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IBM patents granted on 09 March 2010

Administrator — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:35:33 +0000

111 US patents granted on 09 March 2010 and assigned to IBM

1	7,676,835	System and method for regulating access to objects in a content repository
2	7,676,831	Role-based access control management for multiple heterogeneous application components
3	7,676,809	System, apparatus and method of enhancing priority boosting of scheduled threads
4	7,676,808	System and method for CPI load balancing in SMT processors
5	7,676,795	Error detection in a data processing system
6	7,676,794	Testing scenarios that sequentially execute a plurality of application program interfaces
7	7,676,780	Techniques for super fast buffer insertion
8	7,676,779	Logic block timing estimation using conesize
9	7,676,778	Circuit design optimization of integrated circuit based clock gated memory elements
10	7,676,776	Spare gate array cell distribution analysis
11	7,676,775	Method to determine the root causes of failure patterns by using spatial correlation of tester data
12	7,676,759	Method and apparatus for searching data
13	7,676,757	User customization of language of menu items
14	7,676,754	Method and program product for resolving ambiguities through fading marks in a user interface
15	7,676,742	System and method for processing of markup language information
16	7,676,739	Methods and apparatus for knowledge base assisted annotation
17	7,676,702	Preemptive data protection for copy services in storage systems and applications
18	7,676,687	Method, computer program product, and system for limiting access by a failed node
19	7,676,663	Method, system and program product for pipelined processor having a branch target buffer (BTB) table with a recent entry queue in parallel with the BTB table
20	7,676,656	Minimizing unscheduled D-cache miss pipeline stalls in a cascaded delayed execution pipeline
21	7,676,645	Method, system, and article of manufacture for reserving memory
22	7,676,641	Storage system with multiple copy targeting and disk failure protection
23	7,676,639	Separate handling of read and write of read-modify-write
24	7,676,637	Location-aware cache-to-cache transfers
25	7,676,635	Recoverable cache preload in clustered computer system based upon monitored preload state of cache
26	7,676,623	Management of proprietary devices connected to infiniband ports
27	7,676,622	System and method for improved bus communication
28	7,676,620	Portable computer systems with thermal enhancements and multiple power modes of operation
29	7,676,619	Portable computer apparatus with thermal enhancements and multiple modes of operation
30	7,676,618	Controlling resource transfers in a logically partitioned computer system
31	7,676,616	Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing asynchronous status messaging in a data storage system
32	7,676,609	Method and apparatus for non-disruptively unassigning an active address in a fabric
33	7,676,589	Automatic generation of portlets for visualizing data by exploiting object relationships
34	7,676,588	Programmable network protocol handler architecture
35	7,676,567	System and method for mapping a network
36	7,676,558	Configuring shared devices over a fabric
37	7,676,557	Dynamically adaptive portlet palette having user/context customized and auto-populated content
38	7,676,552	Automatic provisioning of services based on a high level description and an infrastructure description
39	7,676,545	Method and apparatus for composing, browsing, replying, forwarding e-mail
40	7,676,539	Methods, apparatus and computer programs for automated problem solving in a distributed, collaborative environment
41	7,676,505	System, method and computer program product for shared user tailoring of websites
42	7,676,498	Method and data processing system for managing user roles
43	7,676,492	Migration of database using serialized objects
44	7,676,484	System and method of performing an inverse schema mapping
45	7,676,472	Method and apparatus for accessing web services
46	7,676,471	Graphical, matrixed method for SAS fabric management
47	7,676,470	Self discovering adaptive security system and method
48	7,676,464	Page-ranking via user expertise and content relevance
49	7,676,462	Method, apparatus, and program for refining search criteria through focusing word definition
50	7,676,460	Techniques for providing suggestions for creating a search query
51	7,676,458	System and method for historical diagnosis of sensor networks
52	7,676,456	System and method for controlling database access
53	7,676,452	Method and apparatus for search optimization based on generation of context focused queries
54	7,676,445	Apparatus, system and method for developing failure prediction software
55	7,676,435	Method and system for triggering enhanced security verification in response to atypical selections at a service-oriented user interface terminal
56	7,676,359	System and method for synchronizing languages and data elements
57	7,676,358	System and method for the recognition of organic chemical names in text documents
58	7,676,357	Enhanced Chinese character/Pin Yin/English translator
59	7,676,354	Method of and system for simulating a light-emitting device
60	7,676,301	Identification and characterization of recirculation in electronic systems
61	7,676,282	Compression of servo control logging entries
62	7,676,220	Method and apparatus for dynamic voice response messages
63	7,676,203	Method and apparatus for dynamically tuning radio stations with user-defined play lists
64	7,676,200	Circuits and methods for high-efficiency on-chip power detection
65	7,676,086	Automatic coloring of pixels exposed during manipulation of image regions
66	7,676,069	Method and apparatus for rolling enrollment for signature verification
67	7,676,040	Changing encryption key of encrypted data
68	7,675,966	On-chip detection and measurement of data lock in a high-speed serial data link
69	7,675,949	Dynamic reconfiguration of solid state memory device to replicate and time multiplex data over multiple data interfaces
70	7,675,937	Virtual USB communications port
71	7,675,930	Chip circuit for combined and data compressed FIFO arbitration for a non-blocking switch
72	7,675,927	Trace information queueing system
73	7,675,876	Transport demultiplexor with bit maskable filter
74	7,675,874	Peer-to-peer instant messaging and chat system
75	7,675,865	Transfer of error-analysis and statistical data in a fibre channel input/output system
76	7,675,837	Device and method for mechanical data storage device operation and control
77	7,675,794	Design structure for improving performance of SRAM cells, SRAM cell, SRAM array, and write circuit
78	7,675,789	Programmable heavy-ion sensing device for accelerated DRAM soft error detection
79	7,675,754	Mechanically-assisted insertion and removal of modular device
80	7,675,744	Air distribution system compatible with disparate data storage systems
81	7,675,466	Antenna array feed line structures for millimeter wave applications
82	7,675,378	Multiple status e-fuse based non-volatile voltage control oscillator configured for process variation compensation, an associated method and an associated design structure
83	7,675,367	Design structure for an automated real-time frequency band selection circuit for use with a voltage controlled oscillator
84	7,675,342	On-chip electrically alterable resistor
85	7,675,338	Duty cycle correction circuit whose operation is largely independent of operating voltage and process
86	7,675,255	Back EMF reduction in a storage drive using pulse width modulation in a closed loop motor control system
87	7,675,164	Method and structure for connecting, stacking, and cooling chips on a flexible carrier
88	7,675,137	Electrical fuse having sublithographic cavities thereupon
89	7,675,121	SOI substrate contact with extended silicide area
90	7,675,118	Semiconductor structure with enhanced performance using a simplified dual stress liner configuration
91	7,675,097	Silicide strapping in imager transfer gate device
92	7,675,055	Strained complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) on rotated wafers and methods thereof
93	7,674,720	Stacking fault reduction in epitaxially grown silicon
94	7,674,705	Method of forming a semiconductor device
95	7,674,697	MOSFET with multiple fully silicided gate and method for making the same
96	7,674,691	Method of manufacturing an electrical antifuse
97	7,674,690	Inhibition of metal diffusion arising from laser dicing
98	7,674,686	Transplanted magnetic random access memory (MRAM) devices on thermally-sensitive substrates using laser transfer and method of making the same
99	7,674,675	Method of forming an integrated SOI fingered decoupling capacitor
100	7,674,674	Method of forming a dual gated FinFET gain cell
101	7,674,667	CMOS structure including topographic active region
102	7,674,651	Mounting method for semiconductor parts on circuit substrate
103	7,674,637	Monitoring cool-down stress in a flip chip process using monitor solder bump structures
104	7,674,521	Materials containing voids with void size controlled on the nanometer scale
105	7,674,324	Exposures system including chemical and particulate filters containing chemically modified carbon nanotube structures
106	7,674,123	Floating cable connector retention module
107	7,674,054	System and method for indicating receipt paper supply in a receipt printer
108	7,673,791	Method and apparatus for creating and exposing order status within a supply chain having disparate systems
109	7,673,657	Method for operating and managing a re-fueling business
110	7,673,464	Method and apparatus for temperature based placement of an item within a storage unit
111	7,673,389	Cold plate apparatus and method of fabrication thereof with a controlled heat transfer characteristic between a metallurgically bonded tube and heat sink for facilitating cooling of an electronics component

IBM patent applications published on 04 March 2010

Administrator — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:15:44 +0000

132 US patent applications published on 04 March 2010 and assigned to IBM

1	20100058486	METHOD FOR SECURE ACCESS TO AND SECURE DATA TRANSFER FROM A VIRTUAL SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FACILITY (SCIF)
2	20100058467	EFFICIENCY OF ACTIVE CONTENT FILTERING USING CACHED RULESET METADATA
3	20100058460	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING AN END USER
4	20100058434	HIERARCHICAL ACCESS CONTROL ADMINISTRATION PREVIEW
5	20100058379	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING A MOVIE FOR VIEWING
6	20100058374	PLACEMENT OF DATA STORAGE CARTRIDGES IN SINGLE CARTRIDGE SLOTS AND IN MULTI-CARTRIDGE DEEP SLOT CELLS OF AN AUTOMATED DATA STORAGE LIBRARY
7	20100058358	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING SOFTWARE CONTROLLED CACHE OF TRANSLATING THE PHYSICAL MEMORY ACCESS OF A VIRTUAL MACHINE BETWEEN DIFFERENT LEVELS OF TRANSLATION ENTITIES
8	20100058357	SCOPING AN ALIAS TO A SUBSET OF QUEUE PARTITIONS
9	20100058356	Data Processing In A Hybrid Computing Environment
10	20100058350	FRAMEWORK FOR DISTRIBUTION OF COMPUTER WORKLOADS BASED ON REAL-TIME ENERGY COSTS
11	20100058346	Assigning Threads and Data of Computer Program within Processor Having Hardware Locality Groups
12	20100058339	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A HOMOGENEOUS VIEW OF A DISTRIBUTED COMMON INFORMATION MODEL (CIM) WITHIN A HETEROGENEOUS VIRTUAL SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
13	20100058331	AUTOMATED DEPLOYMENT OF DEFINED TOPOLOGY IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
14	20100058308	CENTRAL PROVIDER AND SATELLITE PROVIDER UPDATE AND DIAGNOSIS INTEGRATION TOOL
15	20100058300	TEST COVERAGE ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS
16	20100058295	Dynamic Test Coverage
17	20100058294	GUARDING CODE CHECK-IN WITH TEST CASE EXECUTION RESULTS
18	20100058291	DEVELOPMENT TOOLING ENABLEMENT FOR AUDIT EVENT GENERATION
19	20100058275	Top Level Hierarchy Wiring Via 1xN Compiler
20	20100058272	Compiler for Closed-Loop 1xN VLSI Design
21	20100058271	Closed-Loop 1xN VLSI Design System
22	20100058270	Hierarchy Reassembler for 1xN VLSI Design
23	20100058269	Uniquification and Parent-Child Constructs for 1xN VLSI Design
24	20100058266	3-Stack Floorplan for Floating Point Unit
25	20100058265	Parallel Intrusion Search in Hierarchical VLSI Designs with Substituting Scan Line
26	20100058260	Integrated Design for Manufacturing for 1xN VLSI Design
27	20100058256	CO-OPTIMIZATION OF EMBEDDED SYSTEMS UTILIZING SYMBOLIC EXECUTION
28	20100058233	DISCOVERING NEW FEATURES IN AN APPLICATION GUI
29	20100058197	SUPPORTING ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL IN COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
30	20100058185	DYNAMIC HINTS FOR GUI CONTROL MODES CONTINGENT UPON CONTEXT-DEFINED CONDITIONS
31	20100058183	METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ALLOCATING VIRTUAL UNIVERSE CUSTOMER SERVICE
32	20100058164	PROPERTY DEPENDENCY VISUALIZATION
33	20100058162	AUTOMATIC CUSTOMIZATION OF DIAGRAM ELEMENTS
34	20100058161	AUTOMATIC MANAGEMENT OF DIAGRAM ELEMENTS
35	20100058110	ISOTROPIC PROCESSOR
36	20100058084	Self-Tuning Power Management Techniques
37	20100058036	Distributed Acceleration Devices Management for Streams Processing
38	20100058035	System and Method for Double-Issue Instructions Using a Dependency Matrix
39	20100058034	CREATING REGISTER DEPENDENCIES TO MODEL HAZARDOUS MEMORY DEPENDENCIES
40	20100058033	System and Method for Double-Issue Instructions Using a Dependency Matrix and a Side Issue Queue
41	20100058031	Executing A Service Program For An Accelerator Application Program In A Hybrid Computing Environment
42	20100058029	Invoking Multi-Library Applications on a Multiple Processor System
43	20100058026	LOADING ENTRIES INTO A TLB IN HARDWARE VIA INDIRECT TLB ENTRIES
44	20100057965	Extension of Lock Discipline Violation Detection for Lock Wait Patterns
45	20100057910	Concept for trusting client-side storage and distribution of asynchronous includes in an application server environment
46	20100057881	Migration of a Guest from One Server to Another
47	20100057880	Method of Routing Messages to Multiple Consumers
48	20100057866	DELIVERING AND REPLYING TO EMAIL USING HIDDEN ADDRESS
49	20100057865	Transferable Debug Session in a Team Environment
50	20100057862	SOLUTION THAT LEVERAGES AN INSTANT MESSAGING SYSTEM TO MANAGE AD HOC BUSINESS PROCESS WORKFLOWS
51	20100057861	Dynamic Email Recipients Based on Entered Subject
52	20100057856	MANAGING URGENCY INDICATORS IN ELECTRONIC MESSAGING
53	20100057855	TRACKING SUBJECT MATTER IN AN E-MAIL DISCUSSION
54	20100057854	REFERENCES TO HISTORY POINTS IN A CHAT HISTORY
55	20100057825	METHOD AND ELECTRONIC COMPUTING CIRCUIT FOR OPERAND WIDTH REDUCTION FOR A MODULO ADDER FOLLOWED BY SATURATION CONCURRENT MESSAGE PROCESSING
56	20100057818	PERFORMING DEFRAGMENT ON HARD DISK OF HOST MACHINE HAVING A VIRTUAL MACHINE
57	20100057811	CONTEXT-SENSITIVE TERM EXPANSION WITH MULTIPLE LEVELS OF EXPANSION
58	20100057797	FIELD-BASED SIMILARITY SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD
59	20100057788	METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPLEMENTING BACK UP HISTORY CLEANUP OPERATIONS FOR A DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
60	20100057787	METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CLONING OF DISTRIBUTED AND STATEFUL SYSTEMS
61	20100057780	ACTION EXECUTION MANAGEMENT FACILITY FOR SERVICE CONFIGURATION ITEMS
62	20100057766	Enterprise Process Database
63	20100057753	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING VISUAL INSIGHT PROVENANCE OF A USER
64	20100057739	AUTOMATED BROWSER HISTORY SORTING BASED UPON LOCATION
65	20100057730	CONTACT INFORMATION QUERYING
66	20100057726	Collaborative Search
67	20100057715	Prevention of a User Mimicking Another User in a Virtual World
68	20100057713	ENTITY-DRIVEN LOGIC FOR IMPROVED NAME-SEARCHING IN MIXED-ENTITY LISTS
69	20100057709	SEARCH APPARATUS, SEARCH METHOD AND SEARCH PROGRAM USING PUBLIC SEARCH ENGINE
70	20100057697	VIRTUAL LIST VIEW SUPPORT IN A DISTRIBUTED DIRECTORY
71	20100057670	APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING LOCKING IN MATERIALIZED QUERY TABLES
72	20100057667	DETECTION RULE-GENERATING FACILITY
73	20100057657	INTELLIGENT PROBLEM TRACKING ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING TECHNICAL SUPPORT
74	20100057648	CREATING FORMS WITH BUSINESS LOGIC
75	20100057644	INTERACTIVE DIGITAL VIDEO LIBRARY
76	20100057641	ANALYSIS OF ENERGY-RELATED FACTORS FOR SELECTING COMPUTATIONAL JOB LOCATIONS
77	20100057625	NEGOTIATION OF POWER RATES BASED ON DYNAMIC WORKLOAD DISTRIBUTION
78	20100057594	AUTOMATIC LOANER PART REPLACEMENT TO PREVENT SYSTEM CALLBACK
79	20100057581	INTERACTIVE PRODUCT MAPS
80	20100057531	Discovering Rarely-Planned Parts using Order Proposal Data
81	20100057529	PROVIDER-REQUESTED RELOCATION OF COMPUTERIZED WORKLOADS
82	20100057522	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A COLLABORATIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GOVERNANCE
83	20100057514	EFFECTIVE TASK DISTRIBUTION IN COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
84	20100057507	Real-Time Manufacturing Routing Optimization Using Content and Quality Level
85	20100057505	BUSINESS PROCESS COMMUNITY INPUT
86	20100057453	Voice activity detection system and method
87	20100057425	AUTOMATICALLY CREATING MANUFACTURING TEST RULES PERTAINING TO AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT
88	20100057404	Optimal Performance and Power Management With Two Dependent Actuators
89	20100057399	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL CLUSTERING OF TIME SEQUENCES
90	20100057373	Pattern Discovery Techniques for Determining Maximal Irredundant and Redundant Motifs
91	20100057370	Nucleotide Sequence Screening
92	20100057345	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ITEM IDENTIFICATION, LOCATION AND NAVIGATION INSTRUCTION THERETO
93	20100057338	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROUTE TRACKING
94	20100057290	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOPERATIVE VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS
95	20100057259	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY MANAGING BLOWERS AND VENTS
96	20100056187	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CELLULAR TELEPHONE SUBSCRIPTION FOR E-MAIL THREADS
97	20100056181	LEVERAGING LOCATION BASED SERVICES FOR POWER CONSERVATION IN MULTI-MODE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES
98	20100056036	NOISE-REDUCING SIDE CHAMBERS FOR AIR EXHAUST FROM COMPUTER RACKS AND A METHOD OF EXHAUSTING AIR AND REDUCING NOISE BY USING THE SAME
99	20100055442	METHOD OF PE-ALD OF SiNxCy AND INTEGRATION OF LINER MATERIALS ON POROUS LOW K SUBSTRATES
100	20100055307	Nanoporous Media with Lamellar Structures
101	20100054662	OPTICAL COUPLING DEVICE
102	20100054431	OPTIMIZED METHOD TO SELECT AND RETRIEVE A CONTACT CENTER TRANSACTION FROM A SET OF TRANSACTIONS STORED IN A QUEUING MECHANISM
103	20100054193	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE DELIVERY OF MESSAGES TO A MOBILE CLIENT
104	20100054151	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK FLOW TRAFFIC RATE ENCODING
105	20100054120	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLUSTER RECOVERY
106	20100054029	CONCENTRIC PHASE CHANGE MEMORY ELEMENT
107	20100053890	COOLING SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT SYSTEM CABINET
108	20100053880	DEPTH SPREADING PLACEMENT OF DATA STORAGE CARTRIDGES IN MULTI-CARTRIDGE DEEP SLOT CELLS OF AN AUTOMATED DATA STORAGE LIBRARY
109	20100053803	BREADTH SPREADING PLACEMENT OF DATA STORAGE CARTRIDGES IN MULTI-CARTRIDGE DEEP SLOT CELLS OF AN AUTOMATED DATA STORAGE LIBRARY
110	20100053801	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA RECORDED ON A TAPE MEDIUM
111	20100053691	COMBINING IDENTITY-LINKED IMAGES
112	20100053458	Method and System for Network Enabled Remote Controls Using Physical Motion Detection Remote control Devices
113	20100053457	NETWORK ENABLED REMOTE CONTROLS AND METHOD FOR HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE
114	20100053215	CREATION AND APPLICATION OF PATTERNS TO DIAGRAM ELEMENTS
115	20100052930	ACTIVITY PATTERN BASED BATTERY CHARGING ALERTS FOR MOBILE DEVICES
116	20100052909	Transient state information display in an RFID tag having a charge-induced pigment release medium
117	20100052908	TRANSIENT STATE INFORMATION DISPLAY IN AN RFID TAG
118	20100052891	METHOD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING
119	20100052872	POWER METADATA TRANSFER OVER POWER LINES
120	20100052715	HIGH DENSITY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPARATUS, TEST PROBE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
121	20100052625	In Situ Verification of Capacitive Power Support
122	20100052584	INCREASING TAPE VELOCITY BY DYNAMIC SWITCHING
123	20100052184	INTERCONNECTS WITH IMPROVED TDDB
124	20100052172	METHOD OF FABRICATING COPPER DAMASCENE AND DUAL DAMASCENE INTERCONNECT WIRING
125	20100052108	VERTICAL THROUGH-SILICON VIA FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE
126	20100052100	DEEP TRENCH ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) PROTECT DIODE FOR SILICON-ON-INSULATOR (SOI) DEVICES
127	20100052053	SOI BODY CONTACT USING E-DRAM TECHNOLOGY
128	20100052034	FLASH MEMORY GATE STRUCTURE FOR WIDENED LITHOGRAPHY WINDOW
129	20100052026	DEEP TRENCH CAPACITOR FOR SOI CMOS DEVICES FOR SOFT ERROR IMMUNITY
130	20100052018	CONTINUOUS METAL SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOY VIA FOR INTERCONNECTS
131	20100051501	IC WAPER CARRIER SEALED FROM AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE DURING TRANSPORTATION FROM ONE PROCESS TO THE NEXT
132	20100050428	Method for Manufacturing a Solar Module

IBM patents granted on 02 March 2010

Administrator — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:07:56 +0000

82 US patents granted on 02 March 2010 and assigned to IBM

1	7,673,318	Channel merging method for VOD system
2	7,673,307	Managing transactions in a messaging system
3	7,673,292	Auto conversion of tests between different functional testing tools
4	7,673,284	Method and system for versioning codes based on relative alignment for single instruction multiple data units
5	7,673,283	Method and system for improved modeling language profile
6	7,673,282	Enterprise information unification
7	7,673,279	Iterative method for refining integrated circuit layout using compass optical proximity correction (OPC)
8	7,673,261	Systematic compliance checking of a process
9	7,673,249	User customization of character sets of menu items
10	7,673,248	Combining calendar entries with map views
11	7,673,243	Apparatus and method for a web browser to select a home page upon activation based on a scheduler or network connection
12	7,673,204	Method using non-linear compression to generate a set of test vectors for use in scan testing an integrated circuit
13	7,673,195	Circuits and methods for characterizing device variation in electronic memory circuits
14	7,673,189	Technique for mapping goal violations to anamolies within a system
15	7,673,183	Identifying temporal ambiguity in an aggregated log stream
16	7,673,182	Method and apparatus for obtaining stack traceback data for multiple computing nodes of a massively parallel computer system
17	7,673,176	Apparatus and method to locate a failed device in a data storage system
18	7,673,175	Computer configuration tracking system able to restore a previous configuration
19	7,673,173	System and program for transmitting input/output requests from a first controller to a second controller
20	7,673,172	Method, system, and program for error handling in a dual adaptor system where one adaptor is a master
21	7,673,167	RAID array data member copy offload in high density packaging
22	7,673,160	System and method of power management for computer processor systems
23	7,673,158	Instruction set with thermal opcode for high-performance microprocessor, microprocessor, and method therefor
24	7,673,142	Efficient method for providing secure remote access
25	7,673,137	System and method for the managed security control of processes on a computer system
26	7,673,132	Multi-tiered boot list
27	7,673,114	Dynamically improving memory affinity of logical partitions
28	7,673,108	Methods and systems for distributed caching in presence of updates and in accordance with holding times
29	7,673,093	Computer system having daisy chained memory chips
30	7,673,086	Retrieving lock attention data using an attention connection path selected from a group of attention connection paths associated with a host
31	7,673,078	Communicating configuration information over standard interconnect link
32	7,673,071	Apparatus, system, and method for generating a name for a system of devices
33	7,673,052	Policy algorithm for selection of compatible systems for virtual server mobility
34	7,673,011	Configuring compute nodes of a parallel computer in an operational group into a plurality of independent non-overlapping collective networks
35	7,673,006	Collaborative email with delegable authorities
36	7,672,999	Transmitting common and unique information selectively to different recipients
37	7,672,997	Speaker annotation objects in a presentation graphics application
38	7,672,964	Method and system for dynamically initializing a view for a streaming data base system
39	7,672,956	Method and system for providing a search index for an electronic messaging system based on message threads
40	7,672,954	Method and apparatus for configuring a plurality of server systems into groups that are each separately accessible by client applications
41	7,672,946	Information processor, database search system and access rights analysis method thereof
42	7,672,936	Security model using security domains in a security model applied to abstract database
43	7,672,891	Software application portfolio management for a client
44	7,672,882	Apparatus, methods and computer programs for metering and accounting for services accessed over a network
45	7,672,875	Presenting an alternative product package offer from a web vendor
46	7,672,845	Method and system for keyword detection using voice-recognition
47	7,672,791	Method of performing three-dimensional molecular superposition and similarity searches in databases of flexible molecules
48	7,672,788	Disulphide bond connectivity in protein
49	7,672,754	Balancing of data tape cartridges in tape libraries with pass-through mechanism
50	7,672,560	Coupling device for use in optical waveguides
51	7,672,440	Single point of contact personal communication system
52	7,672,264	Method of pausing keep-alive messages and roaming for virtual private networks on handheld devices to save battery power
53	7,672,247	Evaluating data processing system health using an I/O device
54	7,672,188	System for blocking multiple memory read port activation
55	7,672,185	Method and apparatus to monitor circuit variation effects on electrically programmable fuses
56	7,672,105	Production of limited lifetime devices achieved through E-fuses
57	7,671,762	System and method for transceiving motor vehicle data
58	7,671,743	Detecting a departure of an RFID tag from an area
59	7,671,678	Serial link output stage differential amplifier and method
60	7,671,666	Methods to reduce threshold voltage tolerance and skew in multi-threshold voltage applications
61	7,671,604	Nanoscale fault isolation and measurement system
62	7,671,591	Method and system for comparing micro-electronic devices using magnetic resonance imaging
63	7,671,470	Enhanced mechanical strength via contacts
64	7,671,444	Empty vias for electromigration during electronic-fuse re-programming
65	7,671,442	Air-gap insulated interconnections
66	7,671,423	Resistor ballasted transistors
67	7,671,421	CMOS structure and method for fabrication thereof using multiple crystallographic orientations and gate materials
68	7,671,413	SOI device with reduced junction capacitance
69	7,671,394	Embedded trench capacitor having a high-k node dielectric and a metallic inner electrode
70	7,671,362	Test structure for determining optimal seed and liner layer thicknesses for dual damascene processing
71	7,671,273	Method and apparatus for facilitating signal transmission using differential transmission lines
72	7,670,943	Enhanced mechanical strength via contacts
73	7,670,927	Double-sided integrated circuit chips
74	7,670,921	Structure and method for self aligned vertical plate capacitor
75	7,670,901	Method of fabricating a bottle trench and a bottle trench capacitor
76	7,670,896	Method and structure for reducing floating body effects in MOSFET devices
77	7,670,889	Structure and method for fabrication JFET in CMOS
78	7,670,584	Inorganic metal chalcogen cluster precursors and methods for forming colloidal metal chalcogenide nanoparticles using the same
79	7,670,497	Oxidant and passivant composition and method for use in treating a microelectronic structure
80	7,670,437	Mask and substrate alignment for solder bump process
81	7,669,748	Conductive bonding material fill techniques
82	7,669,476	Sensing a paper roll ultrasonically

IBM patent applications published on 25 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:31:04 +0000

123 US patent applications published on 25 February 2010 and assigned to IBM

1	20100050263	BROWSER BASED METHOD OF ASSESSING WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITY
2	20100050254	ASSOCIATING OPERATING SYSTEM NATIVE AUTHORIZATIONS WITH CONSOLE ROLES
3	20100050253	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL WORLD BIOMETRIC ANALYTICS THROUGH THE USE OF A MULTIMODAL BIOMETRIC ANALYTIC WALLET
4	20100050246	TRUSTING SECURITY ATTRIBUTE AUTHORITIES THAT ARE BOTH COOPERATIVE AND COMPETITIVE
5	20100050242	GRAPHICAL PASSWORD AUTHENTICATION BASED ON PIXEL DIFFERENCES
6	20100050229	VALIDATING NETWORK SECURITY POLICY COMPLIANCE
7	20100050185	Context Conflict Resolution and Automatic Context Source Maintenance
8	20100050180	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GREEN COMPUTING INTERCHANGE SWITCHING FUNCTION
9	20100050178	METHOD AND APPARATUS TO IMPLEMENT SOFTWARE TO HARDWARE THREAD PRIORITY
10	20100050162	AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING NON-MODIFYING TRANSFORMS WHEN PROFILING SOURCE CODE
11	20100050160	SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RANKING PEER SUBMITTED CODE SNIPPETS USING EXECUTION FEEDBACK
12	20100050159	SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR DEBUGGING OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING CODE LEVERAGING RUNTIME METADATA
13	20100050158	SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR DEBUGGING OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING CODE LEVERAGING PREPROCESSORS
14	20100050157	SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR DEBUGGING OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING CODE
15	20100050156	USING BUILD HISTORY INFORMATION TO OPTIMIZE A SOFTWARE BUILD PROCESS
16	20100050155	METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND HARDWARE PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING PROGRAM INDIVIDUALITY ANALYSIS FOR SOURCE CODE PROGRAMS
17	20100050154	SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GUIDING CORRECTION OF SEMANTIC ERRORS IN CODE USING COLLABORATION RECORDS
18	20100050151	SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CORRECTING SEMANTIC ERRORS IN CODE USING PEER SUBMITTED CODE SNIPPETS
19	20100050145	Optimizing a Netlist Circuit Representation by Leveraging Binary Decision Diagrams to Perform Rewriting
20	20100050138	SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING LAYOUT-DEPENDENT EFFECTS IN ULSI SIMULATION
21	20100050069	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING DOCUMENTATION WITH CONSTRAINT-CONTROLLED CUSTOM VALUES
22	20100050067	BOOKMARKING INTERNET RESOURCES IN AN INTERNET BROWSER
23	20100050031	Providing Pseudo-Randomized Static Values During LBIST Transition Tests
24	20100050021	ERROR CODE HANDLING IN A STORAGE SUBSYSTEM
25	20100050004	INTRODUCING SELECTIVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
26	20100049995	Enhanced Thermal Management for Improved Module Reliability
27	20100049959	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURATION OF COMPONENTIZED SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
28	20100049937	VOLUME RECORD DATA SET OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD
29	20100049928	COMMAND SEQUENCE NUMBERING APPARATUS AND METHOD
30	20100049927	ENHANCEMENT OF DATA MIRRORING TO PROVIDE PARALLEL PROCESSING OF OVERLAPPING WRITES
31	20100049926	ENHANCEMENT OF DATA MIRRORING TO PROVIDE PARALLEL PROCESSING OF OVERLAPPING WRITES
32	20100049925	EXECUTING HOST DATA TRANSFER OPERATIONS DURING SETUP OF COPY SERVICES OPERATIONS
33	20100049922	DISTRIBUTED SHARED MEMORY
34	20100049921	Distributed Shared Caching for Clustered File Systems
35	20100049920	DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING WRITE CACHE SIZE
36	20100049890	LISTING WINDOWS OF ACTIVE APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTING DEVICES SHARING A KEYBOARD BASED UPON REQUESTS FOR ATTENTION
37	20100049851	Allocating Resources in a Distributed Computing Environment
38	20100049833	METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MODIFYING AN ENDPOINT REFERENCE REPRESENTING A WEB SERVICE ENDPOINT
39	20100049806	TIME-BASED MESSAGING RULES
40	20100049805	Selection and Delivery of Messages Based on an Association of Pervasive Technologies
41	20100049800	Facilitated Help With Program Function From Experienced Users
42	20100049792	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING RUNTIME VULNERABILITY DEFENSE FOR CROSS DOMAIN INTERACTIONS
43	20100049773	DOCUMENT HANDLING IN A WEB APPLICATION
44	20100049755	Method and Apparatus for Increasing Efficiency of Data Storage in a File System
45	20100049737	Energy Transaction Notification Service for Presenting Charging Information of an Electric Vehicle
46	20100049730	EFFICIENT PREDICATE EVALUATION VIA IN-LIST
47	20100049728	INTERACTIVE GENERATION OF INTEGRATED SCHEMAS
48	20100049727	COMPRESSING XML DOCUMENTS USING STATISTICAL TREES GENERATED FROM THOSE DOCUMENTS
49	20100049718	Transactional Processing for Clustered File Systems
50	20100049701	System Monitoring Control Point Conversions to Pervasive Device Objects
51	20100049700	Probabilistic Lossy Counting
52	20100049686	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VISUAL RECOMMENDATION BASED ON USER BEHAVIOR
53	20100049685	Pattern Discovery Techniques for Determining Maximal Irredundant and Redundant Motifs
54	20100049639	Energy Transaction Broker for Brokering Electric Vehicle Charging Transactions
55	20100049637	MAPPING PORTAL APPLICATIONS IN MULTI-TENANT ENVIRONMENT
56	20100049625	USER CONTEXT BASED DISTRIBUTED SELF SERVICE SYSTEM FOR SERVICE ENHANCED RESOURCE DELIVERY
57	20100049612	CONTENT PROVISION, DISTRIBUTION, REGISTRATION, MANAGEMENT, AND REPRODUCTION
58	20100049610	Smart Electric Vehicle Interface for Managing Post-Charge Information Exchange and Analysis
59	20100049581	SERVICES FOR SPONTANEOUS COLLABORATION
60	20100049580	SERVICES FOR SPONTANEOUS COLLABORATION
61	20100049559	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FOCUSED AND SCALABLE EVENT ENRICHMENT FOR COMPLEX IMS SERVICE MODELS
62	20100049537	DYNAMIC BULK PACKING AND CASING
63	20100049533	Executing an Energy Transaction Plan for an Electric Vehicle
64	20100049485	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING EFFECTIVENESS OF DISTRIBUTING EMERGENCY SUPPLIES IN THE EVENT OF DISASTERS
65	20100049466	Tracking Thermal Mini-Cycle Stress
66	20100049449	Pattern Discovery Techniques for Determining Maximal Irredundant and Redundant Motifs
67	20100049396	System for Detecting Interrupt Conditions During an Electric Vehicle Charging Process
68	20100049393	AUTOMATED DYNAMIC VEHICLE BLIND SPOT DETERMINATION
69	20100049343	Non-intrusive acoustic monitoring for equipment diagnostic and fault reporting
70	20100049076	RETRIEVING MENTAL IMAGES OF FACES FROM THE HUMAN BRAIN
71	20100049072	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVAL OF SIMILAR HEART SOUNDS FROM A DATABASE
72	20100048428	METHODS FOR SCREENING AND ARRAYING MICRORGANISMS SUCH AS VIRUSES USING SUBTRACTIVE CONTACT PRINTING BACKGROUND
73	20100048227	SHORT MESSAGING SERVICE FOR EXTENDING CUSTOMER SERVICE DELIVER CHANNELS
74	20100048204	DYNAMIC ACCESS TO RADIO NETWORKS
75	20100048037	TELESCOPIC POWER CONNECTOR
76	20100048027	Smooth and vertical semiconductor fin structure
77	20100048020	Nanoscale Electrodes for Phase Change Memory Devices
78	20100047990	METHOD OF FABRICATING A HIGH Q FACTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INDUCTOR
79	20100047984	SELF-ALIGNED METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOY AND METALLIZATION FOR SUB-LITHOGRAPHIC SOURCE AND DRAIN CONTACTS
80	20100047972	SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH FIELD SHIELD AND METHOD OF FORMING THE STRUCTURE
81	20100047964	3D INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE FABRICATION USING INTERFACE WAFER AS PERMANENT CARRIER
82	20100047754	DEFINING A SERVICEABILITY ASSESSMENT MEASURE
83	20100047712	TOP ANTIREFLECTIVE COATING COMPOSITION CONTAINING HYDROPHOBIC AND ACIDIC GROUPS
84	20100046901	OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE WITH PERIODIC SUB-WAVELENGTH SIZED REGIONS
85	20100046883	Coupling Device for Use in Optical Waveguides
86	20100046806	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL WORLD BIOMETRIC ANALYTICS THROUGH THE USE OF A MULTIMODAL BIOMETRIC ANALYTIC WALLET
87	20100046590	EXTENDING TRANSMISSION DISTANCE IN A HIGH-SPEED SERIAL NETWORK
88	20100046574	APPARATUS FOR THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION UNDER NON-UNIFORM HEAT LOAD
89	20100046538	TCP CONNECTION RESOURCE DIVERSITY USING TUNABLE GEOMETRIC SERIES
90	20100046392	Controlling Software Distribution or File Transfer
91	20100046278	Implementing Local Evaluation of Domino Read SRAM With Enhanced SRAM Cell Stability and Enhanced Area Usage
92	20100046277	Implementing Local Evaluation of Domino Read SRAM With Enhanced SRAM Cell Stability
93	20100046268	MAGNETIC RACETRACK WITH CURRENT-CONTROLLED MOTION OF DOMAIN WALLS WITHIN AN UNDULATING ENERGY LANDSCAPE
94	20100046108	Verification of a Tape Data Storage Cartridge
95	20100046051	GENERATION OF A HOLOGRAM PATTERN
96	20100045609	METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURING AN INTERACTIVE DEVICE BASED ON ORIENTATION OF A USER RELATIVE TO THE DEVICE
97	20100045602	POSITION INPUT DEVICE WITH ANCHORAGE
98	20100045600	COMBINED MOUSE AND JOYSTICK INPUT DEVICE
99	20100045488	VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE TRAFFIC QUEUE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
100	20100045370	TESTING OF TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIERS
101	20100045324	HIGH DENSITY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPARATUS, TEST PROBE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
102	20100045321	HIGH DENSITY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPARATUS, TEST PROBE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
103	20100045320	HIGH DENSITY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPARATUS, TEST PROBE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
104	20100045318	HIGH DENSITY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPARATUS, TEST PROBE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
105	20100045317	HIGH DENSITY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPARATUS, TEST PROBE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
106	20100045266	HIGH DENSITY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPARATUS, TEST PROBE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
107	20100044856	ELECTRONIC PACKAGE WITH A THERMAL INTERPOSER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
108	20100044826	3D INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE FABRICATION WITH PRECISELY CONTROLLABLE SUBSTRATE REMOVAL
109	20100044805	METAL GATES WITH LOW CHARGE TRAPPING AND ENHANCED DIELECTRIC RELIABILITY CHARACTERISTICS FOR HIGH-k GATE DIELECTRIC STACKS
110	20100044801	DUAL METAL GATE CORNER
111	20100044794	ASYMMETRIC MULTI-GATED TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR FORMING
112	20100044759	DOUBLE-SIDED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPS
113	20100044758	CMOS WITH CHANNEL P-FINFET AND CHANNEL N-FINFET HAVING DIFFERENT CRYSTALLINE ORIENTATIONS AND PARALLEL FINS
114	20100044725	DEVICE FOR DEFEATING REVERSE ENGINEERING OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS BY OPTICAL MEANS
115	20100044724	DEVICE FOR DEFEATING REVERSE ENGINEERING OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS BY OPTICAL MEANS
116	20100044678	METHOD OF PLACING A SEMICONDUCTING NANOSTRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTING NANOSTRUCTURE
117	20100044592	SERIAL IRRADIATION OF A SUBSTRATE BY MULTIPLE RADIATION SOURCES
118	20100044544	Wireless LAN Survey Carts
119	20100044526	FLOATING CABLE CONNECTOR RETENTION MODULE
120	20100044096	Horizontally Split Vias
121	20100044095	Via Stub Elimination
122	20100044005	COOLANT PUMPING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
123	20100043858	POWER GENERATION SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM

IBM patents granted on 23 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:47:17 +0000

132 US patents granted on 23 February 2010 and assigned to IBM

1	7,669,240	Apparatus, method and program to detect and control deleterious code (virus) in computer network
2	7,669,226	Generic declarative authorization scheme for Java
3	7,669,204	Autonomic SMT System tuning
4	7,669,200	Resizing an install image
5	7,669,198	On-demand translator for localized operating systems
6	7,669,194	Fine-grained software-directed data prefetching using integrated high-level and low-level code analysis optimizations
7	7,669,192	Method to find a violation of a coding rule in program
8	7,669,180	Method and apparatus for automated risk assessment in software projects
9	7,669,175	Methodology to improve turnaround for integrated circuit design using geometrical hierarchy
10	7,669,170	Circuit layout methodology using via shape process
11	7,669,159	IC tiling pattern method, IC so formed and analysis method
12	7,669,156	Method of identifying paths with delays dominated by a particular factor
13	7,669,147	Reorienting navigation trees based on semantic grouping of repeating tree nodes
14	7,669,139	Pictorial-based user interface management of computer hardware components
15	7,669,137	Computer method and apparatus for representing a topic in a software modeling system
16	7,669,136	Intelligent analysis based self-scheduling browser reminder
17	7,669,117	Method and system for creation and retrieval of global annotations
18	7,669,112	Automated spell analysis
19	7,669,107	Method and system for increasing parallelism of disk accesses when restoring data in a disk array system
20	7,669,095	Methods and apparatus for error injection
21	7,669,088	System and method for monitoring application availability
22	7,669,086	Systems and methods for providing collision detection in a memory system
23	7,669,084	Method for self-diagnosing remote I/O enclosures with enhanced FRU callouts
24	7,669,083	System and method for re-shuffling test case instruction orders for processor design verification and validation
25	7,669,080	Reducing likelihood of data loss during failovers in high-availability systems
26	7,669,078	Method and apparatus for debugging a program on a limited resource processor
27	7,669,075	Row fault detection system
28	7,669,074	Method for fault handling in a co-operative workflow environment
29	7,669,058	Secure remote password validation
30	7,669,057	Secure computer password system and method
31	7,669,050	Method to enable user mode process to operate in a privileged execution mode
32	7,669,038	Method and apparatus for back to back issue of dependent instructions in an out of order issue queue
33	7,669,033	Pretranslating input/output buffers in environments with multiple page sizes
34	7,669,028	Optimizing data bandwidth across a variable asynchronous clock domain
35	7,669,026	Systems and methods for memory migration
36	7,669,024	Storage system with multiple copy targeting
37	7,669,013	Directory for multi-node coherent bus
38	7,669,012	Insertion of coherence requests for debugging a multiprocessor
39	7,669,010	Prefetch miss indicator for cache coherence directory misses on external caches
40	7,669,008	Destage management of redundant data copies
41	7,669,007	Mirrored redundant array of independent disks (RAID) random access performance enhancement
42	7,669,006	System and computer program product for synchronizing direct access storage volumes
43	7,668,996	Method of piggybacking multiple data tenures on a single data bus grant to achieve higher bus utilization
44	7,668,984	Low latency send queues in I/O adapter hardware
45	7,668,980	Usage of persistent information unit pacing protocol in fibre channel communications
46	7,668,974	Method and system for local provisioning of device drivers for portable storage devices
47	7,668,970	Optimized scalable network switch
48	7,668,965	Systems, methods, and media for managing an interactive streaming image system
49	7,668,934	Port type agnostic proxy support for web services intermediaries
50	7,668,930	Web service distribution system over the World Wide Web using web services description language (WSDL) standard including implementation for uniformly generating all fault conditions in WSDL message format
51	7,668,923	Master-slave adapter
52	7,668,922	Identifying and displaying relevant shared entities in an instant messaging system
53	7,668,905	Method, system and computer program for providing web pages based on client state
54	7,668,904	Session replication
55	7,668,864	Digital library system with customizable workflow
56	7,668,858	Drag and drop technique for building queries
57	7,668,857	Meta-data tags used to describe data behaviors
58	7,668,854	System and method of building proven search paths
59	7,668,851	Lockless hash table lookups while performing key update on hash table element
60	7,668,836	IMS SOAP gateway deployment utility
61	7,668,833	Involving participants in a distributed transaction
62	7,668,831	Assigning unique identification numbers to new user accounts and groups in a computing environment with multiple registries
63	7,668,819	System and method for database query with on demand database query reduction
64	7,668,818	Database query language transformation method, transformation apparatus and database query system
65	7,668,815	Integrating browser-incompatible information into web content and displaying the information on a computing device of a browser environment
66	7,668,810	Controlling consistency of data storage copies
67	7,668,807	Query rebinding for high-availability database systems
68	7,668,805	System and method for managing query access to information
69	7,668,804	Recommending statistical views using cost/benefit metrics
70	7,668,793	Method of multivariate estimation analysis and sampling for data mining
71	7,668,759	Method and apparatus for meta-shopping and dynamic setup of B2B ecommerce
72	7,668,749	Processing electronic rebates
73	7,668,742	System and method for ongoing supporting a procurement and accounts payable system
74	7,668,741	Managing compliance with service level agreements in a grid environment
75	7,668,724	Method to use DMV web connection to process traffic tickets, appeals, and court fines
76	7,668,683	Numerical test data reporting in an image file and subsequent analysis
77	7,668,682	Method and circuit for detecting and compensating for a degradation of a semiconductor device
78	7,668,673	Data watermarks created by using an uneven sampling period
79	7,668,672	Optimizing high speed signal transmission
80	7,668,539	Method and system for enhanced management of missed phone calls
81	7,668,424	Aligner apparatus for connecting optical waveguides
82	7,668,371	System and method for adaptively separating foreground from arbitrary background in presentations
83	7,668,207	System, method, and article of manufacture for synchronizing time of day clocks on first and second computers
84	7,668,196	Communicating between communications components having differing protocols absent component modifications
85	7,668,096	Apparatus for modeling queueing systems with highly variable traffic arrival rates
86	7,668,037	Storage array including a local clock buffer with programmable timing
87	7,668,035	Memory circuits with reduced leakage power and design structures for same
88	7,668,024	Hybrid static and dynamic sensing for memory arrays
89	7,668,004	Non-volatile switching and memory devices using vertical nanotubes
90	7,668,003	Dynamic random access memory circuit, design structure and method
91	7,667,994	Magnetic racetrack with current-controlled motion of domain walls within an undulating energy landscape
92	7,667,980	Printed circuit boards for countering signal distortion
93	7,667,969	Pump structures integral to a fluid filled heat transfer apparatus
94	7,667,965	Acoustically absorptive anti-recirculation panel for one or more electronics racks of a data center
95	7,667,923	Hard drive data platter impairment tool
96	7,667,855	Providing position information to computing equipment installed in racks of a datacenter
97	7,667,701	Intelligent positioning of items in a tree map visualization
98	7,667,698	Image display system for displaying an adjustable widened virtual image
99	7,667,691	System, computer program product and method of preventing recordation of true keyboard acoustic emanations
100	7,667,629	Generating a gray code for an odd length sequence using a virtual space
101	7,667,618	System and method for tracking and billing vehicle users based on when and in which road lanes their vehicles have been driven
102	7,667,527	Circuit to compensate threshold voltage variation due to process variation
103	7,667,513	Digital duty cycle corrector
104	7,667,504	Signal delay element, method and integrated circuit device for frequency adjustment of electronic signals
105	7,667,487	Techniques for providing switchable decoupling capacitors for an integrated circuit
106	7,667,470	Power grid structure to optimize performance of a multiple core processor
107	7,667,328	Integration circuits for reducing electromigration effect
108	7,667,278	Metal carbide gate structure and method of fabrication
109	7,667,277	TiC as a thermally stable p-metal carbide on high k SiO.sub.2 gate stacks
110	7,667,263	Semiconductor structure including doped silicon carbon liner layer and method for fabrication thereof
111	7,667,255	Deep trench inter-well isolation structure
112	7,667,248	Bulk FinFET device
113	7,667,217	Apparatus for observing and capturing latent images on objects, and method for using same
114	7,666,794	Multiple patterning using patternable low-k dielectric materials
115	7,666,790	Silicide gate field effect transistors and methods for fabrication thereof
116	7,666,787	Grain growth promotion layer for semiconductor interconnect structures
117	7,666,781	Interconnect structures with improved electromigration resistance and methods for forming such interconnect structures
118	7,666,780	Alignment verification for C4NP solder transfer
119	7,666,774	CMOS structure including dual metal containing composite gates
120	7,666,753	Metal capping process for BEOL interconnect with air gaps
121	7,666,746	Semiconductor transistors having high-K gate dielectric layers, metal gate electrode regions, and low fringing capacitances
122	7,666,741	Corner clipping for field effect devices
123	7,666,732	Method of fabricating a metal gate CMOS with at least a single gate metal and dual gate dielectrics
124	7,666,723	Methods of forming wiring to transistor and related transistor
125	7,666,721	SOI substrates and SOI devices, and methods for forming the same
126	7,666,720	Method and apparatus for improving integrated circuit device performance using hybrid crystal orientations
127	7,666,712	Design of BEOL patterns to reduce the stresses on structures below chip bondpads
128	7,666,689	Method to remove circuit patterns from a wafer
129	7,666,467	Magnetic tunnel junctions using amorphous materials as reference and free layers
130	7,665,999	Land grid array (LGA) interposer structure of a moldable dielectric polymer providing for electrical contacts on opposite sides of a carrier plane
131	7,665,848	Optimal dynamic techniques for custom-fit eye optics
132	7,665,325	Multi-fluid cooling system and method with freeze protection for cooling an electronic device

IBM patent applications published on 18 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:36:37 +0000

104 US patent applications published on 18 February 2010 and assigned to IBM

1	20100043069	Authorized Authorization Set in RBAC Model
2	20100043065	SINGLE SIGN-ON FOR WEB APPLICATIONS
3	20100043059	Trusted Electronic Communication Through Shared Vulnerability
4	20100043054	AUTHENTICATION OF USER DATABASE ACCESS
5	20100043050	FEDERATING POLICIES FROM MULTIPLE POLICY PROVIDERS
6	20100043048	System, Method, and Apparatus for Modular, String-Sensitive, Access Rights Analysis with Demand-Driven Precision
7	20100043011	METHOD FOR TRACKING LOCAL STORAGE OF WEB PAGES
8	20100043005	SYSTEM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MODERATOR PROTOCOL
9	20100042999	TRANSACTIONAL QUALITY OF SERVICE IN EVENT STREAM PROCESSING MIDDLEWARE
10	20100042996	UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT
11	20100042991	BUSINESS-IN-A-BOX INTEGRATION SERVER AND INTEGRATION METHOD
12	20100042977	Selective Execution of Trace Mechanisms for Applications Having Different Bit Structures
13	20100042974	BUILD OPTIMIZATION WITH APPLIED STATIC ANALYSIS
14	20100042969	COMPUTER METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATING TRANSLATION TO A MODELING LANGUAGE
15	20100042967	MEEF REDUCTION BY ELONGATION OF SQUARE SHAPES
16	20100042965	Method and System for Scalable Reduction in Registers With Sat-Based Resubstitution
17	20100042955	Method of Minimizing Early-mode Violations Causing Minimum Impact to a Chip Design
18	20100042945	APPLICATION WINDOW AREA CHANGE SURVEILLANCE
19	20100042933	REGION SELECTION CONTROL FOR SELECTING BROWSER RENDERED ELEMENTS
20	20100042929	VERIFICATION OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
21	20100042914	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
22	20100042867	CUSTOMIZATION AND REUSE OF LOGGED AGENT ACTIVITY DURING REMOTE TAKE OVER HELP SESSION
23	20100042825	System and Method for Network Image Propagation without a Predefined Network
24	20100042823	Method, Apparatus, and Product for Providing a Scalable Trusted Platform Module in a Hypervisor Environment
25	20100042813	Redundant Execution of Instructions in Multistage Execution Pipeline During Unused Execution Cycles
26	20100042812	Data Dependent Instruction Decode
27	20100042809	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A STREAM PROCESSING COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
28	20100042805	Method to Perform LUM Masking/Mapping in a SR-IOV Enabled SAS Adapter
29	20100042802	MANAGEMENT OF RECYCLING BIN FOR THINLY-PROVISIONED LOGICAL VOLUMES
30	20100042792	ACTIVE-ACTIVE REMOTE CONFIGURATION OF A STORAGE SYSTEM
31	20100042791	DATA STORAGE WITH SNAPSHOT-TO-SNAPSHOT RECOVERY
32	20100042787	CACHE INJECTION DIRECTING TOOL
33	20100042786	SNOOP-BASED PREFETCHING
34	20100042783	DATA VAULTING IN EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN
35	20100042755	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEADLOCK-FREE ALLOCATION OF MEMORY
36	20100042752	REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF STORAGE CONTROLLERS
37	20100042711	Intelligent Network Information Server (NIS) Server Search
38	20100042709	DYNAMIC CONTEXT-SENSITIVE INTEGRATION OF CONTENT INTO A WEB PORTAL APPLICATION
39	20100042705	MAPPING OF LOGICAL VOLUMES TO HOST CLUSTERS
40	20100042704	AUTOMATING APPLICATION STATE OF A SET OF COMPUTING DEVICES RESPONSIVE TO SCHEDULED EVENTS BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA
41	20100042690	METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING SELECTIVE ENHANCED PRIVACY AND CONTROL FEATURES TO ONE OR MORE PORTIONS OF AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE
42	20100042683	SYSTEM FOR DATA LOGGING
43	20100042663	APPARATUS AND METHOD TO OPTIMIZE THE AVAILABLE STORAGE CAPACITY OF A PLURALITY OF SEQUENTIAL DATA STORAGE MEDIA DISPOSED IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM
44	20100042649	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING COMPUTER OPERATIONS ACCORDING TO STORED USER PREFERENCES
45	20100042648	ORDERING CONTENT IN SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATIONS
46	20100042631	METHOD FOR PARTITIONING A QUERY
47	20100042624	METHOD FOR SORTING DATA
48	20100042620	System and Methods for Managing Complex Service Delivery Through Coordination and Integration of Structured and Unstructured Activities
49	20100042607	METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ADAPTIVE QUERY PARALLELISM PARTITIONING WITH LOOK-AHEAD PROBING AND FEEDBACK
50	20100042587	Method for Laying Out Fields in a Database in a Hybrid of Row-Wise and Column-Wise Ordering
51	20100042569	APPROXIMATION OF A CLOCK GATING FUNCTION VIA BDD PATH ELIMINATION
52	20100042561	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COST-SENSITIVE BOOSTING
53	20100042560	CONTEXT AWARE SOLUTION ASSEMBLY IN CONTACT CENTER APPLICATIONS
54	20100042548	Method and System for Obtaining An Invoice Outsourcing Agreement
55	20100042519	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION BASED SERVICES USING COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS
56	20100042516	Part Number Set Substitution
57	20100042468	AUTOMATIC SURVEY REQUEST BASED ON TICKET ESCALATION
58	20100042462	SERVICES FOR SPONTANEOUS COLLABORATION
59	20100042450	SERVICE LEVEL MANAGEMENT IN A SERVICE ENVIRONMENT HAVING MULTIPLE MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS IMPLEMENTING PRODUCT LEVEL POLICIES
60	20100042396	Automated Method for Validating Manufacturing Test Rules Pertaining to an Electronic Component
61	20100042364	Monitoring Virtual Worlds to Detect Events and Determine Their Type
62	20100042352	PLATFORM SPECIFIC TEST FOR COMPUTING HARDWARE
63	20100042285	Modifying an Appearance of a Vehicle Based on Content of the Vehicle
64	20100041907	HYDRAZINE-FREE SOLUTION DEPOSITION OF CHALCOGENIDE FILMS
65	20100041369	SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING DIAMETER BASED SIGNALING TO SUPPORT BILLING MODELS FOR VISUALLY RENDERED SERVICES
66	20100041242	Double Anneal with Improved Reliability for Dual Contact Etch Stop Liner Scheme
67	20100041227	METHODS FOR INCORPORATING HIGH DIELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR ENHANCED SRAM OPERATION AND STRUCTURES PRODUCED THEREBY
68	20100041221	HIGH PERFORMANCE CMOS CIRCUITS, AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING SAME
69	20100041202	Methods For Forming Back-End-Of-Line Resistive Semiconductor Structures
70	20100041198	TRIPLE GATE AND DOUBLE GATE FINFETS WITH DIFFERENT VERTICAL DIMENSION FINS
71	20100040891	HYDRAZINE-FREE SOLUTION DEPOSITION OF CHALCOGENIDE FILMS
72	20100040866	HYDRAZINE-FREE SOLUTION DEPOSITION OF CHALCOGENIDE FILMS
73	20100040293	Kinematic Based Authentication
74	20100040261	BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION ASSURANCE METHOD AND TOKEN RETRIEVAL
75	20100040231	Security Classes in a Media Key Block
76	20100039876	Functional Float Mode Screen to Test for Leakage Defects on SRAM Bitlines
77	20100039852	Dynamic Memory Cell Methods
78	20100039848	NON-VOLATILE PROGRAMMABLE OPTICAL ELEMENT EMPLOYING F-CENTERS
79	20100039300	LZW DATA COMPRESSION ALGORITHM
80	20100039191	ACTIVE INDUCTOR FOR ASIC APPLICATION
81	20100038793	INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES COMPRISING CAPPING LAYERS WITH LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
82	20100038790	RELIABILITY OF WIDE INTERCONNECTS
83	20100038789	CONFORMAL ADHESION PROMOTER LINER FOR METAL INTERCONNECTS
84	20100038784	REDUNDANT BARRIER STRUCTURE FOR INTERCONNECT AND WIRING APPLICATIONS, DESIGN STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
85	20100038783	METAL CAP FOR BACK END OF LINE (BEOL) INTERCONNECTS, DESIGN STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
86	20100038782	NITROGEN-CONTAINING METAL CAP FOR INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES
87	20100038777	METHOD OF MAKING A SIDEWALL-PROTECTED METALLIC PILLAR ON A SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE
88	20100038773	BOND PAD FOR WAFER AND PACKAGE FOR CMOS IMAGER
89	20100038754	Back-End-of-Line Resistive Semiconductor Structures
90	20100038751	STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRENCH CAPACITANCE
91	20100038747	ELECTRICALLY PROGRAMMABLE FUSE AND FABRICATION METHOD
92	20100038736	SUSPENDED GERMANIUM PHOTODETECTOR FOR SILICON WAVEGUIDE
93	20100038725	CHANGING EFFECTIVE WORK FUNCTION USING ION IMPLANTATION DURING DUAL WORK FUNCTION METAL GATE INTEGRATION
94	20100038723	SELF-ALIGNED BORDERLESS CONTACTS FOR HIGH DENSITY ELECTRONIC AND MEMORY DEVICE INTEGRATION
95	20100038715	THIN BODY SILICON-ON-INSULATOR TRANSISTOR WITH BORDERLESS SELF-ALIGNED CONTACTS
96	20100038705	FIELD EFFECT DEVICE WITH GATE ELECTRODE EDGE ENHANCED GATE DIELECTRIC AND METHOD FOR FABRICATION
97	20100038695	Computing Apparatus Employing Dynamic Memory Cell Structures
98	20100038679	FINFET WITH LONGITUDINAL STRESS IN A CHANNEL
99	20100038628	CHEMICAL DOPING OF NANO-COMPONENTS
100	20100038621	Four-Terminal Reconfigurable Devices
101	20100038439	Thin film transistor liquid crystal display barcodes
102	20100038340	MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD COATING AND METHOD
103	20100038126	INTERPOSER STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
104	20100037461	PATTERNED STRUCTURE FOR A THERMAL INTERFACE

IBM patents granted on 16 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:10:43 +0000

26 US patents granted on 16 February 2010 and assigned to IBM

1	7,665,079	Program execution method using an optimizing just-in-time compiler
2	7,665,076	Method and apparatus for activating/deactivating run-time determined software routines in Java compiled bytecode applications
3	7,665,070	Method and apparatus for a computing system using meta program representation
4	7,665,013	Error correction mechanisms in spreadsheet packages
5	7,664,995	Transfer of application loggin status information across subsystem nodes
6	7,664,968	System and method for managing power usage of a data processing system subsystem
7	7,664,965	Method and system for bootstrapping a trusted server having redundant trusted platform modules
8	7,664,940	Concurrent physical processor reassignment
9	7,664,862	Browser-based proxy server for customization and distribution of existing applications
10	7,664,853	Automatically infering and updating an availability status of user
11	7,664,844	Managing network errors communicated in a message transaction with error information using a troubleshooting agent
12	7,664,841	Selective activation of TCP/IP link and traffic
13	7,664,820	RFID wireless control of instant messaging
14	7,664,782	Associating a set of related web services having different input data structures with a common identification name
15	7,664,766	System, method and computer program product for managing data
16	7,664,755	User prompt for loading sound in a computer resource
17	7,664,711	Apparatus, methods and computer programs for metering and accounting for services accessed over a network
18	7,664,686	Systems and media for managing electronic asset tags for asset devices
19	7,664,666	System and method for ongoing supporting a procurement and accounts payable system
20	7,664,643	System and method for speech separation and multi-talker speech recognition
21	7,664,617	Monitoring and reporting normalized device system performance
22	7,663,963	Apparatus and method for providing multiple reads/writes using a 2Read/2Write register file array
23	7,662,722	Air gap under on-chip passive device
24	7,661,864	Back-light unit having prism sheet including reflective elements with different curvature surfaces, a back-light unit and LCD device using said back-light unit
25	7,661,863	Prism sheet including reflective elements with different curvature surfaces
26	7,661,446	Method for operating and managing a re-fueling business

IBM patent applications published on 11 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:17:39 +0000

94 US patent applications published on 11 February 2010 and assigned to IBM

1	20100037318	Network Intrusion Detection
2	20100037304	USER-CENTRIC RESOURCE ARCHITECTURE
3	20100037288	Inherited Access Authorization to a Social Network
4	20100037244	Method for Providing Inline Service-Oriented Architecture Application Fragments
5	20100037226	GROUPING AND DISPATCHING SCANS IN CACHE
6	20100037225	WORKLOAD ROUTING BASED ON GREENNESS CONDITIONS
7	20100037220	System and Method for Creating and Associating a Virtual Pseudo TTY with a Running Process
8	20100037217	COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EVALUATING THE WORKLOADS OF INSTALLATION PLANS IN QUANTITY BY BUILDING A PRE-REQUISITE RELATION KNOWLEDGE-BASE
9	20100037214	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MPI_WAIT SINKING FOR BETTER COMPUTATION-COMMUNICATION OVERLAP IN MPI APPLICATIONS
10	20100037210	GENERATING FUNCTIONAL TEST SCRIPTS
11	20100037208	HANDLE BASED METHOD FOR SIDE-BY-SIDE ASSEMBLIES IN A UNIX ENVIRONMENT
12	20100037203	Dynamic Highlighting of Related Artifacts in a UML Diagram
13	20100037198	PORT ASSIGNMENT IN HIERARCHICAL DESIGNS BY ABSTRACTING MACRO LOGIC
14	20100037190	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ON-THE-FLY CHIP VERIFICATION
15	20100037186	HOST SCREEN TRANSFORMATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES HAVING A REDUCED DISPLAY SIZE
16	20100037165	Transparent Windows
17	20100037160	MANAGING EPHEMERAL LOCATIONS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE
18	20100037158	MANAGING GUI CONTROL AUTO-ADVANCING
19	20100037157	PROACTIVE MACHINE-AIDED MASHUP CONSTRUCTION WITH IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT INPUT FROM USER COMMUNITY
20	20100037155	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING UNIVERSAL GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ELEMENT AND RELATION
21	20100037152	Presenting and Filtering Objects in a Virtual World
22	20100037147	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HUMAN IDENTIFICATION PROOF FOR USE IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS
23	20100037141	ENHANCING USER INTERACTION BY DISPLAYING IMAGES FROM A NETWORK
24	20100037122	Memory Controller for Reducing Time to Initialize Main Memory
25	20100037098	TERMINATE OPERATIONS FOR COMPLEX I/O LINK
26	20100037094	Application Failure Recovery
27	20100037087	SELF-HEALING CAPABILITIES IN A DIRECTORY SERVER
28	20100037081	Method and Apparatus for Maintaining Time in a Computer System
29	20100037073	Apparatus and Method for Selective Power Reduction of Memory Hardware
30	20100037063	METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SECURING DATA WRITTEN TO A STORAGE DEVICE COUPLED TO A COMPUTER SYSTEM
31	20100037055	Method For Authenticated Communication In Dynamic Federated Environments
32	20100037048	INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL AND EFFICIENCY IN AN ENCRYPTED FILE SYSTEM
33	20100037038	Dynamic Core Pool Management
34	20100037035	Generating An Executable Version Of An Application Using A Distributed Compiler Operating On A Plurality Of Compute Nodes
35	20100037034	Systems and Methods for Selectively Closing Pages in a Memory
36	20100036996	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CASCADED FLASHCOPY ZONING AND ALGORITHM AND/OR COMPUTER PROGRAM CODE AND METHOD IMPLEMENTING THE SAME.
37	20100036984	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING BUS LIVELOCK DUE TO EXCESSIVE MMIO
38	20100036982	INTERROGATE PROCESSING FOR COMPLEX I/O LINK
39	20100036978	EMBEDDED LOCATE RECORDS FOR DEVICE COMMAND WORD PROCESSING
40	20100036977	CKD PARTIAL RECORD HANDLING
41	20100036975	REPEAT CCW COUNT ARGUMENT FOR DEVICE COMMAND WORD PROCESSING
42	20100036952	LOAD BALANCING USING REPLICATION DELAY
43	20100036940	Data Processing In A Hybrid Computing Environment
44	20100036938	WEB BROWSER SECURITY
45	20100036936	MODIFICATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKS VIA DESIGN CODES
46	20100036929	CONTEXTUAL AWARENESS IN REAL TIME COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY ALERTS
47	20100036916	Facilitating an Extended IM Session in a Secure Way
48	20100036895	REPRESENTATION OF SYSTEM CLOCK CHANGES IN TIME BASED FILE SYSTEMS
49	20100036888	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING TAGS
50	20100036887	EFFICIENT TRANSFER OF DEDUPLICATED DATA
51	20100036885	Maintaining Data Integrity in Data Servers Across Data Centers
52	20100036856	METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TAGGING EMAIL AND PROVIDING TAG CLOUDS
53	20100036849	CONTENT PERSONALIZATION FOR WEB DISTRIBUTED CONTENT
54	20100036847	EXTENDABLE AND PLUGGABLE METHOD FOR VALIDATING XML DATA
55	20100036828	CONTENT ANALYSIS SIMULATOR FOR IMPROVING SITE FINDABILITY IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS
56	20100036826	Method and Apparatus for Integrating Relational and Hierarchical Data
57	20100036823	PROVIDING LOCATION BASED INFORMATION IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
58	20100036805	System Maintainable and Reusable I/O Value Caches
59	20100036804	Maintained and Reusable I/O Value Caches
60	20100036735	TRIGGERING IMMERSIVE ADVERTISEMENTS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE
61	20100036729	IMMERSIVE ADVERTISEMENTS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE
62	20100036718	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC OPTIMAL ADVERTISING DETERMINATION WITHIN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE
63	20100036704	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING REQUIREMENTS IN A SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE USING SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE STRING REPRESENTATION
64	20100036698	Charging Resource Usage in a Distributed Computing Environment
65	20100036691	PHASE DRIVEN MODELING SERVICES
66	20100036690	SERVICE SCHEDULING
67	20100036664	SUBTITLE GENERATION AND RETRIEVAL COMBINING DOCUMENT PROCESSING WITH VOICE PROCESSING
68	20100036632	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING HIGH FREQUENCY TIME DOMAIN IN EMBEDDED DEVICE PROBING
69	20100036608	GEOBOUNDARIES USING RECTANGULAR FENCING AND COUPLING OF GPS/LBS SYSTEMS
70	20100036515	Real-Time Assembly and Part Validation and Auto-Disposition
71	20100035536	Apparatus and method protecting against attack by particulate chemical or biological agents
72	20100035419	PATTERN INDEPENDENT Si:C SELECTIVE EPITAXY
73	20100035400	STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SELF-ALIGNED METAL CONTACTS
74	20100035390	METHOD OF FORMING A HIGH PERFORMANCE FET AND A HIGH VOLTAGE FET ON A SOI SUBSTRATE
75	20100035370	INTEGRATED MILLIMETER WAVE ANTENNA AND TRANSCEIVER ON A SUBSTRATE
76	20100034366	PARTICIPANT ALERTS DURING MULTI-PERSON TELECONFERENCES
77	20100034103	Robust Jitter-Free Remote Clock Offset Measuring Method
78	20100033935	Method for Direct Heat Sink Attachment
79	20100033869	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WRITING DATA ON A TAPE MEDIUM
80	20100033703	MIXED POLARIZATION STATE MONITORING
81	20100033493	System and Method for Iterative Interactive Ray Tracing in a Multiprocessor Environment
82	20100033485	METHOD FOR VISUALIZING MONITORING DATA
83	20100033395	INTEGRATED MILLIMETER WAVE ANTENNA AND TRANSCEIVER ON A SUBSTRATE
84	20100033275	WORLDWIDE ADAPTIVE MULTI-COIL AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH
85	20100033274	BROWNOUT SOLUTION FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH
86	20100032846	IC HAVING VIABAR INTERCONNECTION AND RELATED METHOD
87	20100032814	CIRCUIT STRUCTURES AND METHODS WITH BEOL LAYERS CONFIGURED TO BLOCK ELECTROMAGNETIC EDGE INTERFERENCE
88	20100032809	METAL WIRING STRUCTURE FOR INTEGRATION WITH THROUGH SUBSTRATE VIAS
89	20100032799	Implementing Decoupling Capacitors With Hot-Spot Thermal Reduction on Integrated Circuit Chips
90	20100032759	SELF-ALIGNED SOI SCHOTTKY BODY TIE EMPLOYING SIDEWALL SILICIDATION
91	20100032742	INTEGRATED CIRCUITS COMPRISING AN ACTIVE TRANSISTOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A TRENCH CAPACITOR BY AN OVERLYING CONTACT AND METHODS OF MAKING
92	20100032732	ELECTRICAL ANTIFUSE HAVING A MULTI-THICKNESS DIELECTRIC LAYER
93	20100032684	ION IMPLANTATION FOR SUPPRESSION OF DEFECTS IN ANNEALED SiGe LAYERS
94	20100032530	AUGMENTED TRACK TO FACILITATE REMOVAL OF STIFFENING LAYERS FROM A CABLE RETAINED IN THE TRACK

IBM patents granted on 09 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:39:02 +0000

139 US patents granted on 09 February 2010 and assigned to IBM

1	7,661,147	System for controlling use of digitally encoded products
2	7,661,139	System and method for detecting invalid access to computer network
3	7,661,137	Distributed computation in untrusted computing environments using distractive computational units
4	7,661,135	Apparatus, system, and method for gathering trace data indicative of resource activity
5	7,661,125	System for providing and utilizing a network trusted context
6	7,661,115	Method, apparatus and program storage device for preserving locked pages in memory when in user mode
7	7,661,099	Using idempotent operations to improve transaction performance
8	7,661,098	Computer program optimization in a dynamic compilation environment
9	7,661,092	Intelligent reuse of local variables during bytecode compilation
10	7,661,084	Implementing memory read data eye stretcher
11	7,661,081	Content based yield prediction of VLSI designs
12	7,661,080	Method and apparatus for net-aware critical area extraction
13	7,661,077	Structure for imagers having electrically active optical elements
14	7,661,067	Method for providing quick responses in instant messaging conversations
15	7,661,061	Visualization of collaborative portlet sequences
16	7,661,052	Using statistical signatures for testing high-speed circuits
17	7,661,050	Method and system for formal verification of partial good self test fencing structures
18	7,661,047	Method and dual interlocked storage cell latch for implementing enhanced testability
19	7,661,046	Method and dual interlocked storage cell latch for implementing enhanced testability
20	7,661,045	Method and system for enterprise memory management of memory modules
21	7,661,044	Method, apparatus and program product to concurrently detect, repair, verify and isolate memory failures
22	7,661,039	Self-synchronizing bit error analyzer and circuit
23	7,661,035	Method and system for instruction tracing with enhanced interrupt avoidance
24	7,661,034	Multilayered architecture for storage protocol conformance testing of storage devices
25	7,661,033	Method and system for establishing network connections
26	7,661,032	Adjusting sliding window parameters in intelligent event archiving and failure analysis
27	7,661,031	Correlating macro and error data for debugging program error event
28	7,661,026	Access by distributed computers to a same hardware resource
29	7,661,023	System and method for verification of cache snoop logic and coherency between instruction & data caches for processor design verification and validation
30	7,661,022	System for error handling in a dual adaptor system where one adaptor is a master
31	7,661,018	Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing automatic recovery from premature reboot of a system during a concurrent upgrade
32	7,661,017	Diagnostic operations within a switched fibre channel arbitrated loop system
33	7,661,012	Spare device management
34	7,661,008	Real time clock circuit having an internal clock generator
35	7,661,006	Method and apparatus for self-healing symmetric multi-processor system interconnects
36	7,660,997	Using biometrics on pervasive devices for mobile identification
37	7,660,991	Embedding, processing and detection of digital content, information and data
38	7,660,978	System and method to provide device unique diagnostic support with a single generic command
39	7,660,971	Method and system for dependency tracking and flush recovery for an out-of-order microprocessor
40	7,660,965	Method to optimize effective page number to real page number translation path from page table entries match resumption of execution stream
41	7,660,964	Windowing external block translations
42	7,660,962	Use of memory compression algorithm to assess efficiency of memory usage
43	7,660,959	Managing encryption for volumes in storage pools
44	7,660,958	Maintaining consistency for remote copy using virtualization
45	7,660,955	Node polling in consistency group formation
46	7,660,952	Data bus bandwidth scheduling in an FBDIMM memory system operating in variable latency mode
47	7,660,948	Arranging and destaging data to holographic storage
48	7,660,943	Data storage drive for automated data storage library
49	7,660,942	Daisy chainable self timed memory chip
50	7,660,940	Carrier having daisy chain of self timed memory chips
51	7,660,930	Method of fabricating a portable computer apparatus with thermal enhancements and multiple power modes of operation
52	7,660,927	Apparatus and method to control access to stored information
53	7,660,925	Balancing PCI-express bandwidth
54	7,660,919	System and method for dynamically assigning I/O priority
55	7,660,917	System and method of implementing multiple internal virtual channels based on a single external virtual channel
56	7,660,912	I/O adapter LPAR isolation in a hypertransport environment
57	7,660,908	Implementing virtual packet storage via packet work area
58	7,660,897	Method, system, and program for distributing application transactions among work servers
59	7,660,893	Method and system for monitoring and instantly identifying faults in data communication cables
60	7,660,888	Indicating network resource availability methods, system and program product
61	7,660,886	Apparatus and method of representing real-time distributed command execution status across distributed systems
62	7,660,884	Apparatus, system, and method for generating a resource utilization description for a parallel data processing system
63	7,660,872	Managing location information for a group of users
64	7,660,866	Use of virtual targets for preparing and servicing requests for server-free data transfer operations
65	7,660,855	Using a prediction algorithm on the addressee field in electronic mail systems
66	7,660,847	Unattended installation of drivers for devices that are not automatically found and installed during operating system installation
67	7,660,846	Method for dynamically targeted instant messaging
68	7,660,844	Network service system and program using data processing
69	7,660,838	System and method for performing decimal to binary conversion
70	7,660,836	Controlling incremental backups using opaque object attributes
71	7,660,834	Maintaining an aggregate including active files in a storage pool
72	7,660,826	Implementing adaptive buffer management on network fetches of directory contents and object attributes
73	7,660,818	Method and apparatus for querying program design models
74	7,660,787	Customized, personalized, integrated client-side search indexing of the web
75	7,660,770	System and method for providing a secure contact management system
76	7,660,769	System and method for digital content player with secure processing vault
77	7,660,733	Method of arranging supplemental meeting services
78	7,660,731	Method and apparatus for technology resource management
79	7,660,723	Ranking method and system
80	7,660,702	Monitor for an information technology system
81	7,660,641	System, graphical user interface (GUI), method and program product for configuring an assembly line
82	7,660,459	Method and system for predicting customer behavior based on data network geography
83	7,660,399	Voice processing system
84	7,660,350	High-speed multi-mode receiver
85	7,660,322	Shared adapter
86	7,660,269	Apparatus, method, and program for creating network configuration information
87	7,660,265	Network packet inspection and forwarding
88	7,660,255	System and method for routing IP datagrams
89	7,660,251	Method and apparatus for hierarchial scheduling of virtual paths with underutilized bandwidth
90	7,660,247	Dynamic load-based credit distribution
91	7,660,246	Method and apparatus for scaling input bandwidth for bandwidth allocation technology
92	7,660,152	Method and apparatus for implementing self-referencing read operation for PCRAM devices
93	7,660,121	System of facilitating cooling of electronics racks of a data center employing multiple cooling stations
94	7,660,116	Rack with integrated rear-door heat exchanger
95	7,660,111	Removable cooling duct with interlocking dovetail connections for an air tight thermal seal
96	7,660,109	Apparatus and method for facilitating cooling of an electronics system
97	7,660,108	Apparatus for positioning electronic component modules within an equipment chassis
98	7,660,076	Helical gear actuator for tape drive systems
99	7,660,072	Magnetic head with planar outrigger
100	7,660,063	Managing data storage media and multiple cartridge memories of a data storage cartridge
101	7,659,895	Multidimensional visualization method
102	7,659,821	Smart radio-frequency identification (RFID) infrastructure and method
103	7,659,814	Method for distributed sound collection and event triggering
104	7,659,763	Conditioning input buffer for clock interpolation
105	7,659,749	Pulsed dynamic logic environment metric measurement circuit
106	7,659,740	System and method of digitally testing an analog driver circuit
107	7,659,733	Electrical open/short contact alignment structure for active region vs. gate region
108	7,659,697	Apparatus and method to provide power to battery-backup assemblies disposed in an information storage and retrieval system
109	7,659,616	On-chip cooling systems for integrated circuits
110	7,659,599	Patterned silicon-on-insulator layers and methods for forming the same
111	7,659,598	Semiconductor ground shield
112	7,659,583	Ultrathin SOI CMOS devices employing differential STI liners
113	7,659,581	Transistor with dielectric stressor element fully underlying the active semiconductor region
114	7,659,579	FETS with self-aligned bodies and backgate holes
115	7,659,564	CMOS imager photodiode with enhanced capacitance
116	7,659,535	High speed data channel including a CMOS VCSEL driver and a high performance photodetector and CMOS photoreceiver
117	7,659,534	Programmable via devices with air gap isolation
118	7,659,497	On demand circuit function execution employing optical sensing
119	7,659,483	Electroactive polymer compressed gasket for electromagnetic shielding
120	7,659,482	Adapter card electromagnetic compatibility shielding
121	7,659,200	Self-constrained anisotropic germanium nanostructure from electroplating
122	7,659,199	Air break for improved silicide formation with composite caps
123	7,659,178	Semiconductor device structures with reduced junction capacitance and drain induced barrier lowering and methods for fabricating such device structures and for fabricating a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate
124	7,659,176	Tunable temperature coefficient of resistance resistors and method of fabricating same
125	7,659,174	Method to enhance device performance with selective stress relief
126	7,659,172	Structure and method for reducing miller capacitance in field effect transistors
127	7,659,171	Methods and structure for forming self-aligned borderless contacts for strain engineered logic devices
128	7,659,168	eFuse and methods of manufacturing the same
129	7,659,160	Field effect transistors (FETS) with inverted source/drain metallic contacts, and method of fabrication same
130	7,659,157	Dual metal gate finFETs with single or dual high-K gate dielectric
131	7,659,155	Method of forming a transistor having gate and body in direct self-aligned contact
132	7,659,153	Sectional field effect devices and method of fabrication
133	7,659,050	High resolution silicon-containing resist
134	7,658,865	Conducting liquid crystal polymer matrix comprising carbon nanotubes, use thereof and method of fabrication
135	7,658,617	Plastic land grid array (PLGA) module with inverted hybrid land grid array (LGA) interposer
136	7,658,616	Groups of land grid interposers of different heights having metal-on elastomer hemi-torus shapes providing for electrical contact with at least one component on an opposite side of an electrically insulating carrier plate mounting interposers
137	7,658,380	Adaptive and predictive document tracking system
138	7,658,344	Housing for information storage medium and method using same
139	7,657,995	Method of fabricating a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switch

IBM patent applications published on 04 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:29:21 +0000

111 US patent applications published on 04 February 2010 and assigned to IBM

1	20100031376	Continuity Check Monitoring for Microchip Exploitation Detection
2	20100031375	Signal Quality Monitoring to Defeat Microchip Exploitation
3	20100031363	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER DEFINED LOCAL STORAGE OF INFORMATION AND OBJECTS IN A VIRTUAL WORLD
4	20100031362	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION AND BLOCKING OF MALICIOUS USE OF SERVERS
5	20100031357	Defending Smart Cards Against Attacks by Redundant Processing
6	20100031343	USER POLICY MANAGEABLE STRENGTH-BASED PASSWORD AGING
7	20100031316	SYSTEM ACCESS LOG MONITORING AND REPORTING SYSTEM
8	20100031312	METHOD FOR POLICY BASED AND GRANULAR APPROACH TO ROLE BASED ACCESS CONTROL
9	20100031309	POLICY BASED CONTROL OF MESSAGE DELIVERY
10	20100031272	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOOSE ORDERING WRITE COMPLETION FOR PCI EXPRESS
11	20100031271	DETECTION OF DUPLICATE MEMORY PAGES ACROSS GUEST OPERATING SYSTEMS ON A SHARED HOST
12	20100031269	Lock Contention Reduction
13	20100031266	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A NUMBER OF THREADS TO MAXIMIZE UTILIZATION OF A SYSTEM
14	20100031259	ESTIMATING POWER CONSUMPTION OF A VIRTUAL SERVER
15	20100031249	METHOD FOR POLICY BASED ENFORCEMENT OF BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS FOR SOFTWARE INSTALL
16	20100031247	SIMPLIFIED DEPLOYMENT MODELING
17	20100031238	Method and Apparatus for Locating Memory Leak in a Program
18	20100031237	Methods for Detecting Inter-Module Dependencies
19	20100031234	SUPPORTING A WORK PACKET REQUEST WITH A SPECIFICALLY TAILORED IDE
20	20100031230	METHOD OF AUTOMATIC PATTERN BASED EDITING OF BUSINESS MODELS
21	20100031227	Structured Representation of Integration Scenarios of Software Products
22	20100031226	WORK PACKET DELEGATION IN A SOFTWARE FACTORY
23	20100031223	SYSTEMS FOR REAL-TIME CONTAMINATION, ENVIRONMENTAL, OR PHYSICAL MONITORING OF A PHOTOMASK
24	20100031221	VIA DENSITY CHANGE TO IMPROVE WAFER SURFACE PLANARITY
25	20100031220	VIA STRUCTURE TO IMPROVE ROUTING OF WIRES WITHIN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
26	20100031218	System and Method for Automated Placement in Custom VLSI Circuit Design with Schematic-Driven Placement
27	20100031215	System and Method for Improved Placement in Custom VLSI Circuit Design with Schematic-Driven Placement
28	20100031189	Connecting Standard Operating System Windows with a Visual Tack
29	20100031185	WEB PAGE PUSH TO NEW WINDOW
30	20100031166	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEB BROWSING USING PLACEMARKS AND CONTEXTUAL RELATIONSHIPS IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM
31	20100031164	METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL WORLD LAYER
32	20100031160	DYNAMICALLY MAPPING AND MAINTAINING A CUSTOMIZED METHOD SET OF TAGS PARTICULAR TO AN EXTENTION POINT
33	20100031146	Parallel Visual Radio Station Selection
34	20100031144	APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTEXTUAL VISUAL SEARCH
35	20100031138	Method For Generating Simple Object Access Protocol Messages and Process Engine
36	20100031133	System and Methods for Dynamic Creation of Symptom Databases from Social Bookmarks
37	20100031091	HARDWARE DIAGNOSTICS DETERMINATION DURING INITIAL PROGRAM LOADING
38	20100031090	SELF-HEALING FACTORY PROCESSES IN A SOFTWARE FACTORY
39	20100031088	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION
40	20100031021	METHOD FOR IMPROVED KEY MANAGEMENT FOR ATMS AND OTHER REMOTE DEVICES
41	20100031011	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZED METHOD OF BHT BANKING AND MULTIPLE UPDATES
42	20100031009	Floating Point Execution Unit for Calculating a One Minus Dot Product Value in a Single Pass
43	20100031006	THREAD COMPLETION RATE CONTROLLED SCHEDULING
44	20100031003	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARTITIONING AND SORTING A DATA SET ON A MULTI-PROCESSOR SYSTEM
45	20100030997	VIRTUAL MEMORY MANAGEMENT
46	20100030995	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING DATABASE PARTITIONING IN A MULTI-TENANCY SCENARIO
47	20100030992	INITIALIZING OF A MEMORY AREA
48	20100030981	Method of Clustering Shared Access Hybrid Hard Drives
49	20100030973	CACHE DIRECTED SEQUENTIAL PREFETCH
50	20100030970	Adaptive Spill-Receive Mechanism for Lateral Caches
51	20100030969	Consistency Model for Object Management Data
52	20100030968	Methods of Cache Bounded Reference Counting
53	20100030956	APPARATUS AND METHOD TO STORE ORIGINAL POINT-IN-TIME DATA
54	20100030942	ENCODED CHIP SELECT FOR SUPPORTING MORE MEMORY RANKS
55	20100030920	TRANSPORT CONTROL CHANNEL PROGRAM CHAIN LINKING
56	20100030919	TRANSPORT CONTROL CHANNEL PROGRAM MESSAGE PAIRING
57	20100030918	TRANSPORT CONTROL CHANNEL PROGRAM CHAIN LINKED BRANCHING
58	20100030893	AUTOMATED DISCOVERY OF A TOPOLOGY OF A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
59	20100030880	FAILOVER IN PROXY SERVER NETWORKS
60	20100030865	Method for Prioritizing E-mail Messages Based on the Status of Existing E-mail Messages
61	20100030862	TESTING A NETWORK SYSTEM
62	20100030854	VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT MODULE BUNDLE
63	20100030828	DETERMINATION OF INDEX BLOCK SIZE AND DATA BLOCK SIZE IN DATA SETS
64	20100030826	PRODUCTION-ALTERNATE SYSTEM INCLUDING PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING TRANSACTIONS AND ALTERNATE SYSTEM AS A BACKUP SYSTEM OF THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM
65	20100030816	Bursting in a Content Management System
66	20100030805	PROPAGATING INFORMATION FROM A TRUST CHAIN PROCESSING
67	20100030804	Synchronization of Locations in Real and Virtual Worlds
68	20100030800	Method and Apparatus for Generating Partitioning Keys for a Range-Partitioned Database
69	20100030774	MODEL ENTITY OPERATIONS IN QUERY RESULTS
70	20100030739	MANAGEMENT OF SYMBOLIC LINKS
71	20100030732	SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CREATE PROCESS REFERENCE MAPS FROM LINKS DESCRIBED IN A BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL
72	20100030729	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING IMPACT OF USER ERRORS IN DATA STORES
73	20100030691	DURING AN E-COMMERCE TRANSACTION SENDING A POSTAL PACKAGE TO A RECIPIENT BASED UPON A RECIPIENTS EMAIL ADDRESS
74	20100030643	Publishing Advertisements Based on Presence Information of Advertisers
75	20100030609	INTELLIGENT SYSTEM AND FUZZY LOGIC BASED METHOD TO DETERMINE PROJECT RISK
76	20100030603	Estimation Mechanisms that Utilize a Complexity Matrix
77	20100030589	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING RATING DATA TAGGED TO EXPENSE REPORT ITEMS
78	20100030552	DERIVING ONTOLOGY BASED ON LINGUISTICS AND COMMUNITY TAG CLOUDS
79	20100030548	METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS IN A SECONDARY LANGUAGE WHILE INTERACTING AND VIEWING THE DEFAULT LANGUAGE VERSION
80	20100030507	DYNAMIC DETERMINATION OF A MINIMAL CONFIGURED PRODUCT TO ACHIEVE DESIRED TEST COVERAGE
81	20100029193	METHOD FOR PREVENTING AIR RECIRCULATION AND OVERSUPPLY IN DATA CENTERS
82	20100029082	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANGULAR HIGH DENSITY PLASMA CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
83	20100029021	METHODS FOR REAL-TIME CONTAMINATION, ENVIRONMENTAL, OR PHYSICAL MONITORING OF A PHOTOMASK
84	20100028695	LOW k DIELECTRIC CVD FILM FORMATION PROCESS WITH IN-SITU IMBEDDED NANOLAYERS TO IMPROVE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
85	20100027585	Spread Spectrum Clocking With Transmitted Modulation
86	20100027442	CONSTRUCTING SCALABLE OVERLAYS FOR PUB-SUB WITH MANY TOPICS: THE GREEDY JOIN-LEAVE ALGORITHM
87	20100027363	REFRESH CONTROLLER AND REFRESH CONTROLLING METHOD FOR EMBEDDED DRAM
88	20100027361	Information Handling System with SRAM Precharge Power Conservation
89	20100027209	STORAGE SLOT FOR PORTABLE DATA STORAGE CARTRIDGES
90	20100027163	MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD HAVING REINFORCING ISLANDS
91	20100027051	METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PRODUCT FOR EFFICIENT PRINT OPERATIONS
92	20100026681	METHOD FOR PROVIDING PARALLEL AUGMENTED FUNCTIONALITY FOR A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
93	20100026506	Capacitance-Based Microchip Exploitation Detection
94	20100026376	BIAS CIRCUIT FOR A MOS DEVICE
95	20100026352	ALL DIGITAL FREQUENCY-LOCKED LOOP CIRCUIT METHOD FOR CLOCK GENERATION IN MULTICORE MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEMS
96	20100026346	HIGH-DENSITY LOGIC TECHNIQUES WITH REDUCED-STACK MULTI-GATE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS
97	20100026337	Interdependent Microchip Functionality for Defeating Exploitation Attempts
98	20100026336	FALSE CONNECTION FOR DEFEATING MICROCHIP EXPLOITATION
99	20100026332	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENSING A POSITION OF A PROBE
100	20100026326	Resistance Sensing for Defeating Microchip Exploitation
101	20100026313	Capacitance Structures for Defeating Microchip Tampering
102	20100026272	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF A VOLTAGE REFERENCE IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
103	20100025864	SHIELDED WIREBOND
104	20100025863	Integrated Circuit Interconnect Method and Apparatus
105	20100025819	PROGRAMMABLE PRECISION RESISTOR AND METHOD OF PROGRAMMING THE SAME
106	20100025769	ISOLATED HIGH PERFORMANCE FET WITH A CONTROLLABLE BODY RESISTANCE
107	20100025479	Doped Implant Monitoring for Microchip Tamper Detection
108	20100025466	Method and System for Verifying Election Results
109	20100025449	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY ACTIVATING DESTRUCTION OF A GLASS WINDOW
110	20100025249	Systems and Methods for Controlling the Position of a Charged Polymer Inside a Nanopore
111	20100025010	APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DIRECT WATER COOLING SEVERAL PARALLEL CIRCUIT CARDS EACH CONTAINING SEVERAL CHIP PACKAGES

IBM patents granted on 02 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:02:34 +0000

95 US patents granted on 02 February 2010 and assigned to IBM

1	7,657,946	Method for device dependent access control for device independent web content
2	7,657,945	Systems and arrangements to adjust resource accessibility based upon usage modes
3	7,657,942	Method of assuring enterprise security standards compliance
4	7,657,939	Computer security intrusion detection system for remote, on-demand users
5	7,657,938	Method and system for protecting computer networks by altering unwanted network data traffic
6	7,657,936	Method for preventing time of check to time of use exploits
7	7,657,924	Method and system for implementing authorization policies for web services
8	7,657,893	Accounting method and logic for determining per-thread processor resource utilization in a simultaneous multi-threaded (SMT) processor
9	7,657,889	Method, system, and storage medium for searching multiple queues for prioritized work elements
10	7,657,875	System and method for collecting a plurality of metrics in a single profiling run of computer code
11	7,657,870	Method and apparatus for implementing dynamic function groups in a data processing system
12	7,657,859	Method for IC wiring yield optimization, including wire widening during and after routing
13	7,657,851	Device, system, and method for correction of integrated circuit design
14	7,657,844	Providing accessibility compliance within advanced componentry
15	7,657,840	System and method for providing a navigable grid to allow for accessible drag-drop in visual modeling tools
16	7,657,839	System for replying to related messages
17	7,657,792	Identifying race conditions involving asynchronous memory updates
18	7,657,783	Apparatus and computer program product for testing ability to recover from cache directory errors
19	7,657,782	Creating and managing multiple virtualized remote mirroring session consistency groups
20	7,657,779	Client assisted autonomic computing
21	7,657,772	Thermally aware integrated circuit
22	7,657,771	Method and apparatus for reducing latency associated with read operations in a memory system
23	7,657,756	Secure memory caching structures for data, integrity and version values
24	7,657,740	Verifying the ownership of an owner’s authority in terms of product and service
25	7,657,737	Method for mapping an encrypted https network packet to a specific url name and other data without decryption outside of a secure web server
26	7,657,730	Initialization after a power interruption
27	7,657,729	Efficient multiple-table reference prediction mechanism
28	7,657,726	Context look ahead storage structures
29	7,657,715	Dynamic operation mode transition of a storage subsystem
30	7,657,714	Apparatus and method to provide one or more commands to a data storage and retrieval system
31	7,657,688	Dynamically allocating lanes to a plurality of PCI express connectors
32	7,657,669	Apparatus and program storage device for managing dataflow through a processing system
33	7,657,667	Method to provide cache management commands for a DMA controller
34	7,657,665	Shared simultaneously-connected removable drives and servers each housing an I/O controller which maintains an uninterrupted protocol connection
35	7,657,664	Method and system for tracking device driver requests
36	7,657,663	Migrating stateless virtual functions from one virtual plane to another
37	7,657,662	Processing user space operations directly between an application instance and an I/O adapter
38	7,657,651	Resource-efficient media streaming to heterogeneous clients
39	7,657,639	Method and system for identity provider migration using federated single-sign-on operation
40	7,657,636	Workflow decision management with intermediate message validation
41	7,657,627	System and program product for throttling events in an information technology system
42	7,657,620	Dynamic intelligent discovery applied to topographic networks
43	7,657,604	System and method for securing online chat conversations
44	7,657,602	Preventing human error in instant messaging
45	7,657,595	Method and system for generating auxiliary-server cache identifiers
46	7,657,583	Calculating recovery time of an application system
47	7,657,577	Maintaining active-only storage pools
48	7,657,570	Optimizing aggregate processing
49	7,657,559	Method to exchange objects between object-oriented and non-object-oriented environments
50	7,657,546	Knowledge management system, program product and method
51	7,657,539	System and computer program product for facilitating customs planning and clearance
52	7,657,536	Application of resource-dependent policies to managed resources in a distributed computing system
53	7,657,535	Technique for data mining using a web service
54	7,657,495	Method and system for creating hierarchical classifiers of software components to identify meaning for words with multiple meanings
55	7,657,422	System and method for text analysis
56	7,657,421	System and method for identifying and defining idioms
57	7,657,419	Analytical virtual machine
58	7,657,401	Systems and methods for predicting load test resource requirements
59	7,657,383	Method, system, and apparatus for compactly storing a subject genome
60	7,657,347	Temperature-based monitoring method and system for determining first and second fluid flow rates through a heat exchanger
61	7,657,256	Notifying a user of a portable wireless device
62	7,657,227	Method and system for dynamic display connectivity based on configuration information via RFID tag
63	7,656,971	Adjustable phase controlled clock and data recovery circuit
64	7,656,821	Topology discovery and identification of switches in an N-stage interconnection network
65	7,656,802	Simulating services on demand
66	7,656,795	Preventing duplicate sources from clients served by a network address port translator
67	7,656,789	Method, system and storage medium for redundant input/output access
68	7,656,660	Airflow arresting apparatus and method for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack of a data center
69	7,656,656	Storage device enclosure
70	7,656,628	Apparatus for providing fault protection in a circuit supplying power to an electronic device
71	7,656,602	Systems and methods for protecting a sensitive device from corrosion
72	7,656,505	Apparatus to easily measure reticle blind positioning with an exposure apparatus
73	7,656,401	Techniques for representing 3D scenes using fixed point data
74	7,656,312	Method and system for retrieving and broadcasting updated informational data based on location
75	7,656,294	Disablement of camera functionality for a portable device
76	7,656,280	Telematic parametric speed metering system
77	7,656,237	Method to gate off PLLS in a deep power saving state without separate clock distribution for power management logic
78	7,656,182	Testing method using a scalable parametric measurement macro
79	7,656,005	Electrically programmable .pi.-shaped fuse structures and methods of fabrication thereof
80	7,655,994	Low threshold voltage semiconductor device with dual threshold voltage control means
81	7,655,989	Triple gate and double gate finFETs with different vertical dimension fins
82	7,655,985	Methods and semiconductor structures for latch-up suppression using a conductive region
83	7,655,983	SOI FET with source-side body doping
84	7,655,972	Structure and method for MOSFET with reduced extension resistance
85	7,655,967	DRAM (dynamic random access memory) cells
86	7,655,966	High efficiency CMOS image sensor pixel employing dynamic voltage supply
87	7,655,557	CMOS silicide metal gate integration
88	7,655,551	Control of poly-Si depletion in CMOS via gas phase doping
89	7,655,547	Metal spacer in single and dual damascene processing
90	7,655,511	Gate electrode stress control for finFET performance enhancement
91	7,655,379	Ionic, organic photoacid generators for DUV, MUV and optical lithography based on peraceptor-substituted aromatic anions
92	7,654,844	Telescopic power connector
93	7,654,840	DIMM connector and memory system with compensated airflow impedance
94	7,654,839	Attenuation of an electrostatic charge on a cable prior to coupling the cable with an electronic system
95	7,654,398	Cable management system with adjustable length arm

IBM patent applications published on 28 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:20:25 +0000

101 US patent applications published on 28 January 2010 and assigned to IBM

1	20100024038	AUTOMATIC AND ADJUSTABLE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING SECURITY MECHANISMS IN DATABASE DRIVERS WITH DATABASE SERVERS
2	20100024023	Reactive Biometric Single Sign-on Utility
3	20100024004	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURING ACCESS TO AN UNSECURE NETWORK UTILIZING A TRANSPARENT IDENTIFICATION MEMBER
4	20100024001	Securing Blade Servers In A Data Center
5	20100023997	METHOD OF USING XPATH AND ONTOLOGY ENGINE IN AUTHORIZATION CONTROL OF ASSETS AND RESOURCES
6	20100023946	USER-LEVEL READ-COPY UPDATE THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE DISABLING PREEMPTION OR SIGNAL HANDLING
7	20100023944	Suspend Profiles and Hinted Suspending
8	20100023943	INTERFACE FOR PROCESSING CLIENT-SERVER METHOD CALLS WITHIN A SINGLE VIRTUAL MACHINE
9	20100023933	MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT MANAGEMENT
10	20100023932	Efficient Software Cache Accessing With Handle Reuse
11	20100023926	CALL GRAPH DEPENDENCY EXTRACTION BY STATIC SOURCE CODE ANALYSIS
12	20100023922	LINKING UML ACTIVITY DIAGRAM NODES TO UML CLASS DIAGRAM NODES BY USING PROPERTIES FROM APPLIED STEREOTYPES
13	20100023921	SOFTWARE FACTORY SEMANTIC RECONCILIATION OF DATA MODELS FOR WORK PACKETS
14	20100023920	INTELLIGENT JOB ARTIFACT SET ANALYZER, OPTIMIZER AND RE-CONSTRUCTOR
15	20100023919	APPLICATION/SERVICE EVENT ROOT CAUSE TRACEABILITY CAUSAL AND IMPACT ANALYZER
16	20100023918	OPEN MARKETPLACE FOR DISTRIBUTED SERVICE ARBITRAGE WITH INTEGRATED RISK MANAGEMENT
17	20100023913	METHOD FOR IC WIRING YIELD OPTIMIZATION, INCLUDING WIRE WIDENING DURING AND AFTER ROUTING
18	20100023889	PROVIDING AN AD-HOC 3D GUI WITHIN A VIRTUAL WORLD TO A NON-VIRTUAL WORLD APPLICATION
19	20100023877	CONVERSATION DETECTION IN A VIRTUAL WORLD
20	20100023876	System and Method for Reducing Bandwidth Requirements of a Presentation Transmitted Across a Network
21	20100023875	AUTOMATIC RENDERING OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS
22	20100023859	MORPHING A DATA CENTER IN A VIRTUAL WORLD
23	20100023821	Asynchronous Communication Using Standard Boundary Architecture Cells
24	20100023820	Asynchronous Communication Apparatus Using JTAG Test Data Registers
25	20100023805	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISASTER RECOVERY BASED ON JOURNALING EVENTS PRUNING IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
26	20100023803	TRANSITIONAL REPLACEMENT OF OPERATIONS PERFORMED BY A CENTRAL HUB
27	20100023766	Computer Program Product and Computer System for Peer-to-Peer Communications
28	20100023732	OPTIMIZING NON-PREEMPTIBLE READ-COPY UPDATE FOR LOW-POWER USAGE BY AVOIDING UNNECESSARY WAKEUPS
29	20100023728	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IN-PLACE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL TRANSPOSE FOR MULTI-CORE PROCESSORS WITH SOFTWARE-MANAGED MEMORY HIERARCHY
30	20100023725	GENERATION AND UPDATE OF STORAGE GROUPS CONSTRUCTED FROM STORAGE DEVICES DISTRIBUTED IN STORAGE SUBSYSTEMS
31	20100023723	Paging Memory Contents Between A Plurality Of Compute Nodes In A Parallel Computer
32	20100023709	ASYMMETRIC DOUBLE BUFFERING OF BITSTREAM DATA IN A MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR
33	20100023708	VARIABLE-LENGTH CODE (VLC) BITSTREAM PARSING IN A MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR WITH BUFFER OVERLAP REGIONS
34	20100023700	Dynamically Maintaining Coherency Within Live Ranges of Direct Buffers
35	20100023698	Enhanced Coherency Tracking with Implementation of Region Victim Hash for Region Coherence Arrays
36	20100023697	Testing Real Page Number Bits in a Cache Directory
37	20100023695	Victim Cache Replacement
38	20100023690	CACHING DYNAMIC CONTENTS AND USING A REPLACEMENT OPERATION TO REDUCE THE CREATION/DELETION TIME ASSOCIATED WITH HTML ELEMENTS
39	20100023647	SWAPPING PPRC SECONDARIES FROM A SUBCHANNEL SET OTHER THAN ZERO TO SUBCHANNEL SET ZERO USING CONTROL BLOCK FIELD MANIPULATION
40	20100023644	INSPECTING WEB BROWSER STATE INFORMATION FROM A SYNCHRONOUSLY-INVOKED SERVICE
41	20100023631	Processing Data Access Requests Among A Plurality Of Compute Nodes
42	20100023587	SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING RETENTION OF DATA MESSAGES
43	20100023586	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN AN INSTANT MESSAGING ENVIRONMENT
44	20100023585	PRIVILEGED AND RESTRICTED EMAIL PROCESSING TO MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS BASED ON SENDER DEFINDED VISIBILITY SETTINGS
45	20100023577	METHOD, SYSTEM AND ARTICLE FOR MOBILE METADATA SOFTWARE AGENT IN A DATA-CENTRIC COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
46	20100023573	EFFICIENT FORCING OF CORNER CASES IN A FLOATING POINT ROUNDER
47	20100023568	Dynamic Range Adjusting Floating Point Execution Unit
48	20100023561	Data Restoration in a Storage System using Multiple Restore Points
49	20100023559	OPTIMIZING GRACE PERIOD DETECTION FOR PREEMPTIBLE READ-COPY UPDATE ON UNIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS
50	20100023543	METHOD FOR SUPPORTING UNCHECKED CLASSIFICATION WITHIN A SERVICE REGISTRY
51	20100023539	XML/DATABASE/XML LAYER ANALYSIS
52	20100023533	EMBEDDED CHANGE LOGGING FOR DATA SYNCHRONIZATION
53	20100023521	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING LOCKS ACROSS DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING NODES
54	20100023509	PROTECTING INFORMATION IN SEARCH QUERIES
55	20100023498	RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT IN A DATA ABSTRACTION MODEL
56	20100023496	PROCESSING DATA FROM DIVERSE DATABASES
57	20100023477	OPTIMIZED BULK COMPUTATIONS IN DATA WAREHOUSE ENVIRONMENTS
58	20100023476	LOCATION/EVENT BASED DICTIONARIES TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION IN A VIRTUAL WORLD LOCATION
59	20100023471	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VALIDATING XML DOCUMENT
60	20100023454	Transaction Authorization
61	20100023406	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIORITIZATION OF RENDERING POLICIES IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS
62	20100023373	SYSTEM FOR ENABLING BOTH A SUBJECTIVE AND AN OBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE
63	20100023362	MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS PROCESS KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
64	20100023348	REMOTELY TAKING REAL-TIME PROGRAMMATIC ACTIONS RESPONSIVE TO HEALTH METRICS RECEIVED FROM WORN HEALTH MONITORING DEVICES
65	20100023340	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING PRODUCT SUBSTITUTIONS ALONG MULTIPLE CRITERIA IN RESPONSE TO A SALES OPPORTUNITY
66	20100023330	SPEED PODCASTING
67	20100023319	MODEL-DRIVEN FEEDBACK FOR ANNOTATION
68	20100023287	Techniques for Electrically Characterizing Tunnel Junction Film Stacks with Little or no Processing
69	20100023273	Characterization of Phenotypes by Gene Expression Patterns and Classification of Samples Based Thereon
70	20100023261	PERSONALIZED MAP DISPLAY GENERATOR
71	20100023260	PERSONALIZED MAP DISPLAY GENERATOR
72	20100023147	RECONFIGURATION OF ASSETS FOR REUSE DURING MANUFACTURING
73	20100022216	Ambient Information for Usage of Wireless Communication Devices
74	20100022088	MULTIPLE EXPOSURE AND SINGLE ETCH INTEGRATION METHOD
75	20100021656	LOW LEAKAGE METAL-CONTAINING CAP PROCESS USING OXIDATION
76	20100020885	PICTURE PROCESSING VIA A SHARED DECODED PICTURE POOL
77	20100020868	TRANSITIONING COMPRESSION LEVELS IN A STREAMING IMAGE SYSTEM
78	20100020818	SHARING BUFFER SPACE IN LINK AGGREGATION CONFIGURATIONS
79	20100020810	Link Services in a Communication Network
80	20100020762	CONVERSION OF VOICE-OVER-IP MEDIA CONTROL MESSAGING INTO MOBILE CONTROL CHANNEL SIGNALING USING A VOICE-OVER IP GATEWAY
81	20100020727	SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING DIAMETER BASED SIGNALING TO ACTIVATE AND DEACTIVATE SUBSCRIBER CENTRIC, VISUALLY RENDERED, SERVICES
82	20100020503	LID EDGE CAPPING LOAD
83	20100020365	METHOD OF PRESSURE DETECTION FOR SELECTIVE SCANNING OF A DOCUMENT
84	20100020172	PERFORMING REAL-TIME ANALYTICS USING A NETWORK PROCESSING SOLUTION ABLE TO DIRECTLY INGEST IP CAMERA VIDEO STREAMS
85	20100020100	METHOD FOR EXTENDING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH REGISTRATION
86	20100020092	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY MONITOR ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION OPTIMIZATION
87	20100020085	METHOD FOR AVATAR WANDERING IN A COMPUTER BASED INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT
88	20100019908	CIRCUIT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION FOR FACILITATING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID)
89	20100019824	Low Power Level Shifting Latch Circuits With Gated Feedback for High Speed Integrated Circuits
90	20100019816	MICRO-PHASE ADJUSTING AND MICRO-PHASE ADJUSTING MIXER CIRCUITS DESIGNED WITH STANDARD FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR STRUCTURES
91	20100019755	CABLE TRACING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CABLE MANAGEMENT
92	20100019744	VARIABLE INPUT VOLTAGE REGULATOR
93	20100019576	Dynamically Configuring Current Sharing And Fault Monitoring In Redundant Power Supply Modules
94	20100019385	Implementing Reduced Hot-Spot Thermal Effects for SOI Circuits
95	20100019377	SEGMENTATION OF A DIE STACK FOR 3D PACKAGING THERMAL MANAGEMENT
96	20100019358	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
97	20100019354	SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP SHAPE ALTERATION
98	20100019322	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
99	20100019238	HYDRAZINE-FREE SOLUTION DEPOSITION OF CHALCOGENIDE FILMS
100	20100019221	FULLY SELF-ALIGNED PORE-TYPE MEMORY CELL HAVING DIODE ACCESS DEVICE
101	20100019215	MUSHROOM TYPE MEMORY CELL HAVING SELF-ALIGNED BOTTOM ELECTRODE AND DIODE ACCESS DEVICE

IBM patents granted on 26 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:52:05 +0000

59 US patents granted on 26 January 2010 and assigned to IBM

1	7,653,940	Tracing and identifying piracy in wireless digital rights management system
2	7,653,910	Apparatus for thread-safe handlers for checkpoints and restarts
3	7,653,909	Time slicing in a shared partition
4	7,653,908	Grouping processors and assigning shared memory space to a group in a heterogeneous computer environment
5	7,653,907	Method and apparatus to manage multi-computer supply using a model based on an economic model of supply and cost of supply
6	7,653,894	Method and apparatus for classifying and modeling operating system image for data center management
7	7,653,888	System for and method of integrating test structures into an integrated circuit
8	7,653,848	Selectively engaging optional data reduction mechanisms for capturing trace data
9	7,653,838	Hard disk drive data scrub methodology
10	7,653,830	Logical partitioning in redundant systems
11	7,653,826	Method and apparatus for query optimization and management of sleepy drives
12	7,653,814	System and method for securely hyperlinking graphic objects
13	7,653,801	System and method for managing metrics table per virtual port in a logically partitioned data processing system
14	7,653,800	Continuous data protection
15	7,653,799	Method and apparatus for managing memory for dynamic promotion of virtual memory page sizes
16	7,653,797	Optimizing a marking phase in mark-sweep garbage collectors by reducing paging activity
17	7,653,791	Realtime-safe read copy update with per-processor read/write locks
18	7,653,773	Dynamically balancing bus bandwidth
19	7,653,769	Management of devices connected to infiniband ports
20	7,653,767	Hierarchical enclosure management services
21	7,653,750	Using a directory service for a user registry
22	7,653,716	Determining a bisection bandwidth for a multi-node data communications network
23	7,653,711	Method and system for information distribution
24	7,653,702	Method for automatically associating contextual input data with available multimedia resources
25	7,653,692	Method, system, and apparatus for generating weblogs from interactive communication client software
26	7,653,681	Software architecture for managing a system of heterogenous network processors and for developing portable network processor applications
27	7,653,659	System for automatic arrangement of portlets on portal pages according to semantical and functional relationship
28	7,653,654	Method and system for selectively accessing files accessible through a network
29	7,653,650	Apparatus, system, and method for synchronizing change histories in enterprise applications
30	7,653,620	Dynamic optimization of prepared statements in a statement pool
31	7,653,618	Method and system for searching and retrieving reusable assets
32	7,653,610	System for facilitating problem resolution
33	7,653,609	System and method for managing a chaotic event by optimizing decision subdivisions subject to multidimensional constraints
34	7,653,576	Method for pricing items
35	7,653,525	Enterprise service delivery technical architecture
36	7,653,499	Method and system for automated energy usage monitoring within a data center
37	7,653,451	Method for autonomic control of a manufacturing system
38	7,653,450	System and method for creation of optimal range boundaries in a range management system
39	7,652,995	Autonomic reassociation of clients in a wireless local area network
40	7,652,947	Back-gate decode personalization
41	7,652,914	Memory including two access devices per phase change element
42	7,652,523	Ratioed feedback body voltage bias generator
43	7,652,336	Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof
44	7,652,334	Shallow trench isolation formation
45	7,652,332	Extremely-thin silicon-on-insulator transistor with raised source/drain
46	7,652,313	Deep trench contact and isolation of buried photodetectors
47	7,652,288	Epitaxial and polycrystalline growth of Si.sub.1-X-YGE.sub.XC.sub.Y and Si.sub.1-YC.sub.Y alloy layers on Si by UHV-CVD
48	7,652,279	Three-terminal cascade switch for controlling static power consumption in integrated circuits
49	7,652,278	Programmable via structure and method of fabricating same
50	7,651,947	Mask forming and implanting methods using implant stopping layer and mask so formed
51	7,651,929	Hybrid oriented substrates and crystal imprinting methods for forming such hybrid oriented substrates
52	7,651,902	Hybrid substrates and methods for forming such hybrid substrates
53	7,651,892	Electrical programmable metal resistor
54	7,651,890	Method and apparatus for prevention of solder corrosion
55	7,651,872	Discrete nano-textured structures in biomolecular arrays, and method of use
56	7,651,831	Positive photoresist composition with a polymer including a fluorosulfonamide group and process for its use
57	7,651,735	Orienting, positioning, and forming nanoscale structures
58	7,651,260	Apparatus for thermal characterization under non-uniform heat load
59	7,650,693	Method of assembling electronic components of an electronic system, and system thus obtained