Latest Patents

Apple patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:00:13 +0000

21 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Apple

1	D659,853	Building exterior
2	D659,712	Media device
3	D659,671	Electronic device
4	D659,530	Packaging
5	8,181,264	Method and apparatus for deferred security analysis
6	8,181,233	Pairing of wireless devices using a wired medium
7	8,181,119	User interface with inline customization
8	8,181,059	Inter-processor communication channel including power-down functionality
9	8,181,001	Conditional data-dependency resolution in vector processors
10	8,180,895	Management of podcasts
11	8,180,379	Synchronizing mobile and vehicle devices
12	8,180,194	Authored video programs
13	8,180,093	Assembly for coupling the housings of an electronic device
14	8,180,009	Techniques for signaling reference signal parameters in a wireless communication system
15	8,179,976	Control of video decoder for reverse playback operation
16	8,179,728	Interleaving charge pumps for programmable memories
17	8,179,673	Portable computer hard drive structures
18	8,179,419	Video conferencing apparatus and method
19	8,179,371	Method, system, and graphical user interface for selecting a soft keyboard
20	8,177,560	Magnetic connector for electronic device
21	8,177,182	Wireless remote control device for a portable media device

Canon patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:59:34 +0000

75 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Canon

1	8,181,256	Data transmission apparatus, control method therefor, and image input/output apparatus
2	8,181,228	Network constructing method and communication apparatus
3	8,181,108	Device for editing metadata of divided object
4	8,181,077	Methods and devices for the dynamic management of transmission errors by network points of interconnections
5	8,181,026	Method and apparatus for input of coded image data
6	8,180,993	Information processing apparatus and control method thereof
7	8,180,934	Device monitoring apparatus, control method therefor, device monitoring system, and recording medium
8	8,180,572	High-resolution melting analysis
9	8,180,473	Exposure system, method of testing exposure apparatus, and method of manufacturing device
10	8,180,265	Image forming apparatus
11	8,180,262	Process cartridge, developer supply cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
12	8,180,260	Image forming apparatus comprising a vibration applying member
13	8,180,259	Developer supply container and developer supplying system
14	8,180,256	Image forming apparatus featuring first and second brushes for charging residual toner
15	8,180,251	Cover and cartridge
16	8,180,247	Image forming apparatus for transferring transfer residual toner onto image bearing member
17	8,180,243	Image forming system and maintenance execution program
18	8,180,236	Image forming apparatus
19	8,180,235	Image forming apparatus
20	8,180,234	Image forming apparatus with control causing issuance of predetermined information based on sheet information
21	8,180,229	Apparatus and method of controlling interchange between component parts in the apparatus
22	8,180,179	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program executing image processing method, and storage medium
23	8,180,149	Image processing apparatus and method
24	8,180,106	Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method
25	8,180,031	Data communication apparatus and data communication method
26	8,179,973	Image coding apparatus and method
27	8,179,959	Picture control device and method of the same
28	8,179,932	Pulse laser apparatus, terahertz measuring apparatus, and terahertz tomographic apparatus
29	8,179,617	Photographic lens and image pickup apparatus having the same
30	8,179,612	Retractable lens barrel unit
31	8,179,609	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same
32	8,179,608	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same
33	8,179,603	Optical element and optical system having the same
34	8,179,602	Optical apparatus with image stabilizing system
35	8,179,571	Apparatus, method and program for processing an image
36	8,179,567	Color conversion apparatus and color conversion method
37	8,179,561	Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus using the same
38	8,179,560	Image processing apparatus and image processing method
39	8,179,558	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program and storage medium constructed to generate print data including a bitmap image and attribute data of each pixel of the bitmap image
40	8,179,553	Facsimile apparatus, its control method, program and storage medium
41	8,179,551	Print control apparatus, print controlling method and medium
42	8,179,550	Management apparatus for transmitting data to a virtual device and method
43	8,179,547	Code information printing apparatus, printing method, restoration apparatus, and restoration method
44	8,179,546	Printing using a portable communication apparatus
45	8,179,540	Image forming apparatus and management system utilizing counter and job log information for usage tracking
46	8,179,538	Image processing apparatus, information processing apparatus and control method
47	8,179,537	Image forming apparatus, printing-mode setting method, and printer driver
48	8,179,520	Optical element, projection optical system, exposure apparatus, and device fabrication method
49	8,179,518	Exposure apparatus to correct position between reticle and substrate according to propagation time and shifting rate
50	8,179,469	Photoelectric conversion apparatus and photoelectric conversion system having the apparatus
51	8,179,459	Imaging apparatus and processing method thereof
52	8,179,451	Image sensing apparatus
53	8,179,444	Information processing apparatus for performing print setting of image data
54	8,179,406	Control apparatus and method for image display
55	8,179,402	Generating colorimetric profiles from spectral data and user input
56	8,179,384	Image display device and method for displaying an image on the basis of a plurality of image signals
57	8,179,343	Display apparatus and driving method of display apparatus
58	8,178,934	Dielectric film with hafnium aluminum oxynitride film
59	8,178,275	Method for producing polymerized toner, polymerized toner, method for producing binder resin for toner and binder resin for toner
60	8,178,271	Polymer having a sulfonic group or a sulfonate group and an amide group and method of producing same
61	8,178,056	Biochemical reaction cartridge and biochemical treatment equipment system
62	8,178,026	Nanoimprinting method and mold for use in nanoimprinting
63	8,177,988	Method for manufacturing liquid discharge head
64	8,177,987	Method for producing electron-emitting device and method for producing image display apparatus including the same
65	8,177,902	Method for producing liquid composition and pigment particles and ink composition for ink jet recording
66	8,177,598	Display manufacturing method
67	8,177,351	Method for producing record product, and intermediate transfer body and image recording apparatus used therefor
68	8,177,333	Element board for printhead, and printhead having the same
69	8,177,330	Liquid discharge head, ink jet recording head and ink jet recording apparatus
70	8,177,329	Ink jet print head
71	8,177,328	Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method
72	8,177,322	Printing apparatus and printing method
73	8,177,222	Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
74	8,176,780	Angular velocity sensor
75	8,176,632	Regenerated elastic roller manufacturing process, regenerated elastic roller, electrophotographic process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus

Fujitsu patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:58:57 +0000

44 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Fujitsu

1	8,181,171	Method and apparatus for analyzing large scale program and generation of code from degenerated program dependence graph
2	8,181,141	Dummy rule generating apparatus
3	8,181,136	Circuit operation verification method and apparatus
4	8,181,132	Validating one or more circuits using one or more grids
5	8,181,099	Transmission device
6	8,181,064	Information processing apparatus for inhibiting instructions, saving and restoring internal information in response to abnormality in redundant processor system
7	8,180,985	Storage switch, storage system, and data copying method using bitmaps representing different sized regions
8	8,180,889	Supporting apparatus for analyzing computer operation status
9	8,180,842	Communication device management program
10	8,180,836	Information processing apparatus
11	8,180,612	Electromagnetic field simulator and electromagnetic field simulating program product
12	8,180,415	Water-shielding type mobile terminal apparatus
13	8,180,403	Recovery method and radio network controller in radio communication system
14	8,180,355	Base station device and cell forming method
15	8,180,292	Mobile communication device
16	8,180,287	Portable terminal
17	8,180,223	System and method for extending reach in a passive optical network
18	8,180,219	Providing signal reachability information to a network
19	8,180,103	Image determining method, image determining apparatus, and recording medium having recorded therein program for causing computer to execute image determining method
20	8,179,992	Communication apparatus and communication method
21	8,179,989	Transmission apparatus and transmission method
22	8,179,953	Mobile station apparatus and transmission channel estimation method
23	8,179,926	Mobile communication system, and base transceiver station apparatus and mobile station apparatus used in mobile communication system
24	8,179,900	Edge node redundant system in label switching network
25	8,179,863	Wireless communication apparatus and method
26	8,179,851	Mobile communication system, mobile communication method, and communication apparatus
27	8,179,831	Communication systems
28	8,179,681	Module structure
29	8,179,624	Method and apparatus for evaluating a magnetic recording medium
30	8,179,593	Optical-switch drive circuit and method thereof
31	8,179,592	Semiconductor optical amplifier, method for manufacturing the same, and semiconductor optical integrated device
32	8,179,582	Micro electro mechanical device having an opening between a fixing portion and a torsion bar
33	8,179,411	Printer module and electronic apparatus
34	8,179,280	Intelligent transport (IT) system using wireless communication between a roadside device and an in-vehicle device
35	8,179,269	Information processing apparatus
36	8,179,114	Voltage converting device and voltage converting method
37	8,179,086	Control apparatus and control method
38	8,178,979	Low-noise flip-chip packages and flip chips thereof
39	8,178,932	Semiconductor device having transistors
40	8,178,791	Wiring substrate including conductive core substrate, and manufacturing method thereof
41	8,178,788	Electronic component package
42	8,178,472	Superconducting device and method of manufacturing the same
43	8,178,295	Analyte evaluation apparatus
44	8,176,802	Fibrous particle generating apparatus and test system

Google patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:58:16 +0000

25 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Google

1	D659,741	Wearable display device
2	D659,740	Wearable display device frame
3	D659,739	Wearable display device
4	8,181,254	Setting default security features for use with web applications and extensions
5	8,181,197	System and method for voting on popular video intervals
6	8,181,124	Method and apparatus for notification on an electronic handheld device using an attention manager
7	8,181,048	Performing power management operations
8	8,180,851	Management of pre-fetched mapping data incorporating user-specified locations
9	8,180,782	Online ranking metric
10	8,180,778	Generating action trails from web history
11	8,180,776	Variable personalization of search results in a search engine
12	8,180,760	Organization system for ad campaigns
13	8,180,756	Similarity-based searching
14	8,180,725	Method and apparatus for selecting links to include in a probabilistic generative model for text
15	8,180,667	Rewarding creative use of product placements in user-contributed videos
16	8,180,583	Methods and systems to determine a context of a device
17	8,180,395	Modular wireless communicator
18	8,180,289	Public kiosk providing near field communication services
19	8,179,930	Phase control by active thermal adjustments in an external cavity laser
20	8,179,742	Listening with multiple computing devices
21	8,179,604	Wearable marker for passive interaction
22	8,179,563	Portable scanning device
23	8,179,370	Proximity based keystroke resolution
24	8,179,095	Estimating remaining use time of a mobile device
25	8,178,997	Supplying grid ancillary services using controllable loads

Hewlett-Packard patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:57:45 +0000

34 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

1	D659,734	Webcam
2	8,181,180	Managing jobs in shared file systems
3	8,181,175	Accounting for resource usage time by a virtual machine
4	8,181,125	System and method for providing compliant mapping between chip bond locations and package bond locations for an integrated circuit
5	8,181,055	Applying power to a network interface
6	8,180,793	Access to data stored in a file system
7	8,180,751	Using an encyclopedia to build user profiles
8	8,180,744	Managing storage of data in a data structure
9	8,180,723	Root cause analysis in a system having a plurality of inter-related elements
10	8,180,718	Engine for performing root cause and effect analysis
11	8,180,715	Systems and methods for collaborative filtering using collaborative inductive transfer
12	8,180,694	System and method for incorporating qualitative inputs into econometric models
13	8,180,693	Prediction of financial performance for a given portfolio of marketing investments
14	8,180,664	Methods and systems for forecasting with model-based PDF estimates
15	8,180,604	Optimizing a prediction of resource usage of multiple applications in a virtual environment
16	8,180,294	Dynamic networking modes method and apparatus
17	8,180,280	Techniques for tracking destinations on a mobile computing device
18	8,180,178	Autocropping and autolayout method for digital images
19	8,180,168	One-pass filtering and infrared-visible light decorrelation to reduce noise and distortions
20	8,180,163	Encoder and decoder and methods of encoding and decoding sequence information with inserted monitor flags
21	8,180,157	Image processing method, image processing system and computer program product
22	8,179,935	Tunable optical resonator
23	8,179,784	Method and apparatus for recovering a communications connection
24	8,179,590	Electro-optical display
25	8,179,573	Scanning two images of media
26	8,179,555	Printing and finishing capability for customized document production system and method
27	8,179,531	Shuttering and sealing device
28	8,179,417	Video collaboration
29	8,179,258	Method for reading a tag
30	8,178,842	Nanowire bolometer photodetector
31	8,177,887	Aerosol particle collection
32	8,177,445	Over-center mechanism
33	8,177,346	Additives to eliminate bronzing of ink-jet inks printed on photo media
34	8,177,318	Orifice health detection device

Hitachi patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:57:15 +0000

54 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Hitachi

1	8,181,268	Scanning probe microscope and method of observing sample using the same
2	8,181,234	Authentication system in client/server system and authentication method thereof
3	8,181,190	Optical disc apparatus
4	8,180,989	Storage controller and storage control method
5	8,180,979	Storage system and operation method of storage system
6	8,180,962	Performance managed computer, program and method for a storage system
7	8,180,960	Storage system control method, storage system, information processing system, managing computer and program
8	8,180,952	Storage system and data guarantee method
9	8,180,589	System for managing recipes for operating a measurement device
10	8,180,569	Car information system, map server and on-board system
11	8,180,418	Hinge apparatus and portable electronic device
12	8,180,198	Playlist creating apparatus and method, and dubbing list creating apparatus and method
13	8,180,197	Method and apparatus for recording/reproducing digital video signal or audio signal, and optical disk apparatus
14	8,180,140	Template creation method and image processor therefor
15	8,179,752	Optical disc apparatus therefor
16	8,179,745	Head gimbal assembly and disk drive
17	8,179,641	Disk drive apparatus and head assembly using a resin member to accommodate a wire structure
18	8,179,635	Single pole tip write head design for perpendicular recording media having reduced dependence on soft underlayers
19	8,179,634	Perpendicular magnetic recording writer main pole having imbedded non-magnetic core and de-coupled pole tip
20	8,179,633	Perpendicular magnetic recording system and write head with transverse auxiliary pole for fast switching of write pole magnetization
21	8,179,632	Apparatus and method for reducing particle accumulation in a hard disk drive
22	8,179,631	Magnetic disk drive feed-through solder connection with solder fillet formed inside base and protruding outside base
23	8,179,620	Optical module
24	8,179,619	Resin lens and method of molding resin lens
25	8,179,579	HROM replication methods, devices or systems, articles used in same and articles generated by same
26	8,179,497	Liquid crystal display device
27	8,179,438	Vehicle camera system
28	8,179,361	Reflector and backlight device
29	8,179,353	Driving method for display device
30	8,179,287	Method and apparatus for communicating map and route guidance information for vehicle navigation
31	8,179,249	Air compressor
32	8,179,218	Magnetizing system and superconducting magnet to be magnetized therewith
33	8,179,148	Information detecting apparatus and method
34	8,179,134	Handling robot of magnetic head assembly, magnetic head test method and magnetic head tester
35	8,179,042	Plasma display panel, plasma display panel unit, and method of manufacturing plasma display panel
36	8,179,041	Plasma display panel
37	8,178,840	Specimen inspection equipment and how to make the electron beam absorbed current images
38	8,178,837	Logical CAD navigation for device characteristics evaluation system
39	8,178,836	Electrostatic charge measurement method, focus adjustment method, and scanning electron microscope
40	8,178,786	Radiation-proof sheath material and radiation-proof cable
41	8,178,445	Substrate processing apparatus and manufacturing method of semiconductor device using plasma generation
42	8,178,428	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device and substrate processing apparatus
43	8,178,305	Method of analyzing biochemical
44	8,178,223	Perpendicular magnetic recording medium
45	8,178,191	Multilayer wiring board and method of making the same
46	8,178,158	Method for making a current-perpendicular-to-the-plane giant magnetoresistance (CPP-GMR) sensor with a confined-current-path (CCP)
47	8,178,019	Method and apparatus for producing ceramic honeycomb structure
48	8,177,951	Electrophoresis apparatus and pump mechanism used in the same
49	8,177,923	Nano-crystalline, magnetic alloy, its production method, alloy ribbon and magnetic part
50	8,177,922	R-Fe-B anisotropic sintered magnet
51	8,177,921	R-Fe-B rare earth sintered magnet
52	8,177,407	Plane-like lighting units and display equipment provided therewith
53	8,177,080	Girder block lifting method and jack-up stage used therefor
54	8,176,871	Substrate processing apparatus

IBM patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:56:29 +0000

105 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to IBM

1	8,181,260	Tracking the origins of data and controlling data transmission
2	8,181,257	Method to allow role based selective document access between domains
3	8,181,236	Method for and apparatus for retrieving username and password in an authentication protocol
4	8,181,230	System and method for adaptive approximating of a user for role authorization in a hierarchical inter-organizational model
5	8,181,225	Specializing support for a federation relationship
6	8,181,183	Method, system and program products for managing thread pools of a computing environment to avoid deadlock situations
7	8,181,173	Determining priority for installing a patch into multiple patch recipients of a network
8	8,181,169	Measuring execution time for program optimization
9	8,181,165	Using annotations to reuse variable declarations to generate different service functions
10	8,181,161	System for automatically collecting trace detail and history data
11	8,181,160	System and method for performance monitoring
12	8,181,152	Portlet template based on a state design pattern
13	8,181,148	Method for identifying and implementing flexible logic block logic for easy engineering changes
14	8,181,135	Hold transition fault model and test generation method
15	8,181,134	Techniques for performing conditional sequential equivalence checking of an integrated circuit logic design
16	8,181,131	Enhanced analysis of array-based netlists via reparameterization
17	8,181,126	Differential alternating phase shift mask optimization
18	8,181,114	Transferring files from one machine to another using adjacent desktop displays in a virtual network
19	8,181,109	Enabling unicode input in legacy operating systems
20	8,181,105	Apparatus, method, and program that performs syntax parsing on a structured document in the form of electronic data
21	8,181,102	Creating bookmark symlinks
22	8,181,101	Data bus system, its encoder/decoder and encoding/decoding method
23	8,181,094	System to improve error correction using variable latency and associated methods
24	8,181,072	Memory testing using multiple processor unit, DMA, and SIMD instruction
25	8,181,069	Method and system for problem determination using probe collections and problem classification for the technical support services
26	8,181,068	Apparatus for and method of life-time test coverage for executable code
27	8,181,050	Adaptive throttling for data processing systems
28	8,181,031	Biometric authentication device and system
29	8,180,999	Vertically tiered horizontally expandable micro grid system with bridge docking bay contoured by radial arms extending from central hub for coupling processor or power hubs
30	8,180,987	Encrypt-only data storage cartridge
31	8,180,972	Reducing remote reads of memory in a hybrid computing environment by maintaining remote memory values locally
32	8,180,970	Least recently used (LRU) compartment capture in a cache memory system
33	8,180,950	Apparatus and method to manage information using an optical and holographic data storage medium
34	8,180,941	Mechanisms for priority control in resource allocation
35	8,180,913	Apparatus and method for providing access to a data stream by a plurality of users at a same time
36	8,180,906	Dynamically optimizing delivery of multimedia content over a network
37	8,180,885	Method and system for administering devices with multiple user metric spaces
38	8,180,877	Logically partitioned system having subpartitions with flexible network connectivity configuration
39	8,180,871	Dynamic redeployment of services in a computing network
40	8,180,868	Adaptive resource management
41	8,180,865	System and method for application server/operating system network/configuration management
42	8,180,862	Arrangements for auto-merging processing components
43	8,180,860	Wireless device configuration management
44	8,180,847	Flexible web service deployment
45	8,180,832	Differential dynamic content delivery to alternate display device locations
46	8,180,831	Ad-hoc media delivery system
47	8,180,823	Method of routing messages to multiple consumers
48	8,180,815	Redundancy-free circuits for zero counters
49	8,180,810	Interactive generation of integrated schemas
50	8,180,809	Method for efficient data transformation
51	8,180,802	Extensible decimal identification system for ordered nodes
52	8,180,794	Unified user identification with automatic mapping and database absence handling
53	8,180,787	Application portability and extensibility through database schema and query abstraction
54	8,180,785	Method and system for searching numerical terms
55	8,180,780	Collaborative program development method and system
56	8,180,773	Detecting duplicate documents using classification
57	8,180,762	Database tuning methods
58	8,180,759	Spell checking URLs in a resource
59	8,180,757	System and method for leveraging tag context
60	8,180,739	Duplicate filtering in a data processing environment
61	8,180,730	Arbitration token for managing data integrity and data accuracy of information services that utilize distributed data replicas
62	8,180,726	Constraint failure analysis using constraint evaluation tree of constraint patterns
63	8,180,721	Cascading definition and support of EDI rules
64	8,180,708	Watermarking system that executes received watermarking instructions to embed a watermark
65	8,180,691	System and method for generating optimal bill/payment schedule
66	8,180,682	System and method for generating a view of and interacting with a purchase history
67	8,180,679	Computer-implemented method of performance testing software applications
68	8,180,670	Self-checkout coupon sharing
69	8,180,660	Non-depleting chips for obtaining desired service level characteristics
70	8,180,659	Identifying and measuring adherence to software development requirements
71	8,180,657	System and method for event slot negotiation
72	8,180,646	System and method for implementing voice print-based priority call routing
73	8,180,559	System and methods for geoboundary based traffic monitoring using quick tear down boundaries
74	8,180,519	Cooperative vehicle diagnostics
75	8,180,494	System and method for dynamically managing blowers and vents
76	8,180,142	Test fail analysis on VLSI chips
77	8,180,121	Fingerprint representation using localized texture feature
78	8,179,897	Generation and use of CRC in communications network
79	8,179,694	Magnetic induction grid as an early warning mechanism for space based microelectronics
80	8,179,693	Apparatus for electrically connecting two substrates using a land grid array connector provided with a frame structure having power distribution elements
81	8,179,677	Immersion-cooling apparatus and method for an electronic subsystem of an electronics rack
82	8,179,674	Scalable space-optimized and energy-efficient computing system
83	8,179,630	Storage slot for portable data storage cartridges
84	8,179,291	Method and system for compression of logical data objects for storage
85	8,179,257	Warning of hazardous conditions in monitored spaces using RFID technology
86	8,179,120	Single level of metal test structure for differential timing and variability measurements of integrated circuits
87	8,178,945	Programmable PN anti-fuse
88	8,178,931	Bridge for semiconductor internal node
89	8,178,925	Semiconductor diode structure operation method
90	8,178,908	Electrical contact structure having multiple metal interconnect levels staggering one another
91	8,178,700	Method of preparing cyclic carbonates, cyclic carbamates, cyclic ureas, cyclic thiocarbonates, cyclic thiocarbamates, and cyclic dithiocarbonates
92	8,178,503	Ribonucleic acid interference molecules and binding sites derived by analyzing intergenic and intronic regions of genomes
93	8,178,434	On-chip embedded thermal antenna for chip cooling
94	8,178,433	Methods for the formation of fully silicided metal gates
95	8,178,430	N-type carrier enhancement in semiconductors
96	8,178,400	Replacement spacer for tunnel FETs
97	8,178,387	Methods for reducing recrystallization time for a phase change material
98	8,178,386	Phase change memory cell array with self-converged bottom electrode and method for manufacturing
99	8,178,382	Suspended germanium photodetector for silicon waveguide
100	8,178,362	Electronically scannable multiplexing device
101	8,178,153	Heat transfer control structures using thermal phonon spectral overlap
102	8,177,945	Multi-anode system for uniform plating of alloys
103	8,177,122	Providing diagnostic information on the processing of variables in source code
104	8,176,972	Compliant vapor chamber chip packaging
105	8,176,624	Optical alignment module utilizing transparent reticle to facilitate tool calibration during high temperature process

Intel patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:55:51 +0000

26 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Intel

1	8,181,204	Linking to video information
2	8,181,185	Filtering of performance monitoring information
3	8,181,179	Changing a scheduler in a virtual machine monitor
4	8,181,176	Uniform storage device access using partial virtual machine executing within a secure enclave session
5	8,181,170	Unwind information for optimized programs
6	8,181,118	Personal information device on a mobile computing platform
7	8,181,041	Wave-modulated switching frequency voltage regulator
8	8,181,032	Method and apparatus with chipset-based protection for local and remote authentication of booting from peripheral devices
9	8,181,025	Method and apparatus for registering agents onto a virtual machine monitor
10	8,180,977	Transactional memory in out-of-order processors
11	8,180,967	Transactional memory virtualization
12	8,180,923	Network access control for many-core systems
13	8,180,921	Method and apparatus for load balancing
14	8,180,367	Cluster-based fingerprinting algorithms
15	8,180,310	Filtering using impedance translator
16	8,180,302	Polar modulator with signed amplitude reducing phase transitions
17	8,180,291	Power-scavenging receiver to generate a signal to be used to control operational state
18	8,179,979	Detection and compensation of discontinuities in data stream
19	8,179,870	Method and apparatus for securing devices in a network
20	8,179,869	Redundant multicast service in wireless network
21	8,179,844	Channel aware multiple user MIMO scheme unified with single user closed loop MIMO
22	8,179,330	Omnidirectional wideband antenna
23	8,178,952	Method of forming high-k dual dielectric stack
24	8,178,436	Adhesion and electromigration performance at an interface between a dielectric and metal
25	8,178,402	End functionalization of carbon nanotubes
26	8,178,047	Miniature chemical analysis system

LG Electronics patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:55:07 +0000

38 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to LG Electronics

1	RE43,394	Apparatus for connecting TV and computer
2	D659,917	Dry cleaning machine
3	D659,888	Floodlight
4	D659,713	Blu-ray disk player
5	D659,667	Mobile phone
6	D659,666	Mobile phone
7	8,181,207	Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data thereof
8	8,181,202	Program searching in digital multimedia terminal
9	8,181,199	Method for displaying internet television information of broadcasting receiver and broadcasting receiver enabling the method
10	8,181,047	Apparatus and method for controlling power management by comparing tick idle time data to power management state resume time data
11	8,180,936	DRM interoperable system
12	8,180,866	Device management apparatus and method for setting configuration-value therein
13	8,180,631	Apparatus and method of processing an audio signal, utilizing a unique offset associated with each coded-coefficient
14	8,180,417	Portable terminal
15	8,180,405	Mobile terminal and operation control method thereof
16	8,180,400	Service setting for mobile communication terminal
17	8,180,378	Access probe enhancements
18	8,180,370	Mobile terminal and method of display position on map thereof
19	8,180,326	Method of supporting location privacy
20	8,180,299	Optimized AM RLC re-set mechanism
21	8,180,074	Display device and speaker system for the display device
22	8,179,977	Method of apparatus for processing a signal
23	8,179,975	Method of decoding a macroblock based on a macroblock level of the macroblock
24	8,179,921	Method and apparatus for processing padding buffer status reports
25	8,179,893	Method of formatting signal in mobile communication system
26	8,179,867	Apparatus and method for transmission opportunity in mesh network
27	8,179,857	Method of transmitting scheduling request in a wireless communication system
28	8,179,824	Method of performing channel sounding in frequency duplex system
29	8,179,819	Method for transmitting and receiving signals using collaborative MIMO scheme
30	8,179,790	Method for selecting transport format combination guaranteed QoS in mobile communication system
31	8,179,452	Method and apparatus for generating compressed file, and terminal comprising the apparatus
32	8,179,342	Method and apparatus for driving plasma display panel
33	8,178,824	Cooking device
34	8,177,529	Reciprocating compressor
35	8,177,522	Mode changing apparatus for a scroll compressor
36	8,176,757	Washing machine
37	8,176,755	Heating part and laundry treating machine having the same
38	8,176,656	Laundry dryer

LG Philips LCD patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:54:32 +0000

No US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to LG Philips LCD

Matsushita patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:53:51 +0000

No US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Matsushita

Micron patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:52:59 +0000

15 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Micron

1	8,181,086	Memory array error correction apparatus, systems, and methods
2	8,180,995	Logical address offset in response to detecting a memory formatting operation
3	8,180,974	System, apparatus, and method for modifying the order of memory accesses
4	8,180,609	Jittery signal generation with discrete-time filtering
5	8,180,150	Method and apparatus providing automatic color balancing for digital imaging systems
6	8,179,726	Method and apparatus for programming flash memory
7	8,179,725	Programming rate identification and control in a solid state memory
8	8,179,724	Sensing for memory read and program verify operations in a non-volatile memory device
9	8,179,706	Method for modifying data more than once in a multi-level cell memory location within a memory array
10	8,179,468	Integrated CMOS imager and microcontroller
11	8,178,984	Flip chip with interposer
12	8,178,911	Semiconductor device having reduced sub-threshold leakage
13	8,178,413	Low-temperature grown high quality ultra-thin CoTiO.sub.3 gate dielectrics
14	8,178,396	Methods for forming three-dimensional memory devices, and related structures
15	8,177,420	Apparatus and methods for temperature calibration and sensing

Microsoft patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:52:27 +0000

56 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Microsoft

1	D659,711	Portion of a display screen with icon
2	D659,709	Display screen with icon
3	D659,707	Display screen with graphical user interface
4	D659,706	Display screen with graphical user interface
5	8,181,265	Secure machine counting
6	8,181,250	Personalized honeypot for detecting information leaks and security breaches
7	8,181,245	Proxy-based malware scan
8	8,181,219	Access authorization having embedded policies
9	8,181,217	Monitoring presentation timestamps
10	8,181,195	Anonymous aggregated data collection
11	8,181,188	Version resiliency for a host application and managed code
12	8,181,163	Program synthesis and debugging using machine learning techniques
13	8,181,159	Test automation using virtual machines
14	8,181,155	Unified expression and location framework
15	8,181,151	Modeling and managing heterogeneous applications
16	8,181,123	Managing virtual port associations to users in a gesture-based computing environment
17	8,181,117	Display of predicted storage state of target computing device during media file synchronization
18	8,181,113	Mediating conflicts in computer users context data
19	8,181,106	Use of overriding templates associated with customizable elements when editing a web page
20	8,181,103	Annotation detection and anchoring on ink notes
21	8,181,071	Automatically managing system downtime in a computer network
22	8,181,061	Memory management and recovery for datacenters
23	8,181,039	Disc drive counterfeiting countermeasure
24	8,180,986	Memory conflict detection via mapping of the physical heap to control access permissions to the memory
25	8,180,975	Controlling interference in shared memory systems using parallelism-aware batch scheduling
26	8,180,959	Efficiently synchronizing with separated disk caches
27	8,180,933	Dynamic call handling from multiple attached devices wherein devices advertize its capabililes before facilitating call through appropriate device
28	8,180,905	User-mode based remote desktop protocol (RDP) encoding architecture
29	8,180,887	Geolocation mapping of network devices
30	8,180,838	Efficiently managing modular data storage systems
31	8,180,833	Managing working set in an extensible message transfer system
32	8,180,826	Media sharing and authoring on the web
33	8,180,812	Templates for configuring file shares
34	8,180,790	Search macro suggestions relevant to search queries
35	8,180,786	Symbolic query exploration
36	8,180,767	Inferred relationships from user tagged content
37	8,180,766	Bayesian video search reranking
38	8,180,763	Cache-friendly B-tree accelerator
39	8,180,748	Surrogate key generation and utilization
40	8,180,663	Facilitating automated meeting scheduling
41	8,180,658	Exploitation of workflow solution spaces to account for changes to resources
42	8,180,645	Data preparation for media browsing
43	8,180,641	Sequential speech recognition with two unequal ASR systems
44	8,180,640	Grapheme-to-phoneme conversion using acoustic data
45	8,180,637	High performance HMM adaptation with joint compensation of additive and convolutive distortions
46	8,180,636	Pitch model for noise estimation
47	8,180,626	Language detection service
48	8,180,624	Fast beam-search decoding for phrasal statistical machine translation
49	8,180,465	Multi-modal device power/mode management
50	8,180,165	Accelerated screen codec
51	8,180,047	Trapdoor pairings
52	8,179,974	Multi-level representation of reordered transform coefficients
53	8,179,899	Endpoint selection for a call completion response
54	8,179,797	Channel discovery and disconnection in networks over white spaces and other portions of the spectrum
55	8,177,643	Out-of-band voice communication with interactive voice response services during gameplay
56	8,177,641	Systems and methods for quickly selecting video games

Nokia patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:51:54 +0000

10 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Nokia

1	8,181,095	System and method for improving signaling channel robustness
2	8,180,904	Data routing and management with routing path selectivity
3	8,180,401	Method and apparatus for providing a card application toolkit command for reporting terminal environmental information
4	8,180,376	Mobile analytics tracking and reporting
5	8,180,359	Data transmission method, system, base station and subscriber station, a data processing unit, computer program product, computer program distribution medium and baseband module
6	8,180,342	System, method and computer program product for delivering a service guide of a first broadcast/multicast system as a program of a second broadcast/multicast system
7	8,180,062	Spatial sound zooming
8	8,179,999	Decoding of blocks in radio communications
9	8,179,772	Data storage medium and method for scanning a storage medium
10	8,179,457	Gradient color filters for sub-diffraction limit sensors

Panasonic patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:51:23 +0000

73 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Panasonic

1	D659,753	Light irradiation device for print machine
2	D659,569	Portable navigator
3	8,181,192	Disk apparatus and disk drive unit including a lock mechanism that is released only when the display unit is in a closed state
4	8,181,040	Program execution device
5	8,180,990	Integrated circuit including a plurality of master circuits transmitting access requests to an external device and integrated circuit system including first and second interated circuits each including a plurality of master circuits transmitting access requests
6	8,180,957	Memory control unit and memory control method
7	8,180,738	Memory controller, nonvolatile storage device, and nonvolatile storage device system
8	8,180,414	Portable radio device
9	8,180,322	Radio communication device, band setting system
10	8,180,207	Heat exchanger
11	8,180,182	Processing device for processing plurality of polygon meshes, the device including plurality of processors for performing coordinate transformation and gradient calculations and an allocation unit to allocate each polygon to a respective processor
12	8,180,176	Image processing device, image processing method, image processing program, recording medium with image processing program recorded therein, and image processing processor
13	8,180,158	Image processing device and image processing method for detecting a specific shape from an image
14	8,180,111	Compound eye type imaging apparatus with distance measuring capability
15	8,180,096	Loudspeaker
16	8,180,060	Telemedical system
17	8,180,059	Management apparatus, terminal apparatus, and copyright protection system
18	8,180,052	Data communication apparatus
19	8,179,986	Multicarrier modulation scheme as well as transmission apparatus and reception apparatus using the scheme
20	8,179,972	Image encoding device, image decoding device, and integrated circuit used therein
21	8,179,968	Motion vector coding and decoding methods
22	8,179,966	Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method
23	8,179,965	Moving picture coding method
24	8,179,963	Coding mode determining apparatus, image coding apparatus, coding mode determining method and coding mode determining program
25	8,179,962	Motion image encoding method and motion image decoding method
26	8,179,958	Device switching system, and sender and distribution destination device
27	8,179,947	Radio communication apparatus and reference signal generating method
28	8,179,782	Signal judgment apparatus and signal judgment method
29	8,179,776	OFDM transmission/reception apparatus
30	8,179,769	Optical head device, optical information device, computer, disc player, car navigation system, optical disc recorder, and vehicle
31	8,179,768	Optical system for compensating for spherical aberration and/or coma aberration in an optical pickup device and optical pickup device having the same
32	8,179,760	Reproduction signal evaluation method, information recording medium, reproduction apparatus and recording apparatus
33	8,179,714	Nonvolatile storage device and method for writing into memory cell of the same
34	8,179,713	Nonvolatile memory element, nonvolatile memory device, and nonvolatile semiconductor device
35	8,179,686	Mounted structural body and method of manufacturing the same
36	8,179,659	Placement configuration of MIM type capacitance element
37	8,179,650	Power supply apparatus
38	8,179,611	Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera
39	8,179,605	Optical element
40	8,179,497	Liquid crystal display device
41	8,179,462	Imaging unit
42	8,179,404	Remote control system and appliance for use in the remote control system
43	8,179,403	Image synthesis device, image synthesis method, image synthesis program, integrated circuit
44	8,179,395	Image special effect apparatus and image special effect method
45	8,179,353	Driving method for display device
46	8,179,341	Plasma display device with power consumption features
47	8,179,185	Sampling mixer, filter device, and radio device
48	8,179,057	Electronic ballast for discharge lamp
49	8,179,043	Plasma display panel free from yellowing
50	8,179,033	Display apparatus
51	8,179,020	Vibratory actuator and drive device using the same
52	8,178,955	Semiconductor device
53	8,178,929	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
54	8,178,905	Layout structure of semiconductor device
55	8,178,896	Light emitting element
56	8,178,889	Semiconductor light emitting element having a single defect concentrated region and a light emitting which is not formed on the single defect concentrated region
57	8,178,870	Organic electroluminescence element
58	8,178,234	Cell-to-cell connection structure
59	8,178,229	Exhaust system and battery pack
60	8,178,188	Base layer for manufacturing an electronic component by an etching process
61	8,178,164	Method of forming organic molecular film structure and organic molecular film structure
62	8,178,154	Method for disposing a component
63	8,177,570	Cable connector
64	8,177,533	Scroll expander and refrigeration cycle apparatus
65	8,177,532	Expander and expander-compressor unit
66	8,177,525	Expander-integrated compressor
67	8,177,407	Plane-like lighting units and display equipment provided therewith
68	8,177,021	Diaphragm for speaker, frame for speaker, dust cap for speaker, speaker and apparatus using them, and method for manufacturing component for speaker
69	8,176,936	Fluid cutoff device and gas meter with the fluid cutoff device
70	8,176,782	Capacitive sensor
71	8,176,781	Multilayer piezoelectric thin film and method of manufacturing the same, angular velocity sensor, piezoelectric generating element, and method of generating electric power using the piezoelectric
72	8,176,637	Hair clipper
73	8,176,619	Method of manufacturing molded commutator

Philips Electronics patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:50:48 +0000

18 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Philips Electronics

1	RE43,384	Radio communication system with multiple and simultaneous encoding technique
2	D659,886	Luminaire
3	D659,883	Luminaire
4	D659,823	Face mask assembly
5	D659,822	Cushion in face mask assembly
6	8,180,380	Associated paging indicator
7	8,180,017	Stereo tube attenuation filter
8	8,179,815	Gathering and reporting data concerning communication channel conditions for a wireless device in a wireless network
9	8,179,751	Method and device for sensitivity compensation
10	8,179,528	Assembly comprising a portable device having fluid-fillable container and a holder
11	8,179,400	Motion adaptive ambient lighting
12	8,179,131	Method and arrangement for influencing and/or detecting magnetic particles in a region of action by rotating magnetic drive vector
13	8,179,036	Light emitting device with a shunt
14	8,179,029	Light emitting device including multiple OLEDs
15	8,177,718	Linear array ultrasound transducer with variable patch boundaries
16	8,177,429	Foldable nuclear medicine gantry
17	8,177,397	LED heat management system
18	8,176,915	End-tidal gas estimation system and method

Samsung patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:50:13 +0000

103 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Samsung

1	RE43,383	Method for sharing hybrid resources in a wireless independent network, a station for the method, and a data format for the method and the station
2	D659,920	Vacuum cleaner
3	D659,732	Camcorder
4	D659,692	Tablet computer
5	D659,691	Mobile phone case
6	D659,680	Speaker
7	D659,677	Speaker
8	D659,675	Speaker
9	D659,664	Mobile phone
10	D659,637	Battery charger with stand
11	8,181,266	Method for moving a rights object between devices and a method and device for using a content object based on the moving method and device
12	8,181,198	Broadcast receiving apparatus and method for providing widget service thereof via available channel or virtual channel
13	8,181,193	Disk chucking device for alignment of the rotational center of a disk with the center of the disk chucking device
14	8,181,097	Apparatus and method for decoding signal in a communication system
15	8,181,088	Apparatus and method for recording and/or reproducing data on an information storage medium using padding information, and the information storage medium
16	8,181,087	Apparatus and method for recording and/or reproducing data on an information storage medium using padding information, and the information storage medium
17	8,180,988	Method and system for authenticating storage device connected through intermediate converter
18	8,180,976	Programming non-volatile memory devices based on data logic values
19	8,180,939	Memory devices implementing clock mirroring scheme and related memory systems and clock mirroring methods
20	8,180,929	Method for managing logical address and device thereof
21	8,180,853	Method and apparatus for transmitting data in a peer-to-peer network
22	8,180,827	Method and apparatus for associating graphic icon in internet virtual world with user’s experience in real world
23	8,180,797	Image forming apparatus and control method thereof
24	8,180,764	Apparatus, method and medium for transmission and/or reception of digital content based on time or location information
25	8,180,709	Method and device for consuming rights objects having inheritance structure in environment where the rights objects are distributed over plurality of devices
26	8,180,565	Method for exchanging messages in a navigation system using visible light communications
27	8,180,416	Sliding-type mobile communication terminal
28	8,180,387	Method, terminal, and system for establishing PoC group session in PoC system
29	8,180,353	Routing method and system for mobile ad-hoc network
30	8,180,348	System and method for fast network reentry in a broadband wireless access communication system
31	8,180,340	Method for saving files in mobile communication terminal
32	8,180,312	Receiver architecture for minimizing use of external bandpass filter between low-noise amplifier and first mixer
33	8,180,290	Wireless communication method for preventing communication interference and cut-off in one-to-multi wireless communication
34	8,180,282	System and method for controlling power in a communication system
35	8,180,241	Power control method and apparatus to heat a heating roller
36	8,180,201	Storage medium storing interactive graphics stream activated in response to user’s command, and reproducing apparatus for reproducing from the same
37	8,180,196	Optical recording/reproducing apparatus and data recording method thereof
38	8,180,195	Memory structures and methods for video codec
39	8,180,003	Apparatus and method for generating per stream channel quality information in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication system
40	8,179,982	Transmitting additional information in the headers of encapsulating data packets in mobile/handheld (M/H) DTV signals
41	8,179,980	Robust DTV signals that can overcome burst errors up to 1040 bytes or more in length
42	8,179,949	Correlation method and signal processing method of CDMA receiver using mapping
43	8,179,938	Light-emitting element capable of increasing amount of light emitted, light-emitting device including the same, and method of manufacturing light-emitting element and light-emitting device
44	8,179,871	Method and system for channel access control for transmission of video information over wireless channels
45	8,179,834	Method and apparatus for adapting downlink wireless transmission between beamforming and transmit diversity on a per mobile station basis
46	8,179,805	Method and system for wireless communication by spatial reuse
47	8,179,780	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving control information to randomize inter-cell interference in a mobile communication system
48	8,179,759	Information storage medium and recording/reproducing apparatus and method using the same
49	8,179,758	Optical disc having tracking polarity information, and apparatuses and methods for recording and reproducing user data on the same
50	8,179,736	Antifuses and program circuits having the same
51	8,179,732	Flash memory devices including ready/busy control circuits and methods of testing the same
52	8,179,727	NAND flash memory devices and methods of LSB/MSB programming the same
53	8,179,718	Memory device and memory programming method
54	8,179,711	Semiconductor memory device with stacked memory cell and method of manufacturing the stacked memory cell
55	8,179,707	Semiconductor memory devices and methods of arranging memory cell arrays thereof
56	8,179,697	Control panel assembly and washing machine having the same
57	8,179,685	Printed circuit board and display apparatus having the same
58	8,179,665	Solid electrolytic capacitor with increased capacitance
59	8,179,491	Thin film transistor having improved fabrication and performance characteristics and display device having the same
60	8,179,489	Display device
61	8,179,482	Touch panel display and method of manufacturing the same
62	8,179,456	Image sensors, color filter arrays included in the image sensors, and image pickup apparatuses including the image sensors
63	8,179,430	Biometric authentication device
64	8,179,407	Method of driving a display apparatus, and display apparatus and timing controller for performing the method
65	8,179,390	Light emitting display
66	8,179,385	Liquid crystal display
67	8,179,365	Electrophoretic display device having improved color gamut
68	8,179,355	Display apparatus having a pre-charging function
69	8,179,350	Display device
70	8,179,345	Shared buffer display panel drive methods and systems
71	8,179,244	Remote control system and method having reduced vulnerability to noise
72	8,179,226	Array type chip resistor
73	8,179,205	Linearization systems and methods for variable attenuators
74	8,179,177	Wideband delay-locked loop (DLL) circuit
75	8,179,097	Protection circuit for battery pack and battery pack having the same
76	8,179,044	Plasma display device and fabricating method for the same
77	8,179,031	Surface light source, method of driving the same, and backlight unit having the same
78	8,179,006	Motor
79	8,178,969	Flip chip package
80	8,178,960	Stacked semiconductor package and method of manufacturing thereof
81	8,178,951	Compound semiconductor substrate and control for electrical property thereof
82	8,178,928	Intermediate structures having reduced width contact holes that are formed during manufacture of memory cells having contact structures
83	8,178,924	Semiconductor device having floating body element and bulk body element
84	8,178,884	Thin film transistor including compound semiconductor oxide, method of manufacturing the same and flat panel display device having the same
85	8,178,867	Organic light emitting display and fabricating method thereof
86	8,178,865	Organic light emitting display device including a plurality of switching elements for testing the same
87	8,178,621	Composition for crosslinkable polyimide precusor, method of manufacturing cross-linked polyimide, and polyimide film
88	8,178,442	Method of forming patterns of semiconductor device
89	8,178,424	Method of fabricating light-emitting apparatus with improved light extraction efficiency and light-emitting apparatus fabricated using the method
90	8,178,408	Methods of manufacturing charge trap-type non-volatile memory devices
91	8,178,393	Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof
92	8,178,378	Method of manufacturing vertical nitride semiconductor light emitting diode
93	8,178,248	Carbon monoxide remover and fuel cell system with the same
94	8,178,245	Electrode assembly having porous separator that contains an antacid and secondary battery having the same
95	8,178,236	Secondary battery including an insulation case with an insertion groove
96	8,178,235	Battery with cap plate having inclined edge
97	8,178,232	Battery pack
98	8,178,193	Constraining green sheet and method of manufacturing multi-layer ceramic substrate using the same
99	8,178,172	Liquid crystal display and manufacturing method thereof
100	8,178,028	Laser patterning of nanostructure-films
101	8,178,000	Deep red phosphor and method of manufacturing the same
102	8,177,325	Inkjet image forming apparatus
103	8,176,756	Drain pump and washing machine having the same

Sony patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:49:42 +0000

58 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Sony

1	D659,694	Memory unit
2	D659,679	Speaker box
3	D659,670	Radio
4	D659,669	Audio player
5	D659,660	Panel display
6	8,181,226	Method and apparatus for multimedia session transfer
7	8,181,216	Data processing apparatus, data processing method, and data processing system
8	8,181,214	Recording system and recording substitution system
9	8,181,120	TV widget animation
10	8,180,925	Service providing method and integrated circuit
11	8,180,731	Apparatus and method for computing evaluation values of content data stored for reproduction
12	8,180,437	Optical pulse wave velocity obtaining apparatus and method thereof
13	8,180,411	Injection molded solid mobile phone, machine, and method
14	8,180,363	Communication apparatus preventing communication interference
15	8,180,305	Communication apparatus, communication system, and communication method
16	8,180,300	Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and computer program
17	8,180,295	Bluetooth enabled computing system and associated methods
18	8,180,286	Wireless power and communication system
19	8,180,278	Information processing system, communication terminal, information processing unit and program
20	8,180,199	Playback apparatus, playback method, program for playback method, and recording medium recorded with program for playback method thereon
21	8,180,189	Optical module and optical waveguide
22	8,180,119	Imaging apparatus and imaging method
23	8,180,090	Headset with exchangeable speaker
24	8,180,002	Digital signal processing device, digital signal processing method, and digital signal processing program
25	8,179,955	Low density parity check (LDPC) coding for a 32K mode interleaver in a digital video broadcasting (DVB) standard
26	8,179,954	Odd interleaving only of an odd-even interleaver when half or less data subcarriers are active in a digital video broadcasting (DVB) standard
27	8,179,941	Laser diode and method of manufacturing the same
28	8,179,856	System and method for managing transmissions between communication devices using compression techniques
29	8,179,756	Optical disc drive apparatus, control method thereof and optical disc drive system
30	8,179,754	Optical disc apparatus, method, and information storage medium for reading information recorded on an optical disc medium
31	8,179,618	Optical unit and image pickup apparatus
32	8,179,527	Terahertz spectrometer
33	8,179,513	Transflective liquid crystal display panel and electronic apparatus
34	8,179,504	Liquid crystal display with a light selective reflection filter
35	8,179,474	Fast iterative motion estimation method on gradually changing images
36	8,179,472	Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and program therefor
37	8,179,465	Solid-state imaging device and camera system
38	8,179,461	Solid-state image pickup device, method for driving solid-state image pickup device, and image pickup apparatus
39	8,179,453	Imaging method and imaging apparatus
40	8,179,449	Portable electronic apparatus including a display and method for controlling display content based on movement of the display and user position
41	8,179,442	Imaging device and method for performing surveillance by infrared radiation measurement
42	8,179,392	Pre-charge system for on glass LCD driving circuit
43	8,179,339	Electronic display device
44	8,179,292	Data modulation apparatus, data modulation method, data modulation program, and recording medium
45	8,179,101	Charging apparatus
46	8,179,038	Display apparatus
47	8,178,933	Semiconductor device
48	8,178,872	Molecular device, imaging device, photosensor, and electronic apparatus
49	8,178,770	Information processing apparatus, sound analysis method, and program
50	8,178,238	Positive-electrode active material for lithium-ion secondary battery, positive electrode, manufacturing method thereof, and lithium-ion secondary battery
51	8,178,237	Non-aqueous electrolyte battery and negative electrode
52	8,178,071	Metal oxide nanoparticles, production method thereof, light-emitting element assembly, and optical material
53	8,177,991	Method of applying a pattern of metal, metal oxide and/or semiconductor material on a substrate
54	8,177,642	Game control program, game control method, and game device
55	8,177,611	Scheme for inserting a mimicked performance into a scene and providing an evaluation of same
56	8,177,440	Mobile electronic device
57	8,177,378	Light emitting apparatus and image displaying apparatus
58	8,177,369	Reflective liquid crystal projector and image reproduction apparatus

Toshiba patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:48:53 +0000

44 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Toshiba

1	D659,861	Light emitting diode lamp
2	D659,860	Light emitting diode lamp
3	D659,859	Light emitting diode lamp
4	8,180,956	Method for controlling memory card and method for controlling nonvolatile semiconductor memory
5	8,180,951	Memory system and method of controlling the memory system
6	8,180,836	Information processing apparatus
7	8,180,472	Control method for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, control system for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, and manufacturing method for semiconductor device
8	8,180,392	Wireless communication device and signal detection circuit
9	8,180,292	Mobile communication device
10	8,180,287	Portable terminal
11	8,180,257	Photoconductive image forming apparatus with retractable shutter unit
12	8,180,113	Stain determination apparatus, sheet processing apparatus and stain determination method
13	8,180,104	Tracking method and tracking apparatus
14	8,179,765	Optical recording medium, information recording method, and information reproducing method
15	8,179,764	Optical recording medium, information recording method, and information reproducing method
16	8,179,763	Optical disc, information recording method, and information reproducing method
17	8,179,762	Information processor, optical disc failure analysis method, and computer product
18	8,179,730	Semiconductor device and semiconductor memory tester
19	8,179,720	NAND flash memory
20	8,179,710	Semiconductor memory device
21	8,179,671	Information processing apparatus
22	8,179,638	Head with slider suppressing back flow, head suspension assembly, and disk device provided with the same
23	8,179,637	Magnetic storage apparatus having heated recording head
24	8,179,512	Liquid crystal display device having particular pixel structure to decrease parasitic capacitance
25	8,179,467	Analog-signal processing circuit for improving accuracy of arithmetic mean of signals
26	8,179,421	Image synthesizing device and method and computer readable medium
27	8,179,410	Paper sheet sensor adjusting method
28	8,179,409	Thermal printer
29	8,179,290	Electronic apparatus and key operation control method
30	8,179,068	Variable-flux motor drive system
31	8,178,919	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same
32	8,178,917	Non-volatile semiconductor storage device having memory cells disposed three-dimensionally, and method of manufacturing the same
33	8,178,916	Nonvolatile semiconductor storage device
34	8,178,913	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
35	8,178,899	Semiconductor device and fabrication method of the semiconductor device
36	8,178,891	Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same
37	8,178,875	Nonvolatile memory device and method for manufacturing same
38	8,178,861	Semiconductor device
39	8,178,793	Chassis, electronic equipment and manufacturing method for chassis
40	8,178,412	Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same
41	8,178,366	Pattern forming method, manufacturing method of semiconductor device, and template manufacturing method
42	8,178,244	Non-aqueous electrolyte battery and battery pack
43	8,177,225	Automatic document feeder with reversing path
44	8,177,211	Sheet folding apparatus, image forming apparatus using the same, and sheet folding method

Yahoo patents granted on 15 May 2012

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:47:49 +0000

7 US patents granted on 15 May 2012 and assigned to Yahoo

1	8,181,178	Online batch execution
2	8,180,770	System and method for creating a playlist
3	8,180,769	Content-management system for user behavior targeting
4	8,180,755	Matching reviews to objects using a language model
5	8,180,752	Apparatus and methods for managing a social media universe
6	8,180,674	Targeting of advertisements based on mutual information sharing between devices over a network
7	8,180,396	User augmented reality for camera-enabled mobile devices