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Apple patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:53:54 +0000

13 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Apple

1	D653,236	Earphone
2	D653,213	Power module
3	8,108,685	Apparatus and method for indicating password quality and variety
4	8,108,650	Translation lookaside buffer (TLB) with reserved areas for specific sources
5	8,108,633	Shared stream memory on multiple processors
6	8,108,261	Store affiliation system
7	8,108,144	Location based tracking
8	8,107,183	Method and device for hard drive shock event detection
9	8,106,926	Controlling a display device to display portions of an entire image in a display area
10	8,106,856	Portable electronic device for photo management
11	8,106,836	Hybrid antennas for electronic devices
12	8,106,630	Method and system for operating a portable electronic device in a power-limited manner
13	8,104,911	Display system with distributed LED backlight

Canon patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:53:22 +0000

41 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Canon

1	8,108,938	Data communication system, device, and method
2	8,108,561	Apparatus that prevent a malfunction of the circuit and reduce power consumption
3	8,108,192	Simulator apparatus and simulation method
4	8,107,849	Image forming apparatus
5	8,107,845	Printing apparatus and printing method
6	8,107,841	Image forming apparatus and control method therefor
7	8,107,831	Electronic device and image forming apparatus
8	8,107,806	Focus adjustment apparatus and focus adjustment method
9	8,107,768	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program
10	8,107,767	Data transform apparatus and control method thereof
11	8,107,641	Communication system and control method therefor, program, and storage medium
12	8,107,588	Radiation imaging apparatus and method of driving the same, and radiation imaging system
13	8,107,534	Moving-image reproducing apparatus and moving-image reproducing method
14	8,107,500	Communication control apparatus, communication control method, and computer program
15	8,107,171	Zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus including the same
16	8,107,141	Print presentation
17	8,107,127	Image forming apparatus, image forming method
18	8,107,126	Document management apparatus and method applying print settings responsive to dragging and dropping document icon
19	8,107,111	Print processing system, information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, control method therefor, and program
20	8,107,098	Apparatus for controlling printing, method for the same, printing system, and computer program
21	8,107,052	Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
22	8,107,051	Exposure apparatus with improved alignment mark position measurement condition setting feature, and device manufacturing method using the same
23	8,107,003	Image sensing apparatus with electronic shutter function and mechanical shutter function, and image sensing method
24	8,106,996	Image pickup apparatus
25	8,106,964	Image reproduction apparatus and image reproduction method
26	8,106,959	Image capturing apparatus with aperture correction
27	8,106,958	Image processing apparatus and image processing method and image capturing apparatus
28	8,106,955	Solid-state image sensing device and image sensing system
29	8,106,624	Battery pack, charging device, and electronic device and obtaining a charge state thereof
30	8,106,575	Electron beam apparatus having a recess formed in a surface of an insulating member
31	8,106,359	Radiation imaging apparatus
32	8,106,343	Image sensing system interposing light shielding portion between color filter and pixel arrays
33	8,106,178	Probe, probe set, probe-immobilized carrier, and genetic testing method
34	8,105,765	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
35	8,105,761	Ink jet recording head manufacturing method
36	8,105,440	Method of cleaning a CVD device
37	8,104,875	Liquid jet recording head
38	8,104,873	Recording head
39	8,104,865	Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet head
40	8,104,862	Method of evaluating performance of optical sensor and ink jet printing apparatus
41	8,104,256	Imaging optical unit, inspection method for the same, and image reading apparatus

Fujitsu patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:52:37 +0000

36 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Fujitsu

1	8,108,859	Processor for controlling tread switching
2	8,108,814	Dummy metal insertion processing method and apparatus
3	8,108,751	Turbo decoding apparatus
4	8,108,702	Power saving device controlled by controller or disk
5	8,108,482	Data relaying apparatus, data relaying method, and data relay processing program
6	8,108,479	E-mail management system, mail server, forwarding method and medium
7	8,108,472	Electronic mail system
8	8,108,405	Refining a search space in response to user input
9	8,108,392	Identifying clusters of words according to word affinities
10	8,108,363	Computer product, method, and apparatus for analyzing computer system
11	8,108,354	Archive device, method of managing archive device, and computer product
12	8,108,015	Electronic apparatus and enclosure therefor
13	8,107,922	Mobile portable terminal, entrance-exit managing apparatus, and function suppression cancellation program storage medium
14	8,107,815	System and method for communicating wireless data utilizing a passive optical network
15	8,107,813	Drive circuit and optical switch
16	8,107,791	Display device, display program storage medium, and displaying method
17	8,107,690	Similarity analyzing device, image display device, image display program storage medium, and image display method
18	8,107,521	Equalizer device
19	8,107,487	Packet communication device for communicating packet to be transferred through packet communication which is time-managed in constant cycle and packet communication method thereof
20	8,107,314	Semiconductor storage device and method for producing semiconductor storage device
21	8,107,313	Semiconductor memory and memory system
22	8,107,299	Semiconductor memory and method and system for actuating semiconductor memory
23	8,107,272	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, and writing method, reading method and erasing method of nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
24	8,107,215	Capacitor
25	8,107,160	Light output control apparatus
26	8,107,157	Micromirror unit and method of making the same
27	8,106,915	Display control circuit and display device
28	8,106,775	Checkout system, checkout system control program, and checkout system control method
29	8,106,732	Relay
30	8,106,730	Microswitching device and method of manufacturing the same
31	8,106,640	Power supply control circuit, power supply device, power supply system, and method of controlling power supply control device
32	8,106,467	Semiconductor device having carrier mobility raised by generating strain in channel region
33	8,106,377	Resistance change element and method of manufacturing the same
34	8,106,312	Sealing structure, electronic device, sealing method, gasket, and manufacturing method thereof
35	8,105,935	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
36	8,105,871	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same

Google patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:52:06 +0000

7 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Google

1	8,108,844	Systems and methods for dynamically choosing a processing element for a compute kernel
2	8,108,464	Collaborative workflow through messaging conversations
3	8,108,412	Phrase-based detection of duplicate documents in an information retrieval system
4	8,108,391	Identifying non-compositional compounds
5	8,108,383	Enhanced search results
6	8,108,306	Micro-payment system architecture
7	8,108,253	Identifying advertising specialist

Hewlett-Packard patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:51:31 +0000

24 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

1	8,108,871	Controlling computer resource utilization
2	8,108,865	Process replication method and system
3	8,108,836	System and method for defining software management
4	8,108,724	Field replaceable unit failure determination
5	8,108,718	Checkpointing in massively parallel processing
6	8,108,712	Method and apparatus for removing a computer from a computer cluster observing failure
7	8,108,645	Optimized memory allocation via feature extraction
8	8,108,620	Cooperative caching technique
9	8,108,582	Notifying asynchronous events to a host of a data storage system and apparatus for the same
10	8,108,560	Method and apparatus for managing data transfer in a computer memory
11	8,108,557	System and method for measuring clock skew on a network
12	8,108,550	Real-time identification of an asset model and categorization of an asset to assist in computer network security
13	8,108,511	Abstraction of multiple aggregated physical counters into a virtual counter
14	8,108,508	Web server chip for network manageability
15	8,108,409	Determining top combinations of items to present to a user
16	8,108,400	Database segment searching
17	8,108,355	Providing a partially sorted index
18	8,108,315	Discovering software code subject to licenses
19	8,108,266	Methods for providing secure eCommerce transactions
20	8,107,503	Resuming a previously interrupted peer-to-peer synchronization operation
21	8,107,496	System and method for roaming between wireless networks
22	8,107,458	Power-based networking path allocation
23	8,107,149	Negative index material-based modulators and methods for fabricating the same
24	8,105,882	Processing a memory request in a chip multiprocessor having a stacked arrangement

Hitachi patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:50:58 +0000

61 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Hitachi

1	D653,351	Sample tube destopper module for clinical laboratory automation system
2	D653,303	Frame for immersion flat filter membrane elements
3	8,108,906	Electronic data authenticity assurance method and program
4	8,108,682	Hash value generator
5	8,108,646	Storage system and storage control method that compress and store data elements
6	8,108,644	Storage control apparatus, storage system, and virtual volume control method
7	8,108,639	Storage system, method for calculating estimated value of data recovery available time and management computer
8	8,108,637	Information processing system, controlling method in information processing system, and managing apparatus to manage remote copy in consideration of saving power
9	8,108,630	Storage apparatus, and storage control method using the same
10	8,108,629	Method and computer for reducing power consumption of a memory
11	8,108,606	Computer system and control method for the computer system
12	8,108,602	Log-structured file system for disk drives with shingled writing
13	8,108,597	Storage control method and system for performing backup and/or restoration
14	8,108,595	Storage apparatus and method of managing data storage area
15	8,108,562	Storage subsystem and remote copy system using said subsystem
16	8,108,486	Remote copy system
17	8,108,440	File server and file management method
18	8,108,172	Defect review apparatus and method of reviewing defects
19	8,108,101	Lubricating oil cooling device for traveling speed reduction gear
20	8,108,094	Diagnosis device for energy transfer in vehicle
21	8,108,059	Method of determining range of change in design, design change range determining apparatus, and design change range determining system
22	8,107,896	Data transmission method for a mobile communication system
23	8,107,824	Passive optical network system and communication method therefor
24	8,107,717	Defect inspection method and apparatus
25	8,107,701	Medical image display system and medical image display program
26	8,107,584	Apparatuses and methods for damping nuclear reactor components
27	8,107,471	Communication system, server, control apparatus and communication apparatus
28	8,107,461	SIP exchange system
29	8,107,348	Optical pickup apparatus for use on a multi-layered optical information storage medium
30	8,107,345	Optical disk device and optical disk discriminating method
31	8,107,339	Method of evaluating reproduce signal and optical disc drive
32	8,107,326	Slider with integrated thermally-assisted recording (TAR) head and integrated long laser diode
33	8,107,202	Magnetoresistive sensor with novel pinned layer structure
34	8,107,197	Slider with integrated writer and semiconductor heterostucture read sensor
35	8,107,193	Perpendicular magnetic recording head
36	8,107,180	Hard-disk drive and control method for magnetic recording on a patterned medium of the hard-disk drive
37	8,107,177	Electrical interconnect system with integrated transmission- line compensation components
38	8,107,065	Method and apparatus for detecting defects
39	8,107,028	Display device having improved step coverage for thin film transistors
40	8,107,007	Image processing apparatus
41	8,106,948	Mobile terminal device, computer-readable recording medium, and computer data signal
42	8,106,902	Display device
43	8,106,661	Battery apparatus for controlling plural batteries and control method of plural batteries
44	8,106,619	Position sensorless controller for permanent magnet motor
45	8,106,395	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
46	8,106,385	Organic siloxane film, semiconductor device using the same, flat panel display device, and raw material liquid
47	8,106,371	Charged particle irradiation system and irradiation planning equipment
48	8,106,357	Scanning electron microscope and method for processing an image obtained by the scanning electron microscope
49	8,106,150	Polylactide manufacturing apparatus and method for manufacturing polylactide
50	8,105,957	Method of producing semiconductor device
51	8,105,759	Photosensitive resin composition, and, photosensitive element, method for forming resist pattern, method for manufacturing printed wiring board and method for manufacturing partition wall for plasma display panel using the composition
52	8,105,753	System, method and apparatus for pattern clean-up during fabrication of patterned media using forced assembly of molecules
53	8,105,563	Methods of controlling hydrogen concentrations in an offgas system of a nuclear reactor by passive air injection
54	8,105,540	Method of treating polymer compound and treatment system for the same
55	8,105,099	Lever connector
56	8,105,022	Vane configurations for steam dryers
57	8,104,842	Transporter vehicle
58	8,104,698	Fuel injection valve
59	8,104,355	Thermal humidity sensor
60	8,104,284	Combustor and a fuel supply method for the combustor
61	8,104,183	Portable cutting device capable of adjusting cutting depth

IBM patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:50:20 +0000

206 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to IBM

1	8,108,940	Method for protecting data from unauthorised access
2	8,108,932	Calculating a password strength score based upon character proximity and relative position upon an input device
3	8,108,928	Adaptive traitor tracing
4	8,108,910	Methods and apparatus for adaptively determining trust in client-server environments
5	8,108,908	Security methodology to prevent user from compromising throughput in a highly threaded network on a chip processor
6	8,108,907	Authentication of user database access
7	8,108,905	System and method for an isolated process to control address translation
8	8,108,880	Method and system for enabling state save and debug operations for co-routines in an event-driven environment
9	8,108,877	Affinity dispatching load balancer with precise CPU consumption data
10	8,108,876	Modifying an operation of one or more processors executing message passing interface tasks
11	8,108,875	Affinity dispatching load balancer with precise CPU consumption data
12	8,108,874	Minimizing variations of waiting times of requests for services handled by a processor
13	8,108,866	Heuristic based affinity dispatching for shared processor partition dispatching
14	8,108,864	Method and system for dynamically tracking arbitrary task dependencies on computers in a grid environment
15	8,108,860	Method for managing message flow in a multithreaded, message flow environment
16	8,108,858	Implementing an integrated user interface for managing multiple virtual machines operative in a computing system
17	8,108,857	Computer program product and method for capacity sizing virtualized environments
18	8,108,855	Method and apparatus for deploying a set of virtual software resource templates to a set of nodes
19	8,108,851	External registration for function configuration within a client platform application
20	8,108,849	Method and apparatus for generating computer programming code selectively optimized for execution performance and not optimized for serviceability
21	8,108,847	Pairing of spills for parallel registers
22	8,108,846	Compiling scalar code for a single instruction multiple data (SIMD) execution engine
23	8,108,843	Hybrid mechanism for more efficient emulation and method therefor
24	8,108,842	Method and apparatus for performing native binding
25	8,108,841	Minimizing interaction costs among components of computer programs
26	8,108,840	Method for enhancing debugger performance of hardware assisted breakpoints
27	8,108,839	Method and apparatus for tracing execution of computer programming code using dynamic trace enablement
28	8,108,838	System and method for adaptive run-time reconfiguration for a reconfigurable instruction set co-processor architecture
29	8,108,837	Accomodating different resolutions of references to components in composite applications
30	8,108,835	Method and system for enforcing version control
31	8,108,834	Defining and executing processes using declarative programming language constructs
32	8,108,829	Method for automating variables in end-user programming system
33	8,108,827	XML-based textual specification for rich-media content creation-systems and program products
34	8,108,825	Creating customized applications using templates having points of variability
35	8,108,823	User selected grid for logically representing an electronic circuit
36	8,108,822	Methodology for placement based on circuit function and latchup sensitivity
37	8,108,821	Reduction of logic and delay through latch polarity inversion
38	8,108,820	Enhanced conductivity in an airgapped integrated circuit
39	8,108,819	Object placement in integrated circuit design
40	8,108,818	Method and system for point-to-point fast delay estimation for VLSI circuits
41	8,108,817	Semiconductor structure and method of designing semiconductor structure to avoid high voltage initiated latch-up in low voltage sectors
42	8,108,816	Device history based delay variation adjustment during static timing analysis
43	8,108,815	Order independent method of performing statistical N-way maximum/minimum operation for non-Gaussian and non-linear distributions
44	8,108,813	Structure for a circuit obtaining desired phase locked loop duty cycle without pre-scaler
45	8,108,811	Validation of electrical performance of an electronic package prior to fabrication
46	8,108,804	Short path customized mask correction
47	8,108,803	Geometry based electrical hotspot detection in integrated circuit layouts
48	8,108,802	Method for forming arbitrary lithographic wavefronts using standard mask technology
49	8,108,801	Host screen transformation for mobile devices having a reduced display size
50	8,108,783	System and method of GUI overlaying for migrating from a first application to a second application
51	8,108,780	Collaboration widgets with user-modal voting preference
52	8,108,774	Avatar appearance transformation in a virtual universe
53	8,108,769	Presenting multimodal web page content on sequential multimode devices
54	8,108,768	Improving efficiency of content rule checking in a content management system
55	8,108,765	Identifying and annotating shared hierarchical markup document trees
56	8,108,753	Method of computing partial CRCs
57	8,108,752	Error correcting device, method, and program
58	8,108,750	RAID 3+3
59	8,108,739	High-speed testing of integrated devices
60	8,108,738	Data eye monitor method and apparatus
61	8,108,734	Intelligent rolling upgrade for data storage systems
62	8,108,733	Monitoring distributed software health and membership in a compute cluster
63	8,108,732	Apparatus and method to minimize performance degradation during communication path failure in a data processing system
64	8,108,731	Configuration validation system for computer clusters
65	8,108,714	Method and system for soft error recovery during processor execution
66	8,108,703	Power management server for managing power consumption
67	8,108,700	Power supply identification using a modified power good signal
68	8,108,696	Optimizing non-preemptible read-copy update for low-power usage by avoiding unnecessary wakeups
69	8,108,683	Mitigating dictionary attacks on password-protected local storage
70	8,108,681	Selecting bit positions for storing a digital watermark
71	8,108,666	System and method for transferring user preferences
72	8,108,662	Checkpointing a hybrid architecture computing system
73	8,108,657	Handling floating point operations
74	8,108,655	Selecting fixed-point instructions to issue on load-store unit
75	8,108,654	System and method for a group priority issue schema for a cascaded pipeline
76	8,108,649	Method of memory management for server-side scripting language runtime system
77	8,108,647	Digital data architecture employing redundant links in a daisy chain of component modules
78	8,108,638	Backup of deduplicated data
79	8,108,635	System, method and computer program product for copying data
80	8,108,619	Cache management for partial cache line operations
81	8,108,618	Method and apparatus for maintaining memory data integrity in an information handling system using cache coherency protocols
82	8,108,617	Method to bypass cache levels in a cache coherent system
83	8,108,616	Processing a data stream by accessing one or more hardware registers
84	8,108,613	Detection and recovery of dropped writes in storage devices
85	8,108,609	Structure for implementing dynamic refresh protocols for DRAM based cache
86	8,108,575	Methods of multi-server application synchronization without stopping I/O
87	8,108,573	Apparatus, system, and method for enqueue prioritization
88	8,108,570	Determining the state of an I/O operation
89	8,108,564	System and method for a configurable interface controller
90	8,108,549	Method for using the loopback interface in a computer system having multiple workload partitions
91	8,108,545	Packet coalescing in virtual channels of a data processing system in a multi-tiered full-graph interconnect architecture
92	8,108,537	Method and system for improving content diversification in data driven P2P streaming using source push
93	8,108,528	System and method for verifying the identity of a chat partner during an instant messaging session
94	8,108,522	Autonomic definition and management of distributed application information
95	8,108,514	High availability of internet protocol addresses within a cluster
96	8,108,503	Dynamic load balancing between chassis in a blade center
97	8,108,491	Method and system for control of access to global computer networks
98	8,108,490	Record/replay of user-input instructions to a web application
99	8,108,474	System and method for indication of IM tracking
100	8,108,467	Load balanced data processing performed on an application message transmitted between compute nodes of a parallel computer
101	8,108,456	Method and apparatus for migrating the system environment on which the applications depend
102	8,108,451	System and program products for efficiently locking resources of a global data repository
103	8,108,448	Improving locality with parallel hierarchical copying garbage collection
104	8,108,445	Maintaining and replicating chat histories
105	8,108,439	Method and device for displaying and browsing a multi-faceted data set
106	8,108,419	Virtually applying modifications
107	8,108,415	Query transformation
108	8,108,413	Method and apparatus for automatically discovering features in free form heterogeneous data
109	8,108,410	Determining veracity of data in a repository using a semantic network
110	8,108,403	User engagement during large file uploads
111	8,108,401	Applying various hash methods used in conjunction with a query with a group by clause
112	8,108,395	Automatic arrangement of portlets on portal pages according to semantical and functional relationship
113	8,108,381	System and method for analyzing electronic data records
114	8,108,375	Processing database queries by returning results of a first query to subsequent queries
115	8,108,373	Selecting an author of missing content in a content management system
116	8,108,367	Constraints with hidden rows in a database
117	8,108,366	Sequenced modification of multiple entities based on an abstract data representation
118	8,108,365	Consistency of a database management system
119	8,108,364	Representation of system clock changes in time based file systems
120	8,108,353	Method and apparatus for block size optimization in de-duplication
121	8,108,338	Method and system for model-based replication of data
122	8,108,337	Managing consistency groups using heterogeneous replication engines
123	8,108,332	Methods and systems for selecting features and using the selected features to perform a classification
124	8,108,330	Generating composite trust value scores, and atomic metadata values and associated composite trust value scores using a plurality of algorithms
125	8,108,263	Method, system, and computer readable medium for grouping orders and creating short orders
126	8,108,235	System and method for applying predictive metric analysis for a business monitoring subsystem
127	8,108,233	Method, system, and program product for generating an integrated business organizational view
128	8,108,226	System and program for electronically maintaining medical information between patients and physicians
129	8,108,206	Auto-generated to-do list
130	8,108,201	Method for emulating a native device on a host computer system
131	8,108,199	Phase events in a simulation model of a digital system
132	8,108,197	Method to verify an implemented coherency algorithm of a multi processor environment
133	8,108,196	System for yielding to a processor
134	8,108,195	Satisfiability (SAT) based bounded model checkers
135	8,108,193	Collaboration framework for modeling
136	8,108,180	End of life prediction of flash memory
137	8,108,179	End of life prediction of flash memory
138	8,108,098	Control appropriateness illumination for corrective response
139	8,108,065	Target of opportunity in an automated data storage library
140	8,108,063	User interface for color transfer control in textile processing equipment
141	8,107,952	Mobile device with an obfuscated mobile device user identity
142	8,107,936	Connecting a phone call to a mobile telecommunication device based on the time of day that the communication is initiated
143	8,107,886	Method and apparatus for user quality management for wireless networks
144	8,107,800	Method and structure to control thermal gradients in semiconductor wafers during rapid thermal processing
145	8,107,739	System and method for compiling images from a database and comparing the compiled images with known images
146	8,107,678	Detection of abandoned and removed objects in a video stream
147	8,107,677	Measuring a cohort’S velocity, acceleration and direction using digital video
148	8,107,676	Line length estimation
149	8,107,621	Encrypted file system mechanisms
150	8,107,620	Simple and efficient one-pass authenticated encryption scheme
151	8,107,482	Multipath discovery in switched ethernet networks
152	8,107,477	Cell or frame assembly method and apparatus optimizing the moving of data
153	8,107,463	System and method for history driven optimization of web services communication
154	8,107,451	Efficient deallocation of network resources based on network node location extrapolation
155	8,107,362	Multi-ring resilient packet ring add/drop device
156	8,107,360	Dynamic addition of redundant network in distributed system communications
157	8,107,359	Performing a changeover from a first virtual node to a second virtual node
158	8,107,353	Data storage device and method for operating a data storage system
159	8,107,309	Bias temperature instability-influenced storage cell
160	8,107,285	Read direction for spin-torque based memory device
161	8,107,276	Resistive memory devices having a not-and (NAND) structure
162	8,107,254	Integrating capacitors into vias of printed circuit boards
163	8,107,234	Variable flow computer cooling system for a data center and method of operation
164	8,107,233	Latching system for multiple nodes of a computer system
165	8,107,196	Systems having components coupled with electrostatic dissipative adhesive
166	8,107,194	Writing and reading multi-layer continuous magnetic recording media
167	8,107,189	Device and structure for reducing tape motion and static friction
168	8,107,186	Determination of timing based servo pattern type
169	8,107,181	Apparatus, system, and method for measuring magnetoresistive head resistance
170	8,107,100	Post deployment electronic document management and security solution
171	8,107,079	Multi layer alignment and overlay target and measurement method
172	8,106,890	Slide based technique for inputting a sequence of numbers for a computing device
173	8,106,881	System, computer program product and method of manipulating windows on portable computing devices through motion
174	8,106,776	Reading short distance emission RFID tags to locate items in a container
175	8,106,728	Circuit structure and design structure for an optionally switchable on-chip slow wave transmission line band-stop filter and a method of manufacture
176	8,106,515	Local metallization and use thereof in semiconductor devices
177	8,106,513	Copper damascene and dual damascene interconnect wiring
178	8,106,505	Assembly including plural through wafer vias, method of cooling the assembly and method of fabricating the assembly
179	8,106,485	Chemical oxide removal of plasma damaged SiCOH low k dielectrics
180	8,106,462	Balancing NFET and PFET performance using straining layers
181	8,106,458	SOI CMOS circuits with substrate bias
182	8,106,457	Silicon-on-insulator based radiation detection device and method
183	8,106,456	SOI transistors having an embedded extension region to improve extension resistance and channel strain characteristics
184	8,106,455	Threshold voltage adjustment through gate dielectric stack modification
185	8,106,439	Fin-type field effect transistor
186	8,106,432	CMOS imager photodiode with enhanced capacitance
187	8,106,383	Self-aligned graphene transistor
188	8,106,331	Apparatus for controlling alignment between precision ground plates and method of controlling a desired alignment between opposing precision ground plates
189	8,106,300	Split flex cable
190	8,105,960	Self-assembled sidewall spacer
191	8,105,955	Integrated circuit system with carbon and non-carbon silicon
192	8,105,940	Power distribution in a vertically integrated circuit
193	8,105,937	Conformal adhesion promoter liner for metal interconnects
194	8,105,936	Methods for forming dielectric interconnect structures
195	8,105,928	Graphene based switching device having a tunable bandgap
196	8,105,924	Deep trench based far subcollector reachthrough
197	8,105,901	Method for double pattern density
198	8,105,893	Diffusion sidewall for a semiconductor structure
199	8,105,892	Thermal dual gate oxide device integration
200	8,105,887	Inducing stress in CMOS device
201	8,105,861	CMOS image sensor with reduced dark current
202	8,105,859	In via formed phase change memory cell with recessed pillar heater
203	8,105,850	Process for selectively patterning a magnetic film structure
204	8,105,445	Method and apparatus for fast and local anneal of anti-ferromagnetic (AF) exchange-biased magnetic stacks
205	8,105,165	Controlling interaction between protected media
206	8,104,668	Method and apparatus providing fine alignment of a structure relative to a support

Intel patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:49:35 +0000

20 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Intel

1	8,108,897	Method and apparatus for displaying entertainment system data upon selection of a video data display
2	8,108,867	Preserving hardware thread cache affinity via procrastination
3	8,108,863	Load balancing for multi-threaded applications via asymmetric power throttling
4	8,108,856	Method and apparatus for adaptive integrity measurement of computer software
5	8,108,776	User interface for multimodal information system
6	8,108,761	Optimizing the size of memory devices used for error correction code storage
7	8,108,756	Techniques to perform forward error correction for an electrical backplane
8	8,108,676	Link key injection mechanism for personal area networks
9	8,108,670	Client apparatus and method with key manager
10	8,108,668	Associating a multi-context trusted platform module with distributed platforms
11	8,108,665	Decoupled hardware configuration manager
12	8,108,627	Array comparison and swap operations
13	8,108,584	Use of completer knowledge of memory region ordering requirements to modify transaction attributes
14	8,108,542	Method and apparatus to determine broadcast content and scheduling in a broadcast system
15	8,108,324	Forward feature selection for support vector machines
16	8,107,879	Device, system, and method of establishing multiple wireless connections
17	8,107,510	Method and apparatus for non-cooperative coexistence between wireless communication protocols
18	8,106,440	Selective high-k dielectric film deposition for semiconductor device
19	8,105,848	Programmable electromagnetic array for molecule transport
20	8,104,172	Method buffer coating having a physical mixture of high toughness polymer and a low shrinkage polymer

LG Electronics patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:49:03 +0000

36 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to LG Electronics

1	RE43,153	Method of doing a broadcast service of a short message in a communication system
2	D653,239	Home theater speaker
3	D653,227	Cellular phone
4	D653,217	Remote jack pack
5	D653,071	Oven range
6	8,108,757	Method for effectively transmitting control signal in wireless communication system
7	8,108,707	Method for ensuring synchronous presentation of additional data with audio data
8	8,108,706	Method for ensuring synchronous presentation of additional data with audio data
9	8,108,219	Apparatus and method of encoding and decoding audio signal
10	8,108,017	Portable terminal
11	8,107,980	Transmitting and receiving of SMS messages using a mobile terminal to/from a foreign country
12	8,107,979	Mobile terminal for performing instant messaging service
13	8,107,958	Method of updating channel information in mobile internet system, and mobile communication terminal and mobile internet system using the same
14	8,107,792	Recording medium having a data structure for backing up management files and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses
15	8,107,790	Digital broadcasting system and data processing method
16	8,107,629	Method of providing security for relay station
17	8,107,456	Method of performing uplink synchronization in wireless communication system
18	8,107,455	Method for transmitting data in multiple antenna system
19	8,107,445	Method for constructing RACH preamble and method for transmitting RACH signal
20	8,107,413	Method for allocating multiple radio communication periods
21	8,107,394	Method for retransmitting data in the multi-carrier system
22	8,107,389	Conditional procedure handling in a wireless communication system
23	8,107,336	Write once optical disc, and method and apparatus for recovering disc management information from the write once optical disc
24	8,106,887	Display apparatus and method for mobile terminal
25	8,106,883	Mobile terminal and method for moving a cursor and executing a menu function using a navigation key
26	8,106,786	Terminal including light emitting device, method of notifying selection of item using the terminal, and method of notifying occurrence of event using the terminal
27	8,106,677	Signal transmitting device suited to fast signal transmission
28	8,106,417	Vertical topology light emitting device using a conductive support structure
29	8,106,334	Electric oven having convection cover formed with sub-outlets
30	8,104,852	Refrigerator
31	8,104,628	Dishwasher rack having slidably coupled tine holder and tine rack
32	8,104,489	Dishwasher
33	8,104,312	Panel assembly of a washing machine
34	8,104,304	Ice making device for refrigerator
35	8,104,301	Refrigerant valve control device and control method thereof
36	8,104,192	Laundry dryer

LG Philips LCD patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:48:15 +0000

No US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to LG Philips LCD

Matsushita patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:46:35 +0000

1 US patent granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Matsushita

8,107,332

Drive apparatus for recording a write-once medium

Micron patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:43:57 +0000

14 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Micron

1	8,107,344	Phase masks for use in holographic data storage
2	8,107,305	Integrated circuit memory operation apparatus and methods
3	8,107,296	Mitigation of data corruption from back pattern and program disturb in a non-volatile memory device
4	8,107,218	Capacitors
5	8,106,644	Reference circuit with start-up control, generator, device, system and method including same
6	8,106,520	Signal delivery in stacked device
7	8,106,491	Methods of forming stacked semiconductor devices with a leadframe and associated assemblies
8	8,106,488	Wafer level packaging
9	8,106,438	Stud capacitor device and fabrication method
10	8,105,956	Methods of forming silicon oxides and methods of forming interlevel dielectrics
11	8,105,896	Methods of forming capacitors
12	8,105,862	Imager with tuned color filter
13	8,105,858	CMOS imager having a nitride dielectric
14	8,105,131	Method and apparatus for removing material from microfeature workpieces

Microsoft patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:43:29 +0000

50 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Microsoft

1	D653,262	Display screen with an icon
2	8,108,920	Passive client single sign-on for web applications
3	8,108,902	System and method for local machine zone lockdown with relation to a network browser
4	8,108,899	Interactive entertainment system for presenting supplemental interactive content together with continuous video programs
5	8,108,868	Workflow execution plans through completion condition critical path analysis
6	8,108,848	Automatic and transparent memoization
7	8,108,831	Iterative component binding
8	8,108,799	Remoting of windows presentation framework based applications in a non-composed desktop
9	8,108,791	Multi-screen user interface
10	8,108,787	Distributing input events to multiple applications in an interactive media environment
11	8,108,785	Supporting user multi-tasking with clipping lists
12	8,108,777	Sections of a presentation having user-definable properties
13	8,108,767	Electronic data interchange transaction set definition based instance editing
14	8,108,711	Systems and methods for hosting and testing services over a network
15	8,108,623	Poll based cache event notifications in a distributed cache
16	8,108,612	Location updates for a distributed data store
17	8,108,587	Free-space reduction in cached database pages
18	8,108,578	Hidden desktop director for an adaptive device
19	8,108,548	Methodology and system for file replication based on a peergroup
20	8,108,540	Envelope attachment for message context
21	8,108,513	Remote monitoring of local behavior of network applications
22	8,108,497	Selective enablement of runtime-based application behaviors
23	8,108,483	System and method for generating a consistent user namespace on networked devices
24	8,108,466	Automated offloading of user-defined functions to a high performance computing system
25	8,108,450	Aggregation of write traffic to a data store
26	8,108,441	Efficient creation, storage, and provision of web-viewable documents
27	8,108,430	Carousel control for metadata navigation and assignment
28	8,108,421	Query throttling during query translation
29	8,108,399	Filtering of multi attribute data via on-demand indexing
30	8,108,398	Auto-summary generator and filter
31	8,108,396	Techniques for specifying and collecting data aggregations
32	8,108,388	Significant change search alerts
33	8,108,371	Web engine search preview
34	8,108,362	Secure content descriptions
35	8,108,361	Efficient column based data encoding for large-scale data storage
36	8,108,360	Database object update order determination
37	8,108,345	Managing rich presence collections in a single request
38	8,108,343	De-duplication and completeness in multi-log based replication
39	8,108,288	Distributed reverse auction
40	8,108,248	Market design for a resource exchange system
41	8,108,221	Mixed lossless audio compression
42	8,108,205	Leveraging back-off grammars for authoring context-free grammars
43	8,107,939	Software defined radio architecture
44	8,107,758	Block based image processing
45	8,107,671	Script detection service
46	8,107,642	Spatial noise suppression for a microphone array
47	8,107,571	Parameterized filters and signaling techniques
48	8,107,531	Signaling and repeat padding for skip frames
49	8,107,469	Enabling routing of data on a network based on a portion of data accessed from a non-network enabled device
50	8,106,909	Common key frame caching for a remote user interface

Nokia patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:42:50 +0000

19 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Nokia

1	D653,246	Handset front cover
2	8,108,832	Multiple device notification synchronization
3	8,108,788	Method and an arrangement for scrollable cross point navigation in a user interface
4	8,108,747	Data repair
5	8,108,520	Apparatus and method for providing quality of service for a network data connection
6	8,107,968	Radio transmission scheduling according to multiradio control in a radio modem
7	8,107,937	System and method for automatic provisioning detection and notification
8	8,107,883	Apparatus and method for interference avoidance in mixed device-to-device and cellular environment
9	8,107,880	Multiradio management through shared time allocation
10	8,107,744	Picture buffering for prediction references and display
11	8,107,623	Method for verifying a first identity and a second identity of an entity
12	8,107,615	Method and device for checking the function for inverting the polarity on a subscriber line comprising a plurality of wires
13	8,107,539	Method for error concealment in video sequences
14	8,107,433	Changing LTE specific anchor with simple tunnel switching
15	8,107,424	Method for an random accesses in a local network
16	8,107,408	Route maintenance and update based on connection identifier in multi-hop relay systems
17	8,106,956	Digital camera devices and methods for implementing digital zoom in digital camera devices and corresponding program products
18	8,106,787	Warning system indicating excessive force on a touch screen or display
19	8,106,761	Apparatus, method and computer program product for providing a perceivable physical indication of service availability

Panasonic patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:42:19 +0000

57 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Panasonic

1	D653,347	Holder for medical ultrasound equipment
2	8,108,936	Content distribution server and content playback control terminal
3	8,108,889	Digital television receiver module and digital television receiver using the same
4	8,108,885	Disk cartridge
5	8,108,884	Optical disk recording/reproducing device and optical head
6	8,108,689	Obfuscation evaluation method and obfuscation method
7	8,108,552	Information processing device, server, communication system, address decision method, address modification method, and program
8	8,108,408	Image recognition device and image recognition method
9	8,108,407	Informationn retrieval apparatus
10	8,108,222	Encoding device and decoding device
11	8,107,994	Multimode communication apparatus
12	8,107,967	Relay station in mobile communication system and relay transmission channel setting method
13	8,107,919	RF receiver
14	8,107,900	Multi-carrier transmission device
15	8,107,899	Power supply circuit
16	8,107,898	Transmitter circuit and communication device using the same
17	8,107,794	Optical disk for high resolution and general video recording, optical disk reproduction apparatus, optical disk recording apparatus, and reproduction control information generation apparatus
18	8,107,789	Playback apparatus that reads data replacing data recorded on recording medium from another recording medium and plays back read data, playback method, and non-transitory recording medium
19	8,107,788	Recording medium, playback device, recording method and playback method
20	8,107,660	Hearing aid
21	8,107,628	Data transmitting apparatus and data receiving apparatus
22	8,107,533	Moving picture coding method, and moving picture decoding method
23	8,107,498	Network relay apparatus, data receiving apparatus, data transmitting apparatus, multipath MTU finding method and multipath MTU finding system
24	8,107,453	Mobile communication control method, mobile terminal, and access router
25	8,107,448	Apparatus for reducing signalling data bursts in mobile network
26	8,107,431	Master station in communications system and access control method
27	8,107,346	Optical head device and optical information processing device
28	8,107,334	Laser power control method and optical information recording/reproducing device
29	8,107,231	Cover opening and closing device and information processing unit
30	8,107,028	Display device having improved step coverage for thin film transistors
31	8,107,019	Projection type image display device
32	8,107,012	Image process apparatus and method for contour correction
33	8,107,000	Image pickup apparatus and semiconductor circuit element
34	8,106,993	Diffractive imaging lens, diffractive imaging lens optical system, and imaging apparatus using the diffractive imaging lens optical system
35	8,106,963	Flicker correcting device and flicker correcting method
36	8,106,954	Imaging apparatus and method that reduces illumination variations by converting a luminance value of a target pixel depending on an average luminance value of pixels in the vicinity of the target pixel
37	8,106,902	Display device
38	8,106,722	Multi-layered device and electronic equipment using thereof
39	8,106,691	Phase adjustment circuit
40	8,106,585	Manufacturing method of high-pressure discharge lamp, high-pressure discharge lamp, lamp unit using high-pressure discharge lamp, and image display apparatus using high-pressure discharge lamp
41	8,106,523	Liquid resin composition, semi-conductor device, and process of fabricating the same
42	8,106,521	Semiconductor device mounted structure with an underfill sealing-bonding resin with voids
43	8,106,431	Solid state imaging apparatus, method for driving the same and camera using the same
44	8,106,382	Field effect transistor
45	8,106,344	Compound eye camera module
46	8,106,307	Substrate structure and electronic apparatus
47	8,105,926	Method for producing a semiconductor device by plasma doping a semiconductor region to form an impurity region
48	8,105,732	Direct oxidation fuel cell
49	8,105,712	Sealed secondary battery, and method for manufacturing the battery
50	8,105,711	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
51	8,105,396	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for fabricating the same
52	8,105,395	Method for manufacturing electrode plate for battery
53	8,105,101	Lamp socket and luminaire with same
54	8,104,942	Light guide sheet and movable contact element using the same
55	8,104,923	Light-emitting apparatus
56	8,104,307	Expander-integrated compressor and refrigeration-cycle apparatus with the same
57	8,104,181	Outer blade for reciprocation-type electric shaver and method of producing the same

Philips Electronics patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:41:37 +0000

18 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Philips Electronics

1	D653,035	Brush head for electric toothbrush
2	8,108,658	Data processing circuit wherein functional units share read ports
3	8,108,029	Catheter navigation system
4	8,108,024	Registration of multi-modality images
5	8,107,707	Visualizing a vascular structure
6	8,107,627	Temporal proximity to verify physical proximity
7	8,107,616	Acoustic echo canceller
8	8,107,338	Power calibration in optical disc drives
9	8,106,599	Switched light element array and method of operation
10	8,106,592	Method of driving a discharge lamp, driving arrangement, and projector system
11	8,106,590	Vehicle headlamp
12	8,106,588	Dielectric barrier discharge lamp
13	8,106,571	Capped lamp/reflector unit
14	8,106,403	III-nitride light emitting device incorporation boron
15	8,105,873	Flexible semiconductor device and identification label
16	8,105,852	Method of forming a composite substrate and growing a III-V light emitting device over the composite substrate
17	8,104,921	Daylight deflection system with integrated artificial light source
18	8,104,907	Remote wavelength converting material configuration for lighting

Samsung patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:41:03 +0000

139 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Samsung

1	D653,412	Vacuum cleaner
2	D653,230	Mobile phone
3	D653,228	Mobile phone
4	8,108,921	Single-sign-on method based on markup language and system using the method
5	8,108,755	Method and apparatus of correcting error data caused by charge loss within non-volatile memory device
6	8,108,741	Semiconductor memory device having mount test circuits and mount test method thereof
7	8,108,690	Password-protected data writing and reproducing device and method
8	8,108,661	Data processing apparatus and method of controlling the data processing apparatus
9	8,108,626	Apparatus and method of time keeping for non-real-time operating system
10	8,108,592	Memory system and wear leveling method thereof
11	8,108,568	Universal plug and play based network system and method of controlling the same
12	8,108,565	Host apparatus connected to image forming apparatus, remote configuration system including the same and remote configuration method using host apparatus
13	8,108,532	Service distribution apparatus and method
14	8,108,519	Secure inter-process communication for safer computing environments and systems
15	8,108,449	Information storage medium for storing metadata supporting multiple languages, and systems and methods of processing metadata
16	8,108,217	Noise adaptive mobile communication device, and call sound synthesizing method using the same
17	8,108,210	Apparatus and method to eliminate noise from an audio signal in a portable recorder by manipulating frequency bands
18	8,108,159	Method of detecting degradation of semiconductor devices and method of detecting degradation of integrated circuits
19	8,108,137	Map scrolling method and navigation terminal
20	8,107,986	Method and apparatus for controlling power in a communication system
21	8,107,972	Method for providing triggered location information of a target terminal
22	8,107,966	Cognitive radio communication method using dynamically allocated common control channel information
23	8,107,904	Apparatus and method for power transmitter in wireless communication system
24	8,107,874	Printing medium guide device including rollers
25	8,107,865	Image forming apparatus and fixing device
26	8,107,854	Image forming apparatus
27	8,107,846	Image forming apparatus and control method thereof
28	8,107,825	Apparatus and method for support of dimming in visible light communication
29	8,107,793	Apparatus and method for controlling dispersion record and play of moving picture
30	8,107,765	Block-based image restoration system and method
31	8,107,759	Method of detecting low luminance noise and image compression apparatus using the same
32	8,107,749	Apparatus, method, and medium for encoding/decoding of color image and video using inter-color-component prediction according to coding modes
33	8,107,726	System and method for class-specific object segmentation of image data
34	8,107,669	Video watermarking apparatus in compression domain and method using the same
35	8,107,643	Apparatus and method of automatically compensating an audio volume in response to channel change
36	8,107,630	Apparatus and method for managing stations associated with WPA-PSK wireless network
37	8,107,586	Shift register and display device including the same
38	8,107,568	Coupling channel noise canceling circuit
39	8,107,552	System and method of wireless communication of uncompressed video having a fast fourier transform-based channel interleaver
40	8,107,548	Digital broadcast transmitting/receiving system having an improved receiving performance and signal processing method thereof
41	8,107,545	Method and system for phase tracking in wireless communication systems
42	8,107,530	Apparatus and method for switching between single description and multiple descriptions
43	8,107,514	Decoding method for space-time encoding transmission scheme in with multiple input multiple output system and receiving apparatus for using the method
44	8,107,493	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving legacy format data in high throughput wireless network
45	8,107,434	Connection control system and method for mobile communication system
46	8,107,432	Dual-mode mobile terminal and method for handover of packet service call between different communication networks
47	8,107,426	Method and apparatus for allocating and signaling ACK/NACK resources in a wireless communication system
48	8,107,417	Method and mobile terminal for allocating IP address in wireless network
49	8,107,416	Method and apparatus for radio connection setup in a mobile communication system
50	8,107,392	Method and apparatus for packet aggregation in power line communication network
51	8,107,371	Apparatus and method for providing QoS of AV streams
52	8,107,356	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving a signal in an FFH-OFDM communication system
53	8,107,354	Electric field read/write head, method of manufacturing the same, and information storage device comprising electric field read/write head
54	8,107,312	Memory chip array
55	8,107,308	Semiconductor memory device
56	8,107,295	Nonvolatile memory device and read method thereof
57	8,107,289	Nonvolatile memory device
58	8,107,284	Nonvolatile memory device using a variable resistive element
59	8,107,275	Nonvolatile memory device using variable resistive element
60	8,107,271	Termination circuits and semiconductor memory devices having the same
61	8,107,262	Variable switching frequency type power supply
62	8,107,248	Flexible device, flexible pressure sensor
63	8,107,230	Display device and case for the same
64	8,107,222	Supercapacitor and manufacturing method thereof
65	8,107,199	Ramp to park read/write head and hard disk drive including the same
66	8,107,191	Perpendicular magnetic recording head having a coil enclosing a sub-yoke
67	8,107,172	Single-lens optical system
68	8,107,146	Three-dimensional space scanner
69	8,107,134	Read device, image forming apparatus and method of controlling the image forming apparatus
70	8,107,132	Image forming apparatus and control method thereof
71	8,107,091	Image forming apparatus and image forming method thereof
72	8,107,090	Image forming apparatus management server, service continuity score (SCS) calculating method of management server, and image forming apparatus management system
73	8,107,059	Non-invasive probe for measuring body components and a non-invasive body component measurement system including the non-invasive probe
74	8,107,047	Liquid crystal display apparatus
75	8,107,044	Liquid crystal display apparatus
76	8,107,039	Thin film transistor substrate and a fabricating method thereof
77	8,107,027	Liquid crystal display
78	8,107,018	Apparatus and method for providing image-correction function in projector
79	8,107,016	Display apparatus and driving method thereof
80	8,107,005	Method of manufacturing an image sensor module
81	8,106,981	Image photographing apparatus and method using different intensity sensors
82	8,106,980	Image sensor having high speed operation
83	8,106,971	Apparatus and method for estimating signal-dependent noise in a camera module
84	8,106,933	Image forming apparatus
85	8,106,928	Method of displaying image in image display device using sequential driving method
86	8,106,889	Touch-screen display device and method thereof
87	8,106,884	Pointing input device, method, and system using image pattern
88	8,106,855	Energy recovery circuit and driving apparatus of display panel
89	8,106,750	Method for recognizing control command and control device using the same
90	8,106,716	Oscillator, oscillator implementations and method of generating an oscillating signal
91	8,106,714	Adjustable capacitor, digitally controlled oscillator, and all-digital phase locked loop
92	8,106,712	Systems and methods for self-mixing adaptive bias circuit for power amplifier
93	8,106,698	Pulse-based flip-flop having scan input signal
94	8,106,675	Test system
95	8,106,602	Backlight assembly, display apparatus having the backlight assembly and method of preventing a current controller of the backlight assembly from being shut down
96	8,106,595	Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display including the same
97	8,106,587	External light-shielding layer and display apparatus having the same for improving contrast ratio of the display apparatus
98	8,106,583	Organic light emitting display apparatus
99	8,106,552	Vibration motor
100	8,106,464	Semiconductor device having bar type active pattern
101	8,106,435	Method of forming a semiconductor device having an etch stop layer and related device
102	8,106,425	Interconnection substrate, semiconductor chip package including the same, and display system including the same
103	8,106,409	Thin film transistor array panel
104	8,106,402	Flat panel display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
105	8,106,397	Thin film transistor formed on flexible substrate and method of manufacturing the same
106	8,106,394	Multi-layer storage node, resistive random access memory device including a multi-layer storage node and methods of manufacturing the same
107	8,106,364	X-ray detecting panel, X-ray detector and method of driving the X-ray detector
108	8,106,345	Photo sensor and flat panel display using the same
109	8,106,309	Flexible printed circuit, display device including the same, and manufacturing method thereof
110	8,106,308	Printed circuit board for package and manufacturing method thereof
111	8,106,306	Ceramic multi-layer circuit substrate and manufacturing method thereof
112	8,105,934	Bump structure for a semiconductor device and method of manufacture
113	8,105,930	Method of forming dielectric including dysprosium and scandium by atomic layer deposition and integrated circuit device including the dielectric layer
114	8,105,904	Method of manufacturing semiconductor devices
115	8,105,884	Cross point memory arrays, methods of manufacturing the same, masters for imprint processes, and methods of manufacturing masters
116	8,105,854	LED package
117	8,105,737	Method of correcting patterns for semiconductor device
118	8,105,729	Electrode cartridge, hydrogen generating apparatus and fuel cell power generation system having the same
119	8,105,716	Active material for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including same
120	8,105,713	Electrode assembly with separated support tapes in secondary battery
121	8,105,697	Polymer memory device and method of forming the same
122	8,105,663	Composition for forming substrate, and prepreg and substrate using the same
123	8,105,551	Microfluidic device and method of fabricating the same
124	8,105,507	Nanocrystal-metal oxide-polymer composites and preparation method thereof
125	8,105,158	Game service method for providing online game using UCC and game server therefor
126	8,105,047	Electric home appliance having drain function and method of controlling the same
127	8,104,952	Micro heat flux sensor array
128	8,104,946	Backlight assembly and display device having the same
129	8,104,945	Backlight unit implementing local dimming for liquid crystal display device
130	8,104,899	Beam projection apparatus and method with automatic image adjustment
131	8,104,897	Projection optical system having an angled opitcal part and an offset optical part
132	8,104,886	Image forming apparatus to print according to a plurality of image forming types
133	8,104,872	Inkjet printhead and method of manufacturing the same
134	8,104,853	Refrigerator and method of manufacturing door thereof
135	8,104,690	Smart card system and operating method thereof
136	8,104,689	Smart card and anti-skimming system including the same
137	8,104,685	Multi-function machine and method of controlling the same
138	8,104,684	Bar code made of electronic paper
139	8,104,305	Refrigerator

Sony patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:40:25 +0000

79 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Sony

1	D653,277	Camera
2	D653,243	Earphone
3	D653,242	Earphone
4	D653,231	Mobile phone
5	8,108,934	Information processing apparatus and method, and a program
6	8,108,898	Content and application download based on a home network system configuration profile
7	8,108,886	Receiving apparatus and receiving method, broadcasting apparatus and broadcasting method, information processing apparatus and information processing method, bidirectional communication system and bidirectional communication method, and providing medium
8	8,108,861	Information management apparatus and method, recording medium, as well as program for scheduling a recording of an event
9	8,108,789	Information processing device, user interface method, and information storage medium
10	8,108,688	Information processing apparatus, method, and program
11	8,108,674	Transmitting/receiving system and method, transmitting apparatus and method, receiving apparatus and method, and program used therewith
12	8,108,572	Communication system and its method and communication apparatus and its method
13	8,108,509	Altering network transmitted content data based upon user specified characteristics
14	8,108,493	Remote access management
15	8,108,489	Server reservation method, reservation control apparatus and program storage medium
16	8,108,462	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program and recording medium for storing the program
17	8,108,319	System and method for controlling access to computer readable content using downloadable authentication
18	8,108,310	Recording apparatus and method, and communication device and method
19	8,108,305	Data sending/receiving method and apparatus, data receiving apparatus and data sending apparatus
20	8,108,211	Method of and apparatus for analyzing noise in a signal processing system
21	8,108,021	Communications structures including antennas with filters between antenna elements and ground sheets
22	8,108,016	Portable communication device having a dual sliding flip hinge assembly
23	8,108,014	Portable communication device including a spring lift assembly
24	8,108,005	Method and apparatus for displaying an image of a device based on radio waves
25	8,107,907	Information processing apparatus, method, and program
26	8,107,796	Data processing device, data processing method, program, program recording medium, data recording medium, and data structure
27	8,107,787	Recording and reproducing device and recording and reproducing method
28	8,107,771	Image processing apparatus and image processing method
29	8,107,755	Information processing apparatus and method
30	8,107,748	Adaptive motion search range
31	8,107,706	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and electronic apparatus
32	8,107,689	Apparatus, method and computer program for processing information
33	8,107,682	Motion capture using primary and secondary markers
34	8,107,637	Signal processing device and signal processing method
35	8,107,632	Digital signal processing apparatus, method thereof and headphone apparatus
36	8,107,617	Audio processor
37	8,107,529	Coding device, coding method, program of coding method, and recording medium recorded with program of coding method
38	8,107,528	Picture processing apparatus, picture processing method, information processing apparatus, recording medium, and program
39	8,107,519	Equalizer, equalization method, program and receiving device
40	8,107,478	Wireless communication device, communication system, communication control method, and program
41	8,107,444	Arrangement and method for channel mapping in a wireless communication system
42	8,107,384	Information communication system, transmitting apparatus, transmitting method, and computer program
43	8,107,347	Optical disk apparatus, optical pickup, preformatted signal generation method and program
44	8,107,342	Laser driving device, optical unit, and light device which can change the setting information for a sampling pulse
45	8,107,331	Optical disk apparatus, position control method, and optical pickup
46	8,107,327	Interactive playlist media device
47	8,107,229	Portable communication device having a printed circuit board slider hinge assembly
48	8,107,209	Protection circuit
49	8,107,163	Projection optical system and projection image display apparatus
50	8,107,145	Reproducing device and reproducing method
51	8,107,133	Image production apparatus
52	8,107,077	Terahertz spectroscopic apparatus
53	8,107,036	Backlight device, liquid crystal display apparatus, and light deflecting sheet
54	8,106,997	Image pickup apparatus
55	8,106,994	Image pickup apparatus having a microlens array
56	8,106,991	Image processing apparatus and image processing method
57	8,106,986	Image sensor, data output method, image pickup device, and camera
58	8,106,983	Solid-state imaging device and camera
59	8,106,957	Image signal processing apparatus, and image signal processing method
60	8,106,952	Imaging device unit and imaging apparatus
61	8,106,939	Image processing method, image processing device and image display apparatus employing the image processing device
62	8,106,932	Image formation apparatus and method for forming image
63	8,106,929	Peak intensity level control device, self light-emitting display device, electronic device, peak intensity level control method, and computer program
64	8,106,911	Mobile motion capture cameras
65	8,106,859	Light emitting device, area light source apparatus and image display apparatus
66	8,106,806	AD converter
67	8,106,749	Touchless control of a control device
68	8,106,743	Electronic apparatus, remote controller and remote control system
69	8,106,733	Switch and recording medium
70	8,106,684	High-speed low-voltage differential signaling system
71	8,106,447	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
72	8,106,410	Method of manufacturing display device and display device
73	8,106,284	Playback apparatus and display method
74	8,105,750	Optical recording medium and method of manufacturing the same
75	8,105,462	Transfer method of adhesive film
76	8,105,169	Portable electronic device
77	8,105,163	Control device and control method
78	8,105,117	Spring connector and terminal device
79	8,104,910	Light emitting device, surface light source device, and image display device

Toshiba patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:39:49 +0000

61 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Toshiba

1	8,108,941	Processor, memory, computer system, system LSI, and method of authentication
2	8,108,824	Pattern verification method, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and recording media
3	8,108,622	Memory management system and image processing apparatus
4	8,108,611	Cache memory system
5	8,108,605	Data storage system and cache data–consistency assurance method
6	8,108,594	Memory system
7	8,108,593	Memory system for flushing and relocating data
8	8,108,591	Semiconductor device with a first interface to connect to a memory card having a lock and unlock state and a second interface to connect to a host device and memory card intialization method
9	8,108,581	Information processing apparatus
10	8,108,506	Electronic device and connected device searching method
11	8,108,376	Information recommendation device and information recommendation method
12	8,108,216	Speech synthesis system and speech synthesis method
13	8,108,011	Signal correction device
14	8,107,993	Radio communication apparatus, method and program
15	8,107,960	Prioritized query
16	8,107,892	Directional coupler and transmitting/receiving apparatus
17	8,107,844	Methods and systems for image forming apparatus control and setting
18	8,107,834	Image forming apparatus and control method for the same
19	8,107,807	Lighting device, image pickup apparatus and portable terminal unit
20	8,107,773	Video signal processing apparatus and video signal processing method
21	8,107,688	Gaze detection apparatus and the method of the same
22	8,107,589	Radiotherapeutic system and radiotherapeutic dose distribution measuring method
23	8,107,556	OFDM signal transmission method and apparatus
24	8,107,536	Video decoder
25	8,107,490	Communication device comprising a carrier sense function and communication method
26	8,107,404	Wireless communication control apparatus and method
27	8,107,400	Secure localization for 802.11 networks with fine granularity
28	8,107,301	Memory controller
29	8,107,293	Semiconductor memory device
30	8,107,292	Three dimensional stacked nonvolatile semiconductor memory
31	8,107,286	Three-dimensional nonvolatile semiconductor memory device for curbing a leak current and method of data read therein
32	8,107,281	Magnetoresistive element and magnetic memory
33	8,107,278	Semiconductor storage device
34	8,107,277	Resistance-changing memory device
35	8,107,239	Electronic apparatus and cooling fan
36	8,107,178	Storage apparatus, method of detecting failure in head of storage apparatus, and storage medium storing failure detection program
37	8,107,137	4-line CCD sensor and image input apparatus using the same
38	8,107,128	Image forming apparatus and print control method thereof
39	8,106,940	Stereoscopic image display apparatus and stereoscopic image producing method
40	8,106,844	Antenna apparatus
41	8,106,717	Quantum gate method and apparatus
42	8,106,672	Substrate inspection apparatus
43	8,106,579	Semiconductor light emitting device
44	8,106,503	High frequency semiconductor device
45	8,106,475	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
46	8,106,454	Power semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
47	8,106,445	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same
48	8,105,981	Superconducting member
49	8,105,952	Method of forming a pattern
50	8,105,886	Semiconductor electrically programmable fuse element with amorphous silicon layer after programming and method of programming the same
51	8,105,728	Polyelectrolyte material, method for producing polyelectrolyte material, polyelectrolyte component, fuel cell, and method for producing fuel cell
52	8,105,502	Luminescent material
53	8,105,240	Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and low attenuation medium with a prescribed pattern for apparatus localization
54	8,105,064	Multilayered film/sheet molding die
55	8,105,038	Steam turbine, and intermediate support structure for holding row of long moving blades therein
56	8,105,023	Steam turbine
57	8,104,766	Sheet conveyor, image forming apparatus having sheet conveyor, and sheet conveying method
58	8,104,759	Sheet finishing apparatus, sheet finishing method and image forming apparatus
59	8,104,757	Sheet finishing apparatus, sheet finishing method, and image forming apparatus
60	8,104,385	Brittle workpiece splitting system and brittle workpiece splitting method
61	8,104,282	Power generation complex plant and plant control method

Yahoo patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:39:09 +0000

26 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Yahoo

1	8,108,800	Calculating cognitive efficiency score for navigational interfaces based on eye tracking data
2	8,108,795	System and method for the visualization of sports information
3	8,108,778	System and method for context enhanced mapping within a user interface
4	8,108,771	Secure inter-module communication mechanism
5	8,108,770	Secure inter-module communication mechanism
6	8,108,555	System and method for transmission of DNS beacons
7	8,108,515	Enabling rent/buy redirection in invitation to an online service
8	8,108,501	Searching and route mapping based on a social network, location, and time
9	8,108,481	Community caching networks
10	8,108,452	Keyword based audio comparison
11	8,108,416	System and method for updating a search results page in response to a user map interaction
12	8,108,411	Methods and systems for merging data sets
13	8,108,390	System for targeting data to sites referenced on a page
14	8,108,385	User interfaces for search systems using in-line contextual queries
15	8,108,379	System and method for editing history in a search results page
16	8,108,378	Podcast search engine
17	8,108,374	Optimization framework for tuning ranking engine
18	8,108,347	Web server content replication
19	8,108,340	Search engine configured to minimize performance degradation under high load
20	8,108,323	Distributed spam filtering utilizing a plurality of global classifiers and a local classifier
21	8,108,257	Delayed advertisement insertion in videos
22	8,108,254	Methods to attribute conversions for online advertisement campaigns
23	8,108,239	System and method for facilitating trusted recommendations
24	8,107,495	Integrating access to audio messages and instant messaging with VOIP
25	8,107,470	Application interface for global mobile message delivery
26	8,105,159	Player roster selection interface