Patents Represented by Attorney Fish & Richardson

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  • Multiple dashboards
    Patent number: 7954064
    Abstract: Systems, methods, computer-readable mediums, user interfaces and other implementations are disclosed for organizing, managing and presenting widgets in display areas associated with multiple dashboard environments. In some implementations, a first display area associated with a first dashboard environment is configured for displaying at least one widget from a first set of widgets. A second display area associated with a second dashboard environment is configured for displaying at least one widget from a second set of widgets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Forstall, Imran A. Chaudhri, John O. Louch, Eric Steven Peyton
  • Cartilage treatment probe
    Patent number: 7951142
    Abstract: An electrosurgical instrument for ablating cartilage while limiting collateral damage includes a non-conducting head with a small electrically conductive surface. The head of the instrument is coupled to a shaft by a flexible portion. The flexible portion biases the electrically conductive surface towards a tissue surface. The head is pivotably coupled to the shaft such that the electrically conductive surface is oriented substantially parallel to the tissue surface as the head slides across the tissue surface. A method of performing electrosurgery includes positioning the electrically conductive surface adjacent to the tissue surface, and sliding the shaft across the tissue surface with the head pivoting such that the electrically conductive surface is oriented substantially parallel to the tissue surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Kobi Iki, William M. Ambrisco, Douglas M. Lorang, Alan P. Gannon, Richard M. Ranalli, Mathew E. Mitchell, Mark Markel, Ryland B. Edwards, III
  • Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
    Patent number: 7952152
    Abstract: For forming a gate electrode, a conductive film with low resistance including Al or a material containing Al as its main component and a conductive film with low contact resistance for preventing diffusion of Al into a semiconductor layer are laminated, and the gate electrode is fabricated by using an apparatus which is capable of performing etching treatment at high speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hideomi Suzawa, Koji Ono, Yoshihiro Kusuyama
  • Tensor voting in N dimensional spaces
    Patent number: 7953675
    Abstract: A tensor voting scheme which can be used in an arbitrary number N of dimensions, up to several hundreds. The voting scheme can operate on unorganized point inputs, which can be oriented or unoriented, and estimate the intrinsic dimensionality at each point. Moreover it can estimate the tangent and normal space of a manifold passing through each point based solely on local operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Inventors: Gerard Medioni, Philippos Mordohai
  • Using metadata in user interfaces
    Patent number: 7953757
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer program products, for user interfaces. A user interface uses metadata of digital objects to navigate through a data structure that includes multiple containers to organize digital objects, such as digital images. Based on the metadata, the user interface can ignore empty containers that have no associated digital objects. The data structure can be presented without the empty containers, or the empty containers can be presented but automatically skipped when a user navigates through the data structure. For example in a calendar view, in which each day represents a container for images, days without images are automatically skipped when the user navigates in the calendar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Allan P Padgett
  • Method for producing a ceramic printed-circuit board
    Patent number: 7951301
    Abstract: A method produces of a ceramic circuit board that has a ceramic substrate on a top side of the circuit board, solderable contact pads for components, and solderable contacts on an underside of the circuit board. The metallization for the solderable contact pads is produced by depositing a metal from a solution directly onto the ceramic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventor: Jürgen Brunner
  • Contextual query revision
    Patent number: 7953746
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods for contextual query revision are disclosed. A current search query is received during a search session. The current search query includes one or more current search tokens. Potentially inaccurate search tokens are identified from the one or more current search tokens. A possible replacement token is identified based upon the potentially inaccurate search token. A group of related tokens is identified from query logs, and a modified search query is generated if the replacement token is not included in the related tokens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ashutosh Garg, Kedar Dhamdhere
  • Enhancing text in images
    Patent number: 7953295
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus including computer program products for enhancing text in images are provided. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of images each image including a corresponding version of an identified candidate text region and aligning each candidate text region from the plurality of images to a high resolution grid. The method also includes compositing the aligned candidate text regions to create a single superresolution image and performing character recognition on the superresolution image to identify text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Luc Vincent, Adrian Ulges
  • Apparatus and method for controlling various kinds of paper media with skew sensing
    Patent number: 7950655
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling reception of various kinds of paper media includes a reception unit to allow the various kinds of paper media to be received, a pick-up unit to pick up the paper media from the reception unit one sheet by one sheet, a transport unit to transport the picked up paper media, a separation control sensing unit mounted on the transport unit to sense whether the paper media is passing through a predetermined transport path, a skew sensing unit mounted on the transport unit to sense skew of the paper media, and a control unit to operate the pick-up unit when the separation control sensing unit senses the paper media passing, and to suspend a forward operation of the transport unit and operate the transport unit backwards when the skew sensing unit senses the skew of the paper media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Nautilus Hyosung Inc.
    Inventors: Chang Ho Park, Jin Yong Hwang
  • System and apparatus for efficient heat removal from heat-generating electronic modules
    Patent number: 7952879
    Abstract: This document describes apparatus and methods for a self-contained assembly having an encapsulated electronic module coupled to a heat removal device by a thermally conductive substance. In an illustrative example, the module includes at least one heat dissipating device thermally coupled by internal members to selected portions of a housing. The module housing includes a flat top surface with a perimeter adjoined to side surfaces. In one example, the heat removal device includes a cavity interior surface with an upper surface to match the module top surface, and side walls that match at least 50% by area of the selected portions of the module side surfaces. The cavity interior surface may receive at least 50% of the housing surface area. The matched portion of the cavity side surfaces may be at least 33% by area of the portion of the cavity upper surface that matches the module top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: VLT, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrizio Vinciarelli, Michael B. Lafleur
  • Optical pickup apparatus
    Patent number: 7952980
    Abstract: An optical-pickup apparatus comprising: a polarization beam splitter fixed to a base, which includes a first prism that laser light emitted from a laser diode enters, a second prism that return light of the laser light reflected from a signal recording layer of an optical disc enters, and a control film that is formed on either one of opposed surfaces of the first and second prisms so that the laser light and the return light are selectively passed through or reflected from the control film, the opposed surfaces being opposed to each other; and first and second positioning pins provided on the base to position the polarization beam splitter, the polarization beam splitter being fixed to the base in a state where the opposed surface of at least one of the first and second prisms is made in contact with at least one of the first and second positioning pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Optec Design Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Hotta, Ryoichi Kawasaki
  • Refrigerator related technology
    Patent number: 7950247
    Abstract: A refrigerator, in which a guide member is arranged at an inlet of a cold air generating compartment that houses an evaporator. The guide member uniformly distributes cold air introduced into the cold air generating compartment to upper and lower portions of the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youn Seok Lee, Jang Seok Lee, Min Kyu Oh, Kyeong Yun Kim, Su Nam Chae
  • Two-dimensional timeline display of media items
    Patent number: 7954065
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes displaying, within a user interface in a digital media system, a media pane having a vertical direction and horizontal direction, displaying, within the media pane, a plurality of thumbnail groups, each thumbnail group comprising one or more thumbnails collectively representing a corresponding media item, a first thumbnail group being displayed as arranged in a first row extending across the media pane in the horizontal direction such that the first thumbnail group is displayed substantially adjacent to a first vertical edge of the media pane and subsequent thumbnail groups are displayed substantially adjacent to one another in the first row until a thumbnail group in the first row is displayed substantially adjacent to a second vertical edge of the media pane, and displaying a next thumbnail group in a second row vertically displaced from the first row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Randy Ubillos
  • Oral dosage form containing a PDE 4 inhibitor as an active ingredient and polyvinylpyrrolidon as excipient
    Patent number: 7951397
    Abstract: Dosage forms for oral administration of a PDE 4 inhibitor whose solubility is slight are described. They contain PVP as binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Nycomed GmbH
    Inventors: Rango Dietrich, Klaus Eistetter, Hartmut Ney
  • Assessing brain aneurysms
    Patent number: 7947456
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials related to assessing brain conditions within mammals. For example, methods and materials that can be used to determine whether or not a mammal (e.g., a human) with a brain aneurysm is likely to experience brain aneurysm rupture are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Gautam Khurana, Fredric B. Meyer
  • Materials for improving the hole injection in organic electronic devices and use of the material
    Patent number: 7947975
    Abstract: A dopant composition for organic semiconductors is an electron acceptor characterized by an evaporation point above 150° C. or a glass phase. The dopant composition includes a compound represented by structural formula (1): wherein R1 to R5 are independently hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, nitro, or cyano; or a phenyl or annulated aromatic group optionally substituted with chlorine or fluorine. Also included are doped organic semiconductors and organic electronic components comprising the dopant composition, and methods of preparing the doped organic semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Kanitz
  • Clock synchronization over a shared medium
    Patent number: 7949356
    Abstract: Communicating among stations in a network includes providing repeated beacon transmissions from at least some of the stations including a first station. The first station is assigned to a first level. Any stations that can reliably receive transmissions from the first station are assigned to a second level. Any stations not assigned to any of the preceding levels that can reliably receive transmissions from the preceding level are assigned to each of one or more higher levels. Timing information at each station in a given level is synchronized according to transmissions received from at least one station in the preceding level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Atheros Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Srinivas Katar, Manjunath Krishnam
  • Time zone determination
    Patent number: 7948832
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of determining a time zone for a computing device is disclosed. The method includes identifying a first time offset for the device at a first instant in time, identifying a second time offset for the device at a second instant in time, and determining a time zone for the device using the first and second offsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Qingshan Luo, Tim Dierks, Arturo Crespo
  • Block copolymer particles
    Patent number: 7947368
    Abstract: Block copolymer particles, and related compositions and methods, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc.
    Inventor: Young-Ho Song
  • Paint brush handle
    Patent number: D638223
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: A. Richard Tools Co./Outils A. Richard Co.
    Inventors: Romeo Arvinte, Francois Panfili