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US20120023393 INTENT-BASED INFORMATION PROCESSING AND UPDATES  
In various embodiments, a method for processing a user request is provided. The method may include receiving input data from a user including at least natural language associated with a user...
US20120021450 METHODS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING  
In certain aspects the present invention provides methods and compositions related to contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. In certain variations, contrast agents provided herein are...
8100031 Multi-linked device having a reinforcing member  
A steerable multi-linked device may include a first multi-linked mechanism and a second multi-linked mechanism. At least one of the first multi-linked mechanism and the second multi-linked...
8099939 Steerable multi-linked device having a modular link assembly  
A steerable multi-linked device. The device includes a first multi-linked mechanism and a second multi-linked mechanism. At least one of the first and second multi-linked mechanisms is steerable...
US20120016216 REAL-TIME MICRODIALYSIS SYSTEM  
Microdialysis systems and methods that enable self-diagnostic functions for microdialysis, including continuous monitoring of diffusion, convection, and osmosis, as well as providing intelligent...
8095227 Apparatuses, systems, and methods utilizing adaptive control  
A method for controlling a process, wherein the process has an input and an output, and including controlling the input to the process; predicting the output of the process based on a first set of...
US20120003324 Methods and Apparatus for Manufacturing Plasma Based Plastics and Bioplastics Produced Therefrom  
Blood-derived plastic articles prepared from compositions including blood and, in some embodiments, at least one crosslinking agent and/or at least one biological response modifier, that can be...
US20120003279 Methods and Apparatus for Manufacturing Plasma Based Plastics and Bioplastics Produced Therefrom  
Blood-derived plastic articles prepared from compositions including blood and, in some embodiments, at least one crosslinking agent and/or at least one biological response modifier, that can be...
US20120003193 Methods and Apparatus for Manufacturing Plasma Based Plastics and Bioplastics Produced Therefrom  
Blood-derived plastic articles prepared from compositions including blood and, in some embodiments, at least one crosslinking agent and/or at least one biological response modifier, that can be...
US20120000579 Method of Making Ultra-High Strength Stainless Steels  
An ultra-high strength stainless steel alloy with enhanced toughness includes in % by weight: 0 to 0.06% carbon (C); 12.0 to 18% chromium (Cr); 16.5 to 31.0% cobalt (Co); 0 to 8% molybdenum (Mo);...
US20110316054 Method, Apparatus, and System for Micromechanical Gas Chemical Sensing Capacitor  
A method for fabrication of capacitive environment sensors is provided in which the sensor elements are integrated in a CMOS structure with electronics through the use of complementary metal oxide...
8084017 Contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging and methods related thereto  
In certain aspects the present invention provides methods and compositions related to contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. In certain variations, contrast agents provided herein are...
US20110313243 MULTI-LINKED ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE WITH SPHERICAL DISTAL ASSEMBLY  
A device for performing a procedure may include an elongate tube having a proximal end and a distal end and an adapted link having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end may include a...
US20110311846 Sodium Ion Based Aqueous Electrolyte Electrochemical Secondary Energy Storage Device  
A secondary hybrid aqueous energy storage device includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode which is capable of reversibly intercalating sodium cations, a separator, and a sodium cation...
US20110307688 SYNTHESIS SYSTEM FOR PIPELINED DIGITAL CIRCUITS  
Computer-implemented methods and systems for synthesizing a hardware description for a pipelined datapath for a digital circuit. A transactional datapath specification framework and a transactional...
8064688 Object recognizer and detector for two-dimensional images using Bayesian network based classifier  
A system and method for determining a classifier to discriminate between two classes—object or non-object. The classifier may be used by an object detection program to detect presence of a 3D o...
US20110280784 Methods for Casting By a Float Process and Associated Apparatuses  
A method for producing a solid layer material (42), comprising providing (70) a first layer (30); providing (72) a second liquid layer (32) on the first layer (30); providing (74) a third liquid...
US20110280515 COUPLED PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUSES AND METHODS  
An apparatus and corresponding method in which the apparatus includes a dielectric waveguide and a metallic waveguide. The dielectric waveguide has an effective mode index and a longitudinal...
US20110280325 SPECTRAL-TEMPORAL AVERAGING FOR IEEE 802.11p DYNAMIC CHANNEL EQUALIZATION  
A system and method for providing dynamic channel equalization in V2V and V2I communications systems. The method includes separating the channel bandwidth of a message into a plurality of...
8049183 Apparatuses and methods for control and self-assembly of particles into adaptable monolayers  
Apparatuses and methods for the control and self-assembly of particles into adaptable monolayers and changing the relative position of a plurality of particles at an interface between two fluids,...
8044203 Chiral indole intermediates and their fluorescent cyanine dyes containing functional groups  
This invention relates to the functionalized cyanine dyes and more particularly, to the synthesis of chiral 3-substituted 2,3′-dimethyl-3H-indole and its derivatives as intermediates for p...
US20110257525 SENSOR GUIDED CATHETER NAVIGATION SYSTEM  
A method and a system for producing images of a subject, such as the heart of a human being. The method may comprise acquiring ultrasound images of the subject with a catheter comprising a position...
US20110253865 APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING A DEVICE  
An apparatus for positioning a device. The apparatus includes a coupling member, a first arm, a second arm, and a sloped support member. The coupling member defines a first opening and a second...
8039652 Methods for producing biodiesel  
Transesterification, esterification, and esterification-transesterification (both one-step and two-step) for producing biofuels. The process may be enhanced by one or more of the following: 1)...
8034197 Ultra-high strength stainless steels  
An ultra-high strength stainless steel alloy with enhanced toughness includes in % by weight: 0 to 0.06% carbon (C); 12.0 to 18% chromium (Cr); 16.5 to 31.0% cobalt (Co); 0 to 8% molybdenum (Mo);...
8032823 Intent-based information processing and updates  
In various embodiments, a method for processing a user request is provided. The method may include receiving input data from a user including at least natural language associated with a user...
US20110218306 ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION PROCESS  
Embodiments of the polymerization process of the present invention are directed to polymerizing free radically polymerizable monomers in the presence of a polymerization medium initially comprising...
7998704 Methods for magnetic resonance imaging  
In certain aspects the present invention provides methods and compositions related to contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. In certain variations, contrast agents provided herein are...
7995837 System and method for generating a terrain model for autonomous navigation in vegetation  
The disclosed terrain model is a generative, probabilistic approach to modeling terrain that exploits the 3D spatial structure inherent in outdoor domains and an array of noisy but abundant sensor...
7981038 Sensor guided catheter navigation system  
A method and a system for producing images of a subject, such as the heart of a human being. The method may comprise acquiring ultrasound images of the subject with a catheter comprising a position...
7980953 Method for labeling images through a computer game  
A methodology to determine the contents of an image uses an online game that is played by a large number of people at once. Each player may be randomly assigned a partner to form a pair. Partners...
US20110159519 OPTICAL BIOSENSORS  
Provided are biosensors, compositions comprising biosensors, and methods of using biosensors in living cells and organisms. The biosensors are able to be selectively targeted to certain regions or...
US20110152613 ARTICULATED DEVICE WITH VISUALIZATION SYSTEM  
An articulated device may include a first steerable multi-linked mechanism and a second steerable multi-linked mechanism. The second steerable multi-linked mechanism may include a first link, a...
7964361 Rigidized trimethine cyanine dyes  
Disclosed are analogues of trimethine cyanine dyes, which are useful for importing fluorescent properties to target materials by covalent and non-covalent association.
7948708 Simultaneous bit pattern determination and head positional information detection on patterned media  
An apparatus, system, and method comprise a magnetoresistive head configured to respond to magnetization states of patterned cells formed on a patterned medium. The magnetoresistive head detects...
7946546 Apparatus for positioning a device  
An apparatus for positioning a device. The apparatus includes a coupling member, a first arm, a second arm, and a sloped support member. The coupling member defines a first opening and a second...
7945868 Tunable integrated circuit design for nano-scale technologies  
The invention discloses a method for tuning nano-scale analog-circuit designs in order to reduce random-device mismatches and optimize said design, where nano-scale devices potentially have...
US20110111138 METAL INK COMPOSITIONS, CONDUCTIVE PATTERNS, METHODS, AND DEVICES  
Metal complexes adapted to form conductive metal films and lines upon deposition and treatment. The metal complex can be a covalent complex and can comprise a first and second ligand. Low...
US20110098651 DISSOLVABLE MICRONEEDLE ARRAYS FOR TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY TO HUMAN SKIN  
A method of forming a microneedle array can include forming a sheet of material having a plurality of layers and micromilling the sheet of material to form a microneedle array. At least one of the...
7928896 Application of time reversal to synthetic aperture imaging  
A method and apparatus for target focusing and ghost image removal in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is disclosed. Conventional SAR is not designed for imaging targets in a rich scattering...
7920992 Method and system for modeling uncertainties in integrated circuits, systems, and fabrication processes  
A method and system for modeling uncertainties in integrated circuits, systems and fabrication processes may include defining interval values for each uncertain component or parameter in a circuit...
7918080 Steerable multi-linked device having a modular link assembly  
A steerable multi-linked device. The device includes a first multi-linked mechanism and a second multi-linked mechanism. At least one of the first and second multi-linked mechanisms is steerable...
US20110066262 Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods for Apparatus Operation and Remote Sensing  
A method and system for controlling an apparatus including receiving data indicative of an actual state of the apparatus, defining a first viewpoint relative to at least one of the environment and...
US20110064674 LUMINESCENT MULTIMODAL NANOPARTICLE PROBE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF  
A method of manufacture of a luminescent nanoparticle probe system includes forming a bismuth sulfide core; and coating the bismuth sulfide core with a shell.
7908131 Method for parameterized model order reduction of integrated circuit interconnects  
The present invention is a method and apparatus for creating a reduced-order IC interconnect model, which incorporates variations in interconnect process parameters, and models both on-chip and...
US20110060107 PREPARATION OF FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS  
The process of the present invention is directed toward conducting highly selective, high yield post polymerization reactions on polymers to prepare functionalized polymers. An embodiment of the...
US20110056320 STEERABLE MULTI-LINKED DEVICE HAVING A MODULAR LINK ASSEMBLY  
A steerable multi-linked device. The device includes a first multi-linked mechanism and a second multi-linked mechanism. At least one of the first and second multi-linked mechanisms is steerable...
US20110052945 Sodium Based Aqueous Electrolyte Electrochemical Secondary Energy Storage Device  
A secondary hybrid aqueous energy storage device includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode which is capable of reversibly intercalating sodium cations, a separator, and a sodium cation...
7893174 Atom transfer radical polymerization process  
Embodiments of the polymerization process of the present invention are directed to polymerizing free radically polymerizable monomers in the presence of a polymerization medium initially comprising...
7893173 Polymerization process with catalyst reactivation  
Polymerization processes of the present invention comprise low catalyst concentration. Embodiments include a polymerization process comprising polymerizing free radically (co)polymerizable monomers...