Patents Represented by Attorney T
  • Patent number: 8159898
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a first row control circuit region corresponding to a first memory bank; a first column control circuit region corresponding to the first memory bank; a second row control circuit region corresponding to a second memory bank and disposed adjacent to the first row control circuit region; and a second column control circuit region corresponding to a third memory bank and disposed adjacent to the first column control circuit region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Seok-Cheol Yoon
  • Patent number: 8159891
    Abstract: A sensing characteristic evaluating apparatus for a semiconductor device includes a test current supply unit configured to supply a test current to an input/output line during a test mode for evaluating a sensing characteristic, and a sensing amplifying circuit configured to receive the test current from the input/output line, to compare and amplify a sensing input voltage corresponding to the test current with a reference voltage, and to output an amplified voltage as a sensing output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Taek-Seung Kim
  • Patent number: 8153519
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes depositing and stacking a hard mask layer and a sacrificial layer over an etch target layer forming a mask pattern with holes defined therein over the sacrificial layer, forming first pillars filling the holes; removing the mask pattern, forming second pillars by using the first pillars as an etch barrier and etching the sacrificial layer, forming spacers surrounding sidewalls of each second pillar, removing the second pillars, etching the hard mask layer by using the spacers as etch barriers to form a hard mask pattern, and forming a hole pattern by using the hard mask pattern as an etch barrier and etching the etch target layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Jae-Seon Yu
  • Patent number: 8153574
    Abstract: Fluid detergent compositions comprising an external structurant comprising dibenzylidene polyol acetal derivatives for providing desired rheological benefits such as product thickening, shear thinning behavior, as well as particle suspension capabilities, and a detersive enzyme such as lipase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett St. Laurent, Myriam Bouilliche, Dennis Allen Beckholt, Sohan Rajpanth Murthy, Mario Elmen Tremblay
  • Patent number: 8153719
    Abstract: The invention relates to rubber nanocomposites particularly suitable for innerliners and other tire applications. The uncured nanocomposite comprises an elastomer, tackifier and nanoclay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventor: Mun Fu Tse
  • Patent number: 8153425
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the production of dendritic cells from monocytes that have been incubated at a temperature of 1° C.-34° C. for a period of approximately 6 to 96 hours from the time they are isolated from a subject. After the incubation period, the monocytes can then be induced to differentiate into dendritic cells. Mature dendritic cells made by the methods of the invention have increased levels of one or more of CD80, CD83, CD86, MHC class I molecules, or MHC class II molecules as compared to mature dendritic cells prepared from monocytes that have not been held at 1° C.-34° C. for at least 6 hours from the time they were isolated from a subject. Dendritic cells made by the methods of the invention are useful for the preparation of vaccines and for the stimulation of T cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Argos Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Pogue-Caley, Tamara Monesmith, Irina Tcherepanova, Lois Dinterman
  • Patent number: 8154948
    Abstract: A method of operating a nonvolatile memory device includes supplying a variable voltage of a first voltage level to a selected page buffer and supplying the variable voltage to a first bit line, coupled to a selected memory cell selected for data reading, for a first time period, cutting off the supply of the variable voltage to the first bit line, after the first time period, and precharging the first bit line to a second voltage level through a sense node of the selected page buffer, which is in a precharge state, evaluating a voltage of the first bit line, after the precharging of the first bit line, so that the voltage of the first bit line is shifted according to a program state of the selected memory cell, and sensing the voltage of the evaluated first bit line and latching data in the selected memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Beom Ju Shin
  • Patent number: 8154989
    Abstract: A method of processing data within a controller for a network can include identifying frames within a data stream within the network (1110) and detecting a deadlock state according to a number of consecutive frames comprising at least one set control bit (1130). The method can include, responsive to detecting the deadlock state, adjusting the at least one control bit within a current frame (1135). Adjusting the at least one control bit clears the deadlock state and generates a modified frame. The modified frame can be output to at least one node within the network (1140).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Bellarmin Susai, Venkata Vamsi Krishna Dhanikonda
  • Patent number: 8152929
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to cleaning products that are highly effective in cleaning articles that are susceptible to scratching, scuffing and/or abrasion. More specifically, the present invention relates to cleaning products that are made with a non-abrasive fabric that is comprised of a multitude of non-woven polyester fibers which are bound together with an ethylene-vinyl chloride copolymer binder into the form of a sheet. These cleaning products are highly effective at removing foreign matter from a substrate surface without scratching or scuffing the surface of the substrate. These cleaning products can be use to clean inanimate articles and in cleaning open lesions on humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Inventor: David A. Perring
  • Patent number: 8153218
    Abstract: A hydraulic brake hose assembly has a core hose layer, a first reinforcing layer over the core hose layer, an intermediate hose layer, a second reinforcing layer over the intermediate hose layer, and an outer hose layer over the second reinforcing layer. The first reinforcing layer has a braid pattern formed in a 4-over, 4-under pattern, and the second reinforcing layer has a braid pattern formed in a 3-over, 3-under pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Veyance Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Henry
  • Patent number: 8153052
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming a refractory metal-intermetallic composite. The method includes providing a first powder comprising a refractory metal suitable for forming a metal phase; providing a second powder comprising a silicide precursor suitable for forming an intermetallic phase; blending the first powder and the second powder to form a powder blend; consolidating and mechanically deforming the powder blend at a first temperature; and reacting the powder blend at a second temperature to form the metal phase and the intermetallic phase of the refractory metal-intermetallic composite, wherein the second temperature is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Melvin Robert Jackson, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Judson Sloan Marte, Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian, Ji-Cheng Zhao, Ann Melinda Ritter
  • Patent number: 8153558
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of improving grass quality comprising applying an effective amount of a composition containing a phthalocyanine to the grass in the substantial absence of phosphorous acid, monoalkyl esters of phosphorous acid, or salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience LP
    Inventors: Lawrence H. Norton, Richard K. Hanrahan, David R. Spak
  • Patent number: 8154393
    Abstract: This invention relates to a warning system for use on board a motorized road vehicle. The warning system includes an activity detector that detects an RF signal emitted from a mobile phone when a person driving the motorized vehicle is communicating over the mobile phone. The warning system also has a display device in communication with the activity detector, the display device providing a visual indication to a motorist of another vehicle near the motorized vehicle in traffic, in a manner that allows the motorist of the other vehicle to ascertain when the person driving the motorized vehicle is using the mobile phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Inventor: Sheldon Breiner
  • Patent number: 8153489
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, including forming a trench by etching a semiconductor substrate, forming a gate insulation layer over a surface of the trench, forming a gate conductive layer over the gate insulation layer, performing a first recess process by etching the gate conductive layer, forming a protection pattern over the gate insulation layer, and performing a second recess process by etching the gate conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Pil-Geun Song
  • Patent number: 8153179
    Abstract: Process for the simultaneous surface treatment, apportioning and shaping, as well as conservation of foodstuffs such as meat and sausage products, sausage meat or the like, even without the use of skins or case-shaped or bag-shaped foils. The product is first compacted between two shaping, at least partially structured plates. At the end of the compacting process, the product is separated into shaping sections by being mechanically brought into contact with corresponding zones of the shaping plates. A natural skin having a reduced aw value, shape-stabilizing and sterilizing properties is formed on the product surface by appropriately and controllably heating the product, preferably by means of the shaping plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Deutsches Institut fur Lebensmitteltechnik e.V.
    Inventor: Fritz Kortschack
  • Patent number: 8152828
    Abstract: A surgical obturator is disclosed comprising an elongate shaft extending along an axis between a proximal end and a distal end, and a bladeless tip disposed at the distal end of the shaft. The bladeless tip has a conical surface forming proximally into an outer surface, the outer surface extending distally to a blunt point and having a pair of side sections. The side sections extend from the blunt point radially outwardly with progressive positions proximally along the axis. The conical surface facilitates insertion of the obturator with a reduced penetration force and minimizes tenting of the body wall. The conical surface further facilitates separation of different layers of the body wall and provides proper alignment of the tip between the layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Applied Medical Resources Corporation
    Inventors: Scott V Taylor, Matthew A Wixey
  • Patent number: 8156456
    Abstract: A method of designing an integrated circuit (IC) having multiple dies can include identifying a unified design library having a first process node specific (PNS) library for a first IC process technology and a second PNS library for a second IC process technology. The first PNS library can be correlated with a first die of the IC. The second PNS library can be correlated with the second die of the IC. Via a processor, a circuit element can be defined within a circuit design implemented within the IC according to the PNS library correlated to the die in which the circuit element is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Arifur Rahman, Min-Hsing Chen
  • Patent number: 8154622
    Abstract: A content recording apparatus (10) includes an image sensor (12). When a shutter operation is performed, an image imaged by the image sensor is captured in an SDRAM (26), and the captured image is recorded in a memory card (28). The recorded image is transmitted to a recorder (40) being host equipment through a USB controller (30) when a USB transfer mode is selected, and an imaging transfer mode as a subordinate mode is turned off. That is, the CPU prohibits a capturing operation, and registers all the attribute information of the recorded image in a management table (26t), and the recorder performs an image acquiring operation referring to the management table. When the imaging transfer mode is turned on, the CPU skips registration of all the attribute information to allow a capturing operation. When the image is captured, the CPU registers only the attribute information of the image in the management table and sends an image acquiring request to the recorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayoshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: D657687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: PUR Water Purification Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Clancy Gerald Boyer, Frank Delmar Macaulay
  • Patent number: D657925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Lee Ann Luipold