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8,610,667	2013-12-17	1. A digital processing device having a photographing function, the device comprising: an input unit, including at least one key button; a light source, emitting light to an outside; a camera unit, generating and outputting a video signal corresponding to an external video; a video data generating unit, generating video data corresponding to the video signal; a display unit; and an identity unit, detecting a location of a detected area formed by light, reflected by pointing-means and inputted, of light emitted from the video data in units of each frame, recognizing a moving locus of the detected area by comparing at least two continuous frames and generating and outputting corresponding change information, wherein a pointer, a moving width of which is determined by an input of a minute adjusting button, is displayed on the display unit of the digital processing device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,546,619	2017-01-17	1. An aircraft gas turbine thrust-reversing device, comprising: an engine cowling of an aircraft gas turbine, the engine cowling including a rear area that is movable in an axial direction of the aircraft gas turbine from a closed forward-thrust position to a rearwardly moved thrust-reversing position in which exposes a free, substantially annular space at a front and fixed area of the engine cowling; a plurality of engine cowling guide rails attached to the engine cowling; wherein each engine cowling guide rail includes a generally oval shaped cross-section including a long side connecting opposed first and second short sides, wherein the long side has a greater extent than the first and second short sides, a slotted opening extending along a length of the engine cowling guide rail, wherein the slotted opening is opposed to the long side and bounded by the first and second short sides; a plurality of mounting elements can associated with each engine cowling guide rail, the mountain elements attached to the rear area of the engine cowling and positioned to extend through the slotted opening into an interior of the engine cowling guide rail, the mounting elements including at least one chosen from rollers and sliders engaging the engine cowling guide for allowing the mounting elements and the rear area of the engine cowling to be movable in the axial direction relative to the engine cowling guide rail; wherein each engine cowling guide rail includes first and second mounting projection arranged opposite to one another on first and second shorter sides, respectively, with each mounting member position generally centrally on the respective shorter side, with the two mounting projections formed as a single piece with the engine cowling guide rail; wherein the at least one chosed from rollers and sliders are outer rollers of spherical anti-friction bearings; wherein each guide rail includes a fastening projection directly attached and extending from a central portion area of the long side of the engine cowling guide rail.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9,051,206	2015-06-09	1. A glass exhibiting the following performance criteria: A: Compaction in the LTTC less than or equal to 5.5 ppm B: Compaction in the HTTC less than or equal to 40 ppm C: Less than 50% of an induced stress relaxed in the SRTC.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,558,142	2013-10-15	1. A food holding cabinet for keeping pre-cooked food warm comprising: a support structure that supports a plurality of row assemblies, wherein each of said row assemblies comprises a first heater assembly spaced from a second heater assembly to form a food holding cavity; and an exterior side through which food may be inserted and removed from the food holding cavity, the side comprising a bezel that covers an edge of the first heater assembly of a first one of said row assemblies and an edge of the second heater assembly of a second one of said row assemblies.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,719,561	2014-05-06	1. A computer-implemented method for managing configuration parameters of a computer system which executes user tasks on behalf of multiple respective users, comprising: (a) automatically measuring at least one workrate metric to determine a workrate corresponding to an initial configuration of said computer system, said computer system being partitioned into a plurality of logical partitions, each logical partition of said plurality of logical partitions having assigned to it a respective portion of resources of said computer system, each said user task executing in a respective logical partition of said plurality of logical partitions and using only the respective portion of resources of said computer system assigned to the respective logical partition, said workrate being an instantaneous value representing an amount of work per unit of time being processed by at least one logical partition of said computer system at a particular point in time, said workrate metric being an actual measurement representing said workrate; (b) automatically incrementally altering a value of at least one quantitative configuration parameter of said computer system according to a previously determined increment to generate a modified configuration of said computer system, said at least one quantitative configuration parameter comprising at least one parameter defining at least one of: (a) a respective workload assigned to each of a plurality of said logical partitions, and (b) a respective resource allocated to each of a plurality of said logical partitions; (c) automatically measuring said at least one workrate metric to determine a workrate corresponding to said modified configuration of said computer system after a pre-determined measurement interval has elapsed; (d) automatically comparing the workrates determined by (a) and (c) to determine an incremental effect of said (b) with respect to at least one optimization criterion; (e) responsive to (d), automatically determining an increment of said at least one configuration parameter for use in a subsequent iteration; and (f) iteratively repeating said (b) through said (e) using the increment of said at least one configuration parameter determined by said (e).	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,479,288	2013-07-02	1. A method for surreptitiously tracking usage of a mobile communication electronic device, the electronic device being capable of communicating with at least one external system, the method comprising: providing the electronic device with a software environment having a normal mode of operation and a honeypot mode of operation and with a predetermined condition, wherein, in said normal mode of operation, said software environment provides a plurality of user-invokable operations, and wherein, in said honeypot mode of operation, said software environment provides at least one of said user-invokable operations; detecting, at the electronic device, the predetermined condition, wherein the predetermined condition includes receipt, from an external device, of a message including a honeypot-triggering command; authenticating the message to verify that the message is a legitimate honeypot-triggering command sent by an authorized sender; in response to the authentication of the message, switching the software environment to said honeypot mode of operation; and, when in said honeypot mode of operation the electronic device is enabled to automatically and surreptitiously send a usage report regarding an unauthorized usage of said at least one of said user-invokable operations to a predetermined external 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,332,048	2016-05-03	1. A method, comprising: receiving a first media stream at a client device from a streaming server, the streaming server receiving the first media stream as live media from a media aggregation server, the first media stream being converted by an encoder farm into key frames and predictive frames; sending a channel change request from the client device to the streaming server, the channel change request corresponding to a switch from the first media stream to a second media stream; and receiving a key frame at the client device in response to sending the channel change request, the key frame being identified as the next available key frame associated with the second media stream after the streaming server receives the channel change request, wherein receiving the key frame results in a time variance between receiving the second media stream on the client device and receiving the second media stream on a different client device, wherein the second media stream is the same media stream being received at the client device and at the different client device,	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,562,455	2017-02-07	1. A dosing system for urea-water solution including a delivery module comprising a delivery pump ( 5 ), a dosing module ( 9 ) and a tank ( 1 ), the delivery pump having a suction side and a delivery side, wherein the delivery pump ( 5 ) and the tank ( 1 ) are connected to one another via a suction line ( 3 ) and wherein the delivery pump ( 5 ) and the dosing module ( 9 ) are connected to one another via a pressure line ( 7 ), characterized in that an aeration pump ( 15 ) is disposed parallel to the delivery pump ( 5 ), wherein the aeration pump has a suction side and a delivery side, wherein and in that the aeration pump ( 15 ) is connected to the dosing module ( 9 ) on the suction side of the aeration pump and to the tank ( 1 ) on the pressure side of the aeration pump; and wherein during operation of the aeration pump ( 15 ), urea-water solution is pumped from the dosing module ( 9 ) to the tank ( 1 ).	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,979,867	2015-03-17	1. A vitrectomy cutter, comprising: a needle with a body and a closed end tip, said body of said needle including a sidewall extending in an axial direction from said closed end tip, said body of said needle defining a linear passageway closed at a distal end by said closed end tip, said needle coated with a black material and being configured to cut vitreous or tissue and being made from a compound that is transparent to visible light, wherein the compound is transparent to visible light from 400-800 nm, and wherein the compound comprises one of: metal glass, amorphous glass, palladium alloy, zirconium alloy and aluminum nitrloxyde; and an illumination device connected to said body of said needle, such that said illumination device is capable of providing illumination to an inside portion of an eye through at least one of said closed end tip of said needle and said body of said needle, wherein the needle includes an opening disposed in said sidewall of said body, said opening being disposed proximate to said closed end tip of said needle, and said opening being configured to enable cutting of the vitreous or the tissue.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,464,527	2013-06-18	1. A wave energy converter (WEC) intended to be placed in a body of water subjected to wave motion of varying amplitude and frequency, said WEC including a first body tending to move generally in phase with the waves and out of phase with respect to a second body; and wherein said first body is a unitary structure which has a top surface extending rigidly and radially about a central opening along a horizontal plane generally parallel to the water plane and a rigid bottom, underside, portion appended to and depending from said top surface, said underside having a cross section shaped to form an inverted triangular structure for cutting through the underlying water and thereby reducing stresses imparted to said first body when subjected to water slamming; wherein said top surface and rigid bottom are symmetrical about the central opening; and wherein the second body extends along and through the central opening of the first body in a direction which is generally perpendicular to the surface of the water plane; and wherein the first and second body move relative to each other in response to the waves for generating energy.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
9,087,513	2015-07-21	1. A noise reduction method comprising: a step of generating a confidence index for each band on the basis of a spectrum of observation speech; a step of generating a probability model represented as a mixture multi-dimensional normal distribution having a dimension for each band, each normal distribution being represented as a product of a first normal distribution and a second normal distribution; and a step of estimating a mismatch vector estimated value by executing MMSE estimation on the probability model, and deriving a clean speech estimated value on the basis of the mismatch vector estimated value, wherein the first normal distribution is a probability distribution of a mismatch vector generated based on the observation speech, and wherein the second normal distribution has a zero mean, and a variance defined as a function that outputs a smaller value as the confidence index becomes greater.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,587,682	2017-03-07	1. A damper structure for a clutch, comprising: a clutch housing configured to hold a plurality of clutch plates; a clutch gear configured to transmit rotary drive power to the clutch housing via a damper; and an annular rib provided in the clutch housing and configured to regulate a position of the damper in an axial direction of the clutch housing, the rib is a protrusion projecting, in an axial direction, from an end surface of the clutch housing towards the damper and a tip end surface of the rib is configured to contact with an end surface, in the axial direction, of the damper which faces the clutch housing, wherein:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,555,784	2017-01-31	1. A braking system for a machine comprising: a first valve assembly comprising a first solenoid valve and a first directional valve fluidly coupled to the first solenoid valve; a first pressure sensor disposed downstream of the first valve assembly, wherein the first pressure sensor is configured to determine a first pressure of a braking fluid from the first valve assembly; a second valve assembly comprising a second solenoid valve and a second directional valve fluidly coupled to the second solenoid valve; a second pressure sensor disposed downstream of the second valve assembly, wherein the second pressure sensor is configured to determine a second pressure of the braking fluid from the second valve assembly; an electronically actuated directional valve in fluid communication with the first valve assembly and the second valve assembly; and a controller communicably coupled to the first pressure sensor, the second pressure sensor, the first valve assembly, the second valve assembly and the electronically actuated directional valve, the controller configured to:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,014,409	2015-04-21	1. An earcup assembly for a headset, the earcup assembly comprising: a housing having a first side adapted to engage the head of a user when in use and a second side opposite thereto; a yoke assembly pivotally coupled to the housing; a recess in the second side of the housing for receiving and storing a battery; and a battery door; wherein the housing and the battery door are pivotally coupled such that the battery door is moveable in a plane parallel to the housing between a first, open position in which the recess is accessible to a user and a second, closed position in which the recess is covered by the battery door, and wherein the battery door is moveable to the open position without obstruction by the yoke when the headset is being worn by the user.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,526,152	2013-09-03	1. A method of administering offset voltage error in a current sensing circuit, the method comprising: recording by a power supply management module a current sensing voltage for a power supply when no operating load is drawn from the power supply, wherein the power supply further comprises a plurality of independent power output channels and the current sensing circuit further comprises a summing amplifier configured to sum channel sensing voltages of the channels, wherein each channel sensing voltage represents the output current of each output channel; and dynamically calculating by the power supply management module output current of the power supply with an active load in dependence upon the recorded current sensing 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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,479,980	2016-10-25	1. A base station comprising: a computer-readable medium containing wireless uplink subframe use values (WUSUV) pertaining to a first base station and WUSUV pertaining to a second base station, wherein the WUSUV pertaining to the first base station are indicative of using subframes of wireless uplink resources to the first base station, and wherein the WUSUV pertaining to the second base station are indicative of using subframes of wireless uplink resources to the second base station; at least one processor coupled to the computer-readable medium and programmed to: a transmitter to transmit to a particular UE device over a wireless downlink an indication of the selected base station to perform the UE device transition.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,758,428	2014-06-24	1. A stent comprising: a generally thin walled cylinder, the cylinder having a plurality of arms comprised of metal, the arms being expandable; and a plurality of discrete wells formed in the metal of at least one of the arms at locations spaced from one another, with each well of the plurality of discrete wells having a perimeter defined by sidewalls extending downwardly from an outer surface of the arm to a bottom wall extending transversely to and terminating at the sidewalls and providing a closed bottom to the well, with the sidewalls and bottom wall defined by the metal of said at least one of the arms, and with each well of the plurality of discrete wells having an open top and being smaller in all dimensions than the arm, and with each well of the plurality of discrete wells containing a therapeutic agent applied therein and discrete from therapeutic agent applied in other wells of the plurality of wells; and wherein the therapeutic agent is an immunosuppressive agent.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,236,390	2016-01-12	1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a pillar-shaped semiconductor layer; two floating gates arranged so as to sandwich a channel region of said semiconductor layer; and a control gate line disposed so as to surround said two floating gates and said channel region; and wherein said two floating gates are arranged in a direction in which said control gate line extends so as to sandwich said channel region.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,816,740	2014-08-26	1. A buffer circuit, comprising: a first inverter circuit configured to receive an input signal and output an inverted input signal; a second inverter circuit configured to receive the inverted input signal and output an output signal; an impedance element connected between an output node of the first inverter circuit and an input node of the second inverter circuit; a first conductivity type switching element coupled to an output node of the second inverter circuit and configured to increase potential of the output node of the second inverter circuit when the input signal received at a control electrode of the first conductivity type switching element exceeds a first threshold voltage; and a second conductivity type switching element coupled to the output node of the second inverter circuit and configured to decrease potential of the output node of the second inverter circuit when the input signal received at a control electrode of the second conductivity type switching element is lower than a second threshold 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,679,623	2017-06-13	1. An electronic circuit for dividing a frequency of a periodic signal, comprising a plurality of memory elements, each memory element comprising an input terminal, an output terminal, a top voltage terminal, a bottom voltage terminal, and a clock terminal, wherein at least one of the memory elements is arranged with its output terminal coupled to the input terminal of another memory element wherein the electronic circuit is configured to generate an output signal having a smaller fundamental frequency than the clock signal at at least one of the output terminals; wherein each memory element is configured to change and hold a voltage at the output terminal based on a voltage at the input terminal at times controlled by a clock signal received at the clock terminal, by drawing a charge from the top voltage terminal to the output terminal or drain the charge from the output terminal to the bottom voltage terminal; and wherein at least two of the memory elements are stacked in the sense that the bottom terminal of a first memory element is connected to the top terminal of a second memory element to enable the charge to flow from the first memory element to the second memory 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,444,064	2013-05-21	1. A rotary sprayer for fluids, the sprayer comprising: a drive; a supply device for transport and application of a main fluid now; a rotating disc, said rotating disc cooperating with and driven by said drive, said disc structured and disposed to receive the main fluid flow from said supply device, said disc having an upward surface defining a radially inner area and a radially outer area which is offset in an upward direction from said radially inner area, wherein said disc has a plurality of annular openings disposed between said radially inner and said radially outer area, said annular openings said radially inner and outer areas, wherein a secondary flow is separated from the main fluid flow for passage through said annular openings, thereby leaving a residual working flow on said upward surface, said disc also having a first spray edge communicating with said radially outer area for spraying the residual working flow; webs having web surfaces facing the residual fluid flow and shaped like radially directed ramps, said webs forming bridges across said annular openings which connect said radially inner area to said radially outer area to direct the residual fluid flow in a radial and upward direction from said radially inner to said radially outer area; and web walls, each web wall bordering one web and located behind said respective web as viewed in a direction of rotation of said rotating disc, said web walls extending vertically and protruding upwardly and in an axial direction beyond said web surfaces to radially direct the residual fluid flow on said web surfaces towards said radially outer area.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,555,640	2017-01-31	1. An inkjet printhead comprising a plurality of inkjet nozzles that receive nozzle activation signals based on a firing pattern, the firing pattern determined based on a calculated pigment concentration of ink ejected by the inkjet printhead.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,825,174	2014-09-02	1. A method for applying therapeutic electric antioxidant microcurrent through clothing to human skin of a living person comprising the steps of: interweaving conductive fiber wiring into clothing which may include conductive silver-impregnated nylon fibers woven into a small patch on a skinside of the clothing thus constructing one or more conductive electrodes; contacting the human skin with at least two of the conductive electrodes; locating an electronic power-circuit module between a self-contained microcurrent power source and the conductive electrodes, each imbedded in the clothing; connecting the conductive fiber wiring to the microcurrent power source, the electronic power-circuit module and to the conductive electrodes; and applying a direct, pulsed or alternating microcurrent to particular acupuncture points on the human skin through the conductive fiber wiring and the electronic power-circuit module connected to the conductive electrodes for the therapeutic purpose of conducting electric antioxidants to the human skin.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,729,111	2017-08-08	1. A method of matching an impedance of a transmission channel having an output amplifier stage connected to a load via a matching network having a variable impedance, the method comprising: measuring a temperature of the output amplifier stage with a temperature sensor to produce a measuring signal; supplying the measuring signal to an input of a control circuit to control the variable impedance of the matching network; and varying said variable impedance with the control circuit to minimize said temperature.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,427,595	2013-04-23	1. A display device comprising: a first substrate comprising a pixel portion and a common connection portion; a second substrate comprising a first conductive layer; and a conductive particle interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the pixel portion comprises: wherein the common connection portion comprises: wherein the first oxide semiconductor layer, the second oxide semiconductor layer, and the third oxide semiconductor layer comprise at least one of indium, gallium, and zinc, and wherein the sixth conductive layer in the common connection portion is electrically connected to the first conductive layer through the conductive particle.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,256,088	2016-02-09	1. A three-level-driven array substrate row driving circuit having cascaded multi-level array substrate row driving units, each of the array substrate row driving units comprising: a pull-up driving unit having a first input and a first output; a pull-up unit having a second input, a third input and a second output, the second output electrically connects to the first output; a first pull-down unit having a third output, a fourth output, a fourth input and a fifth input, the third output electrically connects to the first output and the second input respectively, and the fourth output and the second output are electrically connected; and a second pull-down unit having a fifth output, a sixth input and a seventh input, the fifth output electrically connects to the second output and the fourth output respectively; wherein the n-th level array substrate row driving unit further comprises a clock signal input, a (n−1)-th level signal input, a (n+1)-th level signal input, a (n+3)-th level signal input, first low level input, a second low level input, and a signal output, wherein the clock signal input electrically connects to the third input of the pull-up unit, the (n−1)-th level signal input electrically connects to the first input of the pull-up driving unit, the (n+1)-th level signal input electrically connects to the fourth input of the first pull-down unit, the (n+3)-th level signal input electrically connects to the sixth input of the second pull-down unit, the first low level input electrically connects to the fifth input of the first pull-down unit, the second low level input electrically connects to the seventh input of the second pull-down unit, the signal outputs electrically connects to the second output of the pull-up unit, the fourth output of the first pull-down unit, and the fifth output of the second pull-down unit respectively; the first low level input is for inputting a first low level, the second low level input is for inputting a second low level, the first low level is smaller than the second low level; when n is in the range from 2 to fourth from the bottom, the (n−1)-th level signal input of the n-th level array substrate row driving unit electrically connects to the signal output of the (n−1)-th level array substrate row driving unit. The (n+1)-th level signal input of the n-th level array substrate row driving unit electrically connects to the signal output of the (n+1)-th level substrate row driving unit. The (n+3)-th level signal input of the n-th level array substrate row driving unit electrically connects to the signal output of the (n+3)-th level array substrate row driving unit; when n equals to one, the (n−1)-th level signal input of the n-th level array substrate row driving unit is for inputting an activating pulse signal, the (n+1)-th level signal input of the n-th level array substrate row driving unit electrically connects to the signal output of the (n+1)-th level array substrate row driving unit, the (n+3)-th level signal input signal input of the n-th level array substrate row driving unit electrically connects to the signal output of the (n+3)-th level array substrate row driving unit; when the n-th level array substrate row driving unit is any one of the penultimate or the antepenultimate array substrate row driving unit, the (n−1)-th level signal input of the n-th level array substrate row driving unit electrically connects to the signal output of the (n−1)-th level array substrate row driving unit, the (n+1)-th level signal input of the n-th level array substrate row driving unit electrically connects to the signal output of the (n+1)-th level array substrate row driving unit, the (n+3)-th level signal input of the n-th level array substrate row driving unit is configured to be dangling; and when the n-th level array substrate row driving unit is the last array substrate row driving unit the (n−1)-th level signal input of the n-th level array substrate row driving unit electrically connects to the signal output of the (n−1)-th level array substrate row driving unit, and the (n+1)-th level signal input of the n-th level array substrate row driving unit and the (n+3)-th level signal input are configured to be dangling.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,477,659	2016-10-25	1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: obtaining, at a computing device having one or more processors, a parsable content feed from at least one server associated with a social network comprising a plurality of users, the parsable content feed comprising at least one of (i) user-generated text posts on the social network and (ii) user-generated text comments to posts on the social network; obtaining, at the computing device, a set of preferred languages for a user operating the computing device, the user being one of the plurality of users; identifying, at the computing device, a text portion in the parsable content feed, the text portion being a text post or a text comment to another text post on the social network, the text post/comment having been generated by an author user of the plurality of users; based on at least a social network profile of the author user, obtaining, at the computing device, a detected language for the text portion; comparing, at the computing device, the detected language to the set of preferred languages for the user; when the detected language does not match any of the set of preferred languages, obtaining, at the computing device, a machine translation of the text portion from the detected language to one of the set of preferred languages; inserting, at the computing device, the machine translation of the text portion into the parsable content feed in place of the text portion; displaying, by the computing device and proximate to the machine translation of the text portion in the parsable content feed, a clickable icon configured for switching between displaying of the machine translation of the text portion and the text portion; and displaying, by the computing device and in response to a user selection of the clickable icon, the text portion by inserting the text portion into the parsable content feed in place of the machine translation of the text portion.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,068,670	2015-06-30	1. A valve comprising: a valve body having a first part and a second part which are arranged to clamp a portion of a wall of an inflatable structure between the first part and the second part thereby securing the valve to the inflatable structure, the first part comprising an inlet and an outlet; a valve member moveable in a linear direction with respect to the valve body between a closed condition in which flow between the inlet and the outlet is restricted and an open condition; and an actuator coupled to the valve member such that the valve member is constrained to rotate with the actuator and is movable in the linear direction with respect to the actuator, wherein the valve is configured such that rotation of the actuator causes the valve member to move in the linear direction with respect to both the actuator and the valve body between the closed condition and the open condition, and wherein the second part of the valve body supports the actuator for rotation with respect to the valve body, the valve member being arranged with respect to the actuator and the second part of the valve body such that the position of the valve member in the linear direction with respect to the first part of the valve body is maintained when different thicknesses of wall of an inflatable structure are clamped between the first part and the second part of the valve body.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,696,698	2014-04-15	1. An endovascular valve device for reducing reflux of an infusate having an embolic agent in a vessel during a therapy procedure, comprising: a) a delivery catheter having a distal end, an outer diameter, and a lumen defining an inner diameter; and b) a valve in combination with said delivery catheter, said valve including, i) a plurality of elongate first filaments in a braid, each of said first filaments having a diameter of 0.025 mm to 0.127 mm, said first filaments having a proximal end, a distal end, and a length extending therebetween, said proximal ends secured relative to each other such that a central opening is provided between said secured proximal ends, said first filaments along said lengths distal of said proximal ends not bonded to each other such that said first filaments are movable relative to each other, said distal ends of said first filaments fully collapsible relative to each other into an undeployed state, and expandable from said undeployed state into a radially-expanded deployed state by a spring bias of said first filaments, said valve in said deployed state having an opening in fluid communication with said lumen of said delivery catheter for delivery of the infusate from said delivery catheter to the vessel, wherein in said deployed state said first filaments cross one another at an angle of 100° to 150°, and said first filaments have a Young's modulus of elasticity greater than 100 MPa; and ii) a filter comprising a polymeric coating on said braided first filaments between said proximal and distal ends of said first filaments, said filter defining a pore size not exceeding 500 μm, wherein said valve expands from said undeployed state to said deployed state in less than one second in an at-rest fluid having a viscosity of 3.2 cP, and wherein once said valve is in said deployed state in the vessel, said valve is dynamically movable between an expanded valve-open configuration and a collapsed valve-closed configuration depending on a local fluid pressure about said valve, when the fluid pressure is higher on a proximal side of said valve, said valve is in said valve-closed configuration in which said distal end of said valve assumes a first diameter smaller than the diameter of the vessel such that fluid flow about the said valve and said filter is permitted, and when said fluid pressure is higher on a distal side of said valve, said valve is in said valve-open configuration in which said distal end of said valve assumes a second diameter relatively larger than said first diameter, and in which said valve contacts the vessel wall and said pore size of said filter renders said filter impermeable to the embolic agent of the infusate such that the valve is thereby adapted to reduce reflux, and wherein said coating of said filter onto said first filaments of said valve constrains said filter to change shape and move with said valve between said valve-open and valve-closed configurations as fluid pressure conditions about said valve change.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,804,039	2017-10-31	1. A measurement system comprising: an accumulator including an element movable within an internal volume of the accumulator and an end cap with a recess formed within the internal volume of the accumulator; a sensor module positioned within the recess of the end cap and comprising: a controller positioned within the recess of the end cap and coupled to the sensor module and configured to provide hardware and software functions to measure transit time of the ultrasonic signal through the accumulator to determine the location of the movable element within the accumulator.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,039,565	2015-05-26	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, and wherein the input member is directly connected to one of the first, second and third members of one of the first, second, third and fourth planetary gear sets and the output member is directly connected to another one of the first, second and third members of another one of the first, second, third and fourth planetary gear sets; a first interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the first member of the first planetary gear set with the first 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 fourth planetary gear set; a third interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the third member of the second planetary gear set with the third 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; six torque transmitting mechanisms wherein four of the six torque transmitting mechanisms are each selectively engageable to interconnect at least one of the first, second and third members with at least one other of the first, second, third members and wherein two of the six torque transmitting mechanisms are each selectively engageable to interconnect at least one of the first, second and third members with a stationary member, and wherein the six torque transmitting mechanisms are selectively engageable in combinations of at least three to establish a plurality of forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio between the input member and the output member and a first of the six torque transmitting mechanisms is selectively engageable to interconnect the second member of the first planetary gear set and the third member of the fourth planetary gear set with the third member of the second planetary gear set and 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,788,890	2014-07-22	1. An electronic display comprising: a timing controller configured to transmit test data over at least one data link, wherein the test data comprises a known or predictable stream of data, wherein the timing controller comprises pseudorandom binary sequence generating circuitry to generate the pseudorandom binary sequence; and display driver circuitry configured to receive the test data via the at least one data link and detect bit errors associated with the at least one data link based at least in part on the test data, wherein the display driver circuitry comprises pseudorandom binary sequence check circuitry configured to detect the bit errors associated with the at least one data link based at least in part on the test data.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,352,122	2013-01-08	1. An engine control apparatus comprising: an acceleration detecting means for detecting an acceleration component of gravity acceleration in a predetermined direction of a vehicle; a jump judging means for judging whether the vehicle has jumped and is in the air or not on the basis of the acceleration component detected by the acceleration detecting means; and a rotation number rise suppression processing means for suppressing a rise in rotation number of an engine when the jump judging means judges that the vehicle has jumped and is in the air.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9,289,156	2016-03-22	1. A computer-implemented method for assessing a subject's lung, the method comprising: receiving, at a processor, first data which has been obtained from the subject by performing Oxygen-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (OE-MRI); determining, from the first data, a first time-varying input of a partial pressure of oxygen measured in tissue water; determining, from the first data, a second time varying input of a partial pressure of oxygen content in inhaled gases; determining, from the first data, a third time varying input of oxygen content in venous blood; generating, by the processor, an output by fitting a model of lung function to said first time varying input, said second time varying input, and said third time varying input, wherein the model of lung function comprises a first model component and a second model component, the first model component having a first input corresponding to said first time varying input of a partial pressure of oxygen measured in tissue water and a second input corresponding to said second time varying input of oxygen content in inhaled gases and modelling a transfer of gaseous oxygen from a gaseous space within the lung to a biological material within the lung, the second model component having an input corresponding to said third time varying input of oxygen content in venous blood and modelling a transfer of oxygen from the lungs by an oxygenation of the venous blood to create oxygenated blood; and determining a measure of ventilation and perfusion within the subject's lung based upon said generated output.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,533,640	2013-09-10	1. A method for manufacturing a stencil mask for use with a character projection (CP) particle beam writing system, the method comprising: a) inputting a distortion model for the particle beam writing system, wherein the distortion model comprises: i) forms or files for parameters, and ii) scripts for simulation and correction of distortion, wherein the distortion depends on the position of the CP cell pattern on the stencil; b) inputting a stencil layout, wherein the stencil layout comprises a placed CP cell pattern; c) simulating a printed image of the placed CP cell pattern using the distortion model; d) comparing the printed image with a target layout image; e) modifying the placed CP cell pattern if the printed image does not match the target layout image within a predetermined tolerance; and f) iterating through steps c, d, and e until the printed image matches the target layout image within the predetermined tolerance, wherein the steps of simulating and modifying are performed using a computer 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,586,202	2013-11-19	1. An organic electroluminescent device, comprising: a substrate; an anode comprising an inorganic conducting material above the substrate; a cathode comprising an inorganic conducting material above the substrate; an organic emission functional layer interposed between the anode and the cathode, the organic emission functional layer comprising an organic emissive layer; an organic electrode film comprising (a) a first layer of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound having a backbone of 3- to 7-membered rings and (b) a second layer of a benzoimidazole derivative having a substituent in the benzene ring, the organic electrode film being provided such that the first layer is disposed in contact with an outer side of the cathode or the second layer is disposed in contact with an outer side of the anode; and an electrode wire on an outer side of the organic electrode film, the electrode wire being above the organic electrode film, the anode, the cathode and the 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,604,290	2013-12-10	1. A plant of soybean variety A1026715, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-120506.	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,682,637	2017-06-20	1. A computer-implemented method comprising: estimating a departure time for a mobile client device associated with a user based on historical journey data associated with the user, wherein the mobile client device is associated with a home; determining a target state of charge at the departure time for a battery system included in the mobile client device; determining one or more available charging periods and one or more demand response event periods based on demand response event data describing one or more demand response events associated with the one or more demand response event periods during which the mobile client device and the home are requested to reduce power consumption so that neither the mobile client device nor the home receive power from a power grid during the one or more demand response event periods; determining one or more amounts of power to be discharged from the battery system included in the mobile client device to the home during the one or more demand response event periods so that the home has access to power during the one or more demand response event periods; determining one or more charging time slots within the one or more available charging periods based on the target state of charge at the departure time and the one or more amounts of power to be discharged from the battery system included in the mobile client device to the home during the one or more demand response event periods; charging the battery system included in the mobile client device during the one or more charging time slots; and discharging, by the battery system of the mobile client device, power to the home during the one or more demand response event periods, wherein the power discharged by the battery system to the home is limited to substantially not exceed the determined one or more amounts of power so that the home has access to power during the one or more demand response event periods without receiving power from the power grid while the mobile client device substantially maintains the target state of charge at the departure time.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
9,476,326	2016-10-25	1. A system for generating electrical power, which comprises: a frame defining a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, and having a support base generally extending along the longitudinal axis, the support base having an input end and an output end; at least a first shear station including a first shearing blade adapted to reciprocate in a vertical direction between a first displaced position displaced from the support base and a second approximated position proximate the support base to shear the tree waste supported by the support base; and an index blade adapted for at least general horizontal movement along the support base, the index blade dimensioned and adapted to direct the sheared tree waste toward the output end of the support base; a pulverizing station for receiving the sheared tree waste directed through the output end of the support base, the pulverizing station including a pulverizing member actuable to pulverize the sheared tree waste; a furnace for receiving and converting the pulverized tree waste into steam energy; and a steam generator turbine for converting the steam energy into electricity.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9,198,543	2015-12-01	1. A soap dispenser comprising: soap providing unit having a container that has a partition plate creating a first receiving space and a second receiving space, and a lid disposed on a top opening of the first receiving space, the lid having a pressing head, a suction tube extending into the first receiving space, the second receiving space having a stopper at an inner wall thereof, a positioning rib formed under the stopper, and a through hole formed above the stopper; an exhausting tube having an exhausting pipe and at least one inlet pipe at a bottom portion of the exhausting tube, and one side of the exhausting pipe having an exhausting hole; and a fitting unit made by plastic materials and located in the second receiving space of the soap providing unit, a fitting hole formed at a center portion of the fitting unit, and a plurality of vertical protruding ribs are formed at an inner wall of the fitting hole, wherein the fitting unit moves with the second receiving space and is positioned between the stopper and positioning rib, and an upper surface of the fitting unit is in contact with the stopper while a lower surface thereof is in contact with the positioning rib, so when the exhausting pipe is disposed in the second receiving space, the fitting hole of fitting unit is used to cover the exhausting pipe and the protruding ribs are secured on the outer wall of the exhausting pipe and the soap providing unit is securely positioned above the exhausting pipe.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,544,250	2013-10-01	1. A draper platform ( 100 ) having a direction of travel through a field (“V”) and a leading edge, comprising: an elongate frame ( a plurality of support arms ( a reciprocating knife ( a left side conveyor ( a right side conveyor ( a center conveyor ( a first connection assembly releasably connecting a first side of the center conveyor (	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,831,836	2017-11-28	1. An automatic gain control (AGC) circuit comprising: a peak detector coupled to receive a received signal and a threshold value, the peak detector being configured to detect an overload condition if the received signal exceeds the threshold value; an integrator coupled to the peak detector and configured to detect a duration of an overload condition detected by the peak detector; and a controller coupled to receive the detected duration from the integrator and configured to control a gain of one or more amplifiers coupled to the AGC circuit, and to control a gain step size, based on the detected duration of the overload condition.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,540,924	2017-01-10	1. A device that transfers at least one electromagnetic signal to or from an electronics unit of downhole equipment, the device including a body and an electromagnetic signal direction altering means, the body having a light path arranged to allow the electromagnetic signal from an electromagnetic wave source associated with the electronics unit to pass to the electromagnetic signal direction altering means, the electromagnetic signal direction altering means causing the electromagnetic signal to change direction of travel, the device, in use, configured to transmit or receive the electromagnetic signal through at least one aperture through a side wall of a component of downhole equipment.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,648,886	2017-05-16	1. An apparatus for harvesting of backmeat of a carcass or carcass part of slaughtered poultry that includes a backbone, an inside, and an outside, the apparatus comprising: a scraper including a forward edge, the forward edge being movable towards and away from the outside of the poultry in a scraping direction of the scraper, the scraper being configured for scraping along both sides of the backbone to scrape backmeat loose from the carcass or carcass part; and fixing means movable towards and away from the outside of the poultry and configured to contact the outside of the poultry at a neck portion of the backbone, the fixing means fixing the position of the neck portion during the operation of the scraper, the fixing means comprising a pair of plates arranged adjacent to each other and configured to engage the outside of the poultry at the backbone as the scraper engages the poultry, the plates and scraper also movable relative to each other, the plates each having an edge positioned to face the outside of the poultry at the neck portion.	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,421,010	2013-04-16	1. A charged particle beam device for scanning a sample using a charged particle beam to inspect the sample, the sample placed on a sample stage and having a plurality of pattern-regions each where a predetermined pattern is formed, wherein: the device is configured to scan the sample using the charged particle beam in a direction intersecting a sample stage-movement direction and capture an image based on signals obtained by detecting a secondary electron or a reflection electron generated on the sample by the scanning; the device is configured to inspect the sample using the captured image, the device includes a charged particle column including a scanning deflector for controlling the scanning direction of the charged particle beam, and a control section for controlling a movement velocity of the sample stage, the device is configured to set a plurality of scan regions arranged intermittently in an inspection stripe extended on the sample in a movement direction of the sample stage, the plurality of scan regions which are to be scanned by the charged particle beam for the captured image, the device is configured to set a plurality of partial inspection regions in each of the scan regions through a screen of a console, wherein each of the partial inspection regions includes edges to be inspected partially in each of ions on the sample, and the device is configured to sample the plurality of partial inspection regions including the edges from each of the scan regions by the scanning while the stage is being moved to capture the inspection image from the partial inspection regions.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,551,144	2013-10-08	1. A bone plate system comprising: a bone plate having a first surface, a second, bone contacting surface opposed to said first surface, at least two apertures extending through said first and second surfaces and circumscribed by said first surface, a length dimension and a width dimension, said system comprising at least two sets of apertures wherein said sets are spaced lengthwise along said bone plate, each set comprising at least one aperture of said at least two apertures, wherein said at least two apertures comprises a first aperture; at least one bone screw, each having a head at a proximal end thereof and a threaded shank along a distal end portion thereof, each threaded shank configured to pass through any one of said at least two apertures, wherein said at least one bone screw comprises a first screw; a dynamic member configured to fit between portions of said first screw and said bone plate and into said first aperture, while circumscribed by said bone plate, and allow movement of said dynamic member and said first screw relative to said bone plate in a first direction, while preventing movement of said dynamic member relative to said bone plate in a direction opposite to said first direction; wherein said first screw is insertable into said dynamic member to install said first screw in said dynamic member by inserting its threaded shank distally through an opening in said dynamic member; and a backout prevention mechanism configured to prevent said first screw from backing out of said first aperture once a proximal end of the head of said first screw has been inserted into said first aperture distally past said first surface; wherein said backout prevention mechanism comprises at least one strut extending across said first aperture in a path required to be taken for backout of said first screw; and wherein said at least one strut further prevents backout of said dynamic member; and wherein said dynamic member has a concave, at least partially spherical surface that mates with a convex surface of the head of said first screw, said convex surface being at least partially spherical, wherein said concave and convex surfaces when mated allow polyaxial movements.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,419,339	2016-08-16	1. A package structure comprising: a discrete antenna disposed on a back side of a first device, wherein the discrete antenna comprises an antenna substrate, wherein the antenna substrate comprises alternating layers of conductive material and dielectric material; a through antenna substrate via, wherein the through antenna substrate via is vertically disposed through the antenna substrate; a through substrate via that is vertically disposed within the first device and coupled with the through antenna substrate via; a package substrate coupled with an active side of the first device; and a radiating element perpendicularly coupled with the through antenna substrate via and disposed on a top portion of the discrete antenna, wherein the radiating element comprises alternating layers of conductive material and dielectric material.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,498,336	2013-07-30	1. An apparatus, comprising: an encoder for encoding a single prediction picture by deriving a set of weighting parameters, selecting a single weighting parameter in the set based upon a selection criteria, and applying the selected single weighting parameter to a single reference picture used to encode the single prediction picture, wherein said encoder selects the single weighting parameter in the set based upon a full encoding of the picture with each of the weighting parameters in the set and using rate distortion optimization, and wherein the weighting parameters in the set correspond to different weighting methods, and only one weighting parameter is derived for each of the different weighting methods.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,932,531	2015-01-13	1. A catalytic converter apparatus, comprising: a housing comprising an inlet port, an outlet port spaced apart from the inlet port, a chamber between the inlet and outlet ports, an access opening for access to the chamber, and an interior sealing surface generally encompassing a periphery of one of the inlet and outlet ports in the chamber; a substrate assembly insertable into the chamber and removable from the chamber through the access opening, the substrate assembly comprising a catalyst matrix for treating fluid, and a flange element extending about a periphery of an end face of the catalyst matrix, the flange element for abutting the interior sealing surface; and a positioning mechanism for removably supporting the substrate assembly within the chamber, wherein the flange element and the interior sealing surface engage to seal a fluid flow path between the catalyst matrix and the one of the inlet and outlet ports without a gasket.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,539,260	2017-01-10	1. A compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein Y is selected from O or NH; V is selected from CR W is selected from CH U is selected from N or CH; Q is selected from N or CR wherein U and Q are not both N; R —X—R wherein X is selected from C(O), S(O) and R wherein C wherein C wherein ‘heterocyclyl’ is a 3 to 7 membered saturated or partially unsaturated monocyclic ring system containing 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O or S, each of which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1-5 substituents selected from oxo, halogen, C wherein ‘heteroaryl’ is a 3 to 7 membered fully unsaturated monocyclic ring system containing 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O or S, or pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine or imidazo[2,1-b]thiazole, each of which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1-5 substituents selected from halogen, C R R or R wherein R R R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,691,486	2014-04-08	1. An electrostatic image developing toner comprising: a toner particle (C), wherein the toner particle (C) has a structure in which a resin particle (A) containing at least a first resin (a) or a coated film (P) containing the first resin (a) is attached to a surface of a resin-containing particle (B) containing a second resin (b), and wherein the resin (b) includes a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton, and the resin (a) is a polyester resin formed from a polybasic acid and a polyhydric alcohol, wherein the resin (b) contains a linear polyester (b1) obtained by reacting a polyester diol (b11) containing a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton with a polyester diol (b12), wherein polyester diol (b12) is a reaction product between a diol and a dicarboxylic acid, in the presence of a chain-extending agent selected from the group consisting of diisocyanate compounds and dicarboxylic acid compounds.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,073,214	2015-07-07	1. A robot system, comprising: a robot; a controller for controlling an operation of the robot; and a sensor for detecting a person entering into a delivery area where the robot and the person deliver an object therebetween, wherein, when the sensor detects the person entering into the delivery area, the controller sets to the delivery area a first restricted area where the operation of the robot is restricted, and controls the robot based on the first restricted area, wherein the sensor is configured to be distinguishable of entering of the person into the delivery area from entering of the object into the delivery area, and wherein, when the sensor detects the object entering into the delivery area, the controller sets to the delivery area a second restricted area where the operation of the robot is restricted, and controls the robot based on the second restricted area.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,378,303	2016-06-28	1. A computer-system-implemented method for representing a compound relationship in a graph stored in a graph database, the method comprising: defining the compound relationship based on two or more predicates associated with two or more edges between two or more nodes in the graph; generating, in the graph, a hub node that corresponds to the compound relationship and that has an identifier that is hidden from users of the graph; adding an edge associated with an attribute predicate between the hub node and a node that includes an attribute of one of the two or more nodes; and when a cardinality of the attribute predicate is equal to one, replacing the attribute with an updated attribute of the one of the two or more nodes.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,401,299	2016-07-26	1. A moveable semiconductor substrate support comprising: an XY stage for movement in an XY plane; a rotary stage mounted upon the XY stage, the rotary stage for rotation about an axis normal to the XY plane of motion of the XY stage; a top plate coupled to the rotary stage, the top plate having an upper surface nominally parallel to the XY plane of the XY stage; a control device emplaced within the moveable semiconductor substrate support, the control device coupled to one or more actuators in the top plate and to one or more sensors in the top plate; the control device receiving data from the one or more sensors and providing control signals to the one or more actuators, the control signals being based at least in part on the data obtained from the at least one sensor; the one or more actuators being operatively coupled to one or more substrate control mechanisms which are cycled between at least two states by the one or more actuators.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,612,641	2013-12-17	1. A method of controlling an electronic device using a portable computing device, comprising: detecting an electronic device over a wireless channel of a portable computing device; establishing communications with the electronic device over the wireless channel; submitting, to a remote server, a request to receive information for controlling at least one aspect of the electronic device; receiving, from the remote server, the information for controlling the at least one aspect of the electronic device, the information including information indicating one or more capabilities of the electronic device; detecting a lateral motion of the portable computing device in a plane parallel to a reference surface; determining, using a processor of the portable computing device, a command for the electronic device based at least in part upon the determined capabilities of the electronic device and the detected lateral motion of the portable computing device; and sending the command from the portable computing device to the electronic device over the wireless channel, wherein the portable computing device is configured to at least be used as a wireless control mechanism for at least one aspect of the detected electronic device such that the detected lateral motion of the portable computing device corresponds to movement of a pointer on a display of the electronic device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,597,011	2013-12-03	1. A substrate processing tool comprising: a body defining a substrate processing region; a substrate support adapted to support a substrate within the substrate processing region; an ultraviolet (UV) radiation lamp spaced apart from the substrate support and configured to generate and transmit ultraviolet radiation to a substrate positioned on the substrate support, the UV radiation lamp comprising a source of UV radiation and a primary reflector partially surrounding the source of UV radiation, the primary reflector having a central longitudinal axis and opposing inner and outer reflective panels positioned on opposite sides of a central plane that intersects the longitudinal axis, wherein each of the opposing reflective panels includes a parabolic section and a plurality of elliptical sections that form a wavelike reflective surface, wherein the parabolic section is configured to reflect radiation from the lamp towards the substrate support without intersecting the central plane and the plurality of elliptical sections are configured to reflect radiation from the lamp towards the substrate support such that the reflected radiation intersects the central plane.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,389,916	2013-03-05	1. An apparatus for applying RF energy to an object, comprising: at least one first, slower-scanning, frequency source; at least one second, faster-scanning, frequency source; and a controller configured to sweep a range of frequencies using the second, faster-scanning frequency source to measure at least one RF interaction with the object and based on a measurement result of said sweep controls said first slower-scanning frequency source to apply RF energy to said object, wherein said second frequency source is a calibrated source, and wherein said controller is configured to calibrate when said second source is not applying RF energy to said object.	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,404,159	2016-08-02	1. A method for determining whether a TMPRSS2 RNA is present in an acellular body fluid, comprising: (a) performing real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR) on an acellular body fluid sample to amplify a polynucleotide from a 5′ region of TMPRSS2 RNA, if present, and a polynucleotide from a region of an endogenous control gene RNA present in the acellular body fluid, thereby generating a 5′ TMPRSS2 amplification product, if the TMPRSS2 RNA is present, and an amplification product generated from the endogenous control gene; (b) determining the Ct value of the 5′ TMPRSS2 amplification product, if any, and the control gene amplification product; (c) identifying the TMPRSS2 RNA as present if both the 5′ TMPRSS2 amplification product and the control gene amplification product have a Ct value of less than 40; wherein amplification of the 5′ TMPRSS2 RNA is carried out with at least one primer pair comprising a forward primer and a reverse primer that bind to the 5′ region of TMPRSS2; wherein the 5′ region of TMPRSS2 that is amplified is contained entirely within or overlaps with the 5′ untranslated region of the TMPRSS2 RNA; and wherein the endogenous control gene is ABL.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,699,743	2014-04-15	1. A speaker enclosure, comprising: a speaker enclosure frame forming comprising three sides arranged in an isosceles or equilateral triangle shape in cross-section, wherein: a front baffle panel at least partially closing a front end of the speaker enclosure frame; a back baffle panel at least partially closing a back end of the speaker enclosure frame; one or more openings in the front and/or back panels; one or more loudspeakers mounted to the one or more openings; one or more handles attached to the speaker enclosure; a sound-deadening material covering some or all of the internal surface of the speaker enclosure frame; and one or more locking members to fasten or lock the speaker enclosure to another speaker enclosure such that sides of the speaker enclosure frame of the same height mate together to releasably-hold multiple speaker enclosures together in a repeating geometric pattern.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,592,383	2013-11-26	1. A compound of the Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein R R with the proviso that when R Y is —C(O)—, —S(O) Z is E is n is 0, 1, or 2; each occurrence of R t is 0, 1, 2, or 3; each occurrence of R u is 0, 1, or 2; and R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,615,874	2013-12-31	1. A method of assembling a sectionalized device for transporting a material suspended in a fluid about a rotary element, the method comprising the steps of: providing a split fan wheel assembly that includes a slotted area in each of a first and second portion of the fan wheel assembly; attaching a plurality of splice plates to the first portion of the fan wheel assembly; positioning said first portion of said fan wheel assembly about the rotary element; applying a sealant to the slotted area in said first portion of said fan wheel assembly; and attaching said second portion of said fan wheel assembly to said first portion, wherein the step of attaching the second portion of the fan wheel assembly includes aligning the first and second portions of the fan wheel assembly using multiple radially arranged alignment holes in each of the splice plates.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,362,883	2013-01-29	1. A system for communicating information via a tactile sense comprising: a display comprising a plurality of activators; a controller comprising a processor and a memory configured to:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,944,859	2015-02-03	1. A wire clamp configured to cooperate with a terminal surface of a wiring device, the wire clamp comprising: a body having a front surface and an opposing back surface, an opening disposed substantially centrally on the body; a plurality of gripping members extending from side portions of the body; and a tab extending from the body at an acute angle away from the terminal surface and having a tab surface configured to facilitate insertion of a wire between the body and the terminal surface; and a ridge positioned on the back surface of the body; wherein the tab extending from the body is adapted and dimensioned to cooperate with a tab of the wiring device to prevent substantial rotation of the wire clamp.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,595,346	2013-11-26	1. A computerized method comprising: receiving, by a computing device from a first resource manager of a plurality of resource managers, notification of a violation for a service provided by a storage system; receiving, by the computing device from one or more of the plurality of resource managers, an estimated cost of taking a corrective action to mitigate the violation; selecting, by the computing device, a corrective action proposed by one of the plurality of resource managers based upon the estimated cost; and directing, by the computing device, the resource manager that proposed the selected corrective action to perform the selected corrective action.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,171,004	2015-10-27	1. A method for handling a delete instruction, the method comprising: in a device with a memory, receiving an instruction to delete a data file, wherein the data file is stored at a first plurality of persistent memory cells of the memory, wherein the memory further stores a directory, the directory including a first entry and a second entry associated with the data file, wherein the first entry is of a first entry type and the second entry is of a second entry type, wherein the first entry includes a first bit and multiple attribute bits, the first bit being distinct from the multiple attribute bits, wherein the first entry type is a short filename entry, and the second entry type is a long filename entry, wherein the first entry is a first entry type and the second entry is a second entry type, wherein the first bit is at a first location of the first entry and the multiple attribute bits are at a second location of the first entry, wherein at least one bit separates the first location from the second location, and wherein the at least one bit is programmed independently of the instruction to delete the data file; and in response to receiving the instruction to delete the data file:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,145,441	2015-09-29	1. A compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, isotope, stereoisomer, mixture of stereoisomers, tautomer, ester or prodrug thereof, wherein: A is a bond, —O—, —S(O) wherein B is arylene, heteroarylene, cycloalkylene or heterocycloalkylene; A X R R R R R R wherein one or more carbon ring atoms of Formula (a) is optionally replaced by a nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur atom, and wherein a ring atom of Formula (a) is optionally substituted with one or more substituent selected from the group consisting of halo, hydroxyl, —NH R R each R each R each R each n is independently 0, 1 or 2; and m is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,977,203	2015-03-10	1. A semiconductor device comprising: a protection circuit comprising a transistor; a resistor and a diode connected in series between a first terminal and a second terminal of the protection circuit; and a first capacitor electrically connected between a gate of the transistor and one of the first terminal and the second terminal of the protection circuit, wherein one terminal of the resistor and an anode of the diode are directly connected to a node, wherein the gate of the transistor is configured to be supplied with an electric potential in accordance with an electric potential of the node, and wherein one terminal of the transistor and a cathode of the diode are directly connected to the second terminal of the protection circuit.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,538,480	2017-01-03	1. A method of setting an initial dedicated physical control channel, DPCCH, power of a secondary carrier after a transmission gap, the method comprising: determining a filtered DPCCH power of first carrier; determining a power offset; and calculating the initial DPCCH power of the secondary carrier by adding the determined filtered DPCCH power of the first carrier to the determined power offset.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,709,789	2014-04-29	1. A Western blotting apparatus for detecting a plurality of analytes, said blotting apparatus comprising a base support, an analyte support comprising a solid support on which said analytes are immobilized wherein the analyte support is formed by separating the analytes by gel electrophoresis according to their properties selected from the group consisting of molecular weights and isoelectric points and transferring the analytes from gel to said solid support; and a separator containing at least three rows and least two columns of rectangular-shaped compartments arranged in a pattern selected from the group consisting of zigzag pattern and staggered pattern, wherein, said analyte support is assembled between said base support and said separator, whereby each of said analytes is at the center portion of one of said compartments.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,043,061	2015-05-26	1. A method, comprising: interpreting a powertrain load variation amplitude of a powertrain of a first vehicle from duty cycle data of motive power of the powertrain and an internal combustion engine output profile of an internal combustion engine of the powertrain with a controller, wherein interpreting the powertrain load variation amplitude comprises performing a frequency component analysis of a load description of the powertrain to determine a largest load amplitude of the load description; determining an engine output differential in response to the largest load amplitude from the powertrain load variation amplitude and the internal combustion engine output profile with the controller; and determining, with the controller, one of an energy accumulator stored energy rating sizing parameter from the engine output differential integrated over a period of time referenced to the powertrain load variation amplitude and an alternate motive power provider power rating sizing parameter from a size of the engine output differential, wherein the one of the energy accumulator stored energy rating sizing parameter and the alternate motive power provider power rating sizing parameter determines a size of a non-combustion motive power source to be installed in a second vehicle to meet motive power demands of the second vehicle that deviate from the internal combustion engine output profile, wherein the second vehicle includes an internal combustion engine having the internal combustion engine output profile.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9,482,056	2016-11-01	1. A cutting element comprising a polycrystalline diamond body, wherein the polycrystalline diamond body comprises: a cutting face; a thickness of the polycrystalline body extending from the cutting face; and a cutting face area to thickness ratio ranging from 60:16 to 500:5; wherein the thickness of the polycrystalline body is greater than or equal to 8 mm and less than or equal to 16 mm.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,968,866	2015-03-03	1. A surface-coated cutting tool comprising a base material and a coating formed on the base material, said coating including at least an inner layer and an outer layer, said inner layer being a single layer or a multilayer stack constituted of two or more layers made of said outer layer including α-aluminum oxide as a main component and exhibiting an equivalent peak intensity PR(024) of a (024) plane of x-ray diffraction of larger than 1.3, said outer layer including α-aluminum oxide crystal grains, at least 50% of α-aluminum oxide crystal grains located in a surface of said outer layer in a cross section of said surface-coated cutting tool cut along a plane including a normal to a surface of said coating satisfies a condition that	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,341,892	2016-05-17	1. A back plate for use with a backlight module, comprising: a plate; and a side wall extending out from an edge of the plate, the side wall including: wherein the wall body is substantially a continuous wall surrounding the plate or includes non-continuous walls disposed in pair on two opposite sides of the plate.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,823,234	2017-11-21	1. A dispensing device for holding and dispensing strip-like objects, like test strips for analyzing a sample of bodily fluid, wherein the dispensing device is configured to hold a stack of strips and comprises a container portion for holding the stack of strips; and a dispenser portion for dispensing strips from the dispensing device, one at a time; wherein the dispenser portion comprises a movable element for applying a rotational motion to the strip to be dispensed from a first orientation, in which the strip is enclosed in the dispensing device, to a second orientation, in which the strip is at least partially exposed, wherein the dispenser portion further comprises a clear space configured for containing a portion of the strip to be dispensed in its second orientation and allowing the strip to rotate into the second orientation, wherein the dispenser portion further comprises a fulcrum for the rotational motion of the strip, wherein the rotational motion of the strip is the result of two forces applied to the strip, namely a first force of the movable element on the strip pushing the strip using a longitudinal side of the strip, and a second force of the fulcrum defined in the dispenser portion on an opposed longitudinal side of the strip, and wherein the container portion is of a cylindrical shape and wherein the dispenser portion is situated at one of two axial ends of the container portion.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,321,164	2016-04-26	1. An impact tool which actuates a tool reciprocally in a longitudinal direction of the tool and is configured to perform a hammering operation to a workpiece, comprising: a brushless DC motor which includes a rotational shaft, the brushless DC motor actuating the tool by means of a rotation of the rotational shaft; a battery for actuating the brushless DC motor; a current providing device which provides current from the battery to the brushless DC motor, the current providing device including a plurality of switching devices; a controller which controls the plurality of switching devices of the current providing device; a cooling fan which is driven by the rotation of the rotational shaft, and a housing which houses the brushless DC motor, the current providing device and the controller, and includes an air inlet that includes a plurality of openings and an air outlet, wherein the controller and the current providing device are disposed inside a container, which is disposed inside the housing, and the container and the brushless DC motor are arranged adjacently to each other such that the brushless DC motor is disposed above the container in a direction perpendicular to longitudinal direction of the tool, the air inlet is arranged only at a part of the housing which is located between the brushless DC motor and the container in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the tool, the current providing device and the controller are arranged at an upper stream of the brushless DC motor with respect to a flow of the cooling air, and the air outlet is provided at a downstream of the brushless DC motor with respect to the flow of the cooling air.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,499,949	2016-11-22	1. A sander body providing a dump truck with the ability to simultaneously operate in a multi-function manner including sanding and towing functions when the sander body is coupled to a truck box and a swinging tailgate of the dump truck, the truck box being positionable between a horizontal position and an inclined position wherein material is gravitationally shiftable toward a rear end of the truck box, the dump truck having a tow hitch below the swinging tailgate, thereby allowing for the transfer of the material to a delivery location during sanding operations, the sander body comprising: a housing having a main body and a pair of attachment sidewalls, the main body having a trough structure with a substantially open top portion, each of the attachment sidewalls having a first attachment mechanism and a second attachment mechanism for coupling the housing to the tailgate, the first attachment mechanism being attachable to a sidewall portion of the swinging tailgate, and the second attachment mechanism being attachable to a lock pin portion of the swinging tailgate; a set of lock pins extending from a lower portion of the housing configured to interact with a locking mechanism on the truck box; and an auger housed within the main body of the housing for moving material to the delivery location for subsequent distribution during sanding operations, wherein the main body is sized so that a bottom portion of the main body is positioned above a trailer hitch carried by the dump truck; wherein the substantially open top portion of the main body of the housing is positioned between the truck box and the tailgate during sanding operations and the tow hitch is adapted to receive a towing accessory along an insertion axis, the sander body avoiding interference with the insertion axis when the truck box is in the horizontal position, the inclined position or therebetween.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,186,042	2015-11-17	1. An electronic endoscope apparatus comprising: an electronic endoscope including an insertion portion, an operation portion which is provided on a proximal end side of the insertion portion, and a universal cord which extends from the operation portion so as to be connected to an external device; a first image pickup cable having a predetermined length and a first diameter for connecting the operation portion and a connection connector for the external device that is provided at an end portion of the universal cord, the first image pickup cable being provided with a first overall shield having a surface area corresponding to the first diameter in order to block noise, the first image pickup cable being configured to be able to be placed in the universal cord; a second image pickup cable having a length which is equal to the length of the first image pickup cable and a second diameter which is smaller than the first diameter for connecting the operation portion and the connection connector for the external device that is provided at the end portion of the universal cord, the second image pickup cable being provided with a second overall shield having a surface area corresponding to the second diameter in order to block noise, the second image pickup cable being configured to be able to be placed in the universal cord; and a shield reinforcing portion which covers, as a sheath, the second image pickup cable, and is electrically connected to the second overall shield provided to the second image pickup cable, the shield reinforcing portion being connected to ground, wherein a sum of the surface area of the shield reinforcing portion and the surface area of the second overall shield provided to the second image pickup cable is set to be equal to or larger than the surface area of the first overall shield provided to the first image pickup cable such that a noise blocking force of the second image pickup cable is set to be equal to or larger than a noise blocking force of the first image pickup cable.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,625,146	2014-01-07	1. A method comprising: receiving data for printing in a laser printer, wherein the data corresponds to a plurality of lines; selecting, from the data corresponding to the plurality of lines, data corresponding to a subset of the plurality of lines such that the subset of the plurality of lines comprises (i) a top line of the plurality of lines and (ii) one or more subsequent lines of the plurality of lines; buffering, in a first buffer, the selected data such that the subset of lines are oriented in a first orientation; buffering, in a second buffer, the selected data such that the subset of lines are oriented in a second orientation that is different from the first orientation; determining an initial scanning direction of a laser beam while the laser beam is to scan the top line of the plurality of lines; based on the determined initial scanning direction of the laser beam while the laser beam is to scan the top line of the plurality of lines, selecting the data buffered in one of the first buffer or the second buffer; and scanning the laser beam in accordance with the data buffered in the selected one of the first buffer or the second buffer; wherein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,285,022	2016-03-15	1. A gear box assembly for a twin rotor combine comprising: a two speed gear box having: a splitter gear box operatively connected to the output shaft, the splitter gear box having:	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,560,844	2017-02-07	1. An improved spray apparatus for spraying a fluid from a reservoir associated with a vehicle upon an agricultural product, said spray apparatus comprising: a magnetic base having a vertical and a horizontal configuration and adapted for being magnetically fastened to a mounting surface associated with said vehicle; an angled mounting surface secured to the magnetic base having an angled fluid conduit; said angled mounting surface having an front surface presenting an angular axis extending from the magnetic base laterally towards a spray member; said spray member connectably secured to said angled mounting surface along said angular axis and presenting a fluid conduit in fluidic communication with said angled fluid conduit; a spray bead in fluidic communication with said angled fluid conduit through said fluid conduit and extending from said spray member; a spray means extending angularly from said spray head for spraying fluid received from the reservoir upon the agricultural product during movement of the vehicle; said front surface presenting a housing for receiving said spray member; and said housing further comprises a slotted opening for receipt of a mechanical fastener for releasably securing said spray member to said angled mounting surface.	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,344,104	2016-05-17	1. A signal processing circuit comprising: a first digital to analog converter configured to receive an input signal and generate a corresponding output signal; a second digital to analog converter based on a segmented architecture configured to receive the input signal an generate a corresponding reference signal; a combiner configured to receive the output signal form the first and second digital to analog converter and generating a corresponding error signal; an analog to digital converter connected to receive the error signal and generate a digital error signal; and a controller connected to receive the digital error signal and the input signal and generate at least one control signals, wherein each of the at least one control signals can be routed by the controller to one or more of the first digital to analog converter the second digital to analog converter, the combiner and the analog to digital converter, wherein the controller is configured to shuffle the segments in the second digital to analog converter between samples of the input signal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,125,863	2015-09-08	1. An immunogenic composition comprising a fusion protein-polysaccharide conjugate, wherein the conjugate consists of a bacterial cell wall polysaccharide conjugated to a cancer antigen:PdT fusion protein, where PdT is a nonhemolytic variant of pneumolysin and the cancer antigen is a target protein, wherein administration of the composition to a subject elicits humoral immunity and T-cell immunity or mucosal immunity to the cancer antigen.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,476,372	2013-07-02	1. A polyester fiber which is fiber composed of polyester and comprising laminar nanoparticles composed of a divalent metal and a phosphorus compound and having side lengths of 5-100 nm and an interlayer spacing of 1-5 nm.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,514,738	2013-08-20	1. A method of inter-cell channel quality information (CSI) estimation in a wireless telephony system having plural base stations each having plural antenna ports and plural mobile user equipment, each mobile user equipment having a primary serving base station, at least one mobile user equipment having a Coordinated Multipoint Reception relationship to a base station not its primary servicing base station, the method comprising: transmitting to the at least one user equipment on its Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) from the corresponding primary serving base station a mute PDSCH having zero energy on a resource element (RE) location of each non-serving base station, the muted PDSCH RE positions on cell-specific reference symbol (CRS) locations of each transmission antenna port from the primary serving base station given as: where: M y is the muted PDSCH RE at antenna port y; k is 0 or 1, where k takes the values of either 0 or 1 for any transmission antenna port y; y is index number of the selected antenna port; m y is an integer, where m y takes a value dependent upon which Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol is configured for PDSCH muting; j=1, 2, . . . N, where N is a number of base stations having a Coordinated Multipoint Reception relationship to the at least one user equipment and j does not equal the cell ID of the primary servicing base station; performing rate-matching at the primary servicing base station of its PDSCH around the inter-cell CSR pilot locations of the muted PDSCH; and the at least one user equipment performing inter-cell CSI estimation with respect to a selected base station having a Coordinated Multipoint Reception relationship to the at least one user equipment.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,782,217	2014-07-15	1. A method of providing information to a guardian of a minor regarding activities of the minor, the method comprising: receiving information from the guardian identifying one or more events of interest to the guardian; scanning a plurality of online data sources including at least one social network for information regarding the minor, wherein information regarding the minor includes information provided by the minor and information provided by one or more third-parties that refers to the minor; determining one or more keywords or patterns of words to search for in the information regarding the minor, wherein presence of the keywords or patterns is indicative of one or more of the identified events; parsing text portions of the information to identify text matching the one or more keywords or patterns indicative of one or more of the identified events; scanning image portions of the information to identify objects present in the images matching one or more objects indicative of one or more of the identified events; and determining a risk score for the minor based on at least a quantity of identified text and identified objects.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,888,679	2014-11-18	1. A method of moving a first body tissue to a position away from a second body tissue and then holding the first body tissue at the position without manual input, the method comprising: providing a first cord segment having a flexible length with opposite ends and a second cord segment having a flexible length with opposite ends; inserting the first and second cord segments into an area containing the first and second body tissues; connecting one end of the first cord segment to a third body tissue adjacent the first body tissue and between the first and second body tissues, and connecting the other end of the first cord segment to a fourth body tissue that is on an opposite side of the first and second tissues from the third body tissue with the length of the first cord segment engaging across and moving the first body tissue toward the position away from the second body tissue; connecting one end of the second cord segment to the third body tissue adjacent the first body tissue and between the first and second body tissues, and connecting the other end of the second cord segment to the fourth body tissue that is on an opposite side of the first and second tissues from the third body tissue with the length of the second cord segment engaging across and moving the first body tissue toward the position away from the second body tissue; providing the first and second cord segments as parts of a single cord with the other end of the first cord segment being attached to the other end of the second cord segment by a third cord segment having a flexible length that extends between the other ends of the first and second cord segments; whereby the first and second cord segments engaging across the first body tissue hold the first body tissue at the position away from the second body tissue without manual input; disconnecting the one end of the first cord segment from the third body tissue and disconnecting the other end of the first cord segment from the fourth body tissue; disconnecting the one end of the second cord segment from the third body tissue and disconnecting the other end of the second cord segment from the fourth body tissue; and removing the first and second cord segments from the area containing the first and second body tissue.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,185,397	2015-11-10	1. A driving method of a 3-dimensional image display device that comprises a display panel comprising a matrix of unit pixels and a barrier panel disposed on the display panel, the driving method comprising: using a first array of the unit pixels to display an image and using a second array of the unit pixels to display black, the second array comprising the unit pixels not included in the first array; and forming openings in the barrier panel to expose the first array of unit pixels, the width of the each opening ranging from 1.5 to 2 times the width of one unit pixel, wherein the unit pixels are arranged in unit pixel groups that comprise four consecutive unit pixels in a row direction; and wherein each unit pixel group comprises two unit pixels of the first array and two unit pixels of the second array, and each of the unit pixels of the first array is alternatively arranged with respect to each of the unit pixels of the second array along the row direction.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,116,469	2015-08-25	1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier that retains developer; a frame that supports the image carrier and has a fixing hole; and a cleaning device that cleans the image carrier by removing the developer retained by the image carrier from the image carrier, the cleaning device includes: wherein the fixing member includes a shaft bearing portion that supports the transporting member in a rotatable manner, and	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,023,876	2015-05-05	1. A method of treating an inflammatory disease associated with the activity of beta2 integrins in a patient comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of a compound having the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein B is absent and R B is methylene and R N is nitrogen; X is selected from the group consisting of O and S; R and the compound is a substantially pure single Z conformer.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,641,201	2017-05-02	1. A radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) comprising: an adjustable capacitance coupled to an input terminal of the RFIC; a first single-pole multiple-throw (SPMT) radio frequency (RF) switch having an input coupled to the adjustable capacitance and a plurality of output nodes coupled to a corresponding plurality of second output terminals of the RFIC; and a digital interface having an input coupled to a digital input terminal of the RFIC, a first output interface coupled to a control interface of the first SPMT RF switch, and a second output interface coupled to the adjustable capacitance.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,707,105	2017-07-18	1. A prosthetic implant device comprising: an internal component comprising an implant portion and one or more rare earth magnets, the internal component being of a size and shape suitable for surgical implantation into a residual limb of an amputee, the implant portion being of a size and shape suitable for surgical implantation into a bone within the residual limb of the amputee, the one or more rare earth magnets generating at least one magnetic field; and an external component comprising a prosthetic connection, a magnetic element connected to a shaft, and a linear bearing connected to the prosthetic connection and through which the shaft is disposed, wherein the linear bearing permits: (a) (i) the prosthetic connection and (ii) the shaft and the magnetic element, to move relative to one another in response to loading, wherein and (b) the magnetic element to be in adaptable magnetic association with the at least one magnetic field generated by the one or more rare earth magnets of the internal component in response to loading.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,542,435	2017-01-10	1. A search system, comprising: at least one memory operable to store program code; at least one processor operable to read the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code including: wherein the search processing execution code causes the at least one processor to identify, under a condition that the address element ID in the lowermost tier is excluded by the excluding code, pieces of the search target data associated with the geographic element group comprising the address element IDs that respectively match, in all the preset number of tiers except for the lowermost tier, to the address element IDs after the exclusion additionally, wherein the search result information output code causes the at least one processor to output, under a condition that the address element ID in the lowermost tier is excluded by the excluding code, the search result information comprising both of the search target data identified based on the address element IDs before the exclusion and the search target data identified based on the address element IDs after the exclusion mixedly, and wherein the search result information output code causes the at least one processor to output, under a condition that the processing to identify pieces of the search target data associated with the address element IDs after the exclusion is executed, the search result information in which the search target data identified by the processing is arranged below the search target data identified before the execution of the processing.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,356,984	2016-05-31	1. A computer-implemented method for sharing media content from a first device over a digital network, the method comprising: receiving a media stream at the first device from a remotely-located media source; receiving a first user command that defines a start point of a portion of the received media stream and a second user command that defines an end point of the portion of the received media stream; responsive to receiving the user commands, capturing the defined portion of the received media stream that is bounded by the start point and the end point to thereby extract a clip of the defined portion from the received media stream; and transmitting the extracted clip to a second device via the digital network.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,272,139	2016-03-01	1. An automated adaptive closed-loop functional electrical stimulation system comprising: at least one electrode assembly comprising a plurality of electrodes, including stimulation electrodes, placed on and adapted to deliver an electrical stimulation signal to the central nervous system, peripheral nervous system, or muscles of a user and sensor electrodes adapted to detect a mechanical response to a muscle stimulation signal; system means for dynamically mapping the electrode locations in real time to map out the optimal sensation points within an area of interest to enable the stimulation of a plurality of muscles; wherein the system is adapted to detect a mechanical response to a muscle stimulation signal of at least one muscle associated with a muscle group stimulated through the nervous system or proximate to the electrode assembly; wherein the system includes means for confirming the position of the electrode on the surface of a body and disengaging those electrodes which would affect vital human parts and those electrodes not needed for certain purposes; an electrical stimulation device capable of providing an electrical stimulation and operably coupled to said at least one electrode assembly and at least one sensor, the electrical stimulation device including a control system operable to automatically receive feedback from at least one characteristic of the muscle from the detected muscle response and adjust at least one parameter of the muscle stimulation signal in real-time and in response thereto to deliver an adjusted muscle stimulation signal; wherein said electrical stimulation device includes means for generating an electrical signal which includes a sequence of pulses having a selected pulse frequency and amplitude, wherein each pulse includes positive and negative excursions relative to a reference voltage; means for automatically changing the pulses in the pulse sequence between being initially positive-going and initially negative-going upon the successive occurrence of a predetermined number of pulses in the pulse sequence, thereby producing at least one harmonic frequency in the sequence of pulses in addition to the basic pulse sequence frequency; the predetermined number of pulses is more than two; and the electrical signal is a non-repeating, nonlinear, randomized wave selected from the group consisting of sinusoidal, square, triangular and combinations thereof; and a programmed microprocessor for controlling said electrical stimulation and receiving input from said at least one sensor, including means for comparing said electrical stimulation and said mechanical response based upon the input from said sensor and the means for comparing, wherein said comparing of said electrical stimulation and mechanical response is performed autonomously by said programmed microprocessor, without the need for human adjustment; wherein the electrical stimulation and the detected muscle response comprises a plurality of reaction pulses.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,371,749	2016-06-21	1. A valve stem seal assembly, comprising: an elastomeric seal; a metal retainer having an upper and a lower inward vertical surfaces, with a continuous metal stop formed therebetween; and a metal valve guide in an elastomeric-to-metal seal with the elastomeric seal on a first outward vertical surface of the metal valve guide; wherein the lower inward vertical surface of the metal retainer is in direct contact with a second outward vertical surface of the metal valve guide, and both the lower inward vertical surface of the metal retainer and the second outward vertical surface of the metal valve guide are below the stop, the stop in a block contact with a shoulder on the metal valve guide to prevent over-installation of the elastomeric seal and metal retainer, and the shoulder on the metal valve guide being above the lower portion of the metal retainer; wherein further the metal valve guide has a third outward vertical surface inwardly separated between the first and second metal valve guide outward vertical surfaces, by first and second metal valve guide horizontal surfaces, the second metal valve guide outward vertical surface being below the third metal valve guide outward vertical surface, the third metal valve guide outward vertical surface does not contact the metal retainer at all, and the retainer stop extending down from, and the shoulder being at, the farthest radial extension of the second metal valve guide horizontal surface.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,475,879	2016-10-25	1. An antibody polypeptide comprising a first variable domain, wherein said antibody polypeptide specifically binds human CD40, wherein the first variable domain comprises: (a) a CDR1 region comprising the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 region of BMS3h-56-269 (amino acids 31 to 35 of SEQ ID NO: 417), (b) a CDR2 region comprising the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 region of BMS3h-56-269 (amino acids 50 to 66 of SEQ ID NO: 417), and (c) a CDR3 region comprising the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 region of BMS3h-56-269 (amino acids 99 to 105 of SEQ ID NO: 417).	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,312,924	2016-04-12	1. A wireless charging system, comprising: a first loop antenna having a portion defining a first plane, the first loop antenna being coupled to a first surface that is parallel with the first plane; and a second loop antenna having a portion defining a second plane, the second loop antenna being coupled to a second surface that is parallel with the second plane, the second plane different than the first plane, and the first and second loop antennas configured to simultaneously wirelessly transmit power at a level sufficient to charge or power a first chargeable device and a second chargeable device based on a combination of power transmitted from the first loop antenna and the second loop antenna; and a controller configured to determine a total amount of power received by a combination of the first chargeable device and the second chargeable device and to adjust power levels of the first and second loop antennas based on the total amount of power received by the combination of the first chargeable device and the second chargeable device from the first loop antenna and the second loop antenna to increase the total amount of power received by the combination of the first chargeable device and the second chargeable device from the combination of power transmitted from the first loop antenna and the second loop antenna.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,578,496	2017-02-21	1. A communication method in a handover from a source system supporting a first radio access technology to a target system supporting a second radio access technology different from the first radio access technology, comprising: receiving, by a user equipment, a transparent container from the source system, wherein the transparent container including algorithm information of a non access stratum (NAS) and algorithm information of an access stratum (AS) which are selected by the target system; and deriving, by the user equipment, NAS keys according to the algorithm information of the NAS; deriving, by the user equipment, radio resource control (RRC) and user plane (UP) keys according to the algorithm information of the AS; and handing over, by the user equipment, from the source system to the target system by using the NAS keys and the RRC and UP keys.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0
8,861,891	2014-10-14	1. A method for segmenting an image, comprising: registering an annotated template image to an acquired reference image using only rigid transformations to define a transformation function relating the annotated template image to the acquired reference image; refining the defined transformation function by registering the annotated template image to the acquired reference image using only the rigid transformations and scaling in which scale is held equal for x, y, and z axes; further refining the refined transformation function by registering the annotated template image to the acquired reference image using only multi-affine transformations, wherein the step of further refining using only multi-affine transformations is divided into multiple registration steps wherein at each successive step thereof, registration is iterated by including additional transformation centers such that a number of transformation centers used during each successive registration step progressively increases; and still further refining the twice refined transformation function by registering the annotated template image to the acquired reference image using deformation transformations.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,825,800	2014-09-02	1. A method of monitoring a brush holder assembly of an electrical generator including one or more carbon brushes at each of a plurality of remote monitoring locations, the one or more carbon brushes of each brush holder assembly being in contact with a rotating conductive surface to conduct electrical current therefrom, the brush holder assembly permitting linear movement of the one or more carbon brushes toward the rotating conductive surface as the one or more carbon brushes wear, the plurality of remote monitoring locations geographically spaced from one another, the method comprising: providing a central control unit off-site from and in communication with the plurality of remote monitoring locations; receiving data from the plurality of remote monitoring locations at the central control unit; and evaluating the data at the central control unit to monitor states of the carbon brushes in contact with the rotating conductive surface at the plurality of remote monitoring locations to predict an estimated projection of a future condition of the carbon brushes at a future date.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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