Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions 03/07

20070073485 - Airborne based monitoring: A weather monitoring and prediction system that uses a fleet of aircraft to obtain data. Each aircraft has a local air data system that facilitates the measurement, recordation, and transmittal of local atmospheric data such as barometric pressure, and the corresponding temporal, positional, and altitudinal data. The data is electronically... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070073486 - Airborne weather profiler network: Apparatus and methods for remotely sensing meteorological conditions and for building models from the sensed conditions. More particularly, networks and systems are provided for gathering remotely sensed profiles of the meteorological conditions and for building the meteorological model. The networks and systems can also predict the weather. Also, various remote... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20070073487 - System and method for predicting solar ultraviolet exposure and ultraviolet radiation hazard: A system, method, and apparatus for determining the remaining time a user has before maximum natural UV radiation exposure is reached, and the clock time at which natural UV radiation exposure should end, based on measured irradiation and other parameters.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP (formerly Perkins Smith & Cohen LLP)

20070073488 - Handling of static corrections in multiple prediction: A method is for use in seismic data processing includes improving the continuity of the primary events in an original seismic dataset to create a continuous, seismic dataset; predicting at least the first order multiples of the original seismic dataset from the continuous seismic dataset; deterministically matching the predicted multiples... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C.

20070073490 - Ct determination by cluster analysis with variable cluster endpoint: Systems and methods for determining the cycle threshold (Ct) value in a kinetic PCR amplification curve. The PCR data set may be visualized in a two-dimensional plot of fluorescence intensity (y-axis) vs. cycle number (x-axis). The data set is transformed to produce a partition table of data points with one... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070073489 - Systems and methods for determining real-time pcr cycle thresholds using cluster analysis: Systems and methods for determining the elbow or Ct value in a real-time, or kinetic, PCR amplification curve data set. The PCR data set may be visualized in a two-dimensional plot of fluorescence intensity (y-axis) vs. cycle number (x-axis). The data set is transformed to produce a partition table of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070073491 - Method for soil content prediction based on a limited number of mid-infrared absorbances: A single absorbance value was found in the mid infrared (mid-IR) region that correlated directly to soil nitrate content while not being influenced by other components in the soil, such as carbonate and organic matter. Using one or two absorbance values, at which interference from other ions is a minimum,... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20070073492 - Detector of unauthorised objects in a protected access zone: position marking means (400), on the support base (100), designed to impose a precise positioning of the foot wearing its shoe in relation to the emission/reception means, means for measuring the complex impedance of the emission/reception means influenced by the load consisting of the shoe and its contents, representing the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070073493 - Method and device for recording operating incidents of medical instruments: A method to continuously measure, monitor and record operating parameters of medical appliances especially a medical insufflator, by storing the parameters measured on a pre-determined number of last operating cycles of the appliance, or over a pre-determined sliding operating period of the appliance. If an operating incident is detected, the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070073494 - Device for detecting force acting on a tire: A device for detecting force acting on a tire includes a detector provided with respect to vehicle wheels for detecting force acting on a tire and a determining portion for determining a detection abnormality of force acting on the tire by the detector based on at least either the detected... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070073495 - Steam trap monitoring: Electronic steam trap monitoring is disclosed. An electronic steam trap monitor is operably coupled to an outlet of a steam trap and is configured to measure at least one process variable of fluid (liquid or gas) flowing through the trap, when the trap is known to be working normally. The... Agent: Westman, Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070073496 - Flash memory disk with detection functionality: A detection functionality of any type sensor is integrated into a flash memory disk. The sensor detects its environment and generates signals constantly. A microcontroller, connected with the sensor, saves all signals into a flash memory. A connection port, connected with the microcontroller, enables the flash memory disk to transfer... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070073497 - Cascading metrology apparatus and methodology: Apparatus and methodology are provided for measuring energy, particularly in a useful way for a multiphase system. Individual, like single-phase metrology blocks are provided to monitor energy in selected phases of a multiphase system. Individual data from a relatively upstream metrology block is passed to a relatively downstream metrology block,... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070073498 - Method of detecting arc discharges in a plasma process: An arc discharge detection device is used for detecting arc discharges in a plasma process. The arc discharge detection device includes a comparator to which an instantaneous signal and a reference value are supplied. The reference value is formed by a setting means from an extreme value of the signal.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070073499 - Method and apparatus for determining one or more s-parameters associated with a device under test (dut): Frequency domain responses associated, respectively, with a fixture having a DUT connected to it and a fixture without the DUT are converted into respective time-domain responses that are then used to construct respective time-domain circuit models. The time-domain circuit model corresponding to the fixture by itself is subsequently de-embedded from... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070073500 - Method and program for designing semiconductor integrated circuits, and semiconductor integrated circuit designing apparatus: Two paths (arrival and required paths) as a target of analysis are united into a single path, and an on-chip random variation component σr about a plurality of nodes of the single path is calculated. Next, an on-chip variation component σchip is calculated on the basis of the on-chip random... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070073501 - Method and apparatus for automatically identifying multiple combinations of operational and non-operational components on integrated circuit chips with a single part number: A computer implemented method, a data processing system, and a computer usable program code for automatically identifying multiple combinations of operational and non-operational components with a single part number. A non-volatile storage is provided on a part, wherein the part includes a plurality of sub-components. Unavailable sub-components in the plurality... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070073502 - Dynamic matrix sensitivity measuring instrument for inertial sensors, and measuring method therefor: A device for measuring the dynamic matrix sensitivity of an inertia sensor is provided with a motion generating machine or a vibrating table for inducing a translational or rotary motion, an acceleration measuring unit, an angular velocity measuring unit or angular acceleration measuring unit, an output device for fetching an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070073503 - Method for temperature compensation of pressure values in a tire pressure control system: The invention describes a method for temperature compensation of measured pressure values in a tire pressure control system of a vehicle, which is equipped with wheels with pneumatic tires in which a pressure sensor arranged below the tire obtains the pressure values and a temperature sensor arranged below the tire... Agent: Orum & Roth, LLC

20070073504 - Configurable component handling device: A configurable component handling device and a method for implementing the configurable component handling device is provided, wherein the configurable component handling device includes a chromatograph and a plurality of processing modules, wherein the chromatograph and each of the plurality of processing modules are communicated with each via at least... Agent: Louis J. Wille Bristol-myers Squibb Company

20070073505 - Method for weighing apparatus calibration management: A weighing apparatus calibration method uses a test mass, a material and a terminal to calculate and compare the total weight of the test mass and material to determine if the total capacity of the weighing apparatus has been calibrated. A system for managing calibration of a weighing apparatus is... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20070073506 - Closed loop controlled reference voltage calibration circuit and method: A variable reference voltage circuit controllable in closed loop, for calibrating off-chip and on-chip drivers, margining and optimizing a reference voltage, for interfaces such as DDR2 or any other suitable interface. In one example, the on-chip variable reference voltage circuit, coupled to external fixed reference voltage, includes control logic and... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.

20070073507 - Graphical user interface for creation of ibist tests: A graphic user interface for configuring a test control program for a circuit. More particularly the circuit includes a built-in-self-test compatible device and has a test configuration. The device has an associated value. Moreover, the circuit, the device, and the value are defined in a circuit definition. The interface includes... Agent: Carr LLP

20070073508 - Testing apparatus for optical access network: In a testing apparatus for an optical access network, a converting unit converts an optical signal received through the optical access network into an electrical signal to create 10b coded data. A protocol processing unit performs a processing according to a protocol of the optical access network on the 10b... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070073510 - Junction temperature prediction method and apparatus for use in a power conversion module: A method and apparatus for predicting junction device temperature of at least a first switching device in a power conversion module that includes the first switching device and at least a second switching device, the method comprising the steps of identifying a cross thermal impedance value indicative of how the... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(qb)

20070073509 - Method of diagnosing a low range limiting malfunction of an engine coolant temperature sensor: Low range limiting malfunctions of an engine coolant temperature (ECT) sensor are diagnosed by comparing a change in the sensed temperature during engine operation with a calibrated temperature change. If the change in sensed temperature fails to exceed the calibrated temperature change, and a diagnostic for detecting a stuck ECT... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070073511 - Method for calibrating an analog sensor: A method for determining the absolute angle of an angle position sensor over a predetermined rotation range and in which the sensor generates a repeating periodic analog signal across the rotation range. The initial position of the sensor is stored in memory when the sensor is in a predetermined initial... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle & Citkowski, P.c

20070073512 - Conductior position inspection apparatus and conductor position inspection method: Disclosed is a conductor position inspection apparatus capable of detecting where an inspection-target electric conductor is located, with a high degree of accuracy in a non-contact manner. The inspection apparatus comprises a signal supply section 510 for supplying an AC inspection signal to an inspection-target conductor 520, two sensor plates... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070073513 - Determining rfid tag location: In some embodiments, a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader with multiple antennas may determine the location of an RFID tag relative to the reader's antennas, by using a difference-in-time-of-arrival technique to triangulate on the RFID tag based on the difference in distances between the tag and each antenna. A given... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070073514 - Walking analyzer: A walking analyzer includes an acceleration sensor detecting an up-down acceleration, a front-rear acceleration, and a right-left acceleration of a person, an acceleration change calculating device for calculating changes of each acceleration in time, a time period extracting device extracting a certain time period in which a certain walking movement... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070073516 - Method and apparatus for radiation spectroscopy using seeded localized averaging (\"sla\"): A method, and apparatus for carrying it out, for processing pulses derived from a radiation detector, those pulses having already been resolved by a pulse-height analyzer into channels having respective addresses indicative of their respective heights. The method includes steps of receiving a plurality of channel-address values from the pulse-height... Agent: Robert G. Crooks

20070073515 - System and method for analyzing design tolerances: A computer program apparatus for analyzing design tolerances comprising a computer readable medium and computer program instructions. The computer program instructions are recorded on the computer readable medium and are executable by a processor. The computer program instructions are capable of performing the steps of facilitating the graphical identification by... Agent: King & Partners, PLC

20070073517 - Method of predicting input: A method of predicting input of electronic objects in a communication device is described. The method includes the steps of: (a) establishing a first database of electronic objects susceptible to being inserted into multimedia messages composable on the device; (b) establishing a second database of electronic object attributes; (c) establishing... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070073518 - Method and system of monitoring and prognostics: A neural network learns the operating modes of a system being monitored under normal operating conditions. Anomalies can be automatically detected and learned. A control command can be issued or an alert can be issued in response thereto.... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070073519 - System and method of fraud and misuse detection using event logs: A system and method are provided for detecting fraud and/or misuse in a computer environment through tracking users activities at the application layer for known users. Application layer data and other data are normalized and records are created. The normalized data is correlated to user identities to produce correlated information... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070073520 - Health monitoring system implementing medical diagnosis: The invention relates to a health surveillance system comprising a medical diagnosis which is made by a medically-qualified person (11) in relation to a patient who is being monitored remotely, e.g. at home, via a communication network. The invention is characterised in that the medically-qualified person (11) links medical data... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070073521 - Machinery condition assessment module: A machine condition assessment module may be integrated with standard industrial control and communications networks to receive dynamic operating data from signal processing engines and optionally process data from controlled machinery and to operate on that data according to standard and user customized rule sets to produce an assessment of... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./bf

20070073522 - Determination of equivalent series resistance: A determination of an equivalent series resistance (ESR) effect for high frequency filtering performance of a filtered feed-through assembly is described. A low frequency signal is introduced to a filtered feed-through assembly. ESR limit of the filtered feed-through is determined based on the low frequency signal.... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070073523 - Transmitter: A transmitter including: a sensor, which serves for registering a physical parameter (X) and transducing such into an electrical quantity; a signal pre-processor, which serves for converting the electrical quantity into a raw signal (R); a signal processor, which serves for converting the raw signal (R) into a measurement signal... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070067107 - Method and system for setting and analyzing tubing target pressures for tongs: A target pressure value is determined during the learning mode. Subsequent pressure values are then compared to the target value. For example, a first connection is tightened in a conventional manner, while its pressure is monitored during the learning mode. If the tightening process went well, then an operator pushes... Agent: King & Spalding, LLP

20070067106 - Streaming geometry using quasi-pyramidal structure: Streaming data in a geographic information system (GIS). A request for an object is received for presentation of the object along with image data. The object is described by an attribute. A level of detail (LOD) is determined. The attribute can be compared to the LOD. The object can be... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070067108 - Method and apparatus for performing biosequence similarity searching: A system and method for performing biological sequence similarity searching is disclosed. This includes a programmable logic device configured to include a pipeline that comprises a matching stage, the matching stage being configured to receive a data stream comprising a plurality of possible matches between a plurality of biological sequence... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20070067109 - Reading multiple chemical arrays: A method, apparatus and computer program products relating to the reading of chemical arrays and extracting feature characteristics therefrom. In a method multiple chemical arrays each having a plurality of features, are read to obtain array signal data. The array signal data for the multiple arrays is saved in a... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070067111 - Computer-aided visualization of expression comparison: Innovative systems and methods for visualizing information collected from analyzing samples are provided. The samples may include nucleic acids, proteins, or other polymers. Gene expression level as determined from analysis of a nucleic acid sample is one possible analysis result that may be visualized. In one embodiment, a computer system... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070067110 - Generation of negative controls for arrays: The invention relates to methods and systems for generating negative controls for arrays. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for generating a negative control probe sequence for an array including randomly generating a plurality of candidate negative control probes, screening the candidate negative control probes for sequence similarity... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070067112 - Determining a relative movement of a chassis and a body of a wheeled vehicle: For determination of a relative movement of a chassis and a body of a wheeled vehicle, which is movably joined to the chassis, three linear accelerations of the wheeled vehicle, which extend perpendicular to each other, respectively, as well as at least two rotational speeds of one respective rotational movement... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070067113 - System and method for selective distribution of measurement device configuration in a loosely coupled autonomous system: Probe configuration is achieved in a measurement system in which probes are given possible configuration data depending upon conditions in an area relevant to the area of the probe. The possible probe configurations include global boundaries, such as time, and each probe then, based upon the possible configurations, selects a... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070067114 - System and method for monitoring degradation: A degradation monitoring system including: a machine; a sensor affixed to the machine, the sensors measuring a operational parameters of the machine; a set of filters receptive of information about the machine from the sensors and the filters responsively generate status signals; and comparators for comparing the status signals to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070067115 - Measurement alignment system to determine alignment between chips: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a alignment measurement system for measuring alignment between a plurality of chips of a device, the chips being assembled in a three-dimensional stacking configuration and equipped with at least an integrated capacitive sensor, comprising a multiple-capacitor structure integrated in said capacitive sensor,... Agent: Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP

20070067116 - Method for calibrating a volumetric flow meter having an array of sensors: A method and apparatus are provided for calibrating a flow meter having an array of sensors arranged in relation to a pipe that measures a flow rate of a fluid flowing in the pipe. The method features the step of calibrating the flow rate using a calibration correction function based... Agent: Cidra Corporation

20070067117 - Real time monitoring of particulate contamination in a wafer processing chamber: An apparatus and method for use is described which permits real time monitoring of build-up of particulate contamination in a wafer processing chamber. The apparatus is capable of monitoring particle build up in regions of a processing chamber which are not accessible by traditional optical particle scanners. An accelerometer is... Agent: Stephen B. Ackerman

20070067119 - Rack-mounted power meter having removable metering options module: A meter for measuring power parameters on one or more electrical power lines/loads is configured to operate with our without a removable metering options module. The meter includes a meter housing designed and dimensioned for rack mounted installation in a bay of an equipment rack or cabinet, and metering circuitry... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/pml Indianapolis Office

20070067118 - Rechargeable food thermometer: A rechargeable thermometer system is disclosed having a rechargeable thermometer and a charging assembly. The rechargeable thermometer is releasably engageable with the charging assembly, which in turn can be plugged into a household electrical outlet to provide charging electricity to a rechargeable battery housed within the thermometer. The thermometer is... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070067121 - Revenue class power meter with frequency rejection: A power meter for measuring power parameters on one or more electrical power lines/loads is configured to include a revenue class metering module and a power quality metering module. The revenue class metering module and the power quality metering module may use the same measured voltage and current signals to... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/pml Indianapolis Office

20070067120 - Unitary data format for measurement devices: A data processing device includes a processor unit adapted to convert input data provided by a measurement device into output data provided in a unified data format.... Agent: Perman & Green

20070067122 - Implementing a high resolution monotonic system clock: An application implementing a high resolution monotonic system clock is provided. A kernel increments a value called a generation number. The generation number is used to determine what state the high and low resolution time values are in. The kernel next stores a low resolution time value. Then, if a... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070067123 - Advanced arbitrary waveform generator: An advanced arbitrary waveform generator (“AAWG”) for producing an arbitrary waveform is disclosed. The AAWG may include a direct digital synthesis (“DDS”) module in signal communication with a sequence memory and a multiplication module in signal communication with both the DDS module and a waveform memory, where the multiplication module... Agent: Agilent Technologies, Inc. Legal Department, Dl 429

20070067124 - Method and device for improved display standard conformance: The invention provides a new method to calibrate a display system such that the display system is conforming to an enforced standard for a wider range of parameters, e.g. viewing angles, than compared to traditional calibration methods. This is obtained by calculating an optimised set of calibration parameters for the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070067125 - Procedure of expertise of exhaustibility, of efficiency and of the feasibility of systems of traceability put in place on an industrial site, notably in the agro-food sector: The disclosure relates to a method for inspection of the quality of products produced by a production system, by monitoring the exhaustiveness, effectiveness and reliability of a traceability system associated with said production system. The method includes the following steps: determination of a plurality of domains of said traceability system... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070067126 - Resample length determination method and apparatus: A resample length L between sampling points to resample a linear object is set so that an error Er between the resample shape concatenating the sampling points as a line and the linear object does not exceed a predetermined allowable error. The allowable error is predefined and the resample length... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070067127 - Device and method for detecting an end of a movement of a valve piston in a valve: A device is embodied for detecting a first variable that is representative of an induced voltage induced by a movement of a valve piston in the coil of a valve. The device is further embodied for determining a second variable representative of a first derivation of a first variable according... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070067128 - Location determining system: A location measurement system comprises: a GPS receiver for attachment to a person and for determining earth location of the person; a display for attachment to the person; memory for storing map data; a processor configured to process earth location and the map data to instruct display the person's current... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070067129 - Device and method for testing integrated circuits: A test device and method is disclosed. In one embodiment the test device includes a precision signal generator for generating a test signal, which generator is connected via a respective connecting line to a respective input contact intended for connection to an input of an integrated circuit, and at least... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, P.l.l.c.

20070067130 - Network device testing equipment: Network device testing equipment capable of testing network devices using small size packets and for a transferring ability and a filtering ability at a media speed is described. A configuration is adopted in which a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) included in a transmitter or receiver on one or both... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070067131 - Defect analyzer: The present invention provides methods, devices, and systems for analyzing defects in an object such as a semiconductor wafer. In one embodiment, it provides a method of characterizing defects in semiconductor wafers during fabrication in a semiconductor fabrication facility. This method comprises the following actions. The semiconductor wafers are inspected... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20070067132 - Method and apparatus for routing data streams among intelligent electronic devices: Provided is an intelligent electronic device for protection, monitoring, controlling, metering or automation of lines in an electrical power system is provided. The intelligent electronic device is adapted to communicate with a variety of other intelligent electronic devices. In one embodiment, the intelligent electronic device includes a communication configuration setting... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070067135 - Configurable voltage regulator: A configurable semiconductor has a device characteristic that is controllable as a function of at least one external impedance. A measurement circuit measures an electrical characteristic of the at least one external impedance and determines a select value corresponding to the measured electrical characteristic. A first circuit controls the device... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20070067134 - Methods and systems for creating a recipe for a defect review process: Methods and systems for creating a recipe for a defect review process are provided. One method includes determining an identity of a specimen on which the defect review process will be performed. The method also includes identifying inspection results for the specimen based on the identity. In addition, the method... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20070067133 - Setup file generating system: The setup file generating system comprises a device monitoring unit configured to monitor a target device according to a monitoring setup file; and a setup file generating unit, coupled to the device monitoring unit via a network, for generating the monitoring setup file. The device monitoring unit includes an information... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070067136 - Methods and apparatuses for dynamic thermal control: Methods and apparatuses for dynamically budgeting power usage to control temperatures in a data processing system. In one aspect, a data processing system includes: a first sensor to determine an ambient temperature of an environment in which the data processing system is; and a controller (e.g., a microcontroller or a... Agent: James C. Scheller Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20070067137 - Velocity detection, position detection and navigation system: As an embodiment of the present invention, in a navigation system using an acceleration sensor, when position information cannot be obtained from a GPS processing section, a velocity detecting unit performs an operation using detected acceleration αG, a measurement time mt, a velocity V0 at a time t0, gravity acceleration... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070067139 - Information processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, information processing method, and computer program: An information processing apparatus, an imaging apparatus, and an information processing method, and a computer program are provided. An information processing apparatus includes: an acceleration detecting part which detects an acceleration generated in the information processing apparatus; a storage part which stores history information based on information detected by the... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070067138 - Self-contained, non-intrusive data acquisition in ammunition: Various implementations are disclosed for self-contained, non-intrusive data collection in ammunition. In some implementations, a gun is loaded with a non-explosive, non-firing round of ammunition containing a data acquisition system. Such a data-collecting round of ammunition may be loaded into the gun according to the same procedures as live rounds... Agent: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division Office Of Counsel, Code Xdc1

20070067140 - Method and apparatus for measuring a characteristic of a sample feature: An SPM based measuring technique for measuring surface features of a sample fits a curve to a family of feature edge points acquired as a result of an SPM scan of the surface feature. If two curves are fit on opposed edges of the feature of interest, the maximum or... Agent: Jay G. Durst Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz S. C.

20070067141 - System and method for weighing and characterizing moving or stationary vehicles and cargo: A weigh-in-motion device and method having at least one transducer pad, each transducer pad having at least one transducer group with transducers positioned essentially perpendicular to the direction of travel. At least one pad microcomputer is provided on each transducer pad having a means for calculating first output signal indicative... Agent: Ut-battelle, LLC Office Of Intellectual Property

20070067142 - Aggregation of asset use indices within a process plant: A method of monitoring an entity within a process plant wherein the entity includes a plurality of lower level entities, includes acquiring a plurality of use indices, acquiring a plurality of weighting values, and creating an aggregate use index from a combination of the lower level use indices and weighting... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070067143 - Automatic detection of excessive interrupt-disabled operating system code: Method and system for detecting and reporting an excessive period of interrupt disablement in operating system programming in a data processing system. A method for detecting and reporting an excessive period of disablement in operating system programming in a data processing system includes determining, at a plurality of scheduled times,... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070067144 - Method and system for processing graphics in a supervisory control system: A supervisory control system and display client are disclosed. The supervisory control system generates a graphical display representative of an operational status of operational components in a plant, facility or process being supervised. There are typically several types of operational components in the plant, facility or process. The system includes... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070061078 - Method for removing air wave effect from offshore frequency domain controlled-source electromagnetic data: A method for removing the air wave effect from offshore frequency domain controlled source electromagnetic survey data. The region of interest is modeled with (111) and without (113) a top air layer. The electromagnetic field due to the source is computed at the survey receiver positions for each source position... Agent: J Paul Plummer Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20070061079 - Digital core workflow method using digital core image: A method for registration and correction of downhole core depth information using digital core images. Digital core images are employed during depth registration, with top and base depths for a selected interval being determined by field data and a digital ruler which calculates an actual interval length based on the... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070061080 - Geophysical technique for mineral exploration and discrimination based on electromagnetic methods and associated systems: Mineral exploration needs a reliable method to distinguish between uneconomic mineral deposits and economic mineralization. A method and system includes a geophysical technique for subsurface material characterization, mineral exploration and mineral discrimination. The technique introduced in this invention detects induced polarization effects in electromagnetic data and uses remote geophysical observations... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20070061081 - System for optimizing drilling in real time: A method for optimizing drilling parameters includes obtaining previously acquired data, querying a remote data store for current well data, determining optimized drilling parameters, and returning optimized parameters for a next segment to the remote data store. Determining optimized drilling parameters may include correlating the current well data to the... Agent: Osha, Liang LLP / Smith

20070061083 - Method for determining properties of earth formations using dielectric permittivity measurements: Techniques for estimating the fraction of water in formations being investigated use measurements of dielectric permittivity at a number of frequencies. The techniques have the advantage of minimizing or eliminating external inputs that can introduce inaccuracies.... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20070061082 - Technique for determining properties of earth formations using dielectric permittivity measurements: Techniques for determining formation characteristics use measurements of dielectric permittivity at a number of frequencies. Determined characteristics include the vertical and horizontal formation dielectric constant and conductivity, the formation water conductivity, the water saturation, the cementation and the saturation exponents. In laminated formations these profiles can be determined for each... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20070061084 - Method, system, and knowledge repository for identifying a secondary metabolite from a microorganism: Described are methods and systems for identifying a secondary metabolite synthesized by a target gene cluster within a microorganism. A putative or confirmed function is attributed to a gene within the gene cluster, and an extract from the microorganism is obtained which is suspected to contain the secondary metabolite synthesized... Agent: Palmer & Dodge, LLP Kathleen M. Williams

20070061085 - Bioinformatic transaction scheme: Secure network transaction system obtains user-authorized genetic term or bioinformatic profile, and transacts online service according to genetically-based user medical or other risk determined therefrom. Insurance policy, promotional offer, or other service may dynamically address genetically-based condition. Bioinformatic data classifies user per personal mask which filters subset of user genetic... Agent: Fernandez & Associates LLP

20070061086 - Cardiotoxin molecular toxicology modeling: The present invention is based on the elucidation of the global changes in gene expression and the identification of toxicity markers in tissues or cells exposed to a known cardiotoxin. The genes may be used as toxicity markers in drug screening and toxicity assays. The invention includes a database of... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070061087 - Method, system and apparatus for black oil delumping: A method for black oil delumping is disclosed which comprises: converting a black oil wellstream into a compositional wellstream thereby enabling the composition and component molar rates of a production well in a black oil reservoir simulation to be reconstituted.... Agent: Schlumberger Information Solutions

20070061088 - System and method for the identification of chemical mechanical planarization defects: The present invention presents a novel application of a wavelet-based multiscale method in a nanomachining process chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) of wafer fabrication. The invention involves identification of delamination defects of low-k dielectric layers by analyzing the nonstationary acoustic emission (AE) signal collected during copper damascene (Cu-low k) CMP processes.... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20070061089 - Multiple wireless sensors for dialysis application: A sensor system for dialysis applications includes a plurality of pressure sensors, wherein each pressure sensor can be provided as an LC type sensor, and/or an RLC type sensor. Each sensor among the plurality of pressure sensors can be inductively coupled with a respective antenna among a plurality of antennas... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Honeywell International, Inc.

20070061090 - System and method for providing adaptive power supply to system on a chip: A system and method for adaptively providing a power supply voltage. The system includes an input/output subsystem configured to receive a first voltage, an analog subsystem configured to receive a second voltage and coupled to the input/output subsystem, a first digital subsystem configured to receive a third voltage and coupled... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070061091 - Method for identifying components of a mixture via spectral analysis: A set of spectral data is collected from a mixture and corrected to remove instrumental artifacts. The collected mixture spectra define an n-dimensional data space, where n is the number of data points in the spectra. Principal component analysis (PCA) techniques are applied to the n-dimensional data space to generate... Agent: Duane Morris LLP Patent Department

20070061092 - Generational global name table: A system for managing data element names, comprises a parent table for listing names of data elements that is constrained such that the parent table cannot grow beyond a first predetermined size. The system also includes a child table for listing names of data elements that is derived from the... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070061093 - Time-of-flight stochastic correlation measurements: The present invention recited a method and apparatus for measuring a parameter of a fluid within a fluid channel using a tracer element injection by an injection element and detected by a detection element at a location separate from the injection element location. The injection element and detection element of... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20070061094 - Test apparatus, timing generator and program therefor: There is provided a test apparatus including a PLL circuit for generating a strobe signal of which the timing is shifted according to a given delay control voltage, a variable delay circuit being provided divergently from a path connecting the PLL circuit and the timing comparator and delaying the strobe... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070061095 - Control system for a failure mode testing system: A control system for a failure mode testing system is described. The control system employs at least one control algorithm that enables the testing system to be operated at optimal pressure and frequency levels in order to generate a desired system response, such as a desired energy level and desired... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070061096 - Method and system for testing assembled mobile devices: A method and system for testing assembled mobile devices is provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method for arranging test stages in a production line for the assembling and testing of wireless communications devices. The method comprises the steps of: determining a plurality of tests for... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070061098 - Sensor web: A Sensor Web formed of a number of different sensor pods. Each of the sensor pods include a clock which is synchronized with a master clock so that all of the sensor pods in the Web have a synchronized clock. The synchronization is carried out by first using a coarse... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070061097 - Timing generator, test apparatus and timing generating method: There is provided a timing generator that outputs a second periodic signal having a desired phase difference to a first periodic signal by superimposing a voltage on a control voltage of a voltage-controlled oscillating unit of a PLL circuit for generating the second periodic signal. The timing generator includes an... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070061099 - Method of determining fet junction temperature: A processor is responsive to a thermistor temperature Tth adjacent a FET functioning as a switch to control power to a load (L) and responsive to drain-to-source voltage (VDS) of the FET. The processor stores the characteristics of the FET and a thermal model of the system hardware and uses... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070061100 - Tire pressure estimation: A method of estimating the occurrence of a specific tire pressure deviation between actual and nominal pressure values for one or a plurality of wheels (i) is provided. One or more wheel radius analysis measurement values (ΔR) are subsequently obtained from a wheel radius analysis component (104), wherein the wheel... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070061101 - Input device for providing position information to information handling systems: An input device is disclosed, one embodiment of which provides position information to an information handling system (IHS). The position information includes both location information and spatial orientation information of the input device in real space. The input device includes a location sensor which determines the absolute location of the... Agent: Mark P. Kahler

20070061102 - Method for classifying occupant weight of vehicle: A method for classifying an occupant weight of a vehicle is disclosed. When an occupant gets in to or gets off a vehicle, an occupant weight is quickly classified by relatively shortening time for classifying the occupant weight into a certain weight class, and when the weight is changed according... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070061106 - Helmet that reports impact information, and associated methods: A system determines impact of a helmet. The helmet includes at least one accelerometer and a processor. The accelerometer detects acceleration of the helmet. The processor is configured to process the signals from the accelerometer to determine impact of the helmet.... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070061105 - Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot: One disclosed method involves identifying a grade of the surface with at least one device supported by the user while the user is in locomotion on foot on a surface, and determining a performance parameter of the user with the at least one device based upon the identified grade of... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070061104 - Performance prediction program and performance prediction system for ground source heat pump system: A computer which functions by a performance prediction program for a ground source heat pump system of the present invention and a performance prediction system constructed thereby include a dimensionless distance calculating means, a first dimensionless time calculating means, a second dimensionless time calculating means, a boundary time acquiring means,... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20070061107 - Pressure sensing systems for sports, and associated methods: A system determines athletic performance. A pressure sensor senses change in elevation. A microprocessor processes signals from the pressure sensor to determine speed corresponding to the change in elevation. A display reports the speed to a user.... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070061103 - Systems and method for testing the load of at least one ip-supported device: Systems and methods are provided for testing the load state of at least one device or communication network in the loaded state. The system includes at least one programmable control device and at least one session computer connected to, or integrated with, the control device. The control device stores a... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070061108 - Adaptive processor utilization reporting handling different processor frequencies: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable code for identifying processor utilization. A current event is detected. A number of elapsed cycles for a processor since a previous event are identified in response to detecting the current event. An elapsed time using the number of elapsed cycles and a... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070061109 - Automated damage assessment, report, and disposition: Systems and techniques to assess damage. A damage reporting module may allow a user to provide information indicative of a damage description and damage location. The damage reporting module may create a data object based on the information. The data object may be used to compare the damage event to... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20070061110 - System and method for diagnosis based on set operations: A method and system for obtaining a most likely diagnosis in a physical system having n components, a set of inputs, and a set of outputs. The method and system belong to model-bases diagnosis and use set operations for inference.... Agent: Robic

20070061111 - Apparatus and method for measuring optical characteristics of an object: Optical characteristic measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other optical characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics preferably are spaced apart from a source fiber optic and receive light from the surface of the object/tooth being measured. Light from the perimeter fiber optics... Agent: Alan R. Loudermilk Loudermilk & Associates

20070061112 - Data processing method, data processing apparatus, and program: A data reproducing apparatus detects an unreadable portion of content data and requests, via a network, compensation data for compensating for the unreadable portion from a compensation-data supplying apparatus. The data reproducing apparatus reproduces content by switching between a readable portion of the content data and the compensation data supplied... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070061113 - Enabling test script play back in different locales: Apparatus and method for allowing a test script to be played back correctly in a locale of different test language. The invention uses a synonymy dictionary storing the different appearances of the property value of a property in an object of a software product to be tested in different test... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070061114 - Method for improving the performance accuracy in differential absorption lidar for oil and gas pipeline leak detection and quantification: p

20070055447 - Method for updating a geological reservoir model by means of dynamic data: A method for updating a geological reservoir model by integration of dynamic data having application, for example, to petroleum reservoir development. An initial map (y) of petrophysical properties is constructed by means of a geostatistical simulator and of static data. Then an initial set of gradual pilot points (PPi) and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070055451 - Accessing data related to tissue coding: An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are described that accept an identification of at least one instance of at least one treatment parameter, the at least one treatment parameter including at least one target-related tissue ancestry-correlated binding site, and that provide at least two instances of at... Agent: Searete Llc Clarence T. Tegreene

20070055452 - Accessing data related to tissue coding: An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are described that accept an identification of at least one instance of at least one treatment parameter, the at least one treatment parameter including at least one target-related tissue ancestry-correlated binding agent, at least one direct end target, at least one... Agent: Searete Llc

20070055454 - Accessing predictive data: An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are described that access a first dataset in response to a first request associated with a treatment parameter and a first predictive basis, determine a graphical illustration of a first possible outcome of a use of the treatment parameter with respect... Agent: Searete Llc Clarence T. Tegreene

20070055450 - Data techniques related to tissue coding: An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are described that define an association between at least two instances of at least one treatment parameter and at least one instance of at least one treatment characteristic, the at least one treatment parameter including at least one target-related tissue ancestry-correlated... Agent: Searete Llc Clarence T. Tegreene

20070055449 - Fatigue-degree evaluation device: A fatigue-degree evaluation device is provided for easily evaluating a degree of fatigue of a living body. Embodiments include a device wherein fluorescent light generated via a liquid excreted from a body is measured; the temperature of the liquid excreted from the body is measured; a pH is calculated based... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070055457 - 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

20070055453 - Methods for electronic fluorescent perturbation for analysis and electronic perturbation catalysis for synthesis: Methods for catalyzing cleavage of a bond with an electric field device. In one method, a catalytic peptide having a first reactive group and a second reactive group is coupled to an electrode. The catalytic peptide is then contacted with a solution containing a substrate. The first reactive group reacts... Agent: O'melveny & Myers LLP

20070055455 - Methods for interactive liver disease diagnosis: A method and system provided for interactive liver data processing. A vessel system with a plurality of vessel branches is obtained. Centerlines for the vessel branches are extracted and used to construct a graph representation of the vessel system. Each vessel branch in the vessel system can be labeled based... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070055456 - Nmr method for differentiating complex mixtures: A method for differentiating complex mixtures each having one or more chemical species is provided. The method comprises producing a sample NMR spectrum by subjecting a mixture to a selective spectroscopy process, wherein the NMR spectrum has individual spectral peaks representative of the one or more chemical species within the... Agent: Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP James Coles

20070055458 - Peptide identification: Peptides are identified from a list of candidates using collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry data. A probabilistic model for the occurrence of spectral peaks corresponding to frequently observed partial peptide fragment ions is applied. As part of the identification procedure, a probability score is produced that indicates the likelihood of... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070055448 - Primary rat hepatocyte toxicity modeling: The present invention is based on the elucidation of the global changes in gene expression and the identification of toxicity markers in tissues or cells exposed to a known toxin. The genes and their encoded proteins may be used as toxicity markers in drug screening and toxicity assays. The invention... Agent: Cooley Godward LLP

20070055459 - Structure-based approach to design of protein-processivity factor interactions: A method for the structure-based identification and selection of inhibitors of processivity factor binding to protein is disclosed herein. Characterization of the protein/processivity factor interface is given. Methods for the structure-based inhibition of processivity factor binding to protein are also given. One embodiment includes a class of peptidomimetics that mimic... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070055460 - Filtering predictive data: An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are described that access at least one dataset, based on at least one treatment parameter and at least one predictive basis, determine a graphical illustration of a first possible outcome of a use of the at least one treatment parameter with... Agent: Searete Llc

20070055462 - Circuit for use in a multifunction handheld device with wireless host interface: A circuit for use by a multifunction handheld device is coupleable to an audio output device, the multifunction handheld device including, a color video display device, and a host interface that is coupleable to a host device. The circuit includes a host interface that is coupleable to a host device,... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070055461 - Method and system for enhanced resolution, automatically-calibrated position sensor: A system and method for sensing position and/or displacement of a moving, substrate, ram, target, piston, encoder wheel or the like. The system comprises a plurality of transducers for generating two sinusoidal signals in quadrature related to the position and displacement of the substrate, ram or the like. Alternatively, the... Agent: University Of Virginia Patent Foundation

20070055463 - Electronic field device with a sensor unit for capacitive level measurement in a container: A field device electronics with a sensor unit for capacitive fill level measurements in a container, wherein the field device electronics is connected over appropriate signal paths with the sensor unit, wherein the field device electronics produces a voltage signal for driving the sensor unit and receives and evaluates a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20070055464 - System and method for providing a compositional measurement of a mixture having entrained gas: A method and apparatus for determining at least one characteristic of a fluid flowing within a pipe is provided, wherein the fluid includes a gas component and a liquid component. The method includes determining if the gas component is present in a predefined region of the pipe, generating fluid data... Agent: Cidra Corporation

20070055465 - Method for treating seismic cubes corresponding, for a common zone on the ground, to different source/receiver and/or angle of incidence offset values: Method for processing a set of seismic cubes corresponding to the same acquisition zone and at different source/receiver offset and/or angle of incidence values, characterised in that at least one seismic cube is determined, which is an estimation of the component common to at least two seismic cubes corresponding to... Agent: Adams And Reese LLP

20070055466 - Method of retrieving phase and magnitude of weak ultra-short optical pulses using a stronger unknown pulse: A method determines a complex electric field temporal profile of an optical pulse. The method includes providing a measured magnitude of the Fourier transform of a complex electric field temporal profile of a pulse sequence comprising the optical pulse and a dummy pulse. The method further includes providing an estimated... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070055467 - Workpiece inspection apparatus assisting device, workpiece inspection method and computer-readable recording media storing program therefor: An assistance device of workpiece inspection apparatus embodying this invention includes a regional image data conversion unit which inputs region data indicative of a specified region of a workpiece being tested with a pattern formed thereon, and then converts the data to regional image data. The device also includes a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070055468 - Calibration of 3d field sensors: An apparatus-based method is disclosed for calibration of a 3D field sensor. The method includes accessing a plurality of samples, where the samples are from the 3D field sensor. Each sample represents a magnitude and an orientation of a three-dimensional field sensed by the 3D field sensor. Using the plurality... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP

20070055469 - Method and apparatus to calibrate thermometer: Briefly, a processor and a method to calibrate a temperature reading of a digital thermometer. The calibration is done by using a first temperature value measured by an analog temperature sensor located at one point on the processor die and a second temperature value measured by a digital temperature sensor... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070055470 - Rfid architecture in an industrial controller environment: An RFID reader and/or writer module in an industrial controller (e.g., PLC). The RFID module interfaces internally to the controller for tight integration therewith. The RFID module can also be part of a controller communications framework and as a standalone module with the PLC as a master device, and interact... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20070055471 - Copy window setpoint control for domain expansion reading: The present invention relates to a recording medium, calibration method and apparatus for reading the recording medium, wherein the size of a spatial copy window of domain copying process is controlled by varying at least one predetermined reading parameter in response to a control information derived from a readout pulse,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070055472 - Method and system for transfer of data in a wireless network: The various embodiments of the invention provide a method, system, apparatus and machine-readable medium for transfer of data in a wireless network. The method involves identification of nodes through which the data can be transferred. The method further involves monitoring of parameters associated with a battery in the node. In... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, Pc

20070055473 - Emi rejection for temperature sensing diodes: In one set of embodiments, a circuit may be implemented to deliver accurately ratioed currents to a remotely located semiconductor device that has a substantially non-linear input-output characteristic that varies with temperature and is subject to effects of electromagnetic interference (EMI). The circuit may be configured to use common mode... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.c.

20070055474 - Methods and systems using ratiometric characterizations to improve air data accuracy: A method for characterizing pressure sensors to improve accuracy in an air data system is described where the sensors include at least one static pressure sensor and at least one total pressure sensor. The method includes characterizing the static pressure sensor and the total pressure sensor to determine a static... Agent: Andrew Abeyta Honeywell International Inc.

20070055475 - Multimode electronic calipers having ratiometric mode and simplified user interface: A multimode electronic measuring instrument is provided that includes a ratiometric mode of operation. During the ratiometric mode, a desired dimension is established as a stored reference dimension “Xref”. After the reference dimension is stored in memory, subsequent ratiometric measurement readouts will equal a current measurement distance “Xcurr” divided by... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20070055476 - Optimizing bandwidth and power in wireless networks of smart sensors: A system that uses statistical techniques to selectively transmit data from a sensor. During operation, the system receives a sequence of quantized values from the sensor. The system then determines whether a distribution for the sequence of quantized values indicates that the sensor is observing a real event. If so,... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070055479 - Medication management system: A medication management system (MMS) includes a medication management unit (MMU) associated with a medical device. The MMU downloads a medication order to the medical device only if information from a first input matches information from a second input. The medical device receives delivery information only from the MMU. The... Agent: Brian R. Woodworth

20070055478 - System and method for active data protection in a computer system in response to a request to access to a resource of the computer system: System and method for data active protection in a computer system in the ambit of the access to a resource available in this computer system. That method applies to at least one resource the users of the system can access, and consists of a data protection profile that contains a... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070055477 - Web data outlier detection and mitigation: Data slices of historical time series are leveraged to facilitate in more accurately predicting like data slices of future time series. Different predictive models are employed to detect outliers in different data slices to enhance the accuracy of the predictions. The data slices can be temporal and/or non-temporal attributes of... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070055481 - System and method for mapping symptom location and intensity: A symptom mapping system and method may be used to map the simultaneous location and intensity of symptoms (e.g., pain) experienced by a user (e.g., a patient). The symptom mapping system and method is capable of displaying one or more body representations with symptom representations representing both the location and... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, Pllc

20070055480 - System and method for self-diagnosis in a controller: A self-diagnosis system of a processor capable of realizing a sufficiently high processing ability for control tasks is provided without deteriorating reliability of safety controls even in complex diagnostic techniques. The self-diagnosis system is equipped with a diagnostic target area allocator for allocating a non-active area within a memory as... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070055482 - System and method for aggregation and analysis of information from multiple disparate sources while assuring source and record anonymity using an exchange hub: The invention provides a system and method for automated data analysis in which data agents are located and operate at each member site or data source (i.e., locally). These agents access stored data at the data source or member sites, process the data and also aggregate the results. The aggregated... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP Ip Group, Columbia Square

20070055483 - Method and apparatus for collecting data: A method and apparatus for collecting data, and more particularly, a data collecting method and apparatus which automatically transmit data to a wireless data transmitting/receiving station when an amount of data stored in the data collecting apparatus is more than a predetermined first reference value. A data collecting apparatus includes:... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070050141 - System and method for estimating ocean height and current on a personal computer with hurricane module: A system and method for estimating ocean surface height and currents at points within a geographic grid. The method includes receiving bathymetric data from a global database, generating atmospheric forcing information based on a hurricane model, and estimating current and ocean height deviation for at least one grid point. In... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20070050142 - System and method for estimating ocean height and current on a personal computer with location adjustment: A system and method for estimating ocean surface height and currents at points within a geographic grid. The method includes receiving a user selected location, receiving bathymetric data from a global database, determining whether the user selected location corresponds to a land location or a water covered location by referring... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20070050143 - High accuracy survey grade gis system: A method of coordinating surveys of different origins and which may be projected into different coordinate systems. The method provides a translation and rotation of the surveys to be coordinated without disturbing the internal geometry of each survey. A geographic information system including a procedure for coordinating surveys of different... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.

20070050144 - Perforating optimized for stress gradients around wellbore: A technique includes determining a stress tensor in a formation that surrounds a wellbore. The stress tensor varies with respect to the wellbore. The technique includes running a perforating charge into the wellbore to perforate the formation and performing at least one of selecting the perforating charge and orienting the... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20070050145 - Technique and apparatus for use in well testing: A technique that is usable with a well includes communicating fluid from the well into a downhole chamber in connection with a well testing operation. The technique includes monitoring a downhole parameter that is responsive to the communication to determine when to close the chamber.... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20070050148 - Activity evaluation method for evaluation target compound: In an activity evaluation method for an evaluation target compound, among atoms constituting the evaluation target compound, one or more are set as analysis points, and an activity of the evaluation target compound with respect to a high molecular compound is calculated based on a predetermined evaluation expression having Fukui... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070050149 - Method for modeling, analyzing, and predicting disjunctive systems: A method for analyzing and forecasting complex disjunctive systems, which is thus particularly suitable for handling human behaviors.... Agent: Mirick, O'connell, Demallie & Lougee

20070050146 - Micrornas and uses thereof: Described herein are novel polynucleotides associated with prostate and lung cancer. The polynucleotides are miRNAs and miRNA precursors. Related methods and compositions that can be used for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of those medical conditions are disclosed. Also described herein are methods that can be used to identify modulators of... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070050152 - Protein structure determination: A method is provided for acquiring X-ray diffraction images of a protein crystal, the method comprising providing an X-ray source and a micro-channel, wherein the micro-channel contains an oil, gas or immiscible liquid and at least one aqueous droplet comprising a crystal of a protein, recording an X-ray diffraction image... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070050151 - Psychotic manifestation and mental state evaluation apparatus and evaluation method: A psychotic manifestation and mental state evaluation apparatus and method which can individually discriminate among symptoms by taking advantage of stimulating Noh mask images and also evaluate with a high probability whether a person is suffering from a specific symptom at the time of diagnosing, clinical examination, assessment, or counseling.... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070050147 - Spatially heterogeneous stochastic petri-net modeling: Modeling of biochemical reactions of a system is accomplished using spatially heterogeneous stochastic Petri-net modeling. The biochemical reactions of the system to be modeled are defined. A spatial decomposition of the system is defined by defining regions of a space in which the system is to be modeled and by... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070050150 - System and method for positively changing mood through electronic media: Provided are a system and method for positively changing a user's mood including a computer-implemented interactive graphical user-interface (GUI) for delivering positive psychology/cognitive therapy (PPCT) content according to user responses to mood and signature strength assessing tools. The PPCT content can include automated interventions and interactive interventions with a partner.... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070050153 - Evaluation method for monitoring the effects of an impact on a structural composite material part: An evaluation method for monitoring the consequences of an impact at low speed and little force on a structural composite material part covered with a film that changes color when under pressure and whose color intensity is directly related to the force of a received shock.... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070050154 - Method and apparatus for measuring the properties of petroleum fuels by distillation: It is a purpose of this invention to accurately measure the properties of petroleum and petroleum fractions from a small volume of sample oil in a short period of time with less cost and energy for the analysis by vaporizing and distilling the respective components contained in the sample to... Agent: Jeffrey Furr

20070050155 - Mass air flow metering device and method: An airflow metering device, including a conventional airflow sensing device signally connected to a signal processor is shown, having an input flow signal correlatable to a magnitude of mass air flowing past the airflow sensing device. The signal processor is operable to determine a flow correction factor based upon a... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070050156 - Method for measuring the nozzle flow area between gas turbine engine vanes: Provided are methods for accurately measuring nozzle 50 flow areas of new or refurbished gas turbine engine vanes 14. A first vane 114 is suitably fixtured in a laser scanning system 60 comprising a laser spot projector 82 a laser spot sensor 84, a multi-axis controller 68 and a computer... Agent: Pratt & Whitney

20070050157 - Systems and methods for fluid quality sensing, data sharing and data visualization: A service provider receives fluid test data generated from multiple different entities and permits authorized users affiliated with the different entities, as well as others, to visualize information associated with that data to via the Internet using graphical computer interfaces at respective computers. The fluid test data can be gathered... Agent: Jones Day

20070050158 - Light radiating conditions selecting method, light radiating conditions selecting device, and soldering device: The light radiating conditions selecting device contains a) an input device for entering at least any one item of information on i) a component; ii) a board on which the component is soldered; and iii) solder for soldering the component; b) a storage for storing at least any one of... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070050159 - High-voltage power supply control system and wireless controller and method therefor: Wireless controller, a system implementing a wireless controller and a method which allows wireless control of high voltage test modules utilize wireless networking technology for the control and monitoring of High Voltage test equipment providing, for example, a completely galvanically isolated controller for High Voltage test modules. Utilizing wireless networking,... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070050160 - Process and apparatus for estimating circuit delay: A method and device for determining a delay of a gate driven by a driving gate with different ground or supply voltages. The method includes determining from the supply and ground voltages for the driven gate and its driving gate an adjusted supply voltage value, and applying the adjusted supply... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070050161 - Method & apparatus for accommodating device and/or signal mismatch in a sensor array: Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced. Alternatively, attenuation/expansion are applied to the signals in a phase difference dependent manner, consistent with suppression of off-axis pick-up and... Agent: Thelen Reid & Priest, LLP

20070050162 - Apparatus and method for optical coherence tomography: A method determines the complex scattering function of a portion of a sample under analysis. The method includes providing a magnitude spectrum of a complex spatial Fourier transform of a complex intermediate function. The complex intermediate function is dependent on the complex scattering function of the portion of the sample... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070050163 - Mask inspection dnir placement based on location of tri-tone level database images (2p shapes): Methods, systems, program storage devices and computer program products for mask inspection that automate the detection and placement of do not inspect regions (“DNIR”) for intentionally induced defects on masks. A location of an intentional defect is identified on a mask, and then logic relating to this location is translated... Agent: Delio & Peterson, LLC

20070050166 - Method and system for simulating test instruments and instrument functions: Method and system to configure a common set of electronic components using software in order to simulate different electronic, mechanical and/or electro-mechanical instruments or instrument functions. For each instrument function or traditional mode of operation to be simulated, software models are created which when directed to the electronic components, cause... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070050164 - Ring oscillator structure and method of separating random and systematic tolerance values: A ring oscillator test structure comprises at least two overlapping rings that are switchable between different numbers of stages. A delay distribution is measured for various numbers of stages in a set of oscillators formed in different locations subject to different systematic delay effects. The delay distributions are analyzed to... Agent: Ibm Microelectronics Intellectual Property Law

20070050165 - System and method for automatic self-alignment of a surgical laser: Embodiments of the present invention provide an alignment system operable to align a laser associated with a laser vision correction system. One embodiment of the alignment system comprises a laser source, a beam steering device, a system controller, a partially reflective surface, focusing optics, and an optical detector. The laser... Agent: Alcon

20070050167 - Techniques for generating test patterns in high speed memory devices: A system and methods for calibrating a memory device are provided. More specifically, a technique for internally generating a test pattern within a memory device and driving the test pattern to a memory controller for synchronization and calibration is provided. An internal test pattern may be generated along the write... Agent: Michael G. Fletcher Fletcher Yoder

20070050168 - Type extensions: A system for extending data types in software comprises an extension unit that modifies an arbitrary preexisting base data type, the preexisting base data type having at least one member. The system also includes a supplemental member that is included with the extension unit and that provides additional functionality to... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070050170 - Device characteristics measuring system: In measuring characteristics of a device such as PRAM, inputted pulse signal is made blunt and a voltage applied to the device and a current flowing through the device cannot be precisely measured. To solve these problems, the present invention provides a resistor for making a voltage drop of a... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070050169 - Systems and methods for assessing measurements of effectiveness in network-centric environments: Systems and methods measure the effectiveness of network-centric environments. A network-centric environment is described by a computerized model that includes a plurality of parameters describing the various sensors and effectors available within the scenario. As the model is executed, numerical representations of the level of interoperability (e.g. a speed of... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070050171 - System for detecting and transmitting test data from a pressure chamber filled with a high-pressure fluid: The invention relates to an arrangement for detecting and transmitting test data from a housing (10) including a pressure chamber (11) that is filled with a high-pressure fluid and is homogeneously pressurized via strip conductors (21) which are connected to a sensor (23) and are guided out of the housing... Agent: Parker-hannifin Corporation Hunter Molnar Baker Morgan

20070050172 - Method and apparatus for measuring throat areas of gas turbine engine nozzle assemblies: A method for measuring a throat area of a turbine nozzle assembly that includes at least one airfoil extending between an inner band and an outer band is provided. The method includes locating a plurality of datum points on the at least one airfoil using a measuring system, measuring a... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070050173 - Computer-controlled fan unit reliability testing system: A computer-controlled fan unit reliability testing system is proposed, which is designed for the purpose of performing a computer-controlled fully-automatic reliability testing procedure on a batch of fan units, and which is characterized by the use of computer automation to perform a fully-automatic reliability testing procedure on the fan units... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070050175 - Content enhancement based on contextual data within a feed: A system and method for enhancing content feeds is described. One embodiment includes receiving a request for a content feed available from a feed provider and retrieving the content feed from the feed provider. In addition, one or more enhanced-content files that are related to the content feed are located... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070050174 - Method and apparatus for adaptive tracing with different processor frequencies: A method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing trace records. A set of traces is generated for a set of processors. A trace is generated in the set of traces for each processor within the set of processors. A record of the frequency change is stored in the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070050176 - Method and apparatus for improving noise discrimination in multiple sensor pairs: Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced. Alternatively, attenuation/expansion are applied to the signals in a phase difference dependent manner, consistent with suppression of off-axis pick-up and... Agent: Thelen Reid & Priest, LLP