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8,344,307	2013-01-01	1. An image sensor having a plurality of light sensitive pixels ( 10 ) arranged in rows and columns for the generation of output signals proportional to the exposure, wherein column lines ( 20 ) are associated with the columns to supply the output signals to at least one column amplifier ( 36 ) for amplification, characterized in that the at least one column amplifier (	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,460,224	2013-06-11	1. A therapeutic wrap comprising: at least four layers, at least one of which is a larger layer having a surface area greater than the surface area than any other layer, wherein two of the layers are small layers of substantially the same size, each having a surface area that is less than the surface area of the larger layer, the small layers each being made of a fluid-tight material; wherein both of the small layers area fused to each other to create a trapezoidal fluid-tight chamber therebetween, and the fluid-tight chamber is also fused to the larger layer about the perimeter of the fluid-tight chamber; a trapezoidal fourth layer having two equidistant sides, a top and a bottom and having a surface area less than the surface area of the larger layer and greater than the surface area of either smaller layer, the fourth layer being fused to the larger layer such that it covers the fluid-tight chamber, the material of both the fourth layer and the larger layer being fluid permeable; and wherein the fourth layer is fused to only the larger layer along each of the equidistant sides while the top and bottom of the fourth layer are not sealed to any of the larger layer or two small layers; and a port in fluid communication with the fluid-tight chamber.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,324,026	2016-04-26	1. A hierarchical latent variable model estimation device for estimating a hierarchical latent variable model for predicting a supply amount of a product, the hierarchical latent variable model estimation device comprising: a study data input unit for inputting data for study which is a plurality of combinations of a response variable which is a known supply amount of a product and one or more explanatory variables which are information items which can influence the supply amount; a hierarchical latent structure setting unit for setting a hierarchical latent structure that is a structure in which latent variables are represented by a tree structure and components representing probability models are located at nodes of a lowest level of the tree structure; a variational probability computation unit for computing a variational probability of a path latent variable that is a latent variable included in a path linking a root node to a target node in the hierarchical latent structure, based on data for study input by the study data input unit and the components; a component optimization unit for optimizing each of the components for the computed variational probability, based on the data for study input by the study data input unit; and a gating function optimization unit for optimizing a gating function model that is a model for determining a branch direction according to the explanatory variables in a node of the hierarchical latent structure, based on the variational probability of the latent variable in the node.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,652,007	2014-02-18	1. A pressure accumulation system, which is applied to an internal combustion engine in which an exhaust shut-off valve is provided in an exhaust path, the exhaust shut-off valve being able to switch between a fully-closed position where the exhaust path is closed and a fully-opened position where the exhaust path is opened, the pressure accumulation system comprising: a pressure accumulation container in which a pressurized gas can be accumulated, the pressure accumulation container being configured to introduce gas from the exhaust path on an upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve, the pressure accumulation container being configured to supply the gas to the exhaust path on the upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve, the pressurized gas being accumulated in the pressure accumulation container by increasing a pressure in the exhaust path on the upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve; a pressure value obtaining device configured to obtain a pressure value in the exhaust path on the upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve or a pressure value in the pressure accumulation container; a pressure adjustment device configured to adjust the pressure value in the exhaust path on the upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve; and a control device for controlling an operation of the pressure adjustment device based on the pressure value obtained by the pressure value obtaining device such that the pressure value in the exhaust path on the upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve is restricted to a prescribed exhaust pressure upper limit value or less when the gas is accumulated in the pressure accumulation container, wherein the control device first increases the pressure value in the exhaust path on the upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve to the exhaust pressure upper limit value when the gas is accumulated in the pressure accumulation container, and the control device controls the operation of the pressure adjustment device such that the pressure value in the exhaust path on the upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve changes within a prescribed pressure range whose upper limit value is the exhaust pressure upper limit value, the gas is accumulated in the pressure accumulation container until a pressure in the pressure accumulation container reaches a prescribed target pressure, and a value that is lower than the exhaust pressure upper limit value and is greater than or equal to the target pressure is set to a lower limit value of the prescribed pressure range.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
9,722,949	2017-08-01	1. A method comprising: conducting, by a computing device, a Real Time Protocol (RTP) communication session, wherein the RTP communication session is locally controlled by a main processor of the computing device, wherein the main processor is in a first power mode and maintains an active state representation of the RTP communication session, wherein packets of the RTP communication session pass through a network interface apparatus of the computing device, wherein a secondary processor in the network interface apparatus reads at least some packets of the RTP communication session to maintain a non-active state representation of at least the RTP communication session and forwards all packets of the RTP communication session received by way of a network to the main processor, and wherein the non-active state representation includes values of RTP header fields for the RTP communication session as read by the secondary processor; determining, by the main processor, that local control of the RTP communication session can be transferred to the secondary processor; transferring, by the main processor, local control of the RTP communication session to the secondary processor; and after local control of the RTP communication session is transferred to the secondary processor, (i) activating, by the secondary processor, the non-active state representation, (ii) conducting, by the secondary processor, the RTP communication session using the values of the RTP header fields, wherein while conducting the RTP communication session the secondary processor forwards no packets of the RTP communication session to the main processor, and (iii) transitioning, by the main processor, from the first power mode to a second power mode, wherein the main processor uses less power when in the second power mode than when in the first power mode.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8,604,819	2013-12-10	1. An inspecting apparatus for a photovoltaic devices, wherein the inspecting apparatus inspects a photovoltaic devices by applying a current to an inspecting object, which is the photovoltaic devices, in a forward direction to make the inspecting object emit an electro-luminescence light and the emitted electro-luminescence light is photographed and defects of the photovoltaic devices are inspected from a photographed image, the inspecting apparatus comprising: a darkroom provided with an upper surface having an opening portion; a support means provided at the upper surface of the darkroom to support the photovoltaic devices as the inspecting object on the opening portion; a plurality of cameras disposed inside the darkroom to photograph the inspecting object, and a shading means covering the inspecting object, the opening portion, and the support means; wherein the inspecting object is divided into a plurality of allocated parts, the plurality of cameras are respectively disposed with respect to the plurality of allocated parts, and each of the allocated parts is photographed by each of the plurality of cameras in a manner that a boundary of an image with a boundary of another adjacent image are overlapped, so that an entire image of the photovoltaic devices is formed.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,686,017	2017-06-20	1. A bias control circuit for multi-level phase modulator that includes an outer modulator and a first power monitor, the outer modulator including a pair of optical waveguides each providing inner modulators, each of the inner modulators including a pair of optical waveguides, the first power monitor receiving an optical signal output from the multi-level phase modulator, the bias control circuit comprising: a bias generator configured to provide first bias signals to the respective optical waveguides of one of the inner modulators, each of the first bias signals including first dither signals superposed thereon having predetermined frequencies equal to each other; a resistor connected in series to the first power monitor, the resistor converting a current signal output from the first power monitor to the first monitor signal; a first differential amplifier configured to receive the first monitor signal and a first reference signal, the first differential amplifier generating a first amplified signal corresponding to a difference between the first monitor signal and the first reference signal; a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that converts the first monitor signal to a first digital signal; a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC); and a controller configured to detect first frequency components contained in the first amplified signal and originating to the first dither signals, and provide a first control signal according to intensity of the first frequency components to the bias generator, wherein the controller calculates an average of the first digital signal, wherein the first DAC converts the average of the first digital signal into the first reference signal that is provided to the first differential amplifier, and wherein the first bias signals provided to the first optical waveguides are adjusted according to the first control signal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,936,551	2015-01-20	1. An illuminated suction device for illuminating a surgical field, said device comprising: a suction tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a central portion therebetween, the proximal end fluidly connectable to a vacuum source, wherein the suction tube further comprises an inner surface and an outer surface; an inner layer of optical cladding disposed circumferentially around the outer surface of the central portion of the suction tube; and a non-fiber optic optical waveguide having a proximal end, a distal end, and a central portion therebetween, wherein light is transmitted through the waveguide by total internal reflection and the light exits the distal end to illuminate the surgical field, and wherein the optical waveguide is disposed against the suction tube with the inner layer of optical cladding disposed therebetween, and wherein the optical waveguide comprises an array of lenses integrally formed in the distal end thereof, and wherein the array of lenses are arranged so that at least a first lens in the array overlaps with a second lens in the array such that a spot of light emitted from the first lens overlaps with a spot of light emitted from the second lens thereby improving uniformity of the light delivered to the surgical field.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,694,601	2017-07-04	1. A print target surface reforming device which is arranged, in a print line where a print target is automatically transported to a printer and printing is performed, on a front side with respect to the printer and which reforms a print target surface of the print target, the print target surface reforming device comprising: a transport portion which includes a plurality of metal rollers arranged horizontally and laterally and which includes, on an upper surface of a group of the metal rollers, a transport path along which the print target is transported with the print target surface facing upward; a rotation drive source which drives the plurality of metal rollers to rotate; a light source which is arranged opposite the transport path and which emits light of 242 nm or less to the print target surface of the print target that is moved along the transport path; a roller group lower cover which covers the group of the metal rollers from a lower side; and an ozone suction processing portion which brings an interior of the roller group lower cover into a negative pressure state to suck ozone generated by the light source, which decomposes the ozone into oxygen and which discharges the oxygen.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,508,676	2013-08-13	1. An anti-reflective thin film coating formed on an optical surface, comprising a multilayer thin-film stack arranged to suppress reflection of incident polarized light within an incident light wavelength range, wherein the multilayer thin-film stack further provides a reflectance edge transition at a wavelength band that lies outside the incident light wavelength range, and wherein the reflectance edge transition is arranged to provide phase difference compensation to the polarized light within the incident polarized light wavelength range.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,677,871	2017-06-13	1. An optical measuring process for acquiring a surface topography of a measurement object comprising the following steps: providing a measuring device with a plurality of measurement channels, i being a value equal to a total number of measurement channels of the plurality of measurement channels, the measuring device comprising a measuring head in a measuring head guide device for chromatic confocal acquisition of the surface topography; applying spectrally broadband light of a light source from a fibre array with i fibres of i measurement channels via a common measuring head optic, with formation of a spot array of i measurement spots on the measurement object; acquiring and digitizing of i reflection spectra of the i measurement channels; and evaluating the digitized reflection spectra with removal of time variations in systematic measurement errors and time-related deviation movements of the measuring head guide device; whereby the following evaluation steps are also performed to remove time variations in systematic measurement errors and time-related deviation movements of the measuring head guide device:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,349,756	2013-01-08	1. A noble metal-containing titanosilicate material, wherein said material is represented by xTiO 2 .100SiO 2 .yEO m .zE in oxide form, wherein x ranges from 0.001 to 50.0; (y+z) ranges from 0.0001 to 20.0 and y/z is greater than zero and <5; E represents one or more noble metals selected from the group consisting of Ru, Rh, Pd, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Ag and Au; m is a number satisfying the oxidation state of E; and the crystal grains of said material fully or partially contain hollow structures, the titanosilicate material wherein there is a hysteresis loop between an adsorption isotherm measured from said material and a desorption isotherm of a low-temperature nitrogen adsorption measured from said material.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9,719,787	2017-08-01	1. A method configured to enhance a navigation solution for a device and a platform through multiple pass smoothing, wherein the mobility of the device is constrained or unconstrained within the platform and wherein the device may be tilted to any orientation, the method comprising: a) obtaining input data comprising sensor data acquired from a sensor assembly integrated with the device and representing motion of the device at a plurality of epochs from a first instant to a subsequent second instant; b) performing forward processing of the input data to derive interim forward navigation solutions for the epochs; c) performing backward processing of the input data to derive interim backward navigation solutions for the epochs; d) combining at least one quantity of the navigation solution from the interim forward and backward navigation solutions to obtain a smoothed version of the at least one combined quantity; e) performing forward processing of the input data and the at least one combined quantity to derive enhanced interim forward navigation solutions for the epochs; f) performing backward processing of the input data and the at least one combined quantity to derive enhanced interim backward navigation solutions for the epochs; g) combining at least one uncombined quantity of the navigation solution from the enhanced interim forward and backward navigation solutions to obtain an enhanced smoothed navigation solution; and h) providing the enhanced smoothed navigation solution.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,804,455	2017-10-31	1. A display device comprising a first color film of a first color and a second color film of a second color in a display area in which an image is displayed, and being configured to display the image when light radiated by an irradiator is transmitted by the first color film and the second color film, wherein the irradiator comprises a first light source configured to radiate light of a third color and a second light source configured to radiate light of a fourth color, and is configured to radiate light to the display area, the first color and the second color have a complementary color relationship, lightness of the first color is greater than lightness of the second color, in the display area, a first total displayable area of the first color film is larger than a second total displayable area of the second color film, and the irradiator is configured to radiate light of the first light source and the second light source to the display area in a switching manner by time division.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,581,811	2013-11-12	1. An organic light emitting display device, comprising: a scan driver for supplying a scan signal to scan lines during a frame time-divided into a plurality of subframes; a data driver coupled to output lines, and configured to supply data signals to each of the output lines; data distributors coupled to the output lines, and configured to distribute the data signals to data lines, concurrently, in synchronization with the scan signal; pixels located at crossing regions of the data lines and the scan lines; and a timing controller for supplying a first control signal and a second control signal to the data distributors, wherein the first control signal and the second control signal have opposite phases, wherein each of the data distributors comprises: wherein each of the channels in the sampling latch comprises:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,655,706	2017-05-23	1. An implant for use in treating a pelvic floor condition in a patient, the implant comprising: a mesh including an a central region having a first longitudinal edge, and a second longitudinal edge, the mesh being sized and shaped to support one or more of a patient's urethra, bladderneck, and pelvic organ, the mesh including a first extended portion extending laterally from the first longitudinal edge, and a second extended portion extending laterally from the first longitudinal edge, the second extended portion being disposed a distance away from the first extended portion along the first longitudinal edge; a first resilient strengthening member disposed within or on the central region and protruding beyond the first longitudinal edge and into the first extended portion; and a second resilient strengthening member disposed within or on the central region and protruding beyond the first longitudinal edge and into the second extended portion.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,665,986	2017-05-30	1. A system comprising: at least one hardware processor; and one or more modules configured to, when executed by the at least one hardware processor,	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,445,755	2013-05-21	1. A plant or a plant part of soybean variety XBP50001, representative seed of said soybean variety XBP50001 having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-13323.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,378,149	2016-06-28	1. A method for rebuilding an in-memory data structure, comprising: selecting a first table of contents (TOC) entry of a TOC page of a block in persistent storage, wherein the first TOC entry comprises a first object identifier (ID) of a first object, a first offset ID, and a first birth time; determining, based on the first object ID, that the in-memory data structure comprises a first object metadata for the first object comprising a first mod time and a first object map pointer to a first object map tree; determining, based on the first birth time, that the first birth time in the first TOC entry is greater than the first mod time of the first object; updating, after determining the first object metadata exists and after determining that the first birth time is greater than the first mod time, a first stored physical address in the first object map tree based on the first offset ID to a first physical address derived from the first TOC entry; and updating, after determining that the first birth time is greater than the first mod time, the first mod time stored in the first object metadata to the first birth time.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,538,859	2017-01-10	1. A shelf unit comprising: a base frame including first and second shelf brackets, lengthwise supports extending from the first shelf bracket to the second shelf bracket and widthwise strips extending between the lengthwise supports; and a plurality of shelf skins spaced apart from each other and mounted to the base frame, each shelf skin surrounding at least a portion of a top, a bottom and a front of the base frame so that a portion of each widthwise strip of the base frame is exposed between the shelf skins.	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,436,021	2013-05-07	1. A method of treating a pathology associated with an obsessional behavior of a mammal in need thereof, wherein the pathology is anorexia, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of RS 39604 (1-[4-amino-5-chloro-2-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)methyloxy]-3-[1[2-methylsulphonylamino]ethyl]piperidine-4-yl]propan-1-one); RO 116-0086 (1-butylpiperidin-4-yl)methyl 2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxine-8-carboxylate) or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to the mammal to treat the mammal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8,355,892	2013-01-15	1. A method for diagnosing causes of a malfunction of an electronic display that includes a display surface, a position sensor for sensing surface activity and generating at least one of X and Y coordinates associated with the surface activity and a local computer that runs board software to convert the at least one of X and Y coordinates into operational commands, the method comprising the steps of: linking a remote computer that includes a remote display to the electronic display from a remote location; interacting with the display surface to generate X and Y coordinates associated with surface activity; transmitting at least one of the X and Y coordinates associated with the surface activity to the remote computer; displaying at least a subset of the at least one of X and Y coordinates via the remote display; and examining the displayed at least a subset of the at least one of X and Y coordinates via the remote display to ascertain the cause of an electronic display malfunction.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,788,224	2014-07-22	1. A computer-implemented method for virtual machine placement in a datacenter, wherein the method comprises: using one or more server power characteristics to determine a power cost for any given virtual machine placement in the datacenter; using a heat profile of one or more datacenter components in relation to one or more cooling resources in the datacenter to determine cooling cost for any given virtual machine placement in the datacenter; and using the power cost and cooling cost to apply integrated energy cost minimization at one or more levels of hierarchy in the datacenter to determine placement of a virtual machine in the datacenter such that the integrated energy cost of the datacenter is minimized via:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,203,758	2015-12-01	1. A network system comprising: a flow table; a packet transfer processing unit configured to receive a packet for multicast transmission and process the packet based on the flow table; and a loop-back processing unit configured, when receiving a packet for multicast transmission from the packet transfer processing unit, to return said packet to said packet transfer processing unit, the flow table comprising a plurality of flow entries each defining a) a match condition indicating a multicast address as a destination address and b) an action including a destination port, said plurality of flow entries being at least a first flow entry which defines a first match condition and a first action including a first destination port, and a second flow entry which defines a second match condition that is identical to the first match condition and a second action including a second destination port that is different from the first destination port, wherein the transfer processing unit is configured, when a multicast address of a first packet matches a multicast address of the first match condition defined by the first flow entry, i) to rewrite a header of the first packet based on the first action of the first flow entry, ii) to obtain a second packet by copying the rewritten first packet, iii) to transmit the rewritten first packet to the first destination port, and iv) to transmit the second packet to the loop-back processing unit, the loop-back processing unit is configured to receive the second packet from the transfer processing unit, and to return the second packet to the transfer processing unit, and the transfer processing unit is further configured, when a multicast address of the second packet from the loop-back processing unit matches a multicast address of the second match condition defined by the second flow entry, v) to rewrite a header of the second packet based on the second action of the second flow entry, and vi) to transmit the rewritten second packet to the second destination port, wherein the transfer processing unit is configured vii) to obtain a third packet by copying the rewritten second packet, and viii) to transmit the third packet to the loop-back processing unit, the operations v) to viii) being repeated until the transfer processing unit determines that the packets have been transmitted to all destination ports of flow entries indicating match conditions that are identical to each other.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,793,072	2017-10-17	1. A push switch comprising: a substrate; a first fixed contact point disposed on a surface of the substrate; a second fixed contact point disposed around the first fixed contact point on the surface of the substrate; a convex dome-shaped movable member disposed on the surface of the substrate so that an end part of the movable member is in contact with the second fixed contact point, the movable member being pressed so as to invert the dome shape and thereby establish conduction between the first fixed contact point and the second fixed contact point; and a buffer member disposed between the movable member and the substrate so as to cover the first fixed contact point without being in contact with any one of fixed contact points when the buffer member is not pressed through the movable member, the buffer member adjusting an operation load applied to the movable member during inversion of the dome shape, wherein the buffer member is a leaf spring interposed between the substrate and the movable member to cover the first fixed contact point.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,666,166	2014-03-04	1. A system comprising: column transform circuitry configured to perform a column transform on first data to generate second data; row transform circuitry configured to perform a row transform on said second data to generate third data, and wherein said column transform circuitry is configured to separate a column of said first data into a first portion and a second portion, wherein said first portion of said column comprises a first plurality of values, and wherein said second portion of said column comprises a second plurality of values, wherein said column transform circuitry is configured to determine whether said first plurality of values of said first portion of said column comprises at least one zero value, wherein said column transform circuitry is further configured to determine whether said second plurality of values of said second portion of said column comprises at least one zero value, wherein said column transform circuitry is further configured to process said first portion and said second portion contemporaneously, and wherein said column transform circuitry is further configured to perform, when performing said column transform, an operation associated with at least one data value comprising a zero value, wherein said at least one data value is selected from a group consisting of at least one data value of said first portion of said column and at least one data value of said second portion of said column.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,342,431	2016-05-17	1. A method of correlating a first event to a second event, the first event being generated by a first computer system and the second event being generated by a second computer system, the method comprising: generating the first event by the first computer system; generating a transport correlator by the first computer system, the transport correlator comprising a first Globally Unique Correlator (GUC), the first GUC comprising a first globally unique identifier (GUID) that uniquely identifies the first event; transmitting the first GUC from the first computer system to the second computer system; receiving the first GUC at the second computer system; responsive to receiving the first GUC, generating the second event by the second computer system; generating a second GUC by the second computer system, the second GUC comprising a second GUID that uniquely identifies the second event; cross-referencing the first GUC to the second GUC to form a cross-referenced first GUC and cross-referenced second GUC; storing the cross-referenced first GUC and cross-referenced second GUC in a file to form a stored cross-referenced first GUC and stored cross-referenced second GUC; and providing the stored cross-referenced first GUC and stored cross-referenced second GUC upon request.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,147,965	2015-09-29	1. A connector assembly comprising: a female connector including: at least one female connector alignment surface formed in the seat body; and at least one sheath for at least partially enclosing one of the at least one male connector magnet or at least one female connector magnet.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,585,400	2013-11-19	1. A computer-implemented method for analyzing occlusion, the computer-implemented method comprising: for both a right side of a patient and a left side of the patient: displaying a final occlusion score for the patient, the final occlusion score based on the side score for the right side and the side score for the left side.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,019,170	2015-04-28	1. A display device comprising: a sensor unit configured to sense a location of a user and transferring a signal based on the sensed result to a processor; a display unit configured to output image data, wherein the display unit includes a first display area of which normal line is directed towards a first direction, a second display area which is adjacent to the first display area and includes a curved area, and a third display area which is adjacent to the second display area and includes a curved area and of which normal line is directed towards a second direction; and the processor configured to control the sensor unit and the display unit, wherein the processor is further configured to: detect a direction of the user towards the display device according to the location of the user, enter a first display mode if the direction of the user corresponds to the first direction, wherein the first display mode uses the second display area as an additional display area of the first display area, and enter a second display mode if the direction of the user corresponds to the second direction, wherein the second display mode uses the second display area as an additional display area of the third display area.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,447,833	2013-05-21	1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a client device, an initial write request to a set of servers replicas; receiving, by the client device, in response to the initial write request an indication that a version of storage assignment mappings utilized by the client device is not a most recent version; retrieving the most recent version of the storage assignment mappings; determining, by the client device, one or more growth servers designated to replace a corresponding one or more server replicas of the set of server replicas associated with a storage index; and transmitting, by the client device, a write request associated with the storage index to the set of server replicas and the one or more growth servers.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,456,827	2016-10-04	1. A trackable medical instrument for use in a computer assisted image guided surgery system having a digitizer for tracking the position of the instrument in three dimensional space and a display providing an indication of the position of the instrument with respect to images of a body part taken preoperatively, the instrument comprising: a) a guide member having a tracking device mounted thereon for being tracked by the digitizer; b) a proximal shaft attached to the guide member, the proximal shaft having a longitudinal axis and a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the proximal shaft being non-rotatable with respect to the guide member while being fixable to the guide member in a direction of the longitudinal axis; c) a drive handle extending from the distal end portion of the proximal shaft for imparting rotary motion, the drive handle having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and being rotatable about the distal end portion of the proximal shaft; d) an instrument tip extending from the distal end portion of the drive handle; wherein the instrument tip rotates relative to the guide member while being fixable axially relative to the guide member, and wherein the drive handle imparts rotary motion to the instrument tip.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,841,618	2017-12-12	1. An optical modulator circuit, comprising: a first electrode and a second electrode; a first p-n junction segment (PNJS) comprising a first modulating p-n junction (MPNJ) in series with a first non-modulating device (NMD), wherein the first MPNJ and the first NMD are connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively, wherein the first NMD comprises a first substantially larger capacitance than the first MPNJ; a second PNJS comprising a second NMD in series with a second MPNJ, wherein the second NMD and the second MPNJ are connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively, wherein the second NMD comprises a second substantially larger capacitance than the second MPNJ; and a first optical waveguide and a second optical waveguide that superimpose the first MPNJ and the second MPNJ, respectively, wherein the first MPNJ and the second MPNJ are configured to modulate a refractive index of the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide based on the substantially larger capacitance of the first NMD and the second NMD.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,837,743	2017-12-05	1. A banana plug with a raised break point, said banana plug comprising: a center pin with a raised break point, said center pin comprising: a spring contact coupled to said center pin, said spring contact peripherally surrounding at least some of said bottom portion of said center pin; a cable conductor having a first end electrically coupled to said center pin, and a second end extending into a cable jacket; a crimped strain relief having openings formed therein, said crimped strain relief compressed about said cable jacket such that said cable jacket bulges at least partially through said openings; an outer housing at least partially encapsulating said cable jacket, said cable conductor, and at least some of said top portion of said center pin; and an inner component disposed at least partially between said outer housing and said center pin, said inner component having protrusions extending there from, said protrusions configured to prevent movement of said inner component with respect to said outer housing, said inner component comprised of a material having a greater hardness than material comprising said outer housing.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,562,403	2013-10-22	1. A method of prompting a player to perform a series of dance moves, the method executed on a game platform in signal communication with a display, the method comprising: providing, using the game platform, a timeline comprising at least a first time interval associated with a first dance move, and a second time interval associated with a second dance move; displaying, on the display, an icon representing the first dance move at a first location on the display for the duration of the first time interval; and displaying, on the display, an icon representing the second dance move at the first location on the display for the duration of the second time interval; wherein the icon representing the first dance move comprises one or more representations of a body and indicates on the one or more representations of the body at least one body part whose position is important during the performance of the first dance move.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,618,824	2013-12-31	1. A device for monitoring the material health of a structure, comprising a miniaturized MEMS Kelvin probe within a housing, wherein the Kelvin probe comprises: a conductive plate disposed entirely within the housing and formed of a stable metal and positioned substantially parallel to the structure, wherein the structure is outside the housing; a piezoelectric vibrator coupled to the conductive plate for vibrating the conductive plate relative to the structure, wherein the piezoelectric vibrator comprises edges and the conductive plate does not extend beyond the edges of the piezoelectric vibrator; and an electrical circuit connected to the conductive plate and the structure, wherein the conductive plate and the structure form a capacitor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,804,721	2014-08-12	1. A computer program product for reducing bandwidth used by multiple transmissions, the computer program product comprising: a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising: computer readable program code configured to transmit data between a server and at least one end-device of a wireless carrier network in a unicast channel; computer readable program code configured to determine whether the at least one end-device is capable of switching between the unicast channel and a multicast channel and, when it is determined that the at least one end-device is capable of the switching, the transmission of data between the server and the at least one end-device is switched to the unicast channel, wherein the switching comprises: mapping at least one request of the at least one end-device to the unicast channel, the unicast channel being between the server and an intermediary disposed between a wired backhaul infrastructure of the wireless carrier network and a wireless last-hop to the at least one end device; creating the multicast channel as a correlated multicast communication channel between the intermediary and the at least one end-device, the multicast communication channel instantiated within the wireless last-hop; and transferring the data from the unicast channel to the multicast channel at the intermediary.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,547,611	2013-10-01	1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a storing section to store predetermined information, an image forming section to form a measurement image on a sheet to output a measurement chart, and a control section to receive inputs of a plurality of pieces of density information respectively indicating densities at a plurality of positions of the measurement image formed on the sheet, to calculate a correction value corresponding to each of the positions based on the input density information, to store in the storing section at least one calculated correction value in association with an output condition including a screen condition indicating a content of a screen processing at the time of outputting the measurement chart, to determine the output condition of the input image data, to read the correction value corresponding to the determined output condition from the storing section, and to correct the input image data based on the read correction value, wherein the image forming section forms an image on the sheet based on the corrected image data, and when no correction value corresponding to the screen condition of the input image data is stored in the storing section, the control section inhibits the correction corresponding to the input image data from being executed.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,032,283	2015-05-12	1. A computer program product for rendering cells, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for: identifying a set of adjacent cells that have at least one type of cell formatting in common; and rendering the at least one type of cell formatting as a single entity for the set of cells, including by uniting the at least one type of cell formatting shared by the set of cells into a single Bezier path and rendering the cell formatting into the set of cells as if the set of cells were a single cell.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,664,526	2017-05-30	1. A computer implemented method for identifying at least one routing option for use in routing a user from a current location to at least one user preferred destination comprising: receiving electronic data identifying at least one user preferred destination; receiving electronic data indicating a current location of the user; accessing, from the at least one memory device, historical information associated with at least one route segment, wherein the at least one route segment is interposed between the current location and the at least one destination; accessing at least one user routing preference; receiving, from at least one navigation service provider, a current condition for each of the at least one route segment; identifying, based on the current location, the historical information associated with at least one route segment, the current condition for each of the at least one route segment, and the at least one user routing preference, at least one routing option for use in routing a user from the current location to the at least one destination; and outputting at least one navigation direction, wherein the at least one navigation direction include an identification of the at least one routing option.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,439,249	2016-09-06	1. An apparatus for interfacing a ballast to at least one light emitting diode (LED), the apparatus comprising: a passive rectifier circuit; and a matching circuit coupled at an input port and/or an output port of the passive rectifier circuit and configured to at least partially match an impedance of the ballast, wherein the at least one LED is provided in a housing and mounted on a substrate contained within a translucent portion of the housing, wherein the housing comprises non-translucent first and second end caps that cap respective ones of the first and second ends of the elongated housing and wherein the passive rectifier circuit and the matching circuit are at least partially contained within at least one of the first and second end caps.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,827,516	2014-09-09	1. An interior grab handle and lamp assembly for a vehicle comprising: a bracket configured for attachment by fasteners to a structural roof member, the bracket disposed on a back side surface of a headliner, wherein the bracket is in abutting contact with both the structural roof member and the back side surface of the headliner and the bracket is disposed completely behind the headliner; an elongate handle operably connected to the bracket via first and second mounting members disposed on a visible surface of the headliner, wherein the bracket includes a first set of aligning ribs that engage the mounting members and a second set of aligning ribs that engage the structural roof member, and wherein the first and second sets of aligning ribs extend perpendicularly from the bracket and at least partially position the elongate handle relative to the headliner and the structural roof member; and a light source operably connected with an intermediate portion of the bracket, wherein the light source is disposed on the visible surface of the headliner between the first and second mounting members.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,732,988	2017-08-15	1. A thermal energy storage system comprising: a first discrete canister having a wall, said wall of said first discrete canister having an exterior surface and an interior surface, said interior surface of said first discrete canister defining an interior cavity; a second discrete canister having a wall, said wall of said second discrete canister having an exterior surface and an interior surface, said exterior surface of said second discrete canister being in thermal contact with said exterior surface of said first discrete canister, said interior surface of said second discrete canister defining an interior cavity; a thermal storage medium disposed in said interior cavity of said first discrete canister and said interior cavity of said second discrete canister; and a solar light receiving cavity in which solar energy is converted into thermal energy and said thermal energy is transmitted to said thermal storage medium; and wherein said first discrete canister and said second discrete canister are free of conduits passing therethrough; a region of said exterior surface of said first discrete canister defines a first part of said solar light receiving cavity, and a region of said exterior surface of said second discrete canister defines a second part of said solar light receiving cavity.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
8,633,568	2014-01-21	1. A multi-chip package (MCP) having a plurality of chips comprising: a lower substrate; a first main inductor pad configured to form on the lower substrate; a first lower inductor pad configured to form on the lower substrate, wherein the first lower inductor pad is formed at one side of the first main inductor pad; a second lower inductor pad configured to form on the lower substrate, wherein the second lower inductor pad is formed at the other side of the first main inductor pad and to include a magnetic flux to offset a magnetic flux of the first lower inductor pad; an upper substrate configured to dispose over the lower substrate; a second main inductor pad configured to form on the upper substrate to overlap with the first main inductor pad and to generate a magnetic flux having a same direction with a magnetic flux of the first main inductor pad; a first upper inductor pad configured to form on the upper substrate, wherein the first upper inductor pad is formed at one side of the second main inductor pad; and a second upper inductor pad configured to form on the upper substrate, wherein the second upper inductor pad is formed at the other side of the second main inductor and to include a magnetic flux to offset a magnetic flux of the first upper inductor pad.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,709,174	2014-04-29	1. A seamless steel pipe for line pipe having a chemical composition comprising, by mass percent, C: 0.02 to 0.10%, Si: at most 0.5%, Mn: 0.5 to 2.0%, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, P: at most 0.03%, S: at most 0.005%, Ca: at most 0.005%, and N: at most 0.007%, and further comprising at least one selected from a group consisting of Ti: at most 0.008%, V: less than 0.06%, and Nb: at most 0.05%, the balance being Fe and impurities, the carbon equivalent Ceq defined by Formula (1) being at least 0.38, content of Ti, V and Nb satisfying Formula (2), and the size of carbo-nitride comprising at least one of Ti, V, Nb and Al being at most 200 nm: where, into each of the symbols of elements in Formulas (1) and (2), the content (mass percent) of each element is substituted, and in the case where an element corresponding to the symbol of element in Formulas (1) and (2) is not contained, “0” is substituted into the corresponding symbol of the element in Formulas (1) and (2).	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,584,057	2013-11-12	1. A method for use in a lithography process, comprising: providing an integrated circuit (IC) layout design in a graphic database system (GDS) grid; converting the IC layout design GDS grid to a first exposure grid; applying a non-directional dither technique to the first exposure grid; applying a grid shift to the first exposure grid to generate a grid-shifted exposure grid; applying non-directional dithers to the grid-shifted exposure grid; and after applying the non-directional dither technique to the first exposure grid and after applying non-directional dithers to the grid-shifted exposure grid, adding, by a computer, the first exposure grid to the grid-shifted exposure grid to generate a second exposure grid.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,665,042	2014-03-04	1. A wireless switch comprising: a mechanical oscillator; a mechanical impulse deliverer, wherein the mechanical impulse deliverer delivers a mechanical impulse to the mechanical oscillator; a first array of magnets positioned on a planar surface, wherein the first array comprises an array of magnets, wherein one magnet is in direct contact with another magnet; and a first conductor, wherein the first conductor offers an area to a magnetic flux that results in a generation of power in the event that there is relative motion between the first conductor(s) and the array of magnets; wherein the first conductor includes two conductors wired in series each being in parallel with each other on a single layer of a multilayer printed circuit board; and wherein the two conductors are arranged in a serpentine pattern including a plurality of right angle turns.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,746,748	2017-08-29	1. A method comprising: applying a driving electromagnetic field to a silicon medium to thereby cause the silicon medium to emit a harmonic beam; and applying a control field to the driving electromagnetic field in an interaction region of the silicon medium to thereby control one or more properties of the harmonic beam, wherein the driving electromagnetic field has a first frequency and the harmonic beam comprises a plurality of high-order harmonics of the first frequency, wherein the control field has a second frequency that is a second harmonic of the first frequency, and wherein the one or more properties of the harmonic beam consist of spectral, temporal and spatial properties.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,484,765	2016-11-01	1. An electronic device comprising: a conversion unit configured to convert an Alternating Current (AC) voltage to a Direct Current (DC) voltage; a first charging unit configured to generate a first charging voltage or current using the DC voltage; and an output unit to provide the DC voltage and the first charging voltage or current to an external device, wherein the first charging unit is configured to regulate a level related to the first charging voltage or current based at least in part on a level related to a second charging voltage or current output from a second charging unit included inside the external device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,720,389	2017-08-01	1. A method for reducing power consumption by an electronic device, the method comprising: determining, by an application processor of the electronic device, whether an operation switch condition for switching to a sleep mode is satisfied, wherein the operation switch condition is satisfied if one of (i) when a remaining power of a battery of the terminal is less than a threshold or (ii) when a user input has not been inputted for at least a preset time; sending, by the application processor, a request for execution of a context recognition function to a control unit of the electronic device, if the operation switch condition is satisfied; and switching, by the application processor, to the sleep mode; based on a re-switch condition for switching from the sleep mode to the operation mode, switching to an operation mode; and correcting an error in state information received from the control unit.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8,890,732	2014-11-18	1. A sampling circuit for ADC (Analog-to-Digital Converter), comprising: an external input terminal, a sampling circuit and an auxiliary circuit which are connected with the external input terminal, a clock circuit and an external output terminal which are connected with the sampling circuit, and a clock feedthrough circuit connected with the auxiliary circuit, wherein the clock feedthrough circuit is respectively connected with the clock circuit and the external output terminal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,695,402	2014-04-15	1. A photoacoustic gas sensor component comprising: an infrared source; an integrated microphone; an infrared wavelength selective bandpass filter, wherein the infrared source, the integrated microphone, and the infrared wavelength selective bandpass filter are integrated into a single hermetically sealed package; an internal baffle structure within the hermetically sealed package that prevents radiation from the infrared source from coupling directly to the integrated microphone; and a gas measurement cell fitted on a single end of the hermetically sealed package wherein the infrared wavelength selective bandpass filter forms a window between a gas measurement volume of the gas measurement cell and the infrared source within the hermetically sealed package and wherein the gas measurement volume is communicatively coupled to the integrated microphone though an opening in a face of the hermetically sealed package.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,367,404	2013-02-05	1. A chimera internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) sequence for use in mammalian or insect host cells comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; and the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,653,253	2017-05-16	1. A plasma-based material modification system for treating a work piece with ions, the plasma-based material modification system comprising: a process chamber; a support structure disposed within the process chamber, the support structure configured to support the work piece; a plasma source chamber coupled to the process chamber, the plasma source chamber comprising: an absorber positioned between a center of the plasma and the support structure, the absorber configured to absorb a portion of ions flowing from the plasma to the absorber, wherein the absorber includes a first region having a first ion transparency and a second region having a second ion transparency that is different from the first ion transparency.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,329,728	2016-05-03	1. A method of operating a first handheld electronic device in the presence of a second handheld electronic device wherein the first and second devices are configured to transmit acoustic signals the for user input detection, the first device being configured to transmit first acoustic signals with a first signal characteristic, the method comprising: the first device determining the presence of the second device; when the second device is determined to be present, thereafter altering a transmission of the first device so as to transmit second acoustic signals from the first device, the second acoustic signals having a second signal characteristic, different from the first signal characteristic; receiving said second acoustic signals at the first device, the second acoustic signals comprising reflections of the transmitted second acoustic signals from an object; and using the received second signals to characterize the motion of the object and thereby to control a function of the first device, wherein the second signal characteristic gives a reduced interference between acoustic signals transmitted from the first and second devices respectively than the first signal characteristic.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,683,120	2017-06-20	1. An ink set, comprising: an ink-jettable fixer fluid, the fixer fluid comprising: a liquid vehicle including water and co-solvent having a boiling point from 160° C. to 250° C., the co-solvent present in the fixer fluid in an amount of 1 wt % to 40 wt %, wherein the co-solvent comprises 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol, a surfactant, the surfactant present in the fixer fluid in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 10 wt %, and a cationic polymer, the cationic polymer present in the fixer fluid in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 25 wt %, wherein the cationic polymer has a cationic charge density higher than 1000 microequivalents per gram cationic functionality, wherein the fixer fluid is formulated for printing on non-porous media and does not include more than 5 wt % volatile co-solvent having a boiling point of less than 160° C. and more than 3 wt % non-volatile co-solvent having a boiling point of more than 250° C.; and an ink, the ink comprising an anionic pigment dispersion and a latex.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,481,940	2013-07-09	1. A detection device comprising: a plurality of pyroelectric elements including a first pyroelectric element through an n-th pyroelectric element serially provided between a detection node and a first power supply node with n being an integer equal to or greater than 2; a detection circuit connected to the detection node; and a poling circuit configured to perform a poling process, in which a direction of polarization of at least one of the first pyroelectric element through the n-th pyroelectric element is set independently of a direction of polarization of another one of the first pyroelectric element through the n-th pyroelectric element.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,715,779	2014-05-06	1. A method for processing a glass article for use with or as an electronic device housing, the method comprising: obtaining a glass article; depositing a coating of amorphous carbon on a least a portion of a surface of the glass article; and installing the glass article to or with the electronic device housing, wherein the installing of the glass article installs the glass article such that glass article is provided at the portion of the housing and over a display device that is provided within the housing but that the portion of the surface of the glass article having the amorphous carbon coating is not directly over the display device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,685,690	2014-04-01	1. A recombinant β-glucosidase (Bgl1) variant comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 95% identity to amino acid residues 20-870 of SEQ ID NO:2 and comprises an amino acid substitution at position D369, wherein the positions are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO:2.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
8,761,001	2014-06-24	1. A method for implementing user port locating in a broadband remote access server multi-machine backup scenario, wherein, said broadband remote access server multi-machine backup scenario is that: more than two broadband remote access server equipments are master equipments, and one broadband remote access server equipment is a backup equipment, and a plurality of ports of the same master equipment are backed up to a plurality of different ports of the backup equipment, the ports that are mutually in a master-backup relationship belong to one backup group, and the method comprising: configuring a master port in each backup group as a user access port, and synchronizing information of taking the master port as the user access port to the backup port in the backup group; a remote authentication dial in user service server configuring access port information for the users, where the access port information is set as the master port in the backup group; and if the master port is abnormal and a master-backup switching is executed, the user accessing the line from the corresponding backup port, and the broadband remote access server equipment corresponding to the backup port encapsulating an authentication message including access line information about digital subscriber line access multiplexer of the user access including the master port number and taking the master port as the user access port, and sending the authentication message to the remote authentication dial in user service server.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,848,712	2017-12-26	1. A method for automatically adjusting a bedding system for a sleeper who is sleeping on the bedding system, the method comprising: measuring, by a pressure mapping engine, a two-dimensional pressure image of the sleeper on the bedding system while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system; applying a machine vision process to analyze the pressure image to determine a position classification for a body position of the sleeper, comprising: providing the position classification to a comfort and support engine; and while the sleeper is sleeping on the bedding system, adjusting, by the comfort and support engine, a comfort and/or support of the bedding system based at least in part on the position classification.	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,357,535	2016-05-31	1. A method for transmitting a reference signal by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: generating a reference signal sequence; applying an orthogonal sequence to the reference signal sequence; and mapping the reference signal sequence to which the orthogonal sequence is applied to a resource for each antenna port, wherein one antenna port is included any one of first and second antenna port sets, and a configuration of antenna ports contained in each antenna port set is changed according to a number of available resource elements (REs) of a physical resource block (PRB) pair, and wherein if the number of available REs is lower than a predetermined threshold value, the first antenna port set includes antenna ports corresponding to orthogonal sequences capable of performing despreading using any one of spreading factors 2 and 4, and the second antenna port set includes antenna ports corresponding to orthogonal sequences capable of performing despreading using the spreading factor of 4.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,840,111	2014-09-23	1. A sheet delivering device comprising: a base; a first frame being stood on the base and extending in upward and downward directions; a housing including a sheet distribution opening as an inlet and an outlet of a sheet and having a height position adjusted to the base; a second frame being attached to the housing in a body, extending in the upward and downward directions and being located adjacent to the first frame; a height adjustment member being attached to one of the first frame and second frame and including a plurality of engaged stop parts arranged at different height positions; a lever member being turnably attached to another of the first frame and second frame and including a contact stop member stopped into contact with the engaged stop part of the height adjustment member, wherein an auxiliary member giving the lever member the movement force toward the first turning direction, wherein the height adjustment member is attached to the first frame and the lever member is attached to the second frame, the engaged stop part is composed of an engaged stop projection having a support upper face, and the contact stop member is a supported member by the support upper face of the engaged stop projection.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,756,853	2017-09-12	1. A sustained-release solid pesticidal formulation comprising a pesticidally active ingredient and a zeolite defined below, wherein the solubility in water of the pesticidally active ingredient is 100 to 100,000 mg/L, and wherein the zeolite has SiO 2 and Al 2 O 3 in total of 90% by weight or more to the weight of the zeolite, has molar ratio of SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 of 4 to 25, and has an average particle size of 10 μm or less.	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,982,296	2015-03-17	1. A liquid crystal display device, which comprises a liquid crystal panel, an optical member and back plate elements, the back plate element comprising: a first splicing element comprising first stop wall for supporting liquid crystal panel, and a first coupling part and a first accommodation trench of first side for accommodating optical member, the first bottom plate and the first stop wall being interconnected with a first bottom plate and a first side wall, wherein the first bottom plate is used for supporting a bottom surface of the optical member, and the first stop wall is used for pressing against an upper surface of the optical member, the first coupling part is a first via hole disposed respectively on the first bottom plate and the first stop wall; a second splicing element comprising a second stop wall for supporting liquid crystal panel, and a second coupling part and a second accommodation trench of second side for accommodating optical member, wherein the first splicing element and the second splicing element are coupled through the first coupling part and the second coupling part, the second bottom plate and the second stop wall being interconnected with a second bottom plate and a second side wall, wherein the second bottom plate is used for supporting the bottom surface of the optical member, the second stop wall is used for pressing against the upper surface of the optical member, wherein the second coupling part is a second via hole disposed respectively on the second bottom plate and the second stop wall; and wherein before assembly, the first splicing element and the second splicing element are rotated around coupled end, and the first splicing element rotates to inside of second accommodation trench, or the second splicing element rotates to inside of first accommodation trench; wherein the first splicing element and the second splicing element are coupled through an interengagement, such as a rivet or a screw penetrating through the first via hole and the second via hole, and one end of the first side wall adjacent to second side wall and/or one end of second side wall adjacent to first side wall being disposed with a guiding trench to allow relative rotation between the first splicing element and the second splicing element.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,055,730	2015-06-16	1. A vat system for processing liquid or semi-liquid compositions, comprising: a vat that includes a bottom wall and side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall; a zoned heat transfer system including multiple heat exchangers arranged at locations relative to different portions of at least one of the bottom and side walls of the vat, wherein the multiple heat exchangers include a first heat exchanger with an upper edge defining an upper boundary of the first heat exchanger at a first relatively lower height with respect to an overall height of the vat and a second heat exchanger with an upper edge defining an upper boundary of the second heat exchanger at a second relatively higher height with respect to the overall height of the vat, and wherein each of the first and second heat exchangers includes a pair of spaced apart sheets defining a void space therebetween through which a heat transfer fluid flows and wherein the first and second heat exchangers are arranged with respect to each other to selectively permit flow of the heat transfer fluid through the void spaces of the first and second heat exchangers for selectively transmitting heat to or removing heat from the respective different portions of the at least one of the bottom and side walls of the vat at different heights with respect to the overall height of the vat establishing a vertically defined temperature differential between the first and second.	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,342,097	2016-05-17	1. A microcontroller comprising: a CPU (Central Processing Unit); a data input unit; and an oscillator that supplies a clock signal in response to operational modes of the microcontroller, wherein the operational modes include a STOP mode, a SNOOZE mode and a RUN mode, in the STOP mode, the oscillator and the CPU are stopped, in the RUN mode, the CPU and the data input unit operate using the clock signal supplied from the oscillator, and in the SNOOZE mode, the oscillator starts and supplies the clock signal to the data input unit when the data input unit receives first data, and the microcontroller switches to the RUN mode after the data input unit receives second data using the clock signal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9,145,393	2015-09-29	1. A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvate thereof, of Formula (I): wherein: Ar is chosen from aryl and heteroaryl, wherein Ar may be optionally substituted with one or more R R R R R each R each R R R X is chosen from N and CR m is chosen from 1, 2 and 3; and n is chosen from 0, 1, 2, and 3.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,448,765	2016-09-20	1. A method comprising: receiving a floating point scaling instruction, the floating point scaling instruction indicating a first source including one or more floating point data elements that are not required to have integer values, indicating a second source including one or more corresponding floating point data elements, and indicating a destination; and storing a result in the destination in response to the floating point scaling instruction, the result including one or more result floating point data elements having a same floating point format as the one or more floating point data elements of the second source, each of the one or more result floating point data elements including a corresponding floating point data element of the second source multiplied by a base raised to a power of an integer representative of the corresponding floating point data element of the first source.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,952,979	2015-02-10	1. A computer-implemented method for filling one or more pixels of an image, comprising: (a) obtaining an area of the image, wherein the area is comprised of the one or more pixels; (b) identifying one of the one or more pixels as an anchor pixel; (c) creating one or more waves based on the anchor pixel; (d) placing the one or more waves into a collection of one or more waves waiting to be processed; (e) processing each of the waves in the collection of one or more waves waiting to be processed by: (f) displaying, on a display device, the area of the image based on the fill.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,211,893	2015-12-15	1. A sanitary module for a rail vehicle, comprising: a floor formed with a floor panel and side walls laterally bounding said floor; said side walls having recesses formed on an inside thereof in a vicinity of said floor; sealing profiles having a cross-section with a ramp-shaped side and vertically running side faces, said vertically running side faces bearing against recess faces in said recesses of said side walls, said sealing profiles being configured for fastening to said floor panel; a floor covering extending across said ramp-shaped sides of said sealing profiles and forming a tub-shaped floor region of the sanitary module; and sealing material introduced into an upper part of said recesses of said side walls such that said floor covering terminates flush with said side walls above said recesses.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,235,682	2016-01-12	1. A method for displaying physiological data on a medical display device, the method comprising: on the medical display device, receiving one or more first units of physiological data from a first monitoring device, at least one of the first units of physiological data being received on a continuous basis, each first unit of physiological data corresponding to a medical parameter being monitored by the first monitoring device; receiving one or more second units of physiological data from a second monitoring device, at least one of the second units of physiological data being received on a non-continuous basis, each second unit of physiological data corresponding to a medical parameter being monitored by the second monitoring device; displaying the first and second units of physiological data on a single display screen of the medical display device; measuring a first time interval; when the first time interval expires without receiving the first units of physiological data, automatically converting a continuous tile showing first continuous data to a trend tile, the trend tile displaying one or more columns of the first units of physiological data; measuring a second time interval, the second time interval being greater than the first time interval; and when the second time interval expires without receiving the first units of physiological data, automatically converting the trend tile to an episodic tile, the episodic tile displaying the first units of physiological data received non-continuously.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,661,048	2014-02-25	1. A method utilizing a crime investigation tool in which the crime investigation tool is configured to compare at least one DNA profile corresponding to at least one evidentiary DNA sample from a crime scene against a database, maintained by a host, of profiles corresponding with previously collected and processed DNA samples, the method comprising the steps of: (a) acquiring directly from the host, which is a separate entity from a user accessing a host database, a first low level of access to the host database; (b) acquiring the at least one evidentiary DNA sample from the crime scene for analysis; (c) processing the at least one evidentiary DNA sample from the crime scene to obtain the at least one evidentiary DNA profile having information relating to variable lengths of repetitive DNA portions of the at least one evidentiary DNA sample; (d) applying the first low level of access in order to access the database and entering the at least one evidentiary DNA profile into the database; (e) acquiring an individual reference DNA sample for analysis, the individual reference DNA sample having identification information; (f) disconnecting the identification information from the individual reference DNA sample and securely storing the identification information separately and independently from the individual reference DNA sample to provide an anonymous DNA sample for unbiased processing, such that no direct linkage exists between identification information and the individual reference DNA sample and such that only the host has access to the existing identification information and only the host has the ability to reconnect the identification information to the individual reference DNA sample; (g) processing the anonymous DNA sample to obtain an anonymous DNA profile having information relating to variable lengths of repetitive DNA portions of the anonymous DNA sample; (h) entering the anonymous DNA profile into the database; (i) generating a scientific data report based on a comparison of the anonymous DNA profile to each of the at least one evidentiary DNA profile; (j) separating the scientific data report into a comprehensive data report and an abridged report, the abridged report containing summary information concerning a match between the anonymous DNA profile and the at least one evidentiary DNA profile stored in the database, and the comprehensive data report having at least one statistical information selected from the group consisting of types of crimes committed in a predetermined region, number of total crimes, number of unsolved crimes, and related crimes; (k) reporting the abridged report; (l) acquiring directly from the host a second level of access, that is higher and more secure than the first low level, so that access is available to the identification information which is separately and independently maintained by the host according to step (f); (m) applying the second level of access, reconnecting the identification information with the anonymous DNA profile of the anonymous DNA sample, and attaching the identification information to the abridged report; and (n) reporting the abridged report having the identification information attached; wherein: steps (a) through (n) are performed sequentially; and the summary information in the abridged report includes identification information having a subset of information related to the matching DNA profiles including at least one of an identity of the donor of DNA samples associated with the matching DNA profiles, information related to the donor, or information related to location, time or circumstances of obtaining the DNA samples corresponding to the matching DNA profiles.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,425,111	2016-08-23	1. A semiconductor package comprising: a package substrate; a semiconductor chip on a top surface of the package substrate; a chip pad on a bottom surface of the semiconductor chip to face the top surface of the package substrate, the chip pad including a connection pad and a measurement pad; and a chip bump including a first bump between the package substrate and the connection pad and a second bump between the package substrate and the measurement pad, wherein an interconnection within the package substrate is not connected to the second bump to be electrically isolated from the second bump.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,552,435	2013-10-08	1. An electronic device including a plurality of layers comprising: a semiconductor base layer of a first doping type; a semiconductor buffer layer on the semiconductor base layer; and one or more contact layers on the semiconductor buffer layer that form a first contact region of the electronic device and that are of a second doping type that is opposite the first doping type; wherein a thickness of the semiconductor buffer layer compensates for over etch when etching the one or more contact layers to form the first contact region due to non-uniformity of etching on a semiconductor wafer on which the electronic device is fabricated.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,601,697	2013-12-10	1. A tool for cutting a cylindrical conduit having a predetermined external diameter, said tool comprising a body having a bore of a diameter substantially equal to said predetermined diameter and extending along a predetermined axis through the body, a slot extending from an external surface of the body to the bore in the general direction of a first plane containing said axis, said slot tapering so that its width progressively diminishes with distance from the external surface of the body to the external circumference of said bore, said width at said external surface of the body exceeding said predetermined diameter, and at said bore being smaller than said predetermined diameter, a cutting blade extending into said bore along a plane extending at right angles to said predetermined axis by an amount exceeding the thickness of the wall of said conduit, the body being generally cylindrical about the predetermined axis and adapted to be gripped by the user in rotating the tool, the generally cylindrical body formed by a first segment on one side of the slot which is generally rigid and inflexible and a second segment on the other side of the slot which is resilient and flexible whereby the progressive insertion of a conduit into the bore along the slot will cause the second segment initially to flex away from the first segment until the conduit enters the bore where after the second segment will resile and urge the conduit against the blade, so that relative rotation between the tool and conduit about the predetermined axis will result in the severing of the conduit and wherein said second segment is made of the same material as said first segment but is hollow so as to define radially inner and outer walls sufficiently thin to provide the necessary flexibility and resilience with the inner wall of the second segment defining a portion of the bore and the outer wall of the second segment defining a portion of the generally cylindrical body.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,649,088	2014-02-11	1. A microscope system which performs an observation of a sample by a microscope, comprising: an electrically-operated objective switch unit which is provided with a plurality of objectives attached to respective attachment holes, and which is capable of setting a desired objective in an optical path by switching among the plurality of objectives; a stage on which the sample is placeable; an electrically-operated focusing mechanism which moves at least one of the stage and the objective switch unit in a direction of the optical path; an operation direction input unit which includes a first plurality of Graphical User Interface (GUI) buttons and which comprises a touch panel that can change a display of the first plurality of GUI buttons, wherein the operation direction input unit inputs a direction to operate the microscope system; and a storage unit which stores, for each of the plurality of objectives, movement control information including a type flag indicating a type of the objective depending on presence/absence of a soak or a type of the soak and a save distance for moving the stage or the objective switch unit by a predetermined distance; wherein the first plurality of GUI buttons include a second plurality of GUI buttons respectively corresponding to the plurality of objectives attached to the objective switch unit, wherein the second plurality of GUI buttons are arranged in the operation direction input unit, and wherein when one of the plurality of second buttons is pressed down, the microscope system: (i) outputs an objective switch direction to switch to one of the plurality of objectives that corresponds to said pressed one of the plurality of second buttons, (ii) performs discrimination of a switching path for switching to said one of the plurality of objectives selected for the switch, (iii) acquires from the storage unit the movement control information corresponding to each objective included in the switching path, (iv) determines according to the type flag included in the acquired movement control information whether or not the type of the objective before the switch is different from the type of any other objective included in the switching path, (v) moves the stage or the objective switch unit according to the save distance included in the acquired movement control information when the type of any other objective included in the switching path is different from the type of the objective before the switch, and (vi) when the type of the objective before the switch is different from the type of said one of the plurality of objectives selected for the switch, the microscope system: (A) stops an operation after the stage or the objective switch unit is moved according to the save distance, (B) causes said pressed one of the plurality of second buttons to display information indicating that the stage or the objective switch unit is in a stopped state by changing a display state of said pressed one of the plurality of second buttons, and (C) recovers the stage or the objective switch unit to an original position by moving the stage or the objective switch unit in the direction of the optical path when an operation direction for the stage and the objective switch unit is input by pressing said one of the plurality of second buttons again.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,027,467	2015-05-12	1. A system for preparing a beverage suitable for consumption, for instance coffee and/or tea, the system comprising: an apparatus for dispensing beverage under pressure to a nozzle, and at least one receiving chamber which is placeable or is placed downstream relative to said nozzle such that, during use, the nozzle spouts a jet of said beverage with a relatively high velocity to and/or into the receiving chamber, the receiving chamber being provided with at least one outflow opening for dispensing beverage received in the chamber, wherein the system is at least configured to substantially counteract or prevent formation of foam of this beverage, in particular when the beverage is spouted to and/or into the receiving chamber; wherein the receiving chamber is provided with a foam formation preventing surface which receives said beverage jet during use of said nozzle, the foam formation preventing surface comprises at least one of a bent surface and bent surface part, such that the beverage jet can spread along said surface and can flow away therealong, as a beverage layer flowing in a substantially laminar manner, substantially without forming foam, and wherein the foam formation preventing surface is at least provided with a substantially undulating surface part, the surface being provided with one or more substantially circular ripples; wherein the system can at least be brought from a first configuration into a second configuration and vice versa, while in the first configuration, the system is configured to substantially counteract or prevent formation of foam of the beverage while in the second configuration, the system is configured to increase the formation of foam of the beverage; wherein one or more parts of the system are one of removable for bringing the system from the first into the second configuration and/or vice versa, and exchangeable with corresponding parts for bringing the system from the first into the second configuration and/or vice versa; wherein the foam formation preventing surface includes a central flat surface part, a recessed surface part extending entirely around the flat surface part and recessed relative to the flat surface part, and an elevated continuous surface part extending substantially around the recessed surface part, wherein the flat surface part, the recessed surface part, and the elevated surface part form a continuous surface.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,484,895	2016-11-01	1. A method of tuning the duty cycle of a target signal comprising: measuring a high period of the target signal by counting a number of first high-speed pulses occurring during a high state of the target signal to derive a high count, wherein the first high-speed pulses are produced using an input pulse generator and a NAND gate having two input ports which receive input pulses from the input pulse generator and the target signal; measuring a low period of the target signal by counting a number of second high-speed pulses occurring during a low state of the target signal to derive a low count, wherein the second high-speed pulses are produced using the input pulse generator and a NOR gate having two input ports which receive input pulses from the input pulse generator and the target signal; calculating an actual duty cycle value of the target signal based on measurements of the high period and the low period; generating one or more duty control signals based on the actual duty cycle value and a desired duty cycle value; and automatically adjusting the duty cycle of the target signal using a duty cycle controller responsive to the one or more duty control signals.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,471,587	2016-10-18	1. An electronic-device-implemented method for enumerating a directory that includes a set of content items located in an other electronic device, wherein the method comprises: providing, by the electronic device, a request for information associated with the set of content items to the other electronic device; and receiving a response from the other electronic device with access information and finder information for each content item in the set of content items in the directory, wherein the access information summarizes access rights and privileges of a user logged in to the other electronic device and the finder information specifies a hierarchical arrangement of the set of content items in the directory; wherein providing the request comprises providing a single instance of a request to the other electronic device, and wherein receiving the response involves receiving a single instance of a response from the other electronic device.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,542,928	2017-01-10	1. One or more computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by one or more computing devices, perform a method of generating a natural language output, the method comprising: receiving a query from a user; identifying an answer to the query; mapping the answer to structured data from a knowledge base; identifying a sentence structure associated with the structured data and associated with a plurality of constraints, wherein the sentence structure comprises one or more variables that are to be substituted with the structured data when forming a sentence, and wherein one variable of the one or more variables is associated with at least two constraints of the plurality of constraints such that each of the at least two constraints limits the type of value that may be substituted for the one variable; identifying that the plurality of constraints associated with the sentence structure are satisfied such that only valid sentences are output; and upon satisfying each of the plurality of constraints, communicating an output answer to the query in the form of the sentence.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,448,747	2016-09-20	1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a storage unit configured to store schedule information that includes shutdown execution date and time, as date and time scheduled to execute a shutdown operation for the image forming apparatus; a shutdown unit configured to control the image forming apparatus to perform shutdown at the shutdown execution date and time included in the schedule information; a restricting unit configured to restrict at least part of a plurality of functions of the image forming apparatus stepwise at timing earlier than the shutdown execution date and time included in the schedule information; a notification unit configured to notify a user of a message whose content is differentiated in each of the steps; and a detection unit configured to detect a startup of the image forming apparatus in the power-OFF period, wherein the schedule information includes power-OFF period information that indicates a period during which the image forming apparatus is to be maintained in a power-OFF state, wherein, if the detection unit detects the startup of the image forming apparatus, the notification unit is configured to notify a user of a message that informs execution of a forcible shutdown and the shutdown unit is configured to forcibly shut down the image forming apparatus.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,638,865	2014-01-28	1. An aperiodic channel quality information sending method comprises: a mobile terminal pre-appointing one or more transmission modes which support the forming of dual flow beam and aperiodic channel quality information CQI feedback mode corresponding to the transmission modes with a network side; the mobile terminal receiving an indication of adopting the one pre-appointed transmission mode from the network side, and adopting the aperiodic CQI feedback mode corresponding to the one pre-appointed transmission mode to feed back the CQI information to the network side; wherein the step of the mobile terminal and the network side pre-appointing one or more transmission modes which support the forming of dual flow beam and aperiodic channel quality information CQI feedback mode corresponding to the transmission modes comprises: the mobile terminal and the network side pre-appointing that a transmission mode 8 supports the forming of dual flow beam which needs or does not need the pre-coding information feedback, wherein the aperiodic CQI feedback mode of the transmission mode 8 is the feedback mode 2-0, the feedback mode 3-0, the feedback mode 1-2, the feedback mode 2-2 or the feedback mode 3-1; and in the step of feeding back the CQI information to the network side, the mobile terminal also adopts the aperiodic CQI feedback mode corresponding to the one pre-appointed transmission mode to feed back the pre-coding information PMI to the network side when the PMI is needed wherein the step of adopting the aperiodic CQI feedback mode corresponding to the one pre-appointed transmission mode to feed back the CQI information to the network side comprises: adopting the feedback mode 2-0 or the feedback mode 3-0 to feed back the CQI information of the first flow; or adopting the feedback mode 1-2, the feedback mode 2-2 or the feedback mode 3-1 to feed back the CQI information, the rank RI information and the PMI information of each flow.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,504,937	2016-11-29	1. A method for collecting a fraction of a polar liquid mixture, suspension, or solution, comprising: providing a hydrophilic surface; receiving, establishing, or accessing a volume of a polar liquid mixture, suspension, or solution in contact with the hydrophilic surface; allowing an exclusion zone to form adjacent to an interface between the polar liquid mixture, suspension, or solution and the hydrophilic surface; and collecting a fraction of the polar liquid mixture, suspension, or solution at a selected distance from the hydrophilic surface.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,406,603	2016-08-02	1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor mounting board in which a plurality of semiconductor elements are mounted on an insulating wiring board, the semiconductor mounting board having a circuit pattern; an implant board in which via holes for electrical connection are provided in an insulating substrate having a printed wiring, and implant pins, first ends of which are press-fitted into the via holes and second ends of which are bonded to the semiconductor element and/or the circuit pattern of the semiconductor mounting board such that there is an electrical connection to the semiconductor element of the semiconductor mounting board, wherein distance between (i) the implant board and (ii) the semiconductor elements and/or the circuit pattern of the semiconductor mounting board varies, and wherein the implant pins are bonded to the semiconductor element and/or the circuit pattern of the semiconductor mounting board through cylindrical terminals press-fitted onto the second ends of the implant pins, and in the semiconductor device a depth with which each of the implant pins is press-fitted into corresponding ones of the cylindrical terminals varies so that total length of the implant pin and the cylindrical terminal which are press-fitted to each other match up with a distance between the semiconductor element and/or the circuit pattern on the semiconductor mounting board and the implant board.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,512,054	2016-12-06	1. A method for making a higher purity alcohol comprising: a. contacting an impure alcohol composition comprising: with hydrogen in a hydrogenation reactor and in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to produce a reaction mixture comprising said ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and a hydrogenated contaminant product and wherein at least 50 mole % of at least one said hydrogenable contaminant in said reaction mixture is converted; and b. separating ethylene glycol monobutyl ether from at least a portion of said reaction mixture to produce a purified alcohol composition having a concentration of said hydrogenable contaminant that is lower than the concentration of said hydrogenable contaminant in said impure alcohol composition and wherein the ethylene glycol monobutyl ether in the purified alcohol composition has an absolute difference of at least 10 weight percent relative to the concentration of ethylene glycol monobutyl ether in the impure alcohol composition.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,600,984	2017-03-21	1. A method of generating a vibration by using an adjective space displayed on a screen of a device, the method performed by the device and comprising: providing an at least one-dimensional adjective space to be used for determining at least one degree of at least one property represented by at least one adjective indication; inputting data to the at least one-dimensional adjective space based on a first user input; determining the at least one degree of the at least one property based on the data input to the at least one-dimensional adjective space; and generating a vibration element based on the determination.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,688,596	2014-04-01	1. A computer-implemented method for a user to report an activity in a project, the method comprising the following operations performed by at least one processor: receiving from the user a selection of a project position and a project task, the selection of the project position including a selection from a first predetermined list of a job position of a person performing the project and a separate selection from a second predetermined list of a qualification or a requirement for the job position of the project, the qualification or requirement including a predetermined technical expertise; retrieving, from a database, stored data based on the project position and the project task selected by the user; providing a user interface based on the type of access to the database by a reporting device of the user, the user interface being one of an online, offline, and web based interface; providing instructions to display the stored data to the user on the reporting device using the user interface; enabling the user to select a type of information to be reported; receiving, from the user, activity information related to the selected type of information; and updating the stored data in the database based on the received activity information.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,658,675	2017-05-23	1. An Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) including: a first processing core, wherein the first processing core includes a first send first-in first-out (FIFO) buffer and a first receive FIFO buffer; a second processing core, wherein the second processing core includes a second send FIFO buffer and a second receive FIFO buffer; a third processing core, wherein the third processing core includes a third send FIFO buffer and a third receive FIFO buffer; a fourth processing core, wherein the fourth processing core includes a fourth send FIFO buffer and a fourth receive FIFO buffer; memory; and a network-on-chip (NoC) coupled to the first, second, third and fourth processing cores and the memory, wherein the processing cores are configured to (i) send messages to other processing cores via the NoC, (ii) receive messages from the other processing cores via the NoC, (iii) write data to the memory via the NoC and (iv) read data from the memory via the NoC; wherein at least the first processing core is configured such that when a message that includes a WAIT function is to be sent by the first processing core to one of (i) the second processing core or (ii) the memory and the send FIFO buffer of the first processing core is full, the first processing core enters a low power state until the send FIFO buffer of the first processing core is not full, and wherein at least the first processing core is further configured such that if the first receive FIFO buffer of the first processing core is empty, the first processing core enters the low power state.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8,803,839	2014-08-12	1. A capacitive touchscreen system, comprising: a capacitive touchscreen comprising drive and sense touchscreen electrodes operably connected at one end to corresponding touchscreen electrode terminals, mutual capacitances existing between the drive and sense electrodes at locations where the drive and sense electrodes intersect, such mutual capacitances changing in the presence of one or more fingers or touch devices brought into proximity thereto; a touchscreen controller comprising controller terminals, the controller being configured to provide drive signals and to receive sense signals through the controller terminals, and a flex circuit comprising a plurality of flex circuit traces disposed between a first end and a second end thereof, the first end comprising first terminals corresponding to each of the flex circuit traces, the first terminals being operably connected to corresponding ones of the controller terminals, the second end comprising second terminals corresponding to each of the flex circuit traces; wherein the second terminals are spaced apart from, or in physical contact with, corresponding ones of the touchscreen electrode terminals, the second terminals of the flex circuit are coupled to the touchscreen electrode terminals without use of an electrically conductive bonding agent or material, the touchscreen electrode terminals and the second terminals are metal pads, the second terminals are spaced apart from, or in physical contact with, the touchscreen electrode terminals by gaps ranging between about 0.0 mm and about 1 mm, and the gaps are sufficiently small to permit capacitive coupling of drive and sense signals provided by the touchscreen electrode terminals to the second terminals.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,553,401	2013-10-08	1. A computing device for mobile use comprising: a. a bag comprised of a front wall having a top end, a bottom end, an inside surface and an outside surface including a computer equipment storage area on a portion thereof; b. a display panel pivotally attached to the bag wherein the display panel is positioned at a top of the computer equipment storage area proximal to the top end of the front wall and oriented to pivot the display panel into and out of the computer equipment storage area; c. a computing unit panel having a front side and a back side, a top edge and at least one side edge, the computing unit panel being attached to the inside surface of the front wall of the bag wherein the computing unit panel front side is positioned and shaped to act as a rigid support for the front wall of the bag and facilitating the storage of the display panel in the computer equipment storage area on the outside of the front wall of the bag; and d. an electrical connection, the electrical connection configured to electrically connect the display panel to the computing unit panel.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,818,604	2014-08-26	1. A drive control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle for driving and controlling a vehicle by using outputs from an internal combustion engine and a plurality of motor generators, comprising: accelerator opening degree detecting means for detecting an accelerator opening degree; vehicle speed detecting means for detecting a vehicle speed; battery charge state detecting means for detecting a charge state of a battery; and control means having target drive power setting means for setting a target drive power on the basis of the accelerator opening degree detected by the accelerator opening degree detecting means and the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting means, target charge/discharge power setting means for setting a target charge/discharge power on the basis of at least the charge state of the battery detected by the battery charge state detecting means, and motor torque instruction value operating means for setting a torque instruction value of each of the plurality of motor generators, wherein the control means has provisional target engine power calculating means for calculating a provisional target engine power from the target drive power set by the target drive power setting means and the target charge/discharge power set by the target charge/discharge power setting means, provisional target engine operation point setting means for setting a provisional target engine operation point to decide a provisional target engine rotational speed and a provisional target engine torque from the provisional target engine power calculated by the provisional target engine power calculating means and a retrieval map of a whole system efficiency, target engine operation point setting means for presetting a change rate restriction value of the target engine rotational speed which is set on the basis of the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting means, calculating a restriction value of the target engine rotational speed from the change rate restriction value and a previous target engine rotational speed, and setting a target engine operation point to decide the target engine rotational speed and a target engine torque on the basis of the restriction value of the target engine rotational speed and the provisional target engine rotational speed, and target electric power calculating means for calculating a target electric power from a difference between the target engine power which is calculated from the target engine operation point set by the target engine operation point setting means and the target drive power set by the target drive power setting means, and wherein the motor torque instruction value operating means calculates the torque instruction value of each of the plurality of motor generators by using a torque balance equation including the target engine torque which is obtained from the target engine operation point and an electric power balance equation including the target electric power.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
9,204,810	2015-12-08	1. A blood pressure meter comprising: a blood pressure measurement cuff configured to be wrapped around a measurement site; a main body attached to the blood pressure measurement cuff; a display unit arranged extending along an external face of the main body on the side opposite to the blood pressure measurement cuff and configured to display first information related to the blood pressure of a measurement subject; a light emitting unit arranged inside of the main body at a position that is farther from the external face than the display unit is; and a control unit that is configured to and programmed to control the light emitting unit to emit light carrying second information that is different from the first information, wherein the display unit comprises a reflecting plate, a first polarizing plate, a liquid crystal display element, and a second polarizing plate in the stated order in a first direction from the inside to the external face of the main body, wherein the light emitting unit is positioned in an overlapped manner with the liquid crystal display element when viewed in the first direction, wherein the light emitted from the light emitting unit is viewable within a display area of the display unit defined by the liquid crystal display element, and wherein regions of the reflecting plate and the first polarizing plate that correspond to the light emitting unit are cut out such that light from the light emitting unit is emitted through the liquid crystal display element and the second polarizing plate along the first direction.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,825,483	2017-11-21	1. A charging station for inductive charging of an electrical device having a rechargeable battery and a receiving induction coil, the charging station comprising: a housing comprising a plurality of orthogonally oriented panels forming an interior volume arranged to host the electrical device; first, second, and third pairs of primary transmitting induction coils, wherein the first, second and third pairs of primary transmitting induction coils are orthogonally oriented; and a controller configured to excite, in sequence, the first, second, and third pairs of primary transmitting induction coils with charging current, wherein exciting in sequence comprises activating only the first pair of primary transmitting induction coils for a first period of time, activating only the second pair of primary transmitting coils for a second period of time subsequent to the first period of time, and activating only the third pair of primary transmitting coils for a third period of time subsequent to the second period of time; wherein each panel of the first, second, and third pairs of primary transmitting induction coils is arranged at a separate panel of the housing.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,271,803	2016-03-01	1. A method of registering sensor location data to images of at least one body lumen, comprising: placing a probe including a sensor disposed thereon relative to at least one body lumen in a patient; sensing an electromagnetic field generated by an electromagnetic field generator; generating location data corresponding to a location of the sensor in the electromagnetic field; registering the location of the sensor relative to a previously acquired image selected from a memory of a computing device storing a plurality of previously acquired images of the at least one body lumen based on the location data; generating a subgroup of the plurality of previously acquired images based on the location data; and updating the registered location of the sensor based on an image selected from the subgroup.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,389,620	2013-03-05	1. A carboxyl group-containing diene-based rubber latex composition, comprising: a carboxyl group-containing diene-based rubber latex; and an internal organometallic crosslinking agent containing one or more metal atom which is bonded to one or two carboxylate group of a carboxylic acid and two or more hydroxyl groups which are bonded to the metal atom, wherein the metal atom is aluminum or titanium.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,377,711	2013-02-19	1. A method for detecting, by Raman spectroscopy, a trace chemical from a target surface, the method comprising: (a) pulsing a strobe to contact broadband light with the target surface, wherein the broadband light liberates the trace chemical from the target surface, wherein the broadband light has a wavelength range of from about 300 nm to about 2 microns, wherein the strobe has an initial discharge peak interval of less than about 100 μs, and wherein the strobe light, during the pulse, illuminates the target surface with radiation having an energy level of from about 0.4 to about 5 J/cm (b) collecting the trace chemical in an airborne sample; (c) causing, by a Raman excitation source, a surface enhanced Raman scattering of the trace chemical; and (d) detecting, from the Raman scattering and by a detector, the trace chemical, wherein the Raman excitation source and detector are in separate units connected by a fiber optic component.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,369,854	2013-02-05	1. A method in a first radio base station of a mobile telecommunication network, said method for performing a handover of a wireless terminal to a second radio base station including sending a handover command to the wireless terminal, the method comprising: identifying whether one or more radio bearers with outstanding data to be transmitted satisfy one or more predefined criteria, such that a packet data reception status report for the identified one or more radio bearers is to be requested from the wireless terminal; and requesting the packet data reception status report for the identified one or more radio bearers from the wireless terminal, wherein the packet data reception status report includes information about data packet reception for the identified one or more radio bearers.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,579,602	2017-02-28	1. A method of reducing CO 2 from flue gas, comprising: performing a chemisorption process in a first reactor comprising using at least a chemisorption solution comprising a sorbent; and performing a desorption process by treating the chemisorption solution with a powdered desorption catalyst after the chemisorption process is performed, wherein the powdered desorption catalyst is of the formula MZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
9,711,152	2017-07-18	1. A method, comprising: receiving a persistent media identification code including non-acoustically encoded metadata for uniquely identifying a media object, the media object including an audio data portion and a non-audio data portion, the received persistent media identification code being embedded in the non-audio data portion of the media object and absent from the audio data portion of the media object; transposing the received persistent media identification code including the non-acoustically encoded metadata into an audio format by generating audio code components having respective frequency characteristics to represent symbols of the received persistent media identification code; and psychoacoustically embedding the generated audio code components into the audio data portion of the media object to include the transposed persistent media identification code within one or more of a plurality of encoding layers of the audio data portion.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0