Abstract: A new and distinct nectarine variety of Prunus persica named ‘NJN101’ is provided. This variety is distinguished from other nectarine varieties by its unique combination of showy flowers, fruit that ripen in early-season, glossy fruit with an attractive red over color and orange red ground color, clingstone fruit with a juicy, melting texture and sweet, moderately acidic flavor, and excellent production of firm fruit that maintain their eating quality following cold storage.

Abstract: A new and distinct peach variety of Prunus persica named ‘NJ355’ is provided. This variety is distinguished from other peach varieties by its unique combination of non-showy flowers, fruit that ripen in early-season with an attractive red and greyed-purple over color and orange-white ground color, clingstone fruit with a juicy, firm nonmelting texture and sweet, slightly acidic flavor, and excellent production of firm fruit that maintain their eating quality following cold storage.

Abstract: A new and distinct peach variety of Prunus persica named ‘NJ356’ is provided. This variety is distinguished from other peach varieties by its unique combination of non-showy flowers, fruit that ripen in latter part of the season, attractive fruit with a red blush over a yellow-white ground color, freestone fruit with a juicy, melting texture and low acid flavor, and good production of firm fruit.

Abstract: A new avocado variety called ‘Pflum's Best’ that displays an early fruiting season, precocity, vigorous growth, tolerance to wet soil, and large maroon fruit. The variety is also selected for its resistance and tolerance to common avocado diseases and various insects. Additionally, ‘Pflum's Best’ bears fruit earlier, by one to three years, than its male parent ‘Brogdon’ and female parent ‘Choquette.’ The characteristic maroon skin of the fruit of ‘Pflum's Best’ has a subtle texture and may be somewhat mottled with a light green color, and the flesh has an exceptionally delicious taste that is buttery and nutty. The fruit of ‘Pflum's Best’ is approximately 6-11 inches in length, 4.5 inches in diameter, and approximately 25 ounces when ripe.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Cedar tree named ‘Monkinn’, characterized by its compact and low spreading plant habit; relatively slow-growing growth habit; freely branching habit, dense and bushy plant form; young leaves that are greyed yellow in color becoming golden yellow with development and maintaining the golden yellow coloration throughout the winter; and leaves that are resistant to sun-burning.

Abstract: A new and distinct Clematis hybrid named ‘YAKU010A’ is disclosed, characterized by a distinctive feathery double flowers with a transparent quality to the tepals. Double flowers are produced with the first flush of flower, on previous year's wood. The new cultivar is a Clematis typically suited for ornamental container and landscape use.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘Oak Soft Pink’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant form; oak leaf-shaped leaves; freely flowering habit; large light red purple-colored flowers with dark red-colored centers; and good flower longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘Extrehotpink’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant form; dark green-colored rounded leaves; freely flowering habit; large intense red purple-colored flowers with dark red-colored centers and darker red purple-colored venation; and good flower longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-APD’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, sturdy, upright growth, and large flowers having a large red eye zone eye zone which bleeds into a pale pinkish purple zone which extends to the petal margins, with suffusion of pale pink on the overlapping edge of each petal.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Baptisia, ‘Blueberry Sundae’ characterized by its flowers that are blue in color and held on erect flower stems, its densely branched, uniform and upright plant habit, its vigorous growth rate and hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 8.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Asarina plant named ‘Sunasahowa’, characterized by its trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; large white-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Abutilon named ‘NUABTANG’ that is characterized by a compact habit, medium green leaves, bright orange-peach flowers with prominent cream-green calyces, and a long blooming season. In combination these traits set ‘NUABTANG’ apart from all other existing varieties of Abutilon known to the inventor.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘WP10 VEN06’ which is characterized by cold tolerance, compact habit, glaucous foliage and fragrant double white flowers. In combination, these characteristics set ‘WP10 VEN06’ apart from all other existing varieties of Dianthus known to the inventor.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Sunsurfpitora’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; medium-sized salmon pink-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Colocasia plant named ‘BLACK CORAL’ that is characterized by a combination of large dark purple to black leaves with a glossy finish and semi-glossy dark burgundy colored petioles. In combination these characteristics distinguish ‘BLACK CORAL’ from all other varieties of Colocasia known to the inventor.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘J-1’ that is characterized by double red-purple flowers, vigorous growth and early flowering.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Helleborus plant named ‘COSEH 930’, characterized by its upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; dark green-colored leaves; long flowering period; single light yellow green-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lavandula plant named ‘Bklvdvlb’, characterized by its compact, upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dense and bushy plant form; early and freely flowering habit; light violet-colored flowers arranged in compact verticillasters; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lavandula plant named ‘Bklvdab’, characterized by its compact, upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dense and bushy plant form; early and freely flowering habit; violet blue-colored flowers arranged in compact verticillasters; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Torenia plant named ‘Sunrekokuri’, characterized by its compact and mounding to trailing plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; light yellow and violet-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: An advertising display for use above the roof of a vehicle comprises a rigid elongated and enclosed advertising member, which is of substantially triangular cross section and which can be reversibly mounted on a metallic roof with the use of magnets affixed within receptacles in the base of the display. Apparatus is provided for storing a plurality of the advertising members in a space-conserving fashion.

Abstract: An apparel accessory holder is described. An elongated panel is suspended by a hook includes a rod engaging mechanism such as a fixed or swiveling hook for suspending the panel from a standard support rod already in place, such as an in-closet rod. One side or both sides of the panel contains includes a series of hook and loop locking pads accessory holders for securing heavy and bulky items such as handbags, while the opposite side contains a series of gentle magnetic locking pads for delicate, and/or amorphous items such as scarves. The hook connection permits swiveling the panel left and right or up and down 360° rod engaging mechanism facilitates easy placement of the accessory holder on the closet rod with removal and replacement facilitated. Written indicia guide the user to recommended storage procedures; and making one side softer to the touch provides an additional sensory direction to the user.

Abstract: A lock in pinned photodiode photodetector includes a plurality of output ports which are sequentially enabled. Each time when the output port is enabled is considered to be a different bin of time. A specified pattern is sent, and the output bins are investigated to look for that pattern. The time when the pattern is received indicates the time of flight A CMOS active pixel image sensor includes a plurality of pinned photodiode photodetectors that use a common output transistor. In one configuration, the charge from two or more pinned photodiodes may be binned together and applied to the gate of an output transistor.

Abstract: A projection design configured for use with a projector having a projector lens is provided. The device includes at least one pi-cell or pi-cell electro-optical modulator in combination with a wire grid polarizer mounted proximate the pi-cell(s). The design may include a cleanup polarizer between the pi-cell(s) and the wire grid polarizer and optionally a protective window between the wire grid projector and projection lens. The device may be oriented at an angle substantially differing from the axis of the projector lens. The resultant device includes spacing for airflow and can offer improved performance, particularly in heating, over designs previously available.

Abstract: An active matrix electrophoretic display is driven. In a reset period Tr a reset voltage is applied to each pixel electrode. Next, in a writing period an applied voltage is applied to each of said pixel electrode during a time period corresponding to a gradation value designated by an image data. Next, a common voltage is applied to each of said pixel electrode, so that electric charge accumulated in each capacitor is taken away and no electric field is applied to each dispersal system, thereby a displayed image is held.

Abstract: A device (1) for feeding electrical energy from an energy source with variable source voltage into an electric power supply network (15), said device (1) including a transformer (112) for galvanic isolation, a resonant inverter (11) with semi-conductor switches (a-d; A, B), one or several resonant capacitors (17; 18, 19; 20, 21) and one rectifier (113), is intended to provide high efficiency and have galvanic isolation. This is achieved in that the resonant inverter (11) is operated in the full resonant mode if the operating voltage is in an operation point (MPP) and in the hard-switching mode if the voltages exceed the operation point (MPP).

Abstract: In a circuit apparatus for transformerless conversion of an electric direct voltage of a two-pole direct voltage source (1) connected to ground having a first voltage pole (+) and a second voltage pole (?) into an alternating voltage, hazardous capacitive leakage currents are avoided by connecting the direct voltage source (1) to ground and the DC-AC converter (400) is operated at a controlled intermediate circuit voltage, a DC-DC converter stage (300) being connected between the direct voltage source (1) and the DC-AC converter (400), said DC-DC converter stage providing at its output a +/? voltage that is symmetrical with respect to the grounding point, two series-connected capacitors (41, 42) having the same polarity and being connected to ground at their connecting point (V) and controlled are charged by two buck-boost choppers (100, 200) connected one behind the other.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a node comprises a packet scheduler configured to schedule packets to be transmitted on a link and an interface circuit coupled to the packet scheduler and configured to transmit the packets on the link. The interface circuit is configured to generate error detection data covering the packets, wherein the error detection data is transmitted between packets on the link. The interface circuit is configured to cover up to N packets with one transmission of error detection data, where N is an integer >=2. The number of packets covered with one transmission of error detection data is determined by the interface circuit dependent on an availability of packets to transmit. In another embodiment, the interface circuit is configured to dynamically vary a frequency of transmission of the error detection data on the link based on an amount of bandwidth being consumed on the link.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for setting a user equipment identifier as user equipment identification information used when data received through a dedicated logical channel is transmitted through a common transport channel. The method includes transmitting data and a message type indicator as user equipment identification information from a RRC layer to an RLC layer; setting a user equipment identifier indicator according to the received message type indicator in the RLC layer and transmitting it with the data to a MAC layer; and selecting a user equipment identifier type and a user equipment identifier according to the set user equipment indication identifier, adding it to a header of a MAC SDU in the MAC layer and transmitting it to a corresponding MAC layer in a receiving device.

Abstract: A battery capable of improving battery characteristics such as cycle characteristics is provided. An electrolytic solution is impregnated in a separator. The electrolytic solution contains 4-fluoro-1,3-dioxolane-2-one. Fluorine ion content in the electrolytic solution is preferably from 10 weight ppm to 3200 weight ppm. Thereby, chemical stability of the electrolytic solution is improved, and cycle characteristics are improved. The present invention is effective for the case using an anode active material containing Sn or Si as an element for an anode.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical clamp connector and connecting terminal that, per pole, has at least two conductor terminal connections oriented in the same direction and an additional connecting contact on the opposite-lying side, which serves for connecting a countercontact external to the terminal. It is proposed for such a terminal to use the especially small-construction design features of a terminal that is produced from a single piece of spring steel sheet and a busbar rod, and to combine these with the new features that the busbar rod has one or two cross projections, which project through the free opening in the spring steel sheet and form the additional connecting contact, which, for example, may be constructed in the form of a socket contact or in the form of a plug-in contact.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical head includes a retaining ring to maintain a substrate beneath the mounting surface during polishing. The retaining ring has a lower portion with a bottom surface for contacting a polishing pad during polishing and made of a first material, such as plastic, and an upper portion made of a second, different material, such as metal.

Abstract: A communications system network that enables secondary use of spectrum on a non-interference basis is disclosed. Each secondary transceiver measures the background spectrum. The system uses a modulation method to measure the background signals that eliminates self-generated interference and also identifies the secondary signal to all primary users via on/off amplitude modulation, allowing easy resolution of interference claims. The system uses high-processing gain probe waveforms that enable propagation measurements to be made with minimal interference to the primary users. The system measures background signals and identifies the types of nearby receivers and modifies the local frequency assignments to minimize interference caused by a secondary system due to non-linear mixing interference and interference caused by out-of-band transmitted signals (phase noise, harmonics, and spurs).

Abstract: A method for compressing digital content from a source, using a compression scheme selected from a group of available compression schemes, storing the compressed content at a central location, and retrieving the compressed content at a remote location.

Abstract: A processor including a first execution core section clocked to perform execution operations at a first clock frequency, and a second execution core section clocked to perform execution operations at a second clock frequency which is different than the first clock frequency. The second execution core section runs faster and includes a data cache and critical ALU functions, while the first execution core section includes latency-tolerant functions such as instruction fetch and decode units and non-critical ALU functions. The processor may further include an I/O ring which may be still slower than the first execution core section. Optionally, the first execution core section may include a third execution core section whose clock rate is between that of the first and second execution core sections. Clock multipliers/dividers may be used between the various sections to derive their clocks from a single source, such as the I/O clock.

Abstract: A device for provisioning, retrieving, and using data guide information transmitted in a digital broadcast signal is disclosed. A receiver receives the digital broadcast signal which includes digital television programming packets multiplexed with data packets and thereafter routes the received signal to a demodulator. The demodulator provides a demodulated signal to a detector which identifies data packets contained therein. A processor then determines the types of data in the data packets, as well as the respective channels on which the identified types of data are transmitted. The processor prepares a menu for a display screen enabling a user to select the channel of interest, and enables the user to be connected accordingly.

Abstract: A ballistic vest carrier cover has a mantle that goes over the wearer's shoulders from the front waist to rear waist. It has a fabric outer layer, an interlining heat-fused to the back of the outer layer, and a liner. The cover is designed to fit over a pullover shirt so the combination appears as a standard uniform shirt. The liner attaches to the outer layer at the front and rear waist, neck, and along the sides from front armor openings to rear armor openings, thereby producing front and rear pockets for receiving the body armor panel carriers through the armor openings. The front of the mantle attaches to the rear at the waist by zippers. One zipper component is on a stretch panel that extends from the outer layer at the rear armor opening and the other zipper component is on the outer layer at the front armor opening.

Abstract: A cervical spine protection apparatus one or more composite bands attached to provide restraint of one or more motions of the cervical spine of a wearer. The apparatus is designed to protect a wearer from incurring cervical spinal injuries, and/or to reduce the severity of cervical spine injuries without substantially compromising the normal functional range of motion of the wearer's cervical spine.

Abstract: A men's swimsuit that includes an outer shell having an outer-shell waistband; and an inner liner that defines an interior lumen. The inner liner includes an inner-liner waistband attached to the outer-shell waistband; and a pair of inner-liner leg sleeves extending from the inner-liner waistband. Each inner-liner leg sleeve terminates in a hem configured to exert a radially compressive force urging the hem against a thigh passing therethrough. As a result, the hems of the inner-liner leg sleeves, in cooperation with the inner-liner waistband, prevent particulate matter from reaching the interior lumen of the inner liner.

Abstract: A garment with a zipper arrangement includes a collar, a plurality of right zipper elements provided along a front right portion of the garment, and a plurality of left zipper elements provided along the front left portion of the garment. A slider includes a front side, a top side, and a back side. The slider is configured to slide up as far as the collar and bring the plurality of right zipper elements into engagement with the plurality of left zipper elements. The slider is further configured to slide down and disengage the plurality of right zipper elements from the plurality of left zipper elements. A flexible pull member is coupled to the slider. The flexible pull member is designed and dimensioned to extend over the top side of the slider and be releasably coupled to an inner portion of the garment when the slider is at the collar.