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US20080015946 Systems and methods for offering wireless financial accounts  
Systems and methods consistent with the invention may offer a new financial account having a balance transfer sub-account for implementation onto a customer's wireless purchasing device. The...
US20080013565 Reverse Polling Algorithm For Shared Resources To Reduce Collisions In A Network  
A method for reducing collisions within a plurality of networks, each of the plurality of networks having a plurality of workstations physically communicating over a plurality of shared...
US20080014587 Polynucleotides for Use as Tags and Tag Complements, Manufacture and Use Thereof  
A family of minimally cross-hybridizing nucleotide sequences, methods of use, etc. A specific family of 210 24mers is described.
US20080016418 GENERALIZED BIST FOR MULTIPORT MEMORIES  
A generalized hardware architecture that supports built-in self testing (BIST) for a range of different computer memory configurations and a generalized BIST algorithm can be compiled, based on...
US20080011810 Friction stir welding tool  
A friction stir welding tool having a shoulder section with a scroll pattern that terminates prior to the edge or boundary of the shoulder section to create a scroll-free concentric surface area.
US20080015534 Disposable Pants  
To achieve the above object, there are provided a front abdominal section ( 2 ) and a rear section ( 3 ) joined almost annularly and a crotch section ( 4 ) provided to be joined between the front...
US20080011741 INDUCTIVE HEATING ELEMENT  
An inductive heating element includes a substrate and an insulating layer covering the substrate. The substrate contains a carbonaceous material such as glassy carbon. The inductive heating element...
US20080016408 System and Method for Streaming High Frequency Trace Data Off-Chip  
An on-chip trace engine stores trace data in on-chip trace arrays and routes the trace data to output pins. An external trace capture device captures the trace data. The on-chip trace engine...
US20080011723 Laser beam processing machine  
A laser beam processing machine comprising a chuck table for holding a workpiece, a laser beam application means for applying a laser beam to the workpiece held on the chuck table, a processing...
US20080015825 Method for computing turbulent flow using a near-wall eddy-viscosity formulation  
A technique that improves large-eddy simulation consists in replacing the instantaneous sub-grid scale eddy-viscosity (such as the dynamic Smagorinsky model eddy-viscosity) in the near-wall region...
US20080011391 Method for Producing Wear-Resistant and Fatigue-Resistant Edge Layers in Titanium Alloys, and Components Produced Therewith  
The invention relates to edge layer finishing of functional components, and thereby in particular to a method for producing wear-resistant and fatigue-resistant edge layers in titanium alloys, and...
US20080011615 Electrochemical sensor for in-vivo or ex-vivio measurements of the carbon dioxide partial pressure of living tissue  
A physiological sensing device for the measurement of pCO2 includes a closed chamber bounded, at least partially, by a carbon dioxide permeate e membrane ( 12 ). There are two electrodes ( 10 )...
US20080010758 Illuminated loading dock system  
An illuminated loading dock system includes a series of light fixtures having sufficient power to illuminate the interior of a series of trailers from a distance that spans a dock leveler pit. The...
US20080015019 GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD IN WHICH A SERVER IS IN COMMUNICATION WITH A CENTRAL REPOSITORY OF A GAME APPLICATION  
A gaming system and associated method are provided. Included is a plurality of gaming clients each including a display and at least one input device. Further included is a server in communication...
US20080013802 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUNCTION OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM  
A method for controlling the function of application software and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The method includes the following steps. First, an application software is...
US20080015938 Promotions system and method  
A promotional system and method for point-of-sales terminals for a vendor, that performs steps including: i) accessing sales data representing previous sales transactions of a customer of the...
US20080016532 Method and system for adjusting audio/video effects  
Disclosed is a method and system for adjusting audio/video effect. The system comprises a tuner with demodulator, a DTV decoder, an audio/video mapping unit, and an audio/video processing unit. The...
US20080013070 Method and Instrument for Measuring Complex Dielectric Constant of a Sample by Optical Spectral Measurement  
A substrate in a parallelepiped plate form satisfies an interference condition when incident light has a wavelength (λ) fallen under the following (d: thickness, n: refractive index, θ:...
US20080014480 Fuel gas generation and supply device  
Problem: The fuel supply means for small fuel cells, including portable ones, must be of a small size that permits portable applications, be lightweight and be given a constant chemical reaction...
US20080014915 Mobile Station and Mobile Communication System  
The present invention relates to a mobile station that controls a transmission rate of user data to be transmitted to a base station. The mobile station according to the present invention includes:...
US20080013737 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING AND DISTRIBUTING ENCRYPTION KEYS  
A plurality of encryption keys is generated, and each encryption key is associated with one geographical area of a plurality of geographical areas. Each encryption key is forwarded to one or more...
US20080014742 Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with through-chip vias  
An electrode is formed in a hole extending partway into the substrate of a semiconductor device by depositing an insulating film and a barrier metal layer on the substrate surface and the interior...
US20080016093 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SUBTRACTION OF TAXONOMIC ELEMENTS  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed to categorize objects of a selected taxonomy having a known relationship. The apparatus includes an identification module, a subtraction module, a...
US20080013852 Systems and Methods for Optimized Region Growing Algorithm for Scale Space Analysis  
The present invention provides a system, method and computer program product for improving quality of images. The pixels of the input image are used to generate two lists of pixels based on two...
US20080015196 Imidazopyrazines, Imidazopyridines, and Imidazopyrimidines as Crf1 Receptor Ligands  
Novel aryl substituted imidazopyrazines, imidazopyrimidines, and imidazopyridines are provided. Such compounds can act as selective modulators of CRF receptors. The imidazopyrazines,...
US20080012688 SECURE RFID BASED ULTRA-WIDEBAND TIME-HOPPED PULSE-POSITION MODULATION  
A radio-frequency-identification (RFID) system includes an RFID tag and an RFID reader, where the RFID reader is configured to communicate with the RFID tag using time-hopped pulse-position...
US20080011894 TAPE REEL AND INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS  
A tape reel includes a hub in the shape of a bottomed-cylinder with a disc-like lower flange integrally formed at a lower end thereof and an opening formed at an upper end thereof; and an upper...
US20080015020 Matching Numerical Values  
A method is disclosed of generating a broadcast from a broadcasting station (BS) in response to an input from a telephone (T 1 to T 5 ) to a computer (C) associated with the station, wherein: a...
US20080016062 Request-response trigger generation in link-connected computing systems  
A method is described that involves generating a trigger signal for a transaction. The trigger is generated if the transaction matches a response and request pattern.
US20080015204 ADDITIONAL HETEROPOLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE AS METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS  
The present invention relates to new compounds of formula I, to pharmaceutical formulations containing the compounds, and to the use of the compounds in the prevention and/or treatment of...
US20080011520 Nozzle assembly for horizontal drilling operations  
An improved water nozzle ( 100, 200 ) for use in a horizontal drill string ( 14 ) to prevent clogging of the string when water flow is stopped so a new section of drill rod ( 12 ) can be added to...
US20080014525 METHOD OF APPLYING SPOT VARNISH TO XEROGRAPHIC IMAGE AND EMULSION AGGREGATION TONERS FOR USE THEREIN  
A method of forming a xerographic image having at least one portion with a gloss different from a gloss of another portion of the xerographic image includes xerographically forming a toner image on...
US20080011662 Compositions and methods for fluid purification  
A multi-barrier filter comprising a halogenated resin capable of removing contaminants from a fluid, and at least one contaminant sorbent medium downstream of the halogenated resin capable of...
US20080015466 OBTAINING A TISSUE SAMPLE  
Some embodiments of a biopsy system are configured to obtain a sample of tissue from an internal body site, such as a portion of myocardial tissue from a heart chamber wall. The biopsy system may...
US20080011094 Testing system with soft reaction structure  
A testing system includes a soft reaction structure formed by column assemblies, a base and a crosshead. Compliant devices are disposed between the column assemblies and the base and/or the...
US20080010744 Bed frame shields  
A comprehensive means of providing protection to a bed frame by covering various locations about the bed frame with plastic shields. The plastic shields are adapted to enclose the various locations...
US20080015144 Glp- (9-36) Methods and Compositions  
Methods of inhibiting hyperglycemia-induced or free fatty acid-induced reactive oxygen formation in mammalian cells and mammals using the degradation product of glucagon-like peptide 1, GLP-1...
US20080011161 CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE SYSTEMS AND METHODS  
A carbon dioxide separation system comprises a first flow path for directing a fluid comprising carbon dioxide therethrough, a second flow path for directing a sweep fluid therethrough, and a...
US20080014346 Method of synthesizing single-wall carbon nanotubes  
A method for synthesizing single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) generally includes the steps of: providing a substrate having an upper portion comprised of indium tin oxide; forming an aluminum...
US20080012777 Integrated broadband antenna device with wide band function  
An integrated broadband antenna device with wide band function is disclosed. The antenna device comprises a ground plate, a feeding wire, a first metal radiator, a second metal radiator, a ground...
US20080011713 Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method and substrate manufacturing method  
A substrate processing apparatus of the invention has a self-propelled carrying mechanism 15 configured to enable a processing target substrate W to be carried to/from each of liquid processing...
US20080014304 Amorphous Water-Soluble Calcium Citrate Salts and Method of Making and Using Same  
Amorphous water-soluble calcium citrate salts having a mole ratio of calcium to citrate of less than 2.5:2, and powdered beverage mixes and liquid compositions fortified with these amorphous...
US20080016275 Allocation-unit-based virtual formatting methods and devices employing allocation-unit-based virtual formatting methods  
In various embodiments, the present invention provides virtual disk formatting by intermediate devices including: (1) a storage shelf router and the storage shelf in which the storage-shelf is...
US20080015282 BIOMEDICAL DEVICES CONTAINING INTERNAL WETTING AGENTS  
This invention includes a wettable biomedical device containing a high molecular weight hydrophilic polymer and a hydroxyl-functionalized silicone-containing monomer.
US20080015121 Compositions, methods and uses for sterically hindered quaternary ammonium compounds  
A sterically hindered quaternary ammonium composition is prepared by contacting a solvent having hydroxyl functionality, a halohydrin, and a sterically hindered tertiary amine, under reaction...
US20080015824 Automatic hose and harness routing method and system  
A method is provided for automatic hose and harness routing. The method may include obtaining a solid model of a structural design of a structure assembly and deriving a mathematical representation...
US20080013066 ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY  
An illumination system for a microlithography projection exposure apparatus for illuminating an illumination field with the light from an assigned light source includes a pupil shaping unit for...
US20080012004 SPINTRONIC DEVICES WITH CONSTRAINED SPINTRONIC DOPANT  
A spintronic device may include at least one superlattice and at least one electrical contact coupled thereto, with the at least one superlattice including a plurality of groups of layers. Each...
US20080011805 Rolled medium holding device holding a rolled medium at both ends and a recording apparatus including the rolled medium holding device  
A roll-shaped medium holding device includes a first gear mechanism 61 that is connected to a roll shaft holding the roll-shaped medium and sends-out/rewinds the roll-shaped medium, a second gear...
US20080014937 Status validation for terminals in a wireless communication system  
A terminal is assigned an active identifier for use while in an active state of a connection with a base station. The base station periodically broadcasts the status of the active identifiers for...