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9,174,151	2015-11-03	1. A production tubing system comprising: a section of a tubing string configured to be disposed in a wellbore through a fluid-producing formation, the section comprising a body defining a plurality of openings; a porous medium positioned within the plurality of openings, the porous medium comprising a porous foam having one or more pores adapted to allow a fluid to flow through the porous medium and to prevent one or more particles from flowing through the porous medium; and a retaining structure adapted to allow the fluid to flow from the fluid-producing formation to the porous medium and to prevent radial expansion of the porous medium.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,408,226	2013-04-02	1. A method of making a piston for use in an access port valve, said method comprising: molding a piston, said piston comprising a neck section of reduced diameter compared to a body section, which defines an interior cavity; an exterior wall surface, and a base; and cutting a slit only partially across the reduced diameter of the neck section along a radial dimension to form a flow path at the slit and the exterior wall surface of the piston; said slit comprising an upper slit section, said upper slit section having a first slit surface and a second slit surface: wherein the first slit surface and the second slit surface abut one another before placing the piston into a valve housing of the access port valve.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,852,444	2017-12-26	1. A method comprising, by a computing device: receiving, from a client system of a first user, a text query inputted by the first user at a query field of a currently accessed interface of an online social network; generating a plurality of structured queries based on the text query, each structured query comprising one or more query tokens, wherein one or more of the query tokens are unique query tokens comprising references to one or more unique objects associated with the online social network, wherein at least one of the structured queries is a sponsored query comprising a reference to an unique object associated with an advertiser; and sending, to the client system responsive to receiving the text query, instructions for displaying one or more suggested queries on the interface, wherein the one or more suggested queries correspond to one or more structured queries, respectively, at least one of the suggested queries being a sponsored query referencing the object associated with the advertiser, and wherein each suggested query that is displayed is selectable by the first user to retrieve search results corresponding to the selected query.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,697,753	2014-04-15	1. A method of treating onychomycosis in a patient in need of such a treatment, comprising applying to the affected areas of said patient a composition comprising at least about 9% by weight terbinafine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, hydroxypropyl chitosan, a lower alkanol and water, once weekly, wherein a loading dose treatment period precedes the weekly application, and wherein the loading dose treatment period comprises daily application of the composition to the affected areas of said patient for one month.	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,651,671	2017-05-16	1. A global navigation satellite system receiver comprising: a radio frequency front end including: a digital processing functionality configured to:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	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
9,808,709	2017-11-07	1. A method comprising: monitoring biometric information of a user/subject, using one or more sensing devices, to detect play bio-markers that indicate when intrinsic motivators of the user/subject have caused the user/subject to enter a state of play that is characterized by a loss of sense of time and a feeling of deep engagement; responsive to detecting play bio-markers, storing one or more user/subject-specific play records in a computing system; wherein the user/subject-specific play records include play state event information; and based on the play state event information, the computing system automatically performing one or more actions; and wherein automatically performing one or more actions comprises automatically determining, for the user/subject, play type/patterns, wherein the play type/patterns determined for the user/subject based on the play state event information includes one or more of: Object, Pretend, Social, Rough and Tumble, Body, Exploratory, Celebratory, Competitive, Ritual, Narrative, or Fantasy.	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	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
9,477,284	2016-10-25	1. A method comprising: receiving, by a logic element of a device, a first input signal from a first input feed of a circuit board of the device; receiving, by the logic element of the device, a second input signal from a second input feed of the circuit board; determining, by the logic element of the device and at a first time, that only one of the first input feed or the second input feed is receiving power based on the first input signal received by the logic element and the second input signal received by the logic element; generating, by the logic element of the device, an output signal with a close control value based on determining that only one of the first input feed or the second input feed is receiving power; and transmitting, by the logic element of the device, the output signal with the close control value to a control input of a switch of the circuit 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,208,945	2015-12-08	1. A storage unit ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) for storing electrical energy, comprising at least one energy store ( 5 , 6 , 7 , 11 ) which has a positive electrical connecting terminal ( 10 ) and a negative electrical connecting terminal ( 12 ) and is designed to be charged and discharged with electrical energy via the positive connecting terminal ( 10 ) and the negative connecting terminal ( 12 ), characterized in that the storage unit ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) has an electrically conductive contact rail ( 14 ) which is at least indirectly connected to the positive connecting terminal ( 10 ), and an electrically conductive contact rail ( 16 ) which is at least indirectly connected to the negative connecting terminal ( 12 ), wherein the contact rails ( 14 , 16 ) are each connected to at least one external electrical connecting terminal ( 18 , 20 ) of the storage unit ( 1 ), wherein the contact rails ( 14 , 16 ) are each electrically connected to the respective connecting terminal ( 10 , 12 ) of the energy store ( 5 , 6 , 7 , 11 ) by means of at least one of an electrically conductive fibrous web ( 24 ) and a strand ( 22 ), each comprising a plurality of individual lines.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,455,636	2016-09-27	1. A device for controlling a power transistor of a power stage, comprising: a divider having a first input, a second input and an output, the divider being configured to produce a voltage reference signal; a first current generator configured to produce an output current; a shaper circuit configured to output to the first input of the divider a first signal based on the output current of the first current generator; a bias circuit configured to output a second signal to the second input of the divider based on the first signal; and a driver circuit having a first input, configured to receive the voltage reference signal, and an output configured to drive the power transistor.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
8,804,312	2014-08-12	1. An electroconductive polymer composition formed by drying an electroconductive polymer suspension solution which comprises a polyanion having a cross-linked structure, an electroconductive polymer, and a solvent, wherein the polyanion having a cross-linked structure has a main chain of a polystyrene sulfonic acid, wherein the polyanion having a cross-linked structure has a structure obtained by cross-linking a straight-chain polystyrene sulfonic acid using a cross-linking agent, and wherein the cross-linking agent is a compound having two or more epoxy groups selected from the group consisting of sorbitol polyglycdyl ethers,glycerol ethers, pentaerythritol polyglycidyl ethers, diglycerol polyglycidyl ethers, glycerol polyglycidyl ethers, trimethylolpropane polyglycidyl ethers, resorcinol diglycidyl ether, neopentyl glycol diglycidyl ether, 1,6-hexanediol diglycidyl ether, polyethylene glycol diglycidyl ethers, polypropylene glycol diglycidyl ethers, polybutadiene diglycidyl ethers, diglycidvl o-phthalate, hydroquinone diglycidyl ethers, diglycidyl terephthalate, dibromo neopentyl glycol diglycidyl ether, and bisphenol A type epoxy resins.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0
9,221,185	2015-12-29	1. A shaving razor cartridge comprising: a housing having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a pair of lateral end portions; at least one blade mounted to the housing, the blade having a cutting edge; a guard at the distal end portion of the housing, wherein the housing, the guard and the blade together define an open area of an opening for water to wash out the blade, the guard and the blade being on opposite sides of the open area; and a plurality of spaced apart projections, each projection having a proximal end portion extending across an edge of the guard and into the open area beyond the edge of the guard in a direction toward the proximal end portion of the housing, a slot disposed between adjacent ones of the spaced apart projections, each slot having a trailing end width disposed closest to the blade and between the respective proximal end portions of the projections, wherein the trailing end width is greater than a leading end width of the slot, and wherein the trailing end width is about 0.7 mm to about 1.2 mm facilitating passage of hair with minimal interference.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,550,886	2013-10-08	1. A ventilation device, comprising: an air feed channel extending to an outflow region; and first and second flow direction components in the outflow region, the second flow direction component comprising a first lamellar structure and a second lamellar structure, the first and second flow direction components being coupled for movement relative to one another between a first configuration in which air flow from the air feed channel flows out only through the first lamellar structure of the second flow direction component and a second configuration in which air flow from the air feed channel flows out only through the second lamellar structure of the second flow direction component, lamellae of the first lamellar structure lying substantially parallel to one another, while lamellae of the second lamellar structure are tilted to one another in a fan-like manner.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,014,412	2015-04-21	1. An improved loudspeaker comprising diaphragm chassis, top plate, magnet, yoke, voice coil armature, the top plate and yoke defining an annular air gap for the voice coil armature, a face plate comprising an inner periphery defining an opening for a speaker diaphragm having a central diaphragm portion having inner and outer surfaces, a central area and an outer periphery, and an outer annular arch-profiled strip diaphragm portion having an outer periphery and an inner periphery, the central diaphragm portion being attached along the outer periphery of the central diaphragm portion to one of the voice coil armature and the inner periphery of the outer diaphragm portion, the outer periphery of the outer diaphragm portion being attached to the diaphragm chassis in a first plane, wherein the improvement comprises: a bridge member at least partially spanning the opening in the face plate and comprising a plurality of forwardly arched extension members interconnecting at a central intersection forward of the central diaphragm portion of the speaker diaphragm, each extension member depending from an attachment location on the face plate periphery defining the opening and that is equidistant from a next attachment location of an extension member around the periphery of the face plate; a ring-shaped support member centered forward of the central area of the central diaphragm portion of the speaker diaphragm, said ring-shaped support member interconnecting the plurality of extension members at an intermediate location along each of the extension members; a stabilizing member further comprising one of a support member having a plurality of fins, a support member that is star-shaped in cross section, a support member that is plus-shaped in cross-section, a support member that has an inverted frustoconical shape in cross-section, a support member having integral support ribs, and a support member that has a finned inverted frustoconical shape in cross-section, said stabilizing member further comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion, the distal portion of said stabilizing member being attached to the central intersection location of the extension members of said bridge member and the proximal portion of said stabilizing member being attached to the central area of the central diaphragm portion in a second plane parallel to the first plane and that is of sufficient distance from the first plane to provide out-of-axis movement resistance sufficient to stabilize the diaphragm against rocking.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,846,602	2014-09-30	1. A method for treating a disease selected from a cancer, a virus disease, autoimmune disease, acute or chronic inflammatory disease, and a disease caused by bacteria, fungi, or other micro-organisms, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a substance comprising: at least one active compound selected from a cytostatic agent, a cytokine, an immunosuppressive agent, a virostatic agent, an antirheumatic agent, an analgesic, an anti-inflammatory agent, an antibiotic, an antimycotic agent, a signal transduction inhibitor, an angiogenesis inhibitor, and a protease inhibitor; at least one covalently protein-binding molecular residue selected from a maleimide, a haloacetamide, a haloacetate, a pyridylthio, a N-hydroxysuccinimide ester, an isothiocyanate, a disulfide, a vinylcarbonyl, an aziridine, and an acetylene; and a spacer comprising an organic molecular residue, which contains at least one aromatic moiety or at least one aliphatic carbon chain or an aliphatic carbon ring having 1-12 carbon atoms, some of which can be replaced with oxygen; wherein the protein-binding molecular residue is linked to the active compound through the spacer, and wherein the protein-binding molecular residue is not bound to a carrier protein.	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,412,757	2016-08-09	1. A semiconductor device comprising a first standard cell, the first standard cell comprising: a first impurity diffusion region formed in a substrate; an isolation region formed in the substrate, the isolation region surrounding the first impurity diffusion region or separating the first impurity diffusion region from another impurity diffusion region; a potential supply interconnect formed in an interconnect layer above the first impurity diffusion region, and extending in a first direction; a first local interconnect formed in contact with an upper surface of the first impurity diffusion region and an upper surface of the isolation region, and disposed below the potential supply interconnect; and a first contact hole electrically coupling the first local interconnect to the potential supply interconnect.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,031,937	2015-05-12	1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising: receiving, by a search system from a user device, a search query submitted by a user through a search interface of a website of a content provider; identifying, by the search system, a context file provided by the content provider, the context file identifying one or more document collections to be searched by the search system to obtain search results for users requesting searches through the search interface of the content provider; obtaining, by the search system, search results that satisfy the search query, wherein each search result of the one or more search results identifies a resource in the one or more document collections specified by the content provider in the context file; and providing the one or more search results to the user device for presentation to the user as a response to the search query.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8,375,509	2013-02-19	1. A cyclonic separating apparatus for a cleaning appliance, comprising first, second and third cyclonic separators arranged in series for separating particles from a dirt- and dust-laden airflow, first, second and third collectors each for collecting dirt and dust separated from a respective cyclonic separator, a closure member movable between a closed position in which the closure member closes an end of each collector and an open position in which separated dirt and dust can be emptied from the collectors, the ends of the collectors being separated by dividing walls, and a common seal mounted on the base to seal between the closure member and each of the dividing walls when the closure member is in the closed position.	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,751,584	2014-06-10	1. A method comprising: receiving, at a presence access layer (PAL) server, a service request from a watcher or PAL client, the service request including a service identifier; retrieving a profile template to establish presence-related parameters for a service associated with the service identifier; and using the presence-related parameters at the PAL server for rendering functionality, on behalf of an application or the service, to the watcher or PAL client.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,421,306	2016-08-23	1. An implantable medical device, comprising: a plurality of first elongate non-biologic elements, at least a portion of which are under a tensile or compressive stress prior to implantation; at least one biologic component comprising a biomatrix surrounding at least a portion of the plurality of first elongate non-biologic elements; and at least one second elongate non-biologic element, wherein the at least one second element secures at least one end portion of the plurality of first elongate non-biologic elements; wherein the plurality of first elongate non-biologic elements have a higher load capacity than the at least one biologic component at the time of implantation; and wherein the at least one biologic component has a higher load capacity than the plurality of first elongate non-biologic elements after implantation and following growth of native cells within the biomatrix.	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,821,438	2014-09-02	1. A system for reducing or preventing reperfusion injury to a patient, the system comprising: a catheter including an elongate shaft having a proximal end, a distal end and a length therebetween, the elongate shaft including an inflation lumen and a guidewire lumen, an expandable member disposed at or near the distal end of the elongate shaft, and a handle disposed at or near the proximal end of the elongate shaft, the handle including at least part of a fluid circuit adapted to modulate inflation fluid flow in one direction to inflate and deflate the expandable member.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,422,052	2013-04-16	1. An information processing apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus that performs an authentication operation referring to authentication information for print data in which an authentication print mode is designated, and that performs a print operation of the print data according to a result of the authentication operation, the information processing apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive information from a user indicating whether to select the authentication print mode; an obtaining unit configured to obtain, when the authentication print mode is selected and authentication information has not been entered, login information used when the user logged into an operating system, the authentication information being transmitted to the image forming apparatus to be used for authentication for the print operation; a setting unit configured to set the login information obtained by the obtaining unit to be the authentication information; a check unit configured to check whether only the login information is settable as the authentication information; a control unit configured to control, via a processor, the authentication information set by the setting unit to be unchangeable by the user in response to only the login information being settable as the authentication information; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the print data and the authentication information to the image forming apparatus when receiving a transmission instruction of the print data.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,964,044	2015-02-24	1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an auto continuous-capturing unit for continuously capturing a plurality of unit images; a feature point detecting unit for extracting and setting a feature point to be compared from each unit image; an image matching unit for reducing an error between the unit images by moving and modifying the unit image based on declination of the feature points; an image synthesizing unit for outputting a synthesized image by superposing the unit images; a motion detection range calculating unit for adjusting a size of a motion detection range for detecting the feature point by using a hand-shake limit pixel number, exposure time and capturing interval, wherein the hand-shake limit pixel number is the maximum number of pixels allowing shake not to be substantially perceived in the unit image; and a motion detecting unit for detecting a feature point corresponding to the feature point of the unit image from another unit image in the motion detection 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,477,237	2013-07-02	1. A portable electronic device, comprising: a main body comprising a first barrel positioned thereon; a camera comprising a post; and a holder assembly comprising a first connecting beam defining a first depression and a through hole, a second connecting beam defining a second depression, a second barrel positioning on the second connecting beam; wherein the first barrel and the second barrel are respectively rotatable assembled in the second depression and the first depression; the post is rotatably received in the through hole.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,257,492	2016-02-09	1. A method for producing a passive electronic component, comprising: forming a first electrically conductive layer on a substrate, forming a second electrically conductive layer on the first electrically conductive layer, forming a first trench in the first and second electrically conductive layers such that the substrate is exposed in the first trench, wherein the first trench separates a first contact region from a second contact region, applying a dielectric in a structured fashion to the second electrically conductive layer in the first contact region and at least partly to the substrate in the first trench such that the dielectric electrically insulates the first contact region from the second contact region, and applying an electrically conductive electrode layer in a structured fashion to the dielectric above the first contact region and to the second contact region.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,485,807	2016-11-01	1. A liquid heating apparatus for heating a liquid sulfuric acid solution including a peroxosulfuric acid for use in cleaning a semiconductor, comprising: a liquid flow channel member forming a flow channel defining a passage through which the liquid flows and having a flow channel thickness of 10 mm or smaller, with the liquid flow channel member consisting solely of a radiation transparent quartz composition to transmit near-infrared rays in a heating zone from a near-infrared heater placed over the outside of at least one of opposite flow channel surfaces of the liquid flow channel member for heating the liquid in the flow channel; and at least one spacer placed within the quartz flow channel of thickness of 10 mm or smaller to reduce the volume of the flow channel, wherein each spacer is composed only of radiation transparent quartz, which transmits near-infrared rays, in a rod shaped configuration disposed along the liquid flowing direction and arranged in a row relative to one another within the flow channel.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,351,275	2013-01-08	1. A programming method for a flash memory device that comprises a plurality of banks comprising a plurality of memory cells for storing multi-bit data, the programming method comprising: programming a most significant bit (MSB) page with respect to banks of a first bank group; programming a least significant bit (LSB) page with respect to banks of a second bank group after programming the MSB page with respect to the banks of the first bank group; programming the MSB page with respect to the banks of the second bank group after programming the LSB page with respect to the banks of the second bank group; and programming the LSB page with respect to the banks of the first bank group after programming the MSB page with respect to the banks of the second bank group.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,817,429	2014-08-26	1. A power converter, comprising: a voltage conversion unit that provides a first driving voltage at a first output electrode by converting a power supply voltage in response to a first control signal, the voltage conversion unit being configured to provide a second driving voltage at a second output electrode by converting the power supply voltage after a short detection period, in response to the first control signal, a second control signal being enabled during the short detection period and disabled after the short detection period; and a short detection unit that generates a third control signal by comparing a magnitude of a voltage of the second output electrode with a magnitude of a reference voltage during the short detection period, wherein the voltage conversion unit shuts down the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage in response to the third 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	1	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
9,319,640	2016-04-19	1. A system for generating an image display, the system comprising: a camera directed toward a public space for capturing a digital image of a person therein; an electronic display proximate the camera; a computer system coupled to the camera and the electronic display for processing captured images, for displaying the processed captured images on the electronic display, and for selectively controlling the electronic display; and wherein the computer system includes a processor for using global and local attributes to generate templates that are artistic displays with a plurality of window openings each having a unique frame shape for automatic insertion of a corresponding plurality of the processed captured images, and having global and local attributes associated with the template and with each of the window openings, for displaying the generated templates on the display, for selecting at least one template based upon facial expressions of or gestures by the person, and for processing the captured digital image to generate the image display by including the person in the selected template, and for symmetrically scoring the captured images with respect to the template in that a template can be selected in advance and a plurality of highest scoring images are included in the template, or a plurality of images are selected in advance, and then a highest scoring template is selected based on its aesthetic compatibility with the selected images.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,394,084	2016-07-19	1. A method of controlling an aircraft electrical system, the electrical system comprising: an alternating current electrical machine comprising a plurality of electrical phases, each phase having a nominal power rating, the electrical machine being configured to operate on failure of one or more phases; the method comprising: determining a power requirement; sensing a fault of one or more phases of the electrical machine, and, where a fault is sensed: controlling the electrical machine to operate in a fault condition, in which the non-faulty phases of the electrical machine provide the electrical power requirement; and determining whether the power provided by the remaining non-faulty electrical phases exceeds the nominal power rating of the respective phase, and providing an overrating signal to a flight computer of the aircraft where the power provided by each phase exceeds the nominal power rating of the respective phase.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,721,813	2017-08-01	1. A liquid processing apparatus comprising: a substrate holding unit configured to hold a substrate to be processed horizontally so that the substrate is processed with a processing liquid; a substrate rotating mechanism configured to rotate the substrate holding unit; a cup configured to surround the substrate held by the substrate holding unit and receive the processing liquid after the processing liquid is supplied to the substrate; a cleaning jig disposed on the substrate holding unit and configured to clean the cup, the cleaning jig being formed in a disc shape and provided with an inclined portion on a top surface thereof around an entire circumference in the vicinity of an outer circumferential edge of the cleaning jig, and the inclined portion of the cleaning jig being inclined upward toward an outside of the cleaning jig in a diameter direction; a cleaning jig accommodating unit configured to accommodate the cleaning jig; the substrate holding unit provided with a substrate holding body configured to hold the outer circumferential edge of the cleaning jig, wherein the outer circumferential edge of the cleaning jig has a shape which is held by the substrate holding body; and a cleaning liquid supplying unit disposed at an upper side of the substrate holding unit and configured to supply a cleaning liquid, wherein the inclined portion of the cleaning jig is angled such that a virtual line extended from an upper end of the inclined portion toward the outside of the cleaning jig is positioned above an upper portion of the cup, and the cleaning liquid supplied by the cleaning liquid supplying unit is supplied to a top surface of the cleaning jig.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,596,193	2013-12-03	1. A grain huller comprising: a position-fixed shaft that is rotated around an axis line of the position-fixed shaft by rotational power from a driving power source, a position-movable shaft that is disposed parallel to the position-fixed shaft and is rotated around an axis line of the position-movable shaft by rotational power from the driving power source, a position-movable shaft support member that supports the position-movable shaft in a rotatable manner around the axis line of the position-movable shaft, wherein the position-movable shaft support member is capable of being closer to and spaced away from the position-fixed shaft, a first roll that is supported by the position-fixed shaft in a non-rotatable manner with respect to the position-fixed shaft, a second roll that is supported by the position-movable shaft in a non-rotatable manner with respect to the position-movable shaft, a pressing mechanism that presses the position-movable shaft support member so that the first and second rolls are pressed to each other at a contact point by a predetermined pressure, a pivot shaft that is disposed above and in parallel with the position-fixed shaft and the position-movable shaft, a supply plate that has a proximal end portion supported by the pivot shaft in a non-rotatable manner with respect to the pivot shaft and a distal end portion directed to the contact point so that material grain, which has been fed from above, is naturally flown downward toward the contact point, and a link structure that rotates the pivot shaft around an axis line of the pivot shaft with use of a movement of the position-movable shaft support member to be brought closer to the position-fixed shaft so that a distal end portion of the supply plate is rotated around the pivot shaft in a direction toward the position-fixed shaft in accordance with an amount of the movement of the position-movable shaft support member, wherein the link structure includes:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,756,066	2014-06-17	1. An audio decoding method comprising: receiving a plurality of downmix signals and object-based side information, each of the plurality of downmix signals being generated by downmixing at least one object signal, wherein the object-based side information includes energy level of a highest-energy object signal for each parameter band and ratios of energy levels of other non-highest-energy object signals to energy level of the highest-energy object signal; converting the plurality of downmix signals to generate a single downmix signal comprising two downmix channel signals; generating a combined object-based side information including combined absolute object energy information and combined object energy ratio information; extracting channel distribution ratio information from the combined object-based side information, the channel distribution ratio information indicating a gain ratio of the object signal contributing to each of the downmix channel signals; receiving control information being usable to control position and level of the at least one object signal in the downmix channel signals; generating modification information for modifying the at least one object signal in the downmix channel signals based on the channel distribution ratio information and the control information; and modifying the downmix signal by applying the modification information to the downmix channel signals in the down mix signal, wherein both the single downmix signal and the modified downmix channel signals are stereo channel 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,731,000	2017-08-15	1. A method of reducing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) replication in the lung of an infant or juvenile, said method comprising: administering an RSV Fusion (F) protein, wherein the RSV F protein is encoded by a nucleic acid having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:7; and wherein an immune response that reduces RSV replication in the lung is obtained.	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,933,833	2015-01-13	1. A conversion device which converts an analog input signal to a digital signal and outputs the digital signal, the conversion device comprising: a feedback signal generator which performs digital-analog conversion after mismatch shaping the digital signal, which is converted and output by the conversion device, and generates a feedback signal; a subtractor which subtracts the feedback signal from the analog signal and outputs the analog signal, which is subtracted; a serial-parallel converter which converts a signal output from the subtractor to a plurality of parallel signals and outputs the plurality of parallel signals; a vector filter which performs signal processing on the plurality of parallel signals, which are output from the serial-parallel converter, and outputs the plurality of parallel signals; a vector converter which performs vector conversion on the plurality of signals, which are output by the vector filter, and outputs the plurality of signals; a quantizer which quantizes the plurality of signals, which is output from the vector filter, and outputs a digital signal; a reverse vector converter which performs a reverse conversion of the vector conversion performed by the vector converter on the digital signal, which is output by the quantizer, and outputs a digital signal, which is converted; and a parallel-serial converter which converts the converted digital signal, which is output by the reverse vector converter, to a serial signal and outputs the serial signal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,453,129	2016-09-27	1. A polymer blend material comprising: (i) a first polymer containing hydroxy groups; (ii) a second polymer containing nitrile groups; and (iii) a modifying component comprising carbon particles and boric acid wherein said first polymer and second polymer interact by hydrogen bonding or dative bonding between said hydroxy groups and nitrile groups.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,422,754	2016-08-23	1. A lock comprising: a catch mechanism including a rotary latch moveable between an opened position, an intermediate closed position, and a fully closed position, and a pawl for latching the rotary latch in the intermediate and fully closed positions, wherein the rotary latch includes a first blocking surface and a second blocking surface, wherein the pawl includes a blocking surface that presses against the first blocking surface, latching the rotary latch in the intermediate closed position, and presses against the second blocking surface, latching the rotary latch in the fully closed position, and a damping element having a body located in a plane below the rotary latch and a projection extending into a plane in which the rotary latch lies, wherein the projection has first and second abutment surfaces, wherein one of the first and second blocking surfaces of the rotary latch rests against the first abutment surface in the opened position of the rotary latch, and wherein the second abutment surface abuts against an outer surface of the rotary latch in the fully closed position.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,726,430	2017-08-08	1. A thermal evaporation source comprising: a manifold body; a crucible including a circular cross section, wherein the crucible includes a bottom, a top rim, and a wall extension that extend above the top rim to a ceiling of the manifold body to form an annulus with inside walls of the manifold body and to form at least three restriction orifices spaced around a circumference of the crucible; the crucible configured to contain a volume of evaporant at the bottom of the crucible; and an expansion chamber that is flowably connected to vapor space above the evaporant via the at least three restriction orifices.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,135,629	2015-09-15	1. Apparatus, comprising: one or more processors; and computer memory holding computer program instructions that when executed by the one or more computer processors comprise (a) a policy manager, (b) a profile manager, and (c) a privacy-safe targeting engine; the policy manager enabling a policy to be discovered and retrieved by an entity without a specific interaction between a user and the entity, the policy comprising a machine-executed data representation associated with one or more targeting interactions, the policy comprising data logically grouped in one or more URI-addressable fragments, wherein a policy fragment has an associated encoding and protocol-binding to enable the policy fragment to be accessed and applied; the profile manager enabling one or more profiles to be accessed remotely; and the privacy-safe targeting engine using a policy fragment and an audience certification assertion (ACA) to make one or more choices about advertising or content delivery, the audience certification assertion encapsulating into an opaque data token one of: contextual, behavioral and demographic information, wherein the opaque data token certifies that an advertisement or content delivered in response to a request satisfies a targeting criteria associated with the request and that the request has been satisfied in a privacy-safe manner.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,160,463	2015-10-13	1. A customer premises equipment (“CPE”) device for use with a cable signal provided by a cable system, and an interfering radio frequency (“RF”) signal generated by one or more external wireless signal sources, the CPE device comprising: an antenna configured to receive the interfering RF signal as a copy signal; and a signal processing system configured to: receive the interfering RF signal, the cable signal, and the copy signal, modify at least one signal parameter of the copy signal to produce a processed copy signal, combine the cable signal, the interfering RF signal, and the processed copy signal to produce a combined signal, monitor error rate values of the combined signal, determine whether the at least one signal parameter of the copy signal is to be adjusted based at least in part on an amount of signal energy in the copy signal and the error rate values of the combined signal, and adjust the at least one signal parameter of the copy signal after the signal processing system determines that the at least one signal parameter copy signal is to be adjusted, the signal processing system adjusting the at least one signal parameter of the copy signal such that the copy signal at least partially cancels the interfering RF signal in the combined signal thereby reducing the error rate values of the combined signal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,545,200	2017-01-17	1. A system for measuring an anterior surface topography of an eye, the system comprising: a pattern projection system configured to emit light towards an ocular surface of the eye, wherein the pattern projection system is configured to project a sequence of patterns onto the ocular surface; one or more image sensors configured to record one or more images of the patterns resulting from the projected pattern sequence, an analysis system comprising computing hardware configured to determine a topographic map of the ocular surface from the one or more images of the patterns.	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,489,995	2013-07-16	1. A method for providing a configuration and instantiation interface to a hosted virtual server service, the method comprising: providing, by a virtual server manager, an interface to a plurality of hosted virtual server services, each of the plurality of hosted virtual server services comprising a plurality of physical machines each hosting one or more virtual servers, the interface comprising: determining, by the virtual server manager, that the at least one condition has been met; transmitting, by the virtual server manager, responsive to determining that the at least one condition has been met, to one of the plurality of hosted virtual server services, instructions to instantiate a first virtual server according to a first selected virtual server configuration boot image and instructions to instantiate a second virtual server according to a second selected virtual server configuration boot image; determining, by the virtual server manager, that instantiation of the first boot image and the second boot image on the physical machines comprising the one of the plurality of hosted virtual server services is complete; and transmitting, by the virtual server manager, responsive to determining that instantiation of the boot images is complete, respective configuration information to the instantiated boot images, wherein an information item in the second virtual server configuration information depends on the first virtual server configuration and the virtual server manager obtains a value for the information item from the first virtual server, wherein the virtual server manager initially transmits incomplete configuration information to the second virtual server and subsequently transmits the obtained value.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,300,310	2016-03-29	1. A selection device comprising: an acquisition part which acquires a digital selection signal; and an output part which outputs a selection signal to each of a plurality of unit cells which can be instructed to output a value 0, outputs of the plurality of unit cells being input to an adder, the adder outputting a value of a sum of the outputs of the plurality of unit cells, wherein the selection signal instructs an output of a value corresponding to the selection signal to the unit cell, the value output by the adder is a value determined according to the digital selection signal, when the value output by the adder corresponding to the digital selection signal is a value 0, a unit cell exists which is output with a selection signal which instructs an output of a value N which is not 0, a time average of the value output by the adder is a value 0 when the digital selection signal is a value 0, and wherein the digital selection signal is a digital audio signal, each of the unit cells is a drive circuit which drives a voice coil, and the selection signal represents an existence and a polarity of a current which flows in the voice coil which is driven by the unit cell.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,805,792	2017-10-31	1. A memory array comprising: a plurality of memory devices individually comprising:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,592,588	2013-11-26	1. A process for adding a side chain to a starting material comprising reacting together in a one-pot reaction: (i) a compound of formula I: or a partially or completely purified stereoisomer thereof, or a salt thereof, wherein R 3 is an alkyl group; (ii) an amine of formula R (iii) phosgene or a reactive equivalent thereof, to provide a solution comprising a compound of formula III:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,715,107	2014-05-06	1. A golf club head comprising: a strike-face wall comprising:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,946,248	2015-02-03	1. A compound of formula a N-oxide, a pharmaceutically acceptable addition salt, a quaternary amine or a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, wherein A is —CH each R R X R R R R R R each p is 1 or 2; each aryl is phenyl or phenyl substituted with one, two, three, four or five substituents each independently selected from halo, hydroxy, mercapto, C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,565,199	2017-02-07	1. An authentication system, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: wherein the gateway is communicatively coupled to a selected digital subscriber line access multiplexer of a plurality of digital subscriber multiplexers in a packet-switched network, wherein the selected digital subscriber line access multiplexer and the gateway are not portable communication devices, and wherein the selected digital subscriber line access multiplexer is provisioned to provide services to the gateway based on a physical association of the selected digital subscriber line access multiplexer to the gateway.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,068,524	2015-06-30	1. A fault analysis method for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, comprising: repeatedly determining an angular speed of the internal combustion engine, and adapting a parameter of the combustion process of one of the plurality of cylinders in order to equalize the times in which the internal combustion engine covers each of a plurality of angular intervals corresponding, to the plurality of cylinders, and determining an increase in the an angular speed of the internal combustion engine in each of the plurality of angular intervals, the angular speed increase in each angular interval resulting from an injection in a corresponding one of the cylinders, calculating an injection quantity for each cylinder based on the determined increase in angular speed corresponding to that cylinder, determining, base at least on the injection quantities calculated for each cylinder, that the one of the plurality of cylinders is defective.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0
9,451,638	2016-09-20	1. A method, performed by a user station (STA), for operating in a wireless network, the method comprising: separating a signal, received on a wireless communication channel in a frequency spectrum comprising 5 GHz, into subchannels, wherein a bandwidth of the subchannels into which the channel is separated is based on an expected bandwidth of transmissions of a device operating on a 5 GHz transmission band, on a frequency ranging from 5.85 GHz to 5.925GHz, in accordance with a standard of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 family of standards; detecting a Short Training Sequence (STS) portion of a data packet on a subchannel of the subchannels, wherein the separating includes filtering the signal into subchannels with bandwidths of 10 MHz and into subchannels with bandwidths of 5 MHz, and the detecting includes inspecting the 10 MHz subchannels, in parallel with each other, and the 5MHz subchannels in parallel with each other for a time duration based on a periodicity of the STS portion, and terminating the inspecting if the inspection of the 10 MHz subchannels detects the STS portion on one of the 10 MHz subchannels; and applying a coexistence technique on the channel, responsive to the detecting, by refraining from transmitting on the channel.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,807,155	2017-10-31	1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a computer server system and from a remote computing device, an application requirement definition for a computer application to be made available at an online marketplace; comparing the application requirement definition to device capability information for a plurality of different computing devices stored in a library of the computer server system; and identifying types and quantities of computing devices whose corresponding device capability information indicates an ability of the computing devices to execute the computer application according to the application requirement definition, wherein the quantities of the computing devices are identified based on initial activations of operating systems of the computing devices.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,852,153	2017-12-26	1. A method for representing information, including: defining a first data structure representing a hierarchy of at least one programming attribute for developing an application, wherein the first data structure is stored in a first file to allow the first data structure to be used by other data structures stored in other files, wherein the first data structure is defined based on a definition for a second data structure that is stored in a second file; producing a visual diagram including a graphical representation of each of the first data structure, the second data structure, the first file, and the second file, wherein the graphical representation of each data structure includes a representation of an identifier of the data structure and a representation of each of one or more fields of the data structure and wherein the graphical representation of each file includes a representation of an identifier of the file, the visual diagram also including: causing display of the visual diagram on a user interface.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,436,801	2013-05-07	1. A level shift circuit, suitable for receiving a plurality of input clock pulse signals and a charge sharing signal and for performing a charge sharing operation on each of the input clock pulse signals to generate a plurality of output clock pulse signals, the level shift circuit comprising: a control logic circuit, configured for receiving the input clock pulse signals and the charge sharing signal and for acquiring voltage level information of each of the input clock pulse signals and voltage level information of the charge sharing signal; a plurality of level shift output buffers, each of the level shift output buffers having an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminals of the level shift output buffers being electrically coupled to the control logic circuit, each of the level shift output buffers being configured for amplifying a corresponding one of the input clock pulse signals and determining whether to output the output clock pulse signal according to the voltage level information of the charge sharing signal acquired by the control logic circuit; and a plurality of charge sharing circuits, each of the charge sharing circuits being electrically coupled between a predetermined voltage level and the output terminal of a corresponding one of the level shift output buffers, each of the charge sharing circuits determining whether to be turned on according to the voltage level information of a corresponding one of the input clock pulse signals and the charge sharing signal acquired by the control logic circuit, when one of the charge sharing circuits is turned on, the predetermined voltage level and the output terminal of a corresponding one of the level shift output buffers are electrically coupled to each other only, so as to perform the charge sharing operation.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,026,646	2015-05-05	1. A method comprising: detecting, by a computing device, a change at a node within a computer network having a plurality of nodes, wherein the change occurred in response to execution of a remediation process in the computer network, wherein the remediation process was performed to remediate an earlier failure of a policy test in the computer network, and wherein the detecting is performed in response to the performance of the remediation process; correlating, by the computing device, the detected change as having been in response to the execution of the remediation process; and identifying, by the computing device, the detected change as being correlated with the execution of the remediation process so that the detected change is not treated as a further policy test failure.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,857,286	2014-10-14	1. A machine tool transition system, comprising: a driving assembly including an input unit and a driving gear connected to and driven by the input unit, the driving containing a plurality of driving teeth; a driven gear spaced from the driving assembly and contained a plurality of driven teeth; and at least one transmission ea which is located between the driving gear and the driven gear and engaged therewith, and includes an axial direction and a plurality of transmission teeth each including in the axial direction a front end tooth and a ear end tooth connecting to the front end tooth, the rear end tooth being formed at a thickness greater than that of the front end tooth, the transmission teeth being movable in the axial direction to engage with the driving teeth and the driven teeth via the front end tooth at a first engaged position and engage with the driving teeth and the driven teeth via the rear end tooth at a second engaged position; wherein two neighboring transmission teeth are spaced from each other at a tooth interval to form a tooth interval bottom surface and form an aperture on the tooth interval bottom surface to hold lubrication; wherein neighboring apertures are spaced from each other at a selected distance in the axial direction.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,599,946	2013-12-03	1. A precoding method in a transmitting end of a MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) system, the precoding method comprising: receiving feedback information for deciding a precoding matrix comprised using at least one of a base matrix and an expansion matrix generated by performing a phase shift on the base matrix; performing the precoding using the precoding matrix decided according to the received feedback information; and transmitting data precoded by the precoding matrix, wherein the base matrix is selected one of a DFT (discrete Fourier Transform) matrix and an antenna selection matrix considering a spatial channel correlation, and wherein the base matrix is the DFT matrix when the spatial channel correlation is greater than a reference correlation, and the base matrix is the antenna selection matrix when the spatial channel correlation is less than or equal to the reference correlation.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,574,838	2013-11-05	1. A kit for isolating and analyzing miRNA from a biological fluid comprising (a) a denaturing solution containing 20-25 mM sodium citrate and glycogen; (b) extraction reagents; (c) reverse transcriptase (RT) and an RT primer of SEQ ID NO:1; (d) reagents for real time PCR; and (e) mature miRNA.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,747,276	2014-06-10	1. A drive device, comprising: a planetary gear reduction device including at least two stages and an output shaft, each stage including: wherein central axes of the sun gear, the outer gear, the carrier, the output shaft, the driven shaft, and the driven member are all arranged coaxially with one another and at least one carrier is floatingly supported relative to the outer gear, wherein the carrier includes:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,288,431	2016-03-15	1. A method for re-recording content associated with popularity that has re-emerged, the method comprising: recording a plurality of media assets; responsive to determining that popularity of a given one of the plurality of media assets fell below a first threshold: retrieving popularity for the given media asset in the list after selecting the given media asset for deletion; comparing the retrieved popularity of the given media asset, which previously fell below the first threshold, to a second threshold; and in response to determining that the retrieved popularity of the given media asset, which previously fell below the first threshold, is now above the second threshold, performing an action relating to re-recording the given media asset.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,344,260	2016-05-17	1. A user equipment comprising: a transmitter and a receiver configured for transmitting and receiving data respectively; and a processor coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and is configured for:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,363,707	2016-06-07	1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: generating a frame comprising a physical layer preamble having a signal field, the signal field comprising: encoding the multiple fields comprising information associated with the frame type in the signal field of the frame, the information comprising: wherein the frame type is at least one of a set of frame types, the set comprising: an acknowledgement frame; a power save poll frame; a clear to send frame; and a block acknowledgement frame; and transmitting the frame.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,722,512	2014-05-13	1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming an element isolation film on a semiconductor substrate so as to surround a first region and a second region of the semiconductor substrate; forming a first gate insulation film on the semiconductor substrate in the first region; forming a second gate insulation film on the semiconductor substrate in the second region, the second gate insulation film being thicker than the first gate insulation film; forming a first gate layer on the first gate insulation film; forming a second gate layer on the second gate insulation film; forming on the element isolation film a dummy layer for detecting an end point of dry-etching so that the dummy layer is physically in contact with the element isolation film; forming an insulation layer so as to cover the first gate layer, the second gate layer, the dummy layer, and the semiconductor substrate; and dry-etching the insulation layer, the first gate insulation film and the second gate insulation film so as to form sidewalls covering side surfaces of the first gate layer and the second gate layer and expose the semiconductor substrate in the first region and the second region, wherein the dummy layer is not electrically connected to any gate layers of the semiconductor device, and the first region is electrically isolated from the second region by the element isolation film.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,081,784	2015-07-14	1. A device comprising a search server for allowing a user to register files for a first file storage device from a client machine and acquire data of the files stored in either the first file storage device or a second file storage device, the search server comprising: a controller configured to: wherein the first file storage device and the second file storage device are arranged in a tiered relationship, such that: the second file storage device is not configured to accept a file storage request from the client machine, a search index management table registering index information of the files stored in either the first file storage device or the second file storage device; and a search index registration file management table registering the location information of the first file storage device, wherein the controller is further configured to:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,304,628	2016-04-05	1. A touch sensing module, comprising: a plurality of image sensors disposed beside a reference plane and configured to detect the reference plane along an extending direction of the reference plane and convert a detection result into a plurality of image signals; and a processing unit configured to receive and process the image signals from the image sensors, wherein, when an object moves with respect to the reference plane in a plurality of first times and intersects or approaches the reference plane in each of the first times, the processing unit calculates imaging positions of two opposite borders of an object signal portion, which corresponds to the object, of each of the image signals on the corresponding image sensor, converts the imaging positions of the borders of the object signal portions of the image signals to positions of a plurality of first vertexes of a first polygon that surrounds the object on the reference plane by a triangulation location method, and calculates lengths of a plurality of first diagonals of the first polygon based on the positions of the first vertexes, and the processing unit selects one first diagonal which has the least length variation in the first times from the first diagonals in each of the first times as a first orientation diagonal corresponding to a real orientation of the object.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,559,388	2017-01-31	1. An electrochemical cell, comprising: a first electrode comprising a first electrochemically active material having a first thermogalvanic coefficient and a second electrode comprising a second electrochemically active material having a second thermogalvanic coefficient, wherein: the electrochemical cell is configured to be discharged at a discharge voltage and at a discharge temperature at or below about 200° C. such that the first electrochemically active material is at least partially electrochemically consumed; the electrochemical cell is configured to regenerate first electrochemically active material from a product of at least a portion of the first electrochemically active material consumed during discharge at a regeneration voltage that is at least about 5 mV lower than the discharge voltage and a regeneration temperature that is different than the discharge temperature and at or below about 200° C. such that at least a portion of the regeneration of the first electrochemically active material is driven by a change in temperature of the electrochemical cell, wherein the regeneration of the first electrochemically active material occurs via a process in which reverse reactions of electrochemical reactions that occur during discharge proceed; and at least one of the first electrochemically active material and the second electrochemically active material is in a solid phase in both a reduced state and an oxidized state, wherein the absolute value of the difference between the first thermogalvanic coefficient of the first electrochemically active material and the second thermogalvanic coefficient of the second electrochemically active material is at least about 0.5 millivolts/Kelvin.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,567,933	2017-02-14	1. An engine control method for learning a characteristic of an engine control-related component for use in engine control, comprising: an electricity consumption calculation step of calculating an electricity consumption amount required by a vehicle during execution of the learning, the electricity consumption amount including an electricity amount required for executing the learning and an electricity amount for use in another general electrical load; a comparison step of comparing an amount of electricity stored in a capacitor with the calculated electricity consumption amount, wherein the capacitor is configured to store therein electricity generated by an electricity generation device configured to acquire a motive force from an engine to generate electricity, and capable of supplying the stored electricity as electricity required for executing the learning and electricity for use in the another general electrical load; a required electricity ensuring step of, when a result of the comparison indicates that the amount of electricity stored in the capacitor is equal to or less than the calculated electricity consumption amount, causing the electricity generation device to generate electricity until the amount of electricity stored in the capacitor is increased beyond the calculated electricity consumption amount; and a learning execution step of, when the result of the comparison indicates that the amount of electricity stored in the capacitor is greater than the calculated electricity consumption amount, or when the amount of electricity stored in the capacitor is increased beyond the calculated electricity consumption amount as a result of the electricity generation by the electricity generation device, executing the learning while compensating the entire calculated electricity consumption amount only by electricity stored in the capacitor so as to avoid the electricity generation by the electricity generation device, wherein the capacitor is electrically connected to an electrical load involving electricity consumption during execution of the learning, and a battery serving as an electricity source, and wherein the method further comprising preventing a supply of electricity from the battery to the electrical load, when electricity is supplied from the capacitor to the electrical load.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1	0	0
9,055,905	2015-06-16	1. A method of determining if a person operating equipment is experiencing an elevated cognitive load, said method comprising the steps of: collecting a first set of data related to the person's operation of a device at a first time; processing said first set of data to establish a baseline signature, wherein the step of processing said first set of data to establish a baseline signature comprises the equation or the equation collecting a second set of data related to the person's operation of the device at a second time; processing said second set of data to establish a performance signature; and comparing said performance signature to said baseline signature to determine whether the person is experiencing an elevated cognitive load at said second time.	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,752,260	2017-09-05	1. A substrate, comprising a nonwoven fabric comprising bundles of microfine filaments, wherein the nonwoven fabric is obtained by removing a sea component from sea-island filaments to convert the sea-island filaments to the bundles of the microfine filaments, such that: (1) each bundle of microfine filaments comprises 8 to 70 microfine filaments having a nearly circular cross-sectional shape; (2) each bundle of microfine filaments has a cross-sectional area of 170 to 700 μm (3) on a cross section parallel to a thickness direction of the nonwoven fabric, the number of bundles per area is 1500 to 3000/mm (4) on a cross section parallel to a thickness direction of the nonwoven fabric, gaps between the bundles of microfine filaments have a size of 70 μm or less.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	1
8,630,625	2014-01-14	1. A method comprising: obtaining a profile of a recipient selected by a user; accessing a plurality of pre-stored greetings that are not generated by the user and are related to a category specified in the profile of the recipient; filtering the plurality of pre-stored greetings based on the category specified and on calendar information in the profile of the recipient to identify a pre-stored greeting not generated by the user; suggesting to the user the pre-stored greeting and a delivery date determined based on the calendar information in the profile of the recipient; receiving a selection from the user of the pre-stored greeting; in response to receiving the selection, prompting the user to provide a voice recording; capturing the voice recording; adding the voice recording to the pre-stored greeting to produce a personalized message; determining a presence status of the recipient; and delivering the personalized message to the recipient in accordance with the presence status and the calendar information stored in the profile, wherein the selected pre-stored greeting comprises one among an image, a video, and a sound clip and wherein the presence status identifies an availability of the recipient and a priority order for communicating on recipient devices.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,975,386	2015-03-10	1. A process for the preparation of Form I of CEM-101, the process comprising the step of adding a solution of CEM-101 in a water miscible, polar organic solvent to water at a temperature below 50° C.	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,119,399	2015-09-01	1. A method of controlling microbial growth on wood, wood products and biodegradable materials, which comprises applying an antimicrobially effective amount of a composition comprising a combination of pyrimethanil as a component (I) and as a component (II) a monoterpene compound is β-thujaplicin; whereby component (I) and component (II) are in respective proportions to provide a synergistic biocidal effect, to the wood, wood products and biodegradable materials to be treated.	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,082,810	2015-07-14	1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a device portion disposed in the semiconductor substrate; and a junction terminal portion disposed in the semiconductor substrate and having an annular shape surrounding the device portion, the junction terminal portion including first semiconductor regions of a first conductivity type and second semiconductor regions of a second conductivity type, the first semiconductor regions being adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction of the annular shape of the junction terminal portion, and having a width decreasing with progressing in a direction away from the device portion, and the second semiconductor regions being disposed between the first semiconductor regions, and having a width increasing with progressing in the direction away from the device portion.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,826,715	2017-11-28	1. A remote pet interaction device comprising: a case having an inside, an outside, a front wall and a back wall; an audio-visual platform operable to record audiovisual data about the environment, wherein the audio-visual platform includes a digital camera housed within the case with a lens exposed within the front wall to capture a pet's movement; a laser beam pointer exposed within the front wall to emit a laser beam against a surface to form a light-based spot located to capture the pet's attention; a pan and tilt platform within the case and coupled to the laser beam pointer to mechanically control the location of the light-based spot, wherein the pan and tilt platform includes an electromagnetics-based control system that includes: at least one optical sensor positioned to detect a maximum luminous flux of light emitted from the laser beam pointer; a speaker within the case to emit sound to capture the pet's attention and convey voice commands; a wireless transceiver, within the case, operable to send and receive data including the audiovisual data, digital sound for the speaker, and commands for controlling the pan and tilt platform; a processor operable to process data from the audio-visual platform, the wireless transceiver, and a data and power platform; a non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes said processor to: the data and power platform operable to receive data from a computer when connected, and provide power to all device components including the audio-visual platform, the laser beam pointer, the pan and tilt platform, the speaker, the wireless transceiver, and the processor.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,381,674	2013-02-26	1. An automated fluid dispenser for smoothly applying a viscous fluid onto a component, said device comprising: a fluid dispense valve having a nozzle with a nozzle tip extending from said fluid dispense valve, said fluid dispense valve having a pair of opposed ends; a support, said fluid dispense valve pivotally attached to said support about a pivot axis and pivotable freely in one direction, said pivot axis located between said pair of opposed ends; a tension member attached to said support and one of said pair of opposed ends of said fluid dispense valve; wherein said tension member applies an anti-pivoting force to said fluid dispense valve in a direction opposite said one direction when said fluid dispense valve pivots about said pivot axis, for the purpose of smoothly applying a viscous fluid onto a component that has come into motional contact with said nozzle tip and caused said fluid dispense valve and said nozzle to pivot about said pivot axis.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,031,328	2015-05-12	1. A computer-implemented method to augment an image, the method comprising: receiving the image; analyzing the image to identify at least two augmentation triggers comprising: (i) a predefined object in the image, and (ii) a predefined landmark in the image; and generating an augmented image responsive to identifying the predefined object and the predefined landmark in the image and by operation of one or more computer processors, wherein generating the augmented image 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	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
9,107,001	2015-08-11	1. An accessory system for a telephone, the accessory system comprising: at least one earphone configured to receive from the telephone incoming audio signals for rendering by the at least one earphone; and at least first and second microphone arrays respectively configured to generate first and second sets of audio signals, and each microphone array comprising a plurality of microphones used to generate outgoing audio signals for (i) processing by a signal processor and (ii) transmission by the telephone, wherein the first and second microphone arrays are mechanically and electronically configurable in a plurality of use modes to generate the audio signals for processing by the signal 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	0	0	0	0	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
9,215,520	2015-12-15	1. A synthetic jet assembly comprising: a synthetic jet comprising: a control unit electrically coupled to the actuator element and at least two frequency inputs, the control unit configured to transmit a multi-frequency drive signal to the actuator element, the multi-frequency drive signal comprising a cooling frequency component and an acoustic frequency component superimposed on the cooling frequency component.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
9,395,181	2016-07-19	1. A thread profile measuring method comprising: scanning a thread along a first axis and a second axis extending along a center axis of the thread to obtain contour data of the thread, the first axis and second axis being opposed to each other across the center axis; detecting a first distance of thread displacement along the center axis between a thread crest on the first axis and a thread root on the second axis at a first position on the center axis; detecting a second distance of thread displacement along the center axis between a thread crest on the first axis and a thread root on the second axis at a second position on the center axis; calculating an inclination and a deviation of the first axis and the second axis from the first distance of thread displacement detected at the first position and the second distance of thread displacement detected at the second position; and adjusting an attitude of the thread to eliminate the inclination and the deviation.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,748,895	2014-06-10	1. A display device comprising: a transistor comprising a gate, a source, and a drain; a first insulating film over the transistor; a wiring over the first insulating film and electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the transistor; a second insulating film over the wiring; a first conductive film over the second insulating film and electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the transistor, wherein the first conductive film has a first region and a second region thinner than the first region; a third insulating film over the first conductive film; a light-emitting member over the first electrode conductive film and the third insulating film, wherein the light-emitting member is in contact with the second region of the first conductive film; and a second conductive film over the light-emitting member.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,647,024	2014-02-11	1. A cutting edge-replaceable cutting tool comprising a tool body having an axis extending from a leading end side to a base end side thereof and a plurality of cutting inserts removably installed thereon, the cutting tool comprising: a plurality of insert mounting seats formed on the tool body, each insert mounting seat having a screw hole provided therein; and a plurality of upper wall portions formed integrally with the tool body, each of the plurality of upper wall portions overhanging a corresponding insert mounting seat of the plurality of insert mounting seats; wherein in each of the plurality of the upper wall portions, the insert mounting seat adjacent to the corresponding insert mounting seat is formed; each of the plurality of upper wall portions overhangs so as to cover at least a part of the cutting insert when the cutting insert is mounted on the corresponding insert mounting seat, and is formed so as to increase a thickness of a portion for supporting the cutting insert with respect to the insert mounting seat adjacent to the corresponding insert mounting seat; each of the plurality of the upper wall portions is formed such that an amount by which the upper wall portion overhangs the insert mounting seat on a base end side thereof is larger than an amount by which the upper wall portion overhangs the insert mounting seat on a leading end side thereof; and each cutting insert has a mounting hole passing therethrough, and is mounted on the corresponding insert mounting seat by a mounting screw passing through the mounting hole and screwed into the screw hole.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8,479,899	2013-07-09	1. A damper comprising: a vibration attenuating portion formed of an elastic material; and a mounting insertion portion protruding from the vibration attenuating portion, with the mounting insertion portion for insertion into a mounting hole formed in an electronic component generating a vibration within an electronic apparatus, to thereby elastically support the electronic component, wherein the vibration attenuating portion has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the mounting insertion portion attaches to a center of the first surface, the second surface has a recess in a center of the second surface, and wherein the mounting insertion portion 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,406,607	2016-08-02	1. An integrated circuit structure comprising: a transistor comprising: a first dielectric layer, wherein the gate electrode is in the first dielectric layer; first metal features, wherein each of the first metal features comprises at least a portion in the first dielectric layer, and wherein the first metal features comprise a first one of the first metal features directly over and electrically coupled to the first source/drain region; a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer; second metal features in the second dielectric layer, wherein the second metal features comprises a first one of the second metal features directly over and contacting the first one of the first metal features, and wherein the first one of the second metal features has substantially a same width as the first one of the first metal features; a third metal feature in the second dielectric layer, wherein the third metal feature is over and physically contacting the gate electrode, is physically separated from the first one of the first metal features, and has a first width greater than a second width of the first one of the first metal features; and a fourth metal feature physically separated from the third metal feature, wherein the fourth metal feature comprises at least a portion in the first dielectric layer and is directly over and electrically coupled to the second source/drain region.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,807,545	2014-08-19	1. A liquid-sealed antivibration device comprising: a first mounting part to be mounted on one of a vibration source side and a support side; a second mounting part to be mounted on the other of the vibration source side and the support side; an antivibration base body formed of an elastomer which is interposed between the first mounting part and the second mounting part; a main liquid chamber whose chamber wall is partially formed of the antivibration base body and in which a liquid is sealed; a first sub liquid chamber whose chamber wall is partially formed of a first diaphragm formed of an elastomer and in which a liquid is sealed; a partition element which partitions the main liquid chamber and the first sub liquid chamber; and a first orifice flow passage which connects the main liquid chamber with the first sub liquid chamber, wherein the partition element comprises: a second diaphragm which is formed of an elastomer and includes an outer peripheral portion which is liquid-tightly held by the partition element and a flexible membrane portion which is arranged inside the outer peripheral portion; a second sub liquid chamber which is divided from the main liquid chamber by way of the second diaphragm; a second orifice flow passage which connects the first sub liquid chamber and the second sub liquid chamber to each other while being tuned to a frequency range higher than a frequency range to which the first orifice flow passage is tuned; and a counter wall which faces a membrane surface of the flexible membrane portion on a main liquid chamber side in an opposed manner with a space defined therebetween on a main liquid chamber side of the second diaphragm, and in the flexible membrane portion, a valve portion which is brought into contact with a partition element wall surface around an opening of the second orifice flow passage and closes the opening while surrounding the opening is formed into a surrounding wall shape such that the valve portion is raised from the membrane surface of the flexible membrane portion, a space surrounded by the valve portion inside the valve portion having the surrounding wall shape forms the second sub liquid chamber, a through hole is formed in the flexible membrane portion outside the valve portion, and a projection which is brought into pressure contact with the counter wall is formed on the membrane surface of the flexible membrane portion on a main liquid chamber side, and the valve portion and the projection are held in a compressed state between the partition element wall surface around the opening and the counter wall, and further wherein the valve portion is configured to be in contact with the partition element well surface in a non-flexural state, and is configured to be moved away from the partition element wall surface by flexural deformation of the second diaphragm when a flow rate of the second orifice flow passage becomes a predetermined amount or more.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,727,443	2017-08-08	1. A method for simulating execution debug in a system of a multi-tenant database environment, the system having at least a processor and a memory therein, wherein the method comprises: executing code within the multi-tenant database environment on behalf of a plurality of separate and distinct customer organizations, each customer organization being uniquely identified by an organization identifier (OrgID), the multi-tenant database environment having elements of hardware and software that are shared by the plurality of separate and distinct customer organizations; wherein stopping the execution of the code for execution debug within the multi-tenant environment is not permitted due to such stopping of the code execution causing a code execution stop for all of the customer organizations presently executing other code on the shared hardware and software resource elements provided by the multi-tenant environment; forcing emission of execution data from the execution of the code within the multi-tenant database environment on behalf of the plurality of separate and distinct customer organizations by encoding one or more trace flags into the code prior to executing the code and by routing any operation or executable line of code processed against the multi-tenant database implementation on behalf of any one of the plurality of separate and distinct customer organizations through an encapsulated library of services to trigger the emission of the execution data when one or more trace preferences are active for a request to execute the code, the one or more trace preferences based on a client organization identifier (OrgID) associated with the request; capturing the execution data emitted from the execution of the code within the multi-tenant database environment, wherein the execution data emitted by the encapsulated library of services provides a transcript of all execution events that occur within the multi-tenant database implementation on behalf of any one of the plurality of separate and distinct customer organizations; persistently storing the captured execution data emitted from the execution of the code as the transcript of execution events; and replaying execution events associated with the OrgID associated with the request to simulate an original execution performed via the execution of the code within the multi-tenant environment by referencing the persistently stored execution data of the transcript of execution events without requiring any portion of the original execution be re-executed or reprocessed, wherein an execution debug simulator replays the execution events from the transcript captured based on the one or more trace debug preferences triggered to be active pursuant to the request as originally received.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,787,926	2017-10-10	1. A solid-state image apparatus comprising: a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; a plurality of amplifiers configured to amplify signals output from the pixels; a plurality of output restriction circuits, each provided for a corresponding one of the plurality of amplifiers and configured to perform comparing of a level of an output signal from the corresponding one of the plurality of amplifiers with a predetermined value and output a result of the comparing; and a plurality of memories, each provided for a corresponding one of the plurality of output restriction circuits, wherein each of the plurality of output restriction circuits restricts the level of the output signal when the level of the output signal exceeds the predetermined value, wherein each of the plurality of output restriction circuits outputs the corresponding result of the comparing to both a corresponding one of the plurality of memories and a corresponding one of the plurality of amplifiers, and wherein a gain of each of the plurality of amplifiers is changed based on the result of the comparing.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,161,205	2015-10-13	1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a packet data switch node, a packet associated with a first address that is associated with a first mobile unit by a first home agent; and routing the packet from the packet data switch node to a second address associated with a second mobile unit along a forward link of a communication path that bypasses the first home agent when the packet data switch node terminates a first session with the first mobile unit and a second session with the second mobile 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	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,927,908	2015-01-06	1. A temperature control circuit for two heating devices; wherein the two heating devices include a first heating device and a second heating device; a first heater wire and a first sensing wire are disposed in the first heating device, and a second heater wire and a second sensing wire are disposed in the second heating device; the first heater wire and the second heater wire are connected in parallel, and the first sensing wire and the second sensing wire are connected in parallel; the temperature control circuit for said two heating devices comprising: a first diode, a first end of the first diode being connected with a first end of the first sensing wire; a second diode, a first end of the second diode being connected with a first end of the second sensing wire the s polarity of the first end of the second diode being opposite to that of the first end of the first diode, wherein first ends of the first heater wire and the second heater wire and second ends of the first diode and the second diode are connected with a polarity of an alternating current power source; a third diode, a second end of the third diode being connected with a second end of the first heater wire; a fourth diode, a second end of the fourth diode being connected with a second end of the second heater wire, the polarity of the second end of the fourth diode being opposite to that of the second end of the third diode; a bi-directional thyristor, a first end of the bi-directional thyristor being connected with first ends of the third diode and the fourth diode, and a second end of the bi-directional thyristor being connected with another polarity of the alternating current power source; a controller connected with second ends of the first sensing wire and the second sensing wire; a first node being disposed between the controller and the second ends of the first sensing wire and the second sensing wire; the including a trigger circuit and the trigger circuit being connected with a gate of the bi-directional thyristor so that a controller switch can conduct the alternating current in a way of two half-waves or one half-wave; and wherein said first sensing wire is a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) element or a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) element; and said second sensing wire is a positive temperature coefficient element or a negative temperature coefficient element.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,919,111	2014-12-30	1. A device for obtaining internal energy from liquid by utilizing buoyancy and features of doing work, comprising: an inner body; a sealing strip; a shell body; an axle and liquid, wherein said sealing strip is mounted between said shell body and said inner body, a liquid entrance is provided at a bottom portion said shell body, said inner body is connected to said axle, an energy transformer is connected to said axle or said shell body.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,147,466	2015-09-29	1. A dual-port random access memory system, said dual-port random access memory system comprising: a memory array, said memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells, each of said memory cells comprising a memory array controller, said memory array controller driving said power line at a first voltage level lower than a normal second voltage level provided on said first word line when performing a write operation to said first bidirectional memory port, said memory array controller driving said power line at said first voltage level lower than said normal second voltage level provided on said second word line when performing a write operation to said second bidirectional memory port wherein said memory system handles two write operations in a single clock cycle by directing a first write operation to said first bit line and a second write operation to said second bit line during said single clock cycle.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,938,109	2015-01-20	1. A method of determining data defining an estimate of the thickness of a tissue structure from tomographic imaging data, the method comprising: inputting a tomographic imaging data set defining at least one slice through a region of tissue including said tissue structure; modelling said tissue structure as a variation of an imaging parameter of said imaging data along a line crossing said tissue structure, wherein said imaging parameter comprises a measure of bone density, a tissue structure model defined by said variation having at least a first tissue modelling parameter defining a modelled value of said imaging parameter along said line and within said tissue structure and having at least one parameter defining said thickness of said tissue structure; modelling a variation of said tomographic imaging data along said line as a blurred version of said variation of said imaging parameter modelling said tissue structure to provide a blurred tomographic imaging model, said blurred version of said variation of said imaging parameter being defined by a blurring function applied to said tissue structure model, wherein said blurred tomographic imaging model has a blurring parameter representing a degree of blurring applied by said blurring function; determining a constraining value of said first tissue modelling parameter; and fitting said blurred tomographic imaging model defining said blurred version of said variation of said imaging parameter along said line, to data derived from said tomographic imaging data set; wherein said fitting comprises holding said first tissue modelling parameter substantially at said constraining value and allowing variation of said blurring parameter and said at least one parameter defining said thickness of said tissue structure to determine said at least one parameter defining said thickness of said tissue structure; and wherein said at least one parameter defining said thickness of said tissue structure comprises said data defining said estimate of said thickness of said tissue structure.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,981,251	2015-03-17	1. A method for removing a coating from a substrate on which the coating is disposed, the method comprising: generating a non-thermal plasma at atmospheric pressure, the non-thermal plasma comprising an energetic species reactive with one or more components of the coating; applying the non-thermal plasma as a plasma plume to the coating at an interface between the coating and the substrate; and while applying the non-thermal plasma, moving a blade into contact with the coating at the interface, wherein the blade assists in separating the coating from the substrate while the one or more components of the coating react with the energetic species, and wherein the non-thermal plasma is adjacent and proximal to the blade.	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,490,427	2013-07-23	1. A heat-pumped liquid desiccant cooling system for drying and cooling air comprised of: a. A liquid desiccant air dryer; b. an air-to-air heat exchanger for warming the air to and cooling the air from said dryer; c. an adiabatic humidifier for cooling the air prior to being heated in said heat exchanger; d. a desiccant circulating pump and desiccant cooler for said dryer; e. a chilling coil after said heat exchanger for chilling the dried and cooled air; f. a regenerator for removing moisture from the liquid desiccant; g. a desiccant circulating pump and desiccant heater for said regenerator; h. an air-to-air heat exchanger for heating regeneration air to and cooling exhaust air from said regenerator; and i. a heat pump for supplying heat to said desiccant heater and chilling to said chilling coil.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
8,732,916	2014-05-27	1. An apparatus comprising: a band clamp arrangement for detachably joining a first component and a second component, said band clamp arrangement comprising:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9,272,189	2016-03-01	1. A golf ball, comprising: a core center having a diameter from about 5 mm to about 18 mm and comprising a first thermoplastic material having a first flexural modulus of up to about 15,000 psi and a specific gravity of at least about 1.5; a core layer disposed radially outward from the core center, wherein the core layer has a thickness of at least about 10 mm and comprises a second thermoplastic material having a second flexural modulus of up to about 32,000 psi; and a cover disposed radially outward from the core layer, wherein the cover comprises a third thermoplastic material having a third flexural modulus of 400 to 600 psi; wherein the second flexural modulus is greater than the first flexural modulus, the first flexural modulus is greater than the third flexural modulus, and the specific gravity of the core center is greater than the specific gravity of the core layer and greater than the specific gravity of the cover.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,425,796	2013-04-23	1. A method of lubricating a sliding part formed from an engineering plastic or comprising an organic coating film or an inorganic film in a refrigerator, comprising contacting the sliding part with a refrigerating machine oil, wherein the refrigerating machine oil comprises a base oil which contains a mineral oil as a main component, wherein the base oil has a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 1 to 3.12 mm the refrigerator uses a hydrocarbon-based refrigerant.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,784,510	2017-10-10	1. A spray apparatus for spraying cleaning fluid from a source of cleaning fluid under pressure onto the outer surfaces of heat exchange tubes that extend in rows in a heat exchanger, said rows of 8 exchange tubes being spaced apart from each other with a generally planar space defined between each two adjacent rows of said heat exchange tubes, said spray apparatus formed of a plurality of spray strips situated, each spray strip comprising: a. a frame, b. a central supply tube mounted in said frame, said central supply tube having an outer surface, an inlet in at least one end and having outlet apertures axially spaced apart and extending transversely through said central supply tube outer surface along its length, and c. a plurality of spray controllers situated lengthwise along said central supply tube, each of said spray controllers formed of end-to-end cylinders through which said central supply tube extends axially, each spray controller (i) having an outer surface radially outward from said outer surface of said central supply tube, and (ii) including on said surface of each of said spray controllers a plurality of spray nozzles which are directed in a plurality of directions, and said supply tube apertures configured for supplying fluid from said central supply tube to each of said plurality of spray nozzles.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,196,955	2015-11-24	1. An antenna device comprising: a finite ground plane; a feeding point provided on the finite ground plane; a plurality of feed antenna elements radially arranged around the feeding point at a height from the finite ground plane; a selector switch to connect a first end of a feed antenna element selected from the plurality of feed antenna elements to the feeding point; and a plurality of parasitic elements arranged correspondingly to the feed antenna elements, wherein first ends of the parasitic elements are connected to the finite ground plane, and portions including second ends of the parasitic elements are capacitively coupled with the feed antenna elements corresponding to the parasitic elements, wherein a length of each parasitic element is approximately a quarter of a wavelength of a radio frequency to be used, wherein a length from a second end of each feed antenna element to the feeding point is shorter than the length of each parasitic element, and wherein the finite ground plane has a rectangular shape, the first ends of the parasitic elements are connected to corners of the finite ground plane, respectively, and none of the parasitic elements is provided with a switch.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
9,413,649	2016-08-09	1. A network device, comprising: a chassis housing a backplane; a plurality of physical line cards housed in the chassis and coupled to the backplane, wherein each of the plurality of physical line cards is free of a layer 2 and layer 3 protocol processor, and wherein each of the plurality of physical line cards includes a physical line card database and is configured to receive at least one packet of information through an ingress port; and a control module housed in the chassis and coupled to the plurality of physical line cards through the backplane, the control module including:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,798,214	2014-08-05	1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of processors including a plurality of finger processors, the plurality of processors configured to: a memory coupled to the plurality of processors.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,609,385	2013-12-17	1. A method for the production of isoprene, the method comprising: culturing a genetically engineered cyanobacterium comprising a nucleic acid encoding a plant isoprene synthase in a bioreactor to produce isoprene, said nucleic acid comprising a sequence that has at least 90% identity to the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 16, wherein said bioreactor contains a water immiscible organic solvent, and the isoprene is trapped in said solvent.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
8,767,188	2014-07-01	1. A measuring device for measuring a distance between a reference mark and a target object, comprising: a beam source, wherein a laser beam is generatable by the beam source; a detector, wherein a reflected beam of the laser beam is detectable by the detector; a beam forming optics, wherein the beam forming optics is disposed in a beam path of the laser beam and the reflected beam; a beam splitting optics, wherein the laser beam or the reflected beam are deflectable by the beam splitting optics; and an optics carrier including a first receptacle, wherein the beam source is mounted in the first receptacle, and a second receptacle, wherein the beam forming optics are mounted in the second receptacle, and wherein the optics carrier is monolithic; wherein the beam source and the beam forming optics are only adjustable in a direction of a respective optical axis of the beam source and the beam forming optics; and wherein the respective optical axes are parallel.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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