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US20080291281 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN OVERLAY CURSOR AND ASSOCIATED SCOPE TRIGGER IN A VIDEO TEST GENERATOR  
A method and apparatus for implementing a video test generator having an overlay cursor and an associated scope trigger are presented. A user interface permits a user to move a cursor across a...
US20080290381 CAPACITANCE NOISE SHIELDING PLANE FOR IMAGER SENSOR DEVICES  
A conductive shield plane electrically isolating the photodiode regions from metal interconnect lines in an imager sensor device.
US20080292936 MANIFOLD FOR FUEL CELLS  
A manifold for use with fuel cell and fuel cell stacks is provided. In certain examples, the manifold may be constructed and arranged to provide air to all cathodes in a first fuel cell stack...
US20080292365 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPING DEVICE  
An image forming apparatus is characterized in that an absolute value of a difference between a first coefficient of variation in a number distribution of the particle diameter of a toner carried...
US20080294172 INSTRUMENT SET FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE PREPARATION FOR BONE NAILING  
An instrument set for minimally invasive preparation for a bone nailing comprises at least one base sleeve ( 10 ) which has a selected axial length with a drive-in end and a tool working end ( 12 )...
US20080291105 Crossed-dipole antenna for low-loss IBOC transmission from a common radiator apparatus and method  
A dual-port corporate-feed broadband antenna uses two pairs of crossed dipoles in each bay, fed by a single hybrid coupler in each bay, to support hybrid-mode IBOCĀ® VHF-band broadcasting. Each 3...
US20080294813 Managing Housekeeping Operations in Flash Memory  
A flash re-programmable, non-volatile memory system is operated to disable foreground execution of housekeeping operations, such as wear leveling and data scrub, in the when operation of the host...
US20080292738 MOTOR DRIVEN MOLD  
A mold includes a controller and core actuators that may independently drive a plurality of mold cores positioned with the mold. Sensors may be included whereby the mold cores are positioned in the...
US20080293433 DISCOVERING CELLULAR NETWORK ELEMENTS  
The present disclosure includes a system and method for discovering network elements. In some implementations, a method includes identifying information indicating a location of a femtocell device....
US20080291709 Switching power supply apparatus  
A switching power supply apparatus 10 controls a main switching element Q 1 by a control circuit 12 so that a direct-current voltage obtained by rectifying an input alternating-current voltage...
US20080289875 Method and System for the Design of an Oil Well  
The invention is concerned with the design of oil wells by defining a number of design parameters, some of which are interdependent. The invention makes use of successive optimizations. Input data...
US20080289706 Control system  
An apparatus and method for controlling a water characteristic of a body of water by controlling the cyclic release of a water characteristic material into the body of water with or without the...
US20080291069 DELTA SIGMA MODULATOR  
In a delta sigma modulator including first and second integration circuits connected in cascade, each as a component thereof, first and second power source terminals for supplying first and second...
US20080293905 MULTICOORDINATED METAL COMPLEXES FOR USE IN METATHESIS REACTIONS  
Improved catalysts useful in alkyne or olefin metathesis are made by bringing into contact a multi-coordinated metal complex comprising a multidentate Schiff base ligand, and one or more other...
US20080290396 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY  
A semiconductor memory according to an aspect of this invention comprises a semiconductor substrate which includes a memory cell array region and an interconnect line region adjoining the memory...
US20080294764 STORAGE MEDIUM BEARING HBA INFORMATION PROVISION PROGRAM, HBA INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD AND HBA INFORMATION PROVISION APPARATUS  
A storage medium bears a program which controls a plurality of HBA drivers for controlling operations of a plurality of HBAs connected to a few storage devices through a SAN, a plurality of...
US20080291249 Ink recharging system for ink cartridge, bulk ink cartridge used in said system, and ink recharging method using them  
The present invention relates to an ink recharging system in which the ink can be recharged into a used ink cartridge repeatedly, a bulk ink cartridge used in the system, and a method for...
US20080295121 Compressible media disk storage trays  
A tray for storing a media disk is disclosed, the tray nestable and compressible with other such trays such that a stack of such trays may be snapped together, each tray capturing at least one of...
US20080292826 CONDUCTIVE SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF  
A conductive sheet includes a film-like substrate, conductive patterns, and an insulator. The conductive patterns provided on the substrate are made of a synthetic resin dispersed with silver...
US20080293223 Method for Manufacturing Strained Silicon  
In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, a method for manufacturing strained silicon is provided. In one embodiment, the method for manufacturing strained silicon...
US20080291246 PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING A LAMINATED DUCTING ASSEMBLY  
A printhead assembly has a plurality of printhead modules, each having a plurality of modular printhead tiles. Each printhead tile has a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle assemblies for...
US20080291406 Assembly comprising a radiation source, a reflector and a contaminant barrier  
An assembly including a radiation reflector and a contaminant barrier is disclosed. The contaminant barrier is arranged to receive radiation from a radiation source and to reflect that radiation...
US20080294189 VEIN FILTER  
A vein filter includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart elongated legs having opposed proximal and distal leg portions. Adjacent distal leg portions are connected to one another by...
US20080294433 Automatic Text-Speech Mapping Tool  
A text-speech mapping method. Silence segments for incoming speech data are obtained. Incoming transcript data is preprocessed. The incoming transcript data comprises a written document of the...
US20080293181 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGE SENSOR  
A method for manufacturing an image sensor including forming a microlens array over a color filter array, forming a capping layer over the semiconductor substrate including the microlens array,...
US20080294787 CREATING A CHECKPOINT FOR MODULES ON A COMMUNICATIONS STREAM  
A computer implemented method, computer program product, and system for creating a checkpoint of a stream. A stream checkpoint request to create the checkpoint of the stream is received, wherein...
US20080292294 Gravity driven fluid supply vessel for dispensing an aromatic odor neutralizer  
An aromatic odor neutralizer includes a vaporization chamber containing a wick with an end part immersed in fluid in a storage cup that is gravity fed from an airtight vessel by the use of air...
US20080290350 LED lamp with exposed heat-conductive fins  
In one embodiment, a LED lamp includes a heat sink including rows of exposed fins on one surface and a conductive member opposite the fins and including two electrically connected side positive...
US20080293222 METHOD FOR FORMING SILICON-GERMANIUM EPITAXIAL LAYER  
A method for forming a SiGe epitaxial layer is described. A first SEG process is performed under a first condition, consuming about 1% to 20% of the total process time for forming the SiGe...
US20080289128 CLEANING IMPLEMENT  
A cleaning implement is disclosed which is of the all-in-one type. It has a substrate structure that delivers impregnated cleaning liquid to the window being cleaned, a squeegee to drive used...
US20080291963 Fiber-based mid-infrared generation laser for laser ultrasound inspection  
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a laser system and method for the optical generation of ultrasound at a remote target. This involves generating a pump laser beam with a diode-pumped...
US20080290675 ELONGATED MEMBER LIFTING SYSTEM  
Methods and apparatus for providing a durable, lightweight lifting member and assembly for use in handling elongated members. One embodiment comprises a cage or net made of a flexible material, the...
US20080294548 Fee-Based Distribution of Media Based on Device Proximity  
Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for commercial transactions for the sale of images carried out over short-range wireless transmissions. In one embodiment, the transaction may be...
US20080295112 Secure Inter-Process Communication Channel  
Methods and apparatuses enable secure inter-process communication between processes. The processes may be of different privilege levels. A first process can open a control or bind channel, which...
US20080292762 METHOD FOR PRODUCING DRIED MICROBIAL CELLS  
An inexpensive heat treatment method for producing dried microbial cells is provided, wherein the method does not result in lowering the quality of the microbial cells or causing pulverization. The...
US20080290087 Electromagnetic heating  
An apparatus for applying RF energy to an object, comprising at least one slower-scanning, frequency source and at least one faster-scanning frequency source, and a controller which sweeps a range...
US20080292348 FIXING APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD  
A technique is provided that enables restraining temperature fall in a heating roller and a pressurizing roller due to passage of paper or the like at the time of fixing processing without greatly...
US20080290621 ALPINE SNOWBOARD  
An alpine snowboard comprises a boot portion having elements of a binding, a tail portion located at the back of said snowboard and extending along about 1/10 of the total length of said snowboard,...
US20080291555 OPTICAL ELEMENT HOLDING APPARATUS, BARREL, EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD  
An optical element holding apparatus includes an aluminum buffer member accommodated in a stainless steel frame body and having a linear expansion coefficient differing from that of the frame body....
US20080291442 Chemical and biological sensing using metallic particles in amplifying and absorbing media  
A film for surface enhanced raman scattering may be utilized for chemical and biological sensing. The film includes a polymeric layer, and a metallic nanoparticle having a cross-section, the...
US20080295069 USER-EXTENSIBLE RULE-BASED SOURCE CODE MODIFICATION  
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to parsing for source code porting and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product...
US20080292081 Conference bridge with improved handling of control signaling during an ongoing conference  
In an exemplary method audible signals from participants of a conference call during the ongoing conference call are processed by a conference bridge. An incoming audible signal on a first line...
US20080289739 Wheel Mounted Pump for Self-Inflated Tires  
An air pump, mounted on a wheel, which pumps ambient air into the tire chamber to automatically pump up the tire as the wheel rotates. The air pump generally comprises a cylinder and a piston,...
US20080293106 Method For the Mass Production of Immunoglobulin Fc Region Deleted Initial Methionine Residues  
Disclosed is a method for the mass production of a monomeric or dimeric immunoglobulin Fc region, free of initial methionine residues, using a recombinant expression vector comprising a nucleotide...
US20080290452 Trench-constrained isolation diffusion for integrated circuit die  
A semiconductor substrate includes a pair of trenches filled with a dielectric material. Dopant introduced into the mesa between the trenches is limited from diffusing laterally when the substrate...
US20080289366 PRODUCTION METHOD OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE  
A production method of an optical waveguide includes: preparing a laminated body that includes a first clad layer and at least a core layer laminated on the first clad layer; forming a light...
US20080292465 Rotating apparatus disk  
A method ( 20 ) of fabricating a large component such as a gas turbine or compressor disk ( 32 ) from segregation-prone materials such as Alloy 706 or Alloy 718 when the size of the ingot required...
US20080294522 Method of automated distribution of advertising messages and system for carrying out the method  
The method of advertisements automated distribution includes generating the advertising information with indication of display parameters, providing the advertisements, receiving by the user mobile...
US20080289717 FIXING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, WIRE WINDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC EXCITATION COIL  
A fixing apparatus of the present invention for an electronic induction heating system includes a heat roller and a magnetic excitation coil that generates Joule heat within the heat roller. The...
US20080290577 SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS  
The sheet processing apparatus has a stapling unit which staples a sheet bundle by clinching the sheet bundle, of which sheets sequentially enters an opening between a first stapling part and a...