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  • System and method for semantic search in an enterprise application
    Patent number: 8335778
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for searching enterprise data using semantic information associated with enterprise applications. One or more searchable data definitions that describe searchable data associated with one or more enterprise applications may identify semantic relationships among searchable data in the application. An ontology for the application that describes semantic relationships among data associated with the application may be generated from the searchable data definitions. The ontology may be used to execute search queries and provide search results that include or result from semantic relationships among the searched data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Rajesh Ghosh, Phani Kishore Maddali, Keshava Rangarajan
  • Tunable early-stopping for decoders
    Patent number: 8335949
    Abstract: A method of decoding channel outputs using an iterative decoder to provide hard decisions on information bits includes activating each SISO decoder of the iterative decoder to provide soft-decisions associated with the information bits. The method also includes computing a fidelity estimate and stopping decoding based on the fidelity estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: TrellisWare Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith M. Chugg, Cenk Kose
  • Network stimulation engine
    Patent number: 8335678
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for simulating a large, realistic computer network. Virtual actors statistically emulate the behaviors of humans using networked devices or responses and automatic functions of networked equipment, and their stochastic actions are queued in buffer pools by a behavioral engine. An abstract machine engine creates the minimal interfaces needed for each actor, and the interfaces then communicate persistently over a network with each other and real and virtual network resources to form realistic network traffic. The network can respond to outside stimuli, such as a network mapping application, by responding with false views of the network in order to spoof hackers, and the actors can respond by altering a software defined network upon which they operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: ZanttZ, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad O. Hughes, Steven M. Silva
  • Process to remove metal contamination on a glass substrate
    Patent number: 8333843
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and related cleaning solutions (116) for cleaning a glass substrate (10, 112), such as for removing metal ion contaminates from a glass substrate (10, 112) having a transparent conductive oxide layer (12). One method includes: providing a glass substrate (10, 112) having a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer (12); and exposing the glass substrate (10, 112) to a cleaning solution (116) that includes 0.5% to 5% organic acid, wherein the organic acid used includes citric acid, acetic acid, or oxalic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Fang Mei, David Tanner
  • Laminated temperature sensor
    Patent number: 8333506
    Abstract: A temperature sensor is formed from three initially unfired (or green) ceramic substrates. The first substrate has a temperature sensitive means printed on a first surface. Additionally first and second conducting elements are also printed thereon. The third substrate has a temperature sensitive means in the form of a resistor printed on a first surface. Additionally first and second conducting elements and are also printed thereon. The second substrate is provided with a conducting via in the form of a hole extending through the substrate, the hole being filled with conductive material. The via is adapted to be aligned with the ends of conducting elements. To construct the sensor the first surfaces of substrates are aligned with substrate such that via is aligned with conducting elements. The substrates are then pressed together. Subsequently the substrates are fired to provide the completed sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: MELEXIS NV Microelectronic Integrated Systems
    Inventors: Chavdar Kamenov, Petar Mitsev, Peter Tilmans, Jos Rennies
  • Apparatus for etching semiconductor wafers
    Patent number: 8333842
    Abstract: A wafer pedestal of a semiconductor apparatus is provided. The wafer pedestal is capable of supporting a substrate. The wafer pedestal includes a pedestal having at least one purge opening configured to flow a purge gas and at least one chucking opening configured to chuck the substrate over the pedestal. The pedestal includes a sealing band disposed between the at least one purge opening and the at least one chucking opening. The sealing band is configured to support the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitry Lubomirsky, Tien Fak Tan, Lun Tsuei
  • Fluidizing bed apparatus for producing carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube production facility and method using the same
    Patent number: 8333928
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for producing carbon nanotubes. The apparatus includes a reaction chamber and a rotating member. The reaction chamber provides a reaction space in which metal catalysts and a source gas react with one another to produce carbon nanotubes. The rotating member increases fluidizing of the metal catalysts in the reaction space to increase productivity and raise the gas conversion rate, thereby reducing the price of carbon nanotubes and preventing adhering of metal catalysts to the sidewall of the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk-Won Jang, Chung-Heon Jeong, Jong-Kwan Jeon, Ho-Soo Hwang
  • Electro-active opthalmic lens having an optical power blending region
    Patent number: 8333470
    Abstract: A spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens provides a vision correcting area for the correction of a wearer's refractive error. The viewing correction area provides correction for non-conventional refractive error to provide at least a part of the wearer's vision correction. The lens has a prescription based on a wave front analysis of the wearer's eye and the lens can further be modified to fit within an eyeglass frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: E-Vision LLC
    Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, William Kokonaski
  • Detection of open cracks in eggs
    Patent number: 8334970
    Abstract: A conveying device for conveying eggs comprises an endless conveyor provided with rollers extending transversely to the direction of conveyance. The rollers are arranged in pairs, and each pair of rollers forms an receiving space, in which an egg is accommodated in such a way that the egg rests on both rollers. The conveying device furthermore comprises a transfer device provided with a plurality of pick-up elements for picking up the eggs from a tray and placing the eggs on the conveyor. The pick-up elements on the transfer device can be moved from a first position in which they are positioned at a distance from each other corresponding to the distance between the individual eggs on the tray, viewed in the direction of conveyance, and a second position corresponding to the centre-to-centre distance between two receiving spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Staalkat International B.V.
    Inventors: Erik Jan Wildenbeest, Dirk Willem Wikkerink, Jan Willem Pennings
  • Recombinant cell clones having increased stability and methods of making and using the same
    Patent number: 8329465
    Abstract: Disclosed are a stable recombinant cell clones which are stable in serum- and protein-free medium for at least 40 generations, a biomass obtained by multiplying the stable cell clone under serum- and protein-free culturing conditions, and a method of preparing recombinant proteins by means of the biomass. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of recovering stable recombinant cell clones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Baxter Innovations GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Reiter, Wolfgang Mundt, Friedrich Dorner
  • Online remote control configuration system
    Patent number: 8330582
    Abstract: A remote control is configured to control a multimedia appliance and to be communicatively coupled to a remote server via a network. The remote server is configured to provides information to the remote control via the network. The remote control includes a transmitter configured to send commands to the multimedia appliance. The remote control further includes a memory configured to store information provided by the remote server. The remote control further includes a controller configured to synchronize information with the remote server to obtain current information on an irregular basis from the remote server to thereby obtain information that degrades partially over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Glen McLean Harris, Justin M. Henry
  • Optical pickup and optical disc unit
    Patent number: 8331207
    Abstract: For use with a multi-layer optical disc, an optical pickup can eliminate a problem of causing a focus error signal and a tracking error signal to fluctuate due to interference of a signal light beam with a return light beam from another recording surface of a multi-layer optical disc during reproduction with an optical pickup that produces a tracking error signal and a focus error signal from a difference signal based on polarized reflected light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Media Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Izumi, Kazuyoshi Yamazaki, Tomoto Kawamura, Kunikazu Ohnishi
  • Post-planarization densification
    Patent number: 8329587
    Abstract: Processes for forming high density gap-filling silicon oxide on a patterned substrate are described. The processes increase the density of gap-filling silicon oxide particularly in narrow trenches. The density may also be increased in wide trenches and recessed open areas. The densities of the gap-filling silicon oxide in the narrow and wide trenches/open areas become more similar following the treatment which allows the etch rates to match more closely. This effect may also be described as a reduction in the pattern loading effect. The process involves forming then planarizing silicon oxide. Planarization exposes a new dielectric interface disposed closer to the narrow trenches. The newly exposed interface facilitates a densification treatment by annealing and/or exposing the planarized surface to a plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jingmei Liang, Nitin K. Ingle, Shankar Venkataraman
  • Nitride crystal with removable surface layer and methods of manufacture
    Patent number: 8329511
    Abstract: A nitride crystal or wafer with a removable surface layer comprises a high quality nitride base crystal, a release layer, and a high quality epitaxial layer. The release layer has a large optical absorption coefficient at wavelengths where the base crystal is substantially transparent and may be etched under conditions where the nitride base crystal and the high quality epitaxial layer are not. The high quality epitaxial layer may be removed from the nitride base crystal by laser liftoff or by chemical etching after deposition of at least one epitaxial device layer. The nitride crystal with a removable surface layer is useful as a substrate for a light emitting diode, a laser diode, a transistor, a photodetector, a solar cell, or for photoelectrochemical water splitting for hydrogen generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Soraa, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark P. D'Evelyn
  • Method of manufacturing high-speed connector inserts and cables
    Patent number: 8327536
    Abstract: High speed connector inserts and cables having improved heat conduction, high strength, and may be manufactured in a reliable manner. One example may provide a connector insert having several paths by which heat may be removed from circuitry in the cable insert. In one example, heat may be removed from one or more circuits by forming a thermal path between a circuit and a shield of the connector insert. Another path may include one or more pads on a side of an integrated circuit board that are soldered directly to the shield. A braiding surrounding a cable may be soldered or otherwise thermally connected to the shield. Another example may provide a cable having a braiding that includes one or more types of fibers, such as aramid fibers. Another example may provide for increased manufacturability by using a wire comb and a solder bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Min Chul Kim, Paul Yuan, Josh Pong, Joseph Tang
  • Knife sheath
    Patent number: D672549
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Buck Knives, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. McLean
  • Slider for slide fastener
    Patent number: D672685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Sato
  • Chain for a slide fastener
    Patent number: D672687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Naoyuki Himi
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D672902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Patrick A. Collins, Long D. Tran, Daniel Edward Sicking, Thomas Edward Harris, John T. Hickok, Michael R. Miller
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D672912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: John T. Mayfield, III, Russell Vern Rouse, George McIlwraith