Abstract: A variety of rose plant of the shrub class, named ‘AUSnoble’, suitable for repeat flowering production having a vigorous upright growth that is very healthy with light green foliage that is almost thornless, and that produces beautifully rounded flowers with neatly placed petals making a perfect rosette, with buds that are lightly tinged yellow, but with flowers that open to become pure white, and that produce a light apple fragrance.

Abstract: A variety of rose plant of the shrub class, named ‘AUScousin’, suitable for repeat flowering production having blooms of rich salmon color that commence as a red bud and open to pretty cups that then develop into perfectly formed rosettes having a medium-strong myrrh fragrance.

Abstract: A new and distinct shrub rose plant is provided that abundantly forms in clusters attractive small single medium pink finishing to light pink blossoms that drop their petals well upon full maturity. The plant exhibits vigorous vegetation and an upright and bushy growth habit. The foliage is dark green with a semi-glossy finish on the upper surface. The disease resistance is excellent, particularly with respect to Black Spot, Powdery Mildew, and Rust. The plant is well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in in the landscape as a hedge or mass planting. Alternatively, the plant can be grown in containers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cranberry variety ‘WI92-A-X15’ is described. The variety is distinguished by significantly higher yields, larger fruit size, more favorable bud set traits, tolerance to high levels of fertilizer, higher and earlier red pigmentation, and ability to set excellent crops at an early age as compared to ‘Stevens’, the most widely grown cranberry cultivar. ‘WI92-A-X15’ was derived from a controlled cross of the variety ‘Stevens’ and an open-pollinated seedling selection of the variety ‘Ben Lear’ designated as Boone's ‘BL8’.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Vaccinium, ‘Vacsid1’, that is characterized by its compact plant habit with sturdy stems, and its new foliage growth that is bright red in color.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of apple tree variety ‘Hwangok’ is described herein. The ‘Hwangok’ apple tree produces fruit that is round, medium-sized, and has a surface that is yellow-green with variable red patches.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of cherry tree. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Mahaleb’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consist of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Early blooming with a low winter chilling requirement of approximately 550 hours at or below 45° F. 2. Fruit maturing in the early season. 3. Fruit with attractive red skin color. 4. Regular and productive bearer of large size fruit. 5. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Fragaria L.. named ‘MURANO’, characterized by the description herein.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Pandorea, ‘PWS01’, that is characterized by its flowers that orange in color with creamy white on the inner surface of the lobes and suffused with purple-red when they are newly opened, its lush green foliage with small leaves and short internodes, its well-branched stems, and its moderate growth habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct Rhododendron cultivar named ‘ROBLET’ is disclosed, characterized by distinctive coral colored semi double flowers with clear white margins. Plants are compact and bloom Spring, Summer and Fall. The new cultivar is a Rhododendron, suitable for ornamental garden purposes.

Abstract: A new and distinct Azalea cultivar named ‘ROBLEX’ is disclosed, characterized by distinctive white flowers with occasional pink linear blotches. Plants bloom Spring, Summer and Fall. The new cultivar is a Azalea, suitable for ornamental garden purposes.

Abstract: A new and distinct Rhododendron cultivar named ‘ROBLEU’ is disclosed, characterized by distinctive vibrant magenta flowers and unique flowering from Spring through Autumn. The new cultivar is a Rhododendron, suitable for ornamental garden purposes.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris named ‘Silver Lining’ that is characterized by its variegated foliage with green centers and white margins, its stems that are brownish-orange in color when mature and its leaf buds that are light green in color.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of winter hardy Hibiscus plant named ‘Snowflame’ is the result of a unique hybridization. This new and distinct cultivar is characterized primarily as to its novelty by its extreme cold hardiness to Zone 4, its large thick-textured, light red flowers with white reverse and its “Maple-shaped” leaves with a red-dish-green coloration, compactness of about 3 feet, its vigorous and uniform growth habit and its floriferous nature from midsummer until frost.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘WP11 TYR04’ which is characterized by a compact mounding habit, blue-green foliage, fragrant single flowers that are strongly patterned cherry red with white-pink markings and a deep cherry eye, and ruffled petal edges. In combination, these characteristics set ‘WP11 TYR04’ apart from all other existing varieties of Dianthus known to the inventor.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Fidimpmaxwhi’, characterized by its upright and broadly outwardly spreading growth habit; mounded plant form; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; large white-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Fidimpmaxpi’, characterized by its upright and broadly outwardly spreading growth habit; mounded plant form; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; large light red purple-colored flowers with red purple-colored centers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct form of Begonia plant characterized by broad, palmately lobed leaves of showy silver with a green spot by the petiole and a rose blush, red leaf backs, a bushy habit, clusters of cherry pink flowers in winter to early spring, and excellent vigor.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Fidostsupwhi’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely and early flowering habit; large single-type inflorescences with white-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Fidostsuppibic’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely and early flowering habit; large single-type inflorescences with pink and white bi-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Fidostyelimp’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely and early flowering habit; single-type inflorescences with warm golden yellow-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Fidostsepia’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely and early flowering habit; single-type inflorescences with warm orange bronze-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Fidostsuplil’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely and early flowering habit; large single-type inflorescences with light purple-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Carex oshimensis, ‘Everdi’, characterized its dwarf plant habit and its dark green foliage.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Bidens plant named ‘Florbikano’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading to trailing and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; inflorescences with yellow orange and dark orange bi-colored ray florets and bright yellow-colored disc florets; and strong peduncles that hold the inflorescences above and beyond the foliar plane.

Abstract: A new and distinct Echinacea plant named ‘Meteor Pink’ characterized by enlarged disc florets forming an anemone-type inflorescence, light pink ray florets and medium pink disc florets, ray florets which are held horizontally, a short, mounding habit with excellent stem count, and excellent vigor.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Senecio plant named ‘Sunsenesubu’, characterized by its upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; and large daisy-type inflorescences with vivid violet blue-colored ray florets and darker-colored disc florets.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a towel, specifically a low twist towel, comprising the following steps: Z twisting a thick yarn and separately Z twisting a fine count yarn; unevenly S twisting the Z-twisted yarns to make the volume of the thick yarn more than that of the fine count; weaving the yarn to produce a fabric; processing the fabric with hot water to reduce inner tension in the yarn and make the fabric become fluffy. Fabric produced by this method can solve the dependency on PVA, reduce energy consumption and material consumption, and prevent water pollution. This method for producing a low twist towel is environmentally friendly, healthy, and energy saving.

Abstract: An apparatus suitable for use in a wellbore comprises an expandable bistable device. An exemplary device has a plurality of bistable cells formed into a tubular shape. Each bistable cell comprises at least two elongated members that are connected to each other at their ends. The device is stable in a first configuration and a second configuration.

Abstract: Disclosed are overlay targets having flexible symmetry characteristics and metrology techniques for measuring the overlay error between two or more successive layers of such targets. Techniques for imaging targets with flexible symmetry characteristics and analyzing the acquired images to determine overlay or alignment error are disclosed.

Abstract: An on-die termination circuit is capable of increasing a resolution without enlargement of a chip or a layout size. The on-die termination circuit includes a control means, a termination resistance supply means, a code signal generating means. The control means sequentially generates a plurality of control signals in a response to a driving signal. The termination resistance supply means supplies a termination resistance in response to a coarse code signal having a plurality of bits and a fine code signal having a plurality of bits. The code signal generating means controls the fine code signal and the coarse code signal in response to the plurality of the control signals in order that the termination resistance has a level which is correspondent to an input resistance.

Abstract: A duty cycle correction circuit and a delay locked loop (DLL) including the duty cycle correction circuit, are capable of controlling their operation in order to correctly analyze the cause of generation of a duty cycle error when the duty cycle error is generated in the DLL. The duty cycle correction circuit selectively outputs to a DLL core duty cycle offset information for controlling a duty cycle of an internal clock signal synchronized to an external clock signal under the control of a switching control signal. The DLL corrects the duty cycle of a reference clock signal according to the duty cycle offset information, thereby outputting a reference clock signal having a 50% duty cycle.

Abstract: A method and system for interconnecting multiple distributed components in a communication network is provided. The design includes a multiple order cross connection fabric employed to interconnect multiple orders of data with at least one distributed component in the communication network. The design may further include at least one order of path termination and adaptation connection, where the at least one order of path termination and adaptation connection providing an interface between the multiple order cross connection fabric and a data management system. The design may be implemented in a SONET/SDH environment.

Abstract: The bandwidth selection mechanism includes a first actuator mounted on a second face of a dispersive optical element, the second face being opposite from a reflective face, the first actuator having a first end coupled to a first end block and a second end coupled to a second end block, the first actuator being operative to apply equal and opposite forces to the first end block and the second end block to bend the body of the dispersive optical element along the longitudinal axis of the body and in a first direction normal to the reflective face of the dispersive optical element. The bandwidth selection mechanism also includes a second actuator being operative to apply equal and opposite forces to bend the body along the longitudinal axis of the body, in a second direction perpendicular to the reflective face of the dispersive optical element.

Abstract: Adjacent blocks are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent blocks are identified. Deblock filtering between the identified adjacent blocks is skipped if the coding parameters for the identified adjacent blocks are similar and not skipped if the coding parameters for the identified adjacent blocks are substantially different.

Abstract: A home theater system, an audio output adjusting device of a home theater system and methods thereof allow a prescribed or three-dimension audio configuration state for at least one prescribed position even when the prescribed location and/or a configuration of the speakers in a home theater system are modified. The device can include a checker for analyzing at least one of volume and delay time of a test audio signal outputted from speakers and providing the analyzed information to a controller. The controller can control output level and timing of audio signals subsequently output from the speakers based on the analyzed information.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of performing can perform an image forming operation together with temperature rise by heating of a heat fixing apparatus operation to ensure a good fixability and a shortest short first print out time and to prevent loss of while minimizing power consumption without and not over-burdening a constitutional member of the image forming apparatus (e.g., life-shortening shortening the life of the constitutional member)is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a fixing apparatus unit for heat-fixing a toner image on a recording material and a detection member for detecting a toner of a fixing apparatus member and performs simultaneously temperature rise by heating of the fixing apparatus and an image forming operation including a pre-process and an image forming sequence.

Abstract: A data processing system is which enables an operator to rapidly perform object detection, identification, recognition, and location using remote imagery from Mini Unmanned Air Vehicles when sensor performance is severely limited due to size, weight, and power constraints. The system receives down linked images from an Unmanned Air Vehicle as well as vehicle geographic position and sensor attitude data. The imagery is processed on the ground using detection, identification, recognition and moving target detection algorithms to eliminate clutter and preselect potential objects of interest. The objects of interest are identified by the operator from the preselected list of objects automatically presented to him. The target location is simultaneously calculated for selected objects using the down linked vehicle location and sensor pointing angle and displayed to the operator.

Abstract: Communication applications may include lists of users with which a user of the application communicates. If two users of a communications application each include the other user on their user lists, an implicit trust may be established between the users. For example, if user A includes user B in her list and user B includes user A in his list, then it may be determined that each user knows and/or trusts the other user. As a result, a connection or communications pathway may be automatically created between the client devices of the users to facilitate communications between the users based on the implicit trust.

Abstract: Helmets for military and other applications that require resistance to high energy fragments and rifle bullets are disclosed. The helmets are fabricated with a combination of ceramic, either as a monolith or as a plurality of discreet pieces, and an inner backing material having a plurality of fibrous layers such as polyolefin and/or aramid fiber layers.

Abstract: An appendage wrap having a sequential set of graphic instruction steps printed across the length of the wrap on one or both sides for explaining and illustrating how a user is to apply the wrap to a specific appendage. Each individual instruction step is readily visible to the user and is easily discernable as the wrap is unrolled and wound around the appendage. Text instructions provide concise directions to the user. Simply illustrations of the appendage (hand graphics) provide a visual reference to the user for the direction and location where the wrap will be wound. Arrows are used to visually guide the user as wrap is unrolled and wound around the wrist.

Abstract: The invention (C-Hold Safety Device) is designed to overcome the risk (e.g., needle sticks) currently associated with obtaining blood samples or inserting IV needles using C-Hold and other similar vein or arterial needle penetration procedures. The invention thus overcomes the reason for the prohibition of otherwise safe and efficient procedures for medical needle insertions.

Abstract: The orthopedic support garment includes a garment body made of stretchable fabric and configured to be worn in a form-fitting manner on the upper body of a wearer. The garment body has a front body portion, a rear body portion joined to the front body portion, and right and left sleeve portions attached to the front and rear body portions. Also provided is at least one tensor band laid out along one of the front and rear body portions in a manner intended to substantially correspond to at least one of the fascial lines extending along the upper body of the wearer. When the garment is worn by the wearer, the at least one tensor band may be placed in tension so as to provide proprioceptive feedback to the wearer during movement.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention provides a jock support short including a short member and an integrally-formed jock support member. The integral jock support member includes a pocket portion attached to a front portion of the short, which is configured to house a protective groin cup. At least two elongate members extend along opposing sides of the pocket portion and may intersect or meet at a crotch portion of the short such that the pocket and/or protective cup remains secured over a user's groin region during athletic or other physical activity.

Abstract: A protective garment and undergarment with scissor deflecting and jamming obstacles includes strapping having the obstacles in series patterned to be parallel to a strap thereof and have parallel and angular surfaces thereto configured to deflect a pair of commercial scissor blades into an angle of incidence to the strap. A spacing between obstacles is also configured to be less than a total thickness of the scissor blades in order to jam the scissors there between and impede or deter an assault of the wearer. The garment also includes a waist strap, a crotch strap and thigh straps disposed at an outer respective edge to of the garment. Each strap includes a non-elastic material and the cut-resistant obstacle strapping permanently disposed there around configured to deflect a pair of scissors into an obstacle cutting position or jam the pair of scissors on an obstacle thereof and impede or deter an assault.

Abstract: An impact absorbing liner for use as part of a helmet that comprises adjustable means which allow to change the interior size and shape of the liner. The impact absorbing liner can be adjusted by operating on an actuation mechanism.

Abstract: A fixture support carrier, for mounting a plumbing fixture above the floor, that can be adjusted in either direction by means of interchangeable studs and plastic nipples.

Abstract: A flow projector device is used between the rim of a toilet bowl and an overlying seat. The flow projector device includes a base having an upper surface, a lower support surface, an inner end, an outer end, and lateral sides extending between the inner and outer ends. The upper surface slopes downwardly from the outer end toward the inner end. The device also includes a return portion and an outer barrier. The return portion extends downwardly from the inner end. The outer barrier extends upwardly from the outer end. The outer barrier includes a recurved surface configured to redirect urine to the upper surface of the base. Urine directed along the upper surface towards the recurved surface can be redirected by the recurved surface back onto the upper surface of the base to flow down the upper surface, past the return portion and into the toilet bowl.

Abstract: The present invention teaches a swiveling seat assembly for use on an outer wall of a bathtub. The seat assembly has a frame, a swiveling base that is connected to the top of the frame, and a seat that is connected to the swiveling base. The swiveling seat assembly can be placed on an outer wall of a standard size bathtub. A lower footing of an outer side member of the frame contacts a ground surface, and a top member inner surface of the frame contacts an outer wall top surface of the standard size bathtub, and an inner side member inner surface contacts an outer wall inner surface of the standard size bathtub. A user can sit upon the seat assembly, and swivel 360 degrees.

Abstract: A portable hot water heater for larger-scale applications including emergency use, situations involving hazardous materials, and the like. The hot water heater advantageously efficiently and rapidly heats large quantities of water for providing a stream of hot water for immediate use. The hot water heater includes a pump that can draw water from any suitable water source, a power source, a heating assembly that quickly and efficiently heats the water as it flows through the heating assembly. The heating assembly is attached to a shower head or other fixture.