Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Olson & Bear LLP
  • Antimicrobially active peptides
    Patent number: 8329865
    Abstract: An antimicrobially active peptide comprises the DCD protein or a fragment of DCD, preferably derived from the C-terminal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Eberhard-Karls-Univresitaet Tuebingen Universitaetsklinikum
    Inventors: Claus Garbe, Birgit Schittek
  • Terminal connector assembly and battery module having the same
    Patent number: 8329331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rechargeable battery module. The battery module includes a plurality of unit batteries, a connecting member, and a pressure member. The plurality of unit batteries includes electrode terminals protruded from the unit batteries. The electrode terminals are inserted to a connecting member, and the connecting member includes a fitting portion including a gap on one side of the fitting portion, and a connecting part for connecting the fitting portions while having the gap between the connecting parts. The pressure member compresses the connecting parts so as to narrow a gap between the connecting parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dae-Won Han
  • Error-correcting code and process for fast read-error correction
    Patent number: 8332731
    Abstract: Subject matter, for example, disclosed herein relates to an embodiment of a process, system, device, or article involving error correction codes. In a particular embodiment, an error-correcting device may comprise an input port to receive an error correcting code (ECC) based, at least in part, on contents of a memory array; a nonlinear computing block to process the ECC to provide a plurality of signals representing a nonlinear portion of an error locator polynomial; and a linear computing block to process the ECC concurrently with processing the ECC to provide a plurality of signals representing the nonlinear portion of the error locator polynomial, to provide a plurality of signals representing a linear portion of the error locator polynomial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Sforzin, Christophe Laurent, Paolo Amato, Sandro Bellini, Marco Ferrari, Alessandro Tomasoni
  • Positive resist composition, method of forming resist pattern, and polymeric compound
    Patent number: 8329378
    Abstract: A positive resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits increased solubility in an alkali developing solution under the action of acid, and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the base component (A) including a polymeric compound (A1) containing a structural unit (a0) having an aromatic group, a structural unit (a5) represented by general formula (a5-1) shown below, and a structural unit (a1) containing an acid-dissociable, dissolution-inhibiting group. In the formula (a5-1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a halogenated alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 represents a divalent linking group, and R3 represents a cyclic group containing —SO2— within the ring skeleton thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hirano, Tasuku Matsumiya, Daiju Shiono, Takahiro Dazai
  • Method of fabricating a charge trap NAND flash memory
    Patent number: 8329545
    Abstract: Subject matter disclosed herein relates to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device, and more particularly to a method of fabricating a charge trap NAND flash memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Umberto M. Meotto, Giulio Albini, Paolo Tessariol, Paola Bacciaglia, Marcello Mariani
  • Secure payment card transactions
    Patent number: 8328095
    Abstract: Payment card transactions at a point of sale (POS) are secured in certain embodiments by intercepting, with a POS security layer installed on a POS terminal, payment data from the POS terminal, transmitting the payment data from the POS security layer to a server security application installed on a POS server, and providing false payment data from the POS security layer to a POS terminal application installed on the POS terminal. The false payment data in various embodiments is processed as if it were the payment data, such that the POS terminal transmits an authorization request to the POS server using the false payment data. In addition, the authorization request may be transmitted from the POS server to a payment gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: SHIFT4 Corporation
    Inventors: John David Oder, II, John David Oder, Kevin James Cronic, Steven Mark Sommers, Dennis William Warner
  • Compositions that include a hydrophobic compound and a polyamino acid conjugate
    Patent number: 8329199
    Abstract: Various compositions that include a hydrophobic compound and a polyamino acid conjugate are prepared. The compositions described herein are useful for a variety of drug, biomolecule, and imaging agent delivery applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Van, Yucheng Song, Xinghe Wang, Zheng Hou, Zhongling Feng, Gang Zhao, Lei Yu
  • Modular manifold with quick disconnect valve fittings
    Patent number: 8327879
    Abstract: A manifold for accommodating at least one fluid is constructed of a plurality of modules that can be interconnected and configured to create a customized manifold. Couplers interconnecting a flow cavity of each module can be selected to determine fluid flow characteristics between module flow cavities. Each module has one or more valve ports. Valves or other flow accommodating apparatus are attached to the manifold via adapters. A first end of each adapter is sized and configured to engage a valve port, and a second end engages the attached apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Coast Pneumatics, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Robert Ellis
  • Enhanced position detection for a CMM
    Patent number: 8327555
    Abstract: A coordinate measurement device comprises an articulated arm and a laser scanner assembly. The articulated arm can have a first end, a second end, and a plurality of jointed arm segments therebetween. Each arm segment can define at least one axis of rotation, and a last axis of rotation can be defined by bearings near a distal end of the arm. The laser scanner assembly can couple to the distal end of the arm. The arm can continuously generate trigger signals that are received by the laser scanner and indicate a time at which the arm's position is measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hexagon Metrology AB
    Inventor: Peter Champ
  • Light emitting diode display
    Patent number: 8328389
    Abstract: An LED display with a reduced thickness is described. In one embodiment, the LED display includes a second support plate between a front support plate and a back support plate. The second support plate enables the front support plate to be thinner than if the second support plate was not included. The second support plate increases the distance between an LED chip and a light exit surface thereby allowing the front support plate thickness to be reduced by about the thickness of the second support plate. In one embodiment, the second support plate allows the thickness of an LED display to be thinner. The second support plate adds structural integrity to a back support plate. Therefore, the back support plate can be thinner, and thickness of the LED display can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: American Opto Plus Led Corporation
    Inventor: Eric Cheng Yuan Wu
  • Deposition of ruthenium or ruthenium dioxide
    Patent number: 8329569
    Abstract: Methods of forming ruthenium or ruthenium dioxide are provided. The methods may include using ruthenium tetraoxide (RuO4) as a ruthenium precursor. In some embodiments for forming ruthenium, methods include forming a seed layer, and forming a ruthenium layer on the seed layer, using RuO4. In other embodiments, methods include performing atomic layer deposition cycles, which include using RuO4 and another ruthenium-containing co-precursor. In yet other embodiments, methods include adsorbing a reducing agent over a substrate, and supplying RuO4 to be reduced to ruthenium by the adsorbed reducing agent. In other embodiments for forming ruthenium dioxide, methods may include providing an initial seed layer formed of, for example, an organic compound, and supplying RuO4 over the seed layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: ASM America, Inc.
    Inventor: Dong Li
  • Method of processing a workpiece in a plasma reactor using feed forward thermal control
    Patent number: 8329586
    Abstract: A method of processing a workpiece in a plasma reactor having an electrostatic chuck for supporting the workpiece within a reactor chamber, the method including circulating a coolant through a refrigeration loop that includes an evaporator inside the electrostatic chuck, while pressurizing a workpiece-to-chuck interface with a thermally conductive gas, sensing conditions in the chamber including temperature near the workpiece and simulating heat flow through the electrostatic chuck in a thermal model of the chuck based upon the conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: Applied Materials, Inc., B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Paul Lukas Brillhart, Richard Fovell, Douglas H. Burns, Kallol Bera, Daniel J. Hoffman, Kenneth W. Cowans, William W. Cowans, Glenn W. Zubillaga, Isaac Millan
  • Light emitting display and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8330339
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an organic light emitting display and a method of manufacturing the same, the light emitting display including: a first substrate on which a plurality of light emitting devices are formed; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; a dam member disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate to surround the plurality of light emitting devices; an inorganic sealing material disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate on an outward side of the dam member and attaching the first substrate and the second substrate; and a filling material provided between the first substrate and the second substrate on an inward side of the dam member and formed of at least one inert liquid selected from the group consisting of perfluorocarbon and fluorinert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-ho Oh, Yoon-Hyeung Cho, Byoung-duk Lee, So-young Lee, Sun-young Lee, Won-jong Kim, Yong-tak Kim, Jin-baek Choi, Jong-hyuk Lee, Seung-han Lee
  • Flow controller
    Patent number: 8327864
    Abstract: A movable flow controller is interposed in a fluid flow path. The flow controller includes an elongate groove having a first end and a second end. The groove preferably is sized and shaped so that a cross-sectional area of the groove changes along its length from the first end to the second end, and terminates in a hole through the flow controller. In operation, a portion of the groove is aligned with an inlet of the flow path on a first side of the controller, and the hole is in communication with an outlet of the flow path on a second side of the controller. Moving the flow controller relative to the flow path input varies the minimum cross-sectional area of the flow path through the controller and thus selectively limits fluid flow through the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Coast Pneumatics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Ellis, David L. Goodale, Brian R. Jarrett
  • Apparatus and method for disabling well bias
    Patent number: 8330530
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for disabling well bias are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a complimentary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) switch having a gate, a drain, a source, and a well. The source and drain are formed in the well. The gate is formed adjacent the well between the source and drain, and the source is configured to receive a bias voltage from a power amplifier. The apparatus further includes a well bias control block for biasing the well voltage of the first switch and a disable circuit for disabling the well bias control block so as to prevent the well bias control block from biasing the well. The well bias control block can bias the well voltage of the first switch to at least two voltage levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: David K Homol, Karl J Couglar
  • System and method of transistor switch biasing in a high power semiconductor switch
    Patent number: 8330519
    Abstract: A circuit and method are provided for switching in a semiconductor based high power switch. Complementary p-type based transistors are utilized along insertion loss insensitive paths allowing biasing voltages to alternate between supply and ground, allowing for negative voltage supplies and blocking capacitors to be dispensed with, while improving performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: SiGe Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Lui (Ray) Lam, Hanching Fuh
  • Image playback apparatus and control method
    Patent number: 8331758
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image playback apparatus which plays back data stream stored in a recording medium while decoding it, the apparatus includes a reading section which reads the data stream from the recording medium, a separation section which separates the data stream read by the reading section into audio data and video data, a memory including a first memory region allocated therein which temporarily stores the audio data output from the separation section and a second memory region allocated therein which temporarily stores the video data output from the separation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Goichi Morikawa
  • Metal alloy powders production
    Patent number: 8328899
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of metal alloy powders, in particular the invention relates to a process for producing titanium metal alloys from titanium dioxide and aluminium. Optionally the process can also include the use of one or more other oxides (metal or non-metal). The result is at least a Ti—Al alloy powder. If another metal oxide is used the result is a Ti-ternary alloy powder. If SiO2 is used the result is a Ti—Al—Si alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Titanox Development Limited
    Inventors: Gorgees Adam, Jing Liang
  • Trash can
    Patent number: D672520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Myk Lum, Adam Wade
  • Reusable pulse oximeter probe and disposable bandage apparatus
    Patent number: RE43860
    Abstract: Pulse oximeter apparatus and method comprising a reusable pulse oximeter probe and a disposable bandage. The bandage has receptacles for receiving and aligning the oximeter's light emitting diode and photocell detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Masimo Corporation
    Inventor: Brent Parker