Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processes for preparing (3S,4R)-3-ethyl-4-(3H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrrolo[2,3-e]pyrazin-8-yl)-N-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxamide, solid state forms thereof, and corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment (including treatment of rheumatoid arthritis), kits, methods of synthesis, and products-by-process.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processes for preparing (3S,4R)-3-ethyl-4-(3H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrrolo[2,3-e]pyrazin-8-yl)-N-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxamide, solid state forms thereof, and corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment (including treatment of rheumatoid arthritis), kits, methods of synthesis, and products-by-process.

Abstract: An apparatus for electroplating a metal on a semiconductor substrate with high control over plated thickness on a die-level includes an ionically resistive ionically permeable element (e.g., a plate with channels), where the element allows for flow of ionic current through the element towards the substrate during electroplating, where the element includes a plurality of regions, each region having a pattern of varied local resistance, and where the pattern of varied local resistance repeats in at least two regions. An electroplating method includes providing a semiconductor substrate to an electroplating apparatus having an ionically resistive ionically permeable element or a grid-like shield having a pattern correlating with a pattern of features on the substrate, and plating metal, while the pattern on the substrate remains spatially aligned with the pattern of the element or the grid-like shield for at least a portion of the total electroplating time.

Abstract: In pull-testing wire bonds on an electrical device, an upward pulling force is applied to a wire loop by a motor-driven loading arm through a hook which is connected to the free end of a flexible cantilever beam in the arm. A strain gauge is provided on the beam to measure its deflection and thus the applied pulling force and supply a signal corresponding to this measured force. The actual forces applied to the bonds is calculated by generating a signal signifying the distance the hook has moved when the strain gauge starts to generate a signal.

Abstract: An improvement in telephone equipment which enables a user to cancel the wrong digit of a misdialed number regardless of its position in the number without cancelling other digits in the number.

Abstract: Apparatus that discourages the use of computer equipment with software that is not approved for such use by the manufacturer of the computer equipment. This apparatus requires software to generate display producing signals but to produce them for a short enough period of time to be imperceptible. The display may be the identification of a patent or patent application.