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  • Method for recovering data in a tape drive system
    Patent number: 7810008
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes performing a first read operation at a tape drive, determining if a minimum number of data bytes have been recovered in the first read operation to perform error correcting codes (ECC), performing a second read operation if the minimum number of data bytes to perform ECC have not been recovered, determining if a minimum number of data bytes have been recovered in the second read operation to perform ECC, combining the recovered data bytes from the first read operation and the second read operation to form combined recovered data bytes, determining if a minimum number of data bytes are included in the combined recovered data bytes to perform ECC and performing ECC if the minimum number of data bytes are included in the combined recovered data bytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Allen Gill, Howard H. Rather
  • Automatic sensing power systems and methods
    Patent number: 7808122
    Abstract: An automatic sensing power system automatically determines a power a requirement for an electrical device, converts power to the required level, and outputs the power to the electrical device when the electrical device is connected to the automatic sensing power system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventors: Gregory W. Menas, Brent A. Miller, Steve Spano
  • Massage apparatus with flexible massage actuator
    Patent number: 7803126
    Abstract: A massage apparatus comprising a main body operatively engaged to one or more massage actuators with one of the massage actuators being engaged to a malleable wire capable of being bent to any orientation and retain that bent orientation relative to the main body is disclosed. A removable battery compartment having a control panel is adapted to be operatively engaged to the main body for controlling the operation of the one or more massage actuators when the removable battery compartment is operatively engaged to the main body of the massage apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Nanma Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Simon Siu Man Nan
  • Substituted oxindole derivatives, drugs containing said derivatives and the use thereof
    Patent number: 7803834
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel oxindol derivative of general formula (I), wherein substituents R1, R2, A, B and Y are such as defined in a claim 1. Drugs containing said derivatives and the use thereof for preventing and/or treating vassopress- and/or oxytocin-dependent-diseases are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten Oost, Wilfried Lubisch, Wolfgang Wernet, Wilfried Hornberger, Liliane Unger
  • Method of student course and space scheduling
    Patent number: 7805107
    Abstract: A method of determining student demand for academic courses during a variety of time periods and a method of scheduling the student demand for academic courses for academic programs of study is provided, the method being operated on a computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Inventor: Tom Shaver
  • Footwear for use during and after a pedicure and method of using same
    Patent number: 7802381
    Abstract: Footwear is described for use during or after a pedicure, and for normal wear when one desires a comfortable shoe with magnets. The footwear includes a main body for receiving a foot and a toe cover that is repeatedly detachable and attachable to the main body or a sole of the footwear. A rear portion of the footwear wraps around a rear of the foot to stabilize the foot. An upper surface of the footwear forms an opening through which the toes are extended. The upper surface also covers a portion of the foot and reduces or inhibits the upward movement of the toes. The toe cover rests on the upper surface. In certain embodiments, the shoe includes two adjustable straps forming the upper over the top of the foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Eidnoc Enterprises, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Melissa C Condie
  • Method and system for providing interactive look-and-feel in a digital broadcast via an X-Y protocol
    Patent number: 7805747
    Abstract: A system for providing an interactive look-and-feel in a digital video broadcast via an X-Y protocol is provided. At a head-end, video information is digitized and associated with private data, such as event identifications, X-Y coordinates, link event identification and synchronization data. This information is then transmitted to a receiving end and is input into a set-top box. The set-top box receives the broadcast digital signal and includes a member for receiving the broadcast digital signal and generating a playable signal including indicia of the link data. The playable signal is then played on a playing device. The user is provided with a remote control or similar input device for selecting from the indicia. Upon selection of a desired indicia, the user may exercise the predetermined link associated with the selected indicia in order to obtain the desired playable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Corporate Media Partners
    Inventors: Walter R. Klappert, William J. Sequeira
  • Techniques for implementing pluggable virtual machines
    Patent number: 7802249
    Abstract: Techniques for developing and exchanging virtual machine implementations and/or support library implementations are described. In one embodiment, the virtual machine design specifies a set of functions for executing all or substantially all support library operations that are dependent on the implementation of the virtual machine. When a developer desires to substitute one virtual machine implementation for another, the developer is able to basically “plug-in” the second virtual machine implementation with minimal impact on the support libraries since both virtual machine implementations provide implementations for the set of specified functions that are dependent on the implementation of the respective virtual machine. Conversely, different support libraries may be utilized in conjunction with a particular virtual machine implementation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Oracle American, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Liang, Timothy G. Lindholm
  • Detachable aerodynamic missile stabilizing system
    Patent number: 7800032
    Abstract: Provided is a detachable aerodynamic missile stabilizing system for a missile flying at low flight speeds. The system includes a housing adapted to couple to couple to the missile. Extending outward from the housing is at least one grid fin. Specifically the grid fin extends from the housing such that it is transverse to a longitudinal axis of the housing and the missile. The grid fin provides a plurality of apertures. The apertures are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing and the missile. A coupler is adapted to detachably couple the housing to the missile. A method of use is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Andrew B. Facciano, Robert T. Moore, Craig D. Seasly, Richard A. McClain, Raymond J. Spall
  • Disposable and tamper-resistant RFID lock
    Patent number: 7800504
    Abstract: A disposable and tamper-resistant RFID lock that employs an RFID tag. Use of tamper evident housing. Disabling an RFID tag contained in the housing cutting, crushing, or puncturing the RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventor: Charles Michael Teeter
  • Apparatus and method for testing electrical interconnects
    Patent number: 7800385
    Abstract: A test system including a package with interconnect paths. The package may have electrical paths that are electrically connected by the interconnect paths. The electrically connected electrical paths may yield increased data without significantly increasing the required testing hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: David K. McElfresh, Dan Vacar, Robert H. Melanson, Leoncio D. Lopez
  • Carboxamide compounds and their use as calpain inhibitors
    Patent number: 7799809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds and their use for the manufacture of a medicament. The carboxamide compounds are inhibitors of calpain (calcium dependant cysteine proteases). The invention therefore also relates to the use of these carboxamide compounds for treating a disorder associated with an elevated calpain activity. The carboxamide compounds are compounds of the general formula I in which R1, R2, R3a, R3b, W, Y and X have the meanings mentioned in the claims and the description, the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof. In particular, the compounds have the general formula I-A.a? and I-A.a? in which m, E, R1, R3a, R3b, R2, Ry, Rw and Rw6* have the meanings mentioned in the claims, n is 0, 1 or 2, the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Kling, Wilfried Hornberger, Helmut Mack, Achim Moeller, Volker Nimmrich, Dietmar Seemann, Wilfried Lubisch
  • Consolidated vacuum sublimation module
    Patent number: 7794674
    Abstract: A consolidated vacuum sublimation module (VSM) can comprise an upper body portion, a middle body portion, a lower body portion, a bushing, and a seal. A vapor director cartridge can be loaded with a crude material and manually inserted into a cartridge-holding member of the lower body portion. Assembly of the middle and upper body portions form a structural unit that can compressively and sealably connect to the lower body portion. During sublimation, heat is effectively transferred to the lower body portion that contains the crude material. A substantial fraction of the middle body portion is conically tapered about a central longitudinal axis to promote desublimation. The middle body portion is a unitary structure that consolidates valving, cooling, and desublimation functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sigma-Aldrich Co.
    Inventor: Michael May
  • Automatic failure analysis of code development options
    Patent number: 7797684
    Abstract: Sweeping through the code development options of a code development command allows diagnosis of a failure resulting from execution of the code development command on a given code. Successively modifying the code development command, such as successively removing code development options, automatically allows efficient examination of a failure. Executing each modified version of the code development command and recording results of the executions generates information that can expeditiously identify correspondence between a failure and one or more of the code development options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventor: Raj Prakash
  • Viral and viral associated miRNAs and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7795419
    Abstract: Described herein are novel polynucleotides associated with viral infections. The polynucleotides are miRNAs and miRNA precursors. Related methods and compositions that can be used for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of those medical conditions are disclosed. Also described herein are methods that can be used to identify modulators of viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Rosetta Genomics Ltd.
    Inventors: Itzhak Bentwich, Amir Avniel, Yael Karov, Ranit Aharonov
  • Three-component biosensors for detecting macromolecules and other analytes
    Patent number: 7795009
    Abstract: The invention generally provides three-component molecular biosensors. The molecular biosensors are useful in several methods including in the identification and quantification of target molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Saint Louis University
    Inventor: Tomasz Heyduk
  • Methods for diagnosing endometriosis
    Patent number: 7794958
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method for diagnosing and monitoring endometriosis in a subject by measuring levels of the ?-subunit of fibrinogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventor: Asgerally T. Fazleabas
  • Benzenesulfonanilide compounds suitable for treating disorders that respond to modulation of the serotonin 5-HT6 receptor
    Patent number: 7790727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel benzenesulfonanilide compounds of the formulae I and I? and physiologically tolerated acid addition salts and the N-oxides thereof. The compounds possess valuable therapeutic properties and are particularly suitable, for treating diseases that respond to modulation of the serotonin 5-HT6 receptor. wherein R1 is hydrogen or methyl R2 is hydrogen or methyl R3 hydrogen, fluorine C1-C2 alkoxy or fluorinated C1-C2 alkoxy; R4 is hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl or fluorinated C1-C4 alkyl; R5 is hydrogen, fluorine, C1-C2 alkyl, fluorinated C1-C2 alkyl, C1-C2 alkoxy or fluorinated C1-C2 alkoxy; and R6 is hydrogen, fluorine or chlorine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilfried Martin Braje, Sean Colm Turner, Andreas Haupt, Udo Lange, Karla Drescher, Karsten Wicke, Liliane Unger, Mario Mezler, Wolfgang Wernet, Matthias Mayrer, Ana Jongen-Relo, Anton Bespalov, Min Zhang
  • Rapid expanded solvent extraction
    Patent number: 7790036
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a method of rapid expanded solvent extraction of biopolymers, such as rubber, from plant materials, such as guayule, using an expanded hexane solvent. As is illustrated herein, the use of the expanded hexane solvent results in a markedly more efficient and rapid extraction process over other supercritical carbon dioxide extraction systems, including those systems using a hexane cosolvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Yulex Corporation
    Inventors: Katrina Cornish, Rodger T. Marentis
  • Cytochrome c synthesis inhibitors
    Patent number: 7790184
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for identifying a compound that inhibits cytochrome c synthesis. This invention further provides a method for the high throughput screening of compounds that inhibit cytochrome c synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Washington University in St. Louis
    Inventor: Robert Kranz