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9,025,404	2015-05-05	1. A low leakage current CMOS device that has one or more power rails, the device comprising: an input, an output and a logic function circuit that receives an input signal on the input and generates an output signal on the output; a voltage translator that drives a voltage swing differential on the input and output or one of the input and output; a current control decision circuit that monitors and generates signals to control flow of transition and leakage current and a current control circuit that has a deterministic voltage offset to the input voltage swing so that the device has reduced leakage current and controls timing, magnitude and location of currents including transition current and leakage current.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,728,239	2014-05-20	1. A deposition gas panel for a cyclic deposition and etch reaction chamber, comprising: a vent line configured to direct at least one gas to a vent; an injection line configured to direct at least one gas to the reaction chamber; a first carrier gas line for containing a carrier gas, wherein the first carrier gas line is: a deposition line for containing a first deposition process gas, wherein the deposition line is coupled to the injection line and the vent line, wherein the deposition line comprises a first valve system configured to selectively direct a constant mass flow rate of the first deposition process gas between the vent line and the injection line; a second carrier gas line for containing a second mass flow rate of the carrier gas, wherein the second carrier gas line: a control system linked to the first valve system, the second valve system, and the mass flow control device, wherein the control system is configured to:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,309,831	2016-04-12	1. A piston arrangement for a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine having a variable compression ratio, comprising: a piston; a device configured for the variable adjustment of the compression ratio associated with the combustion chamber, the device comprising wherein a lubricant of the internal combustion engine is suppliable to the blocking element via the control element to move the blocking element, and wherein the supply of the medium to the blocking element is controlled by the control element.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,444,605	2016-09-13	1. A base station, comprising: a transmitter which transmits data to a radio terminal using a plurality of frequency bands in a carrier aggregation; a transfer circuit which transfers a part of data to be transmitted in the transmitter to another base station so that data transmission to the radio terminal is performed in said another base station, a storage which stores a plurality of frequency bands with which the radio terminal, the base station and said another base station are able to perform communication; a selector which selects, out of the plurality of frequency bands stored, frequency bands with which the radio terminal is able to perform radio communication with the base station and said another base station; and a monitor which makes the radio terminal monitor whether radio communication is able to be performed with the base station and said another base station with the frequency bands selected by the selector; wherein: the transmitter starts data transmission with a first frequency band to the radio terminal, when both or one of a retention amount and a retention time of data to be transmitted to the radio terminal exceeds a threshold value, the monitor instructs the radio terminal to start monitoring of different-frequency bands which are different from a current frequency band by which the radio terminal is communicating, when the base station receives a first monitoring result with a first detection notification of a second frequency band from the radio terminal which is different from the first frequency band and is used by the base station, the transmitter transmits the data using both the first frequency band and the second frequency band to the radio terminal, so that the base station adds the second frequency band of the base station to the first frequency band of the base station and performs the data transmission to the radio terminal, when both or one of the retention amount and the retention time exceeds the threshold value and the base station receives a second monitoring result with a second detection notification of a third frequency band used by the another base station from the radio terminal, the monitor instructs the radio terminal to stop monitoring of the different-frequency bands and the transfer circuit starts to transfer the part of data to the another base station, and the part of data transferred by the transfer circuit is transmitted to the radio terminal with the third frequency band different from the first frequency band and the second frequency band by the another base station, so that the base station adds the third frequency band of the another base station to the first frequency band of the base station and performs the data transmission to the radio terminal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,673,378	2017-06-06	1. A piezoelectric element comprising: a piezoelectric layer and a plurality of electrodes, wherein the piezoelectric layer contains a complex oxide having the following general formula: with x and y defined as (0.21≦x≦0.38, 0.01≦y≦0.09); and wherein the piezoelectric layer undergoes an electric-field-induced phase transition from an antiferroelectric phase to a ferroelectric phase or a phase transition from a ferroelectric phase to an antiferroelectric phase.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,408,535	2013-04-02	1. An attachment assist device that draws a detachably attachable sub unit from a drawing start position to a drawing end position in an interior of a main unit, comprising: an engaging member provided at one of the main unit and the sub unit; an engaged member engaged by the engaging member and provided at the other of the main unit and the sub unit; a drawing-force generator that, on engagement of the engaging member with the engaged member at the drawing start position, generates a drawing force to draw the sub unit to the drawing end position in the interior of the main unit; a plurality of rotational members, including at least a first rotational member and a second rotational member, each rotational member supported rotatably by a support point at the drawing-force generator; and a plurality of biasing members including at least a first biasing member and a second biasing member provided at the drawing-force generator to generate biasing forces, wherein the first biasing member is connected to a first end of the first rotating member to rotate the first rotating member in one of a counterclockwise direction and a clockwise direction, the second biasing member connected to a second end of the first rotating member to rotate the first rotating member in the other of the counterclockwise direction and the clockwise direction, and the second end of the second biasing member connected to a first end of the second rotating member, and the first and second biasing members serially connected with the first and second rotational members to convert the biasing forces of the first and second biasing members to the drawing force.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,662,047	2014-03-04	1. A handheld work apparatus comprising: an internal combustion engine; a starter device operatively connected to said internal combustion engine; said internal combustion engine including: a cylinder defining a combustion chamber and a cylinder longitudinal axis; a crankcase connected to said cylinder; a crankshaft rotatably journalled in said crankcase; a piston disposed in said cylinder so as to move back and forth therein to drive said crankshaft and to delimit said combustion chamber; at least one transfer channel for connecting said crankcase to said combustion chamber at constructively pregiven positions of said piston; said transfer channel having at least one transfer window opening into said combustion chamber; an inlet for receiving combustion air into said crankcase; a device for metering fuel; an outlet for passing exhaust gases from said combustion chamber; said transfer window, said inlet and said outlet all being function openings of said internal combustion engine; said cylinder having an imaginary center plane which partitions said inlet at the middle thereof and contains said cylinder longitudinal axis; said piston having a piston ring arranged therein; said piston ring being configured as an open ring having two mutually adjacent ends conjointly defining a piston ring gap; said cylinder having an inner wall surface defining a cylinder bore for accommodating said piston; said function openings being disposed in said inner wall surface defining said cylinder bore; said cylinder bore further having a recess formed in said inner wall surface which bridges said piston ring in at least one position of said piston so as to establish a connection between said combustion chamber and said crankcase; said recess being at a predetermined spacing to all of said function openings in said wall surface defining said cylinder bore so as to preclude a direct connection between said recess and said function openings; and, said cylinder bore having a plurality of said recesses formed therein and each of said recesses having a flow cross section of less than 5 mm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,554,637	2013-10-08	1. A non-transitory computer readable medium including program code for providing a message-based interface for exchanging information for business activity that is performed in a retail store, including retail transactions, financial movements and goods movements, the medium comprising: program code for receiving via a message-based interface derived from a common business object model, where the common business object model includes business objects having relationships that enable derivation of message-based interfaces and message packages, the message-based interface exposing at least one service as defined in a service registry and from a heterogeneous application executing in an environment of computer systems providing message-based services, a first message for providing a notification of one or more point of sale transactions that includes a first message package derived from the common business object model and hierarchically organized as: program code for processing the first message according to the hierarchical organization of the first message package, where processing the first message includes unpacking the first message package based on the common business object model; and program code for sending a second message to the heterogeneous application responsive to the first message, where the second message includes a second message package derived from the common business object model to provide consistent semantics with the first message package.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,775,627	2017-10-03	1. A system for channeling a path into bone, comprising: an introducer having a proximal end, a distal end and a central channel, wherein the central channel is disposed along a central axis of the introducer and extends from the proximal end toward the distal end, wherein the introducer comprises a distal opening at or near the distal end of the introducer, the distal opening being in communication with the central channel, wherein the introducer is configured to be deployed through a cortical bone region and into a cancellous bone region of a vertebral body; a curved cannula sized to be received in said central channel and delivered from the proximal end of the introducer toward said distal opening, wherein the curved cannula comprises a straight tubular body and a curved distal end configured to be extended laterally outward from the distal opening of the introducer in a curved path extending away from the introducer, wherein the curved path is generated through at least a portion of the cancellous bone region of the vertebral body, wherein the curved cannula comprises a cannula channel configured to allow a treatment device to be delivered through the cannula channel; and a treatment device configured to be delivered through the cannula channel of the curved cannula to a location at or beyond the curved path, wherein the proximal end of the introducer comprises a handle comprising:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,009,393	2015-04-14	1. A system comprising: a solid-state disk controller configured to (i) control flash memory and (ii) communicate with a host, wherein the solid-state disk controller includes (i) a first interface to interface a hard disk drive to the host and (ii) a second interface to interface with a dynamic random access memory arranged external to the solid-state disk controller; and a hard disk controller system-on-chip configured to (i) control the hard disk drive, (ii) communicate with the host via the first interface of the solid-state disk controller, and (iii) access the dynamic random access memory via the second interface of the solid-state disk controller, wherein the first interface of the solid-state disk controller interfaces the hard disk drive to the host via the hard disk controller system-on-chip.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,591,606	2013-11-26	1. A composition of matter comprising a blend of: between about 40% to 60% wood; between about 10% to 20% paper; between about 10% to 20% cardboard; between about 5% to 10% non-chlorinated plastics; between about 5% to 10% rags; between about 5% to 10% rugs; and an emission reducing agent, the emission reducing agent being one or more of urea, calcium hydroxide, hydroquinone, anthraquinone, ammonium hydroxide, ammonia, and an ammonium compound, wherein the urea reduces nitrous oxide emissions, the calcium hydroxide reduces carbon dioxide emissions, the hydroquinone reduces sulfur emissions, the anthraquinone reduces sulfur emissions, the ammonium hydroxide reduces carbon dioxide emissions, and the ammonia and ammonium compound reduce carbon dioxide emissions, when the composition is combusted.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9,530,116	2016-12-27	1. A method, comprising: receiving, on a user device, a graphical user interface from a network device; displaying, on the user device, the graphical user interface, which allows a user to control a softphone operating on the user device; receiving a user selection via the graphical user interface; generating, by a context handler operating on the user device, a JavaScript Object Notation with Padding (JSONP) request based on the user selection; transmitting, by the context handler, the JSONP request to a call manager operating on the user device, wherein the call manager provides communication between the softphone and the context handler; obtaining, by the context handler and from the call manager, in response to the transmitting, a JSONP response that includes new state data indicating a state of the softphone resulting from an execution of the user selection by the softphone; and updating, by the context handler, the graphical user interface in correspondence to the new state data.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,971,953	2015-03-03	1. A portable communication device, comprising: a keypad comprising a plurality of numeric keys and an LED driver, each of the numeric keys equipped with a first color LED light and a second color LED light, wherein the first color LED light emits a blue light or a green light; and a telephone dialing system comprising one or more programs that is stored in a storage system and executed by at least one microprocessor, the one or more programs comprising: an initialization module that drives the first LED to light under each of the numeric keys to emit a first color light using the LED driver when a user inputs a first digit of a phone number from the keypad; a number obtaining module that receives a digit inputted from a numeric key of the keypad, searches all phone numbers having the inputted digit in a phone number list stored in the storage system, obtains a subsequent digit following the inputted digit from each of the phone numbers, and generates a digital group according to all the subsequent digits; and an LED control module that generates an LED control signal according to the digital group, drives the LED driver to turn off the first LED light under the numeric key in digital group and turn on the second LED light under the numeric key to emit a second color light according to the LED control signal, determines whether a next digit input from the keypad is in the digit group, and drives the LED driver to turn off the second LED light under a numeric key corresponding to the next inputted digit and turn on the first LED light under the numeric key to emit the first color light when the next inputted digit is in the digital group; wherein the number obtaining module further determines whether all digits of the phone number have been inputted from the keypad according to a length of the phone number; and wherein the LED control module further turns off the first LED light and the second LED light under all the numeric keys using the LED driver when all the digits of the phone number have been inputted from the keypad.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,065,944	2015-06-23	1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for an information processing device configured to send print information to a printing device connected with a network, the information processing device comprising: the instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the information processing device to perform:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,405,382	2016-08-02	1. An optical touch-sensitive device for use with a display, the touch-sensitive device comprising: a planar optical waveguide extending over a surface of the display, the waveguide having a top surface and a bottom surface; emitters and detectors arranged along a periphery of the display; an optical coupler assembly positioned along the periphery of the display, the optical coupler assembly coupling optical beams produced by the emitters into the waveguide and out of the waveguide to the detectors, wherein touches on the top surface of the waveguide disturb the optical beams, the touch-sensitive device determining touch events based on the disturbances; an intermediate layer interposed between the bottom surface of the waveguide and the surface of the display, the intermediate layer preserving optical beam propagation in the waveguide and being transparent to visible light; and an ink layer interposed between the optical coupler assembly and the waveguide, the ink layer transparent to the optical beams propagating in the waveguide and opaque to visible light.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,135,062	2015-09-15	1. A method for monitoring a time critical task, the method comprising: receiving timing information for executing the time critical task, wherein the time critical task executes program instructions via a thread on a core of a processing unit; scheduling the time critical task, wherein said scheduling comprises determining, based on the received timing information, a wakeup time, a thread cycle time, an overall thread deadline, and a time critical task deadline; wherein the time critical task deadline is a function of the overall thread deadline and a specified thread bandwidth, wherein the specified thread bandwidth indicates a fraction of the thread cycle time reserved for the time critical task; programming a lateness timer based on the wakeup time and the time critical task deadline; waiting for the wakeup time to obtain; notifying the processing unit of said scheduling, wherein said notifying indicates to the processing unit that the thread is in an idle state, wherein the idle state indicates that the thread is awake and ready to resume execution and execute the time critical task in accordance with said scheduling; executing, on the core of the processing unit, the time critical task in accordance with said scheduling; monitoring the lateness timer; and asserting a thread interrupt in response to the lateness timer expiring, wherein said asserting interrupts said executing, thereby suspending execution of the time critical task.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,043,755	2015-05-26	1. A method to manage program code that runs in multiple computer systems comprising: producing in a managing system a master object definition information structure in a non-transitory computer readable storage device that includes a library identifier and that includes a management information structure that includes a custom code object that identifies and multiple respective custom code duplicate objects that each identify corresponding one or more managed code instances that run in one or more managed systems, wherein the custom code object owns a corresponding first object that indicates respective managed systems that run one or more instances of the identified corresponding managed code instances, and wherein the custom code object owns a corresponding second object that identifies one or more respective analysis tools to be used to extract transaction data for the respective one or more managed code instances from the indicated respective managed systems; producing in the managing system a transaction instance information structure that includes a library identifier and that includes a transaction data object that corresponds to the custom code object in the master object definition information structure, wherein the transaction data object owns one or more tables to store managed code transaction data from managed code instances running on managed systems; receiving information into a user interface in communication with the managing system to select a managed code instance identified by a corresponding custom code object within the master object definition information structure; extracting transaction data for a selected managed code instance from a respective managed system indicated by the corresponding first object within the master object definition information structure as running the selected managed code instance and using an analysis tool, identified by a corresponding second object within the master object definition information structure as an analysis tool to be used to extract transaction data for the selected managed code instance corresponding analysis tool, and storing the extracted transaction data in the one or more tables; and wherein receiving information into the user interface includes receiving a schedule for extraction of data relating to the selected managed code instance; and wherein extracting transaction data for the selected managed code instance from the respective managed system indicated by the corresponding first object within the master object definition information structure includes, extracting the information according to the schedule.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,004,011	2015-04-14	1. A weighted pet chew article support device, comprising: a sack having an outer sidewall, an internal volume, an upper portion, and a lower portion; said sack interior volume being filled with a dense material to provide weight; said sack upper portion comprising a pet chew article strap connection means, comprising a first and second strap secured to said sack upper portion and having connector elements to removably secure said straps together around a pet chew article; at least one of said straps having an interior surface further comprising an elongated elastomeric strip, said strip for contacting said pet chew article and counteracting sliding motion thereof.	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9,278,517	2016-03-08	1. An ink jet printer, comprising: a print head for ejecting ink from an ejection port by energizing an energy element; a carriage to which the print head can be mounted; a capacitor capable of energizing the energy element; and a determination device for determining that the print head is properly mounted in the case where an electric current is supplied to the energy element using the capacitor after mounting the print head on the carriage, and a voltage descent in the capacitor is detected, wherein the amount of energy to be input at the time of energizing the energy element using the capacitor is smaller than the amount of energy charged at the time of printing.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,756,107	2017-09-05	1. A method for optimizing bandwidth in a mesh system, comprising: initiating, at a bandwidth optimization module, a peer-to-peer conference with a plurality of remote devices; generating a first quality list comprising a first device of the plurality of remote devices from which to receive a first data stream at a first quality level; requesting the first data stream at the first quality level from the first device; determining that a second device of the plurality of remote devices is not a member of the first quality list; transmitting a request to the second device to receive a second data stream at a second quality level; determining, during the peer-to-peer conference, that a third device of the plurality of remote devices satisfies conditions to be a member of the first quality list; adding the third device to the first quality list; and transmitting a request to the third device to receive a third data stream at the first quality 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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,665,127	2017-05-30	1. An electronic accessory, comprising: an integrated body having a flat structure in a normal state and having a bent structure in a deformed state, the integrated body further comprising: a first part having at least a display screen; a second part being deformable; and a third part connected to the first part via the second part, wherein the second part comprises a rotating shaft rotationally connected to the first part, and different states of the position of the first part with respect to the third part are maintained by the rotating shaft, wherein the rotating shaft comprises: a first central shaft, a second central shaft, a third central shaft, and a fourth central shaft; a first fixed part, wherein a first end of the first fixed part is fixed to the first part, and a second end opposite to the first end is sleeved on the first central shaft and is rotatable with respect to the first central shaft; a first connecting part, wherein a first connecting end of the first connecting part is sleeved on the first central shaft, a second connecting end opposite to the first connecting end is sleeved on the second central shaft, the first connecting part is rotatable with respect to the first central shaft and the second central shaft, and multiple juxtaposed first teeth are arranged on the second connecting end of the first connecting part; a second connecting part, wherein a third connecting end of the second connecting part is sleeved on the second central shaft, a fourth connecting end opposite to the third connecting end is sleeved on the third central shaft, and the second connecting part is rotatable with respect to the second central shaft and the third central shaft; and a third connecting part, wherein a fifth connecting end of the third connecting part is sleeved on the third central shaft, a sixth connecting end opposite to the fifth connecting end is sleeved on the fourth central shaft, the third connecting part is rotatable with respect to the third central shaft and the fourth central shaft, and multiple juxtaposed second teeth engaged with the multiple first teeth are arranged on the third connecting part.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,774,007	2014-07-08	1. An apparatus for communicating information on an energy distribution network, the apparatus comprising: a processor configured to collect data from one or more energy generation/monitoring devices over a local area network; and a network adaptor configured to connect to a communication network; wherein the processor is further configured to periodically transmit a data signal indicative of the data to a command center system via a first channel of the communication network at a first interval, using the network adaptor; and wherein the processor is further configured to periodically transmit a request for a command to the command center system via a second channel of the communication network at a second interval shorter than the first interval.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
8,888,955	2014-11-18	1. A method to evaporate hot black liquor, comprising: providing a multistage evaporation line having at least two evaporation stages, obtaining hot black liquor from a digestion process during a production of cellulose pulp, conveying the hot black liquor to a heat exchanger, cooling the hot black liquor to form a cooled black liquor by exchanging heat in the heat exchanger with a partially evaporated black liquor from a first evaporation stage, and the cooling of the hot black liquor in the heat exchanger reducing foam formation during subsequent evaporation by cooling the hot black liquor, conveying the cooled black liquor from the heat exchanger to the first evaporation stage, evaporating the cooled black liquor in the first evaporation stage to produce the partially evaporated black liquor, conveying the partially evaporated black liquor from the first evaporation stage to the heat exchanger, and conveying the partially evaporated black liquor from the heat exchanger to a second evaporation stage.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,201,667	2015-12-01	1. A computer system comprising: a computer hosting a management system for a service provider to provision virtual desktops and manage access, by a plurality of users using client access devices, to the virtual desktops hosted on one or more host machines on a first computer network, wherein a user among the plurality of users is assigned to a virtual desktop among the virtual desktops hosted on the host machines; wherein the virtual desktops are allocated one or more additional resources located on a second computer network and accessed by the virtual desktops over a public computer network, each virtual desktop using authentication information for authentication with and connection to the additional resources, wherein the authentication information used by each virtual desktop is associated with the user assigned to the virtual desktop; wherein access to the additional resources on the second computer network by the client access devices occurs through the virtual desktops on the host machines using the authentication information associated with the user assigned to the virtual desktop; and wherein the management system derives virtual desktops from a common template, wherein the common template defines the virtual desktop, including an operating system, applications, indications of the additional resources for the virtual desktop, and configuration information, and wherein the management system creates the virtual desktops for the users using one or more license keys, available memory of the host machines, processing resources of the host machines, and the indications of the additional resources.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,337,125	2016-05-10	1. An integrated circuit device comprising: a semiconductor structure; and a through-silicon-via (TSV) structure in the semiconductor structure, wherein the TSV structure comprises:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,556,410	2013-10-15	1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a recording portion configured to record an image on one of a first recording medium and a second recording medium; a tray on which the first recording medium is placed; a convey path configured to selectively convey one of the second recording medium and the tray on which the first recording medium is placed; a tray guide configured to change among (a) a first posture in which the tray guide supports the tray such that the tray is enabled to enter into the convey path for recording the image on the first recording medium by the recording portion, (b) a second posture in which the tray guide is located at a position different from a position of the tray guide in the first posture in a direction intersecting the convey path, and the tray guide is located on a downstream side of the position of the tray guide in the first posture in a tray-enter direction in which the tray enters into the convey path, and (c) a third posture in which an upstream portion of the tray guide in the tray-enter direction is nearer to the convey path than the upstream portion of the tray guide in the second posture, the third posture being a posture of the tray guide in which the upstream portion of the tray guide is nearer to the convey path than a downstream portion of the tray guide in the tray-enter direction such that the tray guide inclines obliquely with respect to the convey path; a first posture-change portion configured to change the posture of the tray guide from the second posture to the third posture by pivoting the tray guide in the second posture about the downstream portion of the tray guide in the tray-enter direction such that the upstream portion of the tray guide is moved toward the convey path; and a second posture-change portion configured to change the posture of the tray guide from the third posture to the first posture by moving the downstream portion of the tray guide in the third posture toward the convey path and by moving the tray guide to an upstream side thereof in the tray-enter direction, wherein the convey path is configured to discharge the second recording medium after the recording portion records the image thereon to an outside of the image recording apparatus when the tray guide is disposed in the second posture.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,486,902	2016-11-08	1. A tool for removing a wear ring, the tool comprising: a base; a leg base; a spreader disc comprising: a top, bottom, and sloped edge; a plurality of legs comprising: a first end coupled to the leg base, and a saw tooth shaped end; a plurality of spreader bolts, passing though the base and threaded into the spreader disc, wherein as the plurality of spreader bolts are tightened the spreader disc is drawn toward the base; and a puller bolt, passing through the base and spreader disc; and threaded into the leg base.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,437,964	2016-09-06	1. An electrical connector assembly adapted for electrical connecting and retained on a wireless module with a receptacle RF (Radio Frequency) connector mounted on an end of the wireless module, comprising: a coaxial cable connector comprising a connector end intending to mate with the receptacle RF connector and a coaxial cable extending from the connector end; and a retention member comprising a main base and a retention cavity in front of the main base, the main base defining a corresponding cable receiving groove through a front end and a rear end of the main base; wherein the retention cavity further defines a projecting portion elastically pressing against a surface of the end of the wireless module when the end of the wireless module, the receptacle RF connector and the connector end of the coaxial cable connector are receiving in the retention cavity and the coaxial cable go through the cable receiving groove.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,631,703	2017-04-25	1. A transmission comprising: an input member; an output member; first, second, third and fourth planetary gear sets each having first, second and third members; a first interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the first member of the first planetary gear set with the second member of the second planetary gear set; a second interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the second member of the first planetary gear set with the third member of the second planetary gear set; a third interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the first member of the second planetary gear set with the second member of the third planetary gear set; a fourth interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the first member of the third planetary gear set with the first member of the fourth planetary gear set; and a plurality of torque transmitting devices each selectively engageable to interconnect one of the first members, second members, and third members of the planetary gear sets with at least one other of the first members, second members, third members of the planetary gear sets, or a stationary member; and wherein the torque transmitting devices are selectively engageable in combinations of at least two to establish at least eight forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio between the input member and the output member, and a first of the plurality of torque transmitting devices is selectively engageable to directly connect the second member of the fourth planetary gear set with the third member of the third planetary gear set, and a second of the plurality of torque transmitting devices is selectively engageable to interconnect the third member of the fourth planetary gear set with the third member of the third planetary gear set.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,397,830	2016-07-19	1. A computer-implemented method of encrypting data, comprising: obtaining, by one or more processors, plaintext comprising plaintext data; randomly generating, by the one or more processor, multiple seed keys; obtaining, by the one or more processor, a user-defined password; randomly generating, by the one or more processor, encryption parameters, wherein the parameters comprise pattern indicators, end pointers, and pattern indicator pointers; encrypting, by the one or more processor, the plaintext by converting the plaintext data to shuffle-transform encrypted text and generating, from the shuffle-transform encrypted text and based on the encryption parameters, a plurality of encrypted blocks, generating, by the one or more processor, an encrypted chunk for each encrypted block of the plurality of encrypted blocks, wherein the encrypted chunk for each encrypted block contains a portion of the shuffle-transform encrypted text.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,054,176	2015-06-09	1. A system for dicing a semiconductor substrate comprising a plurality of ICs, the system comprising: a laser scribe module to pattern a mask and expose regions of a substrate between the ICs along a predetermined path, the laser scribe module to ablate a predetermined pattern of trenches into the mask and into a thin film IC stack disposed below the mask by splitting a laser beam into a first beam and a second beam with a beam splitter, wherein the first beam has a first irradiance and the second beam has a second irradiance lower than the first, and by leading with the first irradiance and following with the second irradiance; a plasma etch module physically coupled to the laser scribe module, the plasma etch module to singulate the ICs by anisotropic plasma etching of the substrate; and a robotic transfer chamber to transfer a laser scribed substrate between the laser scribe module and the plasma etch module in vacuum.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,734,980	2014-05-27	1. An electrical device comprising: an electrical apparatus including: wherein said flexible flat battery including at least one electrochemical cell including a printed electrochemical layer comprising a cathode layer including a first dried or cured ink, and an additional electrochemical layer comprising an anode layer located adjacent to said printed electrochemical layer, said battery having a first side and a second side, with said first side of said battery fixedly connected to said second side of said apparatus substrate, said battery further including: wherein said first and second electrode contacts are each connected to a selected one of the electrochemical layer and additional electrochemical layer of the electrochemical cell.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,370,586	2016-06-21	1. A method for making a pharmaceutical composition for intravenous administration comprising: preparing a pre-mixed aqueous solution with a pH from about 3.6 to about 4.4 comprising: a tonicity agent, a buffer, and from about 0.1 mg/mL to about 0.4 mg/mL nicardipine hydrochloride; and filling a pharmaceutically acceptable container with the aqueous solution such that the aqueous solution is in contact with non-polar polymers, the aqueous solution when stored in the container for at least three months at room temperature exhibiting (i) less than a 10% decrease in the concentration of nicardipine or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (ii) a total impurity formation of less than about 3%.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,647,657	2017-05-09	1. A switching circuit connectable between an input source voltage both an output load for controlling an inrush current to the output load upon turn-on and also a backup power capacitor that provides backup power, the switching circuit including: an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit including: a slew rate control circuit connected to the first and second load switch gates of the first and second power PMOS load switches, respectively, that provides load switch control voltages to each of the first and second power PMOS load switches, the slew rate control circuit providing a first set of control signals that provides for low current charging through the second power PMOS load switch while also supplying the inrush current through the first power PMOS load and further providing a second set of control signals that provides for a discharge path through the second power PMOS load switch to supply backup from the backup power capacitor to the output load upon detection of a loss of the input source voltage.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9,637,408	2017-05-02	1. A glass comprising, in weight percent: 65 to 75 percent SiO 1 to 20 percent Al 0 to 3 percent TiO 0 to 8 percent B 12 to 25 percent total M 2 to 5 percent Na 8 to 15 percent K 1 to 6 percent CaO; and 1 to 29 percent total RO; and greater than 4 to 7 percent SrO, wherein, M is an alkali metal selected from Na, K, Li, Rb, and Cs, wherein R is an alkaline earth metal selected from Mg, Ba, Ca, and Sr, wherein the glass has a strain point of 540° C. or greater, wherein the glass has a liquidus viscosity greater than 50,000 poise, wherein the glass has a specific gravity greater than 2.42 and less than 2.60, and wherein said glass comprises less than or equal to 0.05% by weight of ZrO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8,684,054	2014-04-01	1. A customizable handbag system comprising: a base handbag configured to accommodate and store items therein, the base handbag including a first base handbag attachment interface along a first edge and a second base handbag attachment interface along a second edge, each of the first and second base handbag attachment interfaces comprising an interior surface, an exterior surface, and one or more magnetic fastener elements; and a unitary handbag cover configured: wherein the handbag cover comprises first and second handbag cover attachment interfaces, each of the first and second handbag cover attachment interfaces comprises an upper portion and a lower portion separated by a fold, each upper portion comprising one or more magnetic fastener elements and each the lower portion comprising one or more magnetic fastener elements, wherein:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,303,960	2016-04-05	1. An electronic target for detecting an incident emission of pulsed laser light, the beam of light having a predominant wavelength of between approximately 635 nm and 650 nm and a pulse duration of between 1 ms and 50 ms, the electronic target comprising: a housing which comprises a target window; a solar cell proximate the target window such that the solar cell generates an electrical signal from an incident emission of pulsed laser light hitting the solar cell; a sensor module electrically connected to the solar cell such that the sensor module receives the electrical signal from the solar cell and passes a transient portion of the electrical signal for amplification; a signal amplification module electrically connected to the sensor module such that the signal amplification module receives the transient portion of the electrical signal from the sensor module, amplifies the transient portion of the electrical signal, and passes the amplified transient portion of the electrical signal for filtering and pulse generation; a filtering and pulse signal train generation module electrically connected to the signal amplification module such that the filtering and pulse signal train generation module receives the amplified transient portion of the electrical signal from the signal amplification module, passes transient electrical signals of selected bandwidth from the signal amplification module for pulse signal generation, and converts the transient electrical signals of selected bandwidth into a pulse train signal; a microcontroller electrically connected to the filtering and pulse signal train generation module such that the microcontroller receives the pulse train signal as an input for program execution and executes programming subroutines to affect operation of the electronic target; an electronic display adjacent the solar cell for displaying visual data, the electronic display being electrically connected to the microcontroller such that operation of the electronic display is regulated by the microcontroller; and a plurality of input switches adjacent the electronic display, the plurality of input switches being electrically connected to the microcontroller such that the plurality of input switches selectively control operation of the electronic target.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,442,717	2016-09-13	1. A method comprising: executing, by a computer system, one or more build commands for generating output files for a software product, the software product being associated with a build tree comprising input files; concurrently with the executing of the one or more build commands: logging information regarding one or more input files that are accessed or one or more output files that are created by the one or more build commands using the intercepted operating system call; and creating, by the computer system, a dependency graph based on the collected information, the dependency graph identifying a subset of input files in the build tree that are actually used by the one or more build commands to generate the output files.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,567,909	2013-10-29	1. A printhead comprising: a material layer; a drop forming mechanism positioned in or on the material layer; and a multilayer coating including alternating thin film layers of two or more thin film layers comprised primarily of hafnium oxide or zirconium oxide and of two or more thin film layers comprised primarily of tantalum oxide, the multilayer coating being located on the material layer; wherein the alternating thin film layers do not show evidence of crystalline oxide phases in the film layers by X-ray diffraction.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,250,866	2016-02-02	1. A method, comprising: receiving a command to deploy a second version of software to a computing system for execution on the computing system; in response to receiving the command, determining, using at least one processor, differences between the second version of the software and a first version of the software being executed on the computing system; determining, using the at least one processor, code changes to be made to the first version of the software to produce the second version of the software based on the differences; transmitting to the computing system the code changes to be made to the first version of the software; and after transmitting to the computing system the code changes, receiving a notification from the computing system whether the code changes were implemented on the computing system without a restarting of the software executing on the computing system; and based on the notification indicating that the code changes were not implemented on the computing system without a restarting of the software executing on the computing system, transmitting an instruction to restart the software executing on the computing system to implement any of the code changes not previously implemented on the computing system.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,355,162	2016-05-31	1. An operation arrangement support apparatus comprising: a processor including an operation arrangement proposal generation part configured to execute generation of an operation arrangement proposal; a display position input part configured to receive a user input information which designates a snapshot on the way of the operation arrangement proposal generated by the operation proposal generation part; and an output part configured to output the snapshot according to the input information received by the display position input part after the operation arrangement proposal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,479,128	2013-07-02	1. A method for enhancing register transfer level (RTL) simulation, the method comprising: accessing an RTL file and a sideband file for a design; identifying design constraints in the sideband file, the design constraints including multi-cycle paths; using a computer, modifying the design by duplicating portions of the multi-cycle paths to create modified multi-cycle paths, inserting delays in the modified multi-cycle paths, and cutting the multi-cycle paths from their sources; and simulating the modified design during the RTL simulation.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,733,466	2014-05-27	1. A system, comprising: a packer wheel assembly configured to be disposed rearward of a hoe opener assembly, wherein the packer wheel assembly comprises a packer wheel mounted to a bracket, the packer wheel assembly controls a depth of a valley formed by a hoe opener of the hoe opener assembly while the hoe opener is in a ground engaging position, and the bracket is rigidly coupled to a packer wheel arm extending between the bracket and a linkage assembly; and an adjustment mechanism that shifts the packer wheel only horizontally relative to the packer wheel arm from a first position behind the hoe opener to a second position rearward of the first position when the hoe opener encounters an obstruction and moves in a rearward direction toward a disengaged position.	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	1	0
8,843,846	2014-09-23	1. A computer graphical user interface system comprising: one or more selectable distribution models; one or more user input fields for inputting rules associated with one or more random variables, said rules for computing said one or more random variables; a processor for inputting one or more of the selectable distribution models and the rules into a simulator running on the system; and an output field displaying one or more aspects of a result determined by the simulator, wherein said computer graphical user interface system enables a user to compute said one or more random variables and use said one or more random variables to compute another one or more random variables having a defined formula entered via the graphical user interface system, the defined formula including the one or more random variables for computing said another one or more random variables, wherein the processor automatically reruns the simulator to recomputed said result of said another one or more random variables if one or more values of said one or more random variables are changed, and wherein operations including at least addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on said one or more random variables are enabled via the computer graphical user interface system, wherein the processor is further operable to accumulate the one or more of the selectable distribution models and the rules as entered in the computer graphical user interface system and automatically re-run the simulator as the one or more of the selectable distribution models and the rules are entered, wherein the accumulated selectable distribution models and the rules collectively form a project model that can be stored and retrieved and upon which a simulator can be run.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,199,325	2015-12-01	1. A wire electric discharge machine for performing distortion removing machining, the wire electric discharge machine configured to machine a workpiece in a machine direction by moving a wire electrode, supported by upper and lower wire guides, and the workpiece relatively to each other, the wire electric discharge machine comprising: a controller having a memory and a processor; a wire guide including the upper and lower wire guides and an axial movement control portion, said wire guide connected to the controller and configured, after the machining is ended, to move, relatively to the workpiece, the wire electrode from a machining end position to a machining start position along a machining path in the direction opposite to the machining direction; a detection member configured to detect contact between the wire electrode and the workpiece at the time when the wire electrode is moved relatively to the workpiece in the direction opposite to the machining direction; and a braking member configured, when the contact between the wire electrode and the workpiece is detected by the detection member, to stop the relative movement of the wire electrode, wherein the memory is configured to store, as a contact position, the position of the wire electrode with respect to the workpiece at the time of detection of the contact, the wire guide is configured to move the wire electrode in the offset direction relatively to the workpiece after the contact position of the wire electrode is stored in the memory, the detection member is further configured, when the wire electrode and the workpiece are brought into a non-contact state, to detect the non-contact state, when the relative movement of the wire electrode is stopped by the brake member, the memory is configured to store, as a non-contact position, the position of the wire electrode with respect to the workpiece at the time of detection of the non-contact state, the wire guide is configured to move, relatively to the workpiece, the wire electrode in the direction opposite to the offset direction from the non-contact position, and is configured to move, relatively to the workpiece, the wire electrode in the direction opposite to the machining direction along the machining path by a predetermined distance while neglecting the detection of contact between the wire electrode and the workpiece by the detection member, the processor is programmed to calculate an amount of distortion of the workpiece from the contact position stored in the memory, and the non-contact position stored in the memory, and the controller is configured to cause the wire electric discharge machine to perform distortion removing machining at the time when a maximum value of the amounts of distortion calculated by the processor is larger than a value set beforehand.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,643,351	2017-05-09	1. A method of automatically adjusting an injection molding process to compensate for variations in the flowability of a molten plastic material, the method comprising: providing an injection molding machine with at least one mold cavity; providing an injection molding controller, which includes a pressure control output that is configured to generate a control signal, which, at least partially determines an injection molding pressure for the injection molding process of the injection molding machine; measuring a first control signal generated from the pressure control output at a first time in an injection molding cycle; measuring a second control signal generated from the pressure control output at a second time in the same injection molding cycle, subsequent to the first time; comparing the first control signal generated from the pressure control output and the second control signal generated from the pressure control output to obtain a comparison result; and determining a third control signal for the pressure control output, based at least in part on the comparison result, at a third time that is subsequent to the second time.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,610,638	2017-04-04	1. A clamping device for clamping a machine part configured to rotate about an axis of rotation in a balancing machine, comprising a receiver unit having a receiving opening centrally located relative to the axis of rotation and adapted to receive axially therein a coupling shaft of the machine part, a collet arranged in the receiving opening, and an actuator guided on the receiver unit for axial movement relative thereto for actuation of the collet, wherein the actuator includes a shaft axially slidably guided in a centrally located bore of the receiver unit, wherein the shaft is carried in slide bushings with allowance for play, a clamping body at one end of the shaft for actuation of the collet, a load-applying body at the other end of the shaft, and a plurality of compression springs arranged between the receiver unit and the load-applying body, wherein the compression springs are arranged and/or configured in such a way that the spring loads acting on the load-applying body with the collet tightened are asymmetrical relative to the axis of the shaft.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,725,347	2017-08-08	1. A water treatment apparatus comprising: a head ( a water treatment unit ( wherein the head ( wherein the flow guide portion (	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,840,225	2014-09-23	1. A liquid ejection head comprising: a housing having an outer surface, the outer surface having a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the first portion being adjacent to both the second and third portions; a liquid ejection substrate disposed at the first portion and having ejection ports for ejecting liquid; a wiring member disposed on a recessed surface defined by the second portion so as to electrically connected to the liquid ejection substrate along a longitudinal side of the liquid ejection substrate; and wherein the ejection ports are covered by a cap that is in contact with the wiring member and the third portion around the liquid ejection substrate.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,662,882	2017-05-30	1. A piezoelectric device comprising: a pressure chamber formation substrate in which a plurality of spaces is formed, wherein the plurality of spaces are arranged in a first direction; and a piezoelectric element that includes a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode layer that are stacked in order on a vibrating plate that covers the pressure chamber formation substrate so as to block the plurality of spaces, wherein: the first electrode layer is provided independently for each pressure chamber and the second electrode layer is provided continuously for the plurality of the pressure chambers, the vibrating plate, at the area corresponding to the pressure chamber, includes an area A, and an area B, the area A corresponding to an area on which an activation portion of the piezoelectric layer is stacked, and the area B corresponding to an area on which the piezoelectric layer is not stacked, and when a thickness of the vibrating plate at the area A has tA, and a thickness of the vibrating plate at the area B has tB, the following expression is satisfied,	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,664,998	2014-03-04	1. An adaptive filter circuit for sampling a reflected voltage of a transformer of a power converter during a first sampling period in which the reflected voltage is sampled without filtering and a second sampling period during which the reflected voltage is sampled with filtering, comprising: a first switch for receiving the reflected voltage, said first switch being controlled to enable sampling during the first and second sampling periods; a capacitor coupled to the first switch for holding the reflected voltage when the first switch is closed; a resistor coupled to the first switch; and a second switch coupled to the resistor, said second switch being controlled to disable filtering during the first sampling period and to enable sampling during the second sampling period; wherein, during the first sampling period, the reflected voltage is sampled and held directly by the capacitor without filtering, and wherein, during the second sampling period, the resistor and the capacitor form a filter for filtering the reflected voltage held by the capacitor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,491,401	2016-11-08	1. A video call method, comprising: forming a video call channel in an electronic device; outputting a screen including a first image received through the video call channel; extracting at least one face in a second image, which is acquired by a camera unit of the electronic device and is transmitted through the video call channel; and displaying the screen without the second image based on information on the at least one face and a predetermined threshold.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,164,575	2015-10-20	1. A plurality of pigment taggent flakes, each flake having a first surface; an indicia defined by one or more regions having a second surface extending in a first direction with respect to the first surface to a maximum distance I a frame defined by one or more walls disposed at a periphery of the flake so as to at least partially surround the indicia, each wall extending in the first direction to a distance of at least F	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,679,466	2014-03-25	1. A method of styling hair comprising the steps of (a) applying to the hair a composition comprising from 0.01 wt % to 10 wt % of the total composition of a sodium salt of titanium citrate to treat the hair, and (b) non-permanently styling the treated hair by combing.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,664,584	2017-05-30	1. A method of monitoring a change in height of a device, the device comprising a sensor for measuring the air pressure at the device, the method comprising: determining a pressure change threshold from a predetermined height change and an estimate of air pressure or a measurement of air pressure at the device; obtaining a plurality of measurements of the air pressure at the device; determining a change in the air pressure from two or more of the plurality of measurements; and determining if the height of the device has changed by more than the predetermined height change using the determined change in the air pressure and the determined pressure change threshold.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,601,648	2013-12-10	1. A closure part for forming a hermaphroditic closure, comprising: a web-shaped carrier strip having one pair of opposite surface regions and being connectable at least partially to a base body as a separate component along a connecting region; individual closure members in at least one portion of said surface regions and located outside of said connecting region and adjacent to said connecting region, said closure members protruding from said carrier strip and being securable to additional closure parts of a same type or of a different type; and each said closure member including an interlocking head and a stem adjoining said interlocking head, said carrier strip being flush with said closure members with portions of each said interlocking head and each said stem being connected in a surface-to-surface manner to said connecting regions of said carrier strip.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,527,834	2013-09-03	1. An information processing device for implementing error control including at least one of error detection and error correction, the device comprising: an information bit sequence acquiring unit for acquiring an information bit sequence; an encoder for generating a redundant bit sequence enabling execution of error control of the entire information bit sequence, the redundant bit sequence including a first bit sequence that consists of at least one bit that functions as a parity bit for one of a plurality of divided information bit sequences produced by dividing the information bit sequence, the redundant bit sequence being generated through a single encoding by a predetermined code based on the information bit sequence, and for generating a codeword that includes the information bit sequence and the redundant bit sequence; and a transfer unit for dividing the codeword into a plurality of successive unit transfers and transferring each of said unit transfers to a transfer destination, wherein each of said unit transfers includes a divided information bit sequence and a bit functioning as the parity bit for a division of the information bit sequence; and wherein the transfer unit transfers one of said unit transfers to one transfer destination and transfers another one of said unit transfers to another transfer destination.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,702,701	2017-07-11	1. A route-planning device, comprising: a storage section storing map information, wherein the map information comprises data representative of roads and/or sub-roads of a road network, each road and/or sub-road having a length and at least one parking space associated therewith, and wherein the map information further comprises probability information for each road and/or sub-road corresponding to the likelihood of finding a vacant parking space on the road and/or sub-road; a goal identification section for identifying a goal position; and a search route module arranged 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,234,465	2016-01-12	1. A flow divider valve for controlling fuel flow to a gas turbine engine that includes a start nozzle manifold and a run nozzle manifold, the flow divider valve comprising: a valve body including an inlet port, a start nozzle manifold outlet port, a run nozzle manifold outlet port, and an inner surface that defines a valve chamber; a start flow orifice disposed between the inlet port and the start nozzle manifold outlet port; and a flow divider valve element disposed within the valve chamber and movable therein between a closed position and a plurality of open positions, the flow divider valve element including an inner surface, an outer surface, and a flow regulation port, the inner surface defining an internal channel, the flow regulation port extending through the flow divider valve element between the inner surface and the outer surface and providing continuous fluid communication between the internal channel and the run nozzle manifold outlet port when the flow divider valve element is in the plurality of open positions; wherein the flow divider valve element is configured such that: wherein:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,347,868	2016-05-24	1. A method of testing a quality of a bond to non-metallic materials, the method comprising: fabricating a layered test coupon by: partially peeling the first peeling support from the second peeling support to test a strength of the first test bond; and partially peeling the first peeling support from the second peeling support to test a strength of the second test bond.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,336,278	2016-05-10	1. A computer-implemented method for recommending an application, the method comprising: receiving, at a cloud computing service, a first user request associated with a cloud computing account holder; identifying a type of the first user request; identifying at least one criterion associated with the type of the first user request; identifying a list of applications, wherein each application is associated with a score based on the at least one criterion and wherein each application in the list is available to the cloud computing account holder; filtering the list of applications based on the respective scores; and providing the filtered list to the cloud computing account holder; wherein the filtered list includes a predetermined number of applications.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,445,660	2013-05-21	1. A chimeric nucleic acid comprising a vector encoding a fusion protein comprising an antigen domain comprising at least one epitope inserted between two trafficking domains, wherein the two trafficking domains are the luminal domain of a lysosome associated membrane protein and a polypeptide trafficking domain of an endocytic receptor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,007,953	2015-04-14	1. A Non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method to estimate users throughputs, the method comprising: selecting a sector maintained by a network provider; generating traffic that simulates various media types that traverse the sector, wherein the generated traffic includes packets that vary in size based on the various media types; assigning the generated traffic to a plurality of carriers; establishing sessions with the plurality of carriers; wherein the following is performed for the established sessions: calculating a current load of the generated traffic for each session of the plurality of carriers calculating an effective data rate for the carriers based on spectral efficiencies for the carriers and the number of simultaneous sessions on each carrier, and reducing the current load by the effective data rate during each session until the current load reaches zero; and estimating the users throughputs based on the plurality carriers and total traffic processed in the sessions at each of the carriers.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,991,879	2015-03-31	1. A tamper evident bolt security seal comprising: a bolt comprising a shank having opposing ends, a head at one shank end and a locking groove in the shank surface at the other shank end forming a shank locking portion; and a locking unit to which the shank locking portion is secured; the locking unit comprising: first and second mating housing portions forming a housing defining an inner chamber; the first housing portion including a first peripheral side wall; the second housing portion including a second peripheral side wall having top and bottom regions, the second housing portion including a top wall and a bottom wall attached to the side wall respective top and bottom regions, the top wall having an aperture for receiving the shank therethrough; the first peripheral side wall being captured between the top and bottom walls and cooperating with the mating second housing portion for forming the inner chamber; a lock body secured to the first housing portion in the inner chamber and arranged for receiving the shank locking portion, the lock body having a locking channel adjacent to the received shank locking portion; a resilient element in the locking channel cooperating with the shank locking groove for locking the received shank to the lock body; and a cover arranged for the shank locking portion to pass therethrough for said locking and secured to the bottom wall, the cover and bottom wall for enclosing the first housing portion and the top and side wall of the second housing portion whereby the locked shank and lock body interlock the first and second housing portions thereto.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,172,018	2015-10-27	1. A method comprising: providing a lead-frame that includes at least one carrier element, the carrier element being conductive, and being partitioned to form a plurality of distinguishable conductive regions having a spatial relationship with each other, placing at least one LED die on the carrier element, situated to extend across the plurality of conductive regions, coupling contacts on the LED die directly to the conductive regions, and separating the carrier element from the lead frame to provide an LED device with each of the conductive regions being electrically isolated from each other, the LED die serving to independently maintain the spatial relationship among the conductive regions; wherein: the plurality of distinguishable conductive regions include an anode region, a cathode region, and a heat transfer region, wherein the anode and cathode regions are provided to facilitate coupling of anode and cathode electrodes associated with the LED die, respectively, and after separating the carrier element from the lead frame, each of the anode, cathode, and heat transfer regions are separate regions that are electrically isolated from each other.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,573,253	2017-02-21	1. A ratchet wrench structure comprising: a main body provided with an acting end, said acting end formed therein with an accommodating groove and an insert groove, said accommodating groove having a ratchet wheel assembled in the interior, said ratchet wheel having a circumferential side annularly provided with gear teeth, a stop groove formed between said accommodating groove and said insert groove, said accommodating groove and said stop groove and said insert groove communicating with one another, an restraining block slidably received in said stop groove, said restraining block having one side adjacent to said ratchet wheel provided with gear teeth, said restraining block having another side disposed with two longitudinal and juxtaposed recessed portions, said recessed portions and said restraining block being the same in height, and characterized by an actuating member pivotally assembled in said insert groove, said actuating member formed with a position-limiting groove corresponding to said recessed portion of said restraining block, said position-limiting groove being a rectangular recessed groove with a longitudinal long side, said position-limiting groove received therein with an elastic member, said elastic member being rectangle-shaped corresponding with said position-limiting groove, a longitudinal height of said elastic member approximately corresponding with a longitudinal height of said recessed portion; thus, said elastic member actuated to optionally push against one of said two recessed portions of said restraining block, said elastic member having a longitudinal front edge evenly pressing against said recessed portion to enable said restraining block and said ratchet wheel to produce better engagement effect, further, said restraining block able to evenly exert force to press against said elastic member when said restraining block is stressed by rotation of said ratchet wheel, said restraining block able to carry out reciprocating movement because of extension and contraction of said elastic member.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,242,080	2016-01-26	1. A device for nasal insertion comprising an open-ended tubular element having: a bottom ring; a top ring, the top ring being a closed ring; and at least one spiral strut connected to the bottom ring and to the top ring, the at least one spiral strut consisting of a partial spiral; wherein the tubular element extends along a central tube axis between the bottom ring and the top ring, the bottom ring having a larger diameter than the top ring; wherein the at least one spiral strut extends in the shape of a conic helix having a continuously decreasing radius from a central axis of the device from the bottom ring to the top ring, and wherein the nasal device is configured for insertion into a nasal passage to increase airflow therethrough.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,477,529	2013-07-02	1. A method of manufacturing a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) cell comprising: forming a plurality of diffusion regions and a transistor gate, collectively defining an access transistor, in a silicon substrate; forming a first metal-interposed-in-interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer having a first metal dispersed therethrough on top of the access transistor, the first metal coupled to one of the plurality of diffusion regions and being in close proximity to a bit line; forming a first set of plurality of ILD layers on top of the first ILD layer with each layer of the first set of plurality of ILD layers being formed on top of a previous layer of the first set of plurality of ILD layers; forming a hard-to-etch metal layer on top of a top most one of the first set of plurality of ILD layers; forming an MRAM area definition mask on a portion of the top of the hard-to-etch metal layer and covering the first metal and the bit line, the MRAM area definition mask defining an MRAM area where MRAM is to be formed; forming a second set of plurality of ILD layers on top of the first set of plurality of ILD layers with each of the layers of the second set of plurality of ILD layers being formed on top of a previous layer of the second set of plurality of ILD layers; depositing a photoresist layer on top of the top most layer of the second set of plurality of ILD layers; etching the photoresist layer to remove a portion of the second set of plurality of ILD layers that are on top of the hard-to-etch metal layer defined as the MRAM area; etching the hard-to-etch metal layer; forming a magneto tunnel junction (MTJ) substantially on top of the first set of plurality of ILD layers and on top of the first metal and in the MRAM area; etching; depositing a spacer on top of the MTJ; depositing a second metal on top of the bit line and over a portion of the top most layer of the second set of plurality of ILD layers and extending over the top of the MTJ; forming an interconnect mask on top of the second metal defining an interconnect; depositing at least one passivation layer; masking and etching the at least one passivation layer; and removing the interconnect to expose the MTJ thereby forming an embedded magnetic random access memory (MRAM).	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,642,021	2017-05-02	1. A method in a radio user equipment (UE) performing measurements on a serving cell and at least one neighbor cell in a heterogeneous wireless communications network that includes one or more higher power radio network nodes operating near one or more lower power radio network nodes, the method comprising: acquiring enhanced neighbor cell information for one or more neighbor cells, wherein the enhanced neighbor cell information comprises downlink subframe information associated with one of the one or more neighbor cells and a set of cells for the UE to measure, wherein the set of cells for the UE to measure is identified by a range of cell identifiers, the range of cell identifiers comprising a starting cell identifier and a step factor: determining an allowed set of one or more subframes during which downlink and/or uplink measurements may be performed for at least one neighbor cell in the heterogeneous network from the acquired enhanced neighbor cell information, wherein the allowed set of one or more subframes correspond to a time of reduced radio interference from the one or more higher power radio network nodes which facilitates downlink or uplink measurements for the least one neighbor cell; and using the acquired enhanced neighbor cell information to perform measurements on the at least one neighbor cell in the heterogeneous network during the allowed set of one or more subframes.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,145,741	2015-09-29	1. A cutting element for an earth-boring tool, comprising: an elongated body having a longitudinal axis; a generally planar volume of hard material attached to the elongated body proximate an end of the elongated body, wherein a line normal to the generally planar volume of hard material is oriented at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the elongated body; and a sensor affixed directly to the elongated body, the sensor comprising at least one of a strain gauge, a load cell, a torque cell, and a bending cell.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,394,881	2013-03-12	1. A golf ball comprising: a core; and a cover covering the core, wherein the cover is formed of a cover composition containing a (meth)acrylic polymer-modified silicate and a resin component, wherein the (meth)acrylic polymer comprises a (meth)acrylic acid ester having a tertiary amino group as a component, wherein the (meth)acrylic polymer-modified silicate is a silicate having a layered structure enveloped by a (meth)acrylic polymer, and wherein the (meth)acrylic polymer-modified silicate, before being mixed with the resin component, comprises a layered silicate having an inter layer spacing of at least 6 nm measured by X-ray diffraction, or having an attributed X-ray diffraction peak that is not detected.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,759,338	2014-06-24	1. A compound of Formula II: or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: Y is selected from piperidinyl, cyclohexyl, and partially unsaturated cyclohexyl, wherein each member of said group is substituted with up to 4 substituents selected from hydrogen, amino, halo, hydroxyl, hydroxyl alkyl, methoxy, ethoxy, monofluoro methyl, difluoro methyl, and trifluoro methyl; R 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,097,744	2015-08-04	1. A method of determining PWM-values for a LED module with n LED chips of different color ranges, where n>1, and for each LED chip, identifying a PWM-value for generating a target color value, the method comprising: a. performing a calibration measurement such that wavelengths (λ b. determining PWM support points, wherein each PWM support point depends on a PWM value for each of the n color ranges of the LED module; c. during operation of the LED module at a current temperature (T d. obtaining PWM values for generating the target color value assigned by interpolation between the PWM support points.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,369,534	2013-02-05	1. An audio device comprising: a speaker contact, a microphone contact, and a reference contact, the reference contact being shared by power return terminals of a microphone and a speaker; a difference amplifier having a first input and a second input, the second input being coupled to the microphone contact; and a switched attenuator circuit that has first and second states, wherein in the first state, the attenuator circuit couples a sense point for the reference contact to the first input, while in the second state the first input is isolated from the reference sense point.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,363,156	2013-01-29	1. A camera comprising: a lens module having a focal plane, the lens module configured for receiving an incoming light beam for forming an image at the focal plane; an image sensor located substantially at the focal plane for sensing the image, the image sensor configured for providing electrical signal indicative of the image to a storage device; and a light valve located in relationship to the lens module, the light valve comprising a valve area positioned in a path of the light beam, wherein the light valve is operable at least in a first state and in a second state, the light valve area comprising a layer of electro-optical material disposed between a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer, the first and second electrode layer configured to apply an electric field on the electro-optical material, wherein at least one of the first and second electrode layers is patterned such that when the light valve is operated in the first state, a first section of the light valve area is clear while the light valve area outside the first section is opaque so as to allow only a part of the light beam to reach the image sensor through the first section to form a first image on the image sensor, and when the light valve is operated in a second state, a different second section of the light valve area is clear while the light valve area outside the second section is opaque so as to allow a different part of the light beam to reach the image sensor to form a second image; wherein the light valve is configured to operate in the first state and the second state in an alternate fashion in a time cycle and the image sensor is configured for providing the electrical signal to the storage device in the time cycle so as to allow the storage device to record a series of recorded images representative of the first and second images in the alternate fashion in a video mode, and wherein the light valve is further operable in a third state, and said at least one of the first and second electrode layers is patterned such that when the light valve is operated in the third state, a third section of the light valve area is clear while the light area outside the third section is opaque so as to allow only a part of the light beam to reach the image sensor through the third section to form a third image on the image sensor in a single-shot mode, the third section located between the first section and the second section, said camera further comprising: a user interface for allowing a user to choose between the video mode or the single-shot 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,486,422	2016-11-08	1. A compound having the following formula; and wherein X is selected from the group consisting of wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of —H, CH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,833,739	2017-12-05	1. A method for removing fly ash, mercury, and mercuric salts from exhaust gas being emitted from a fossil fuel fired power plant, consisting of: connecting the exhaust gas from the fossil fuel-fired power plant to an inlet of a cyclone gas separator, wherein the cyclone gas separator effectively separates and stores the heavier fly ash; connecting the lighter exhaust gas from the cyclone separator with the inlet of an activated carbon filter and trapping additional fly ash therein along with the mercury and mercuric salts; directing the exhaust gas from the activated carbon filter to a reaction chamber operative to remove substantially all of the remaining mercury and mercuric salts from the exhaust gas; and mixing the exhaust gas in the reaction chamber with a soluble slurry of calcium hydroxide and water enhanced by a solubilizing agent and chemically producing heavier mercuric salts from the mercury in the exhaust gas and the heavier mercuric salts are removed from the reaction chamber and stored.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,698,420	2017-07-04	1. Li-Ni composite oxide particles having a composition of Li x Ni 1−y−a−b Co y M1 a M2 b O 2 wherein x, y, a and b represent 1.00≦x≦1.10; 0<y≦0.25; 0<a≦0.25; and 0≦b≦0.10, respectively; M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al and Mn; and M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr and Mg, a product of a metal occupancy (%) of lithium sites of the Li-Nicomposite oxide as determined by Rietveld analysis of X-ray diffraction thereof and a crystallite size (nm) of the Li-Ni composite oxide as determined by the Rietveld analysis being not less than 700 and not more than 1400.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
8,859,226	2014-10-14	1. A method for distinguishing Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum from at least one of Bifidobacterium breve, Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis , and Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis comprising: culturing microorganisms that include Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum and at least one other microorganism selected from the group consisting of Bifidobacterium breve, Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis , and Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis on a culture medium agar for at least 48 hours at a temperature of 37° C. under anaerobic conditions, measuring colonies produced, and only counting colonies having a diameter of 0.7 mm or larger to generate a cell count for Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum , wherein said culture medium agar is free of magnesium sulfate and manganese sulfate and comprises L-arabinose as a sole sugar source with a concentration of 2 to 3% by mass, relative to the total mass of the culture medium agar, 6.0 to 14.0 g/1,000 mL of peptone, 6.0 to 14.0 g/1,000 mL of a meat extract, and 1.8 to 4.2 g/1,000 mL of a yeast extract.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,520,356	2016-12-13	1. A packaged chip comprising: a packaging substrate comprising a first side and a second side, the second side opposing the first side; a die comprising: a ground plane that is external to the die, the ground plane being separated from the resonator circuit by at least a portion of the packaging substrate, and the ground plane being electrically coupled to the die.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,662,528	2014-03-04	1. A protective suit, comprising: a garment formed of a durable, wear-resistant material, the garment having a torso portion and sleeves and legs extending therefrom, the garment being adapted for covering the majority of a wearer's body; a plurality of selectively inflatable airbags disposed upon the garment; a helmet communicating electronically with the garment; and a forward-oriented camera and a rearward-oriented camera disposed within the helmet, the cameras communicating electronically with the garment.	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
9,423,873	2016-08-23	1. A method comprising: at a mobile device with a camera and a display:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,507,761	2013-08-13	1. A seed of canola line SCV372145, representative sample of seed of which was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11752.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,192,134	2015-11-24	1. A seed of soybean variety AR1211948, wherein a representative sample of seed of said soybean variety AR1211948 has been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-120995.	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,905,342	2014-12-09	1. A food processor comprising: a base having a motor positioned therein, a bowl removably coupled to the base, the bowl having a processing chamber defined therein, a lid removably coupled to the bowl, the lid having a feed tube that opens into the processing chamber, a cutting assembly positioned in the processing chamber and driven by the motor to cut food items advanced through the feed tube, the cutting assembly including a cutting blade and a rotating disk, the rotating disk being upwardly and downwardly moveable relative to the cutting blade between a plurality of cutting positions to produce cut food items of varying thicknesses, and an adjustment assembly secured to the lid, the adjustment assembly comprising an actuator configured to move upwardly and downwardly relative to the lid, the actuator having a first end positioned above an outer surface of the lid and a second end configured to be rotatively coupled to the rotating disk such that movement of the actuator relative to the lid causes the rotating disk to move between the plurality of cutting positions while the cutting assembly is driven by the motor; wherein the actuator has a body that extends through the lid and a bearing that is positioned between the body and the rotating disk, the bearing being configured to permit the rotating disk to rotate relative to the body of the actuator; and wherein the adjustment assembly further comprises a user-operated control device moveable coupled to the lid, the user-operated control device including a pin that is moveable between (i) a first position in which the actuator is prevented from moving upwardly and downwardly relative to the lid, and (ii) a second position in which the actuator is permitted to move upwardly and downwardly relative to the lid.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,980,536	2015-03-17	1. A method of forming a photolithographic pattern, comprising: (a) providing a substrate comprising one or more layer to be patterned over a surface of the substrate; (b) applying a layer of a photoresist composition over the one or more layer to be patterned; (c) patternwise exposing the photoresist composition layer to actinic radiation; (d) heating the exposed photoresist composition layer in a post-exposure bake process; and (e) applying a photoresist developer composition to the post-exposure baked photoresist composition layer to remove unexposed regions of the photoresist composition layer, thereby forming a photoresist pattern, wherein the photoresist developer composition comprises a mixture of a first organic solvent and a second organic solvent that are different from each other, wherein the first organic solvent is 2-heptanone and the second organic solvent is n-butyl propionate.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,661,843	2017-05-30	1. A method for controlling at least one pump in a perfusion apparatus for delivering a fluid to at least one organ through a plurality of vessels for maintaining the viability of the at least one organ, the method comprising: supplying a fluid to a first vessel of an organ and to a second vessel of an organ; measuring a first parameter of the fluid flowing in the first vessel and a second parameter of the fluid flowing in the second vessel; detecting that the first parameter of the fluid flowing in the first vessel falls outside of a predetermined range for the first parameter; and executing direct control of the second parameter of the fluid flowing in the second vessel to influence the first parameter of the fluid flowing in the first vessel wherein the direct control of the second parameter of the fluid flowing in the second vessel is executed to cooperatively return the first parameter to within the predetermined range.	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,909,573	2014-12-09	1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: scoring an alteration candidate for a query, the alteration candidate comprising multiple alteration terms, the query comprising multiple query terms, and the scoring comprising: determining whether to select the candidate to expand the query, the determination using the candidate 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,825,101	2017-11-21	1. An organic light-emitting diode substrate, comprising: a substrate; a conductive layer formed over the substrate comprising a plurality of electrodes including a plurality of anodes and a plurality of cathodes, wherein each of the anodes is electrically insulated from the rest of the anodes and the cathodes; and a light-emitting layer including a plurality of light-emitting regions formed over the plurality of anodes and the plurality of cathodes, wherein at least one of the light-emitting regions is electrically connected with at least one of the anodes and at least one of the cathodes, and two adjacent ones of the light-emitting regions share one of the electrodes.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,702,092	2014-04-22	1. A sheet feed device comprising: a holding surface configured to hold a plurality of sheets; a feed unit configured to contact a particular sheet of the plurality of sheets and to feed at least the particular sheet in a sheet feed direction; a guide plate disposed downstream of the holding surface in the sheet feed direction and comprising an inclined surface which is inclined with respect to the holding surface and is configured to guide the particular sheet fed by the feed unit, the guide plate having a hole formed therethrough; a separation member extending through the hole and extending beyond the inclined surface and beyond an opposite surface of the guide plate from the inclined surface, wherein the separation member comprises a plurality of first projections arranged in a first row in the sheet feed direction and each projecting in an inward direction from the hole of the guide plate, the inward direction being toward edges of the plurality of sheets when the holding surface holds the plurality of sheets; an elastic member configured to urge the plurality of first projections in the inward direction; and a plurality of second projections arranged in a second row parallel to the first row and projecting in the inward direction relative to the inclined surface of the guide plate, wherein the plurality of first projections of the separation member extending through the hole project by a first distance relative to the inclined surface, and the plurality of second projections project by a second distance relative to the inclined surface, the second distance being greater than the first distance.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,177,757	2015-11-03	1. A charged particle beam apparatus comprising: an electron optical system that focuses electron beams and irradiates a specimen with the electron beams; a detector that detects secondary electrons or reflected electrons generated from the specimen due to irradiation with the electron beams; and an image processing unit that compares a plurality of images with each other so as to detect a defect, wherein the electron optical system irradiates the same portion of the specimen with the electron beams at a plurality of accelerating voltages, and wherein the image processing unit differentiates a grain from a void on the basis of a contrast change amount of the same portion in a plurality of images which are acquired so as to respectively correspond to the plurality of accelerating voltages.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,710,963	2014-04-29	1. A receiver for receiving messages from a transmitter, the receiver comprising: a controller; and a driver stage for providing a supply voltage to the transmitter based on a control signal; wherein the controller is configured to measure the supply voltage and to provide the control signal to compensate changes of the supply voltage caused by a modulation of the current consumption of the transmitter, such that the supply voltage remains in a predefined range, and wherein the controller is further configured to evaluate a series of succeeding values of the control signal to derive a message generated by the transmitter by modulating its current consumption.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,536,074	2017-01-03	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 (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following: a single sign-on computation closure created in response to an initiation of a single sign-on authentication session; one or more computation entities that are to execute at least one other computation closure under the single sign-on authentication session; and at least one determination, by at least one processor, to transfer the single sign-on computation closure to the one or more computation entities.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,983,516	2015-03-17	1. An apparatus, comprising: a user equipment (UE) configured with a carrier information field (CIF) and having a communications processor to determine physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) assignments of a cellular communication system, wherein the communication processor is to monitor in a cell a set of PDCCH candidates defined in a search space S	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,954,258	2015-02-10	1. A pressure-reducing regulator for compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel, comprising: a high pressure sensor that detects fuel pressure at an inlet for ingress of fuel into the regulator; a filter element that filters fuel from the inlet; an orifice for accepting ingress of fuel from the filter element, wherein the orifice provides access to a pressure reduction chamber; a movable pintle located within the orifice, such that a flow rate of fuel through the orifice varies according to a position of the pintle within the orifice; a motor that moves the pintle within the orifice; a low pressure sensor that detects fuel pressure at an outlet for egress of fuel out of the regulator; and a control unit comprising a processing unit configured for:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,700,161	2014-04-15	1. A method of glucose level control, comprising: providing at least one implanted electrode for applying an electric field to affect a pancreas; and reducing blood glucose levels by at least 10%, by applying an electric field to affect the pancreas using said at least one implanted electrode, while not increasing blood insulin levels by more than 20%.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,127,544	2015-09-08	1. A method of producing hydrocarbons from a tight formation, comprising: injecting carbon dioxide into an injection fracture; and retrieving hydrocarbons from a recovery fracture, wherein the injection fracture and the recovery fracture originate in a horizontal wellbore and a plane of the injection fracture and a plane of the recovery fracture are separated by 50 to 500 feet and have a substantially vertical orientation.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,587,331	2013-11-19	1. A process of testing DUTs in a test system comprising an aligner and test cells, said process comprising: positioning in said aligner a first DUT on a first carrier in an aligned position in which electrically conductive terminals of said first DUT are in a predetermined position with respect to carrier alignment features of said first carrier; clamping said first DUT on said first carrier in said aligned position; while said first DUT is clamped on said first carrier in said aligned position, loading said first carrier into a housing of a first one of said test cells, a guide mechanism in said housing guiding said first carrier into an initial position in which said carrier alignment features are uncoupled from but generally aligned with contactor alignment features of a first contactor comprising electrically conductive probes; while said first DUT is clamped on said first carrier in said aligned position and said first carrier is in said initial position in said housing of said first test cell, mechanically coupling said carrier alignment features of said first carrier with said contactor alignment features of said first contactor, said coupling aligning said terminals of said first DUT with said probes of said first contactor; and testing said first DUT in said first test cell by providing signals to and from said DUT through said first contactor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,014,630	2015-04-21	1. A communication device comprising: a communication module configured to receive a first data or transmit a second data; a first electrode electrically connected to the communication module; a housing configured to cover the communication module and the first electrode; and a conductive material on the housing, part of the housing being disposed between the first electrode and the conductive material, wherein the first electrode is arranged on one side surface of an inner side of the housing, and the conductive material is arranged on at least one side surface of an outer side of the housing.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,785,143	2014-07-22	1. A method for immobilizing a streptavidin on a self-assembled monolayer, comprising the following step (a) and step (b) in this order: a step (a) of preparing a substrate comprising one molecule of an amino acid and the self-assembled monolayer, wherein, the one molecule of the amino acid is bound to the self-assembled monolayer through a peptide bond represented by the following chemical formula (I): wherein R represents a side chain of the one molecule of the amino acid, and wherein the one molecule of the amino acid is selected from the group consisting of Lysine, Histidine, Phenylalanine, Cysteine, Glycine, Methionine, Glutamate, Tyrosine, Alanine, Serine, Aspartate, Asparagine, Leucine, and Tryptophan, and a step (b) of supplying the streptavidin to the substrate to form a peptide bond represented by the following chemical formula (II) as a result of reaction between the carboxyl group of the one molecule of the amino acid and the amino group of the streptavidin wherein R represents a side chain of the one molecule of the amino acid.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0