Patents Represented by Attorney Safran & Cole, P.C.

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  • Semiconductor structure having a gate electrode at least partially disposed in a trench formed at a bend in a semiconductor material
    Patent number: 8198682
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including semiconductor material having a bend and a trench feature formed at the bend, and a gate structure at least partially disposed in the trench feature. A method of fabricating a semiconductor structure including forming a semiconductor material with a trench feature over a layer, forming a gate structure at least partially in the trench feature, and bending the semiconductor material such that stress is induced in the semiconductor material in an inversion channel region of the gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brent A. Anderson, Andres Bryant, Edward J. Nowak
  • Dispensing device
    Patent number: 8196577
    Abstract: A dispensing device has a storage device and an air pump for dispensing a medical formulation. The storage device has multiple inserts, each insert containing a single dose of the formulation. Each insert is located in a separate and sealed cavity. The cavities can be individually opened for dispensing the respective dose from the respective insert by a pressurizing gas via a connecting element that is moveable relative to the inserts for individually supplying pressurized gas to a respective one of the receptacles. A mechanism is provided for preventing a back stroke of the connecting element during supplying of the pressurizing gas and dispensing of the formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Internatinal GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Rohrschneider, Stephen T. Dunne
  • Lamp with at least one base
    Patent number: 8193710
    Abstract: A lamp with a light emission element arranged in a light-emitting tube, external leads for supplying energy to the light emission element, an antioxidant layer covering said external leads, sealing portions sealing metal foils connected electrically to the external leads and a base fixed via an adhesive to said sealing portions. The adhesive that fixes the base does not directly contact the antioxidant layer since an intermediate layer made of a material which does not react with the alkali in the adhesive is provided at a periphery of the antioxidant layer of the external lead, and the base is fixed by the adhesive being provided at an outer periphery of the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinobu Muraki, Satoshi Ono
  • System and method of creating and rating items for social interactions
    Patent number: 8195676
    Abstract: A system and method for providing items to users and, more particularly, a system and method for rating items and placing such items into a queued list. The method includes providing an item from a web browser to a recipient on a preferred list and placing the item into a queued list with respect to other items based on a rating. The system includes a computer infrastructure being operable to provide a rated item from a web browser to a recipient on a preferred list and place the rated item in a queued list with respect to other items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Bond, Stephen E. Jaffe, Keith P. Loring, Douglas J. McCulloch, Patrick J. Richards, Jr., Matthew B. Trevathan
  • Automated bowling system, controller and method of use
    Patent number: 8192292
    Abstract: A bowling system comprises a pinspotter system including at least a sweep assembly and a braking system coupled thereto which provides a brake for the sweep assembly. The system further includes a plurality of sensors which sense parameters associated with the pinspotter system and the braking system. A centralized control system centralizes operational processes of the pinspotter system by receiving at least one input based on the sensed parameters from at least one of plurality of sensors and, in response to the at least one the input, produces at least one output signal to control operations of the pinspotter system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Quibicamp Worldwide LLC
    Inventors: Matthew E. Popielarz, LeRoy T. Warren, Jr., Samuel R. Namala, Edward C. Hibbard, Jr.
  • Panel, in particular a floor panel
    Patent number: 8191333
    Abstract: A method of forming a panel having a core of a wood material or wood material/plastic mixture and a top side and an underside is provided. The method includes forming a profile corresponding to one another on at least a first side edge and a second side edge lying opposite one another. The method further includes forming a hook connection with an upper locking section having a hook element and a lower locking section having a hook element which effects the locking in the horizontal direction, and forming at least one spring element movable in the horizontal direction which effects the locking in the vertical direction (V). The at least one spring element is free in the direction of the first side edge lying opposite by an essentially vertical slot. In the method of manufacturing, the panel is moved at a constant speed when the essentially vertical slot is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Flooring Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Roger Braun
  • Complimentary metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 8191217
    Abstract: A high density capacitor and low density capacitor simultaneously formed on a single wafer and a method of manufacture is provided. The method includes depositing a bottom plate on a dielectric material; depositing a low-k dielectric on the bottom plate; depositing a high-k dielectric on the low-k dielectric and the bottom plate; depositing a top plate on the high-k dielectric; and etching a portion of the bottom plate and the high-k dielectric to form a first metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor having a dielectric stack with a first thickness and a second MIM capacitor having a dielectric stack with a second thickness different than the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James S. Dunn, Zhong-Xiang He, Anthony K. Stamper
  • Production of natural cheese product
    Patent number: 8192779
    Abstract: A novel method for producing a natural cheese is described. The present method utilizes a combination of heating, mechanical processing and pH changes to produce a natural cheese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Arla Foods Amba
    Inventors: Anitha Rasmussen, Jens Jorgen Sogaard, Mette Bakman
  • Method and device for dynamic measurement of the radial deformation of a rolling bearing ring
    Patent number: 8195015
    Abstract: A method and a device for dynamic measurement of the radial deformation of a bearing ring (12) of a rolling bearing (10) for a rotating element (16), a glass fiber segment (22) of a fiber optic sensor (24) that is fixed in or to the periphery of the bearing ring, a light signal which has been generated by the light source (30) being injected into the glass fiber segment, and the light signal passing through the glass fiber segment being detected by a detector (34), the longitudinal deformation of the glass fiber segment being determined from the change of at least one parameter of the light signal, when the light signal passes through the glass fiber segment, in order to determine the corresponding radial deformation of the bearing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Prüftechnik Dieter Busch AG
    Inventor: Edwin Becker
  • Pretensioner and pretensioner manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8191814
    Abstract: A pretensioner is provided, of which the cylinder, including a restriction portion, can be inexpensively formed, the cylinder having the restriction portion for positioning a gas generation unit to be mounted to a cylinder, and a pretensioner manufacturing method for manufacturing such a pretensioner is provided. In the pretensioner, since the cylinder is molded by forging, an inexpensive material compared with a stainless pipe member can be used for the molding. In addition, since the positioning portion can be molded during forging-molding for molding the entire cylinder, cost can be reduced even in this regard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho
    Inventor: Taku Yamada
  • Pain reducing and eliminating prosthesis socket device
    Patent number: 8192502
    Abstract: The present invention is a general pain and phantom pain reducing and eliminating prosthesis socket device for an amputee user with an amputated body part. The device has a core socket and a silicon socket cup placed inside the core socket to receive the amputated body part and a wireless transmitter Fob that includes a programmable microprocessor, a wireless radio transmitter IC board, an adjustable potentiometer, a momentary on and off switch, a light emitting diode and a DC power source. The wireless receiver module also includes a wireless processor printed circuit board, a battery and power supply, a thermocouple temperature probe and a heating coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Inventor: Katherine Emily Bomkamp
  • Structure, structure and method for providing an on-chip variable delay transmission line with fixed characteristic impedance
    Patent number: 8193878
    Abstract: A design structure, structure, and method for providing an on-chip variable delay transmission line with a fixed characteristic impedance. A method of manufacturing a transmission line structure includes forming a signal line of the transmission line structure, forming a first ground return structure that causes a first delay and a first characteristic impedance in the transmission line structure, and forming a second ground return structure that causes a second delay and a second characteristic impedance in the transmission line structure. The first delay is different from the second delay, and the first characteristic impedance is substantially the same as the second characteristic impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hanyi Ding, Wayne H. Woods, Jr.
  • System and method of facilitating the identification of a computer on a network
    Patent number: 8195952
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating identification of an attacking computer in a network is provided. A user attempting to login to a network application may be presented with a screen prior to the login which lists preconditions of gaining access to the application. If a user concurs with the preconditions, a security module is downloaded to the user's computer and executed which gathers various configuration settings and transmits the gathered information to a predetermined destination. The security module may also attempt to place a call to a predetermined destination over a modem in the computer to cause registration of caller-ID data when answered at the predetermined destination. Once the security check is completed, login may proceed with the network application. Any data gathered by the security module may be stored for later recall and use to identify the computer in the event of an attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dmitry Andreev, Galina Grunin, Gregory Vilshansky
  • Method and system for evaluating software quality
    Patent number: 8195983
    Abstract: A method for evaluating software quality, the method including the steps of receiving test data for a system under test from a plurality of data sources and determining a failure category for at least one identified failure based on the test data from the plurality of data sources. Additionally, the method includes the steps of assigning a first error reputation to the system under test and assigning a second error reputation for each test file. Furthermore, the method includes the steps of generating at least one report indicating the failure category for the at least one identified failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Emily K. Celeskey, Timothy D. Greer
  • Method and system for cascaded flashcopy zoning and algorithm and/or computer program code and method implementing the same
    Patent number: 8195906
    Abstract: A method of performing cascaded flashcopy (FC) including starting a flashcopy map when a target disk is already a source of an active FC map. A computer storage system includes a configuration that allows a flashcopy (FC) map to be started when a target disk is already the source of an active FC map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John P. Agombar, Christopher B. E. Beeken, Stephanie Machleidt
  • Method for laying floor panels
    Patent number: 8191334
    Abstract: A method for laying floor panels in a room to form a closed floor area on a laying plane (R) without using an adhesive. The floor panels especially comprising a wood material, such as MDF or HDF, and having matching corresponding profiles on opposite longitudinal edges (I, I?) and transverse edges (II, II?). The closed floor area is obtained by interconnecting a plurality of panels on their transverse edges (II, II?) to give a row (R1) and on their longitudinal edges (I,I?) to give a plurality of rows (Rn) and then locking them in relation to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Flooring Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Roger Braun
  • Method, circuit, and design structure for capturing data across a pseudo-synchronous interface
    Patent number: 8189723
    Abstract: A method for source synchronous communication. The method includes dynamically adjusting a delay that is applied to a data signal and a remote clock signal until a delayed remote clock signal is synchronized with a local clock signal, and capturing data from a delayed data signal associated with the delay in a local domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Malede W. Berhanu, Christopher D. Hanudel, Mark W. Kuemerle, David W. Milton, Clarence R. Ogilvie, Jack R. Smith
  • Hardware device for processing the tasks of an algorithm in parallel
    Patent number: 8190862
    Abstract: A hardware device for processing the tasks of an algorithm of the type having a number of processes the execution of some of which depend on binary decisions has a plurality of task units (10, 12, 14), each of which are associated with a task defined as being either one process or one decision or one process together with a following decision. A task interconnection logic block (16) is connected to each task unit for communicating actions from a source task unit to a destination task unit. Each task unit includes a processor (18) for processing the steps of the associated task when a received action requests such a processing. A status manager (20) handles actions coming from other task units and builds actions to be sent to other task units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alain Benayoun, Jean-Francois Le Pennec, Patrick Michel, Claude Pin
  • Associative object model for composite entity information
    Patent number: 8190646
    Abstract: An associative object model for presenting composite entity information is provided. More particularly, a system and method of linking various data related to an entity from isolated databases in a distributed enterprise is provided. The system and method presents composite information on the entity to different systems within the distributed enterprise. The method includes propagating a change of data of a first entity type to one or more related or associated entity types in an active associative object model (AOM) accessible by a subscribing system and a publishing system in an enterprise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Venkatesh Laxminarayanan
  • Compact on-chip branchline coupler using slow wave transmission line
    Patent number: 8188808
    Abstract: Branchline coupler structure using slow wave transmission line effect having both large inductance and large capacitance per unit length. The branchline coupler structure includes a plurality of quarter-wavelength transmission lines, at least one of which includes a high impedance arm and a low impedance arm. The high and low impedances are relative to each other. The high impedance arm includes a plurality of narrow cells and having an inductance of nL and a capacitance of C/n, and the low impedance arm includes a plurality of wide cells and having an inductance of L/n and capacitance of nC. The wide and narrow cells are relative to each other, and the wide and narrow cells are adjacent each other to form a signal layer having step discontinuous alternative widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hanyi Ding, Essam Mina, Guoan Wang, Wayne H. Woods, Jr.