| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE39803 |
Non vibrating capacitance probe for wear monitoring |
September 4, 2007 |
| A non-vibrating capacitance probe for use as a non-contact sensor for tribological wear on a component. The device detects surface charge through temporal variation in the work function of a material. A reference electrode senses changing contact potential difference over the compone |
| RE33273 |
Materials having improved nonfouling characteristics and method of making same |
July 24, 1990 |
| A method of improving the separatory properties of membranes by the deposition of a fluorinated amphiphilic compound in an oriented Langmuir-Blodgett layer on the membranes surface so as to increase membrane selectivity and counteract membrane surface properties leading to fouling du |
| D386690 |
Foldable clock |
November 25, 1997 |
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| 7615206 |
Methods of fabricating nanoscale-to-microscale structures |
November 10, 2009 |
| Methods for the production of shaped nanoscale-to-microscale structures, wherein a nanoscale-to-microscale template is provided having an original chemical composition and an original shape, and the nanoscale-to-microscale template subjected to a chemical reaction, so as to partially |
| 7612483 |
Harmonic cMUT devices and fabrication methods |
November 3, 2009 |
| Harmonic capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer ("cMUT") devices and fabrication methods are provided. In a preferred embodiment, a harmonic cMUT device generally comprises a membrane having a non-uniform mass distribution. A mass load positioned along the membrane can be uti |
| 7611907 |
Nano-sized optical fluorescence labels and uses thereof |
November 3, 2009 |
| A composition is disclosed which is capable of being used for detection, comprising an encapsulated noble metal nanocluster. Methods for preparing the encapsulated noble metal nanoclusters, and methods of using the encapsulated noble metal nanoclusters are also disclosed. The noble metal |
| 7595487 |
Confining/focusing vortex flow transmission structure, mass spectrometry systems, and methods of |
September 29, 2009 |
| Briefly described, embodiments of the present disclosure include: confining/focusing vortex flow transmission structures, mass spectrometry systems including a confining/focusing vortex flow transmission structure, methods of using the confining/focusing vortex flow transmission stru |
| 7595176 |
Methods and reagents for quantitative analysis of Dehalococcoides species |
September 29, 2009 |
| The invention sets forth specific probes and primer pairs for such quantitative analysis and methods of obtaining template DNA from the Dehalococcoides species of interest. These techniques are useful in a bioremediation process to monitor and control the dechlorination of chlorinate |
| 7593704 |
Receiver assembly and method for multi-gigabit wireless systems |
September 22, 2009 |
| The present invention describes a receiver assembly for receiving an analog signal and converting the analog signal to a digital signal. The receiver assembly is, preferably, capable of receiving a signal operating at approximately 60 GHz. The receiver assembly includes a filter, a down |
| 7592279 |
Boron carbide and boron carbide components |
September 22, 2009 |
| High-density components and products as well as processes for making high-density components and products are disclosed. One exemplary component, among others, includes a boron carbide component comprised of a homogeneous boron carbide powder. The component has at least a 93% relativ |
| 7590250 |
Analog audio signal enhancement system using a noise suppression algorithm |
September 15, 2009 |
| One preferred embodiment of the present invention provides systems and methods for removing noise from an input analog signal in continues time. Briefly described in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, can be implemented as follows. An analog filtering system in |
| 7557448 |
High-aspect-ratio metal-polymer composite structures for nano interconnects |
July 7, 2009 |
| A low-temperature process that combines high-aspect-ratio polymer structures with electroless copper plating to create laterally compliant MEMS structures. These structures can be used as IC-package interconnects that can lead to reliable, low-cost and high-performance nano wafer-level |
| 7557342 |
Electrospray systems and methods |
July 7, 2009 |
| Electrospray systems, electrospray structures, removable electrospray structures, methods of operating electrospray systems, and methods of fabricating electrospray systems, are disclosed. |
| 7556189 |
Lead-free bonding systems |
July 7, 2009 |
| Nano-structured interconnect formation and a reworkable bonding process using solder films. Large area fabrication of nano-structured interconnects is demonstrated at a very fine pitch. This technology can be used for pushing the limits of current flip chip bonding in terms of pitch, |
| 7554347 |
High input/output density optoelectronic probe card for wafer-level test of electrical and optic |
June 30, 2009 |
| Optoelectronic probe cards, methods of fabrication, and methods of use, are disclosed. Briefly described, one exemplary embodiment includes an optoelectronic probe card adapted to test an electrical quality and an optical quality of an optoelectronic structure under test having elect |
| 7554335 |
Production test technique for RF circuits using embedded test sensors |
June 30, 2009 |
| A single test stimulus and a simple test configuration with embedded envelope detectors are used to estimate all the specification values of interest for an RF circuit under test in an integrated circuit chip. Envelope detectors are deployed as sensors inside the circuit under test. |
| 7552625 |
Force sensing integrated readout and active tip based probe microscope systems |
June 30, 2009 |
| In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is a force sensor for a probe based instrument. The force sensor can comprise a detection surface and a flexible mechanical structure disposed a first distance above the detection surface so as to form a gap between the flexible |
| 7545644 |
Nano-patch thermal management devices, methods, & systems |
June 9, 2009 |
| Nano-scale thermal management devices, methods, and systems are provided. According to some embodiments, a thermal management device configured to remove heat from a heated area can comprise an inlet port and a cavity. The cavity can be positioned intermediate a heat source and an opposi |
| 7543496 |
Capacitive bulk acoustic wave disk gyroscopes |
June 9, 2009 |
| Capacitive bulk acoustic wave x, y and z-axes gyroscopes implemented on (100) and (111) silicon substrates are disclosed. Exemplary gyroscopes comprise a handle substrate, a bulk acoustic wave resonator element supported by the handle substrate, and a plurality of electrodes surround |
| 7532467 |
Thermal management devices, systems, and methods |
May 12, 2009 |
| Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include thermal management devices, systems, and methods, convection cooling devices, convection cooling systems, convection cooling methods, hybrid convection/desorption cooling devices, hybrid convection/desorption cooling systems, |
| 7527749 |
Electrically conductive adhesives and methods of making |
May 5, 2009 |
| Modified electrically conductive adhesives and methods of preparation thereof, are disclosed. |
| 7521921 |
Displacement sensor |
April 21, 2009 |
| Sensors and methods for measuring displacement are disclosed. In one embodiment, among others, a resistive element is configured to receive an alternating voltage between a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal, the first and second electrical terminals defining a |
| 7521427 |
Peptidyl allyl sulfones |
April 21, 2009 |
| The present disclosure provides compositions for inhibiting proteases, methods for synthesizing the compositions, and methods of using the disclosed protease inhibitors. Aspects of the disclosure include peptidyl allyl sulfone compositions that inhibit proteases, for example cysteine |
| 7517491 |
Processes and methods of making boron carbide |
April 14, 2009 |
| High-density components and products as well as processes for making high-density components and products are disclosed. One exemplary component, among others, includes a boron carbide component comprised of a homogeneous boron carbide powder. The component has at least a 93% relativ |
| 7507370 |
Systems and methods for disinfection |
March 24, 2009 |
| Methods and systems for establishing Taylor-Couette flow in a fluid are provided. Aspects of the disclosed methods and systems incorporate Taylor-Couette flow in combination with a source of radiation to provide more uniform radiation exposure to the fluid and its components. Common |
| 7492449 |
Inspection systems and methods |
February 17, 2009 |
| Embodiments of inspection systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment of an inspection system, among others, comprises logic configured to receive a reference signal and a target signal, the reference signal having first surface displacement information and the target signal ha |
| 7489914 |
Multi-band RF transceiver with passive reuse in organic substrates |
February 10, 2009 |
| The present invention allows for the use of chip-package co-design of RF transceivers and their components by using discrete active devices in conjunction with passive components. Two particular components are described, including voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs) and low noise a |
| 7485847 |
Displacement sensor employing discrete light pulse detection |
February 3, 2009 |
| Optical sensors, and methods for operating optical sensors, are disclosed. One such sensor may include: a reflector positioned a distance from a reflective diffraction grating and a light source for providing light. A first portion of the light can be reflected from the reflective di |
| 7482844 |
Analog-to-digital converter with programmable floating gate |
January 27, 2009 |
| Systems and methods are discussed for using a floating-gate MOSFET as a programmable reference circuit. One example of the programmable reference circuit is a programmable voltage reference source, while a second example of a programmable reference circuit is a programmable reference |
| 7482667 |
Edge viewing photodetecter |
January 27, 2009 |
| An edge viewing semiconductor photodetector may be provided. Light may be transmitted through an optical fiber conduit comprising a core region surrounded by a cladding region. The light may be received at the edge viewing semiconductor photodetector having an active area. The active |
| 7482379 |
Propenoyl hydrazides |
January 27, 2009 |
| The present disclosure provides compositions for inhibiting proteases, methods for synthesizing the compositions, and methods of using the disclosed protease inhibitors. Aspects of the disclosure include a peptidyl propenoyl hydrazide compositions that inhibit proteases, for example |
| 7481337 |
Apparatus for fluid storage and delivery at a substantially constant pressure |
January 27, 2009 |
| Microfluidic pumps, methods of fabrication thereof, and methods of use thereof, as well as method of pumping a fluid, are disclosed. |
| 7475065 |
Phonetic searching |
January 6, 2009 |
| An improved method and apparatus is disclosed which uses probabilistic techniques to map an input search string with a prestored audio file, and recognize certain portions of a search string phonetically. An improved interface is disclosed which permits users to input search strings, |
| 7468558 |
Devices having compliant wafer-level input/output interconnections and packages using pillars an |
December 23, 2008 |
| Devices having one or more of the following: an input/output (I/O) interconnect system, an optical I/O interconnect, an electrical I/O interconnect, a radio frequency I/O interconnect, are disclosed. A representative I/O interconnect system includes a first substrate and a second sub |
| 7461543 |
Overlay measurement methods with firat based probe microscope |
December 9, 2008 |
| A method, system and unit for determining alignment in a layered device such as a semiconductor device includes providing a first layer having detectable surface and subsurface material properties and positioning a patterned photoresist layer over the first layer, patterned photoresist |
| 7459267 |
Sacrificial compositions and methods of fabricating a structure using sacrificial compositions |
December 2, 2008 |
| Compositions, methods of use thereof, and methods of decomposition thereof, are provided. One exemplary composition, among others, includes a polymer and a catalytic amount of a negative tone photoinitiator. |
| 7459145 |
Multifunctional magnetic nanoparticle probes for intracellular molecular imaging and monitoring |
December 2, 2008 |
| The present invention provides multifunctional magnetic nanoparticle probe compositions for molecular imaging and monitoring, comprising a nucleic acid or polypeptide probe, a delivery ligand, and a magnetic nanoparticle having a biocompatible coating thereon. The probe compositions may |
| 7456459 |
Design of low inductance embedded capacitor layer connections |
November 25, 2008 |
| The present invention discloses capacitors having via connections and electrodes designed such that they provide a low inductance path, thus reducing needed capacitance, while enabling the use of embedded capacitors for power delivery and other uses. One embodiment of the present inv |
| 7454892 |
Systems and methods for detection and control of blowout precursors in combustors using acoustic |
November 25, 2008 |
| The present invention comprises methods for detecting and controlling flame blowout in combustors. The blowout precursor detection system comprises a combustor, a blowout precursor detection unit, a pressure measuring device and/or an optical measuring device. The methods of the pres |
| 7442232 |
Adsorbents, methods of preparation, and methods of use thereof |
October 28, 2008 |
| Adsorbents and methods of use thereof are provided. One representative, among others, includes an adsorbent having an alkali metal promoted, mixed trivalent layered double hydroxide (LDH) composition. When the mixed trivalent layered double hydroxide (LDH) composition is heated to a |
| 7441447 |
Methods of imaging in probe microscopy |
October 28, 2008 |
| In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is a force sensor for a probe based instrument. The force sensor can comprise a detection surface and a flexible mechanical structure disposed a first distance above the detection surface so as to form a gap between the flexible |
| 7440502 |
Signal processing system |
October 21, 2008 |
| Methods and systems are disclosed for a video system. In a first exemplary embodiment, the video system comprises a video processing circuit that receives a picture and provides video compression by using an optimal macroblock mode of operation, the optimal macroblock mode of operation |
| 7439764 |
Systems and methods for programming large-scale field-programmable analog arrays |
October 21, 2008 |
| A large-scale field-programmable analog array (FPAA) for rapidly prototyping analog systems and an arbitrary analog waveform generator. The large-scale FPAA includes a floating-gate transistor array and a plurality of computational analog blocks (CABs), which may be adapted to set bi |
| 7431796 |
Method and apparatus for low energy electron enhanced etching of substrates in an AC or DC plasm |
October 7, 2008 |
| An apparatus for low-damage, anisotropic etching of substrates having the substrate mounted upon a mechanical support located within an ac or dc plasma reactor. The mechanical support is independent of the plasma reactor generating apparatus and capable of being electrically biased. |
| 7429560 |
Ketoamide inhibitors in chronic nerve disease |
September 30, 2008 |
| Compositions and methods for treating neural pathologies are provided. In particular, compositions and methods for treating neural pathologies including axonal degeneration are provided. The compositions include peptide .alpha.-ketomides optionally in combination with a second therap |
| 7425127 |
Stagnation point reverse flow combustor |
September 16, 2008 |
| A method for combusting a combustible fuel includes providing a vessel having an opening near a proximate end and a closed distal end defining a combustion chamber. A combustible reactants mixture is presented into the combustion chamber. The combustible reactants mixture is ignited crea |
| 7418432 |
Adaptive control system having direct output feedback and related apparatuses and methods |
August 26, 2008 |
| An adaptive control system (ACS) uses direct output feedback to control a plant. The ACS uses direct adaptive output feedback control developed for highly uncertain nonlinear systems, that does not rely on state estimation. The approach is also applicable to systems of unknown, but b |
| 7418147 |
Cauchy-distribution based coding system and method |
August 26, 2008 |
| Embodiments of a coding system and method are disclosed. One method embodiment includes determining a Cauchy-based probability density function fit to a statistical distribution of coefficients generated from a transformed image frame block that are to be quantized, and estimating ra |
| 7416884 |
Bioreactor and methods for tissue growth and conditioning |
August 26, 2008 |
| A bioreactor and methods of using same for making tissue constructs and for conditioning tissue-engineered constructs and harvested tissues such as cryopreserved tissues. The bioreactor allows for static and dynamic culture/conditioning. The bioreactor is dual chambered (one chamber abov |
| 7413892 |
Systems and methods for molecular recognition |
August 19, 2008 |
| Acoustic wave devices coated with a biolayer are described for the detection target bio-molecules. The acoustic wave device is connected in an oscillator circuit, and the frequency shift .DELTA.f resulting from a biomolecular event is recorded. Further described are the use of Rayleigh |
