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Journal of Research and Development  
Volume 43, Numbers 1/2, 1999
Plasma processing
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Recent IBM patents

The following patents were recently issued by the countries in which the inventions were made.

Canada
2,120,280 C. Stratas and C. J. Stratas Method and apparatus for retention of a fragile conductive trace with a protective clamp
2,137,492 L. K. Hon System for and method of providing delta-versioning of the contents of PCTE file objects
France
575,682 C. L. Basso, F. Verplanken, and J. Calvignac Hub and interface for isochronous token-ring
Germany
19,703,388.1 D. E. Staiger Method and apparatus for control of an electronic system
19,710,798.2 H. C. Pfeiffer, J. Greschner, K. Meissner, S. Kalt, and T. Bayer Manufacturing method for membrane mask with mask fields
69,032,542.8 L. Doehle, V. Rudolph, and W. Ruppert Image verification by extraction of significant parameters
69,320,623.3 B. Stenkamp, E. Kiefer, M. Abraham, P. Pokrowsky, T. Zetterer, and W. Ehrfeld Micropolarimeter, microsensor system and method of characterizing thin films
Japan
980,779-1 K. Yamazaki and T. Takahashi Industrial design of monitor
1,022,733 K. Yamazaki and T. Imai Front projector
2,137,321 A. Yagihashi, H. Shima, and K. Yamazaki Portable PC
2,137,398 H. Sone, K. Sekiya, Y. Kanada, and Y. L. Lien User friendly adapters
2,798,364 K. Okamoto and K. Yamamoto Invention of a statistical analysis technique in program execution
2,802,046 H. Kinoshita and S. Iwata SCCP (single control CD-ROM player)
2,803,693 J. Kimura and Y. Fukushima Actuator lock release method for HDD
2,811,501 K. Hidaka and M. Akashi Tracking cursor
2,815,311 H. Itoh, J. Mihara, N. Yamada, and Y. Kikuchi Programmable TFT gate timing control method for TFT-LCD
Switzerland
531,599 M. Heddes and R. P. Luijten Configurable gigabit/s switch adapter
727,085 P. Gruetter, R. Allenspach, and U. T. Duerig Method and apparatus for retrieving digital data from a magnetic storage medium
744,101 B. Petersen and E. Eleftheriou Method and apparatus for multiuser-interference reduction
759,055 F. Gfeller and F. R. Gfeller Wireless optical communication system with adaptive data rates and/or adaptive levels of optical power
793,808 R. Allenspach and W. Weber Magnetoresistive sensor
United Kingdom
559,978 P. Quarendon Image processing method
629,991 A. Hastings, F. S. Jackson, M. D. Henry, and N. Wright-Boulton Synchronisation apparatus working over a wide range of frequencies
665,525 A. R. Knox, R. T. Wood, and S. C. Kerigan Display apparatus with data communication channel
797,810 A. Zlotnick Barcode decoding
2,296,123 G. Ashour, N. Sharir, and R. Lisle MIDI playback system
2,298,075 J. S. Beeteson Liquid crystal display
2,319,100 J. M. Flenley and S. Currie Hardware simulator for a transaction processing system
United States
5,768,620 G. S. Johnson, H. M. Yudenfriend, L. R. Urbanejo, and R. A. Ripberger A variable timeout method in a missing-interrupt handler for I/O requests issued by the same operating system
5,768,623 A. L. Symon, I. D. Judd, and N. Shaylor System and method for sharing multiple storage arrays by dedicating adapters as primary controller and secondary controller for arrays reside in different host computers
5,768,681 A. Dan, D. Sitaram, P. P. Shahabuddin, and W. H. Tetzlaff Channel conservation for anticipated load surge in video servers
5,768,770 A. Lanzetta, I. C. Noyan, M. J. Palmer, and R. Horton Electronic packaging shaped beam lead fabrication
5,768,772 A. W. Buechele Pinstacking process and fixture
5,768,774 J. W. Wilson, S. P. Moore, and S. R. Engle Thermally enhanced ball grid array package
5,769,989 D. A. Sluzewski and M. K. Hoffmeyer Method and system for reworkable direct chip attach (DCA) structure with thermal enhancement
5,770,097 J. Singh and J. A. O'Neill Control of etch selectivity
5,770,133 Z. E. Boutaghou Data storage assembly vibration isolation method and apparatus
5,770,345 D. E. Seeger, E. D. Babich, J. P. Simons, and K. E. Petrillo Photoresist having increased sensitivity and use thereof
5,770,476 D. B. Stone Passive interposer including at least one passive electronic component
5,770,478 G. Messina, M. E. Klepeis, R. A. Sherif, and S. Iruvanti Integral mesh flat plate cooling module
5,770,484 R. L. Kleinhenz Method of making silicon on insulator buried plate trench capacitor
5,770,504 J. S. Brown, R. J. Gauthier, and X. Tian Method for increasing latch-up immunity in CMOS devices
5,770,826 C. E. Farrell, J. A. Lacey, P. Chaudhari, and S. C. Lien Atomic beam alignment of liquid crystals
5,770,875 F. Assaderaghi, J. A. Mandelman, L. L. Hsu, and W. R. Tonti Large value capacitor for SOI
5,770,876 C. H. Lam, D. K. Lord, and J. Wright Semiconductor trench capacitator cell having a buried strap
5,770,881 F. Assaderaghi, L. F. Wagner, Jr., and M. M. Pelella SOI FET design to reduce transient bipolar current
5,770,884 H. B. Pogge, H. L. Kalter, J. Greschner, and R. J. Rosner Very dense integrated circuit package
5,770,891 D. E. Massey, J. A. Frankeny, K. A. Vanderlee, and R. F. Frankeny Socket for semi-permanently connecting a solder ball grid array device using a dendrite interposer
5,770,894 R. C. Agarwal Parallel processing method having arithmetical condition code based instructions substituted for conventional branches
5,770,948 A. Halperin, L. Li, R. M. Ruggiero, S. G. Barbee, and W. Surovic Rotary signal coupling for chemical mechanical polishing endpoint detection with a strasbaugh tool
5,770,960 J. A. Iadanza and M. Ueda Process tolerant delay circuit
5,770,969 B. L. Krauter, L. A. Walls, and S. E. Schuster Controllable decoupling capacitor
5,771,011 C. J. Masenas Match detect logic for multi-byte per cycle hardware data compression
5,771,032 J. H. Werner, R. L. Poston, S. H. Isensee, and T. L. Cline Method, system, and memory for modifying a window as information is being scrolled
5,771,042 L. Santos-Gomez Multi-size control for multiple adjacent workspaces
5,771,044 B. J. Cragun and R. R. Schnier Method and apparatus for tolerancing three-dimensional drawings
5,771,152 D. Crompton, G. D. Hufford, H. G. Leonard, J. D. Thomas, and R. H. Harris Computer system with a tilt adjustment mechanism
5,771,186 S. A. Shah and V. R. Kodali System and method for multiplying in a data processing system
5,771,232 B. D. Mandalia, G. T. Davis, J. Sinibaldi, J. F. Jones, L. P. Andrews, R. E. Landa, and W. J. Johnson Expandable local inter-system bus architecture in a multiplexed environment
5,771,242 G. S. Koch, J. Connor, L. Ternullo, and R. D. Adams Memory array built-in self-test circuit having a programmable pattern generator for allowing unique read/write operations to adjacent memory cells, and method therefor
5,771,247 J. M. Kaiser, R. K. Arimilli, and W. K. Lewchuk Low latency error reporting for high performance bus
5,771,268 J. A. Silberman, N. Aoki, O. Takahashi, and S. H. Dhong High speed rotator with array method
5,771,317 A. Edgar Sinc filter in linear lumen space for scanner
5,771,347 J. A. Grantz and J. R. Ure Apparatus and method to allow a user a trial period before licensing a software program product
5,771,366 A. A. Bjorksten, J. E. Phillips, Q. Q. Bui, and R. E. Fry Method and system for interchanging operands during complex instruction execution in a data processing system
5,771,367 B. C. Beardsley, G. A. Spear, L. C. Blount, and V. J. Legvold Storage controller with improved nonvolatile memory failure recovery system
5,771,369 B. W. Curran Memory row redrive
5,771,371 G. J. Morse and S. Thompson Method and apparatus for optimizing the display of fonts in a data processing system
5,771,372 C. N. Tran, D. C. Pham, and M. Sweet Circuitry for controlling data communications
5,771,375 R. E. Mains Automatic delay adjustment for static timing analysis using clock edge identification and half cycle paths
5,771,379 R. C. Gore, Jr. File system and method for file system object customization which automatically invokes procedures in response to accessing an inode
5,771,382 I. A. Wang and R. Korenshtein System and method for synchronizing static variable initialization and reference under a multi-threaded computer environment
5,771,383 C. Youngworth, F. L. Rawson III, and J. M. Magee Shared memory support method and apparatus for a microkernel data processing system
5,771,462 C. M. Olsen Bus arbitration infrastructure for deployment of wireless networks
5,771,559 P. W. Coteus and T. M. Cipolla Removable heat sink assembly for a chip package
5,771,570 D. S. Chhabra, M. P. Robert, and N. Kitazaki Method of manufacturing a slider/suspension having an improved crown sensitivity
5,772,463 G. Oldenburg, K. F. Tharp, L. C. Kleppe, R. D. O'Groske, R. V. Tointon, and S. J. Shirk/Heath Electrical cable with improved connector
5,772,815 G. L. Stewart, R. L. Trollinger, and S. Jordan Method for making laminated integrated circuit devices
5,772,835 G. L. Stewart, R. L. Trollinger, and S. Jordan Vacuum oven chamber for making laminated integrated circuit devices
5,772,837 G. Natarajan, J. U. Knickerbocker, and R. J. Bezama Apparatus for forming cavities without using an insert
5,773,132 L. R. Blumberg, M. D. Poliks, and W. T. Chen Protecting copper dielectric interface from delamination
5,773,195 D. B. Stone, J. S. Kamperman, and T. P. Gall Cap providing flat surface for DCA and solder ball attach and for sealing plated through holes, multi-layer electronic structures including the cap, and a process of forming the cap and for forming multi-layer electronic structures including the cap
5,773,197 J. L. Hedrick, K. R. Carter, and R. D. Miller Integrated circuit device and process for its manufacture
5,773,329 Y. Kuo Polysilicon grown by pulsed rapid thermal annealing
5,773,331 H. P. Wong and P. M. Solomon Method for making single and double gate field effect transistors with sidewall source-drain contacts
5,773,361 A. K. Stamper and J. E. Cronin Process of making a microcavity structure and applications thereof
5,773,362 D. Chidambarrao, J. Zalesinski, J. A. Mandelman, S. V. Nguyen, T. Furukawa, and W. R. Tonti Method of manufacturing an integrated ULSI heatsink
5,773,371 B. K. Appelt, K. I. Papathomas, M. D. Poliks, R. M. Japp, and W. T. Fotorny Technique for forming resin-impregnated fiberglass sheets
5,773,377 B. V. Fasano, J. H. Harris, L. W. Herron, R. A. Youngman, and S. L. Shinde Low temperature sintered, resistive aluminum nitride ceramics
5,773,528 J. M. Alvarado, J. P. Kuczynski, and K. Covert Dual core epoxy backseal formulation
5,773,561 F. Pompeo, K. G. Sachdev, M. Berger, and P. A. Coico Polymer sealants/adhesives and use thereof in electronic package assembly
5,773,815 A. E. Stevens Integrate-and-dump receiver for fiber optic transmission
5,773,824 E. Flecha, K. G. Roessler, and R. M. Stowell Method for improving measurement accuracy using active lateral scanning control of a probe
5,773,836 J. G. Hartley Method for correcting placement errors in a lithography system
5,773,856 D. R. Bearden and M. D. Bolliger Structure for connecting to integrated circuitry
5,773,884 F. E. Andros, J. R. Bupp, M. DiPietro, and R. B. Hammer Electronic package with thermally conductive support member having a thin circuitized substrate and semiconductor device bonded thereto
5,774,011 E. J. Nowak, M. H. Tong, and W. M. Au Antifuse circuit using standard MOSFET devices
5,774,063 J. Edrington and R. E. Berry Method and apparatus for software based wireless remote control of electronic devices
5,774,067 A. R. Williams, H. T. Olnowich, J. Bruck, J. Gould, J. D. Jabusch, and M. H. Fisher Flash-flooding multi-stage interconnection network with parallel path seeking switching elements
5,774,081 G. G. Langdon, Jr. and J. Cheng Approximated multi-symbol arithmetic code method and apparatus
5,774,112 J. M. Kasson Method and apparatus for tone correction of a digital color image with preservation of the chromaticity of the image
5,774,120 J. S. Goddard and M. T. Vo Refresh and select-all actions in graphical user interface
5,774,186 M. H. Brodsky, S. E. Millman, and T. K. Worthington Interruption tolerant video program viewing
5,774,224 P. J. Kerstens Linear-scanning, oblique-viewing optical apparatus
5,774,291 C. S. Nomura, G. A. Garfunkel, and J. T. Contreras Voltage measurement circuit for a magnetoresistive head installed in a disk enclosure
5,774,292 C. J. Georgiou and E. S. Kirkpatrick Disk drive power management system and method
5,774,298 C. C. Liu, F. E. Mueller, and W. L. Cheung Asynchronous digital PES demodulation disk drive servo control system
5,774,340 C. S. Chang and F. D. Egitto Planar redistribution structure and printed wiring device
5,774,369 P. Horstmann, P. S. Sawkar, and T. E. Rosser Computer program product for enabling a computer to remove redundancies using quasi algebraic methods
5,774,380 L. Pickup, P. R. Schwartz, and T. Westervelt State capture/reuse for verilog simulation of high gate count ASIC
5,774,411 C. M. Hsieh, J. A. Mandelman, L. L. Hsu, and M. M. Pelella Methods to enhance SOI SRAM cell stability
5,774,481 C. L. Chen and P. J. Meaney Reduced gate error detection and correction circuit
5,774,511 D. W. Boerstler Processor clock circuit
5,774,525 D. Kanevsky, M. Yung, and W. Zadrozny Method and apparatus utilizing dynamic questioning to provide secure access control
5,774,641 A. B. McNeill, B. Cassidy, and R. Islam A distributed redundant array of inexpensive drives (DRAID)
5,774,644 P. W. McKinstry A method and apparatus for improving development of advanced program-to-program communications (APPC) programs
5,774,682 D. A. Burton, J. N. McCauley, M. Heyman, M. T. Benhase, and R. L. Morton System for concurrent cache data access by maintaining and selectively merging multiple ranked part copies
5,774,685 P. K. Dubey Method and apparatus for biasing cache LRU for prefetched instructions/data based upon evaluation of speculative conditions
5,774,692 G. G. Kiernan and P. Boyer Outer quantifiers in object-oriented queries and views
5,774,698 H. T. Olnowich Multi-media serial line switching adapter for parallel networks and heterogeneous and homologous computer system
5,774,706 D. Neal and R. A. Kelley High speed PCI utilizing TTL compatible signaling
5,774,712 H. Cheong and H. Q. Le Instruction dispatch unit and method for mapping a sending order of operations to a receiving order
5,774,716 F. J. Ricchio and M. W. Harbinski System and method for enabling multiple computer systems to share a single sequential log
5,774,717 T. J. Porcaro Improved method and article of manufacture for resynchronizing client/server file systems and resolving file system conflicts
5,774,720 C. V. Powell, I. M. Holland, K. Borgendale, K. R. Lawrence, and R. L. Verburg Personality neutral graphics subsystem
5,774,722 A. Gheith Method for efficient external reference resolution in dynamically linked shared code libraries in single address space operating systems
5,774,723 J. C. Endicott, R. P. Resch, and S. J. Munroe Efficient method router that supports multiple simultaneous object versions
5,774,724 R. R. Heisch System and method for acquiring fine granularity performance data in a computer system
5,774,728 F. C. Breslau, J. T. Rodell, and P. G. Greenstein Method and system for compiling sections of a computer program for multiple execution environments
5,774,729 A. W. Shannon, B. J. Owings, E. L. Porter, G. Hochmuth, L. E. England, R. A. Wilson, and W. P. Carney Event handling in a high level programming language environment
5,774,730 E. C. Prosser, L. Asnash, M. Namolaru, N. E. Aizikowitz, O. Edelstein, R. Bar-Haim, R. R. Roediger, and W. J. Schmidt Method and apparatus for improving colorability of constrained nodes in an interference graph within a computer system
5,774,735 A. E. Seigler and P. J. Meaney System resource enable method with wake-up feature
5,774,867 G. Fitzpatrick and M. L. Williams Camp on for electronic calendars
5,774,868 B. J. Cragun, S. Lund, and T. M. Kelsey Automatic sales promotion selection system and method
5,775,493 B. J. Cragun Assembly and method for labeling and storing media cartridges
5,775,567 J. C. Lo and M. Servedio Apparatus for ultrasonic wirebonding
5,776,370 A. Afzali and S. L. Buchwalter Charge transfer complexes between polyaniline and organic electron acceptors and method of fabrication
5,776,587 A. Viehbeck, J. M. Roldan, J. M. Shaw, M. Angelopoulos, R. Saraf, S. Purushothaman, T. Graham, and V. A. Brusic An electronic package comprising a substrate and a semiconductor device bonded thereto
5,776,645 P. J. Couillard and R. Barr Lithographic print bias/overlay target and applied metrology
5,776,660 D. V. Horak, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, and W. H. Ma Fabrication method for high-capacitance storage node structures
5,776,790 J. C. Kutt, R. H. Zalokar, and S. Starr C4 PB/SN evaporation process
5,776,801 G. Irish, J. Carper, R. L. Jackson, R. M. Smith, and S. C. Rieley Leadframe having contact pads defined by a polymer insulating film
5,776,808 B. Poschenrieder, K. Roithner, and K. P. Muller Pad stack with a poly SI etch stop for TEOS mask removal with RIE
5,776,823 A. Grill, C. Cabral, C. Jahnes, P. D. Agnello, R. A. Roy, and T. J. Licata Tasin oxygen diffusion barrier in multilayer structures
5,776,826 A. Mitwalsky and J. G. Ryan Crack stop formation for high-productivity processes
5,776,990 D. C. Hofer, J. Labadie, J. L. Hedrick, R. B. Prime, and T. P. Russell Foamed polymers for use as dielectric material
5,777,364 B. S. Meyerson, E. F. Crabbe, J. M. Stork, and S. Vandebroek Graded channel field effect transistor
5,777,385 L. Wu Ceramic ball grid array (CBGA) package structure having a heat spreader for integrated-circuit chips
5,777,490 F. F. Hinedi and M. Cases Circuitry and method for translating voltages
5,777,491 F. S. Lai and W. Hwang High-performance differential cascode voltage switch with pass gate logic elements
5,777,504 A. M. Chu and R. A. Piro Couple noise protection circuit technique
5,777,539 D. V. Folker, R. S. Malik, and R. S. Rowland Inductor using multilayered printed circuit board for windings
5,777,583 B. S. Oakley, F. J. Canora, M. Oprysko, S. Ponnapalli, and W. B. Nunnery High gain broadband planar antenna
5,777,615 D. A. Ford, E. J. Selker, and R. J. Barber Multiple display pointers for computer graphical user interfaces
5,777,616 C. Bates and P. R. Day Data processing system and method for invoking a function of a multifunction icon in a graphical user interface
5,777,622 T. F. Lehr Method for identifying invisible objects ordered in a tree-like data structure by finding adjoining hidden objects
5,777,630 B. R. Culbertson, E. J. Nelson, H. G. Kiel, K. D. Aaker, L. E. Behrens, S. Okimoto, and S. J. Amell Method and apparatus for displaying image and facsimile data on a non-programmable-terminal attached to a host computer by a work station controller
5,777,677 E. Linzer, P. Westerink, and R. M. West Approximate MPEG decoder with compressed reference frames
5,777,679 D. A. Hrusecky, D. P. Cheney, and M. Stojancic Video decoder including polyphase fir horizontal filter
5,777,704 E. J. Selker Backlighting an LCD-based notebook computer under varying ambient light conditions
5,777,705 D. B. Stone, L. R. Cutting, M. A. Gaynes, M. V. Pierson, and S. F. Arndt Wire bond attachment of a liquid crystal display tile to a tile carrier
5,777,789 A. E. Rosenbluth, D. B. Dove, F. E. Doany, G. L. Chiu, J. S. Wilczynski, R. N. Singh, and T. M. Cipolla Efficient optical system for a high resolution projection display employing reflection light valves
5,777,798 C. J. Freedenberg, F. A. Herring, and U. A. Ziemins Variable magnification laser imaging system
5,777,815 P. Kasiraj, S. W. Meeks, and T. C. Reiley Disk drive with shock detection based on thermoresistive signal from magnetoresistive head
5,777,825 L. K. Dorius Negative pressure step pad air bearing design and method for making the same
5,777,829 A. J. Wallash and S. H. Voldman Method and apparatus for providing electrostatic discharge protection for an inductive coil of a magnetic transducer
5,777,889 A. K. Mohanty and S. N. Panigrahy A method and apparatus for evaluating molecular structures using relativistic integral equations
5,777,918 A. Marchioro, C. Chuang, K. S. Chan, and S. H. Dhong Fast multiple operands adder/subtractor based on shifting
5,777,962 D. A. Hansen, R. P. Stahl, and T. S. Gardner Calibrating an optical detector to minimize noise from undesired perturbations in disk surfaces
5,777,989 J. R. McGarvey TCP/IP host name resolution for machines on several domains
5,778,011 F. Pestoni, F. Safar, J. Bruck, J. Sanz, and M. Blaum Method and apparatus for writing and protecting against random and cluster errors in image blocks
5,778,135 G. J. Smith and H. H. Ottesen Real-time edit control for video program material
5,778,150 B. N. Grosof, D. W. Levine, and H. Chan Flexible procedural attachment to situate reasoning systems
5,778,197 S. Dunham Method for allocating system resources in a hierarchical bus structure
5,778,208 A. Saha, N. Malik, and R. J. Eickemeyer A flexible pipeline for interlock removal
5,778,221 J. L. Temple System for executing asynchronous branch and link in parallel processor
5,778,222 S. A. Lenharth, S. A. Wadood, and T. R. Herrick Multi-functional application interface for managing directory access control
5,778,228 Y. Wei Method and system for transferring remote procedure calls and responses over a network
5,778,233 K. Besaw, M. Hessler, M. H. Lipasti, P. T. Haugen, R. J. Donovan, and R. R. Roediger Method and apparatus for enabling global compiler optimizations in the presence of exception handlers within a computer program
5,778,235 P. G. Robertson Computer system and arbitrator utilizing a bus bridge that avoids livelock
5,778,240 D. A. Buchman and K. W. Hall Referential edit checking tabular form data
5,778,243 A. G. Aipperspach, B. J. Talik, B. M. Patel, G. Uhlmann, M. Rohn, N. V. Phan, S. N. Storino, and T. Christensen Multi-threaded cell for a memory
5,778,255 D. F. Moertl, M. K. Edwards, and S. D. Clark Method and system in a data processing system for decompressing multiple compressed bytes in a single machine cycle
5,778,353 A. N. Swami Method and apparatus for optimizing data retrieval using index scanning
5,778,355 G. G. Kiernan, M. J. Carey, and P. Boyer Database method and apparatus for interactively retrieving data members and related members from a collection of data
5,778,358 J. L. Howe III and K. R. Blackman A query parser for accessing non-relational, non-object-oriented, datastores
5,778,366 D. L. Gillihan, D. R. Hyatt, K. M. Nordby, P. J. Spoth, P. T. Leone, R. W. Rinda, T. Rauch, and V. E. Pulizzi Method and system for organizing on-line books using collections
5,778,369 C. J. Pascoe and G. A. Wilson Method and apparatus for managing exceptions
5,778,374 C. H. Dang and C. T. Dang Compressed common file directory for mass storage systems
5,778,378 B. S. Rubin Object-oriented information retrieval framework mechanism
5,778,379 J. L. Howe III and K. R. Blackman A query syntax for accessing non-relational, non-object-oriented, datastores
5,778,391 F. D. Gallo, G. T. Kishi, and J. A. Fisher Method and system for reclaiming stacked volumes within a peripheral data storage subsystem
5,778,393 D. R. Blea, G. E. McBride, M. Shackelford, and R. M. Kern Adaptive multitasking for dataset storage
5,778,422 E. R. Vanderslice and T. B. Genduso Improved memory controller to support optional look-aside caches
5,778,428 K. A. Batson and R. Ross Programmable high performance mode for multi-way associative cache/memory designs
5,778,437 S. J. Baylor and Y. Hsu Invalidation bus optimization for multiprocessors using directory-based cache coherence protocols in which an address of a line to be modified is placed on the invalidation bus simultaneously with sending a modify request to the directory
5,778,443 M. S. Williams and R. C. Swanberg Method and apparatus for conserving power and system resources in a computer system employing a virtual memory
5,778,481 C. Huynh, D. P. Nadeau, M. R. Amsden, P. A. Manfredi, and R. A. Bartley Silicon wafer cleaning and polishing pads
5,778,527 J. L. Sullivan, K. W. Watts, M. Barenboim, and M. Mino Apparatus and method for forming ``L'' shaped terminals from structures stamped in a flat strip and for inserting such terminals into an electronic package
5,778,692 G. A. Gura Allocation of compressors to cooling chambers
5,779,133 D. C. Linnell, K. A. Lidestri, R. A. Jackson, and R. N. Master In-situ device removal for multi-chip modules
5,779,496 C. L. Smith, D. C. Brower, G. Bethurum, K. A. Maynor, and N. Bolinger Sliding connector block system for electronic devices
5,779,844 A. Viehbeck, D. Lewis, and S. J. Whitehair Continuous lamination of electronic structures
5,779,923 J. H. Lee and M. T. Krounbi Simplified method of making merged MR head
5,780,199 D. Lewis, J. Labadie, J. D. Gelorme, M. Angelopoulos, N. C. LaBianca, and S. Swanson Polyamic acid and polyimide from fluorinated reactant
5,780,327 J. A. Mandelman, J. O. Chu, L. L. Hsu, Y. Taur, and Y. C. Sun Vertical double-gate field effect transistor
5,780,335 W. Hwang and W. H. Henkels Buried-sidewall-strap two transistor one capacitor trench cell
5,780,363 B. N. Rhoads, D. D. Miura, D. I. Rath, D. J. Delehanty, F. Schmidt, G. F. Ouimet, K. J. McCullough, and R. Jagannathan Etching composition and use thereof
5,780,366 B. K. Appelt, K. I. Papathomas, R. M. Japp, and W. J. Rudik Technique for forming resin-impregnated fiberglass sheets using multiple resins
5,780,925 P. W. Coteus and T. M. Cipolla Lead frame package for electronic devices
5,781,031 C. L. Bertin and J. E. Cronin Programmable logic array
5,781,032 A. R. Bertolet, B. A. Worth, C. M. Fuller, E. E. Millham, F. R. Keyser, G. Yasar, J. A. Iadanza, K. Clinton, S. Hartman, S. W. Gould, T. Reny, and T. Zittritsch Programmable logic cell
5,781,193 C. C. Alimpich, J. P. Wittig, J. S. Goddard, M. T. Vo, and R. Y. Yang Graphical interface method, apparatus and application for creating multiple value list from superset list
5,781,363 B. S. Rowan and L. J. Serrano Servo-free velocity estimator for coil driven actuator arm in a data storage drive
5,781,379 A. D. Erpelding, D. D. Palmer, O. J. Ruiz, and S. Pattanaik Single beam flexure for a head gimbal assembly
5,781,413 D. B. Stone, J. R. Wilcox, J. S. Kresge, and W. J. Howell Method and apparatus for directing the input/output connection of integrated circuit chip cube configurations
5,781,430 R. Y. Tsai Optimization method and system having multiple inputs and multiple output responses
5,781,452 D. H. Lee and S. Sudharsanan Method and apparatus for efficient decompression of high quality digital audio
5,781,537 A. Segall and R. Ramaswami Setting up, taking down and maintaining connections in a communications network
5,781,546 H. Sethu Route restrictions for deadlock free routing with increased bandwidth in a multi-stage cross point packet switch
5,781,607 R. E. Acosta and R. G. Viswanathan Membrane mask structure, fabrication and use
5,781,682 A. A. Lacerte, D. Kuchta, G. W. Johnson, J. Trewhella, M. Gauvin, M. S. Cohen, N. A. Lee, S. Spanoudis, S. Tremblay, and S. E. Ouimet Low-cost packaging for parallel optical computer link
5,781,715 T. L. Sheu Fault-tolerant bridge/router with a distributed switch-over mechanism
5,781,736 M. A. Schmidt Method for obtaining the state of network resources in a distributed computing environment by utilizing a provider associated with indicators of resource states
5,781,737 M. A. Schmidt System for processing requests for notice of events
5,781,738 S. M. French and V. E. Corn Procedure for safely terminating network programs during network logoff
5,781,739 G. L. Lee, I. H. Chung, J. E. Hill, M. A. Bach, R. S. Uyehara, S. T. Kuo, and T. Lai IMS/WWW mapping system
5,781,757 S. R. Deshpande Adaptive, scalable cache coherence network for a multiprocessor data processing system
5,781,763 B. L. Beukema, D. F. Moertl, G. S. Delp, L. W. Loen, and M. R. Trombley Independent control of DMA and I/O resources for mixed-endian computing systems
5,781,778 H. Pan and M. Meier Method and system for debugging parallel and distributed applications
5,781,798 D. L. Beatty, R. E. Hamm, and Y. Nishida Method and apparatus for providing hot swapping capability in a computer system with static peripheral driver software
5,781,897 R. J. Recio and W. T. Chen Method and system for performing record searches in a database within a computer
5,781,906 C. Aggarwal, J. Wolf, and P. S. Yu System and method for construction of a data structure for indexing multidimensional objects
5,781,907 J. L. Howe III and K. R. Blackman Method for the incremental presentation of non-object-oriented datastores using an object-oriented queryable datastore collection
5,781,922 G. M. Braceras, K. J. Goodnow, and S. T. Ventrone Page boundary caches
5,782,356 C. P. Ausschnitt, J. S. Hugg, and W. H. Advocate Container for storing and transporting fragile objects
5,782,403 L. Wang Ultrasonic chip removal method and apparatus
5,782,690 B. Gustafson, C. Wexelblatt, D. J. Miller, F. C. Ringer, Jr., and R. A. Horr Curtain fire damper
5,783,026 G. Natarajan, J. U. Knickerbocker, and R. W. Pasco Apparatus for stacking sheets by carriers
5,783,102 J. H. Keller Negative ion inductive source for etching high aspect ratio structures
5,783,113 C. Hunter, J. M. Wargo, J. P. Nayak, M. E. Cropp, and N. Wier-Cavalieri Conductive paste for large greensheet screening including high thixotropic agent content
5,783,114 D. Dyer and R. Twieg Liquid crystalline display
5,783,252 B. K. Appelt, K. I. Papathomas, M. D. Poliks, R. M. Japp, and W. T. Fotorny Technique for forming resin-impregnated fiberglass sheets
5,783,309 C. A. Whiting, K. R. Kimmel, T. B. Faure, and W. D. Pricer Recovery of an anodically bonded glass device from a substrate by use of a metal interlayer
5,783,361 J. T. Fahey, K. M. Welsh, R. Sooriyakumaran, W. E. Conley, and W. M. Moreau Microlithographic structure with an underlayer film containing a thermolyzed azide compound
5,783,949 P. F. Lu, W. R. Reohr, and Y. H. Chan Precharged bit decoder and sense amplifier with integrated latch usable in pipelined memories
5,783,960 D. E. Lackey Integrated circuit device with improved clock signal control
5,783,981 A. J. Wallash, D. M. Hannon, E. A. Cunningham, J. B. Brown, N. C. Apuzzo, P. S. Tyler, R. Mallette, S. E. Abboud, and S. H. Voss Magnetic reinitialization of thin film magnetoresistive reproducing heads at the suspension level of media drive manufacturing
5,784,010 D. T. Flynn, J. D. Coker, R. L. Galbraith, and T. C. Truax Method and apparatus for implementing a set rate code for data channels
5,784,045 J. H. Werner, R. L. Poston, S. H. Isensee, and T. L. Cline Perimeter sliding windows
5,784,055 C. H. Ngai Color control for on-screen display in digital video
5,784,060 D. F. Champion and R. L. Bertram Interactive list and keyboard display
5,784,066 E. C. Prosser, N. E. Aizikowitz, and R. R. Roediger Method and apparatus for using partner information to color nodes in an interference graph within a computer system
5,784,076 D. T. Crump and S. Pancoast Video processor with data translation
5,784,163 A. R. Taheri and H. Lu Optical differential profile measurement apparatus and process
5,784,260 A. F. Moring, D. M. Passante, J. A. Knight, J. A. Kotylo, J. W. Fuller, Jr., and M. B. Fletcher A structure for constraining the flow of encapsulant applied to an I/C chip on a substrate
5,784,290 D. S. Kung and L. Reddy Multi-chip device partitioning process
5,784,294 D. B. Silverman and D. E. Platt System and method for comparative molecular moment analysis (CoMMA)
5,784,298 J. G. Waclawsky and P. C. Hershey Apparatus and method for using finite state machines (FSMS) to monitor a serial stream for characteristic patterns
5,784,311 B. Davari, F. Assaderaghi, G. G. Shahidi, J. A. Mandelman, and L. L. Hsu Two-device memory cell on SOI for merged logic and memory applications
5,784,330 G. A. Yeung, J. Beck, and T. L. Leasure Evenly distributed RC delay word line decoding and mapping
5,784,383 P. J. Meaney Apparatus for identifying SMP bus transfer errors
5,784,387 A. X. Widmer Method for detecting start-of-frame, end of frame and idle words in a data stream
5,784,391 B. Konigsburg A distributed memory system with ECC and method of operation
5,784,394 G. D. Carpenter, J. Gruger, J. C. Wang, K. Cheng, and M. J. Alvarez Method and system for implementing parity error recovery schemes in a data processing system
5,784,421 D. Dolev, H. R. Strong, and R. Reischuk Anonymous time synchronization method
5,784,459 D. J. Zukowski, M. Devarakonda, and W. H. Tetzlaff Method and apparatus for secure, remote swapping of memory resident active entities
5,784,504 C. G. Harrison, D. Chow, H. Page, N. Anthony, T. Issadisai, and W. J. Anderson Disambiguation input strokes of a stylus-based input device for gesture or character recognition
5,784,544 J. S. Stevens Method and system for determining the data type of a stream of data
5,784,575 B. T. Patel, P. Perry, and S. F. Oakland Output driver that parks output before going tristate
5,784,576 D. Neal, D. M. Neal, G. L. Guthrie, and R. A. Kelley Method and apparatus adding and removing components of a data processing system without powering down
5,784,578 D. W. Galloway and J. M. Mathewson Method and system for enhancing the efficiency of data communication between a terminal device and a host computer having an optimizer
5,784,580 C. N. Tran System and method for communicating between devices
5,784,583 R. J. Redpath Intuitive technique for building graphical menus
5,784,604 J. S. Muhich, S. W. White, and T. M. Potter Method and system for reduced run-time delay during conditional branch execution in pipelined processor systems utilizing selectively delayed sequential instruction purging
5,784,606 T. M. Potter Method and system in superscalar data processing system for the efficient handling of exceptions
5,784,610 F. J. Yeskel, J. A. Pridmore, J. R. Copeland, L. L. Weaver, L. M. Doby, L. P. Hobbs, S. Smith, T. C. Smith, and V. P. Johnikin Check image distribution and processing system and method
5,784,612 C. H. Crane, E. M. Philpot, Jr., K. W. Walker, Jr., and S. J. Sirkin Configuration and unconfiguration of distributed computing environment components
5,784,613 C. G. Tamirisa Exception support mechanism for a threads-based operating system
5,784,617 J. T. Rodell, M. A. Wright, and P. G. Greenstein A resource-capability-based method and system for handling service processor requests
5,784,632 G. G. Pechanek, J. G. Delgado-Frias, and S. Vassiliadis A parallel diagonal-fold array processor
5,784,633 J. S. Petty System for obtaining status data unrelated to user data path from a modem and providing control data to the modem without interrupting user
5,784,638 J. M. Keaty, J. W. Goetz, and S. W. Mahin Computer system supporting control transfers between two architectures
5,784,643 I. B. Shields System incorporating program for intercepting and interpreting or altering commands for generating I/O activity for enabling real-time user feedback by sending substitute characters to modem
5,784,697 A. D. Smet, D. A. Morrison, L. K. McMains, M. R. Funk, R. A. Petrillo, R. C. Seemann, and T. J. Torzewski Process assignment by nodal affinity in a multiprocessor system having non-uniform memory access storage architecture
5,784,698 D. R. Nowlen, D. W. Finney, J. M. Menon, J. T. Brady, M. A. Ko, M. H. Hartung, and N. Mendelsohn Dynamic memory allocation
5,784,701 J. T. Rodell, P. G. Greenstein, and R. R. Guyette A method and system for dynamically changing the size of a hardware system area
5,784,710 J. M. Kaiser and W. E. Maule Coupling of processor to memory system
5,784,782 C. M. Boyko, D. S. Farquhar, M. J. Klodowski, and R. M. Japp Method for fabricating printed circuit boards with cavities
5,785,535 B. Chan, G. E. Myrto, J. H. Sherman, and W. L. Brodsky Computer system with surface mount socket
5,785,538 B. S. Beaman, D. Y. Shih, K. E. Fogel, M. H. Norcott, and P. A. Lauro High density test probe with rigid surface structure
5,785,584 A. M. Palagonia and P. Marmillion Planarizing apparatus with deflectable polishing pad
5,785,585 P. A. Manfredi, R. A. Bartley, R. G. Morris, and Y. Chamberlin Polish pad conditioner with radial compensation
5,785,703 B. D. Goodman, H. W. Kaufman, J. J. Wynne, and J. M. Jacobs Dental procedures and apparatus using ultraviolet radiation
5,785,799 H. Shaukatullah, M. A. Gaynes, P. K. Seto, and T. M. Culnane Apparatus for attaching heat sinks directly to chip carrier modules using flexible epoxy
5,785,800 G. Natarajan, K. A. Smith, and N. Patel Apparatus for forming cavity structures using thermally decomposable surface layer
5,786,041 A. Takenaka, H. Takano, K. Tajima, K. W. Lee, and S. C. Lien An alignment film, a method for producing the alignment film and a liquid crystal display device using the alignment film
5,786,131 G. M. Wallraff, R. A. DiPietro, and R. D. Allen Photoresist composition for deep ultraviolet radiation and process for its use
5,786,237 J. Maltabes, L. J. O'Connor, M. A. Cockerill, and S. H. Voldman Method for forming a monolithic electronic module by stacking planar arrays of integrated circuit chips
5,786,626 F. M. Guindon, M. J. Brady, N. G. Favreau, P. Murphy, and P. A. Moskowitz Thin radio frequency transponder with leadframe antenna structure
5,786,628 C. L. Bertin, D. J. Perlman, J. E. Cronin, J. M. Leas, K. E. Beilstein, and W. J. Howell Method and workpiece for connecting a thin layer to a monolithic electronic modules surface and associated module packaging
5,786,635 D. J. Alcoe and S. B. Sathe Electronic package with compressible heatsink structure
5,786,690 J. R. Kirtley and M. B. Ketchen High resolution three-axis scanning SQUID microscope having planar solenoids
5,786,700 J. Obrzut and K. C. Jen Method for determining interconnection resistance of wire leads in electronic packages
5,786,769 D. W. Johnson and P. W. Coteus Method and system for detecting the presence of adapter cards
5,786,771 H. T. Olnowich, J. D. Jabusch, J. W. Feeney, and R. F. Lusch Selectable checking of message destinations in switched parallel network
5,786,805 F. Barry Method apparatus for improving object selection on a computer display by providing cursor control with a sticky property
5,786,826 T. Y. Kwok Method and apparatus for parallel rasterization
5,786,856 A. Y. Ngai, B. A. Hall, J. M. Kaczmarczyk, and R. L. Woodard Method and adaptive quantization by multiplication of luminance pixel blocks by a modified, frequency ordered hadamard matrix
5,786,873 A. E. Rosenbluth, D. B. Dove, F. E. Doany, G. L. Chiu, J. S. Wilczynski, R. N. Singh, and T. M. Cipolla Efficient optical system for a high resolution projection display employing reflection light valves
5,786,934 A. E. Rosenbluth, D. B. Dove, F. E. Doany, G. L. Chiu, J. S. Wilczynski, R. N. Singh, and T. M. Cipolla Efficient optical system for a high resolution projection display employing reflection light valves
5,786,963 S. S. Malek Servo information recording method and apparatus for an enclosed data storage system
5,786,986 A. Viehbeck, C. A. Kovac, K. Hermann, M. F. Bregman, P. A. Poore, and S. L. Buchwalter Multi-level circuit card structure
5,787,001 J. M. Tang, J. P. Fasano, T. R. Ervolina, and W. C. Dietrich Method for using sorting techniques in a type-safe way
5,787,094 C. W. Preuss, D. R. Cecchi, K. M. Valk, and M. V. Dina Test and diagnostics for a self timed parallel interface
5,787,098 K. V. Srikrishnan, R. Walther, and S. Dasgupta Complete chip I/O test through low contact testing using enhanced boundary scan
5,787,197 H. Beigi, K. Wenstrup, T. Fujisaki, and W. Modlin A post-processing error correction scheme using a dictionary for on-line handwriting recognition
5,787,231 O. Weber and W. J. Johnson Method and system for improving pronunciation in a voice control system
5,787,249 A. S. Gopal, J. A. Pershing, O. T. Kirby, P. R. Badovinatz, and T. D. Chandra A method for managing membership of a group of processors in a distributed computing environment
5,787,250 A. S. Gopal, J. A. Pershing, O. T. Kirby, P. R. Badovinatz, and T. D. Chandra A program product for managing membership of a group of processors in a distributed computing environment
5,787,254 G. F. McBrearty, J. J. Maddalozzo, and J. M. Shieh Web browser method and system for display and management of server latency
5,787,256 M. D. Marik, R. A. Palo, and S. E. Waefler Apparatus and method for data communication between nodes
5,787,274 J. Rissanen, M. Mehta, and R. Agrawal Method and system for generating a decision tree classifier for data records
5,787,275 S. G. Li Identifying multiple level class relationships in an object oriented system using icons and lines to represent class relationships
5,787,279 I. Rigoutsos System and method for conformationally-flexible molecular recognition
5,787,283 E. J. Poole, G. Chin, J. M. Tang, J. P. Fasano, T. R. Ervolina, and W. C. Dietrich Framework for manufacturing logistics decision support
5,787,285 D. L. Lanning Apparatus and method for optimizing applications for multiple operational environments or modes
5,787,286 R. A. Hooker Method and system for tabulation of execution performance
5,787,289 B. R. Wood, G. A. Flurry, J. A. Cook, and L. W. Henson Display adapter supporting priority based functions
5,787,290 A. X. Tra, L. B. Capps, Jr., and S. H. Lam Adapter with an onboard interrupt controller for controlling a computer system
5,787,292 G. J. Smith and H. H. Ottesen Power saving method and apparatus for use in multiple frequency zone drives
5,787,304 M. G. Hurley, M. S. Shih, N. K. Ouchi, and P. Hodges Multipath I/O storage systems with multipath I/O request mechanisms
5,787,309 J. T. Rodell, P. G. Greenstein, and R. R. Guyette Apparatus for protecting storage blocks from being accessed by unwanted I/O programs using I/O program keys and I/O storage keys having M number of bits
5,787,365 J. C. Wulf, J. L. Rivero, R. B. Ferrier, and R. S. Padgett Apparatus for combining cellular telephone ring signals and PSTN ring
5,787,394 D. Nahamoo, L. R. Bahl, M. Padmanabhan, and P. S. Gopalakrishnan State-dependent speaker clustering for speaker adaptation
5,787,409 R. Seiffert and S. Wong Dynamic monitoring architecture
5,787,415 M. J. Tefft and P. Jacobson Low maintenance data delivery and refresh system for decision support system database
5,787,425 J. P. Bigus An object oriented framework mechanism for performing data mining
5,787,427 A. Nadalin, G. R. Blakley III, and M. Benantar Information handling system, method, and article of manufacture including object groups for efficient object security processing by grouping
5,787,433 M. S. Schwartz and R. C. Plotkin Method and system for remapping an existing database to a new database system
5,787,436 J. L. Howe III and K. R. Blackman A method for using a datastore cursor for the incremental presentation of query results when traversing implied collections in non-object-oriented datastores
5,787,438 K. A. Cink and R. L. Newcombe Method and apparatus for incorporating policies in searches for factory objects
5,787,444 B. Hanover, C. H. Gerken, R. Willenborg, and S. R. Joines Method and apparatus for maintaining revision control of a set of objects within a data processing system
5,787,450 J. K. Finkenaur, R. A. Diedrich, and S. T. Evans Apparatus and method for constructing a non-linear data object from a common gateway interface
5,787,457 C. P. Miller, J. L. Rogers, and S. W. Tomashot Cached synchronous DRAM architecture allowing concurrent DRAM operations
5,787,472 A. Dan and D. Sitaram Disk caching system for selectively providing interval caching or segment caching of video data
5,787,477 K. Ekanadham and R. N. Rechtschaffen Multi-processor cache coherency protocol allowing asynchronous modification of cache data
5,787,478 D. A. Hicks, M. J. Mayfield, P. P. Liu, and R. P. Singh Method and system for implementing a cache coherency mechanism for utilization within a non-inclusive cache memory hierarchy
5,787,479 R. B. Patel and S. Mallick Method and system for preventing information corruption in a cache memory caused by an occurrence of a bus error during a linefill operation
5,787,486 C. M. Herring, G. Totolos, H. Chin, and J. E. Derrick Bus protocol for locked cycle cache hit
5,787,492 R. Hayosh and S. G. Shuma Address limit check apparatus with conditional carry logic
5,787,578 B. Peterson, D. R. Wall, J. U. Knickerbocker, R. V. Vallabhaneni, S. Farooq, S. Kaja, and S. N. Reddy Method of selectively depositing a metallic layer on a ceramic substrate
5,787,939 N. L. Keim and W. D. Morgan Method and apparatus for reforming radial leaded components
5,788,801 E. H. Ratzlaff, J. Wong, L. Li, S. G. Barbee, T. F. Heinz, and Y. Hsiao Real time measurement of etch rate during a chemical etching process
5,788,808 C. H. Perry, G. Natarajan, R. W. Pasco, and V. Peterson Apparatus for forming cavity substrates using compressive pads
5,788,853 F. Zenhausern Substrate and method for microscopical observation of amorphous specimens
5,788,870 G. S. Oehrlein, T. N. Nguyen, and Z. A. Weinberg Promotion of the adhesion of fluorocarbon films
5,789,121 C. R. Davis, D. A. Cywar, E. P. McLeskey, F. D. Egitto, G. W. Jones, P. J. Hart, and T. P. Duffy High density template: materials and processes for the application of conductive pastes
5,789,124 B. Todd Method of monitoring lithographic resist poisoning
5,789,276 J. A. Mandelman and J. M. Leas Optical FET
5,789,286 S. Subbanna Method of making a CMOS structure with FETS having isolated wells with merged depletions
5,789,312 D. Buchanan, F. R. McFeely, and J. J. Yurkas Method of fabricating mid-gap metal gates compatible with ultra-thin dielectrics
5,789,320 A. Grill, A. Schrott, D. E. Kotecki, J. H. Comfort, K. Saenger, P. C. Andricacos, and V. V. Patel Plating of noble metal electrodes for DRAM and FRAM
5,789,324 A. Canale, D. Grimard, R. D. Cox, and T. Hetrick Uniform gas flow arrangements
5,789,682 A. Zubelewicz, G. T. Dickinson, J. L. McGinniss, Jr., and R. F. Tokarz Circuit board assembly torsion tester and method
5,789,807 A. Correale On-chip power distribution for improved decoupling
5,789,810 L. D. Gross and R. W. Cadovius Semiconductor cap
5,789,930 D. A. Sluzewski, M. K. Hoffmeyer, and P. D. Isaacs An apparatus and method to test for known good die
5,789,937 L. A. Walls, P. K. Or, S. Dutta, T. A. Cao, T. D. Trinh, and T. Q. Nguyen Driver circuit
5,789,964 S. H. Voldman Decoupling capacitor network for off-state operation
5,789,966 R. A. Bechade Distributed multiplexer
5,789,989 D. W. Siljenberg and M. J. Paschal Delay interpolating voltage-controlled oscillator with linear transfer function
5,790,025 D. DiVincenzo, N. Gershenfeld, and N. M. Amer Tamper detection using bulk multiple scattering
5,790,090 E. S. Schlig and F. R. Libsch Active matrix liquid crystal display with reduced drive pulse amplitudes
5,790,104 J. M. Shieh Multiple, moveable, customizable virtual pointing devices
5,790,118 R. L. Bertram Mobile client computer programmed to hide empty table elements
5,790,125 C. R. Johns, J. Roberson, J. Spannaus, and T. L. Bui System and method for use in a computerized imaging system to efficiently transfer graphics information to a graphics subsystem employing masked span
5,790,199 A. Y. Ngai, C. A. Gebler, M. P. Vachon, and R. L. Woodard Method and apparatus to accommodate partial picture input to an MPEG-compliant encoder
5,790,254 C. P. Ausschnitt Monitoring of minimum features on a substrate
5,790,277 A. Edgar Duplex film scanning
5,790,334 E. A. Cunningham Circuit and method for optimizing bias supply in a magnetoresistive head based on the thermal properties of the MR head itself
5,790,341 D. T. Flynn, E. A. Cunningham, J. A. Christner, M. Hagen, M. A. Bergquist, and T. C. Christensen Method and apparatus for reducing servo interference in a magneto-resistive head using skew between head and servo patterns
5,790,352 E. A. Cunningham Magnetoresistive head with asymmetric leads
5,790,380 R. F. Frankeny Method for fabricating a multiple chip module using orthogonal reorientation of connection planes
5,790,384 E. R. Atwood and U. M. Ahmad Bare die multiple dies for direct attach
5,790,386 R. A. Magee High I/O density MLC flat pack electronic component
5,790,406 D. Lewis and J. P. Dunn Hierarchical system of the simple modification of process steps for a manufacturing tool
5,790,431 A. Chandra and G. H. Ahrens Method and system for measuring availability in a distributed network
5,790,433 A. Tam, B. Karni, B. M. Harper, H. Seing, M. Barenboim, P. Baumgart, P. J. Kerstens, and P. P. Chrusch Method for controlling laser power in a texturing process
5,790,444 C. H. Olson and M. S. Schmookler Fast alignment unit for multiply-add floating point unit
5,790,445 C. H. Olson, L. E. Eisen, R. T. Golla, and T. A. Elliott Method and system for performing a high speed floating point add operation
5,790,491 A. Mojica and G. A. Jaquette Calibrating optical disk lasers using a minimal amount of write-once data storage space
5,790,544 A. A. Slane and M. E. Aho ATM cell-to-frame reassembly method and apparatus for overrun avoidance
5,790,553 C. Rheinart, C. E. Williford, D. J. Franse, G. A. Deaton, J. H. Ragsdale, J. J. Lynch, R. J. Potok, and V. G. Horton Seamless peer-to-peer communications in a layered communications architecture
5,790,560 C. M. Durham and P. J. Klim Apparatus and method for timing self-timed circuitry
5,790,564 G. S. Koch, J. Connor, L. Ternullo, and R. D. Adams Memory array built-in self-test circuit having a programmable pattern generator for allowing unique read/write operations to adjacent memory cells, and method therefor
5,790,625 R. K. Arimilli Mechanism for enabling an array of numerous large high speed counters
5,790,714 D. C. Frank and W. L. McNeil System and method for scaling video
5,790,772 A. S. Gopal, J. A. Pershing, O. T. Kirby, P. R. Badovinatz, and T. D. Chandra A communications method involving groups of processors of a distributed computing environment