Patents Represented by Attorney Volp and Koenig, P.C.
  • Patent number: 8236433
    Abstract: An antireflection structure is provided. The antireflection structure includes a substrate layer having a substrate refractive index; a first inorganic layer disposed on the substrate layer and having a first refractive index different from the substrate refractive index, where a thickness of the first inorganic layer is in a range of 1 to 40 nm; and a second inorganic layer disposed on the first inorganic layer and having a second refractive index different from the first refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: National Applied Research Laboratories
    Inventors: Po-Kai Chiu, Wen-Hao Cho, Hung-Ping Chen, Han-Chang Pan, Chien-Nan Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8235017
    Abstract: A switchable component (1) of a valve train of an internal combustion engine is provided, with a housing (2) in whose borehole (3) an inner element (4) is held so that it can move telescopically. At least one coupling piston (7) guided by an anti-rotation locking device (6) is located in a radial borehole (5) of the inner element (4) in a decoupled case, with a section (10) that is flattened in some areas being provided on the coupling piston on one axial side (9) starting from its outer end (8). The borehole (3) of the housing (2) has a window (11) with a complementary engagement surface (12) against which, in a coupled case, the coupling piston (7) can be displaced with its flattened section (10) when passing through the cam base circle. An edge (13) between the outer end (8) and the flattened section (10) of the coupling piston (7) is provided with a bevel (14) that is a surface section of an ellipsoid whose longitudinal axis runs parallel to the flattened section (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sandra Schäfer, Robert Heinemann
  • Patent number: 8236689
    Abstract: A method for applying a predetermined structure of a structural material to a semiconductor element. The method includes the following steps: A) partially covering a surface of the semiconductor element with a masking layer, B) applying a film of a structural material to the masking layer and to the surface of the semiconductor element in the zones that are devoid of the masking layer and C) removing the masking layer together with the structural material present on the masking layer. The method according to the invention provides that between process steps B and C, the film of structural material is partially removed in a process step B2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Oliver Schultz-Wittmann, Filip Granek, Andreas Grohe
  • Patent number: 8236278
    Abstract: An indium oxide-based particle is provided. The indium oxide-based particle has a mono-dispersive and spherical non-crystalline structure (spherical morphology with amorphous phase). The diameter of particle is ranged between 0.10 ?m and 0.70 ?m, and the content of an indium oxide is ranged between 10.0 percent by mass and 99.9 percent by mass. The indium oxide-based particle is generated by the precursor with indium ion reacting with alpha hydroxyl acid in an aqueous solution with alkali-modifier additive at a constant temperature. The indium-oxide based particle can be further calcinated as a crystalline indium oxide particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Wen-Cheng Wei, Sung-En Lin
  • Patent number: 8238958
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for selecting a modulation and coding scheme. In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may receive information representative of a first normalized channel characteristic power associated with a downlink and receiving information representative of a second normalized channel characteristic power associated with an uplink. A predicted normalized channel characteristic power of the uplink may be determined based on the first normalized channel characteristic power and the second normalized channel characteristic power. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Wi-LAN Inc.
    Inventors: Yair Bourlas, Srikanth Gummadi, Xiaolong Huang
  • Patent number: 8236161
    Abstract: An apparatus for electrolyzing sulfuric acid, the apparatus comprising an electrolytic cell comprising a cathode chamber having a cathode and an anode chamber having an anode, the cathode chamber and the anode chamber being separated by a diaphragm, a sulfuric acid tank configured to store the sulfuric acid, a supply pipe connecting the sulfuric acid tank to an inlet port of the anode chamber, a connection pipe connecting an outlet port of the cathode chamber to the inlet port of the anode chamber, a first supply pump provided on the supply pipe and configured to supply the sulfuric acid from the sulfuric acid tank to the cathode chamber through the supply pipe, and a drain pipe connected to an outlet port of the anode chamber and configured to supply to a solution tank a solution containing an oxidizing agent generated by electrolysis in the anode chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignees: Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Chlorine Engineers Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Kobayashi, Yukihiro Shibata, Naoya Hayamizu, Masaaki Kato
  • Patent number: 8237161
    Abstract: Amorphous semiconductor films with enhanced charged carrier transport are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for fabricating and treating the film to produce the enhanced transport. Also disclosed are semiconductor p-n junctions fabricated with the films which demonstrate the enhanced transport. The films are amorphous and include boron, carbon, and hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: North Dakota State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Anthony N. Caruso, Joseph A. Sandstrom, David A. Bunzow
  • Patent number: 8239721
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus utilize hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmissions and retransmissions that are usable on multiple carriers, i.e. joint HARQ processes. For example, a downlink (DL) shared channel transmission of a joint HARQ process is received on one of the carriers. A first part of an identity of the joint HARQ process is determined by using HARQ process identity data received on a shared control channel. A second part of the joint HARQ process identity is determined using additional information. The joint HARQ process identity is then determined by combining the first part and the second part. A WTRU is provided that is configured to receive the DL shared channel and to make the aforementioned determinations. A variety of other methods and apparatus configurations are disclosed for utilizing joint HARQ processes, in particular in the context of DC-HSDPA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Pelletier, Jean-Louis Gauvreau, Diana Pani, Christopher R. Cave, Paul Marinier, In H. Kim, Philip J. Pietraski
  • Patent number: 8231938
    Abstract: A method of producing enzyme granulates, enzyme granulates produced By the method, and the use thereof in formulations is provided, for example, for animal feed, foodstuffs, washing agents, rinsing agents or for pharmaceutical uses. The enzyme granulates have a high relative proportion of active enzyme, particular particle size, good shelf life, particularly small rounding factors and/or low residual moisture proportion, and further specific properties. The production of the enzyme granulates is achieved by linking of the thermal conditions in the injection zone and temperature conditions in the remainder of the apparatus. This is achieved by introduction of heated process gasses for drying exclusively in the injection zone. The secure introduction of articles into the injection zone is achieved by the specific geometric arrangement of the apparatus using gravity. The absolute value for enzyme activity of the enzyme granulates can be controlled by the addition of particles as seed material for the granules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Karlheinz Rümpler, Michael Jacob, Mike Waskow
  • Patent number: 8233455
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and device may be used to perform a media independent handover between technologically diversified access networks. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be configured to communicate with a plurality of technologically diversified access networks, such as Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.X networks and Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) networks. The WTRU may include a plurality of access network specific protocol stacks and a media independent handover (MIH) function. The WTRU may be configured to communicate information with each of the plurality of access network specific protocol stacks using protocols specific to each to the plurality of access network protocol stacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Kamel M Shaheen, Alan G Carlton, Marian Rudolf, Guang Lu, Juan Carlos Zuniga, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Maged M Zaki
  • Patent number: 8233719
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing image data comprises correlating received image data. Image statistics are computed based upon the correlated image and eccentricity is estimated based upon the computed image statistics. An entropy metric of the correlated received image data is determined. An interpretation based upon the image statistics, estimated eccentricity, and entropy metric is performed and a report including the content of the processed image data is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventor: Gordon F. Wredenhagen
  • Patent number: 8233006
    Abstract: Embodiments include a texture mapping processor incorporating a dynamic level of detail map for use in a graphics processing system. Level of detail values are defined, with 0 being the finest and corresponding to the largest mipmap level. Each bound texture in a graphics object is assigned an identifier. This identifier is used as an index into a minimum-LOD value tracking table that is updated whenever a texel is fetched. A texture processing module controls when the tracking table is initialized and read back, and which identifiers are tracked. The minimum-LOD values in the tracking table are accompanied by a coarse region access mask to associate a minimum LOD value with a specific region of the image or object. A clamping table contains LOD clamp values for each region and a region code that specifies the coarseness of the LOD associated with each region of the texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Grossman, Thomas Frisinger, Daniel M. Gessel
  • Patent number: 8233450
    Abstract: This invention relates to wireless local area networks (WLANs), and the interoperability of networks of different types or conforming to different standards, and to methods and apparatus to allow a multimode wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), which is able to operate in more than one type of network, to handover from one network type to another without adversely affecting service, utilizing a mechanism and information flows implemented in a new protocol stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Maged Zaki, Juan Carlos Zuniga, Marian Rudolf, Shamim Akbar Rahman, Kamel M. Shaheen, Alan Gerald Carlton
  • Patent number: 8233527
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention as described herein provide a solution to the problems of conventional methods as stated above. In the following description, various examples are given for illustration, but none are intended to be limiting. Embodiments are directed to a transcoding system that shares the workload of video transcoding through the use of multiple central processing unit (CPU) cores and/or one or more graphical processing units (GPU), including the use of two components within the GPU: a dedicated hardcoded or programmable video decoder for the decode step and compute shaders for scaling and encoding. The system combines usage of an industry standard Microsoft DXVA method for using the GPU to accelerate video decode with a GPU encoding scheme, along with an intermediate step of scaling the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Schmit, Rajy Meeyakhan Rawther
  • Patent number: 8233472
    Abstract: A full services access multiplexer is described. A master DSL modem is coupled to a conductor pair. A POTS extender is coupled to the conductor pair and may sense the operation of a fallback or other signal on the conductor pair. A suppression signal may be transmitted to the master DSL modem upon occurrence of the fallback. The suppression signal may travel over a control circuit. Traffic over a backplane or other network segment may be uninterrupted to an Integrated Access Device by handling signals inbound and outbound to the backplane via packet assembler and disassembler (PAD). The PAD may transmit a data stream to vocoder and received a data stream from vocoder for injection onto the backplane. The vocoder connects duplexed traffic to the subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC), wherein traffic between the vocoder and the SLIC are in analog formats in or near the audible range of frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Wi-LAN, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Wissing, Cecil Mathews, Jiri Pek, Drasko Milasin
  • Patent number: 8233626
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to prevent data from being tampered with, and to prevent operation mistakes, when sending and receiving data between a management software managing storage devices. Encrypting predetermined information by using a first key managed by a first manager when temporarily keeping the predetermined information in a data holding unit; decrypting the predetermined information encrypted with a second key kept in a storage device managed by a second storage manager when moving the encrypted predetermined information to the second storage manager; and arranging the predetermined information in the second manager based on the decryption result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimichi Kishimoto, Shinichiro Kanno
  • Patent number: 8228886
    Abstract: A code is provided for transmission. The code is transmitted over a first antenna in a first time slot and the code is not transmitted over a second antenna in the first time slot. The code is transmitted over the second antenna in a second time slot and the code is not transmitted over the first antenna in the second time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: D. Ridgely Bolgiano, Gilbert E. LaVean
  • Patent number: 8229437
    Abstract: Systems and methods of pre-allocating identifiers to wireless devices for use in requesting resources over a random access channel are described. A wireless communication system includes a random access channel over which wireless devices can anonymously send requests for resources. The base stations receiving and processing the anonymous requests reduces the probability of random access channel collisions and conserves the resources needed to support the anonymous requests by pre-allocating one or more codes to select wireless devices. The wireless devices having the pre-allocated codes can transmit a particular code over the random access channel as a request for resources that uniquely identifies the requester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Wi-LAN, Inc.
    Inventors: Yair Bourlas, Adam E. Newham, Lei Wang, Srikanth Gummadi
  • Patent number: 8230304
    Abstract: An iterative turbo decoder for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) of a wireless communication system and method for error correcting received communication signal data are provided. The decoder implements a stopping rule through use of signature codes to determine whether successive iterations of decoder data are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventor: David S. Bass
  • Patent number: 8222287
    Abstract: A heteroannelated anthraquinone derivative compound is provided. The heteroannelated anthraquinone derivative compound is represented by a formula (I): wherein R1 is a substituent being one selected from a group consisting of i) a first substituent being one selected from a group consisting of a hydryl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a hydroxyl group and a cyan group, ii) a second substituent being one selected from a group consisting of (CH2)nX, a straight (CH2)n alkyl group, a (CH2)n alkoxyl group, a branched (CH2)n alkyl group, a C3˜C12 nephthenic group, and a C3˜C12 cyclic alkoxyl group, wherein 1?n?12, and X is a halogen, iii) a third substituent being one selected from a group consisting of a straight C1˜C8 alkyl group with a double-bond, a C1˜C8 alkoxyl group with a double-bond, a branched C1˜C8 alkyl group with a double-bond and a C3˜C8 nephthenic group with a double-bond, and iv) a fourth substituent of a C5˜C12 heterocyclic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: National Defense Medical Center
    Inventor: Hsu-Shan Huang