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C23C,H01J | 9,359,670 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A method for sputtering a thin film on a substrate, comprising: providing a sputtering device comprising: sputtering to form a first layer in a first facing mode where magnetic flux-lines are formed between the first and second targets, and in the first facing mode the controller controls electrical energy to the non-sputtering electromagnets so that each non-sputtering electromagnet has an opposite pole direction as that of an adjacent other pole element of the respective other pole group while no electrical energy is sent to the first and second electromagnets; sputtering to form a second layer in a second facing mode where magnetic flux-lines are formed between the first and second targets, and in the second facing mode the controller controls sputtering to form a third layer in a mixed mode where magnetic flux-lines are formed between the first and second targets and each of the first and second targets has formed thereupon curved magnet flux-lines that curve back thereupon, the controller controlling |
C08G,C08J,C08L,C09J | 9,388,287 | 2016-07-12 | 1. A polyimide powder that is an imide of polyamic acid obtained by polymerizing a diamine and at least two acid dianhydrides, wherein a degree of imidization of the polyimide powder is not less than 80%; a specific refractive index increment (dn/dc) of the polyimide powder is 0.100 to 0.1800; and the acid dianhydrides comprise 2,2-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)hexafluoropropane dianhydride, and at least one selected from the group consisting of 4-(2,5-dioxotetrahydrofuran-3)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphtalene-1,2-dicarboxylic anhydride and 4,4′-(4,4′-isopropylidenediphenoxy)bis(phthalic anhydride); wherein the imide of the polyamic acid is obtained by lastly injecting the 2,2-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)hexafluoropropane dianhydride during the polymerization of the diamine and the acid dianhydrides; and wherein the specific refractive index increment (dn/dc) is defined as follows: Specific refractive index increment (dn/dc): the value is that a change rate of refractive index according to the change rate of dilute solution concentration is differentiated and is measured within the range of 0.001 to 0.1 g/ml that is a section of concentration change when detecting a refractive index through injecting the polyimide powder in a state of dilute solution in an organic solvent inside flow cell of differential refractometer. |
H01L | 9,331,194 | 2016-05-03 | 1. A semiconductor device having an insulated gate structure, the device comprising: a first conductivity-type semiconductor substrate constituting a first conductivity-type drift layer; a second conductivity-type well region that is provided selectively on a surface layer of one of main surfaces of the first conductivity-type semiconductor substrate; a first conductivity-type source region that is provided selectively near the main surface inside the second conductivity-type well region; a second conductivity-type low-concentration region that is provided selectively near the main surface inside the second conductivity-type well region and has a net doping concentration lower than a concentration of a second conductivity-type impurity contained in the second conductivity-type well region, and the second conductivity-type low-concentration region is surrounded by the second conductivity-type well region; and a gate insulator that is provided on surfaces of the main surface, and a gate electrode that is provided on surfaces of the gate insulator, and the gate electrode is provided over the first conductivity-type source region, the second conductivity-type low-concentration region, the second conductivity-type well region, and the first conductivity-type drift layer. |
B01D,B01L | 9,259,666 | 2016-02-16 | 1. A vertical extractor/separator for a continuous or stage-by-stage process comprising: an extraction tube having a first volume configured to receive a sample, having a first open upper part and a second closed lower part opposite to said first open upper part, a right extraction upper port and a right extraction lower port; a pre-cooling tube having a second volume smaller than said first volume, a second opened upper part, an exchange chamber below said second opened upper part, a pre-cooling left port structurally connected to said right extraction upper port, a pre-cooling right port opposite to said pre-cooling left port and vertically located above said pre-cooling left port, a bottom portion below said exchange chamber having a diameter smaller than the diameter of said exchange chamber, an elongated tube parallel to said extraction tube and having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein said upper portion is structurally connected to said bottom portion; a distillation column having an upper distillation part structurally connected to said pre-cooling right port, a distillation mid part parallel to said elongated tube, a distillation lower part; a first valve having a first valve upper port structurally connected to said elongated tube lower portion, a first valve left port structurally connected to said right extraction lower port through a second reduced-diameter tube, a first valve right port; a second valve having a second valve upper port structurally connected to said first valve right port, a second valve right port and a second valve left port structurally coupled to a collection tube; a pressure exchange chamber comprising a first chamber having a first chamber upper and lower part and a second chamber having a second chamber upper and lower part, wherein said first chamber upper part is structurally connected to said distillation lower part, the first chamber lower part is structurally connected to said second chamber upper part, said second chamber lower part having a diameter smaller than said second chamber upper part diameter, a second chamber left port structurally connected to said second valve right port. |
G02F,G09F,H01L,Y02E | 9,472,602 | 2016-10-18 | 1. A display device, comprising: a light emitting and display layer configured to display an image by emitting light, including a first array of pixels and pixel driving circuits; and a supporting layer under the light emitting and display layer, including a second array of photovoltaic material under the array of pixel driving circuits to absorb light emitted from the light emitting and display layer and convert the light into an electronic current. |
A63H | 9,339,737 | 2016-05-17 | 1. An apparatus for generating bubbles comprising: a housing; a motor; a fan device operably coupled to the motor to generate an air stream; a bubble generating assembly comprising a body and a follower member having a bubble generating device, the motor operably coupled to the bubble generating assembly to rotate the bubble generating assembly about a first rotational axis, the follower member pivotably coupled to the body so as to be pivotable about a second rotational axis; an annular cam surface being one continuous structure and comprising a raised portion and a valley portion, the annular cam surface circumscribing the first rotational axis, the follower member resting atop and in continuous surface contact with the annular cam surface during a full rotation of the bubble generating assembly; a gravity-feed reservoir configured to hold a container of bubble solution in an upside-down orientation so that an open end of the container is adjacent to a floor of the gravity-feed reservoir; a trough fluidly coupled to the gravity-feed reservoir so that the bubble solution flows from the gravity-feed reservoir into the trough; wherein upon the bubble generating assembly being rotated about the first rotational axis by the motor, the follower member rides along the annular cam surface to repetitively transition between: (1) a lowered position in which the follower member is located along the valley portion of the annular cam surface and the bubble generating device becomes loaded with bubble solution; and (2) a raised position in which the follower member is located along the raised portion of the annular cam surface and the bubble generating device is aligned with the air stream generated by the fan; and wherein the follower member transitions between the raised position and the lowered position by rotating about the second rotational axis. |
G02B,G03B | 9,261,767 | 2016-02-16 | 1. A projection optical system comprising: in order from a reduction side to a magnification side, an image forming unit configured to form an image thereon; a refraction optical system including a plurality of lenses; a first reflecting surface and a second reflecting surface, wherein, when an optical axis shared by the largest number of lenses among optical lenses of the refraction optical system is defined as an optical axis of the projection optical system; in arrangement where a distance between an intersection of a magnification-side surface of a lens which is arranged to be closest to the magnification side of the refraction optical system and the optical axis and an intersection of the first reflecting surface and the optical axis has a minimum value, the distance between the intersections is denoted by L, a focal length of the refraction optical system is denoted by f, a direction parallel to the optical axis is defined by a Z axis direction, an arrangement direction of the first reflecting surface and the second reflecting surface is defined by a Y axis direction, a maximum value of a distance between the optical axis and an end portion of the image forming unit in the Y axis direction is denoted by Ymax, in a YZ plane which is a plane parallel to the Y axis direction and the Z axis direction, a maximum value D1 of a distance between an intersection of a light beam path from the image forming unit and the magnification-side surface of the lens which is arranged to be closest to the magnification side of the refraction optical system and the optical axis, a sag amount ds1 which is a sag amount of the magnification-side surface of the lens which is arranged to be closest to the magnification side of the refraction optical system at the D1 and of which positive direction is defined by the direction from the reduction side in the Z axis toward the magnification side, a point H of which distance from the optical axis has a maximum value among the intersections of the light beam path and the first reflecting surface, a point F of which distance from the optical axis has a minimum value among the intersections of the light beam path and the second reflecting surface, an angle θ1 between a line connecting the H and the F and the optical axis satisfies the condition 1: 0<Ymax/f−1/tan θ1; and condition 2: −0.1<(L−D1−ds1)/(L+D1−ds1)−1/tan θ1. |
G02F,H01L | 9,482,920 | 2016-11-01 | 1. An assembly comprising: a substrate; a liquid crystal display cell disposed over the substrate; and a resistive switching cell comprising a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer, |
H01R | 9,385,476 | 2016-07-05 | 1. A connector, comprising: a housing with at least two apertures; at least two terminals each being inserted into one of the apertures and at least one locking device, the locking device being inserted into an opening of the housing for locking at least one of the terminals in the aperture; the locking device comprising at least two connection pads, each connection pad connecting one of the at least two terminals; and the locking device supports a signaling circuit, being connected to the connection pads. |
A61K,C07K,G01N | 9,434,785 | 2016-09-06 | 1. A method of treating or preventing graft versus host disease (GvHD) in a human subject in need thereof, comprising: administering an anti-OX40L antibody or fragment thereof that antagonizes specific binding of OX40 to OX40L to a subject determined to have a ratio of CD45RA+CCR7+CD95+OX40+ T stem cell memory (Tscm) cells to CD45RA+CCR7+CD95− T-naive (Tn) cells greater than 50:50 wherein the antibody or fragment thereof is administered in an amount effective to reduce the ratio of said Tscm cells in said human, wherein a blood sample obtained from the human subject has been subjected to an assay to measure the ratio of CD45RA+CCR7+CD95+OX40+ Tscm:CD45RA+CCR7+CD95− Tn cells in the sample. |
B82Y,C25D,H01J,Y10S | 9,257,258 | 2016-02-09 | 1. A method of making a transmission electron microscope micro-grid, the method comprising: providing a carbon nanotube layer comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein a plurality of apertures are defined in the carbon nanotube layer; electroplating a first metal layer on the first surface and electroplating a second metal layer on the second surface; and forming a plurality of first through holes in the first metal layer by etching the first metal layer and forming a plurality of second through holes in the second metal layer by etching the second metal layer, wherein the carbon nanotube layer is exposed through the plurality of first through holes and the plurality of second through holes. |
H04N | 9,332,199 | 2016-05-03 | 1. An imaging device, comprising: a photography optical system; a single plate-type imaging element in which a plurality of pixels including two-dimensionally arranged photoelectric conversion elements and having a different underlayer layout are repeatedly arranged in a predetermined pattern, and color filters in a predetermined color filter array are arranged on the plurality of pixels; a determination unit configured to determine that a ghost is generated when an output level of one of the plurality of pixels and an output level of the same color pixel in the vicinity of the one pixel, which is the other pixel having a different underlayer layout from the one pixel, are different within a range in which the output levels do not exceed a previously set threshold, which is based on characteristics or a usage situation of the photography optical system, and when the difference between the output level of the one pixel and the output level of the other pixel is repeatedly generated according to a repetition period of the underlayer layout; and a correction unit configured to perform correction to reduce a difference between the output level of the one pixel and the output level of the same color pixel in the vicinity when the determination unit determines that the ghost is generated, wherein the determination unit performs a determination as to whether a ghost is generated with respect to a pixel corresponding to one of the filter colors of the color filters, and when the determination unit determines that the ghost is generated with respect to the one color, the correction unit performs the correction on pixels corresponding to all filter colors of the color filters including the one color. |
G06F | 9,262,478 | 2016-02-16 | 1. A computer program product for initializing a streaming application for execution on one or more compute nodes, each compute node adapted to execute one or more stream operators, the initialization including compiling code on a compiler system hosted by the computing device, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code stored thereon, the program code, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to: examine, with a compiler system, an operator graph with a plurality of stream operators having a first stream operator written in a first set of programming instructions that outputs a plurality of tuples to a second stream operator; determine, with the compiler system, an existence of a defined processing condition at the second stream operator of the plurality of stream operators during compile-time, the defined processing condition includes a tumbling windowing condition that arranges a subset of tuples to be processed by the second stream operator from an input of the plurality of tuples by storing incoming tuples until a window is full, and flushes the stored tuples from the window; and modify the first stream operator, with the compiler system during compile-time, by compiling code that results in adding a grouping condition into the first stream operator of the plurality of stream operators in response to the determining of the existence of the defined processing condition at the second stream operator, wherein the grouping condition causes the first stream operator to output a specific group of tuples from the plurality of tuples to the second stream operator, wherein adding a grouping condition causes the first stream operator to have a second set of programming instructions different than the first set of programming instructions. |
H04W | 9,467,939 | 2016-10-11 | 1. A method comprising: a method for use by a gateway control apparatus of a mobile communications network system, the gateway control apparatus being a termination point of signaling messages according to a first communication protcol, comprising: |
A45C,A45F,A61L,B65D,G06F,H04B | 9,460,309 | 2016-10-04 | 1. A pouch for holding a mobile device, comprising: a shield defining a cavity; a covering configured to envelope the shield such that a user may hold the pouch without contacting the shield; a liner positioned within the cavity of the shield, the liner defining an opening; and a seal including a set of rib structures attached to the liner and configured to fully encase the mobile device to prevent electronic signals from reaching the mobile device and to prevent the electronic signals transmitted by the mobile device from reaching other devices outside the pouch, the set of rib structures including a first rib structure positioned on a first side of the opening and two second rib structures positioned on a second side of the opening opposite the first rib structure, the first rib structure and the two second rib structures comprising an electromagnetic shielding material, the first rib structure being positioned between and contacting the two second rib structures when the opening is closed effective to block the electronic signals. |
A01N,B27K | 9,510,599 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A composition comprising a flowable mixture of |
A61B | 9,232,939 | 2016-01-12 | 1. A flexible fixation assembly comprising: a disc-shaped flexible main body including: a suture engagement portion of the disc-shaped flexible main body configured to cooperate with a suture to mate the suture with the disc-shaped flexible main body; wherein the disc-shaped flexible main body is configured to flex outward against walls of a bone hole when implanted therein to retain both the disc-shaped flexible main body and the suture mated therewith within the bone hole; and wherein an entirety of the side surface is configured to move radially towards a longitudinal axis extending through an axial center of the disc-shaped flexible main body when the disc-shaped flexible main body is inserted in the bone hole. |
G06F,G06K | 9,367,616 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A moving image matching device for performing matching between a first video descriptor of a first video and a second video descriptor of a second video, the device comprising: a first feature reproduction unit implemented by at least a processor and that reproduces, from the first video descriptor, a first feature of the first video extracted for each picture which is a frame or a field of the first video, and a second feature of the first video extracted from a region defined by an edge of an image included in the first video; a second feature reproduction unit implemented by at least a processor and that reproduces, from the second video descriptor, a first feature of the second video extracted for each picture which is a frame or a field of the second video, and a second feature of the second video extracted from a region defined by an edge of an image included in the second video; a first feature matching unit implemented by at least a processor and that performs matching between the first feature of the first video and the first feature of the second video to calculate a first matching score; a second feature matching unit implemented by at least a processor and that performs matching between the first feature of the first video and the second feature of the second video to calculate a second matching score; a third feature matching unit implemented by at least a processor and that performs matching between the second feature of the first video and the first feature of the second video to calculate a third matching score; a fourth feature matching unit implemented by at least a processor and that performs matching between the second feature of the first video and the second feature of the second video to calculate a fourth matching score; and a selection unit implemented by at least a processor and that compares the first to fourth matching scores to select a best matching score. |
A61K,A61P,C07D | 9,227,982 | 2016-01-05 | 1. A compound according to formula (I) wherein: R R R R R |
A61K,A61P,B01D,C08B,Y10T | 9,346,894 | 2016-05-24 | 1. A sulfonated polysaccharide having a polysaccharide of heparin which has a molecular weight of less than 8000 Daltons, said sulfonated polysaccharide comprising two antithrombin III-affinity sites, wherein said polysaacharide is in isolated form. |
C09K | 9,365,773 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A liquid crystal composition comprising: at least one compound represented by General Formula (i) where R a compound represented by Formula (ii) compounds represented by General Formulae (44.1) and (44.2) at least one compound represented by General Formula (X-3-1) where R compounds represented by General Formulae (11.1) and (11.2) wherein the total amount of the compounds represented by General Formulae (44.1) and (44.2) is in the range of 6 to 12 mass % relative to the total mass of the liquid crystal composition, and the total mass of the compounds represented by General Formulae (11.1) and (11.2) is in the range of 21 mass % to 35 mass % relative to the total mass of the liquid crystal composition. |
A61F,Y10T | 9,387,133 | 2016-07-12 | 1. A sanitary product for a human vagina comprising an absorbent plug for absorption of menstrual fluid, an absorbent pad for absorption of menstrual fluid and a liquid impermeable flexible sheath disposed between the absorbent plug and the absorbent pad, the flexible sheath being a tube having an open proximal end and a closed distal end wherein the tube is itself closed at the end, the absorbent plug joined to the closed distal end of the tube entirely on the outside of the tube such that liquid cannot pass from the plug to the inside of the tube, and the absorbent pad joined to the proximal end of the tube, wherein said flexible sheath opens through the pad and is resiliently expandable in a radial direction such that a wearer's finger can be received in the sheath to assist insertion of the plug into a vaginal orifice, wherein the sheath is liquid impermeable in at least a direction from the outside of the sheath to the inside of the sheath. |
A45B | 9,504,298 | 2016-11-29 | 1. A tilting mechanism used in an umbrella, comprising: a base, having a base pin hole defined substantially perpendicular to the upright direction of the base proximate to one side of the base, a wheel moving surface slanted against the upright direction of the base, a wheel axle guiding groove, and a base mounting hole defined at a lower portion of the base, the base mounting hole adapted for mounting the base on top of a lower shaft of the umbrella; a body, having a round upper portion and a U-shaped lower portion forming a wheel holder having a wheel axle groove on each side of the U-shaped lower portion, a pin positioned in a body pin hole defined in the U-shaped lower portion, the pin extending to the base pin hole of the base to form a joint joining the base and the body, a body mounting hole defined at the round upper portion of the body, a restricting pin, a spring, a first washer positioned on top of the body, and a second washer positioned under the restricting pin, wherein the spring is installed between the first washer and the second washer to provide a resilient force to keep the sliding rod away from the body and maintain the wheel axle in its highest position of the wheel axle grooves, when the umbrella is in an upright and open position, and wherein the body mounting hole is adapted for mounting the body at bottom of an upper shaft of the umbrella; a sliding rod, having a pulley axle for mounting a pulley, a link pin for linking an angular link rod, a sliding rod top ring, a sliding rod top ring mounting hole defined substantially perpendicular to the upright direction of the base through the sliding rod top ring, two mounting screws to mount the sliding rod top ring on the top end of the sliding rod, and a pulley slot adapted for installing the pulley on the pulley axle, wherein the angular link rod has a first end connected through the link pin to the sliding rod, and a second end connected to a wheel through a wheel axle and wherein the wheel axle extends to the wheel axle grooves on each side of the U-shaped lower portion of the body; and a winding device installed on the lower shaft of the umbrella, having a crank, and a cord having a first end connected to a first cord stop on a crank axle of the crank, and a second end connected to a second cord stop on a runner of the umbrella through the pulley positioned on the sliding rod, wherein, when the umbrella is in an upright and closed position, a user turns the crank clockwise, the cord is pulled downwards, causing the runner to move upwards to open the umbrella until the runner is stopped by a runner stopper, and when the umbrella is in the upright and open position, the user continues to turn the crank clockwise, the cord is pulled further down, the sliding rod is pushed downwards causing the wheel to travel along the wheel moving surface, and the wheel axle grooves push the wheel axle to tilt the body around the pin. |
G06F | 9,367,081 | 2016-06-14 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a selection unit configured to select a first clock signal or a second clock signal to generate an output clock signal, wherein a frequency of the first clock signal is less than a frequency of the second clock signal; and circuitry coupled to the selection unit, wherein the circuitry is configured to: |
G09G | 9,240,165 | 2016-01-19 | 1. A display driver integrated circuit (DDI), comprising: a distributor configured to receive display data at a first frequency of an external clock, to interleave the display data into N (N is an integer greater than 2) and to output the interleaved display data at a second frequency of the external clock, wherein the distributor includes a cache memory or a direct memory access; a plurality of first-in first-out (FIFO) memories configured to receive all of the interleaved display data from the distributor at the second frequency of the external clock and output all of the interleaved display data at a third frequency of an internal clock; and a plurality of graphics memories configured to receive all of the interleaved display data from the FIFO memories, wherein the second frequency is equal to or higher than a frequency obtained by dividing the first frequency by N, and wherein the second frequency is less than the first frequency. |
E04H,E06B | 9,453,369 | 2016-09-27 | 1. An apparatus for use with framing, said apparatus comprising: screen mesh having a marginal portion; a lineal retainer having a major axis, a first side with a first groove, a second side with a second groove, and a third side with a third groove, wherein said second side opposes said first side, and wherein said first groove, said second groove and said third groove are parallel to said major axis; plural fasteners driven into said framing through said lineal retainer from said third groove of said third side and between said first groove and said second groove; a first spline in said first groove with said marginal portion of said screen mesh between said first spline and said lineal retainer; and a second spline in said second groove. |
H04W | 9,237,410 | 2016-01-12 | 1. A system for processing information communicated between media devices, the system comprising: one or more hardware processors configured by computer readable instructions to: |
A61K,A61P | 9,463,166 | 2016-10-11 | 1. A method for the treatment of a patient having angina, ischaemic heart disease, arterial hypertension or related disease conditions comprising orally administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises: i) a first component comprising: ii) a second component comprising: wherein the amount of isosorbide dinitrate contained therein is in an amount from about 0.1 mg to about 1 g; and wherein the amount of hydralazine contained therein is in an amount from about 0.1 mg to about 1 g. |
H01R | 9,312,643 | 2016-04-12 | 1. A mezzanine connector assembly comprising: a mezzanine receptacle connector extending between a mating end and a mounting end opposite the mating end configured to be mounted to a first circuit board, the mezzanine receptacle connector comprising a plurality of receptacle contacts arranged in pairs for carrying differential pair signals, each receptacle contact having a mating interface, the mezzanine receptacle connector having a plurality of receptacle ground shields surrounding each pair of receptacle contacts and providing electrical shielding from each other pair of receptacle contacts; and a mezzanine header connector extending between a mating end mated to the mating end of the mezzanine receptacle connector and a mounting end opposite the mating end configured to be mounted to a second circuit board such that the first and second circuit boards are parallel and spaced apart with the mezzanine receptacle connector and the mezzanine header connector therebetween, the mezzanine header connector comprising a plurality of header contacts arranged in pairs for carrying differential pair signals, each header contact having a mating segment mated to the mating interface of the corresponding receptacle contact, the mezzanine header connector having a plurality of header ground shields surrounding each pair of header contacts and providing electrical shielding from each other pair of header contacts, the header ground shields being mechanically and electrically connected to associated receptacle ground shields to create shield boxes around the various mated pairs of header and receptacle contacts. |
B60K,G06F | 9,321,349 | 2016-04-26 | 1. A method comprising: emitting a laser plane in proximity of a control panel associated with a vehicle, the control panel comprising at least one tile, wherein each of the at least one tile includes a respective corresponding physical marker extending from a surface of each of the at least one tile; detecting optical scattering from the laser plane; and determining, by at least one processor, a location of an object based in part on the optical scattering and detecting the corresponding physical marker of each of the at least one tile. |
A61K,A61P,C07D,C07H | 9,399,073 | 2016-07-26 | 1. A compound of formula I: wherein: R wherein X is selected from the group consisting of: OH, SH, CO and NHR R R R R R″ is a C Y and Y′ are selected from the group consisting of O, S, and NH; R wherein the term C wherein the term C |
C12N,C12P,C12Q,G01N,Y02E,Y02P | 9,428,776 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A fermentation process comprising a) growing engineered yeast cells of the genus Kluyveromyces in a medium comprising a carbohydrate that the cells are capable of metabolizing, while aerating the medium such that as the cells grow and reproduce the dissolved oxygen tension in the medium is reduced to zero and the cells exhibit a specific oxygen uptake rate (OUR) of at least 10 mmol O b) culturing the cells in a buffered medium under fermentation conditions including microaeration conditions sufficient to provide the culture with a specific oxygen uptake rate of about 0.8 to about 3.0 mmol O |
G06F,H01L,H05K,Y10T | 9,456,506 | 2016-09-27 | 1. A multiple socket, one-hop symmetric multiprocessor package, comprising: a first multiple-socket planar; a second multiple-socket planar; a redistribution card; a first plurality of processor modules connected to the first multiple-socket planar via a respective one of a first plurality of land grid array (LGA) connectors, wherein the first multiple-socket planar is connected to a first side of the redistribution card via a second plurality of LGA connectors; and a second plurality of processor modules connected to the second multiple-socket planar via a respective one of a third plurality of LGA connectors, wherein the second multiple-socket planar is connected to a second side of the redistribution card via a fourth plurality of LGA connectors. |
A61K,A61P,C07K | 9,526,797 | 2016-12-27 | 1. A method of treating a carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)-expressing or Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) expressing cancer in an individual comprising administering to the individual a combination of: (a) an immunoconjugate comprising: (b) a second full-length IgG antibody which specifically binds to an antigen selected from the group consisting of CD20 antigen, Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) antigen, HER2 antigen, HER3 antigen, Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Receptor (IGF-1R) antigen, Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) antigen, c-Met antigen, CUB domain-containing protein-1 (CDCP1) antigen, and Melanoma-associated Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan (MCSP) antigen, wherein the second full-length IgG antibody comprises a human IgG Fc region and is engineered to have increased effector function compared to a corresponding non-engineered antibody and comprises (i) one or more amino acid substitutions at positions 298, 333, and/or 334 of the Fc region according to EU numbering or (ii) an increased proportion of non-fucosylated oligosaccharides in the Fc region as compared to a corresponding non-engineered antibody, in a therapeutically effective amount. |
H01L | 9,425,317 | 2016-08-23 | 1. A fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device structure, comprising: a substrate; a fin structure extending above the substrate; an isolation structure, wherein the fin structure is embedded in the isolation structure; a gate structure formed on a middle portion of the fin structure, wherein the gate structure has a top portion with a top width in a direction parallel to the fin and bottom portion with a bottom width in a direction parallel to the fin, and the bottom width is wider than the top width; a source/drain (S/D) structure formed adjacent to the gate structure; and an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) structure formed adjacent to the gate structure, wherein the ILD structure has a gradient germanium (Ge) concentration. |
H01L | 9,496,414 | 2016-11-15 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: an oxide semiconductor layer including a channel formation region, a first region, and a second region; a layer including a metal oxide over and in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer; a source electrode over and in contact with the first region including a first top surface of the oxide semiconductor layer; and a drain electrode over and in contact with the second region including a second top surface of the oxide semiconductor layer, wherein an electrical conductivity of the first region is higher than an electrical conductivity of the channel formation region, and wherein an electrical conductivity of the second region is higher than an electrical conductivity of the channel formation region. |
C23C | 9,382,624 | 2016-07-05 | 1. A film formation method comprising: a film formation step of moving, during deposition of a film, a film thickness sensor for monitoring and a film thickness sensor for calibration while maintaining a relative position of the film thickness sensor for monitoring and the film thickness sensor for calibration with respect to a position of an evaporation source to thereby form the film; and a calibration step of calibrating a thickness of the film obtained by use of the film thickness sensor for monitoring by using a calibration value calculated based on a thickness of the film obtained by use of the film thickness sensor for calibration, wherein the calibration step is performed concurrently with the film formation step after movement of the evaporation source is started from a waiting position. |
G02B,H04N | 9,383,556 | 2016-07-05 | 1. An optical lens system comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof; a second lens element having an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof; a third lens element with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the third lens element being aspheric; and a fourth lens element having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element being aspheric; wherein the optical lens system has a total of four non-cemented lens elements a focal length of the first lens element is f1, a focal length of the second lens element is f2, a focal length of the third lens element is f3, a focal length of the fourth lens element is f4, a curvature radius of the object-side surface of the third lens element is R5, a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the third lens element is R6, and the following conditions are satisfied: |
G06F,G09G,H01L,H05B,Y02B | 9,304,537 | 2016-04-05 | 1. An organic light emitting diode device, comprising: a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising: wherein the driving unit of a first pixel is located right below a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel; wherein through a metal connecting layer, the organic light emitting unit is connected to a corresponding driving unit which is located beyond the scope of said pixel, the organic light emitting unit is disposed in a displaying region of the organic light emitting diode device, the driving unit is disposed in a driving region of the organic light emitting diode device, the driving region overlaps the displaying region, and the driving region is smaller than the displaying region; wherein the driving region overlaps a central part of the displaying region; wherein the organic light emitting diode device further comprises a data signal driving circuit and a scan signal driving circuit that are disposed in a first border region of the organic light emitting diode device, the first border region is located outside the displaying region, and further comprises power signal wires, data signal wires, and scan signal wires that are disposed in a second border region of the organic light emitting diode; the second border region overlaps at least one side of the displaying region. |
G07C | 9,443,362 | 2016-09-13 | 1. A reader unit configured to: register credential data in respect of users seeking access to a well-defined space, communicate with an access-control-related building component associated with the well-defined space, and communicate with a first network-addressable credential data receiver operated by a first organization for causing at least one access decision in respect of the well-defined space to be effected, wherein the reader unit is further configured to: communicate with at least one second network-addressable credential data receiver operated by a second organization different from the first organization for causing at least one access decision in respect of the well-defined space to be effected, and forward, via a communication network, each registered piece of credential data to either the first credential data receiver or a particular one of the at least one second credential data receiver based on an address linked to the piece of credential data which address identifies the first credential data receiver or the particular one of the at least one second credential data receiver by their respective network addresses, the linked address being stored in: a memory module of the reader unit or on a carrier holding the piece of credential data which carrier is configured to be presented to the reader unit for registering the piece of credential data with the reader unit. |
H01L | 9,508,797 | 2016-11-29 | 1. A nitride semiconductor device comprising: a substrate; a nitride semiconductor layer comprising a nitride semiconductor hetero-layer formed on a main surface of the substrate; a plurality of source island electrodes and a plurality of drain island electrodes of a multi-island transistor formed on the nitride semiconductor layer, the source island electrodes and drain island electrodes being spaced apart from each other and arranged as an array with alternating source island electrodes and drain island electrodes along at least two different axial directions to produce two-dimensional active regions in a device area of the nitride semiconductor layer; a plurality of gate strip electrodes formed on the nitride semiconductor layer in active regions between adjacent source island electrodes and drain island electrodes, an overlying low resistance gate interconnect running between the source island electrodes and drain island electrodes, the plurality of gate electrodes being interconnected to the low resistance gate interconnect by gate interconnections at interstices defined by adjacent vertices of the source island electrodes and the drain island electrodes; each of the plurality of source island electrodes having a respective individual source contact area (pad) comprising a bump, ball or post connection formed thereon; each of the plurality of drain island electrodes having a respective individual drain contact area (pad) comprising a bump, ball or post connection formed thereon; the low resistance gate interconnect being connected to a plurality of gate pads; and wherein, in defective active regions, individual gate strip electrodes are selectively disconnected from the gate interconnect by absence or removal of respective gate interconnections thereto. |
B26D,B41J,G06K | 9,415,612 | 2016-08-16 | 1. A printing apparatus comprising: a housing; a printing mechanism; a receiving bay for receiving a supply of image receiving medium; and a cutter module removably attached in said housing for cutting said image receiving medium, said cutter module comprising a movable blade and an actuator for actuating said movable blade; wherein said housing comprises an aperture, said cutter module being at least partially received in said aperture and being removable via said aperture, said actuator comprises a cutter button which projects outwardly from said aperture when in a rest position, and said housing comprises a locking mechanism for locking said cutter module in said printing apparatus. |
A61K,A61P | 9,326,957 | 2016-05-03 | 1. A method of enhancing insulin secretion or increasing insulin sensitivity in a mammal in need thereof, comprising administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a composition consisting essentially of water and a water-soluble extract from a fruit of genus Elaeis , wherein said extract is a water-soluble extract obtained from the vegetation liquor of a palm milling process. |
C07K | 9,279,014 | 2016-03-08 | 1. A method for preparing an active TNFR (tumor necrosis factor receptor)-Fc fusion protein, comprising: a) loading a sample comprising a mixture of TNFR-Fc fusion proteins produced in mammalian cells to a hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) column pre-equilibrated with an equilibration buffer comprising one or more salts selected from the group consisting of sodium citrate, sodium sulfate, and sodium phosphate, wherein the mixture of TNFR-Fc fusion protein is loaded in an amount of 10 to 14 g/L bed volume of chromatography resin; b) washing the column with a wash buffer comprising the same salt as in the equilibration buffer to remove clipped forms of TNFR-Fc fusion protein from the mixture of TNFR-Fc fusion proteins; and c) eluting the active TNFR-Fc fusion proteins from the column with an elution buffer having salt concentration lower than the equilibration buffer. |
H04N | 9,420,286 | 2016-08-16 | 1. A method of decoding video data, the method comprising: determining, for each reference picture in one or more reference picture lists for a current picture, whether to include the reference picture in a plurality of reference pictures for determining at least one motion vector predictor for a current block in the current picture, wherein the determination is based at least in part on whether the reference picture is a short-term reference picture or a long-term reference picture; determining, for at least one co-located block of the current block of video data in at least one picture of the plurality of reference pictures, whether a forward motion vector or a backward motion vector of the at least one co-located block of video data is used to derive the at least one motion vector predictor; determining the at least one motion vector predictor for the current block of the current picture based on the determination of whether the forward motion vector or the backward motion vector is used, one or more motion vectors of the at least one co-located block, and a comparison of a picture order count (POC) value of each picture of the plurality of reference pictures to a POC value of the current picture; and decoding a motion vector for the current block of video data relative to the at least one motion vector predictor. |
C03B,C03C,H01B,H01P | 9,272,944 | 2016-03-01 | 1. A glass-ceramic comprising at least the following constituents (in mol % on oxide basis): SiO Al B TiO RE BaO 5-35 SiO wherein RE is selected from the group consisting of a lanthanoid and yttrium, and wherein Ti may be replaced in part by at least one constituent selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf, Nb, V, and Ta. |
H01L | 9,431,491 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: an active cell region formed over a surface of a semiconductor substrate and including a vertical transistor; a drain electrode formed over the surface of the semiconductor substrate and leading out a drain of the vertical transistor from a back surface of the semiconductor substrate; a source electrode formed over the active cell region so as to be opposed to the drain electrode at least along three side at a periphery of the external drain terminal and connected to a source of the vertical transistor; and |
G01N | 9,513,202 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A rotational instrument for measuring viscosity and/or rheological properties of a fluid medium comprising, a driving rotational assembly, a driven rotational assembly with parts of the two rotational assemblies being disposed via coupling means in an operative compliantly coupled relationship such that a fluid medium can be placed to interact with the driving and driven rotational assemblies, wherein |
A61K,A61P,B01L,C07K | 9,381,261 | 2016-07-05 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of an ShK polypeptide having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:2, wherein the ShK polypeptide is attached to an organic or inorganic chemical entity that has an anionic charge, and the C-terminus is an acid or an amide, wherein the pH of the pharmaceutical composition is between 5 and 7 and the pharmaceutical composition further comprises a surfactant in an amount effective to dissolve the ShK polypeptide in an aqueous carrier. |
G01L,Y10T | 9,383,280 | 2016-07-05 | 1. A diaphragm assembly, comprising: a multi-layered assembly including a sheet-like impermeable outer diaphragm, a sheet-like impermeable inner diaphragm, and an intermediate layer arranged between the outer diaphragm and the inner diaphragm, wherein the intermediate layer comprises an interconnected solid material which is permeable to air. |
G06F | 9,514,072 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by one or more computer processors, an input/output (I/O) request that indicates a priority for performing the received I/O request by a storage controller; responsive to determining that a base device is not available to handle the received I/O request, determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the received I/O request is eligible for performance throttling based on the priority for performing the received I/O request, throttling information received from the storage controller for a previous I/O request, and one or more characteristics of the received I/O request, wherein the one or more characteristics of the received I/O request include: types of write operations for the received I/O request, types of read operations for the received I/O request, and amounts of data involved in one or more write operations or read operations for the received I/O request; transmitting, by the one or more computer processors, the received I/O request to the storage controller with an indication of whether the received I/O request is eligible for performance throttling; allocating, by the one or more computer processors, one or more of a plurality of alias devices to the base device based on the priority for performing the received I/O request and a number of the plurality of alias devices in use; responsive to determining that the throttling information received from the storage controller for the previous I/O request indicates that a request type of the received I/O request is not being throttled, determining, by one or more computer processors, whether the received I/O request is a new request; and responsive to determining that the received I/O request is a new request, flagging, by one or more computer processors, a control block representing the base device, indicating that the received I/O request is eligible for performance throttling. |
H04W | 9,432,924 | 2016-08-30 | 1. A method of operating a wireless local area network (WLAN) device, the method comprising: providing a WLAN for wireless communication devices to access communication services of a cellular communication network over the WLAN; receiving at least a preferred roaming list (PRL) provided by the cellular communication network that indicates access parameters for at least one roaming cellular communication network other than the cellular communication network; receiving a request for network access to the WLAN from a first wireless communication device having the cellular communication network as a home network provider; selecting the PRL for the first wireless communication device responsive to at least the request and information associated with the first wireless communication device, wherein selecting the PRL comprises processing the information associated with the first wireless communication device comprising a geographic location of the WLAN device, a device type of the first wireless communication device, and a cellular network operator associated with the first wireless communication device to select the PRL from among a plurality of preferred roaming lists; and transferring the PRL provided by the cellular communication network to the first wireless communication device over the WLAN, wherein the first wireless communication device can employ the access parameters indicated in the PRL to access the at least one roaming cellular communication network. |
H04L | 9,363,340 | 2016-06-07 | 1. A method, comprising: communicating a first message to a network device, the first message specifying one of a first protocol or a second protocol; configuring a first logical address for the network device based at least on the first message; communicating a second message to the network device, wherein the second message specifies one of a first mode, directing the network device to use the first protocol to connect to a network, or a second mode, directing the network device to use the second protocol to connect to the network, wherein the second message communicates an instruction to dismiss the first message; receiving a notification to release the first logical address from the network device; and configuring a second logical address for the network device, the second logical address being defined according to the second message. |
G06Q | 9,530,106 | 2016-12-27 | 1. A digital multi-lateral system for proofreading a composition during a meeting, comprising: a) a multi-screened monitor unit having a first screen and at least one oppositely facing second screen mounted in a common housing, images of a selected textual-content based composition being viewable simultaneously on said first screen and said at least one second screen; b) a computer coupled to said multi-screened monitor unit and provided with a dedicated software module installed thereon, said dedicated software module also being configured to interface between an operating system of said computer and said monitor unit; c) one or more primary co-author input devices by which a primary co-author is able to perform a proofreading operation while viewing said composition on said first screen, said one or more primary co-author input devices being coupled to said computer; d) one or more sets of secondary co-author input devices by which a corresponding secondary co-author is able to perform a proofreading operation while viewing said composition on a corresponding second screen during a meeting with the primary co-author; and e) means for transmitting signals generated by each of said secondary co-author input devices to said computer, |
A61B | 9,468,488 | 2016-10-18 | 1. A medical device for manipulation of tissue of a patient, the medical device comprising: a shaft having a proximal section extending to a distal section that has a closed distal end portion, the shaft having a plurality of lumens formed therein including a first lumen for distally advancing a first reactant through the proximal section and a second lumen for distally advancing a second reactant through the proximal section; and a cannula passed through the shaft adjacent to the first and second lumens, the cannula having an outer wall, the cannula defining a longitudinal axis therethrough, the cannula comprising a flattened distal portion, the distal portion being twisted such that the outer wall forms a mixing element positioned longitudinally within the shaft and distally from the first and second lumens, the cannula comprising a third lumen therethrough, the third lumen being coincident with the longitudinal axis throughout the distal portion, the mixing element in fluid communication with the first and second lumens and having a series of baffles for mixing the first and second reactants together producing a reaction product to heat the closed distal end portion of the shaft for manipulation of the tissue. |
H04W | 9,456,363 | 2016-09-27 | 1. A method of managing a cell of a radio telecommunication network, the cell comprising a site controller configured to control, via a packet network, a plurality of transmitters distributed over different sites of the cell such that the transmitters of the different sites transmitting over a same frequency band form a transmission channel, a channel of said transmission channel being a control channel dedicated to a transmission of signals relative to an operation of the cell, said signals comprising general operating signals and specific operating signals, the method comprising: transmitting a request comprising general operating signals from the site controller to a transmitter selected by said site controller to control storage of general operating signals in said selected transmitter, and to control handling of a transmission of said general operating signals addressed to all terminals present in the cell over said control channel in case of failure of the site controller and/or of the packet network such that in response to a failure of the site controller and/or of the packet network, the terminals continue to communicate on the transmission channel in the absence of a communication establishing operation and corresponding migration to a different cell, such that each terminal does not migrate until it requires a specific operating signal from the failed site controller and/or packet network, whereby migration of the terminals to the different cell is distributed in time in response to time distributed detection of the failure. |
F24S,H02S,Y02E | 9,353,970 | 2016-05-31 | 1. A sun-tracking motor for a solar energy collection device, comprising: a first mounting portion configured to be mounted to a fixed member relative to the Earth; a pivoting motor housing; a motor at least partially disposed within the pivoting motor housing, the motor engaged with the first mounting portion such that the motor drives the pivoting motor housing about a pivot axis relative to the first mounting portion; a motor controller disposed within the pivoting motor housing; and an inclination sensor disposed within the pivoting motor housing, wherein the motor and the inclination sensor pivot with the pivoting motor housing about the pivot axis. |
B24B,H01L | 9,370,853 | 2016-06-21 | 1. A resin lapping plate, comprising a resin sheet comprising a thermosetting polyurethane resin and having an opening rate of open pores of 10 to 50% and a Young's modulus of 7.0×10 7 to 5.0×10 8 N/m 2 . |
G06F,H04L | 9,268,934 | 2016-02-23 | 1. A method for creating a passcode within an access control system allowing a user access to controlled assets comprising: obtaining a source and creating a passcode from the source, wherein the source is provided by a non-numeric input device yielding a non-numeric passcode that is converted to a numeric passcode; using a predetermined value that is at least the same order of magnitude as the passcode for use as a first cryptographic recovery split; using the passcode and the predetermined value as inputs in a cryptographic derivation function to form a second cryptographic recovery split; storing the first cryptographic recovery split in a first repository within the access controlled system and storing the second cryptographic recovery split in a second repository outside of the access control system. |
F27B | 9,328,960 | 2016-05-03 | 1. A method for producing anodes in an annular kiln, said kiln including at least one kiln unit having a heating zone, a firing zone, a cooling zone, and a plurality of kiln chambers interconnected by heating channels forming heat exchangers used to receive anodes, said method comprising: introducing primary air into the cooling zone using a primary air feeding device for the passage of air through the kiln unit; discharging the primary air from the heating zone as flue gas using an exhaust device once the primary air passed through the firing zone; feeding secondary air into the heating zone upstream of the exhaust device with regard to a direction of the primary air flow, using a secondary air feeding device; and positioning said secondary air feeding device as a function of at least one process parameter. |
B29C,B29L | 9,415,543 | 2016-08-16 | 1. A method of bonding a second object to a first object, the method comprising the steps of providing the first object comprising a first object material comprising an at least partially cross-linked polymer or pre-polymer; providing the second object comprising a thermoplastic material; pressing the second object against the first object and coupling energy into the second object until the thermoplastic material is at least partially liquefied, and until the thermoplastic material is caused to penetrate into at least one of cracks, pores and deformations of the first object material, while the first object material is above its glass transition temperature at least in a vicinity of said cracks, pores or deformations into which thermoplastic material penetrates; and letting the thermoplastic material re-solidify. |
H02P | 9,231,507 | 2016-01-05 | 1. A motor driving circuit comprising: a rotating-position detecting unit that detects a rotating position of a rotor of a permanent magnet synchronous motor; a voltage converting unit that converts a direct-current voltage and generates a driving voltage for the permanent magnet synchronous motor; and a voltage control unit that generates a modulation wave on the basis of the rotating position and a rotating speed control signal for controlling rotating speed of the rotor and controls the voltage converting unit on the basis of a comparison result of the modulation wave and a carrier wave, wherein the motor driving circuit determines, with a differential amplifier circuit that receives the rotating speed control signal and an offset signal as inputs, a phase of the modulation wave generated by the voltage control unit. |
G01S,H01L,H04N | 9,502,458 | 2016-11-22 | 1. A circuit, comprising: a first sensor pixel configured to detect a photon and output a first voltage proportional to a time of arrival of the detected photon; a first conversion circuit configured to convert the first voltage output from the sensor pixel to a first multi-bit digital signal in the format of a thermometer code; and a plurality of counter circuits, one counter circuit per bit of the multi-bit digital signal, each counter configured to increment in response to an active logic state of said bit of the multi-bit digital signal, with accumulated count values in said plurality of counter circuits providing a timing histogram with respect to photon detection. |
G06F,H04W | 9,330,047 | 2016-05-03 | 1. A method of wireless docking, the method comprising: receiving, from a user application and with a wireless docking service of a wireless docking communications stack executing on a computing device, a request to discover one or more peripheral functions within wireless communication range of the computing device; responsive to receiving the request, discovering, with the wireless docking service, the one or more peripheral functions without communicating with a wireless docking center; consolidating, with the wireless docking service, the one or more peripheral functions into a docking session for the user application; and responsive to receiving the request, sending a docking session identifier and one or more respective references corresponding to the one or more peripheral functions from the wireless docking service to the user application. |
B65B,B67B | 9,376,302 | 2016-06-28 | 1. A device for sealing containers comprising: a container feeding device for an intermittent feed of containers in a transport direction; a cap feeding device comprising a plurality of cap gripper units forming an integral part of the cap feeding device; and a capping device movable in and opposite to a lowering direction not parallel to the transport direction, the capping device comprising a plurality of capping units corresponding to the plurality of cap gripper units in the cap feeding device, each capping unit comprising a screwing-on mechanism at one end; wherein each screwing-on mechanism is adapted to pick up a cap and to seal the container with the cap in a lowered position of the capping device; wherein a positive guidance is provided between the capping device and the plurality of cap gripper units, wherein the capping device comprises a driver element, which cooperates with a stop on the cap feeding device in such a way that, when the driver element comes into contact with the stop, a movement of the capping device in the lowering direction brings about the positive guidance of the plurality of cap gripper units in the lowering direction; and wherein the cap feeding device including the cap gripper units can be moved away from the capping device in a direction not parallel to the lowering direction and not parallel to the transport direction, with the stop sliding under and past the driver element, thus interrupting the positive guidance between the cap gripper units and the capping device. |
A45C,A45F | 9,277,804 | 2016-03-08 | 1. A cellphone and accessory carrier to be held in a hand of a user, comprising: a. a cellphone holder for holding a cellphone, the cellphone having a rear face and a front face, the cellphone holder including sidewalls that form an enclosure for the cellphone wherein the front face of the cellphone is exposed for use by the user and the rear face is covered by a rear wall having an inside surface overlaying the rear face of the cellphone and an outside surface; b. a first and second accessory holder, each having an inner wall and outer wall forming an interior enclosure for holding accessories, each wall having an exterior surface, wherein the exterior surface of the inner wall of the first accessory holder is mounted to the outside surface of the rear wall of the cellphone holder and the exterior surface of the inner wall of the second accessory holder is mounted to the exterior surface of outer wall of the first accessory holder; and c. a hand strap having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is mounted to a side of one of the cellphone holder or accessory holders and the second end is mounted to an opposed side of the same cellphone holder or accessory holder. |
A61K,A61P,C07B,C07D | 9,242,969 | 2016-01-26 | 1. A compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: Z Z R Ring B is selected from wherein [Z 1 ] indicates where the ring containing Z 1 is attached to ring B, and [Z 3 ] indicates where the ring containing Z 3 is attached to ring B, and R each Y is independently selected from C or two Y groups on Ring A are optionally taken together to form a ring fused to or bridging Ring A, where said fused or bridging ring optionally contains a heteroatom selected from N, O and S as a ring member, and is optionally substituted with up to two groups selected from C each R each p is independently 0, 1, or 2; q is 0, 1 or 2; Z L is —C(═O)—NH—[CY] or —NH—C(═O)—[CY], where [CY] indicates which atom of L is attached to CY; and CY is an aromatic ring selected from phenyl, pyridine, pyrimidine, pyrazine, pyridazine, pyridone, thiazole, isothiazole, oxazole, pyrazole, and isoxazole, wherein the ring is optionally fused to a thiophene, imidazole, oxazolone, or pyrrole ring; and CY is substituted with up to two groups selected from halo, CN, R |
B62D | 9,278,706 | 2016-03-08 | 1. A telescope stop assembly for a steering column having a jacket, the assembly comprising: a cam having a cam surface, the cam rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position; and a pin operatively associated with the cam, the cam surface acting on the pin to move the pin between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein in the extended position an end of the pin is configured to extend into a telescope channel formed in the jacket to facilitate limited telescoping movement of the steering column, and in the retracted position the end of the pin is located outside the telescope channel. |
H02K,H02P | 9,379,658 | 2016-06-28 | 1. An apparatus for controlling an induction machine in a system including a first determination unit configured to determine a command voltage in response to a command frequency from a predetermined voltage-frequency relationship, and an inverter configured to drive an induction motor in response to the command voltage, the apparatus comprising: a second determination unit configured to determine the magnitude of a current outputted from the inverter to the induction motor; and a third determination unit configured to determine a voltage compensation amount for compensating (offsetting) the command voltage in response to the magnitude of a current outputted from the inverter to the induction motor, wherein the first determination unit outputs a final command voltage in which the command voltage determined by the voltage-frequency relationship in response to the voltage compensation (offset) amount received from the third determination unit is added by the voltage compensation amount. |
A01K,F16B,Y10T | 9,314,001 | 2016-04-19 | 1. A pet leash system comprising: an insert configured to be attached to one of a pet collar and a leash; and a magnetic coupler configured to be attached to the other of the pet collar and the leash, the magnetic coupler having a quick connect receiver receiving the insert, the magnetic coupler having an outer sheath slidably coupled to and surrounding the quick connect receiver, the magnetic coupler having a magnet magnetically attracting the insert into the quick connect receiver, the magnetic coupler having insert latches engaging and locking the insert in the quick connect receiver, the insert latches being releasable to allow the insert to be removed from the quick connect receiver, wherein the outer sheath blocking and allowing movement of the insert latches based on an axial position of the outer sheath with respect to the quick connect receiver. |
H04L | 9,392,019 | 2016-07-12 | 1. A method comprising: detecting a cyber-attack on a server; identifying a number of cyber-attacks on the server per unit of time; comparing the number of cyber-attacks per unit of time to a predetermined threshold; sending a notification to a server administrator in response to the number of cyber-attacks exceeding the threshold; receiving a IP change request from the server administrator, in response to the notification, the IP change request indicating a particular response protocol among a plurality of response protocols for generating a new IP address of the server; requesting the new IP address from an IP address providing server according to using the particular response protocol, wherein each response protocol indicates a procedure for selecting a new IP address and a specific range of IP addresses from which to select the new IP address; receiving the new IP address from the address providing server; identifying a lease time associated with the new IP address from the address providing server, wherein the new IP address is valid for a limited interval of time indicated by the lease time; and applying the new IP address for the limited interval of time. |
G06F,H04L,H04W | 9,356,942 | 2016-05-31 | 1. A method for detecting an attack on a network of victim computers in a victim cloud that connect to one or more Domain Name System (DNS) or Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) servers, comprising: operating one or more decoy bot computers in the victim cloud; operating one or more decoy control computers among one or more control computers that communicates with one or more victim computers and decoy bot computers in the victim cloud; identifying threats by analyzing data traffic communicated with the one or more victim computers, the one or more decoy bot computers and the one or more decoy control computers; and upon identifying information suspected of being stolen by a hacker, |
A01D | 9,258,944 | 2016-02-16 | 1. A flexible platform for a combined harvesting, chopping, and spinning machine comprising: a platform having a first side and a second side; cutting blades located on the second side of the platform a back central auger located on the first side of the platform, the back central auger including a first side and a second side; a telescopic shaft having a first end connected to the back central auger; a right chain drive box having a first end connected to a second end of the telescopic shaft; a right oblique auger having a first end connected to a first side of a front central auger and a second end connected to the right chain drive box; the front central auger is located between the second side of the platform and the first side of the platform; a left oblique auger connected to a second side of the front central auger; a left chain drive box connecting the left oblique auger to a back shaft; a first conveyor belt located on each one of the sides of both the front central auger and the back central auger; a second conveyor belt located on each one of the sides of both the front central auger and the back central auger, each second conveyor belt is placed in parallel and adjacent to the corresponding first conveyor belt; each second conveyor belt has a rigid belt that only moves for turning of the rigid belt; each first conveyor belt has a flexible belt that moves towards the front central auger and also moves in relation to the corresponding second conveyor belt; each first conveyor belt is divided into a plurality of belts; each second conveyor belt is divided into a plurality of belts; and each first conveyor belt is located between the cutting blades and the corresponding second conveyor belt. |
E02D,E04B,E04G | 9,422,735 | 2016-08-23 | 1. A method of applying a force to a structure, comprising: folding a first inflatable hose over on itself at least once to form at least first and second inflatable hose sections with the second inflatable hose section adjacent to the first inflatable hose section, the first and second inflatable hose sections are increasable in volume in a first direction to generate a force in the first direction; locating the first and second inflatable hose sections adjacent to the structure with the second inflatable hose section positioned between the first inflatable hose section and the structure so that when the first and second inflatable hose sections are increased in volume the force that is generated in the first direction is applied to the structure; and introducing pressurized media into the first inflatable hose so as to inflate the first and second inflatable hose sections to increase the volume of the first and second inflatable hose sections so that the force in the first direction is applied to the structure. |
F25B,F25D | 9,291,383 | 2016-03-22 | 1. A refrigerator comprising: a housing enclosing a cooled storage compartment, the housing comprising a mullion; at least one sensor configured to detect moisture on a region of the housing, the region being one or more areas of the housing where moisture tends to form including the mullion, the region having less insulation relative to adjacent regions of the housing; at least one anti-sweat heater located in said region and configured to heat said region, the at least one anti-sweat heater comprising an active mode and an inactive mode; a controller operatively connected to one or more power consuming features/functions of the refrigerator, the controller configured to communicate with the at least one sensor to monitor moisture in said region, and receive and process a demand response signal from a utility and in response thereto operate the refrigerator in one of a plurality of operating modes including at least a normal operating mode and an energy savings mode when the demand response signal evokes an energy savings response, wherein the at least one anti-sweat heater is set to the active mode when the refrigerator is in the normal operating mode, and to the inactive mode when the refrigerator is in the energy savings mode, and wherein if the at least one sensor detects a level of moisture exceeding a predetermined acceptable level when the anti-sweat heater is inactive in the energy savings mode, the controller is configured to override the energy savings response and automatically set the anti-sweat heater to the active mode for at least a predetermined time to remove moisture. |
A61M,F04D | 9,387,298 | 2016-07-12 | 1. A fan unit which in use forms part of a gases supply unit suitable for use as part of a system for providing heated gases to a user, said fan unit comprising: a casing defining a diffuser, a volute, an inlet and an outlet, said volute further defined by a channel that encircles said diffuser, an impeller located within said casing and adapted for connection to a motor, said impeller further having an inducer adapted to receive a gases stream from said casing inlet, said diffuser located at least partially annular to said impeller, said impeller further having an exducer adapted to expel gases to said diffuser and said volute, a recirculation passage providing a gases flow path between an area proximate said exducer and an area proximate said inducer, wherein a lower surface of said diffuser and an inner wall of said volute define an angular transition of more than 270 degrees, wherein said lower surface of the diffuser is sloped up to 6 degrees from a plane tangential to the axis of impeller rotation. |
G06F | 9,245,007 | 2016-01-26 | 1. A method for detecting one or more documents that are duplicate or near-duplicate of a first document, wherein the method comprises: obtaining a first document; obtaining one or more additional documents; generating multiple signatures for (i) the first document and (ii) each of the one or more additional documents; indexing each of the multiple signatures for each document into a metadata index; indexing each of multiple document identifiers associated with each respective signature into a signature index; retrieving a set of one or more document signatures corresponding to the first document from the metadata index; detecting one or more documents that are duplicate or near-duplicate of the first document by identifying, based on document identifiers, from the signature index, each of the one or more additional documents that are associated with at least a minimum number of signatures in common with the first document, wherein said identifying comprises dynamically implementing, at run-time, (i) a user-configurable similarity definition applicable to each of multiple document components, wherein the similarity definition is based on (a) total number of words in each document and (b) order of words in each document, and (ii) a user-configurable similarity threshold value; dynamically changing the at least one of the similarity threshold and the similarity definition; fetching a new set of one or more documents that are duplicate or near-duplicate of the first document based on the at least one of new threshold value and new definition; and displaying the new set of one or more documents that are duplicate and near-duplicate of the first document, wherein displaying the new set of one or more documents that are duplicate or near-duplicate of the first document comprises displaying the newly fetched set of one or more documents to emphasize one or more differences with the already seen set of one or more documents. |
H01R | 9,240,641 | 2016-01-19 | 1. An electric connector to be mounted on a printed circuit board, including: a housing having an inner space into which a second electric connector is inserted in a direction in which a plane of said printed circuit board is extensive; and at least one fixer through which said housing is fixed on said printed circuit board, said fixer including an extending portion extending from a floor portion of said housing towards outside of said housing, and making contact at a lower surface thereof with a surface of said printed circuit board, said extending portion being fixed at the lower surface thereof on said surface of said printed circuit board to cause said electric connector to be fixed on said surface of said printed circuit board, said floor portion being formed with a slot being open towards an opening edge of said inner space, said fixer being inserted into said slot to thereby be held relative to said housing, said fixer being situated across said opening edge, said extending portion having a distal end extending beyond said opening edge towards outside of said housing in a direction opposite to said inserted direction of said second electric connector. |
E21B | 9,482,058 | 2016-11-01 | 1. A downhole cutting tool, comprising: a tool body having at least one cutting element support structure formed thereon, wherein the at least one cutting element support structure comprises at least one cutter pocket formed therein at a retention pocket radially adjacent to the at least one cutter pocket and intersecting a leading face of the at least one cutting element support structure; at least one cutter, having a substantially unobstructed cutting face, retained within the at least one cutter pocket, the cutter pocket preventing substantial lateral movement of the at least one cutter; and at least one retention element interfacing a partial circumferential surface of the at least one cutter of less than 180 degrees, wherein the retention element is disposed in the retention pocket. |
B65B,B65D | 9,446,891 | 2016-09-20 | 1. A carrier at least partially holding a plurality of containers, each container of the plurality of containers comprising a flange, the carrier comprising: a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carrier, the panels comprising a bottom panel, a first side panel foldably connected to the bottom panel, a second side panel foldably connected to the bottom panel, a first top panel foldably connected to the first side panel, and a second top panel foldably connected to the second side panel; at least one container-receiving feature extending in at least the bottom panel, the at least one container-receiving feature at least partially receiving at least one container of the plurality of containers; and a first retention flap foldably connected to the first top panel and a second retention flap foldably connected to the second top panel, at least one of the first retention flap and the second retention flap engaging at least a portion of the flange of at least one container of the plurality of containers, and at least one of the first retention flap and the second retention flap being generally V-shaped, wherein: the first retention flap comprises a first proximal portion foldably connected to the first top panel and a first distal portion foldably connected to the first proximal portion; the first proximal portion extends generally downwardly from the first top panel and the first distal portion extends generally upwardly from the first proximal portion so that the first retention flap is generally V-shaped; the second retention flap comprises a second proximal portion foldably connected to the second top panel and a second distal portion foldably connected to the second proximal portion; and the second proximal portion extends generally downwardly from the second top panel and the second distal portion extends generally parallel to the bottom panel. |
C12Q,G01N | 9,488,656 | 2016-11-08 | 1. A method for determining the prognosis of a human patient diagnosed as having a myeloproliferative disease and having a BCR-ABL gene translocation, comprising: (a) assaying a nucleic acid sample comprising a BCR-ABL nucleic acid obtained from the patient to determine the presence of a BCR-ABL Del 2595-2779 deletion mutation, wherein assaying comprises: (b) identifying the patient as having a poor prognosis when the BCR-ABL Del 2595-2779 deletion mutation is present. |
B01D,F01N,F02D,Y02T | 9,416,713 | 2016-08-16 | 1. An exhaust gas purification system for an engine of a working vehicle, the engine having a plurality of fuel injection valves and a plurality of cylinders, the plurality of fuel injection valves being supplied by a common fuel rail, the system comprising: an exhaust gas purification device configured to be coupled by at least a pipe to an exhaust manifold of said engine so as to receive exhaust gas from the engine; a controller configured to control fuel injection pressure, injection timing, and an injection period of the plurality of fuel injection valves of the plurality of cylinders according to a renewal mode of operation during which a renewing operation is performed in the exhaust gas purification device using the exhaust gas exiting the plurality cylinders and received at the exhaust gas purification device; means for detecting that a clogged state of the exhaust gas purification device is equal to or more than a prescribed level; renewal advance notifying means for providing to an operator of the working vehicle advance notice of the renewing operation in response to said detecting means detecting said clogged state; and renewal informing means for indicating to said operator that the renewing operation is in progress; and wherein the controller is configured so that the renewal advance notifying means provides said advance notice before the controller causes the renewing operation to begin; wherein the renewal advance notifying means and the renewal informing means are constructed by a single display device having a first configuration for providing said advance notice and a second configuration for indicating that the renewing operation is in progress; wherein in response to determining that the clogging state of the exhaust gas purification device reaches or exceeds a prescribed level, renewal advance notice of the auxiliary renewal mode, where the temperature of the exhaust gas is raised, is performed by blinking the display device light; wherein in response to determining that either one or both of the clogging state of the exhaust gas purification device does not improve even with the performance of the auxiliary renewal mode, or the cumulative operation time of the engine exceeds a prescribed amount, renewal advance notice of the reset renewal mode, in which fuel is supplied into the exhaust gas purification device by post injection, is performed by blinking the display device light; wherein said controller manages a reset renewing mode during which fuel is supplied into the exhaust gas purification device by post injection during said renewing operation, and wherein the controller is further configured to manage an emergency renewing mode in response to determining that the clogged state of the exhaust gas purification device is not improved by executing said reset renewing mode, the controller being configured to cause fuel to be supplied into the exhaust gas purification device by the post injection and to maintain a rotating speed of the engine at a predetermined value during said emergency renewing mode; and wherein in response to determining that one of the above renewal modes is being performed, the display device light is turned on to indicate that a renewing operation is in progress. |
A61F,A61L | 9,370,604 | 2016-06-21 | 1. A planar implant for replacement of biological tissues consisting of a layered structure consisting of: a) a lyophilized pericardium layer of biological origin, wherein the pericardium layer constitutes an impenetrable liquid barrier, and wherein the pericardium layer has a weight per unit area of 50 to 180 g/m b) at least one sponge layer of lyophilized extracellular protein which is free of crosslinking agents, wherein the implant has a thickness of 1 to 10 mm, a weight per unit area of 80 to 480 g/m |
H01L | 9,443,847 | 2016-09-13 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: a gate structure disposed over a substrate; and a silicon-containing material structure disposed over a recess adjacent to the gate structure, wherein the silicon-containing material structure includes a first epitaxial layer and a second epitaxial layer, wherein a gate corner is substantially free of dislocation and a corner of the second epitaxial layer away from a surface of the substrate and next to a spacer of the gate structure includes dislocations, wherein the dislocations are away from the gate corner, and the gate corner is located at an intersection of the first epitaxial layer and the spacer. |
G01R | 9,366,713 | 2016-06-14 | 1. A method of detecting a sustained arc in an electric heat tracing system, the method comprising: collecting over a predetermined time period a cable signal by sampling the cable signal in a time domain; extracting, from the sampling of the cable signal, spectral information comprising a frequency component and an amplitude component; removing a line frequency signature from the spectral information, the line frequency signature comprising a line current frequency of the electric heat tracing system and at least one harmonic of the line current frequency; extracting at least one off-harmonic frequency band from the spectral information, each off-harmonic frequency band excluding the line current frequency and any harmonic of the line current frequency; and analyzing the at least one off-harmonic frequency band to determine whether an arc signal is present. |
F21K,F21S,F21V,F21W,F21Y,H01F,H05B,Y02B,Y10S,Y10T | 9,523,471 | 2016-12-20 | 1. An electronic lighting device for simulating a candle, the device comprising: an at least partially rounded enclosure having an upper end, a lower end, and an opening in the upper end, the enclosure forming a cavity connected to the opening and having a recessed notch in a sidewall adjacent to the cavity; an elongated element having a lower portion at least partially positioned in the cavity and an upper portion with a rounded edge, the upper portion extending out of the cavity through the opening and having a shape resembling a flame of a candle; a support rod positioned within a middle portion of the elongated element between the upper portion and the lower portion to allow the elongated element to pivot about the support rod relative to the enclosure; at least one light-emitting element at least partially positioned within the notch and retained by the notch at a distance from the elongated element, the light-emitting element positioned close to the upper end of the enclosure but below the middle portion of the elongated element to project light from within the cavity, through the opening, and onto a surface of the elongated element to simulate illumination resembling light from a candle. |
G06F | 9,348,468 | 2016-05-24 | 1. A system for determining a touch contact location, comprising: a communication interface configured to receive a signal that has been disturbed by a touch input on a surface, wherein the signal was propagating in a medium of the surface prior to the touch input; and a processor coupled with the communication interface and configured to: |
C07C,C07D | 9,512,093 | 2016-12-06 | 1. A process for manufacturing 4-propargylated amino-benzoxazinones of formula (I), wherein R R R W is O or S; comprising (a) preparing propargyl chloride (b) reacting the propargyl chloride prepared in step (a) with a NH-benzoxazinone of formula (II), |
H02M,H03K | 9,413,348 | 2016-08-09 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a first switch having a first current-carrying electrode and a second current-carrying electrode, wherein: wherein: |
A61P,C07K,C12N,C12Y | 9,453,051 | 2016-09-27 | 1. A compound of the following formula: L selected from a group consisting of: a bond, —CH R R R pharmaceutically acceptable salts, as well as a tautomeric, enantiomeric or other stereoisomeric form thereof. |
G06F,G06T | 9,305,374 | 2016-04-05 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: a display; one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying a user interface on the display; determining a first set of content-display values for one or more content-display properties of first content that corresponds to a respective region of the display, wherein the first set of content-display values include a content color value for the first content that corresponds to the respective region of the display; determining a first set of control-appearance values for one or more control-appearance parameters based on the first set of content-display values, wherein the first set of control-appearance values include a control color value that is selected based on the content color value for the first content; and displaying a control in the respective region of the display, wherein an appearance of the control is determined based on the first content and the first set of control-appearance values, and displaying the control includes: |
G02F | 9,442,322 | 2016-09-13 | 1. A liquid crystal display, comprising: a pixel electrode disposed on a first substrate, the pixel electrode comprising a first opening extending along at least one edge of the pixel electrode; and a common electrode disposed on a second substrate, the common electrode comprising a second opening overlapping the pixel electrode, wherein: |
H04W | 9,294,932 | 2016-03-22 | 1. A method for controlling antenna down tilt in a mixed coordinated/non-coordinated network including at least one base station that mixes transmissions of coordinated signals that are synchronized with one or more adjacent base stations and transmissions of non-coordinated signals that are not synchronized with the one or more adjacent base stations, the method comprising: receiving by the at least one base station, one or more input signals defining a waveform to be transmitted via an antenna of the at least one base station; determining a type of the waveform defined by the one or more input signals, comprising determining whether one of the one or more input signals is a single-cell unicast waveform, a multi-cell single frequency network (SFN) unicast waveform, or a broadcast SFN waveform; determining a tilt angle state to be applied to the antenna based on the type of the waveform in response to receiving tilt control information from a network control entity, wherein the tilt control information comprises a timing and a down tilt state received or derived from at least one of a multimedia broadcast multicast service coordination entity or a mobility management entity; and transmitting a tilt control signal to adjust the down tilt of the angle if the determined tilt angle state differs from a current tilt angle state associated with the antenna. |
A61K,A61P | 9,242,012 | 2016-01-26 | 1. A method of treating a subject having progressive, castration-resistant, metastatic prostate cancer that has progressed after prior taxane therapy, the method comprising: selecting a subject having progressive, castration-resistant, metastatic prostate cancer that has progressed after prior taxane therapy, and administering an effective amount of a prostate-specific membrane antigen antibody drug conjugate (PSMA ADC) to the subject, wherein the PSMA ADC comprises a human monoclonal antibody to PSMA conjugated to monomethylauristatin norephedrine (MMAE) or monomethylauristatin phenylalanine (MMAF), and wherein the effective amount is sufficient to 1) delay or inhibit progression of the cancer, 2) increase survival of the subject as compared to the median survival of subjects who have not been treated with the PSMA ADC and who have progressive, castration-resistant, metastatic prostate cancer that has progressed after prior taxane therapy, 3) decrease a circulating level of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) compared to a baseline level, or 4) decrease or stabilize a serum level of PSA compared to a baseline level of PSA. |
C09K,F25B | 9,453,154 | 2016-09-27 | 1. A non-chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerant mixture for use in multistage auto cascade ultralow and cryogenic temperature refrigeration systems, containing only one hydrochlorofluoro carbon (HCFC) component, the refrigerant mixture comprising: (i) At least four refrigerants selected from the group consisting of: (ii) At least two refrigerants, present in the refrigerant mixture, selected from the group consisting of: and (iii) At least two refrigerants selected from the group consisting of: wherein R-134a and R-125 works at both first and second stages of the multistage auto cascade system, wherein the refrigerant mixture has an ozone depletion potential between 0.005 and 0.007 combined with global warming potential in the range of 3500 to 4300 by eliminating the use of CFCs and using only one HCFC component, wherein the refrigerant mixture operates a compressor of the multistage auto cascade system with an operating temperature below 28 degree Celsius thereby controlling high discharge temperatures and high initial discharge pressures, and wherein the 4 compounds from (i), the 2 compounds from (ii) and the 2 compounds from (iii) make up 100% of the refrigerants in the refrigerant mixture. |
A61M,B01L,F16L,G01B,G01N,G06F,G06K,Y10T | 9,480,832 | 2016-11-01 | 1. A tube connector, comprising: an end face comprising at least two spectrally distinct reflective regions; and an RFID tag encoding data selected from: type of said tube connector, class and/or model of said tube connector, preferred mode of operation of said tube connector, and combinations thereof; wherein said at least two spectrally distinct reflective regions are configured to reflect an incident light, having a first wavelength, at two different wavelengths; and wherein said at least two spectrally distinct reflective regions are arranged such that a tube connection system of a fluid analyzer can identify recurring changes of reflectivity from said at least two spectrally distinct reflective regions, during the revolving of said tube connector relative to said tube connection system; the revolving occurring during connection of said tube connector to said tube connection system. |
H02M | 9,379,619 | 2016-06-28 | 1. A method of dividing a single phase pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal into a plurality of phases, the method comprising: receiving, from a phase controller by a PWM frequency divider, an input pulse train comprising a period; and dividing, by the PWM frequency divider, the input pulse train amongst a plurality of output phases of the PWM frequency divider, including, at the onset of each period of the input pulse train: |
G06F | 9,251,137 | 2016-02-02 | 1. A method of text entry, said method comprising: receiving, by a processor of a data processing system via a text entry program that provides a type-ahead feature for multiple applications, first text entered by a user, said received first text comprising a plurality of words; said processor entering, via the text entry program, the received first text into a first application; after said entering the received first text, said processor matching, via the text entry program, the received first text to one portion of each indexed segment of text of a plurality of indexed segments of text, said matching being based on matching rules, each indexed segment of text consisting of the one portion and a remaining portion; in response to said matching, said processor displaying to the user the plurality of indexed segments of text; said processor receiving from the user a selection of an indexed segment of text of the displayed plurality of indexed segments of text; in response to said receiving the selection from the user of the indexed segment of text of the displayed plurality of indexed segments of text, said processor entering into the first application, via the text entry program, the remaining portion of the selected indexed segment of text to auto-complete the received first text entered into the first application which results in auto-completed text in the first application, wherein the auto-completed text in the first application consists of (i) the received first text entered into the first application before said matching and (ii) the remaining portion of the selected indexed segment of text entered into the first application in response to said receiving the selection, and wherein the auto-completed text in the first application matches the selected indexed segment of text; said processor receiving second text entered by the user; said processor matching the second text to a portion of the first text, said first text consisting of the second text and a remaining portion of the first text, said remaining portion being a finite portion of the first text; said processor entering, via the text entry program, the received second text into a second application, said first and second applications being different applications; and after said entering the received second text into the second application, said processor entering, via the text entry program, into the second application the remaining portion of the first text to auto-complete the received second text entered into the second application which results in auto-completed text in the second application, wherein the auto-completed text in the second application consists of (i) the received second text entered into the second application and (ii) the remaining portion of the first text, and wherein the auto-completed text in the second application matches the first text. |
B60W,B61L,F02D,G01C | 9,376,971 | 2016-06-28 | 1. A method comprising: controlling a vehicle to travel along a route according to a trip plan that designates first operational settings of the vehicle as a function of one or more of time or distance along the route as the vehicle moves along the route; receiving plural requests to revise the trip plan as the vehicle moves along the route; classifying individual requests based on a determined necessity of the requests; determining a hierarchical order of the requests based on the determined necessity of the requests; revising the trip plan according to one or more of the requests based on the hierarchical order; comparing parameters of the requests that are received to identify a first optional request that corresponds to a first mandatory request; combining the first optional request and the first mandatory request into a combined request; and revising the first operational settings of the trip plan according to the combined request. |
A61B,H04L | 9,439,651 | 2016-09-13 | 1. A method for operating a surgical instrument, which comprises: providing a surgical end effector at a distal end of a surgical instrument handle; electrically connecting an authentication controller disposed within the surgical instrument handle to a receiving portion of the surgical end effector; providing an interchangeable part with a first 1-wire encrypted communication device, the interchangeable part being shaped to removably secure at the receiving portion; providing the authentication controller with a second 1-wire encrypted communication device; and removably securing the interchangeable part at the receiving portion to electrically connect the authentication controller to the first 1-wire encrypted communication device and, thereby, authenticate the interchangeable part with the authentication controller by executing an encrypted authentication algorithm with the first and second communication devices. |
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