more than about 100 mM with respect to a total concentration of charged groups present on the first polyelectrolyte and the second polyelectrolyte making up the at least one polyelectrolyte complex; (vi) wherein the at least one associative polyelectrolyte complex has an average aggregate size in solution of less than about 500 nanometers; and (vii) wherein film formation of the at least one water-soluble associative polyelectrolyte complex during use to treat a surface is self-limiting so as to not grow to macroscopic dimensions which would otherwise become visible to the eye, but instead maintaining a film thickness of less than about 500 nm.	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,072,388	2015-07-07	1. A bedding foundation comprising: a rectangular base; a spring assembly fixedly attached atop the base; padding overlying the spring assembly; a fabric covering surrounding the spring assembly, padding and base; the spring assembly comprising, a border wire having two parallel sides and two parallel ends defining a perimeter; and a plurality of spaced and longitudinally extending support wires parallel the border wire sides, each of said support wires extending between the border wire ends and being secured thereto, each support wire being a continuous piece of wire having a plurality of flattened peaks and a plurality of flattened valleys, the flattened peaks being generally co-planar with the border wire and the flattened valleys being vertically displaced beneath and intermediate of the flattened peaks; a plurality of longitudinally spaced, parallel and transversely extending upper connector wires parallel to the border wire ends and having ends secured to the border wire sides, the upper connector wires being connected intermediate of their ends along their lengths thereof to the flattened peaks of the support wires; a plurality of transversely spaced, parallel and longitudinally extending continuous longitudinal wires parallel to the border wire sides and having ends secured to the border wire ends, the longitudinal wires being connected intermediate of their ends along their lengths thereof to the upper connector wires; a plurality of spaced and transversely extending stabilizer wires parallel the border wire ends and located between the border wire sides inside the perimeter, each of said stabilizer wires being a continuous piece of wire having a plurality of flattened peaks and a plurality of flattened valleys, the flattened peaks being secured to the longitudinal wires and the flattened valleys being vertically displaced beneath and intermediate of the flattened peaks and being secured to the flattened valleys of the support wires.	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,025,985	2015-05-05	1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image bearing element that bears a toner image; a transfer element that transfers the toner image from the image bearing element to a sheet; a pick-up element that contacts a pick-up side of a sheet and sends out the sheet; a first feed path in which the sheet is fed to a transfer position between the image bearing element and the transfer element and in which the sheet is fed so that the pick-up side of the sheet is opposed to the image bearing element in the transfer position; a second feed path in which the sheet is fed to the transfer position and in which the sheet is fed so that the pick-up side of the sheet is opposed to the transfer element in the transfer position; a first cleaning element that cleans a surface of the image bearing element; a second cleaning element that cleans a surface of the transfer element; and a control portion that causes the image bearing element to bear a cleaning toner image that is used for cleaning the image bearing element and the transfer element at time of cleaning by the first cleaning element and the second cleaning element, the control portion determining an amount of toner of the cleaning toner image that is used for cleaning of the image bearing element based on a number of sheets that are fed into the first feed path and determining an amount of toner of the cleaning toner image that is used for cleaning of the transfer element based on a number of sheets that are fed into the second feed path.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,115,869	2015-08-25	1. A wavelength converting element comprising a polymeric material having a polymeric backbone, said polymeric material comprising a wavelength converting moiety, wherein said wavelength converting moiety is adapted to convert light of a first wavelength to light of a second wavelength, and wherein said wavelength converting moiety is covalently attached to said polymer backbone, wherein said polymeric material having a polymeric backbone comprises a random polyester copolymer comprising said wavelength converting moiety, said random polyester copolymer comprising at least three different repeating units of the following general formula n 1 , n 2 , n 3 , n 4 : wherein said repeating units are randomly distributed along the length of said polymeric backbone, wherein AA is selected from the following first group of aromatic moieties: wherein BB is selected from the following: —(CH wherein CC and DD are said wavelength converting moieties having one of the following general formula I, II, or III: in which	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,412,231	2016-08-09	1. A method of providing gaming incentives, comprising the steps of: receiving a first transmission from a secure memory device in one of a plurality of first gaming devices of a first casino; securely transmitting first customer first gaming activity information to the secure memory device for storage in the secure memory; receiving a second transmission from the secure memory device in one of a plurality of second gaming devices of the second casino; securely transmitting first customer second gaming activity information to the secure memory device for storage in the secure memory; receiving a third transmission from the secure memory device in another one of the plurality of first gaming devices of the first casino; securely transmitting second customer first gaming device activity information to the secure memory device for storage in the secure memory; receiving a fourth transmission from the secure memory device in another one of the second plurality of second gaming devices of the second casino; and securely transmitting second customer second gaming device activity information to the secure memory device for storage in the secure memory.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,489,131	2013-07-16	1. An apparatus comprising: a sensor configured to acquire a context data, wherein the context data provides information of an attribute of an event within the range of the sensor; a processor configured to analyze an attribute of the context data and determine a higher-order context data; a message generator configured to generate a supplemental context message transmittable through a network wherein the supplemental context message includes the higher-order context data, and wherein the supplemental context message comprises a text message identifying the apparatus with a pronoun; and a network interface device configured to communicatively couple the apparatus to the network, and wherein the context data originates from a radio transponder located in a food item container, wherein a signal from the radio transponder identifies at least one of an identity of a food item, an expiration date of the food item and a quantity of the food item in the food item container, wherein the processor determines that at the least one of the expiration date of the food item and the quantity of the food item in the food item container is beyond a certain threshold, and wherein the message generator generates a text message comprising a notification that the least one of the expiration date of the food item and the quantity of the food item in the food item container is beyond the certain threshold.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,757,816	2017-09-12	1. A machining device that performs a machining process by irradiating a workpiece with a laser beam, the device comprising: an irradiating head configured to irradiate the workpiece with the laser beam, and having a collimating optical system that collimates the laser beam, a laser beam rotating unit that rotates the laser beam relative to the workpiece, and a converging optical system that converges the laser beam rotated by the laser beam rotating unit to a focal point; and a controller configured to control the operation of the irradiating head, wherein the irradiating head is divided into the collimating optical system, the laser beam rotating unit, and the converging optical system, wherein the laser beam rotating unit has a first prism that refracts the laser beam, a second prism that is disposed to face the first prism and refracts the laser beam output from the first prism, a first rotation mechanism that rotates the first prism, and a second rotation mechanism that rotates the second prism, and wherein the controller is configured to adjust a difference in rotational speed between the first prism and the second prism and a difference in a phase angle between the first prism and the second prism by controlling the first rotation mechanism and the second rotation mechanism synchronously and relatively in rotation based on a relationship between at least a predetermined thickness allowable to be affected by heat of a heat-affected layer of the workpiece and the rotating speed of the laser beam with which the workpiece is irradiated such that a thickness of the heat affected layer is smaller than the predetermined thickness.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,076,384	2015-07-07	1. A pixel circuit for driving an electro-optic element, comprising: a drive transistor; a capacitive element having a first electrode and a second electrode; a first potential source connected to one of first potential supply lines; a second potential source connected to one of second potential supply lines; a first circuit configured to connect said first electrode of said capacitive element to said second potential source while said electro-optic element is disconnected from said drive transistor, said first circuit being directly connected between said first electrode of said capacitive element and said second potential source; a second circuit configured to sample a signal voltage from a signal line; and a third circuit configured to connect said drive transistor to said electro-optic element so as to provide a current flowing to said electro-optic element, said second circuit being directly connected between said drive transistor and an anode of said electro-optic element, wherein said drive transistor is configured to control said current flowing to said electro-optic element in accordance with a voltage between said first electrode and the second electrode of said capacitive element when said third circuit is set in a conductive state, said first circuit is controlled by a control signal supplied via only one scan line, and wherein said first circuit is configured to supply a predetermined potential from said second potential source to said first node of said capacitive element while said electro-optic element is electrically disconnected from said drive transistor by said third circuit, and said first circuit and said second circuit are configured to be sequentially set in a conductive state while said third circuit is set in a cut-off state.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,423,794	2013-04-16	1. A method of transferring protected data from a source flash storage drive to a target flash storage drive, the method comprising the source flash storage drive: receiving a request to transfer contents of the source flash storage drive to the target flash storage drive, the source flash storage drive having a source hardware key, wherein the source hardware key uniquely identifies the source storage drive, the source hardware key being non-transferable and maintained in a controller of the source flash storage drive, and wherein the contents comprise operating firmware of the source flash storage drive bound to the source flash storage drive by the source hardware key; authenticating the target flash storage drive; and if the target flash storage drive is authenticated:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,773,308	2017-09-26	1. A computer-implemented method for generating a biomarker associated with a neuropsychiatric, neurodevelopmental, neurobehavioral, or other neurological disorder, the steps of the method comprising: (a) providing to a computer system, functional imaging data acquired from a subject's brain; (b) providing to the computer system, clinical data associated with the subject; and (c) generating with the computer system, a biomarker associated with the neuropsychiatric, neurodevelopmental, neurobehavioral, or other neurological disorder by computing a correlation between the functional imaging data and the clinical data using a multivariate classifier, wherein the biomarker generated by the computer system includes co-varying traits based on the correlation between the functional imaging data and the clinical data computed by the computer system using the multivariate classifier.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,096,034	2015-08-04	1. Method of manufacture comprising: selecting a syntactic metal foam composite that is comprised of a metal matrix and ceramic microballoons, said syntactic metal foam composite being substantially fully dense except for a syntactic porosity that is provided by said ceramic microballoons, said syntactic porosity having a syntactic porosity volume, said ceramic microballoons having an average unconstrained uniaxial crush strength, and an average omniaxial crush strength that is greater than said average unconstrained uniaxial crush strength, said metal matrix having a yield strength at a working temperature, which yield strength is less than said average omniaxial crush strength and more than said uniaxial crush strength; bringing said syntactic metal foam composite to approximately said working temperature; deforming said syntactic metal foam composite to a predetermined shape while continuously constraining said syntactic metal foam composite to a substantially constant volume, said deforming being carried out with a deformation force that is below approximately said average omniaxial crush strength, and at least as great as approximately said yield strength; and recovering a resultant deformed syntactic metal foam composite having a deformed syntactic porosity and substantially no non-syntactic porosity, said deformed syntactic porosity having a volume that is at least about 90 percent or 95 percent of said syntactic porosity volume.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,352,788	2016-05-31	1. A connecting member of a structure, comprising: a cylindrical body member formed of a nonmagnetic, electrically conductive material; and a bracket including a cylindrical portion and a plate-shaped portion that are integrally formed, the cylindrical portion being provided at one end side of a plate material along one direction and being provided with a slit extending over an entire length of the cylindrical portion in the one direction as a result of forming a portion at the one end side of the plate material along the one direction into a cylindrical shape extending in the one direction, whereby an induction current in the cylindrical portion of the bracket during electromagnetic tube compression is reduced by the slit, the plate-shaped portion being provided at the other end side of the plate material along the one direction, wherein at least one of two inner sides at corresponding end portions of the body member has inserted therein the cylindrical portion of the bracket, the body member is plastically deformed by electromagnetic tube compression and the cylindrical portion and the body member are clinched by the electromagnetic tube compression.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,586,879	2017-03-07	1. A catalytic process for the hydrogenation of glycerol comprising a) obtaining a glycerol-containing stream having a water content of at least 30% by weight of the total glycerol containing stream; b) subjecting the glycerol-containing stream to hydrogenation in the liquid phase in a reactor in the presence of a skeletal copper catalyst at a reaction temperature of greater than 250° C., and a reaction pressure of less than 100 bar; and c) wherein a combined weight % yield of 1-propanol and 2-probanol of at least 15% based on the total weight of glycerol feed is obtained as a major product.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,765,857	2014-07-01	1. A particulate water retaining material for cultivating plant comprising (A) a carboxylic group-containing water-insoluble water absorbent resin and (B) a polyvalent metal compound, which material exhibits an absorption capacity in deionized water for 10 minutes in the range of 20-500 g/g and has a weight average particle diameter in the range of 200-10,000 μm, wherein an amount of a monovalent counterion of the carboxylic group-containing water-insoluble absorbent resin is in a range of 10 to 65 mol %, wherein the solubility of (B) said polyvalent metal compound in 100 g of deionized water at 20° C. is more than 0 and not more than 10.0 g, wherein (B) said polyvalent metal compound comprises calcium, wherein (B) the calcium-containing polyvalent metal compound is contained in the range of 10-50 wt. % based on the weight of said water retaining material for cultivating plant, wherein (B) said polyvalent metal compound is present on the surface of (A) said water absorbent resin, and adheres to and/or coats or deposits on the surface of (A) said water absorbent resin, wherein (B) the polyvalent metal compound comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of, Ca(OH)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,520,754	2016-12-13	1. A motor, comprising: a bearing; a rotary unit connected to the bearing and configured to rotate about a center axis; a stator including a stator core and at least one coil wound around the stator core; a thin flat base member; and a cylindrical holder extending in an axial direction; wherein the base member includes a first through-hole extending in the axial direction, a peripheral edge portion extending radially outward from the first through-hole, and a thin portion located radially outward of the peripheral edge portion and having an axial thickness smaller than an axial thickness of all other portions of the base member the peripheral edge portion; the holder is located in the first through-hole; the holder includes a first protrusion portion extending radially outward and located axially above the peripheral edge portion and a second protrusion portion extending radially outward and located axially below the peripheral edge portion; the second protrusion portion is located axially above a portion of a lower surface of the base member; the second protrusion portion is located axially below a lower surface of the thin portion and axially below a lower end surface of the holder; the bearing is located inside the holder; the stator core is located outside the holder and axially above the thin portion such that a portion of the thin portion is located directly axially below the stator core; and the second protrusion portion extends in a radial direction, or is deformed in a radial direction, to cover or overlap a lower surface of the peripheral edge portion.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,797,031	2014-08-05	1. An MR imaging system for discriminating between imaged tissue type based on transverse relaxation time (T2), comprising: a signal generator for generating a pulse sequence for T2 preparation comprising at least one B1-independent refocusing (BIREF-1) pulse for refocusing of magnetization of an anatomical region of interest being imaged; a plurality of RF coils for transmitting RF pulses in response to said pulse sequence and acquiring RF data in response to transmission of the RF pulses; and a processing system for processing the RF data to provide a display image indicating different tissue types with enhanced discrimination based on T2 relaxation time difference.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,927,734	2015-01-06	1. A method for synthesizing potassium 5,7-dinitro-[2,1,3]-benzoxadiazol-4-olate-3-oxide (KDNP), comprising: combining 3-bromo-2,4,6-trinitroanisole (BTNA), potassium azide, and a solvent in a single reaction vessel; heating the single reaction vessel for a predetermined amount of time, cooling the single reaction vessel and the reacted combined BTNA, azide and solvent to room temperature; agitating the reacted combined BTNA, azide and solvent for a predetermined period of time; and recovering KDNP from the mixed reacted BTNA, azide and solvent as a precipitate.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,597,027	2017-03-21	1. A system for continuous in vivo measurement of a glucose concentration in a host, the system comprising: an implantable sensor configured to generate in vivo a signal indicative of a concentration of glucose in a host; a membrane located over the sensor, the membrane comprising: sensor electronics configured to operatively connect with the implantable sensor and to process the signal and determine a glucose concentration value.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,346,563	2016-05-24	1. A space based weapons system comprising: an orbiting solar power collector; said solar power collector having an onboard computer, a thrust system and an energy discharging means functioning to transmit electric energy to a laser weapon vehicle; said onboard computer having a transceiver to receive an instruction to move to a location in space and having a navigation control subsystem to use the thrust system to move to the location in space; said laser weapon vehicle located in space and having a control computer, a thrust system and an energy receiving means functioning to receive the discharged electric energy from the solar power collector and store it in an energy storage device; and said control computer controls a firing of a laser beam from the laser weapon vehicle.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,425,306	2013-04-23	1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: causing at least one processor to operate with at least one input device and at least one display device to, for a play of a game: causing the at least one processor to, for said play of the game:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,696,949	2014-04-15	1. A particulate mixture, which comprises silicon oxide particulates, transition metal oxide particulates, and lithium transition metal silicate particulates; wherein the powder X-ray diffraction measurement of the particulate mixture shows diffraction peaks near 2θ=33.1° and near 2θ=35.7°; said silicon oxide particulates and said transition metal oxide particulates are amorphous; and said lithium transition metal silicate particulates are in a microcrystalline or amorphous 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	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9,747,645	2017-08-29	1. A system for managing sales tax information associated with purchases made using a financial account, the system comprising: a transaction card interface device that reads a transaction card data from a customer transaction card associated with a financial account for a transaction; and a merchant processor that:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,663,462	2017-05-30	1. A method of treating a Trichomonal infection, or a disease that results from a Trichomonal infection, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an amount of a DIM-related indole; wherein the DIM-related indole is selected from the group consisting of diindolylmethane (DIM), hydoxylated DIMs, methoxylated DIMs, 2-(Indol-3-ylmethyl)-3,3′-diindolylmethane (LTR), hydroxylated LTRs, methoxylated LTRs, 5,5′-dimethylDIM (5-Me-DIM), 2,2′-dimethylDIM (2-Me-DIM), 5,5′-dichloroDIM (5-Cl-DIM), imidazolelyl-3,3′-diindolylmethane, nitro-substituted imidazolelyl-3,3′-diindolylmethanes, 2,10-dicarbethoxy-6-methoxy-5,7-dihydro-indolo-[2,3-b]carbazole, 6-ethoxycarbonyloxy-5,7-dihydro-indolo-[2,3-b]carbazole and 2,10-dicarbethoxy-6-ethoxycarbonyloxy-5,7-dihydro-indolo-[2,3-b]carbazole, 2,6-dicarbethoxy-3,3′-dimethyl-13,14-diindolylmethane and indole-3-carbinol; and wherein the subject is a mammal or a bird.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
8,568,117	2013-10-29	1. A scroll component for a scroll machine, comprising a sintered powder metal scroll member defining an involute scroll form and a baseplate, wherein the sintered powder metal scroll member comprises a sealing polymer disposed in pores of the sintered powder metal after sintering.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,548,722	2013-10-01	1. A method for determining the tilt of a vehicle, the method comprising: measuring a first acceleration level associated with a first axis of the vehicle; measuring a second acceleration level associated with a second axis of the vehicle that is generally perpendicular to the first axis, the second axis generally aligned with or coincident with a vertical axis of the vehicle; determining, by a processor, an arcsine-derived tilt based on an arcsine equation and the determined first acceleration level; determining, by a processor, an arc-cosine-derived tilt based on an arccosine equation and the determined second acceleration level; selecting, by a processor, the arcsine-derived tilt as the final tilt of the vehicle if the determined arc sine-derived tilt is lesser than the determined arccosine derived tilt such that the final tilt compensates for vertical acceleration associated with changes in the slope terrain in the direction of travel of the vehicle; and selecting, by a processor, the arccosine-derived tilt as the final tilt of the vehicle if the determined arcsine-derived tilt is not lesser than the determined arccosine derived tilt such that the final tilt compensates for lateral acceleration changes of the vehicle.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,253,310	2016-02-02	1. A method of controlling an outbound dialer in a contact center, comprising: establishing a pool of idle agents in the contact center; forcing agents in the pool of idle agents in the contact center to remain idle for a predetermined amount of time even though the agents in the pool of idle agents are prepared to receive a contact; moving a plurality of agents from the pool of idle agents to a pool of available agents after each of the plurality of agents have been idle for the predetermined amount of time; determining that a first contact from first customer is ready to be assigned to an agent; identifying a first of the plurality of agents in the pool of available agents as best-suited to handle the first contact, wherein the first of the plurality of agents in the pool of available agents is identified as best-suited based on a comparison of a first agent's call-processing attributes and a first customer's processing requirements; assigning the first of the plurality of agents to the first contact; adjusting the size of the pool of idle agents; analyzing a performance metric of the contact center after the size of the pool of idle agents has been adjusted; comparing the analyzed performance metric to a value of the performance metric before the size of the pool of idle agents has been adjusted; and correlating a change in the performance metric to the adjustment of the size of the pool of idle agents, and wherein the correlation between the change in the performance metric and the adjustment of the size of the pool of idle agents is used to determine a preferred size of the pool of idle agents for a contact center condition.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,617,323	2017-04-11	1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising an isolated monoclonal antibody or fragment thereof that specifically binds to an epitope of a peptide, wherein the epitope comprises an amino acid sequence of the peptide and the peptide is selected from the group consisting of: (a) ELGEYPEPPPELE (SEP ID NO:8), wherein tyrosine is sulfated; (b) ELGEYPEPPPELE (SEP ID NO:8), wherein tyrosine is not sulfated; (c) KANQAELENAY (SEP ID NO:7), wherein tyrosine is sulfated; and (d) KANQAELENAY (SEP ID NO:7), wherein tyrosine is not sulfated.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,828,189	2014-09-09	1. A pulp suspension washer press comprising: a. at least one drum having an exterior drum surface disposed within a vat; b. a pulp distributor having a drum inlet adjacent to the drum; c. at least one pulp slide plate adjacent to the exterior drum surface; d. a trough having two sides and two ends, wherein said trough sides comprise the exterior drum surface on one side and the pulp slide plate or the vat as the other side, and said trough ends comprise the drum inlet on one end and a nip at the other end; e. a first displacement wash zone within the trough; wherein said first displacement wash zone has a first end and a second end, and wherein said first and said second end of said first displacement wash zone comprises a nip; and f. at least one second displacement wash zone within the trough downstream from said first displacement wash zone; wherein said at least one second displacement wash zone has a first end and a second end, and wherein said first and said second end of said at least one second displacement wash zone comprises a nip.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,489,368	2013-07-16	1. A method for determining a deformability of an examination body, comprising the steps: i) acquiring using a computer a geometry of at least one test body and forming a finite element structure of the geometry of the test body, ii) assigning the test body to a specific geometric class, wherein a form factor that characterizes the geometry of the test body is allocated to the test body, iii) calculating the deformability of the test body on the basis of a finite element structure, iv) defined shaping of a reference body consisting of a selected material by means of a test experiment as a function of at least one process parameter, v) evaluating shaped regions of the reference body in order to determine geometric parameters, vi) decoupling the geometric parameters from absolute network coordinates of the reference body, the geometric parameters thereby being normalized, vii) creating a mathematical model in which the normalized geometric parameters, the at least one process parameter and a material specific parameter for the material of the reference body are combined, viii) calculating the deformability of the test body for a spatially defined region by means of a predetermined number of simulations based on the mathematical model from step vii), ix) comparing a result from step viii) with a result from step iii), x) repeating steps viii) and ix), a scaling of the normalized geometric parameters with a fit factor being respectively undertaken in step viii) until the result from viii) corresponds as well as possible to the result from iii), xi) linking the scaled parameters from step x) to the form factor from step ii) such that a matrix is formed therefrom, and xii) correlating the examination body with the form factor from step ii) such that the mathematic model based on the matrix from step xi) is transferred to the examination body in order to forecast the deformability thereof wherein test experiment consists of the cruciform punch test that is carried out using a cuboid reference body, and in which the cruciform punch test has geometric parameters in the form of radii at the cruciform punch (Ri), regions of curvature (Bi) and geometric measures of the cruciform punch, specifically R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,220,692	2015-12-29	1. A method of reducing a symptom associated with an abrupt reduction in an endogenous or exogenous chemical in a subject, the method comprising: (a) vaginally administering to the subject a single administration of a single dosage form comprising an active agent, wherein the release rate of the active agent from the single dosage form tapers throughout the administration; and (b) removing the single dosage form from the subject after the release rate of the active agent is at or below a terminal symptom threshold level.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,122,436	2015-09-01	1. A network virtual printer interface device for providing communication between a cloud-based service, residing on an internet, and a non-cloud-ready networked printer through to a network router, the non-cloud-ready networked printer having a printer housing and a network communication interface, the network router having a router housing, an internet communication interface, and a network communication interface, the network virtual printer interface device consisting essentially of: a housing, said housing being distinct from said printer housing and said router housing; a communication interface to provide communication to the network router through the communication interface of the network router and to provide communication to the network communication interface of the non-cloud-ready networked printer through the network communication interface of the network router; and a microcontroller located in said housing and operatively connected to said communication interface; said microcontroller converting commands associated with a first application programming interface language, received through said communication interface, from the cloud-based service, residing on the internet, to commands associated with a native application programming interface language of the non-cloud-ready networked printer, the first application programming interface language being different from the native application programming interface language of the non-cloud-ready networked printer; said microcontroller communicating, through said communication interface, the converted commands associated with the native application programming interface language of the non-cloud-ready networked printer to the non-cloud-ready networked printer.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,400,440	2016-07-26	1. A hybrid toner comprising at least one polyester resin, no more than 10% by weight of core resin of at least one styrene/acrylate resin, optionally a wax, optionally a colorant and a shell, wherein the hybrid toner possesses one or more of: (a) less sensitivity to relative humidity as compared to a polyester toner without the polystyrene/acrylate resin; (b) a lower percentage of fine particles; (c) higher A zone charge; (d) lower B zone charge; or (e) lower J/A ratio.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,886,532	2014-11-11	1. A method for improving speech recognition on a computing device, the method comprising: on the computing device, receiving a speech utterance from a user, the speech utterance being a section of a speech dialog; on the computing device, identifying one or more local features from the speech utterance, each identified local feature from the speech utterance being a specific characteristic of the speech utterance; on the computing device, identifying one or more global features from the speech dialog, the speech dialog comprising a plurality of previous speech utterances, each identified global feature from the speech dialog being associated with one or more events in the speech dialog, the one or more events occurring prior to the speech utterance, wherein the one or more identified global features from the speech dialog include at least a position of each utterance in the speech dialog; on the computing device, using the one or more identified local features from the speech utterance to calculate a preliminary confidence score for the speech utterance; on the computing device, using the one or more identified global features from the speech dialog to adjust the preliminary confidence score calculated for the speech utterance; and on the computing device, determining an overall confidence score for the speech utterance based on the adjusted preliminary confidence score.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,502,878	2016-11-22	1. An enclosure comprising: a housing defining a sealing unit opening having an outer end; a sealing unit that mounts within the sealing unit opening, the sealing unit including: the sealing unit being mounted in the sealing unit opening by inserting the sealing unit through the outer end of the sealing unit opening, and the sealing unit being removable from the sealing unit opening through the outer end of the sealing unit opening, wherein when the sealing unit is mounted within the sealing unit opening the actuation axis aligns with a central axis of the sealing unit opening; a cable anchoring location coupled to the inner pressurization structure; and a fastening arrangement that is movable between a retaining position and a non-retaining position, the fastening arrangement being positioned on the housing and configured to engage the inner pressurization structure when in the retaining position, wherein when the fastening arrangement engages the inner pressurization structure the fastening arrangement restricts the sealing unit from moving axially within the sealant unit opening of the housing, and prevents the sealing unit from being removed from the sealing unit opening through the outer end of the sealing unit opening; wherein the fastening arrangement can be moved to the non-retaining position to allow the sealing unit to be removed from the sealing unit opening through the outer end of the sealing unit opening.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,892,311	2014-11-18	1. A controller for controlling a front wheel drive motorised vehicle, said motorised vehicle having a left drive wheel and a right drive wheel, said motorised vehicle being differentially steered in dependence on a speed of said left drive wheel and a speed of said right drive wheel, said controller comprising: a control signal interface configured to receive control signals from a user control device of said motorised vehicle, said control signals indicating at least a demanded forward speed for said motorised vehicle; an acceleration measurement interface configured to receive acceleration measurements from at least one acceleration sensor mounted on said motorised vehicle, said at least one acceleration sensor providing a first acceleration measurement with respect to a first axis and a second acceleration measurement with respect to a second axis, said motorised vehicle being configured to be driven in a plane defined by said first axis and said second axis; an acceleration magnitude calculation unit configured to calculate an acceleration magnitude of said motorised vehicle in dependence on said first acceleration measurement and on said second acceleration measurement; a speed modification unit configured to calculate a forward speed reduction factor in dependence on said acceleration magnitude and to apply said forward speed reduction factor to said demanded forward speed to produce an applied forward speed; and a motor control unit configured to control said speed of said left drive wheel and said speed of said right drive wheel in dependence on said applied forward speed.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9,062,610	2015-06-23	1. A gas turbine engine exhaust cone comprising one or more acoustic absorption chambers, each chamber comprising two side walls and an acoustic attenuation wall, the side walls defining the circumferential extent of the chamber and the acoustic attenuation wall having one or more acoustic attenuators and being positioned circumferentially intermediate the side walls, where the side walls extend axially along the exhaust cone at least one of them with a circumferential progression and the acoustic attenuation wall extends axially along the exhaust cone with or without a circumferential progression, where the side walls are imperforate, and where the acoustic attenuation wall is substantially parallel to the 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	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
9,171,451	2015-10-27	1. A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the method comprising: at least one determination to collect health information from the one or more collecting user equipment; receipt of the health information corresponding to a receiving geographic location; at least one determination to map one or more identifiers, associated with the one or more collecting user equipment, to respective collecting geographic locations; analyzing the health information with respect to the respective collecting geographic locations; issuing a health alert indicator based on the analysis to one or more receiving user equipment when the respective receiving user equipment is determined to be within a predetermined range of the respective collecting geographic locations; at least one determination of location information associated with the receiving user equipment configured to receive a message specifying content; at least one determination of whether the location information is encompassed by the receiving geographic location; at least one determination of the message to present the health alert indicator for the receiving geographic location by appending supplemental content to the message or by amending the content; an initiation of delivery of the modified message to the receiving user equipment when the receiving user equipment is in or within the predetermined range of the collecting geographic locations; at least one determination to designate the one or more collecting user equipment to a plurality of geographic locations; and wherein the identifiers are telephone numbers of one or more mobile devices and the respective collecting geographic locations are independent of area code information of the telephone numbers.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9,177,123	2015-11-03	1. A method comprising: generating a set of multiple verification algorithms; generating multiple versions of an authentication code associated with a protected resource, wherein each of the multiple versions of the authentication code satisfies all of the multiple verification algorithms; providing a first version of the authentication code from the multiple versions of the authentication code to a recipient, wherein the first version of the authentication code includes a first verification algorithm from the set of multiple verification algorithms; and providing a second version of the authentication code from the multiple versions of the authentication code to the recipient, wherein the second version of the authentication code includes (i) the first verification algorithm from the set of multiple verification algorithms and (ii) a second verification algorithm from the set of multiple verification algorithms; wherein said generating and said providing are carried out by a 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,284,883	2016-03-15	1. A six-stroke cycle engine including a scavenging stroke, comprising: an intake passage including a throttle valve and a downstream end defined by an intake port open to a combustion chamber; an exhaust passage including a catalyst and an upstream end defined by an exhaust port open to the combustion chamber; a scavenging passage including a first end defined by a scavenging port open to the combustion chamber and a second end connected to the intake passage upstream of the throttle valve; an intake valve configured to open and close the intake port; an exhaust valve configured to open and close the exhaust port; a scavenging valve configured to open and close the scavenging port; and a valve gear configured to operate the intake valve and the exhaust valve so that an intake stroke, a compression stroke, an expansion stroke, and an exhaust stroke are executed, in this order, in a state in which the scavenging valve is closed, and to operate only the scavenging valve in a state in which the intake valve and the exhaust valve are closed so that a scavenging intake stroke and a scavenging exhaust stroke are executed, in this order, following the exhaust stroke.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9,451,430	2016-09-20	1. A method for delivering data in at least two short messages being concatenated to each other, the method comprising: delivering a short message from an originating party to a destination party through a short message service center, receiving, by the originating party, an acknowledgement indicating a successful delivery of the delivered short message from the short message center, wherein the acknowledgement is transmitted by the short message center in response to a receipt of acknowledgement received from the destination party indicating a successful delivery of the delivered short message to the destination party, and delivering, in response to the receipt of the acknowledgement indicating a successful delivery of the previous short message, at least one other short message to the destination party through the short message service center.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,416,748	2016-08-16	1. A method of controlling a fuel injector comprising: monitoring engine speed; monitoring engine torque output; determining if the engine speed is within one of a plurality of predefined engine speed ranges; determining if the engine torque output is within one of a plurality of predefined engine torque output ranges; assigning one of a plurality of injector coking factors based on the determined predefined engine speed range and the determined predefined engine torque output range; calculating a total injector coking factor based upon total operating time within each of the plurality of injector coking factors; and increasing a duration of a fuel injection based upon the calculated total injector coking factor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8,864,629	2014-10-21	1. A facial exercise device, the device comprising: (a) a flexible right eye portion; (b) a flexible left eye portion; (c) a connecting portion connecting the right eye portion and the left eye portion; (d) a first plurality of protrusions extending from the right eye portion in a substantially outward direction; and (e) a second plurality of protrusions extending from the left eye portion in a substantially outward direction.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,745,727	2014-06-03	1. A method comprising: accessing, by a device, a test case that tests one or more user interfaces associated with another device, wherein the test case is defined in a spreadsheet; interpreting, by the device, the test case, wherein a row in the spreadsheet is interpreted as a test step of the test case; executing, by the device, the test case with respect to the one or more user interfaces, wherein the executing comprises: outputting, by the device, a test 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,436,542	2016-09-06	1. A method of testing a communication link between a first computing device and a second computing device of a network, the first computing device operating according to a first network infrastructure configuration and the second computing device operating according to a second network infrastructure configuration, comprising the steps of: generating at least one network infrastructure test configuration at a testing device; transmitting said at least one network infrastructure test configuration from said testing device to said first computing device to modify said first network infrastructure configuration; transmitting said at least one network infrastructure test configuration from said testing device to said second computing device to modify said second network infrastructure configuration; causing said first computing device and said second computing device to execute one or more test data transfers over said communication link there between based upon said modified first and second network infrastructure configurations; and collecting results of said one or more test data transfers at said testing device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,210,426	2015-12-08	1. An image coding device that carries out a block based coding process on each of coding blocks of an inputted image, each of the coding blocks being a unit for coding process the image coding device comprising: a prediction image generating unit for generating a prediction image of each of the coding blocks according to a coding mode determined for each of the coding blocks, the coding mode indicating a prediction mode and prediction blocks in each of the coding blocks; an image compression unit for compressing a difference between each of the coding blocks and the prediction image for each of the coding blocks and outputting compressed data of a difference image; a local decoded image generating unit for decompressing the compressed data of the difference image and adding a decompressed difference image to the prediction image to generate a local decoded image; and a distortion removing unit for carrying out a filtering process on the local decoded image to remove a block distortion occurring at a boundary between adjacent prediction blocks of the local decoded image; wherein the distortion removing unit derives a parameter specifying filtering strength according to a set of conditions including whether the coding mode corresponding to at least one of the adjacent prediction blocks to which the filtering process is to be applied is intra prediction mode, a value of the parameter being used in a process of selecting from different filtering processes.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,165,522	2015-10-20	1. A method of extending a pixel gray scale, comprising: forming, by controlling an output time of a gray scale voltage of every primary gray scale level of a 6-bit data output from a source driver, a plurality of secondary gray scale levels with different charging times of pixel capacitances and the same gray scale voltage to realize an extension of the gray scale, so that 256 levels of gray scales are displayed with the 6-bit data output from a source driver, wherein the secondary gray scale level becomes higher as the charging time decreases, the gray scale voltage of every secondary gray scale level is the same as that of the corresponding primary gray scale, and the charging time is corresponding to the secondary gray scale level.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,311,616	2016-04-12	1. A computer implemented method for determining a utilization of a vehicle by monitoring both an ignition status and a motion status of the vehicle, the method comprising: determining, by an ignition sensor coupled to the vehicle, an ignition status of a power supply of an engine of the vehicle; determining, by a motion sensor coupled to the vehicle, a motion status of the vehicle, the motion sensor calibrated according to a predetermined sensitivity level and the motion status determined based on at least a movement of the vehicle; transmitting, by one or more processors of the vehicle, the ignition status and the motion status from the vehicle to a monitoring station remotely located from the vehicle, wherein the ignition status indicates that the engine of the vehicle has been on for a first predetermined amount of time and the motion status indicates that the vehicle has not been moving for a second predetermined amount of time; receiving, by the one or more processors of the vehicle, a request to change the ignition status of the vehicle from on to off when the ignition status received by the monitoring station indicates that the engine of the vehicle has been depleting the power supply for a first predetermined amount of time and the motion status received by the monitoring station indicates that the vehicle has not been moving for a second predetermined amount of time; providing, by the one or more processors of the vehicle, an indication that the change request of the ignition status has been received during a third predetermined amount of time; determining whether an override of the change request has been received at the vehicle during the third predetermined amount of time; changing, by the one or more processors of the vehicle, the ignition status of the vehicle from on to off after the third predetermined amount of time has elapsed in response to the change request, unless the override has been received during the third predetermined amount of time; determining the utilization of the vehicle based on the received ignition status, the received motion status, and the change in the ignition status over time; and determining, based on the utilization, a maintenance schedule for the vehicle.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,673,412	2014-03-18	1. An adhesive composition for polarizing plates comprising: a carboxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic copolymer (A); a carboxyl group and hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic copolymer (B); a tolylene diisocyanate-based isocyanate compound (C); and a silane coupling agent (D), wherein, the respective weight average molecular weights of (A) and (B) fall within the range of 950,000 to 1,050,000, the respective glass-transition temperatures (Tg) of (A) and (B) fall within the range of −60 to −40 degrees C., the weight ratio of (A)/(B) falls within the ratio of 70/30 to 90/10, (A) is a copolymer using 1.5 to 3 wt % of a carboxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer and 97 to 98.5 wt % of a (meth)acrylic monomer not having a reactive functional group, (B) is a copolymer using 0.5 to 3 wt % of a carboxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer, 0.3 to 1 wt % of a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer, and 96 to 99.2 wt % of a (meth)acrylic monomer not having a reactive functional group, and (C) is contained in a ratio of 10 to 20 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the total weight of the (meth)acrylic copolymers.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,980,056	2015-03-17	1. A dry strength additive composition comprising: an anionic and/or amphoteric polyacrylamide having a molecular weight of less than 500,000 Daltons, wherein the amphoteric polyacrylamide has a net negative charge; a cationic and/or amphoteric starch; and a cationic non-starch polymer, wherein the composition has an overall net positive charge, wherein the cationic non-starch polymer is selected from the group consisting of: a dimethylamine-epichlorohydrin polymer, a dimethyldiallylammonium chloride homopolymer or copolymer, a polymeric quaternary ammonium compound, and a combination thereof; and wherein the anionic and/or amphoteric polyacrylamide to the cationic starch is at a weight ratio range from 5:1 to 1:2.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,516,067	2013-08-20	1. A system, comprising: a clearing house server device having one or more processors to perform actions to manage translations of messages between disparate messaging networks based on one of a message protocol or message format; and a first gateway device within a first messaging network, the first gateway device having one or more processors to perform actions, including:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,375,440	2013-02-12	1. A computer-implemented method performed by a processor executing operational instructions stored in a memory of a computing device, the computer-implemented method comprising: loading, into the memory, a portion of an operating system (OS) that provides a secure architecture to enable authenticating OS login credentials; receiving the OS login credentials; in response to authenticating the OS login credentials using the portion of the OS, rerouting booting the OS through a persistent state file that comprises: retrieving a key stored in a boot sector file, the key stored in response to the low activity event, the boot sector file secured by the login credentials; utilizing the key for decrypting at least a portion of the persistent state file which was encrypted in response to the low activity event; and inserting the persistent state file in a boot path of the OS, permitting login to the OS and the persistent state file via a continuous operation.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,635,177	2014-01-21	1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving first input to a graphical user interface (GUI) associating a property of a data model presented in the GUI with a data view component of a document presented in the GUI, receiving second input to the GUI specifying an access mode attribute for the property; and generating a first rule having a first expression that specifies the access mode attribute of the property for user interaction with the document, wherein the access mode attribute defines a restriction on how the data view component is configured to receive a value when the document is used in the workflow.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,447,253	2016-09-20	1. A shape memory composition comprising: a high temperature ionomer having a glass transition temperature or a melting temperature of 100° C. or greater and a tensile modulus at room temperature of 1×10 crystalline or glassy domains of a non-polymeric compound dispersed in said high temperature ionomer and interacting with said cationic or anionic units of said high temperature ionomer to form a secondary network characterized by being a reversible network in that it is compromised by the heating of said non-polymeric compound to change out of its crystalline or glassy phase.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,132,498	2015-09-15	1. A weld head device, comprising: a torch head assembly to hold an electrode; a support device to support the torch head assembly; and a barrel assembly that operatively connects the torch head assembly to the support device, the barrel assembly operable to change a position of the torch head assembly relative to the support device to adjust at least one of a lead angle and a lag angle of the electrode with respect to a workpiece, wherein the barrel assembly comprises, at least one barrel clamp configured to attach to the mount plate and configured to accept the second section.	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	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	1
9,035,181	2015-05-19	1. A modified electrical device comprising: a body; and at least one connector on the body to make power connections and a control connection with an active cover plate; wherein the at least one connector is configured to supply power to the active cover plate with a first polarity when the active cover plate is in a first orientation with respect to the modified electrical device and to supply power with the same polarity to the active cover plate when the active cover plate is in a second orientation with respect to the modified electrical device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9,031,788	2015-05-12	1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for communicating navigation data between a remote server unit and an integrated navigation device located in a vehicle, the method comprising: establishing a first communication path between the remote server and a mobile communication device; checking the availability of updated navigation data on the remote server; when updated navigation data is available on the server, downloading the updated navigation data from the remote server to the mobile communication device; establishing a second connection path between the mobile communication device and the integrated navigation device after downloading the updated navigation data is complete; and transmitting the updated navigation data from the mobile communication device the integrated navigation device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,739,399	2017-08-22	1. A hose holder system, comprising: a rigid holder comprising a substantially vertical section and a substantially horizontal section; a sling movably coupled with the substantially horizontal section and comprising a first flap and a second flap; a hose coupled with the rigid holder through the sling, the hose coupled between the first flap and the second flap, the sling supporting a portion of the hose in a position substantially parallel with the substantially horizontal section of the rigid holder, and; a swiveling base coupled with the rigid holder and comprising an opening therethrough, the rigid holder coupled adjacent to an edge of the opening; wherein the hose is configured to extend through the opening.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,580,721	2017-02-28	1. A eukaryotic cell comprising an orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (O-RS), wherein the O-RS comprises an amino acid sequence as set forth in any one of SEQ ID NO: 36-47, or 86.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9,405,730	2016-08-02	1. A method for adding a first operand in a first one's complement representation and a second operand in a second one's complement representation, the method comprising: converting the first and second operand from a first and second signed-magnitude representation to the first and second one's complement representation; generating a sum of the first one's complement representation and the second one's complement representation using a plurality of full adders followed by a half adder; determining whether the sum includes an overflow bit; removing the overflow bit from the sum in response to determining that the sum includes the overflow bit; adding the removed overflow bit to the sum at a least significant position of the sum using a plurality of half adders; and converting the sum to a signed-magnitude representation in response to determining that the sum is negative valued.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,666,442	2017-05-30	1. A method comprising: depositing a sacrificial material on a surface of a substrate; forming a pattern in the sacrificial material, the pattern having at least one oblique sidewall defining an angle less than 90° relative to the surface; and defining circuit features on the substrate with the pattern having a pitch that is one-half the pitch of the pattern by alternating isotropic and anisotropic etches defined by the pattern.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,551,217	2017-01-24	1. A pick assembly comprising a bit assembly and a holder assembly; the bit assembly comprising a bit support body, a fastener mechanism, a deflectable member comprising a collar, and being cooperatively configured such that the deflectable member can be deflected in a radially outward direction responsive to a progressive coupling of the bit support body to the fastener mechanism; the holder assembly comprising a holder body and being configured for accommodating and retaining the bit assembly by an interference fit; the holder assembly and bit assembly being cooperatively configured such that the retention of the bit assembly by the holder assembly by the interference fit can be progressively increased responsive to the progressive coupling of the bit support body with the fastener mechanism when the bit assembly is accommodated by the holder assembly, operative to prevent substantial movement of the bit support body relative to the holder body in use; in which the collar is configured for accommodating at least part of the bit support body, the collar having a tapered inner surface configured cooperatively with a tapered side surface of the bit support body, the deflectable member being deflectable in the radially outward direction responsive to the tapered side surface of the bit support body being urged against the tapered inner surface of the collar responsive to the progressive coupling of the bit support body with the fastener mechanism, wherein a gap that extends in an axial direction is formed in a wall of the collar to facilitate in deflection of the deflectable member in the radially outward direction.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,535,550	2013-09-17	1. A shape simulation apparatus comprising: a flux computation block configured to compute a flux of particles incident on a surface of a wafer covered with a mask; and a shape computation block configured to compute a surface shape of said wafer by calculating coordinates of a plurality of calculation points established on the surface of said wafer, the calculated coordinates evolving based on a computed incident flux, wherein said flux computation block computes said incident flux based on a solid angle, relative to each calculation point for a local region which includes said calculation point of interest and which is left unshielded by any pattern inside said local region; and a wafer aperture ratio of the aperture area of said mask to the area of said mask; and on a semilocal aperture ratio; and further wherein the computed shape information is used as a basis for adjusting one or more processing conditions for processing the wafer.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,661,221	2014-02-25	1. A method, in a data processing system, for leasing fragmented storage between processes, the method comprising: responsive to a fragment of storage owned by a first process being marked as unusable, adding, by a fragment pool manager running in the data processing system, the fragment of storage to an unallocated storage pool; responsive to a request to lease a portion of storage from a second process, constructing, by the fragment pool manager, one or more blocks of storage from the unallocated storage pool, wherein the one or more blocks of storage comprise the fragment of storage owned by the first process; allocating, by the fragment pool manager, the one or more blocks of storage to the second process; and managing, by the fragment pool manager, access to the one or more blocks of storage by the second process.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,073,817	2015-07-07	1. A process for the preparation of an amino alcohol of formula comprising the steps of a) treating (1R,2S)—N-pyrrolidinyl norephedrine of formula and trifluoroethanol (F 3 CCH 2 OH) with sodium hydride to obtain a sodium salt of (1R,2S)—N-pyrrolidinyl norephedrine and trifluoroethanol, b) adding a zinc salt to the resultant sodium salts of (1R,2S)—N-pyrrolidinyl norephedrine and trifluoroethanol to obtain chiral (1R,2S)—N-pyrrolidinyl norephedrine and trifluoroethanol zincate complex of formula, c) reacting a terminal alkyne compound of formula with sodium hydride and MgCl d) mixing the chiral (1R,2S)—N-pyrrolidinyl norephedrine and trifluoroethanol zincate complex with the cyclopropylacetylide complex of formula to obtain chiral organozinc complex of formula e) mixing the chiral organozinc complex with a ketone of formula to obtain the amino alcohol.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,083,552	2015-07-14	1. A method of operating a telecommunications system comprising a transport network arranged between a wireless access network and a backbone network, the method comprises: providing an overlay mobile network through the transport network, the overlay mobile network comprising a point-to-multipoint tunnel having tunnel segments formed in a tree topology, the point-to multipoint tunnel connecting mobility aware routers, the mobility aware routers being located in the transport network between the backbone network and one or more access points of the wireless access network; using the mobility aware routers of the transport network as nodes of the tree topology; and, selecting at least one of the mobility aware routers as a first ingress mobility aware router to direct traffic to a mobile node based on updated network topology information distributed to the mobility aware routers by routing protocols, wherein a first ingress mobility aware router is configured to install a route to the mobile node and to instruct a second ingress mobility aware router to redirect traffic, received by the second ingress mobility aware router but directed to the mobile node, to the first ingress mobility aware router, and wherein the first and second ingress mobility aware routers are connected to the backbone network and cooperate with one another to direct traffic to the mobile node.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,550,465	2013-10-08	1. A target actuator comprising: a bullet target having a first side and a second side, the bullet target being movable to a first position wherein neither the first side nor the second side of the target is presented to a shooter, a second position wherein the first side of the target is presented to a shooter, and a third position wherein the second side of the target opposite the first side of the target is presented to a shooter; a shaft coupled to the bullet target and configured for rotating the target between the first position, the second position, and the third position; a first piston assembly configured to rotate the shaft by about 90 degrees; a second piston assembly configured to rotate the shaft by about 90 degrees beyond the rotation caused by the first piston assembly.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,098,943	2015-08-04	1. A method for rendering 3D graphics, comprising the steps of: a) separating a display space into multiple non-overlapping bins, each bin containing multiple pixels of said display space, the display space comprising primitives; b) for each of said bins, defining multiple respective sub-bins therein, such that the size of said bin is an integer multiple of the size of said respective sub-bins, wherein the display space only displays sub-bins; in a building database phase, c) generating a database which shows which primitives affect respective ones of said bins, but does not identify which respective sub-bins are affected within an affected one of said bins because the database only uses bins and not sub-bins; d) in a rendering phase, for multiple ones of said respective sub-bins, d1) using said generated database to identify which of the primitives affect the bin which contains a one of said respective sub-bins, and also, d2) using an additional test, after a respective instance of said step d1), to identify which of the primitives identified in said step d1) affect said one respective sub-bin, and painting pixels on a physical display apparatus, using only those primitives identified by both steps d1) and d2), to represent said one respective sub-bin.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,152,748	2015-10-06	1. A method of operating a computing system comprising: calculating an initial data connection traversing a center switching node of a switching network having an ingress stage, a center stage, and an egress stage; calculating a repacking route across the switching network traversing the center switching node or hitless reconfiguration of the switching network, the repacking route for dynamically reconfiguring the switching network having a reconfigurable hardware device; broadcasting an ingress portion of the repacking route simultaneously with receiving the ingress portion at ingress nodes of the ingress stage; broadcasting a center portion of the repacking route simultaneously with receiving the center portion at center nodes of the center stage with the ingress portion completely deployed; broadcasting an egress portion of the repacking route simultaneously with receiving the egress portion at egress nodes of the egress stage with the center portion completely deployed; and deploying a repacked data connection with the repacking route traversing the center switching node across the switching network synchronously with the transit of the data of the initial data connection, the repacking route for dynamically reconfiguring the reconfigurable hardware device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,715,120	2014-05-06	1. A chain guide of a front derailleur for shifting a chain between three chainrings, the chain having inner and outer links connected by link pins, the chain guide comprising: an inner guide plate; and an outer guide plate connected to the inner guide plate, the outer guide plate including an interior surface having a guide surface protruding toward the chain and a non-protruding surface offset from the guide surface, the guide surface having a length configured to extend along the outer guide plate to engage the chain during gear shifts between the chainrings, the guide surface having a width in a chain travel direction at least equal to a distance between consecutive outer links of the chain, the guide surface having a lower section and an upper section, the lower section extending to and along a lower edge of the outer guide plate to contact the chain when the chain is engaged on a largest one of the three chainrings and to contact the chain when the chain is engaged on a middle one of the three chainrings, the upper section extending upwardly from the lower section of the guide surface and the lower edge of the outer guide plate, the entire guide surface having a constant elevation in relation to the non-protruding surface and wherein the chain slides over the guide surface during a shift process to the adjacent, next smaller chainring; a portion of the non-protruding surface disposed forward of the guide surface along the chain travel direction from the non-protruding surface to the guide surface.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,145,571	2015-09-29	1. A composition for catalyzing a reaction for preparing human metabolites of simvastatin or lovastatin, the composition comprising at least one mutant of CYP102A1 having a reductase domain and a heme domain, wherein the at least one mutant of CYP102A1 is a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:16 with substitutions in the reductase domain between amino acid positions 473-1048 and at least one substitution in the heme domain between amino acid positions 1-472, wherein the at least one substitution in the heme domain is selected from the group consisting of: substituting the arginine at amino acid position 47 with alanine (A), valine (V), leucine (L), isoleucine (I), proline (P), methionine (M), phenylalanine (F) or tryptophan (W); substituting the tyrosine at amino acid position 51 with A, V, L, I, P, M, F or W; substituting the glutamic acid at amino acid position 64 with glycine (G), serin (S), threonine (T), cysteine (C), tyrosine (Y), asparagine (N) or glutamine (Q); substituting the alanine at amino acid position 74 with G, S, T, C, Y, N or Q; substituting the phenylalanine at amino acid position 81 with A, V, L, I, P, M or W; substituting the leucine at amino acid position 86 with A, V, I, P, M, F or W; substituting the phenylalanine at amino acid position 87 with A, V, L, I, P, M or W; substituting the glutamic acid at amino acid position 143 with G, S, T, C, Y, N or Q; substituting the leucine at amino acid position 188 with G, S, T, C, Y, N or Q; substituting the alanine at amino acid position 264 with G, S, T, C, Y, N or Q; and substituting the glutamic acid at amino acid position 267 with A, V, L, I, P, M, F or W; and wherein the at least one mutant of CYP102A1 further comprises: substituting the alanine at amino acid position 474 with V, L, I, P, M, F or W; substituting the glutamic acid at amino acid position 558 with aspartic acid (D); substituting the threonine at amino acid position 664 with A, V, L, I, P, M, F or W; substituting the proline at amino acid position 675 with A, V, L, I, M, F or W; substituting the alanine at amino acid position 678 with glutamic acid (E) or D; substituting the glutamic acid at amino acid position 687 with A, V, L, I, P, M, F or W; substituting the alanine at amino acid position 741 with G, S, T, C, Y, N or Q; substituting the lysine at amino acid position 813 with E or D; substituting the arginine at amino acid position 825 with G, S, T, C, Y, N or Q; substituting the arginine at amino acid position 836 with lysine (K) or histidine (H); substituting the glutamic acid at amino acid position 870 with G, S, T, C, Y, N or Q; substituting the isoleucine at amino acid position 881 with A, V, L, P, M, F or W; substituting the glutamic acid at amino acid position 887 with G, S, T, C, Y, N or Q; substituting the proline at amino acid position 894 with G, S, T, C, Y, N or Q; substituting the serine at amino acid position 954 with G, T, C, Y, N or Q; substituting the methionine at amino acid position 967 with A, V, L, I, P, F or W; substituting the glutamine at amino acid position 981 with R, K or H; substituting the alanine at amino acid position 1008 with D or E; substituting the histidine at amino acid position 1021 with G, S, T, C, Y, N or Q; and substituting the glutamine at amino acid position 1022 with D or E.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,674,811	2017-06-06	1. A system for localizing medical devices, said system comprising: a medical device comprising: and a computing platform comprising:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0
8,881,694	2014-11-11	1. An apparatus, comprising: a housing including: a generator set at least partially disposed within the interior space of the housing; a ventilation fan disposed within the interior space of the housing at a location adjacent to the ventilation air intake opening, the ventilation fan being configured to draw air from outside the housing into the interior space of the housing through the ventilation air intake opening; and a baffle disposed within the interior space of the housing and spaced apart from the upper portion and at least one of the first and second side portions of the housing, wherein the baffle is positioned to obstruct an acoustic line of sight between the ventilation air exhaust opening and at least a portion of the generator set, wherein noise from the generator set is routed around the baffle and between the at least one of the first and second side portions of the housing and the baffle to exit through the ventilation air exhaust opening in the upper portion, and wherein the baffle defines an area facing the upper portion, the area of the baffle being equal to or greater than an area of the ventilation air exhaust opening, and wherein the baffle is mounted to a planar heat shield, the heat shield is disposed in the interior space of the housing, the baffle is perpendicular to and extends from the heat shield.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,688,290	2014-04-01	1. A navigation system for a vehicle comprising: a first sensor configured to receive user profile data from a key fob or a wireless device, the user profile data corresponding to at least a prior driving history of the vehicle and a search term other than destination addresses to which the vehicle has previously traveled; a memory for storing the user profile data; a processor coupled with the memory, the processor configured to predict a destination for the vehicle based on the user profile data corresponding to the at least prior driving history and search term; and a display coupled with the processor, for displaying the predicted destination for the vehicle.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,357,560	2016-05-31	1. A method for updating, by a second mobile device, a tracking area for a device-to-device (D2D) connection in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a tracking area update (TAU) request message from a first mobile device which has a D2D connection with the second mobile device; and transmitting a TAU message to a network; receiving a D2D paging message from the network; and transmitting a paging response message to the network, wherein the paging response message includes an identity of the second mobile device and a D2D connection indication which informs the network that the second mobile device is connected to the network via the D2D connection.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,752,136	2014-06-10	1. A computer-implemented method of managing access to a resource through a communication network by a group of users comprising a first user and at least one second user, the method comprising: assigning beforehand, to each user of the group, a secret information specific to the user, and assigning beforehand, to the resource, a secret information specific to the resource, said resource specific secret information being determined as a function of the user specific secret information of all the users; receiving from the first user a first request for accessing the resource, said first request including a secret information given by the first user, and verifying that the secret information given by the first user corresponds to the secret information specific to the first user; verifying, using a processor of the computer, that all the users of the group have requested access to said resource through the communication network and have given the secret information specific to each user; determining a value of the resource specific secret information from all the user specific secret information given, and comparing said value with the assigned resource specific secret information; and authorizing all the users to access the resource if said determined value of the resource specific secret information equals the assigned resource specific secret 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	0	0	0	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
9,404,043	2016-08-02	1. A device for feeding of primary combustion air for the combustion of coking gas into the coking chamber of a coke oven of a coke oven battery of the “Non-Recovery” or “Heat-Recovery” type, wherein the coke oven comprises a top and a wall, the coke oven top and wall defining a coke oven chamber for loading a coke cake, the oven further comprising a door disposed within the coke oven chamber wall; wherein one or several entry ports for feeding primary air into the coke oven chamber separately or through an air supply system are located in the top or in the coke oven chamber wall above the coke oven chamber door or in the coke oven chamber door which from a front side closes a gas space existing above the coke cake of the coke oven chamber in such a manner that the primary air enters into the gas-filled space existing above the coke cake, where the coking gas emerging during coal carbonization also enters into said gas-filled space, and the primary air comes in contact with the coking gas through these entry ports; wherein at least one of the entry ports in the top comprises an insert which is incorporated into the entry port and on its side toward the oven at least two spouts are disposed, said spouts having an oven-outwardly directed angle of more than 0° relative to the perpendicular axis through the top; or at least one of the entry ports in the coke oven chamber wall above the coke oven door comprises an insert which is incorporated into the entry port and on its side toward the oven at least two spouts are disposed, said spouts having an oven-outwardly directed angle of more than 0° relative to the perpendicular axis through the lateral coke oven chamber wall above the coke oven door; or at least one of the entry ports in the coke oven chamber door which from the front side closes the gas space above the coke cake comprises an insert which is incorporated into the entry port and on its side toward the oven at least two spouts are disposed, said spouts having an opening-outwardly directed angle greater than 0° relative to the perpendicular axis through the lateral coke oven chamber door.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,724,081	2014-05-13	1. A lithographic apparatus comprising: an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam; a support constructed to support a patterning device, the patterning device configured to impart the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam; a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate; a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate; and a heater arrangement comprising an electron beam generator configured to generate an electron beam, and an electron beam guide arrangement configured to guide the electron beam onto an optical element of the lithographic apparatus, the optical element forming a part of the illumination system or the projection system of the lithographic apparatus which, in use, is traversed by the radiation beam, the heater arrangement being controllable to provide a distribution of heat on the optical element by deflection of the electron beam.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,701,229	2014-04-22	1. A method of actuating a brake on a caster wheel of a patient support apparatus to stop motion of the apparatus, the patient support apparatus including a support frame and a plurality of caster wheels supporting the frame, a patient support surface supported by the support frame, and at least one manually operable brake for manually braking the caster wheels, the patient support apparatus further including an actuator for selectively outputting a driving force and a control system, said method comprising: electrically coupling the control system to the actuator; generating actuating signals with said control system based on input at the patient support apparatus; transmitting the actuating signals to the actuator to thereby actuate the actuator to output a driving force; and mechanically coupling the driving force of the actuator with the manually operable brake to thereby actuate the manually operable brake and thereby brake the caster wheels.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,235,829	2016-01-12	1. A method for publishing a message, the method comprising: receiving, at a first relay, a subscription request from a first client, wherein the subscription request includes a target; recording, at the first relay, subscription information of the first client based on the subscription request; receiving, at the first relay, a publication request from a second client, wherein the publication request includes a message string characterized by a pattern; determining, by the first relay, that the second client is not on a black list of clients stored at the first relay; determining, by the first relay, that the target matches at least a portion of the pattern; determining, by the first relay, that the publication request is a local publication request based on a predetermined policy rule, wherein the local publication request is a publication request for one or more clients connected to the first relay, wherein the predetermined policy rule comprises one or more of: designating publication requests from a particular set of one or more clients as local publication requests, or designating publication messages having a specific pattern as local publication requests; and transmitting the message string to the first client based on the determining that the publication request is a local publication request.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,116,870	2015-08-25	1. A microcomputer including: an instruction memory; a data memory; a processor coupled to both the instruction memory and the data memory, the processor including: an interrupt controller configured to output an interrupt vector and a second pattern number for an interrupt signal supplied on any of a plurality of interrupt signal lines, wherein the interrupt processing control circuit is configured to output the control signal according to the interrupt vector, and to output the first pattern number according to the second pattern number, wherein the interrupt controller includes a plurality of pattern number registers, one of which is provided for the interrupt factor, wherein the plurality of pattern number registers each store a pattern number, and wherein the interrupt controller is configured to output, as the second pattern number, a pattern number from a pattern number register that corresponds to the interrupt factor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,715,449	2014-05-06	1. A method of producing a sheet for use in forming an insulative cup, the method comprising the steps of providing a strip of insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material; providing a film having a first side arranged to face away from the strip and an opposite second side arranged to face toward the strip; printing an ink layer on one of the first and second sides of the film to provide a printed film; laminating the printed film to the strip to form a sheet; cutting the sheet to form a body blank having a printed side and an opposite unprinted side and a floor blank having a printed side and an opposite unprinted side; compressing portions of the body blank to cause the body blank to include a first portion having a first density and a second portion having a relatively greater second density; forming a base from the body blank by coupling a portion of the printed side of the body blank to a portion of the unprinted side of the body blank, the base including a first end and an opposite second end; forming a floor from the floor blank; joining the floor to the second end of the base to establish a body that is formed to include an interior region defined by the floor and the base and to orient the floor relative to the body to cause the unprinted side of the floor blank to face toward the interior region and the printed side of the floor blank to face away from the interior region to establish the insulative cup; wherein the second portion of the body blank is the portion of the printed side of the body blank that is coupled to the portion of the unprinted side of the body blank; and wherein the insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material is located between the ink layer and the interior region of the insulative cup and the insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material comprises a polypropylene base resin having a high melt strength, a polypropylene copolymer resin, at least one nucleation agent, and gas means for expanding the resins to reduce density.	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,531,262	2016-12-27	1. A voltage boost circuit comprising: first and second inverters, sharing a first supply node, and sharing a second supply node and wherein at least one inverter of the first and second inverters includes a single, signal input node, a first charge transfer capacitor, configured to couple a first clock signal to an output of the first inverter; a second charge transfer capacitor, configured to couple a second clock signal to an output of the second inverter, the second clock signal being out-of-phase with the first clock signal; a first gate drive capacitor, configured to couple the first clock signal to the input node of the second inverter; a second gate drive capacitor, configured to couple the second clock signal to the input node of the first inverter; a first diode; a second diode coupled in series, using a first common node, with the first diode, the first and second diode coupled between the first supply node and the second supply node, wherein the first common node is coupled to the input node of the first inverter and to the second gate drive capacitor; and wherein the first inverter is not coupled in a cross-coupled latch configuration.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,613,398	2017-04-04	1. An image descriptive method comprises: (a) obtaining an image, wherein the image having a plurality of pixels; (b) determining a starting point in the image; (c) sampling the plurality of pixels from the starting point along a trajectory of a former spiral aggregation with a former angle in the image, and arranging the plurality of pixels on the trajectory to form a former spiral aggregation; (d) forming a latter spiral aggregation with a latter angle after increasing an angle variation in the former angle, and sampling the plurality of pixels form the starting point along the trajectory of the latter spiral aggregation, and arranging the plurality of pixels on the trajectory to form a latter spiral aggregation; (e) deciding a frequency of the increased variance for repeatedly performing the step (d) for obtaining a plurality of the latter spiral aggregation, wherein the plurality of pixels correspond to a value; and (f) arranging the former spiral aggregation and the latter spiral aggregation form a spiral aggregation map, and recording the value of each the plurality of pixels.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,367,012	2016-06-14	1. A printing apparatus comprising; a printing unit configured to print, on a sheet, an image for one page or a plurality of pages; a sheet storage unit configured to store, inside the printing apparatus, a sheet on which an image has been printed; a discharge unit configured to discharge, outside the printing apparatus, a sheet on which an image has been printed without storing the sheet in the sheet storage unit; a saving unit configured to save, in a case where a sheet is not storable in the sheet storage unit, data corresponding to a page to be printed on the sheet; and a control unit configured to perform, upon receipt of a printed sheet taking-out instruction, control to convey a sheet stored in the sheet storage unit so that at least a part of the sheet is exposed outside the printing apparatus, to print an image based on data saved in the saving unit, and to discharge, outside the printing apparatus using the discharge unit, the sheet on which the image has been printed.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,049,181	2015-06-02	1. A server which, when a client is disconnected from a network, updates a network key which is used in order to participate in said network, and the server comprising: an address key allocation unit which generates an identifier for identifying said client by a combination of addresses extracted from each of a plurality of any address spaces, one by one optionally, and allocates an address key respectively to each said address which said generated identifier includes; and a network key encryption unit which: wherein:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,626,373	2014-01-07	1. A control method of a fuel cell system provided with: a fuel cell; a motor connected to enable generated power from the fuel cell to be supplied thereto; an inverter connected to the motor; and a converter that sets an input voltage of the inverter, the method comprising the steps of: calculating, by a required output torque calculation device, a required motor output torque based on an output requirement; calculating, by a torque upper limit value calculation device, a torque upper limit value of torque able to be generated by the motor; comparing, by a required motor torque calculation device, the required output torque and the torque upper limit value and calculating the required output torque as a required motor torque in the case the required output torque is equal to or less than the torque upper limit value while calculating the torque upper limit value as the required motor torque in the case the required output torque exceeds the torque upper limit value; calculating, by a required motor power calculation device, a required motor power based on the required motor torque; and calculating, by a required generated power calculation device, a required generated power of the fuel cell based on the required motor power, the torque upper limit value being calculated based on a sum obtained by adding an offset voltage based on voltage control response characteristics of the converter to the input voltage of the inverter.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9,745,393	2017-08-29	1. A method of preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer, comprising polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a conjugated diene monomer and an aromatic vinyl monomer in presence of a solvent using an anionic polymerization initiator, which is a reaction product of an organometallic compound and a compound including an etheric oxygen atom-containing alkyl group represented by Chemical Formula 1 below: in Chemical Formula 1, R R n is 0 to 12.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,734,524	2017-08-15	1. An Internet-based grocery retail system comprising: a computer network including: a retail/warehouse hybrid procurement center, said retail/warehouse hybrid procurement center 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	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
9,195,067	2015-11-24	1. An electronic device, comprising: a display; a band configured to be worn on a head of a user and over only one ear of the user, the band defining a display end to which the display is affixed, the band extending from the display end to a free end, the band including an inner member and an outer member, the outer member having a general shape that defines a temple portion adjacent the display end, a scoop portion adjacent the free end, and an ear portion between the temple portion and the scoop portion, wherein the general shape is deformable and changes from a first shape to a second shape that corresponds to a shape of the head of the user, the band being configured to secure the display to the head of the user such that the user can configure the band in an adjusted shape such that the scoop portion contacts a rear portion of the head of the user and conforms to at least a portion of the rear portion of the head, the ear portion contacts a portion of an ear of the user, and the temple portion contacts a portion of a temple of the user adjacent the ear, and such that the display element is suspended over an eye of the user adjacent the temple, the inner member permitting deformation of the outer member and facilitating retention of the outer member in the adjusted shape; and image generating means configured for generating an image presentable to the user on the display, the image generating means disposed within the band, wherein the inner member includes a volume of magnetorheological fluid that is configured such that the inner member retains the outer member in the adjusted shape in the presence of a magnetic field above a retention threshold and permits adjustment to the general shape of the outer member in the presence of a magnetic field below the retention threshold.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,357,775	2013-01-22	1. A peptide consisting essentially of the amino acid sequence of dAsn-Asp-GluCys-Glu-Leu-Cys-Val-Asn-Val-Ala-Cys-Thr-Gly-Cys-dTyr (SEQ ID NO: 6).	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,746,824	2014-06-10	1. A recording apparatus comprising: a recording head having a nozzle row that discharges a photoreactive liquid onto a recording target material; a light irradiation unit including a light emitting element row having therein a plurality of light emitting elements aligned in a same direction as the nozzle row, the light emitting elements being configured to apply light to the discharged photoreactive liquid to cause the photoreactive liquid to undergo a chemical change; a fault detection unit that detects whether there is a fault in each of the light emitting elements forming together the light emitting element row; and a control unit that controls a recording operation of the recording head and an operation of the light irradiation unit, wherein the light irradiation unit includes a plurality of the light emitting element rows arranged therein, wherein each of the light emitting element rows includes the light emitting elements connected in series, and wherein the control unit is configured to, in a case where the fault detection unit detects a fault in a light emitting element, enter a fault mode where one of the light emitting element rows to which the light emitting element having the fault belongs is turned off and recording is performed with the remaining light emitting element rows, wherein the control unit is configured to be able to execute control: in a case where the fault detection unit detects a fault in a light emitting element, to determine whether the fault has occurred in an open mode, if the fault has occurred in the open mode, to enter the fault mode where recording is performed with the remaining light emitting element rows, other than the light emitting element row to which the light emitting element having the fault belongs, if the fault has occurred in a short mode, to determine whether recording is possible in a case where the light emitting element row to which the light emitting element having the fault belongs is turned off, and if possible, to turn off the light emitting element row to which the light emitting element having the fault belongs and to enter the fault mode.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,867,221	2014-10-21	1. A lid opening and closing device that opens and closes a lid that covers a box having an opening through which an insert is inserted, the device comprising: a first supporting shaft that extends horizontally and perpendicular to an insertion direction in which the insert is inserted, the first supporting shaft pivotally supporting one end of the lid, the lid being swingably suspended from the first supporting shaft; a guide surface, extending along the insertion direction, a height of which is gradually increased from the opening in the insertion direction; a second supporting shaft parallel to the first supporting shaft, the second supporting shaft being disposed nearer to the opening than the lid in the insertion direction; an opening and closing key being pivotally supported by the second supporting shaft and being swingably suspended from the second supporting shaft; an arm member, a first end of which is secured to the opening and closing key and a second end of which moves on the guide surface in synchronization with swinging of the opening and closing key; and a lever member, secured to the lid, that swings around the first supporting shaft together with the lid, one end of the lever member being disposed on an upper surface of the arm member, wherein when the insert is not present in the box, the lid is suspended from the first supporting shaft and covers the box and enters a closed state, and when the insert is inserted into the box through the opening, the insert causes the opening and closing key to swing in the insertion direction, the second end of the arm member rises along the guide surface in synchronization with the swinging of the opening and closing key, the risen arm member lifts the one end of the lever member, and the lid, to which the lever member is secured, swings around the first supporting shaft and enters an open state.	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,468,802	2013-06-25	1. An exhaust gas system for combustion engines having at least one exhaust gas duct, in particular an exhaust pipe, and having an exhaust gas treatment device downstream of the exhaust gas duct, wherein at least one secondary flow duct, in particular a secondary flow pipe, is provided in and completely arranged within the exhaust gas duct with a cross-section reduced with respect to the exhaust gas duct, wherein the secondary flow duct imparts coerced guidance of some of the exhaust gas flow differing from an actual exhaust gas flow so that a flow direction of the exhaust flow through the secondary flow duct differs from a main exhaust gas flow direction of the actual exhaust gas flow surrounding the secondary flow duct, and wherein the secondary flow duct is made and arranged such that a part exhaust gas flow is guided radially inwardly to the central region of the exhaust gas duct.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9,036,522	2015-05-19	1. A low-power wireless hub apparatus, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a beacon signal from a neighboring hub that is within a predetermined area; and a controller 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,769,714	2014-07-08	1. A protection assembly, comprising: a digit tip protection device having a concave member adapted to be positioned on a pulp of a user's digit, the concave member comprising a puncture resistant material adapted to protect the pulp from a puncture and being sufficiently thin and flexible to avoid interfering with a natural tactile sensation of the user's digit, the concave member comprising: a glove comprising a biological barrier and worn over the concave member on the user's hand.	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,482,829	2013-07-09	1. A laser processing apparatus that radiates laser light to a processing target and collectively processes the processing target with a whole processing pattern including two or more basic processing patterns, comprising: a laser light source that outputs the laser light; a phase modulation type spatial light modulator that receives the laser light output from the laser light source, allows each of a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged therein to be presented as a whole hologram for modulating the phase of the laser light, and outputs the phase-modulated laser light; an imaging optical system that receives the laser light output from the spatial light modulator and focuses the laser light on the processing target; a storage unit that stores a plurality of basic holograms corresponding to a plurality of basic processing patterns and a focusing hologram corresponding to a Fresnel lens pattern; and a control unit that arranges in parallel two or more basic holograms selected from the plurality of basic holograms stored in the storage unit, overlaps the focusing hologram with each of the basic holograms arranged in parallel to form the whole hologram, and presents the formed whole hologram to the spatial light modulator.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,333,693	2016-05-10	1. A method of producing an aliphatic polyester film comprising: melt-extruding from a die an aliphatic polyester as a film; simultaneously 1) controlling an entrained air stream between a casting drum and the film by generating a negative pressure region and (2) inhibiting variations of film edge portion landing points on the casting drum by an electrostatic application method of applying static charges and by forming a liquid film on the casting drum only at portions corresponding to edge portions; and subsequently contacting the film with the casting drum over an entire width of the film.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,744,476	2017-08-29	1. An annular centrifugal contactor, said annular centrifugal contactor comprising: a) a housing adapted to receive a plurality of flowing liquids; a hollow rotor coaxially positioned within the housing, the rotor defining a first open depending end, and a second open upwardly facing end, wherein medially facing surfaces of the hollow rotor define first fluid flow enhancing topographies; b) an annular mixing zone defined by the housing and a vane plate, wherein the annular mixing zone has a plurality of fluid retention reservoirs with ingress apertures near the bottom of the annular mixing zone and egress apertures located above the ingress apertures of the annular mixing zone; and c) an adjustable vane plate stem, wherein the stem can be raised to restrict the flow of a liquid into the rotor or lowered to increase the flow of the liquid into the rotor.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,131,388	2015-09-08	1. A method of relaying a signal in a wireless communications network comprising a plurality of wireless devices, the method being performed by at least one of said wireless devices to relay a signal in a communication path between one of said plurality of wireless devices and another one of said wireless devices, wherein said at least one of said wireless devices comprises a power amplifier for amplifying said signal, the method comprising: receiving a signal from said one of said plurality of wireless devices; determining, for each one of a plurality of predetermined relay modes, a respective peak-to-average power ratio that a reference signal is expected to exhibit in the event that the respective predetermined relay mode is used for relaying the reference signal; determining a back-off value associated with said power amplifier; selecting a mode of relaying said received signal from said plurality of predetermined relay modes based on said determined peak-to-average power ratios and said determined back-off value; and transmitting said signal to said another one of said plurality of wireless devices using said selected mode.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,715,254	2014-05-06	1. A continuous Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) estimation system, comprising: a continuous creatinine sensor disposed on a catheter and configured to provide a continuous indication of creatinine concentration in urine as the urine flows through the catheter; a urine output monitor configured to provide an indication of total urine output; and a creatinine clearance computational circuit coupled to the continuous creatinine sensor and the urine output monitor and configured to receive the indication of creatinine concentration in the urine, the total urine output, a serum creatinine level and an elapsed time measurement, and continuously compute a creatinine clearance value representative of the GFR, such that multiple data points for the creatinine clearance value representative of the GFR are obtained during a single urine collection.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0