Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions 01/07

20070021916 - Electromagnetic surveying for hydrocarbon reservoirs: A method of electromagnetic surveying of an area of seafloor that is thought or known to contain a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir is described. The method includes broadcasting an EM signal from a horizontal electric dipole (HED) transmitter and obtaining vertical electric dipole (VED) response data at a remote receiver in... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070021917 - 3-structure of a whole integrin $g(a) v$g(b) extracellular region and uses therefor: The invention features the structural coordinates of a portion of a αVβ3 integrin and the use of the coordinates in methods for identifying molecules which will bind to αVβ3 integrin and, preferably, modulate, e.g., increase or decrease, αVβ3 integrin-mediated adhesion and/or signalling. The identification methods generally involve computer-based structural modelling... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070021925 - Method and apparatus for searching for protein amphiphilic secondary structure region: When the secondary structure is an α-helix, moving averages of hydrophobic value are calculated respectively for odd-numbered amino acid residues and even-numbered amino acid residues in an amino acid sequence to be analyzed, and broken line graphs are created from the moving averages. When the secondary structure is a β-sheet,... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070021926 - Method and system for designing proteins and protein backbone configurations: The present invention provides a method and system for identifying, designing, and synthesizing proteins and protein backbones. The invention permits the qualitative identification of designable protein configurations and synthesis of protein folds. The method and system involve generating backbone protein configurations using a set of dihedral angle pairs, normalizing the... Agent: White & Case LLP Patent Department

20070021920 - Selective resonance of chemical structures: Chemical compositions may be selectively or preferentially excited by the application of scores comprising a series of energy inputs.... Agent: Searete LLC

20070021921 - Selective resonance of chemical structures: Chemical compositions may be selectively or preferentially excited by the application of scores comprising a series of energy inputs.... Agent: Searete LLC Suite 110

20070021922 - Selective resonance of chemical structures: Chemical compositions may be selectively or preferentially excited by the application of scores comprising a series of energy inputs.... Agent: Searete LLC Suite 110

20070021923 - Selective resonance of chemical structures: Chemical compositions may be selectively or preferentially excited by the application of scores comprising a series of energy inputs.... Agent: Searete LLC Suite 110

20070021924 - Selective resonance of chemical structures: Chemical compositions may be selectively or preferentially excited by the application of scores comprising a series of energy inputs.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070021919 - Silico design of chemical arrays: A system is described which comprises an input manager for receiving probe request information from a probe requester and a processing module configured to identify a probe sequence associated with the probe request information, wherein the processing module associates a flag with one or more nucleic acid sequences corresponding to... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070021918 - Universal gene chip for high throughput chemogenomic analysis: The invention provides methods for preparing reagent sets based on small subsets of highly informative genes capable of carrying out a broad range of chemogenomic classification tasks. The invention also provides high-throughput diagnostic assays and devices based on these reduced subsets of information rich genes. In addition, the invention provides... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070021928 - Method and apparatus for displaying genetic information computer product: Pie charts are respectively displayed at coordinate locations in each upper left corner of image data that indicates genes on a network diagram N by a genetic information display apparatus. These pie charts can also be displayed semi-transparently. Numerical values of gene expression information (including a first expression level, its... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070021927 - Selective resonance of chemical structures: Chemical compositions may be selectively or preferentially excited by the application of scores comprising a series of energy inputs.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070021929 - Computing methods for control of high-throughput experimental processing, digital analysis, and re-arraying comparative samples in computer-designed arrays: Computer-controlled automated high-throughput systems can be used to design, prepare, process, screen, and analyze a large number of samples in removable sample vials each containing a compound of interest formulated with differing component combinations and varying concentrations. The computer-controlled methods of the present invention allow for a determination of the... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070021930 - Method and apparatus for controlling a computer system: A handheld computing device is introduced comprising a motion detection sensor(s) and a motion control agent. The motion detection sensor(s) detect motion of the computing device in one or more of six (6) fields of motion and generate an indication of such motion. The motion control agent, responsive to the... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070021931 - Covwe for diew point sensor mounted on a printed circuit board: The invention relates to a field device for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a container. The field device includes: at least one mechanically oscillatable unit (1) connected with the container via a process connection (2); and at least one driver/receiver unit (5), which... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070021932 - Serial data transmission method and system: A serial data transmission system practical for use in a high noise environment, for example, in a car to facilitate accurate transmission of serial data between two electronic apparatus and to improve the signal-to-noise ratio and to save system resources at the receiving connector is disclosed to have an additional... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070021933 - Phase detector: The present invention concerns a phase Detector for detecting a phase difference between a data clock DATA-CLK and a reference clock REF-CLK using a data signal DATA. A transition of the data signal DATA is synchronous with a transition of the data clock DATA-CLK. The data clock DATA-CLK and the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070021934 - Measuring or test device comprising interchangeable functional units: A measuring device or test device is provided which includes several functional units that are interconnected. The functional units are interchangeable or can be added or omitted in a variable manner. The measuring or test device can be configured with functional units whose functional characteristics differ in terms of precision... Agent: Ditthavong & Carlson

20070021935 - Methods for verifying gas flow rates from a gas supply system into a plasma processing chamber: Methods of measuring gas flow rates in a gas supply system for supplying gas to a plasma processing chamber are provided. In a differential flow method, a flow controller is operated at different set flow rates, and upstream orifice pressures are measured for the set flow rates at ambient conditions.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070021936 - System and method for fluid distribution: A system comprises a plurality of sensors disposed at predetermined locations in a fluid distribution network and a server receiving sensor data from the sensors indicative of at least one predetermined characteristic of flow through the network, the server comparing the sensor data to stored data to determine an existence... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070021937 - Apparatus and method for compensating secondary currents used in differential protection to correct for a phase shift introduced between high voltage and low voltage transformer windings: Provided is an apparatus and method for providing to a differential relay an operational vector-group compensation setting pair that automatically provides correction for a phase shift occurring between currents of at least two windings of a power transformer. The method includes calculating a first and second plurality of phasors using... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070021938 - Parameter extracting method: A parameter extracting method capable of accurately and effectively extracting parameters used for charged particle beam exposure. The method comprises the steps of forming an unknown parameter layer on a known parameter layer, forming a resist on the unknown parameter layer, subjecting the resist to exposure through patterns changed in... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070021939 - Method for generating a control output for a position control loop: A method for optically detecting the position of a moveable test object (10), especially a mirror or reflector, in which a measuring beam (6) produced by a light source (2) is reflected by the test object (10 and reaches a position-sensitive light detector (12) which carrier out a conversion into... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070021940 - Use of imaging innovations for design and modification: A method for making and using automated non-contact measurements of the customer's body or limb structure, for applications is disclosed. Typical applications are manufacture of garments, including men's suits, pants, shirts and ladies dresses, pant-suits etc. The method of measurements can also be used for ergonomically designing products suitable for... Agent: Sarah Peter

20070021941 - Embedded system for diagnostics and prognostics of conduits: An apparatus providing a means for assessment of the integrity of insulated conduits, harnesses, cables, pipelines and other interconnection systems constructed with integral sensitized media, discrete sensors, and electronics providing a means for transforming sensed data into information and a means for communicating information for the purpose of understanding the... Agent: Mr. Kenneth G. Blemel

20070021942 - Performance control apparatus and method for data processing system: A processing unit (processor) performs processing of programs. A monitoring unit measures the rate of operation of an instruction processor in the processing unit. Information which is a standard for judging modification of the performance is stored in a control information memory unit. A control unit judges on the basis... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070021943 - Method for estimating a maintenance date and apparatus using the same: A method for estimating maintenance dates includes steps of obtaining one or more differences between detected values and maintenance values of parameters, and determining whether the differences are beyond predefined values. The method further includes a step of implementing or recommending an initiation of maintenance if any of the differences... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20070021946 - Lamp monitoring and control unit and method: A unit and method for remotely monitoring and/or controlling an apparatus and specifically for remotely monitoring and/or controlling street lamps. The lamp monitoring and control unit comprises a processing and sensing unit for sensing at least one lamp parameter of an associated lamp, and for processing the lamp parameter to... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070021944 - Municipal cleaning systems and methods: The present invention provides systems and methods for cleaning a municipality, factory or the like. The system and methods may include deploying a plurality of mobile cleaning systems, wherein each mobile cleaning system is equipped with a monitoring system and a communications system. The mobile cleaning systems communicate with a... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20070021945 - Systems and methods for use in remote data collection, such as for use with atmospheric data collection devices: A system for reconfiguring data collection devices located remotely from a user is described. The system enables a user to change the type of data collected by a data collection device, even after it is deployed to a remote or inaccessible environment. In some cases, the data collection devices are... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070016375 - Method and apparatus for extracting and evaluating mutually similar portions in one-dimensional sequences in molecules and/or three-dimensional structures of molecules: In the analysis of one-dimensional sequences of molecules, the longest common subsequence, the number of elements constituting the subsequence, and appearance positions of the subsequence are determined by a novel and simple method, and processes, such as homology decision, homology search, motif search and alignment are performed based on the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070016376 - Method and device for searching drug binding site of protein: A search device for searching a specific surface site of protein includes: a database that stores morphology data of first surface sites of a first protein and second surface sites of a second protein; a specifying unit that specifies one of the first surface sites as a drug binding site;... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070016378 - Method and system for affinity analysis: A method of determining affinity for a molecular binding interaction from measured steady state binding data comprises the steps of: a) providing a plurality of experimental binding data sets for the binding interaction between two chemical species, wherein each data set includes binding data measured at multiple time points during... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070016374 - Method, system, and computer program product for identifying binding conformations of chemical fragments and biological molecules: A new approach to identifying binding conformations of chemical fragments and biological molecules is presented, in which fragment poses are explored in a systematic fashion. In an embodiment, for each pose, a fast computation is performed of the fragment interaction with the biological molecule using interpolation on a grid. Once... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20070016380 - Protein engineering: A method of protein engineering is provided wherein a searchable computer database is created comprising entries in the form of descriptions of a location and orientation in 3D space of side chains of the constituent amino acid residues of a framework protein. A query is created which corresponds to a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070016379 - Scientist domain-centric user interface and enabling \"soft\" translation: The scientist domain-centric user interface system may prompt the user to supply scientist-centric information expressed utilizing terminology of a scientific domain, such as biology or analytical chemistry. A translation system then generates control parameters to control the search algorithm, thus relieving the user from having to learn how select and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070016373 - System and method for automatic color segmentation and minimum significant response for measurement of fractional localized intensity of cellular compartments: A system, a method, and a programmed device for measurement of translocational activity among cellular compartments process magnified images of cellular material exposed to an agent by segmenting and compartmentalizing the images and then measuring fractional localized intensity of two or more components in the segmented, compartmentalized image. The measured... Agent: Beckman Coulter, Inc. C/o Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP

20070016377 - System and method for improved computer drug design: A system and method for computer-aided drug design is less restricted by accuracy of calculated ligand-receptor binding affinity, better copes with the flexibility of ligands and its effect on binding affinity, and limits the generation of undesirable compounds and the likelihood of biasing results with assumptions made in development.... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070016381 - Systems and methods for processing analyte sensor data: The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for processing sensor data, including calculating a rate of change of sensor data and/or determining an acceptability of sensor or reference data.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070016383 - Method for the evolutionary design of biochemical reaction networks: The present invention relates to methods for achieving an optimal function of a biochemical reaction network. The methods can be performed in silico using a reconstruction of a biochemical reaction network of a cell and iterative optimization procedures. The methods can further include laboratory culturing steps to confirm and possibly... Agent: Lisa A. Haile, J.d., Ph.d. Dla Piper US LLP

20070016382 - Methods for selecting a collection of single nucleotide polymorphisms: The invention relates to the selection of a collection of relevant single nucleotide polymorphisms across a genome to design a nucleic acid probe array. As such, the invention relates to diverse fields impacted by the nature of genetics, including biology, medicine, and medical diagnostics.... Agent: Affymetrix, Inc Attn: ChiefIPCounsel, Legal Dept.

20070016384 - Compact pressure-sensing device: The invention is a compact sensing device that is capable of measuring the conditions (e,g, pressure, temperature) inside a cylinder of an internal combustion engine. The invention is also a cost-effective method of fabricating the sensing device. The sensing device includes a substrate, a beam, and piezo-resistive sensing elements. The... Agent: Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP

20070016385 - Method of speed measure on turbo superchargers of internal combustion engines by means of vibrations analysis and equipment to perform it: A method of determining speed of rotation of a motor is provided. The method involves collecting samples with a measuring sensor at a sampling frequency, set on the basis of mechanical vibration of the motor, for the duration of a measurement period and storing the samples in the memory of... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070016386 - Coordinate tracking system, apparatus and method of use: A system enables indirect determination of a position vector (VR) of a point position (P). The system uses two fixed trackers (10 and 10′) whose absolute positions are known. A movable measuring device (20) provides a rigid rod (25) supporting a pair of reflectors (30 and 30′) which are mounted... Agent: Patent Law & Venture Group

20070016387 - Knock determining apparatus: A knock determining apparatus includes a sensor which outputs a waveform signal corresponding to a knock state, and at least one of a first to a third knock determiner which determines a knock state based on a vibration intensity distribution of the waveform signal. A knock detector compares the vibration... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070010946 - Method and system for geophysical data acquisition on an airship: A geophysical survey is conducted, using specialized instruments, to measure the gravity field by flying over a terrain of interest. A series of nominally parallel survey lines can be flown until a total region to be surveyed has been covered. The geophysical survey data is collected using an airship or... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070010947 - Method and system to generate deliverable files: Techniques for generating deliverable files from well logging data include obtaining the well logging data, wherein the well logging data is associated with a unique identifier; outputting a graphical deliverable file based on the well logging data, one or more templates, and a set of graphical deliverable attributes that specify... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20070010951 - Automated quality control method and system for genetic analysis: Aspects of the present invention describe a method and apparatus for automating quality control for gene expression data. A computer based device receives gene expression data associated with a spectral species and genetic sample in each well of a plate. Gene expression data may be received from a sequence detection... Agent: Wiesner & Associates

20070010949 - Crystal structures of yhhf polypeptides: The present invention relates to novel drug targets for pathogenic bacteria. Accordingly, the invention provides purified protein comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4. The invention also provides biochemical and biophysical characteristics of the polypeptides of the invention.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070010948 - G protein-coupled receptor structural model and a method of designing ligand binding to g protein-coupled receptor by using the structural model: The present invention provides a method for constructing a structural model of a complex that a G protein-coupled protein receptor forms with a ligand capable of binding the G protein-coupled receptor and a three-dimensional structural model of an activated intermediate in the structural model of the complex. The present invention... Agent: Burns Doane Swecker & Mathis L L P

20070010950 - Method to determine the degree and stability of blood glucose control in patients with diabetes mellitus via the creation and continuous update of new statistical indicators in blood glucose monitors or free standing computers: Microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus are closely related to blood glucose levels and fluctuations. The Glycostator statistical package was created to allow patients and health care providers simple access to “glycemic indicators” which permit a “snapshot view” of the effectiveness of the patient's diabetes management program. Glycostator functions provide a... Agent: Daniel Abensour

20070010952 - Molecules comprising a calcineurin-like binding pocket and encoded data storage medium capable of graphically displaying them: The present invention relates to crystallized molecules and molecular complexes which comprise the active site binding pocket or the FKBP12/FK506 binding pocket of calcineurin or close structural homologues to either binding pocket. This invention also relates to a data storage material encoded with the corresponding structure coordinates of those crystallized... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070010953 - Auto-analysis framework for sequence evaluation: An automated system for evaluating biological samples which includes a centralized registry that contains protocols and configuration information for both instruments and analysis applications. The registry provides for improved automation of biological process runs using an autoanalysis applications manager component or daemon, which accesses and transmits the appropriate protocol and... Agent: Mila Kasan, Patent Dept. Applied Biosystems

20070010954 - Inspection system and apparatus: A method and system for identifying a defect or contamination on a surface of a sample. The system operates by detecting changes in work function across a surface via both vCPD and nvCPD. It utilizes a non-vibrating contact potential difference (nvCPD) sensor for imaging work function variations over an entire... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070010955 - Flowmeter specification and ordering system: A modular system and method is provided for enabling remote configuring and ordering of flowmeters in a client-server environment. The system includes a meter selection module configured to enable a user to select from a plurality of flowmeter types. A process data module receives process data from a client and... Agent: Sampson & Associates, P.C.

20070010957 - Cqi and rank prediction for list sphere decoding and ml mimo receivers: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate integrating a list-sphere decoding design in a multiple input-multiple output (MIMO wireless communication environment. According to various aspects, optimal rank selection and CQI computation for an optimal rank can be performed in conjunction with a non-linear receiver, such as a maximum life (ML)... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070010956 - Method and system for indoor geolocation using an impulse response fingerprinting technique: A system and method for predicting the location of a transmitter in an indoor zone of interest, including fixed receiver for receiving a signal from the transmitter, the receiver deriving a fingerprint from the received signal, and a trained neural network. The trained neural network predicts the transmitter location from... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070010958 - Method and apparatus for automating calibration of test instruments: A calibration engine, which seeks to eliminate disconnects between both manual and automated calibration procedures. It abstracts the process of procedure development such that procedure writers can produce automated procedures without being computer programmers. By organizing calibration procedure elements in a relational database format, a relational automated calibration engine (RACE)... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070010959 - System and method for error compensation of a coordinate measurement machine: A method for error compensation of a Coordinate Measurement Machine (CMM) includes the steps of: setting a mathematical mode; detecting errors of the CMM; compensating the errors; measuring a standard object on the CMM and obtaining measured values; calculating the deviation of the measured values and compensation factors of each... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070010960 - Method for the adaptive correction of drift phenomena in a force-measuring device, and force-measuring device: A method serves to correct drift phenomena, in particular creep effects, occurring in an electronic balance that has a measuring transducer through which a measuring signal is formed which is representative of a load applied to the force-measuring device. The measuring signal is delivered by way of an analog/digital converter... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070010961 - Driver calibration methods and circuits: Described are amplifiers that facilitate high-speed communication with calibrated drive strength and termination impedance. Drivers and termination elements can be divided into a number N of parallel portions, one or more of which can be disabled and updated without interfering with signal (e.g., clock or data) transmission. Some embodiments identify... Agent: Silicon Edge Law Group, LLP

20070010962 - [test interface card]: A test interface card for use in a test host without hot plug function is disclosed. The test interface card comprises a Bus power control circuit; a microcontroller, adopted for sensing a control status of the Bus power control circuit and transmitting a sensing result to the test host; a... Agent: Animation Technologies Inc.

20070010963 - Apparatus and method for dynamic configuration of temperature profile in an integrated circuit: An integrated circuit including a temperature sensor, configurable temperature profile logic, at least one controller, and temperature control logic. The temperature sensor provides an operating temperature value. The configurable temperature profile logic provides a configured operating temperature range. The temperature control logic has a first input receiving the operating temperature... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.C.

20070010964 - Process and system for detecting decrease in tire air-pressure and tire deflation judging program: A judgment whether a decrease in tire air-pressure occurs or not is performed by a process comprising the steps of: detecting information on wheel rotational velocities of tires; obtaining a judgment value for decrease in tire air-pressure based on relative comparison between the detected information on wheel rotational velocities; storing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070010965 - True azimuth and north finding method and system: A method and a system are recited for obtaining a true azimuth heading for correcting a coarse azimuth heading measured from an observation position to a specific selected target by operating a data acquisition system disposed at the observation position. In principle, data is acquired and measurements are taken to... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070010966 - System and method for mining model accuracy display: Systems and methods are provided for producing displays of the accuracy of data mining or statistical models that produce associative predictions. For all cases in a testing data set, the model makes predictions and provides associated probabilities. The cases are sorted by their probability of making accurate predictions and a... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070010967 - Holding device for a sensor signal, method for forwarding a sensor signal and computer program: A holding device for a sensor signal comprises a signal input receiving a sensor signal, a signal output and a storage device coupled to the signal input and output. The storage device is designed to store a signal value in a first state and to update it based on the... Agent: Baker Botts, L.L.P.

20070010968 - Dedicated process diagnostic device: A field mountable dedicated process diagnostic device is used for diagnosing operation of an industrial control or monitoring system. An input is configured to receive at least one process signal related to operation of the industrial process. A memory contains diagnostic program instructions configured to implement a diagnostic algorithm using... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070010969 - Pick and place machine with improved setup and operation procedure: Embodiments of the present invention improve upon component level inspection performed by pick and place machines. Such improvements include providing first article inspection in pick and place machines by collecting images of the placement event inside the machine and identifying errors as they happen. By displaying this information as it... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070010970 - Quality analysis method and program: A graphical user interface for a quality analysis computer program includes a first display area for displaying graphical representations of statistical data and a second display area containing a tree representation of a quality analysis project. The tree representation may include one or more quality analysis project steps, one or... Agent: Holland & Hart LLP

20070010971 - Method of automatically transferring router functionality: There is provided a heterogeneous communication network (10) preferably conforming to contemporary IPv4-/IPv6-standards. The network (10) includes several interconnected nodes including one or more candidate devices (100, 110, 130). Moreover, some of the nodes are operable as data routers (60, 100, 110). The present invention provides a method for dynamically... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070010973 - Method and system for non-destructive distribution profiling of an element in a film: A method to determine a distribution profile of an element in a film. The method comprises exciting an electron energy of an element deposited in a first film, obtaining a first spectrum associating with the electron energy, and removing a background spectrum from the first spectrum. Removing the background value... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070010972 - System and method for measuring characteristics of continuous media and/or localized targets using at least one multi-frequency sensor: A method and system is provided for obtaining data indicative of at least one characteristic of a continuous medium or at least one localized target located within a predetermined volume of space. The system includes a sensor configuration with at least one sensor for acquiring a plurality of signals from... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070010974 - Sensors and methods for high-sensitivity optical particle counting and sizing: A single-particle optical sensor, which has high sensitivity and responds to relatively concentrated suspensions, uses a relatively narrow light beam to illuminate an optical sensing zone nonuniformly. The zone is smaller than the flow channel so that the sensor responds to only a fraction of the total number of particles... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070005249 - Weather radar echo tops forecast generation: Described are a method and a system for generating a short-term forecast of echo tops as defined by weather radar measurements. The method includes receiving echo tops images for different times. An echo tops growth rate and an echo tops maximum value are determined for pixels in one of the... Agent: Guerin & Rodriguez, LLP

20070005251 - Density log without a nuclear source: An acoustic transducer on a downhole tool sends an acoustic wave through a sensor plate. The signal is reflected by the borehole wall back towards the transducer. The received signal is responsive to the formation impedance.... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20070005250 - System and method for locating leaks in petroleum wells: A system and method for locating leaks in oil wells based on the principles of vibration and pressure. Leaks are located by the identification and measurement of characteristic signals comprising elastic mechanical vibrations and pressure activity within the interior of an oil well that corresponds to the depth and location... Agent: Miguel Villarreal, Jr. Suite 1500

20070005252 - Method and apparatus for predicting and controlling secondary kicks while dealing with a primary kick experienced when drilling an oil and gas well: A method and apparatus for predicting and controlling secondary kicks, while dealing with a primary kick experienced when drilling an oil and gas well. The method includes a step of determining whether a different pressure per cubic meter of mud pit volume has been caused by a secondary kick by... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070005253 - Method for updating a geologic model by seismic and production data: The invention relates to a method allowing prediction of the production of an underground reservoirs, such as development of oil reservoirs, comprising generating and updating a parameterized geologic model from production data and seismic data, in particular 4D seismic data. The production data are simulated from the geologic model and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070005257 - Bayesian network frameworks for biomedical data mining: A system and method for data classification are provided, the system including a processor, an adapter in signal communication with the processor for receiving data, a filtering unit in signal communication with the processor for pre-processing the data and filtering features of the data, a selection unit in signal communication... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070005261 - Cellular fibronectin as a diagnostic marker in stroke and methods of use thereof: Methods for the diagnosis and evaluation of stroke and stroke sub-type employ a variety of bio-markers including cellular fibronectin (c-Fn) assembled as a panel for stoke diagnosis and evaluation. Methods are disclosed for selecting markers and correlating their combined levels with a clinical outcome of interest. In various aspects the... Agent: William Fuess Fuess & Davidenas

20070005263 - Database system including computer code for predictive cellular bioinformatics: According to the present invention, computer based techniques for using information technology in therapeutics or drug discovery. In an exemplary embodiment, computer based techniques for determining information about the properties of substances based upon information about structure of living or non-living cells exposed to substances are provided. Computer software according... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070005258 - Identification of ligands for macromolecules: Methods and systems of analyzing positions and orientations of molecular fragments to generate macromolecular binding ligands, including analyzing the positions and orientations of molecular fragments in relation to other molecular fragments to bond the molecular fragments to form ligands.... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20070005259 - Incremental determination of teiresias patterns: A method for determining Teiresias patterns. Provided as input to the method are: a set S′0 of n sequences denoted as S1, S2, . . . Sn; positive integers L, W, and K; and Teiresias patterns P′0 consisting of all <L, W, K> patterns for the set S′0. Each sequence... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070005262 - Mapping and reconstitution of a conformational discontinuous binding surface: The structure of conformational, discontinuous binding surfaces that associate with a binding molecule, preferably the epitopes of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) may be discovered. The binding molecule is used to select specific peptides from a peptide library that, in turn, are used as a binding surface (epitope) defining database that is... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070005256 - Method and apparatus for real-time correlation of data collected from biological sensors: A method and apparatus are provided for performing real-time correlation of data collected from biological sensors, including, but not limited to, sensors adapted to analyze biological material (e.g., blood or tissue samples) and environmental material (e.g., air or water samples). In one embodiment, a method for correlating biological data over... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan L.L.P.

20070005260 - Method, system and program storage medium for expression data analysis: A method for analysis in which a user can readily compare expression data and a pathway with a computer is provided as an alternative to subjective comparison or manual comparison of the expression data and the pathway according to certain criteria. Expression data of a protein/gene other than a target... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070005254 - Methods and apparatuses for processing biological data: Methods and apparatuses are described to process an n-dimensional data set acquired from a measurement on a biological sample. A method includes dividing an n-dimensional data set into n-dimensional sub-regions, wherein a size of a dimension of an n-dimensional sub-region is less than a size of the dimension of the... Agent: Peloquin, PLLC

20070005255 - Synthetic active peptide fragments: The present invention relates to peptide fragments which have one or more shared and/or similar amino acid sequences to amino acid sequences of specific portions of the 14 kDa protein of S. mansoni (Sm14) or related FABPs (Fatty Acid Binding Proteins), the said peptide fragments functioning as continuous or discontinuous... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070005266 - Process plant monitoring based on multivariate statistical analysis and on-line process simulation: Disclosed are systems and methods for on-line monitoring of operation of a process in connection with process measurements indicative of the operation of the process. In some cases, the operation of the process is simulated to generate model data indicative of a simulated representation of the operation of the process... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20070005264 - System and method for chemical hazard classification: An exemplary method for the determination and classification of chemical hazards comprises the steps of: specifying physical data corresponding to a chemical material; optionally validating the physical data; and processing the physical data and/or validation data to produce a classification result. Various features and parameters of the present invention may... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC.

20070005265 - System and method for providing environmental impact information, recording medium recording the information, and computer data signal: An environmental impact information collection system modifies and analyzes environmental impact information, which is collected and stored in advance, and obtains the environmental impact at each process done in an organization, according to each product. The environmental impact information collection system then obtains a set of environmental impacts in a... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070005267 - Mobile communication device with gas detecting function: A mobile communication device with gas detecting function can detect the quality of air and immediately transfer air condition data to some remote database. The mobile communication device comprises a mobile communication module and a gas detector. The mobile communication module further comprises a communication interface, a microprocessor, and a... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070005268 - Method and apparatus for analyzing twinned crystal: A method and an apparatus for analyzing a twinned crystal can display three-dimensionally the real space unit lattice, the reciprocal space primitive lattices and the reciprocal lattice points of each component of the twinned crystal. Respective crystal orientation matrices of the plural components of the twinned crystal are obtained with... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070005269 - Interference pattern testing of materials: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention identify a flaw in a structure by comparing a first interference pattern resulting from a first wave signal and a second wave signal propagating through the structure to a second interference pattern resulting from the first wave signal and... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070005270 - Method for examining plate steel on concrete: The present invention examines coherence integrity of a joint interface between a construction and a reinforcing plate steel in a to-be-examined area by comparing a waveform obtained in advance with a back echo waveform received.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070005271 - Method for optimizing the performance of a semiconductor detector: This method for optimizing the performance of a semiconductor detector intended to detect electromagnetic radiation, especially X-rays or γ rays, equipped with electrodes separately mounted on two opposite surfaces of said detector, namely a cathode and a pixelated anode respectively, involves (i) determining the signal that is representative of the... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070005272 - Method and apparatus for detecting and characterizing particles in a multiphase fluid: A method and apparatus for measuring the size and distribution of particles within a multiphase fluid flowing within a pipe is provided, wherein the apparatus includes at least one metering device for determining at least one of the mixture density of the fluid, the flow rate of the fluid and... Agent: Robert D. Crawford Cidra Corporation

20070005273 - Portable hydrant meter and system of use thereof: The meter system comprises a portable water meter that is releaseably mountable onto a discharge nozzle of the fire hydrant and a flow sensor that senses the water flow rate passing therethrough the portable water meter. A processor receives, processes, and/or stores data from the flow sensor and a satellite... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070005274 - Methods and apparatus for detecting failure of an isolation device: Apparatus for detecting failure of an isolation device includes a current sensor to sense current through the isolation device and a circuit responsive to the current sensor output signal and to an enable signal that controls the isolation device for providing an Early Failure Warning (EFW) signal indicative of whether... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070005276 - Apparatus and method for testing state of charge in battery: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for estimating a state of charge (SOC) in a battery, in which the battery SOC is estimated using a fusion type soft computing algorithm, thereby accurately estimating the battery SOC in a high C-rate environment. The apparatus includes a detector unit for detecting current,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070005275 - Automated integration of data in utility monitoring systems: An automated integrated monitoring (IM) algorithm that automatically puts data from a utility monitoring system into context by temporally aligning the data to a common reference point and by identifying the location of each monitoring device in a hierarchy relative to other devices. Frequency variation data is received from all... Agent: Square D Company Legal Department - I.p. Group

20070005277 - Automated hierarchy classification in utility monitoring systems: An auto-learned hierarchy algorithm that learns the hierarchical layout of a power monitoring system. Historical power data from each meter is received and placed into a data table. The main is assumed to be at the top of the hierarchy and is designated as the reference. A check matrix is... Agent: Square D Company Legal Department - I.p. Group

20070005278 - Method and apparatus for improved radiation detection: In a method for measuring detected radiation, an analog data signal is converted to a digital data signal having aperiodic data pulses varying with intensity of the analog data signal. A time signal indicative of data intervals is produced. The data pulses are counted. A data count is stored in... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070005279 - System and method for examining high-frequency clock-masking signal patterns at full speed: The present invention provides for a method for examining high-frequency clock-masking signal patterns at a reduced frequency. A first mode of a first shift register is selected. A plurality of bits is loaded on the first shift register at a first frequency. A second mode of the first shift register... Agent: Ibm Corporation (cs) C/o Carr LLP

20070005280 - Photomask quality estimation system and method for use in manufacturing of semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing the semiconductor device: A photomask quality estimation system comprises a measuring unit, a latitude computation unit and an estimation unit. The measuring unit measures the mask characteristic of each of a plurality of chip patterns formed on a mask substrate. The latitude computation unit computes the exposure latitude of each chip pattern based... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070005281 - Systems and methods providing reusable test logic: Systems and methods for a design and runtime environment provide polymorphic test elements that may be used within an automated test procedure. The polymorphic test elements may include navigation maps, test verbs, or component templates.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070005282 - Device and method to reduce simultaneous switching noise: By reducing a cumulative number of drivers changing values during a transition, the cumulative current change may be reduced, along with the simultaneous switching noise effects. Also, a reduced cumulative current change can also reduce voltage fluctuations in ground and/or power planes of a chip, thereby minimizing potential improper logic... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070005284 - Programmable image computer: An inspection system for detecting anomalies on a substrate. The inspection system has a sensor array for generating image data. A first high speed network is coupled to the sensor array and receives and communicates the image data. An array of process nodes is coupled to the first high speed... Agent: Lng/kla Joint Customer C/o Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20070005283 - Systems and methods for a distributed execution environment with per-command environment management: Systems, methods and media for providing a distributed execution environment with per-command environment management are disclosed. In one embodiment, a plurality of digital systems are connected to a serving device. The serving device comprises a sequencer to originate environment attributes and commands to be executed within the environment. Each digital... Agent: Ibm Coporation (rtp) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070005285 - Method and apparatus for calibrating delay lines: A delay line (DL) circuit used to generate test pattern waveforms has a pulse generating circuit that is used during calibration to generate a pulse signal upon receiving a signal edge. A delay line of the DL circuit receives the pulse signal and delays the pulse signal by a selected... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070005286 - Test apparatus, and method of manufacturing semiconductor memory: A test apparatus includes a pattern memory for storing a test pattern to be inputted to a memory-under-test, an address generating section for sequentially outputting addresses of the memory-under-test into which the test pattern is to be written, a pointer section for sequentially pointing each address of the pattern memory... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070005287 - Automatic hi-pot test appartus and method: An exemplary automatic hi-pot test apparatus (20) includes a high voltage supply (21), a transmission device configured for transmitting an electronic device (26) to be tested, a connecting device electrically connected to the high voltage supply and configured for moving and electrically connecting with or electrically disconnecting from the electronic... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070005288 - High resolution time interval measurement apparatus and method: A time interval measurement apparatus and method counts the total number of full clock time periods between two measurement signals. Clock fractional time periods are generated between each of the two measurement signals and the next leading edge of a full clock time period. The total number of full clock... Agent: William M Hanlon, Jr Young & Basile, PC

20070005290 - Method and apparatus for monitoring integrated circuit temperature through deterministic path delays: An apparatus for monitoring the temperature of an integrated circuit device includes a conductive wiring pattern formed on the integrated circuit device, extending into areas of the device to be monitored. A deterministic signal source is configured to generate a deterministic signal along the conductive wiring pattern, with one or... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Fishkill

20070005289 - Temperature compensation apparatus for electronic signal: A temperature compensation apparatus for an electronic signal, by conversion between digital and analog signals, the internal temperature is corrected and compensated, and the signal output is corrected. The apparatus has a signal converter and a temperature correction unit coupled to the signal conversion unit for performing temperature correction and... Agent: Hdsl

20070005291 - System and method for proactive motor wellness diagnosis based on potential mechanical faults: The present invention is directed to a system and method for proactively determining motor wellness arising from potential mechanical faults of the motor. A controller is configured to detect indicia of impending mechanical motor faults. The controller includes a processor configured to determine motor parameters of a given motor including... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (eaton)

20070005292 - Scalable sensor localization for wireless sensor networks: Adaptive rule-based methods to solve localization problems for ad hoc wireless sensor networks are disclosed. A large problem may be solved as a sequence of very small subproblems, each of which is solved by semidefinite programming relaxation of a geometric optimization model. The subproblems may be generated according to a... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070005293 - Method and apparatus for calibration of camera system, and method of manufacturing camera system: A first mirror and a second mirror are disposed in such a manner that their reflective surfaces are parallel and face toward each other. A mark is drawn between the first mirror and the second mirror. An image of the reflections of the mark in the first mirror and the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070005294 - Clearance measurement system and method of operation: A clearance measurement system is provided. The clearance measurement system includes a reference geometry disposed on a first object having an otherwise continuous surface geometry and a sensor disposed on a second object, wherein the sensor is configured to generate a first signal representative of a first sensed parameter from... Agent: Patric S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070005295 - Method of inspecting the profile of the connection zone between the cylindrical portion and the taper of a roller for a turbomachine roller bearing: A method of inspecting the profile of the connection zone between the cylindrical portion and the taper of a roller for a turbomachine roller bearing. The surface profile is geometrically defined by a first zone corresponding to the taper of the roller, a second zone corresponding to the connection between... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070005297 - Automatic determination of high significance alert thresholds for system performance metrics using an exponentially tailed model: A computer is programmed to fit exponential models to upper percentile subsets of observed measurements for performance metrics collected as attributes of a computer system. The subsets are defined from sets chosen to reduce model bias due to expected variations in system performance, e.g. those resulting from temporal usage patterns... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Group LLP

20070005296 - Graphical display and correlation of severity scores of system metrics: A computer derives, from a current measurement of an attribute of a system, an instantaneous severity score based on a probability model that is determined from prior measurements. The computer then displays, for several successive moments in time, either the instantaneous severity score or an aggregated severity score obtained from... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Group LLP

20070005298 - Monitoring method, system, and computer program based on severity and persistence of problems: For monitoring a data processing system, a sequence of critical conditions with increasing severity indexes is defined. Each critical condition is detected when a corresponding state parameter exceeds a threshold value with a predefined persistence over time. The persistence may be specified by a minimum number of repeated occurrences of... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070005300 - Systems and methods for graphically defining automated test procedures: Systems and methods for a design and runtime environment provide graphical elements that may be arranged to specify test logic for an automated test procedure.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070005299 - Systems and methods providing a declarative screen model for automated testing: Systems and methods for a design and runtime environment provide navigation maps using a declarative model defined by recording actual manipulation of a physical or virtual device. The systems and methods may be used to automatically navigate to application screens eliminating need for a test engineer to provide navigation code.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070005301 - Monitoring multiple channels of data from real time process to detect recent abnormal behavior: Provides methods, systems and apparatus for generating alerts for a system process that obtains raw channel data over time from one or more monitored channel of the system process. An example method includes processing the raw channel data to form time dependent signals based one or more user specified processing... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20070005303 - Optical disk drive capable of providing a simulation function: An optical disk drive for installing within a computer system includes a storage module and a simulation module capable of simulating the optical disk drive as a data-storage device in cooperation with a processor of the computer system to access the storage module. The optical disk drive determines whether the... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070005304 - Self-contained system and method for remotely monitoring machines: A machine monitoring system and method uses a machine monitoring device (MMD) which is connected to the monitored machine. Outputs from the machine are attached to input connectors on the MMD. The MMD receives inputs from the machine via the input connectors and performs desired transformations. Results of the transformations... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070005305 - System and method for remotely monitoring, diagnosing, intervening with and reporting problems with cinematic equipment: A system is disclosed for communicating with, and receiving data representative of equipment state and status from, movie theatre equipment in theatres. The system includes a central computer storage unit for receiving and storing data representative of equipment state and status, and a plurality of remote computer storage units coupled... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070005302 - System for metric introspection in monitoring sources: According to one embodiment, a method comprises storing metric definitions for at least one monitored component in a machine-readable format to a data storage device. The method further comprises enabling access by at least one monitoring tool to the metric definitions via a metric introspection interface. The method further comprises... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070005306 - Method and system for sensor signal fusion: The first sensor collects a first group of first sensor readings of first fixed size dependent on a range of a first sensor and safeguarding requirements of a vehicle. A second sensor collects a second group of second sensor readings of second fixed size dependent on a range of a... Agent: Deere & Company