Vol. 45, No. 2 - Technology for xSeries Servers

Recent IBM patents

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

Canada    

2,216,901      J. M Hsu
               Method and apparatus for discovery of databases in a client 
               server network    

2,194,024      R. Helms and J. Taglione
               Dual mode collimated communications transceiver

Germany    

69,426,522.5   R. Kratt and R. R. Stoehr
               High speed coaxial contact and signal transmission element

Great Britain    

2,319,400      I. M. Denny and P. A. Smith
               Shared card slots for PCI and ISA adapter cards    

2,314,201      J. S. Beeteson and A. R. Knox
               Display device    

2,329,497      H. S. Lambert and J. R. Orchard
               Method for controlling access to electronically provided 
               services and system for implementing such method

791,879        A. Winokur
               Computer with reduced power consumption    

2,310,989      A. Argiolas
               Graphical user interface

Japan    

3,137,186      T. Katoh
               Stud bump process of build up PWB (printed wire board)    

3,137,599      Y. Kobayashi, H. Niijima, and A. Satoh
               An RSA accelerater    

3,140,957      H. Andoh, Y. Iihara, T. Nakamura, and S. Ueno
               Dynamic auto-reassign criteria change    

3,141,004      T. Echigo, M. Maeda, and H. Nakano
               A method of video sequence analysis    

3,147,423      T. Fukunaga, T. Koseki, T. Ueki, and H. Yamanaka
               Color filter for LCDS  

3,149,352      Y. Hirano, Y. Naitoh, and S. Yamashita
               Two step plating for ultra fine patterning    

3,149,394      Y. Kakizaki, A. Morita, and S. Tsuda,
               Disk shroud for HDD    

3,151,372      T. Echigo
               Velocity detector of traveling vehicles    

3,151,375      A. Ohkado
               Algorythm to compute cursor position for numeric entry field    

3,151,425      Y. I. Daido and Y. H. Hatta
               Card warpage protection method at SMT parts assembly portion

Switzerland    

724,797        H. R. Schindler and H. R. Vanas
               Access control system for a multiple channel transmission 
               Ring

United States

6,073,161      D. Deboskey, G. Francisco, D. J. Mocek, and J. Y. Nishimora
               Optimistic multiauthoring support

6,070,321      P. J. Brofman, P. A. Coico, M. G. Courtney, L. S. Goldmann, R. 
               A. Jackson, W. E. Sablinski, K. A. Stalter, H. T. Toy, and L. 
               Wang
               Solder disc connection

6,070,322      J. R. Case, M. J. Cummings, J. M. Griffin, and M. V. Longo
               Method for making a printed circuit board

6,070,706      J. G. Brewington, R. H. Harris, and J. D. Thomas
               Double acting roller/ball clutch gear

6,070,782      P. J. Brofman, B. Ghosal, R. A. Jackson, K. J. Puttlitz, W. E. 
               Sablinski, and K. A. Stalter
               Socketable bump grid array shaped-solder on copper spheres

6,070,785      J. G. Ameen, J. Funari, and M. J. Funari
               Process for manufacturing boards that can accept a pluggable tab 
               module that can be attached or removed without solder

6,071,014      C. Lee and J. F. Sullivan
               Spindle motor with hybrid air/oil hydrodynamic bearing

6,071,056      J. P. Hollowell
               Shipping tray backside location

6,071,128      J. G. Brewington and P. D. Kangas
               EMC grounding for heat sinks and shields via clip installation

6,071,143      S. G. Barthel, E. Furey, J. A. Hickey, and W. H. White
               Cabinet for insertion of circuit boards in tight spaces

6,071,388      C. Uzoh
               Electroplating workpiece fixture having liquid gap spacer

6,071,559      B. K. Appelt, W. T. Fotorny, R. M. Japp, K. I. Papathomas, and 
               M. D. Poliks
               Dustfree prepreg and method for making an article based thereon

6,071,767      M. D. Monkowski, S. Ogura, N. Rovedo, and J. F. Shepard
               High performance/high density BiCMOS process

6,071,803      M. J. Rutten and S. H. Voldman
               Electrical contact to buried SOI structures

6,071,815      R. L. Kleinhenz, W. Natzle, and C. Yu
               Method of patterning sidewalls of a trench in integrated circuit 
               manufacturing

6,072,167      D. Lewis and S. J. Whitehair
               Enhanced uniformity in a length independent microwave applicator

6,072,313      S. G. Barbee, A. Halperin, T. F. Heinz, and L. Li
               In-situ monitoring and control films by detecting changes in 
               induced eddy currents

6,072,368      R. L. Galbraith, L. A. Navarro, and T. C. Truax
               Phase locked loop unlock detector

6,072,463      H. J. Glaser
               Workstation conference pointer-user association mechanism

6,072,468      B. J. Bahnub and M. Hocker
               Docking system for establishing secure wireless connection 
               between computer devices

6,072,484      A. Kuroda
               Graphic user interface for tab setting with a re-sizable scale

6,072,490      C. L. Bates and P. R. Day
               Multi-node user interface component and method thereof for use 
               in accessing a plurality of linked records

6,072,506      B. O. Schneider
               Method and apparatus for improved graphics picking using 
               auxiliary buffer information

6,072,661      N. B. Schirle
               Thermally conductive spindle support shaft

6,072,671      H. S. Gill
               Write head with high thermal stability material

6,072,672      J. D. Westwood
               Write head with notched P1 and minimum overmilled P1 and P2

6,072,690      M. S. Farooq, H. Hamel, R. A. Rita, and H. I. Stoller
               High k dielectric capacitor with low k sheathed signal vias

6,072,718      D. Abraham, W. J. Gallagher, S. S. Parkin, and P. L. Trouilloud
               Magnetic memory devices having multiple magnetic tunnel 
               junctions therein

6,072,746      C. M. Durham, P. J. Klim, and K. Waite
               Self-timed address decoder for register file and compare circuit 
               of a multi-port CAM

6,072,771      R. E. Anderson, E. M. Foster, and G. W. Rohrbaugh
               Detection of errors in table data

6,072,781      J. W. Feeney, H. T. Olnowich, and G. W. Wilhelm Jr.
               Multi-tasking adapter for parallel network applications

6,072,797      J. C. Fletcher
               Methods, apparatus and computer program products for aggregated 
               transmission groups in high speed networks

6,072,840      D. M. Dreps
               High speed differential CMOS sine-wave receiver with duty-cycle 
               control means

6,072,895      R. M. Bolle and S. Pankanti
               System and method using minutiae pruning for fingerprint image

6,072,951      R. J. Donovan, R. R. Roediger, and W. J. Schmidt
               Profile driven optimization of frequently executed paths with 
               inlining of code fragment (one or more lines of code from a 
               child procedure to 
               a parent procedure)

6,072,953      G. A. Cohen and A. King
               Apparatus and method for dynamically modifying class files 
               during loading for execution

6,073,091      D. Kanevsky, M. Monkowski, and J. Sedivy
               Apparatus and method for forming a filtered inflected language 
               model for automatic speech recognition

6,073,095      S. Dharanipragada, E. M. Eide, and S. Roukos
               Fast vocabulary independent method and apparatus for spotting 
               words in speech

6,073,096      Y. Gao, M. Padmanabhan, and M. A. Picheny
               Speaker adaptation system and method based on class-specific 
               pre-clustering training speakers

6,073,101      S. Maes
               Text independent speaker recognition for transparent command 
               ambiguity resolution and continuous access control

6,073,103      J. M. Dunn and E. H. Stern
               Display accessory for a record playback system

6,073,131      P. Roberti
               A method and system for sorting a plurality of groups of records 
               in a data processing system

6,073,136      R. L. Bertram and D. F. Champion
               Mobile computer with minimized function display and maximized 
               content display

6,073,141      F. Salazar
               System and method for synchronizing local versions of database

6,073,146      J. C. Chen
               System and method for processing Chinese language text

6,073,157      T. Horiguchi, S. S. Miller, A. W. Shannon, and W. D. Wallace
               Method and system for program execution management using process 
               enclave and thread units

6,073,173      R. Bittinger, B. C. Housel, D. B. Lindquist, and J. Munson
               Method and apparatus for optimal rebasing of web page 
               transmission

6,073,175      J. Tavs and D. C. Verma
               Method for supporting different service levels in a network 
               using web page content information (as amended)

6,073,181      W. G. Holland, J. F. Logan, J. G. McDonald, and G. F. Paussa
               Multibuffer error detection for an open data-link interface LAN 
               adapter

6,073,182      M. Blake, M. Fee, C. Jones, P. K. Mak, and G. E. Strait
               Method of resolving deadlocks between competing request in a 
               multiprocessor using global hang pulse logic

6,073,211      K. Cheng, H. Cheong, and K. So
               Method and system for memory updates within a multiprocessor 
               data processing system

6,073,221      D. G. Beal, M. S. Milillo, and C. J. West
               Synchronization of shared data stores through use of non-empty 
               track copy procedure

6,073,232      R. M. Kroeker and R. H. Mandel
               Method for minimizing a computer's initial program load time 
               after a system reset or a power-on using non-volatile storage

6,073,240      J. M. Kurtzberg and M. Levanoni
               Method and apparatus for realizing computer security

6,073,253      C. S. Graham, P. J. Johnsen, S. M. Lambeth, D. F. Moertl, P. E. 
               Movall, G. M. Nordstrom, and T. R. Sand
               Enhanced reset and built-in self-test mechanisms for single 
               function and multifunction input/output devices

6,073,258      D. L. Wheater
               Method and device for performing two dimensional redundancy 
               calculations on embedded memories avoiding fall data collection

6,073,344      R. M. Japp and J. S. Kresge
               Laser segmentation of plated through-hole sidewalls to form 
               multiple conductors

6,074,228      J. Berg, D. P. Gaio, and W. K. Hogan
               Guide rail and CAM system with integrated connector for 
               removable transceiver

6,074,426      J. Baumgartner and N. Malik
               Method for automatically generating behavioral environment for 
               model checking

6,074,434      G. L. Cole, S. P. Engleman, and S. M. Pritko
               Selection of code updates, data updates or new data for client

6,074,566      R. Hsiao, H. A. Santini, and C. D. Snyder
               Thin film inductive write head with minimal organic insulation 
               material and method for its manufacture

6,074,571      J. G. Smolinski
               Cut and blast defect to avoid chrome roll over annealing

6,074,767      T. Lin
               Spin valve magnetoresistive head with two sets of 
               ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic films having high blocking 
               temperatures and 
               fabrication method

6,074,800      G. Breyta, P. J. Brock, D. J. Dawson, R. Dellaguardia, C. Dewan, 
               J. Dorn, A. Eckert, H. Ito, P. Jagannathan, L. L. Linehan, K. 
               Martinek, W. M. 
               Moreau, and R. J. Smith
               Photo acid generator compounds, photo resists, and method for 
               improving bias

6,074,895      J. Dery, F. D. Egitto, L. J. Matienzo, C. Ouellet, L. Ouellet, 
               D. L. Questad, W. J. Rudik, and S. K. Tran
               Method of forming a flip chip assembly

6,074,899      S. H. Voldman
               3-D CMOS-on-SOI ESD structure and method

6,074,903      J. Beintner, H. Inoue, R. Rengarajan, and R. Srinivasan
               Method for forming electrical isolation for semiconductor 
               devices

6,074,951      R. L. Kleinhenz, W. Natzle, and C. Yu
               Vapor phase etching of oxide masked by resist or masking 
               material

6,075,399      D. T. Hui and S. H. Voldman
               Switchable active clamp network

6,075,408      R. Deshpande and J. Kullstam
               OQPSK phase and timing detection

6,075,415      D. W. Milton, M. R. Turcotte, and C. B. Winn
               Digital frequency multiplier

6,075,528      B. A. Curtis
               Graphical user interface stream processor

6,075,531      G. F. DeStefano
               Computer system and method of manipulating multiple graphical 
               user interface components on a computer display with a proximity 
               pointer

6,075,534      J. R. Lewis and R. Van Buskirk
               Multiple function graphical user interface minibar

6,075,537      R. A. Adapathya, R. L. Bertram, D. F. Champion, and D. A. Sawin
               Ease of use interface to hotspots in hypertext document pages in 
               network display stations

6,075,604      S. P. Arya, L. Crawforth, R. T. Kerth, C. C. Poon, and A. C. Tam
               Apparatus for measuring curvature of magnetic read/write head 
               ERS

6,075,665      T. J. Chainer and E. Feig
               Optimization of multimedia magnetic disk storage devices

6,075,668      T. J. Chainer, A. P. Praino, M. Schultz, B. C. Webb, and E. J. 
               Yarmchuk
               Method and apparatus for correcting for random errors in timing 
               pattern generation

6,075,683      R. F. Harwood, F. Hendriks, and C. G. Keller
               Disk drive with passive multiple fly height slider and 
               cooperative disk pattern

6,075,697      M. L. Buller, B. Kerrigan, and J. W. Young
               Use of pressurized enclosure for impingement cooling of 
               electronic component

6,075,745      S. W. Gould, J. A. Iadanza, F. R. Keyser, V. P. Seidel, and T. 
               Zittritsch
               Field programmable memory array

6,075,764      C. DeCusatis and L. Jacobowitz
               Laser-writable information recording medium with reference track 
               for laser-writing information thereto using edge following

6,075,772      P. Brown, K. A. Cousins, J. R. Flanagan, B. Isrel, B. Rajaraman, 
               A. J. Stagg, and M. Zee
               Methods, systems & computer program products for controlling 
               dataflow for guaranteed bandwidth connections on a per 
               connection basis

6,075,913      M. S. Cohen, G. W. Johnson, and S. Spanoudis
               Optical coupler

6,075,937      C. A. Scalzi, E. M. Schwarz, W. J. Starke, J. R. Urquhart, and 
               D. W. Westcott
               Preprocessing of stored target routines for controlling 
               emulation of incompatible instructions on a target processor and 
               utilizing 
               target processor feedback for controlling non-sequential 
               incompatible 
               instruction emulation

6,075,943      M. S. Feinman
               System and method for client server software installation

6,076,090      T. K. Burroughs, S. J. Gansemer, W. D. Lee, V. Morrison, C. A. 
               Rogers, and L. J. Zaborowski
               Default schema mapping

6,076,091      S. M. Fohn, A. R. Greef, and J. F. Schumacher
               Method and system for providing a flexible and extensible 
               interactive on-line electronic catalog

6,076,095      C. E. Clark, S. J. Greenspan, J. D. Haggar, and D. R. Sutherland
               Method of one system of a multisystem environment taking over 
               log entries owned by another system

6,076,107      D. Chen, W. McKenzie, K. I. Meyer, and L. Temoshenko
               Method for reducing SNMP instrumentation message flows

6,076,110      T. E. Murphy Jr., P. F. Rieth, and J. S. Stevens
               System and method for server virtual device name negotiation

6,076,114      A. Wesley
               Methods, systems and computer program products for reliable data 
               transmission over communications networks

6,076,127      H. Chin and G. Totolos
               Configuration of a single point bus arbitration scheme using 
               on-chip arbiters

6,076,140      S. H. Dhong, P. G. Emma, W. R. Reohr, and J. A. Silberman
               A memory design which facilitates incremental fetch and store 
               requests off applied base address requests

6,076,157      J. M. Borkenhagen, R. J. Eickemeyer, W. T. Flynn, and A. H. 
               Wottreng
               Method and apparatus to force a thread switch in a multithreaded 
               processor

6,076,168      W. A. Fiveash, X. Wang, C. B. Wenzel, J. H. Wilson, and O. V. 
               Wisham
               Simplified method of configuring internet protocol security 
               tunnels

6,078,327      E. A. Liman, D. J. Mocek, D. J. Pilcher, G. Rakoshitz, and M. T. 
               Robins
               Navigating applications and objects in a graphical user 
               interface

6,076,257      J. R. Case, M. J. Cummings, J. M. Griffin, and M. V. Longo
               System for making a printed circuit board

6,076,326      J. B. Gutelius, S. C. McIntosh, and B. D. Notohardjono
               An anchoring mechanism to protect against earthquake-induced 
               motions in electrical equipment

6,076,726      M. K. Hoffmeyer and P. D. Isaacs
               Pad-on-via assembly technique

6,076,784      E. J. Selker
               Continuous moving keyboard/wrist rest

6,077,090      J. S. Campbell and J. T. Holton
               Flexible circuit connector with floating alignment frame

6,077,312      C. L. Bates and P. R. Day
               Apparatus, program product and method of debugging utilizing a 
               context sensitive breakpoint

6,077,314      J. Ng
               Method of, system for, and computer program product for 
               providing improved code motion and code redundancy removal using 
               extended 
               global value numbering

6,077,405      G. N. Biggs, D. M. Brewer, J. E. Fluegel, S. Kaja, A. K. 
               Malhotra, and P. Palmatier
               Method and apparatus for making electrical contact to a 
               substrate during electroplating

6,077,586      X. Bian, M. F. Doerner, and S. M. Mirzamaani
               Laminated thin film disk for longitudinal recording

6,077,745      S. M. Burns, H. I. Hanafi, H. L. Kalter, W. W. Kocon, and J. J. 
               Welser
               Self-aligned diffused source vertical transistors with stack 
               capacitors in a 4F-square memory cell array

6,077,766      R. D. Sebesta and J. W. Wilson
               Variable thickness pads on a substrate surface

6,077,786      A. B. Chakravarti, R. Conti, D. R. Cote, F. V. Liucci, and S. V. 
               Nguyen
               Methods and apparatus for filling high aspect ratio structures 
               with silicate glass

6,078,013      J. R. Stack
               Clover-leaf solder mask opening

6,078,057      D. P. Vallett
               Semiconductor devices having backside probing capability

6,078,058      L. L. Hsu, J. B. Kuang, S. Ratanaphanyarat, and M. J. Saccamango
               SOI floating body charge monitor circuit and method

6,078,158      S. E. Heeren, N. B. Schirle, and D. Stacer
               Disk drive motor spin-up control

6,078,189      L. A. Noel
               Dynamic test reordering

6,078,195      W. Chen
               Logic blocks with mixed low and regular vt MOSFET devices for 
               VLSI design in the deep sub-micron regime

6,078,323      S. Gest
               Method and system for rapidly accessing graphically displayed 
               toolbar icons via toolbar accelerators

6,078,403      D. R. Palmer
               Method and system for specifying format parameters of a variable 
               data area within a presentation document

6,078,445      L. J. Serrano and M. H. Yu
               Gain control for a dual burst, dual frequency PES servo pattern

6,078,450      T. J. Chainer, A. P. Praino, M. Schultz, B. C. Webb, and E. J. 
               Yarmchuk
               Method and apparatus for correcting for random errors in timing 
               pattern generation

6,078,461      H. H. Ottesen and G. J. Smith
               In situ offset correction for position error signal

6,078,475      D. B. Lawson
               Low friction pivot for rotary actuator in disk drive

6,078,495      T. M. Cipolla and R. Ramirez
               Apparatus and method for moving keyboard and display for 
               enhanced cooling on portable computers

6,078,499      L. S. Mok
               Spring loaded heat pipe connector for hinged apparatus package

6,078,500      B. S. Beaman, K. E. Fogel, P. A. Lauro, and D. Y. Shih
               Pluggable chip scale package

6,078,569      A. Chandra
               Control of a computer network configuration in response to 
               traffic on the network

6,078,580      V. Colson, E. J. Dahmus, and B. D. Mandalia
               Operator status server for voice over data

6,078,594      R. E. Anderson, E. M. Foster, and D. E. Franklin
               Protocol and procedure for automated channel change in an MPEG-2 
               compliant datastream

6,078,734      W. A. Carter, A. R. Elderon, T. D. Magee, M. D. Nicholas, H. Y. 
               Saade, G. Sutherland, W. N. Tindall, J. R. Urs, T. E. Weinmann, 
               and M. T. 
               Wheatley
               Compiler-assisted solution to the year 2000 problem for computer 
               programs

6,078,743      A. A. Apte, P. Chen, and J. C. Sanchez
               Generic IDE interface support for scripting

6,078,807      J. M. Dunn, A. G. Ganek, E. H. Stern, and B. E. Willner
               Telephony fraud detection using voice recognition techniques

6,078,850      W. Kane and R. J. Von Gutfeld
               Method and apparatus for fuel management and for preventing fuel 
               spillage

6,078,892      G. F. Anderson, P. B. Chou, and P. Kamesam
               Method for customer lead selection and optimization

6,078,900      M. Ettl and G. Lin
               Method for estimating stock levels in production-distribution 
               networks with inventory control

6,078,909      J. I. Knutson
               Method and apparatus for licensing computer programs using a DSA 
               signature

6,078,917      M. J. Martino and R. C. Paulsen
               System for searching internet using automatic relevance feedback

6,078,920      J. Y. Nishimora and S. S. Tan
               Computer program product and apparatus for retrieval of OLE 
               enabled BLOBs from an RDBMS server

6,078,925      M. P. Anderson, J. M. Cheng, S. T. Donn, D. C. Fallside, T. Q. 
               Ha, D. M. Hembry, J. C. Ho, J. S. Jang, N. Mattos, Y. Niblack, 
               D. Petkovic, F. 
               C. Tung, P. P. Uhrowczik, P. T. Vo, G. J. Wilmot, and P. C. 
               Yanker
               A computer program product for database relational extenders

6,078,927      K. R. Blackman and J. L. Howe III
               Method for the incremental presentation of non-object-oriented 
               datastores using an object-oriented queryable datastore 
               collection

6,078,932      M. A. Haye, R. M. Kern, and M. Shackelford
               Point-in-time backup utilizing multiple copy technologies

6,078,934      L. C. Lahey, R. W. Peverley, A. R. Roberts, and M. Viswanathan
               Management of a document database for page retrieval

6,078,943      P. S. Yu
               Method and apparatus for dynamic interval-based load balancing

6,078,956      R. M. Bryant, R. D. Hoffman, and S. Kahn
               World wide web end user response time monitor

6,078,961      M. Mourad and A. Tantawy
               Method for real-time delivery of multimedia information 
               requiring a very high bandwidth path over the internet

6,078,964      B. H. Ratcliff and S. R. Valley
               Establishing direct communications between two hosts without 
               using a high performance LAN connection

6,078,970      D. F. Moertl, G. M. Nordstrom, and T. R. Sand
               System for determining adapter interrupt status where interrupt 
               is sent to host after operating status stored in register is 
               shadowed to host 
               memory

6,078,991      R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis
               Method and system for speculatively requesting system data bus 
               for sourcing cache memory data within a multiprocessor 
               data-processing system

6,079,002      T. N. Hicks, J. S. Muhich, L. E. Thatcher, and S. W. White
               Dynamic expansion of execution pipeline stages

6,079,013      D. Bair, M. S. Farrell, B. W. Krumm, P. K. Mak, J. A. Navarro, 
               T. J. Slegel, and C. F. Webb
               Multiprocessor serialization with early release of processors

6,079,026      N. C. Berglund and T. D. Roettger
               Uninterruptible memory backup power supply system using 
               threshold value of energy in the backup batteries for control of 
               switching from 
               AC to DC output

6,079,044      E. A. Cunningham, R. Greenberg, and M. J. Shea
               Method and error correcting code (ECC) apparatus for storing 
               predefined information with ECC in a direct access storage 
               device

6,079,100      D. S. Farquhar, V. R. Markovich, K. I. Papathomas, and L. L. 
               Schmidt
               Method of making a printed circuit board having filled holes and 
               fill member for use therewith

6,079,254      D. Chen, E. Flecha, J. Hammond, and K. G. Roessler
               Scanning force microscope with automatic surface engagement and 
               improved amplitude demodulation

6,080,043      D. Levan
               Apparatus and method for achieving positive crown during ABS lap

6,080,201      S. Hojat and P. G. Villarrubia
               Integrated placement and synthesis for timing closure of 
               microprocessors

6,080,289      P. Palmatier and T. Tong
               Electroplating apparatus with self-cleaning contacts

6,080,528      K. C. Ho and A. E. Rosenbluth
               Camouflage of imaged post spacers and compensation of pixels 
               that depart from nominal operating conditions by luminance 
               diffusion by 
               mechanical means

6,080,668      J. M. Lauffer and D. J. Russell
               Sequential build-up organic chip carrier and method of 
               manufacture

6,080,684      B. K. Appelt, W. T. Fotorny, R. M. Japp, K. I. Papathomas, and 
               M. D. Poliks
               Dustfree prepreg and method for making an article based thereon

6,081,021      J. P. Gambino, T. Kirihata, and C. Narayan
               Conductor-insulator-conductor structure

6,081,130      T. A. Cao, H. Ngo, and K. Nguyen
               Clock controlled exclusive or circuit

6,081,135      K. J. Goodnow, M. S. Michail, C. R. Ogilvie, W. D. Pricer, and 
               S. T. Ventrone
               Device and method to reduce power consumption in integrated 
               semiconductor devices

6,081,270      D. D. Bardon, R. E. Berry, and S. H. Isensee
               Method and system for providing an improved view of an object in 
               a three-dimensional environment on a computer display

6,081,271      D. D. Bardon and R. E. Berry
               Determining view point on objects automatically in 
               three-dimensional workspace from other environmental objects in 
               a 
               three-dimensional workspace

6,081,276      H. R. Delp
               Method and apparatus for creating a color name dictionary and 
               for querying an image by color name

6,081,299      W. D. Kesselring
               Methods and systems for encoding real time multimedia data

6,081,328      F. P. Eng
               Enhancement of raman scattering intensity of thin film 
               contaminants on substrates

6,081,397      K. A. Belser
               Method and apparatus for SID-to-SID period estimation

6,081,409      T. S. Hughbanks, N. L. Robertson, S. H. Voldman, and A. J. 
               Wallash
               TIC MR-head magnetic shield dummy shield spark gap

6,081,411      P. M. Green and W. C. Leung
               Thin film disk media using optimum surface scratch orientation 
               to written data tracks

6,081,458      G. M. Lattimore, Y. Lotfi, B. Ross, and G. A. Yeung
               Memory system having a unidirectional bus and method for 
               communicating therewith

6,081,479      D. Hanson, B. Ji, T. Kirihata, and G. Mueller
               Hierarchical prefetch for semiconductor memories

6,081,487      C. DeCusatis and L. Jacobowitz
               System for creating, reading and writing on rotatable 
               information storage media, an apparatus for controlling laser 
               positioning

6,081,489      C. DeCusatis and L. Jacobowitz
               System for creating, reading and writing on rotatable 
               information storage media, an apparatus for performing both read 
               and write 
               operations

6,081,610      C. Dwork, M. Naor, and F. Pestoni
               System and method for verifying signatures on documents

6,081,622      J. D. Carr, A. Y. Ngai, and J. M. Sutton
               Optimized field-frame prediction error calculation method and 
               apparatus in a scalable MPEG-2 compliant video encoder

6,081,655      W. A. Carter, A. R. Elderon, T. D. Magee, M. D. Nicholas, H. Y. 
               Saade, G. Sutherland, W. N. Tindall, J. R. Urs, T. E. Weinmann, 
               and M. T. 
               Wheatley
               Compiler-assisted or interpreter-assisted expansion solution to 
               the year 2000 problem for computer programs

6,081,752      P. H. Benson, D. T. Crump, D. Norris, and S. Pancoast
               Computer system having power supply primary sense to facilitate 
               performance of tasks at power off

6,081,772      J. R. Lewis
               Proofreading aid based on closed-class vocabulary

6,081,780      L. Lumelsky
               TTS and prosody based authoring system

6,081,793      D. Challener and P. E. Newman
               Method and system for secure computer moderated voting

6,081,798      V. M. Johnson, D. D. Koski, and T. A. Shore
               Object oriented case-based reasoning framework mechanism

6,081,799      T. A. Beavin, P. Hoa, F. L. Lin, and H. S. Tie
               Executing complex SQL queries using index screening for conjunct 
               or disjunct index operations

6,081,801      R. J. Cochrane, G. Lapis, M. H. Pirahesh, R. S. Sidle, D. 
               Simmen, T. C. Truong, and M. S. Urata
               Shared nothing parallel execution of procedural constructs in 
               SQL

6,081,808      K. R. Blackman and J. L. Howe III
               A framework for object-oriented access to non-object-oriented 
               datastores

6,081,818      J. M. Shieh
               Cut object dynamic display and method of displaying cut objects

6,081,832      F. W. Gilchrist, E. N. Herness, E. H. Jenney, J. C. Ripstra, and 
               G. J. Romano
               Object oriented mail server framework mechanism

6,081,840      Y. Zhao
               Two-level content distribution system

6,081,860      J. T. Bridges, J. Revilla, T. A. Sartorius, and M. M. Schaffer
               Method and architecture for address pipelining

6,081,861      R. A. Kelley and D. Neal
               PCI migration support of ISA adapters

6,081,862      R. C. Dixon and T. Nguyen
               Switching system for optimization of signal reflection

6,081,863      R. A. Kelley, D. Neal, and S. M. Thurber
               Method and system for supporting multiple peripheral component 
               interconnect PCI buses by a single PCI host bridge within a 
               computer system

6,081,872      R. E. Matick and S. E. Schuster
               Cache reloading performance improvement through the use of early 
               select techniques with and without pipelining (as amended)

6,081,874      G. D. Carpenter, M. E. Dean, D. Glasco, and R. N. Iachetta
               Non-uniform memory access (NUMA) data processing system that 
               speculatively issues requests on a node interconnect

6,081,904      E. W. Chencinski and T. G. McNamara
               Method for insuring data integrity during transfers

6,085,166      J. Banks-Binici and S. R. Beckhardt
               Electronic calendar with group scheduling and asynchronous fan 
               out method

6,082,526      R. L. Baker, J. F. Chesko, A. O. Johnson, W. D. Klossner, M. A. 
               Willchock, and P. R. Wilson
               Parts processing system with notched conveyer belt transport

6,082,608      C. F. Gabriel, M. A. Jimarez, and J. E. Zdimal
               Solder bonding/debonding nozzle insert

6,082,844      H. E. Hausler, P. Y. Hu, K. K. Kartchner, and S. J. Roffinoli
               Angled drive mounting structure for data storage library

6,082,861      D. B. Dove and A. E. Rosenbluth
               Optical system and method for high contrast projection display

6,083,275      L. Heng and L. Liebmann
               Optimized phase shift design migration

6,083,279      G. A. Cuomo, S. Phipps, and R. J. Redpath
               Platform independent technique for transferring software 
               programs over a network

6,083,375      T. J. Cheng, A. Giri, A. K. Malhotra, J. Pennacchia, E. D. 
               Perfecto, and R. Yu
               Process for producing corrosion-resistant terminal metal pads 
               for thin film packages

6,083,600      P. H. Kasai and C. G. Wade
               Stabilized perfluoropolyether lubricant

6,083,771      R. Flanagan, J. McNee, B. Walsh, and J. P. Ward
               Method and system for manufacturing theft-deterrent computer 
               components

6,083,794      T. B. Hook, D. Hoyniak, and E. J. Nowak
               Method to perform selective drain engineering with a 
               non-critical mask

6,083,823      P. Dave, N. A. Greco, E. N. Levine, and D. Restaino
               Metal deposition process for metal lines over topography

6,084,276      G. B. Bronner, J. P. Gambino, J. A. Mandelman, and L. A. Nesbit
               Threshold voltage tailoring of corner of MOSFET device

6,084,287      T. C. Chen and A. Mitwalsky
               Crack stops

6,084,299      D. L. Questad, A. M. Quinn, G. H. Thiel, D. J. Trevitt, T. Y. 
               Wu, and P. R. Zippetelli
               Integrated circuit package including a heat sink and an adhesive

6,084,432      D. M. Dreps and D. E. Martin
               Driver circuit having reduced noise (as amended)

6,084,753      D. R. Gillis and M. Suk
               Slider cleaning method and apparatus for disk drives with 
               load/unload technology

6,084,754      H. H. Ottesen and G. J. Smith
               Method and apparatus for positioning a magnetoresistive head 
               using thermal response to servo information on the record medium

6,084,775      G. K. Bartley, D. A. Baska, J. D. Bielick, M. A. Butterbaugh, M. 
               K. Hoffmeyer, and S. S. Kang
               Heatsink and package structures with fusible release layer

6,084,810      S. N. Storino and G. Uhlmann
               Dynamic logic circuit with bitline repeater circuit

6,084,859      B. H. Ratcliff and S. R. Valley
               Internet protocol assists using multi-path channel protocol

6,084,924      C. M. Melas
               Asynchronous low sampling rate read channel using combination 
               midpoint and linear interpolation

6,084,934      E. Q. Garcia, A. G. Yanes, and J. A. Yanes
               Natural throttling of data transfer across asynchronous 
               boundaries

6,085,006      D. P. Gaio, P. J. Sendelbach, and R. J. Thatcher
               Optical fiber link module with internal electromagnetic shield

6,085,031      G. Fitzpatrick, W. J. Johnson, and M. L. Williams
               Method and system for segmenting an audio object according to a 
               specified profile into a folder structure

6,085,034      S. H. Danforth
               Constructor based object initialization with overrides

6,085,120      R. S. Schwerdtfeger, J. W. Thatcher, and L. F. Weiss
               Data system processing and method for creating application 
               extension

6,085,123      F. A. Baca, R. L. Bingham, and J. W. Hammar
               Pass through and load/unload for automated data storage 
               libraries

6,085,159      L. Boyer, T. A. Kist, and K. A. Ortega
               Displaying voice commands with multiple variables

6,085,178      J. P. Bigus, B. J. Cragun, and H. R. Delp
               Apparatus and method for communicating between an intelligent 
               agent and client computer process using disguised messages

6,085,187      G. Carter, S. M. Fohn, A. R. Greef, and G. Hansen
               Method and apparatus for navigating multiple inheritance concept

6,085,188      D. W. Bachmann, C. F. Corn, L. G. Fichtner, R. A. Mancisidor, J. 
               M. McConaughy, S. B. Shi, C. Shu, and T. M. Tran
               Method of hierarchical LDAP searching with relational tables

6,085,189      M. H. Pirahesh, D. Simmen, and T. Truong
               Database system and method for supporting current of cursor 
               updates and deletes from a select query from one or more 
               updatable tables in 
               single node and MPP environments

6,085,193      P. K. Malkin and P. S. Yu
               Method and system for dynamically prefetching information via a 
               server hierarchy

6,085,199      R. A. Rose
               Method for distributing a file in a plurality of different file 
               formats (as amended)

6,085,217      J. D. Aman, D. F. Ault, E. S. Bender, D. Dillenberger, D. B. 
               Emmes, and M. G. Spiegel
               Method and apparatus for controlling the assignment of units of 
               work to a workload enclave in a client/server system

6,085,218      D. E. Carmon
               Monitoring processor execution cycles to prevent task overrun in 
               multi-task, hard, real-time system

6,085,235      E. P. Clarke, R. A. Flavin, P. Nihal, G. H. Purdy, and N. Vogl
               System for parsing multimedia data into separate channels by 
               network server in according to type of data and filtering out 
               unwanted packets 
               by client

6,085,277      W. J. Armstrong, C. S. Graham, S. M. Lambeth, D. F. Moertl, P. 
               E. Movall, G. M. Nordstrom, and T. R. Sand
               Interrupt and message batching apparatus and method

6,085,285      G. S. Lucas and J. A. Yanes
               Intermixing high speed and low speed devices along a single data 
               link

6,085,288      R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, J. D. Lewis, and T. M. Skergan
               Dual cache directories with respective queue independently 
               executing its content and allowing staggered write operations 
(as amended)

6,085,289      J. Beck, M. K. Ciraula, and L. E. Thatcher
               Method and system for load data formatting and improved method 
               for cache line organization (as amended)

6,085,291      D. A. Hicks, M. J. Mayfield, D. S. Ray, and S. Tung
               System and method for selectively controlling fetching and 
               prefetching of data to a processor (as amended)

6,085,293      G. D. Carpenter, D. Glasco, and R. N. Iachetta
               Non-uniform memory access (NUMA) data processing system that 
               decreases latency by expediting rerun requests

6,085,295      K. Ekanadham, B. H. Lim, P. Pattnaik, and M. Snir
               Method of maintaining data coherency in computer system having a 
               plurality of interconnected nodes (as amended)

6,085,313      M. A. Check, J. S. Liptay, E. M. Schwarz, T. J. Slegel, R. M. 
               Smith, and C. F. Webb
               Computer processor system for executing RXE format floating 
               point instructions

6,085,338      F. E. Levine, R. Moore, C. P. Roth, and E. H. Welbon
               CPI infinite and finite analysis

6,085,406      G. A. Garfunkel, W.-C. D. Hsiao, H. P. Lee, and D. J. Werner
               Method of making a read head with improved lead layers at an air 
               bearing surface

6,085,411      M. Dunaj and G. L. Stewart
               Fixture for making laminated integrated circuit devices

6,085,580      R. Ludeke and H. Wen
               Differential force microscope

6,085,831      G. Di Giacomo, S. Iruvanti, and D. J. Womac
               Direct chip-cooling through liquid vaporization heat exchange

6,086,238      S. Mehrotra, P. G. Villarrubia, and D. J. Widiger
               Method and system for shape processing within an integrated 
               circuit layout for parasitic capacitance estimation

6,086,383      B. V. Fasano and K. Prettyman
               Coaxial interconnect devices and methods of making the same

6,086,387      E. E. Gallagher, D. L. Gardell, and P. Gaschke
               Cover assembly for a socket adaptable to IC modules of varying 
               thickness used for burn-in testing

6,086,430      S. Amoni, T. S. Brookie, and P. D. Kangas
               Enhanced universal serial bus

6,086,627      R. S. Bass, D. J. Nickel, D. Sullivan, and S. H. Voldman
               Method of automated ESD protection level verification

6,086,727      M. Pinarbasi
               Method and apparatus to improve the properties of ion beam 
               deposited films in an ion beam sputtering system

6,086,815      J. M. Garland and R. Weisman
               Method to resize sintered ceramic substrates

6,086,946      G. L. Ballard, R. D. Edwards, J. G. Gaudiello, and V. R. 
               Markovich
               Method for electroless gold deposition in the presence of a 
               palladium seeder and article produced thereby

6,086,949      C. Hwang, C. H. Lee, and R. L. White
               Thin film protective coating with two thickness regions

6,086,974      J. U. Thiele and D. Weller
               Horizontal magnetic recording media having grains of 
               chemically-ordered FEPT or COPT

6,087,021      M. A. Gaynes, K. I. Papathomas, G. M. Phelan, and C. G. Woychik
               Polymer with transient liquid phase bondable particles

6,087,064      M. Angelopoulos, A. Katnani, Q. Lin, and R. Sooriyakumaran
               Silsesquioxane polymers, method of synthesis, photoresist 
               composition, and multilayer lithographic method

6,087,191      K. Boggs
               Method for repairing surface defects

6,087,199      B. Davari, J. Greschner, H. L. Kalter, and H. B. Pogge
               Method for fabricating a very dense chip package

6,087,225      G. Bronner, B. El Kareh, and S. E. Schuster
               Method for dual gate oxide dual workfunction CMOS

6,087,242      H. Maris and D. K. Sadana
               Method to improve commercial bonded SOI material

6,087,258      C. M. Reidsema, L. L. Simpson, and J. E. Varsik
               Method for circuitizing through-holes by photo-activated seeding

6,087,472      M. Angelopoulos and B. K. Furman
               Methods of fabrication of deaggregated electrically conductive 
               polymers and precursors thereof

6,087,620      L. Berg, W. W. Brooks Jr., J. T. Coffey, and B. E. Schultz
               Method of fabricating a composite actuator arm assembly

6,087,820      R. J. Houghton and E. Stahl
               Current source

6,087,841      A. R. Bonaccio and H. N. Leighton
               Contact test circuit

6,087,855      M. Frederick, D. G. Mikan, and E. B. Schorn
               High performance dynamic multiplexers without clocked NFET

6,087,861      H. C. Cranford, J. R. Raymond, R. S. Smith, and S. D. Wyatt
               Waveform generators including balanced current supplies and 
               related methods

6,087,881      F. Chan, J. Sloan, and D. W. Stout
               Integrated circuit dual level shift predrive circuit

6,087,967      J. Budnik and J. R. Krauss
               Method for generating and reading a compressed all event trace 
               file

6,088,026      M. L. Williams
               Method and apparatus for multimedia information association to 
               an electronic calendar event

6,088,030      R. L. Bertram, F. S. Krauss, and M. Lafauci
               Implicit legend with icon overlays

6,088,044      T. Y. Kwok, C. Narayanaswami, and B. O. Schneider
               Method for parallelizing software graphics geometry pipeline 
               rendering

6,088,045      S. Choi, L. Lumelsky, A. W. Peevers, and J. Pittas
               High definition multimedia display

6,088,123      R. L. Adler, G. R. Thompson, C. P. Tresser, and C. W. Wu
               Dithering masks with very large periods

6,088,176      D. W. Abraham, H. H. Ottesen, A. P. Praino, M. E. Re, G. J. 
               Smith, and H. K. Wickramasinghe
               Method and apparatus for using a thermal response of a 
               magnetoresistive head

6,088,184      P. Y. Hu
               Apparatus and method for the control and positioning of magnetic 
               recording heads in an azimuth recording system

6,088,188      L. J. Serrano and M. H. Yu
               System and method for determining when hard disk drive power 
               amplifier is saturated

6,088,194      W. I. Imaino and M. T. White
               Dual mode actuator

6,088,204      R. F. Farrow, R. F. Marks, D. Mauri, and S. S. Parkin
               Magnetoresistive magnetic recording head with permalloy sensor 
               layer deposited with substrate heating

6,088,206      F. Chan, D. Pontius, M. A. Roberge, E. P. Thoma, M. H. Tong
               Clamp circuit to limit overdrive of off chip driver

6,088,216      R. B. Laibowitz and T. M. Shaw
               Lead silicate based capacitor structures

6,088,258      J. M. Aitken and A. W. Strong
               Structures and processes for reduced topography capacitors

6,088,306      C. DeCusatis and L. Jacobowitz
               In a system for creating, reading and writing on rotatable 
               information storage media, an apparatus for combined writing and 
               reading 
               operations

6,088,308      C. DeCusatis and L. Jacobowitz
               System for creating, reading and writing on rotatable 
               information storage media, a tracking circuit for providing 
               positioning 
               information

6,088,309      C. DeCusatis and L. Jacobowitz
               System for creating, reading and writing on rotatable 
               information storage media, a method for controlling vertical 
               laser alignment

6,088,357      R. E. Anderson, E. M. Foster, and G. W. Rohrbaugh
               Auxiliary transport assist processor especially for an MPEG-2 
               compliant decoder

6,088,582      F. J. Canora, E. B. Flint, and B. P. Gaucher
               Controlled environment radio test apparatus and method

6,088,651      P. Nageswaran
               Name space search mechanism that searches for names and/or 
               unique identifiers in a bounded period of time

6,088,691      G. Bhargava, P. Goel, and B. Iyer
               Enumerating projections in SQL queries containing outer and full 
               outer joins in the presence of inner joins

6,088,693      J. L. Mueller and G. A. Van Huben
               Data management system for file and database management

6,088,694      R. C. Burns and I. S. Narang
               Continuous availability and efficient backup for externally 
               referenced objects

6,088,697      R. N. Crockett, R. M. Kern, and G. E. McBride
               Dynamic change management in an extended remote copy operation

6,088,699      J. Gampper, T. Makansi, and D. C. Wolfe
               System for exchanging compressed data according to predetermined 
               dictionary codes

6,088,707      C. L. Bates and P. R. Day
               Computer system and method of displaying update status of linked 
               hypertext documents

6,088,734      G. A. Marin, R. O. Onvural, A. Roginsky, and V. Srinivasan
               Systems, method and computer program products for controlling 
               earliest deadline first scheduling at ATM nodes

6,088,750      D. P. Beaman, G. D. Carpenter, M. E. Dean, and G. Voigt
               Method and system for arbitrating between bus masters having 
               diverse bus acquisition protocols

6,088,756      C. M. Munozbustamante
               Five state bus driver having both voltage and current source 
               modes of operation

6,088,757      M. A. Boonie, J. M. Nick, P. G. Sutton, W. W. Wilkinson, and P. 
               C. Yeh
               Computer program means and device for conducting high 
               performance locking facility in a loosely coupled environment

6,088,763      S. H. Dhong and J. A. Silberman
               Method and apparatus for translating an effective address to a 
               real address within a cache memory

6,088,764      V. S. Liang, G. A. Pizl, S. Shyam, and R. P. Swartz
               Method and apparatus for reducing space allocation failures in 
               storage management systems

6,088,767      A. Dan, D. Sitaram, and P. S. Yu
               Fileserver buffer manager based on file access operation 
               statistics

6,088,768      D. F. Baldus, N. J. Duffield, R. D. Hoover, J. C. Willis, and F. 
               J. Ziegler
               Method and system for maintaining cache coherence in a 
               multiprocessor-multicache environment having unordered 
               communication

6,088,769      D. A. Luick, J. C. Willis, and P. B. Winterfield
               Multiprocessor cache coherence directed by combined local and 
               global tables

6,088,788      D. A. Averill, J. M. Borkenhagen, J. I. Brookhouser, R. J. 
               Eickemeyer, S. B. Levenstein, and A. H. Wottreng
               Background completion of instruction and associated fetch 
               request in a multithread processor

6,088,791      T. J. Slegel, and C. F. Webb
               Computer processor system for implementing the ESA/390 STOSM and 
               STNSM instructions without serialization or artificially 
               extending processor 
               execution time

6,088,792      T. J. Slegel and C. F. Webb
               Avoiding processor serialization after an S/390 SPKA instruction

6,088,799      S. P. Morgan and L. W. Russell
               Security method and system for persistent storage and 
               communications on computer network systems and computer network 
               systems 
               employing the same

6,088,805      M. C. Davis, S. Gray, D. Kuehr-McLaren, I. Morrison, and T. 
               Shoriak
               Systems, methods and computer program products for 
               authenticating client requests with client certificate 
               information

6,088,815      D. G. Beal, M. S. Milillo, and C. J. West
               Automatic data recovery for a duplex pair

6,088,912      E. K. King, D. T. Smith, and S. H. Voss
               Self-aligning slider and platform clamping system for 
               manufacturing integrated lead suspensions

6,089,749      M. Blaum, D. D. Tang, and T. Yasuda
               Byte synchronization system and method using an error correcting 
               code

6,089,853      H. Biebuyck, E. Delamarche, B. Michel, and H. Schmid
               Patterning device for patterning a substrate with patterning 
               cavities fed by service cavities

6,089,917      N. A. Anderson, J. L. Colbert, M. H. Fisher, R. J. Fuhrman, D. 
               A. Gilliland, M. L. Kyllo, and K. J. Przybylski
               Method and system for circuit board common mode noise 
               suppression utilizing ferrous cores

6,090,152      J. D. Hayes and D. B. White
               Method and system for using voltage and temperature adders to 
               account for variations in operating conditions during timing 
               simulation

6,090,153      W. Chen, W. Hwang, and P. Kudva
               Multi-threshold-voltage differential cascode voltage switch 
(DCVS) circuits

6,090,155      R. J. Donovan, D. R. Hicks, J. A. Kryka, D. J. Lambert, and R. 
               R. Roediger
               Optimizing apparatus and method for defining visibility 
               boundaries in compiled code

6,090,156      A. MacLeod
               System for local context spilling for graph coloring register 
               allocators

6,090,474      G. A. Johansson and K. I. Papathomas
               Flowable compositions and use in filling vias and plated 
               through-holes

6,090,507      B. J. Grenon, R. A. Haight, D. M. Hayden, M. Hibbs, J. P. Levin, 
               T. E. Neary, R. A. Rochefort, D. A. Schmidt, J. G. Smolinski, 
               and A. Wagner
               Methods for repair of photomasks

6,090,528      M. S. Gordon and J. G. Hartley
               Spot-to-spot stitching in electron beam lithography

6,090,633      H. Hamel, J. Pennacchia, C. Prasad, and R. Yu
               Multiple-plane pair thin-film structure and process of 
               manufacture

6,090,659      R. B. Laibowitz and T. M. Shaw
               Lead silicate based capacitor structures

6,090,660      W. P. Noble
               A ``five square'' folded bit line DRAM cell

6,090,671      K. Balasubramanyam, M. Gall, J. P. Gambino, and J. A. Mandelman
               Reduction of gate-induced drain leakage in semiconductor devices

6,090,673      A. Allen, T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, D. V. Horak, E. F. O'Neil, 
               and R. Verhelst
               Device contact structure and method for fabricating same

6,090,689      O. W. Holland and D. K. Sadana
               Method for forming buried oxide layers in silicon

6,090,710      P. C. Andricacos, H. Deligianni, J. M. Harper, C. K. Hu, D. J. 
               Pearson, S. Reynolds, K. N. Tu, and C. Uzoh
               Method of making copper alloys for chip and package 
               interconnections

6,090,722      M. Armacost, S. Malhotra, T. Wagner, and R. S. Wise
               Process for fabricating a semiconductor structure having a 
               self-aligned spacer

6,091,072      G. J. Dick, J. Frei, A. Ganong, J. G. Hartley, and J. W. Pavick
               Piece-wise processing of very large semiconductor designs

6,091,122      D. Buchanan, F. R. McFeely, and J. J. Yurkas
               Fabrication of mid-gap metal gates compatible with ultra-thin 
               dielectrics

6,091,124      T. Bayer, J. Greschner, and H. Weiss
               Micromechanical sensor for AFM/STM profilometry

6,091,131      R. F. Cook, E. Garcia, N. A. Greco, S. E. Greco, and E. N. 
               Levine
               Integrated circuit having crack stop for interlevel dielectric 
               layers

6,091,151      H. Kitahara, H. Takatsuji, and S. Tsuji
               Wiring layer and method of forming the wiring layer

6,091,187      C. E. Bohnenkamp, S. D. Golladay, and R. A. Kendall
               High emittance electron source having high illumination 
               uniformity

6,091,273      K. Bernstein, D. C. Edelstein, W. A. Klaasen, and W. D. Pricer
               Voltage limiting circuit for fuse technology

6,091,353      V. Ariel and J. Yang
               Bias circuit for flash analog to digital converter circuits

6,091,395      G. F. Destefano
               Computer system and method of manipulating a graphical user 
               interface component on a computer display through collision with 
               a pointer

6,091,405      A. C. Lowe and C. C. Pietrzak
               Input device

6,091,410      A. P. Brush, D. Lection, and M. E. Molander
               Avatar pointing mode

6,091,414      G. Kraft and J. A. Moore
               System and method for cross-environment interaction in a 
               computerized graphical interface environment

6,091,416      B. J. Cragun
               Method, apparatus and computer program product for graphical 
               user interface control and generating a multitool icon

6,091,427      J. J. Boezeman and C. J. Paul
               Method and system for a true-scale motion path editor using time 
               segments, duration and synchronization

6,091,430      W. Bodin and D. R. Whitfield
               Simultaneous high resolution display within multiple virtual DOS 
               applications in a data processing system

6,091,486      J. P. Kirk
               Blazed grating measurements of lithographic lens aberrations

6,091,566      T. Matsui and K. Ogasawara
               Servo method for a magnetoresistive head and hard disk system

6,091,568      L. J. Gilliland
               Improved labyrinth seal for minimizing flow gradients leading to 
               aerosoling of contaminants external to spindles

6,091,603      G. G. Daves and D. L. Edwards
               Customizable lid for improved thermal performance of modules 
               using flip chips

6,091,609      M. L. Hutson, D. A. Kuchta, and P. S. Severson
               Electronic circuit card having transient-tolerant distribution 
               planes

6,091,645      J. A. Iadanza
               Field-programmable memory array

6,091,667      H. Miyatake, Y. Mori, M. Tanaka, and N. Yamasaki
               Semiconductor memory device which supports double data transfer 
               in one memory cycle

6,091,709      C. G. Harrison, E. H. Stern, and B. E. Willner
               Quality of service management for packet switched networks

6,091,724      T. Chandra, R. E. Strom, and D. C. Sturman
               Routing messages within a network using the data content of the 
               message

6,091,732      C. A. Alexander, J. P. Ervin, J. Lloyd, R. C. Matlack Jr., and 
               D. Vig
               Method for configuring distributed internet protocol gateways 
               with LAN emulation

6,091,750      M. J. Paschal and D. W. Siljenberg
               Method and apparatus for providing hot plugging protection for 
               laser optoelectronic devices

6,091,772      R. E. Anderson, E. M. Foster, and G. W. Rohrbaugh
               Block based filtering of MPEG-2 compliant table sections

6,091,783      E. Q. Garcia, G. S. Lucas, and J. A. Yanes
               High speed digital data transmission by separately clocking and 
               recombining interleaved data subgroups

6,091,806      T. M. Rasmus and D. E. Smith
               Data processing system having a programmable modem and method 
               therefor

6,091,854      J. L. Mitchell and M. J. Slattery
               Merged VLSI implementation of hardware optimized Q-coder and 
               software optimized QM-coder

6,091,895      N. Govindaraj
               Object oriented central maintenance for programs and scripts

6,092,034      J. S. McCarley and S. Roukos
               Statistical translation system and method for fast sense 
               disambiguation and translation of large corpora using fertility 
               models and 
               sense models

6,092,038      D. Kanevsky and S. P. Rao
               System and method for providing lossless compression of N-gram 
               language models in a real-time decoder

6,092,039      A. R. Zingher
               Symbiotic automic speech recognition and vocoder

6,092,061      D. M. Choy
               Data partitioning by reference

6,092,062      G. Lohman, E. Shekita, D. Simmen, and M. S. Urata
               Optimization of data movement in shared nothing, parallel 
               database management system for increased efficiency

6,092,063      J. M. Cheng, H. Shen, and J. Xu
               Multi-level live connection for fast dynamic access to business 
               database through a network

6,092,064      C. Aggarwal and P. S. Yu
               Online mining of quantitative association rules

6,092,065      A. Floratos and I. Rigoutsos
               Method and apparatus for discovery, clustering and 
               classification of patterns in 1-dimensional event streams

6,092,071      J. E. Bolan, B. E. Clark, G. R. Klouda, and B. M. Walk
               Dedicated input/output processor method and apparatus for access 
               and storage of compressed data

6,092,075      J. E. Carey, B. A. Carlson, B. W. Fawcett, T. J. Graser, W. 
               Lesnik, and A. Nilsson
               Framework for business applications using cached aggregate and 
               specification key

6,092,079      S. N. Gerard, S. L. Halter, S. J. Munroe, and E. E. Voldal
               Apparatus and method for updating an object without affecting 
               the unique identity of the object

6,092,081      S. R. Alpert, J. W. Cooper, P. Fairweather, and R. B. Lam
               System and method for taggable digital portfolio creation and 
               report generation

6,092,084      C. E. Clark, S. J. Greenspan, J. D. Haggar, and D. R. Sutherland
               One system of a multisystem environment taking over log entries 
               owned by another system

6,092,085      W. N. Keene
               A method and system for improved database disaster recovery

6,092,089      L. C. Lahey, R. W. Peverley, A. R. Roberts, and M. Viswanathan
               Augmenting postscript files to enable document management

6,092,092      D. L. Felt, R. T. Gillam, and J. B. Raley
               Gap-based style-run array mechanism

6,092,096      J. R. Lewis
               Routing in data communications network

6,092,100      M. C. Azua and V. Berstis
               Method for intelligently resolving entry of an incorrect uniform 
               resource locator (URL)

6,092,121      W. E. Bennett, R. F. Boehme, S. Kallner, S. Levy, P. M. Matchen, 
               M. J. Ryan, and R. D. Thompson
               Method and apparatus for electronically integrating data 
               captured in heterogeneous information systems

6,092,123      B. Y. Bailey, L. Kuo, J. R. Steffan, and C. K. Tang
               Method and apparatus for changing functions of a hardware device 
               using two or more communication channels

6,092,132      R. K. Arimilli, K. W. Franz, D. B. Shuler, and D. E. Williams
               Method and apparatus for monitoring 60X bus signals at a reduced 
               frequency

6,092,145      K. Ishibashi, T. Kanai, Y. Kigami, and K. Yamada
               Disk drive system using sector buffer for storing non-duplicate 
               data in said sector buffer

6,092,146      T. Dell, K. Dramstad, M. Faucher, and B. G. Hazelzet
               Dynamically configurable memory adapter using electronic 
               presence detects

6,092,155      H. T. Olnowich
               Cache coherent network adapter for scalable shared memory 
               processing systems

6,092,166      R. A. Bobak, S. B. Compton, J. K. Johnson, A. F. Martens, M. M. 
               Maurer, D. L. Meck, W. R. Richardson, and M. A. Wright
               Cross-system data piping using an external shared memory

6,092,185      M. A. Check and T. J. Slegel
               Opcode compare logic in e-unit for breaking infinite loops, 
               detecting invalid opcodes and other exception checking

6,092,192      D. Kanevsky and S. Maes
               Apparatus and methods for providing repetitive enrollment in a 
               plurality of biometric recognition systems based on an initial 
               enrollment

6,092,198      G. R. Lanzy, F. A. Pflug, and G. H. Stange
               System and method for enabling and controlling anonymous file 
               transfer protocol communications

6,092,199      D. P. Dutcher, S. A. Lenharth, J. M. Rolette Jr., and S. A. 
               Smith
               Dynamic creation of a user account in a client following 
               authentication from a non-native server domain

6,092,215      P. Hodges and R. W. Shomler
               System and method for reconstructing data in a storage array 
               system

6,092,220      J. D. Palmer, H. R. Strong, and E. Upfal
               Method and apparatus for ordered reliable multicast with 
               asymmetric safety in a multiprocessing system

6,092,412      K. A. Flechsig, D. E. Horne, S. L. Lee, and W. Woodworth
               Glide height test signal processor and method using increased 
               high frequency components

6,092,422      G. K. Binnig, P. Gueret, H. Rohrer, and P. Vettiger
               Mechanical signal producer based on micromechanical oscillators 
               and intelligent acoustic detectors and systems based thereon

6,092,926      R. Garcia, K. A. Honeycutt, S. E. Still, and J. J. Tout
               Thermal monitoring system for semiconductor devices

6,093,215      J. J. Buxton and E. S. Portner
               Method and apparatus for building templates in a component 
               system

6,093,281      D. Dobuzinsky, W. C. Wille, and R. S. Wise
               Baffle plate design for decreasing conductance lost during 
               precipitation of polymer precursors in plasma etching chambers

6,093,333      P. B. Phipps
               Method for etching thin nickel iron film to make a magnetic 
               recording head

6,093,335      A. Bhatt, J. C. Camp, S. D. Desai, V. R. Markovich, and M. 
               Wozniak
               Method of surface finishes for eliminating surface 
               irregularities and defects

6,093,508      W. Cote
               Dual damascene structure formed in a single photoresist film

6,093,517      H. Ito, T. Nakayama, and M. Ueda
               Calixarenes for use as dissolution inhibitors in lithographic 
               photoresist compositions

6,093,630      R. M. Geffken, W. T. Motsiff, and R. R. Uttecht
               Semi-conductor personalization structure and method

6,093,631      M. Jaso and R. F. Schnabel
               Dummy patterns for aluminum chemical polishing (CMP)

6,093,636      K. Carter, D. J. Dawson, C. J. Hawker, J. C. Hedrick, J. L. 
               Hedrick, V. Y. Lee, R. D. Miller, W. Volksen, and D. Y. Yoon
               Process for manufacture of integrated circuit device using a 
               matrix comprising porous high temperature thermosets

6,093,894      R. Carlson, B. D. King, R. M. Lopez, A. Panasiuk, and G. G. 
               Zamora
               Bonding opening in multiconductor flat cable or electrical 
               components

6,093,930      J. E. Boyette, J. Hammond, S. R. Riggio, and M. Servedio
               Automatic probe replacement in a scanning probe microscope

6,093,947      H. I. Hanafi, Y. H. Lee, and C. H. Wann
               Recessed-gate MOSFET with out-diffused/source drain extension

6,093,964      K. Saitoh
               Connection structure utilizing a metal bump and metal bump 
               manufacturing method

6,094,037      W. D. Pricer
               Feedback apparatus including ultra low value current source

6,094,056      T. Bardsley and J. R. Eastman
               Multi-chip module with accessible test pads and test fixture

6,094,059      J. A. Frankeny, A. P. Ingraham, J. S. Kamperman, and J. R. 
               Wilcox
               Apparatus and method for burn-in/testing of integrated circuit 
               devices

6,094,060      J. A. Frankeny, A. P. Ingraham, J. S. Kamperman, and J. R. 
               Wilcox
               Test head for applying signals in a burn-in test of an 
               integrated circuit

6,094,062      D. G. Mikan and E. B. Schorn
               Coupled noise reduction circuitry

6,094,071      M. K. Ciraula and V. R. Kodali
               Initialization of floating body dynamic circuitry

6,094,072      A. D. Davies, S. N. Storino, J. V. Tran, and R. R. Williams
               Methods and apparatus for bipolar elimination in 
               silicon-on-insulator (SOI) domino circuits

6,094,195      D. J. Clark, A. Dobson, and A. J. Smith
               Dynamic presentation of frequently changing values

6,094,196      R. E. Berry, S. H. Isensee, S. L. Martin, and D. J. Roberts
               Interaction spheres of three-dimensional objects in 
               three-dimensional workspace displays

6,094,358      S. M. Christensen, M. P. Pierce, and C. N. Ramirez
               Card stiffener optimized for connector engagement

6,094,397      S. J. Hadderman and D. J. Kolor
               Method and apparatus for addressing multi-bank memory

6,094,454      J. L. Mitchell and B. L. Yeo
               Multi-spectral image compression and transformation

6,094,645      C. Aggarwal and P. S. Yu
               Finding collective baskets and inference rules for internet 
               mining for large data bases

6,094,651      R. Agrawal and S. Sarawagi
               Discovery-driven exploration of OLAP data cubes

6,094,654      J. L. Mueller and G. A. Van Huben
               Data management system for file and database management

6,094,655      D. A. Jones, K. Lagarde, R. M. Rogers, S. B. Rubin, and L. N. 
               Schenkewitz
               Method of creating and using notes decision capsules

6,094,657      B. T. Hailpern, P. K. Malkin, R. J. Schloss, and P. S. Yu
               Apparatus and method for dynamic meta-tagging of compound 
               documents

6,094,677      P. Capek, G. A. Cuomo, and J. Unger
               Methods, systems and computer program products for providing 
               insertions during delays in interactive systems

6,094,694      A. I. Hickson and J. G. Wilkinson
               Method, apparatus and computer program product for eliminating 
               expired messages from a queue in a data processing system

6,094,706      M. Factor and E. Farchi
               Caching in a data processing system using the pigeon hole 
               principle

6,094,709      S. J. Baylor, A. S. Bolmarcich, Y. Hsu, and C. F. Wu
               Cache coherence for lazy entry consistency in lockup-free caches

6,094,710      R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis
               Method and system for increasing system memory bandwidth within 
               a symmetric multiprocessor data-processing system

6,094,715      J. W. Dieffenderfer, P. M. Kogge, N. J. Schoonover, and P. A. 
               Wilkinson
               Multi-PME parallel processor

6,094,720      D. Cromer, B. Ellison, B. Gould, H. J. Locker, D. Rhoades, and 
               J. P. Ward
               Computer system having automatic power on and initialization for 
               in-box configuration

6,094,721      A. D. Eldridge and C. W. Kaufman
               Method and apparatus for password based authentication in a 
               distributed system

6,094,800      J. B. Gutelius, S. C. McIntosh, and B. D. Notohardjono
               Method for installing a mechanism which protects against 
               earthquake damage in electrical equipment

6,095,007      J. G. Brewington and R. H. Harris
               Staggered gear for bi-directional operation

6,095,041      T. P. Comino and R. M. Schroedl
               Stencil mask with channels including depressions

6,095,403      J. S. Akin, T. A. Schiesser, and J. A. Shriver III
               Circuit board component retentions

6,096,458      M. Hibbs
               Methods for manufacturing photolithography masks utilizing 
               interfering beams of radiation

6,096,565      D. Goland, R. A. Shelleman, S. L. Shinde, L. Studzinski, and R. 
               V. Vallabhaneni
               Multi-layer glass ceramic module with superconductor wiring

6,096,580      L. Han, R. Hannon, S. K. Iyer, S. S. Iyer, and M. Khare
               Low programming voltage anti-fuse

6,096,590      K. K. Chan, J. O. Chu, K. E. Ismail, S. Rishton, and K. Saenger
               Scalable MOS field effect transistor

6,096,598      T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, and P. 
               Rabidoux
               Method for forming pillar memory cells and device formed thereby

6,096,618      J. Dunn and S. A. St. Onge
               Method of making a Schottky diode with sub-minimum guard ring

6,096,655      Y. H. Lee and Y. Zhang
               Method for forming vias and trenches in an insulation layer for 
               a dual-damascene multilevel interconnection structure

6,096,664      J. P. Gambino, S. Kudelka, T. S. Rupp, and M. Weybright
               Semiconductor structures and manufacturing methods

6,096,665      B. K. Appelt, R. M. Japp, K. I. Papathomas, and W. J. Rudik
               Technique for forming resin-impregnated fiberglass sheets with 
               improved resistance to pinholing

6,097,019      M. Hatzakis, D. Lewis, and J. M. Shaw
               Radiation control system

6,097,056      L. L. Hsu, C. Hu, and J. A. Mandelman
               Field effect transistor having a floating gate

6,097,068      J. S. Brown, S. Furkay, R. J. Gauthier, X. Tian, M. H. Tong, and 
               S. H. Voldman
               Semiconductor device fabrication method and apparatus using 
               connecting implants

6,097,069      J. S. Brown, R. J. Gauthier, and S. H. Voldman
               Method and structure for increasing the threshold voltage of a 
               corner device

6,097,070      J. A. Mandelman and C. J. Radens
               MOSFET structure and process for low gate induced drain leakage 
(GIDL)

6,097,092      W. Natzle
               Freestanding multilayer IC wiring structure

6,097,207      K. Bernstein, N. Rohrer, and J. Zimmerman
               Robust domino circuit design for high stress conditions

6,097,215      J. S. Bialas, J. E. Gersbach, and C. R. London
               Low power voltage translation circuit

6,097,241      C. L. Bertin, A. A. Dean, K. J. Goodnow, W. D. Pricer, and W. R. 
               Tonti
               ASIC low power activity detector to change threshold voltage

6,097,243      C. L. Bertin, A. A. Dean, K. J. Goodnow, P. Perry, W. D. Pricer, 
               W. R. Tonti, and S. T. Ventrone
               Device and method to reduce power consumption in integrated 
               semiconductor devices using a low power groggy mode

6,097,386      D. D. Bardon, R. E. Berry, S. H. Isensee, S. L. Martin, and J. 
               M. Mullaly
               Data processing system having context sensitive visual feedback 
               for user interface controls and method therefor

6,097,388      M. Goodfellow
               Method for managing non-rectangular windows in a raster display

6,097,390      L. V. Marks
               Progress-indicating mouse pointer

6,097,498      R. K. Debry, R. H. Hohensee, H. R. Lewis, D. J. Shields, F. S. 
               Shook, and D. E. Stone
               Thin layer protocol TM for printer management

6,097,559      H. H. Ottesen and G. J. Smith
               System and method for detecting head-to-disk contact in-situ a 
               direct access storage device using a position error signal

6,097,565      H. Dang, A. Sharma, M. Sri-Jayantha, and H. Suzuki
               Repeatable runout free servo architecture in direct access 
               storage device

6,097,579      H. S. Gill
               Tunnel junction head structure without current shunting

6,097,583      J. A. Heaney and R. S. Malik
               Rapid short circuit protection for a multiple output power 
               supply

6,097,595      T. M. Cipolla
               Mechanism for automatic deployment of legs for portable personal 
               computer for enhanced cooling

6,097,596      T. M. Cipolla and L. S. Mok
               Portable computer rotational heat pipe heat transfer

6,097,608      J. W. Berberich and S. A. Hanssen
               Disk drive vibration isolation using diaphragm isolators

6,097,625      R. E. Scheuerlein
               Magnetic random access memory (MRAM) array with magnetic tunnel 
               junction (MTJ) cells and remote diodes

6,097,655      S. J. Kessler
               Pull through FIFO memory device

6,097,677      C. DeCusatis and L. Jacobowitz
               In a system for creating, reading and writing on rotatable 
               information storage media, a method for combined writing and 
               reading operations

6,097,681      C. DeCusatis and L. Jacobowitz
               In a system for creating, reading and writing on rotatable 
               information storage media, an apparatus for determining angular 
               position, theta

6,097,727      M. L. Peters
               Methods, systems and computer program products for end-to-end 
               route selection in compound wide/local area networks

6,097,757      C. E. Boice, A. S. Butter, N. Mohsenian, A. Y. Ngai, and R. L. 
               Woodard
               Real-time variable bit rate encoding of video sequence employing 
               image statistics

6,097,883      T. Dell, B. G. Hazelzet, and M. W. Kellogg
               Dual state memory card having combined and single circuit 
               operation

6,098,042      D. H. Huynh
               Homograph filter for speech synthesis system

6,098,056      D. J. Rusnak and J. T. Zientara
               System and method for controlling access rights to and security 
               of digital content in a distributed information system, e.g., 
               internet

6,098,074      D. M. Cannon and M. A. Kaczmarski
               Storage management system with file aggregation

6,098,075      R. V. Becraft, R. W. Engles, C. W. McFeely, S. Y. Phoenix, K. 
               Shyam, and J. A. Watts
               Deferred referential integrity checking based on determining 
               whether row at a time referential integrity checking would yield 
               the same 
               results as deferred referential integrity checking

6,098,080      J. C. Endicott, E. K. Kolodner, J. H. Peterson, and R. C. 
               Seemann
               Computer system, program product and method of collecting 
               internet data with a mark sweep collector

6,098,093      E. N. Bayeh, G. Montero, and R. C. Will
               Maintaining sessions in a clustered server environment

6,098,097      J. R. Dean, J. L. Howard, and I. M. Rodriguez
               Controlling the installation and configuration of programs and 
               components in a network of server and client computers through 
               entries into a 
               primary server computer

6,098,099      E. Ellesson, S. Kamat, A. Krishna, R. Rajan, and D. C. Verma
               Third-party notification by network directory server

6,098,102      C. Nielsen, R. L. Poston, S. G. Stair, and I. H. Tsao
               Selective downloading of file types contained in hypertext 
               documents transmitted in a computer controlled network

6,098,104      C. Desnoyers, D. J. Joseph, and F. A. Kampf
               Source and destination initiated interrupts for message arrival 
               notification, and related data structures

6,098,105      C. Desnoyers, D. J. Joseph, and F. A. Kampf
               Source and destination initiated interrupt method for message 
               arrival notification

6,098,115      R. J. Eberhard, J. M. Kaiser, W. E. Maule, E. Wong, and V. P. 
               Zeyak Jr.
               System for reducing storage access latency with accessing main 
               storage and data bus simultaneously

6,098,122      D. B. Emmes and D. W. Schmidt
               Method and apparatus for adaptively blocking outgoing 
               communication requests and adjusting the blocking factor 
               according to the 
               volume of requests being received in an information handling 
               system

6,098,123      H. T. Olnowich
               Method and apparatus for dynamic allocation of bandwidth to/from 
               network adapter memory amongst active input/output ports

6,098,148      W. Carlson
               Storage and access of data using volume trailer

6,098,152      F. Mounes-Toussi
               Method and apparatus for miss sequence cache block replacement 
               utilizing a most recently used state

6,098,153      S. Fuld and S. S. Selkirk
               Method and system for determining an appropriate amount of data 
               to cache

6,098,156      P. S. Lenk
               Method and system for rapid line ownership transfer for 
               multiprocessor updates

6,098,158      T. Lay, B. H. Muschett, A. Ramlow, and C. H. Tran
               Software enabled fast boot

6,098,167      H. Cheong, H. Q. Le, J. S. Muhich, and S. W. White
               Apparatus and method for fast unified interrupt recovery and 
               branch recovery in processors supporting out of order execution 
(as amended)

6,098,168      L. E. Eisen and M. Putrino
               System for completing instructions out-of-order which performs 
               target address comparisons prior to dispatch

6,098,171      R. Bonomo, J. W. Freeman, R. D. Johnson, and R. S. Springfield
               Personal computer ROM scan startup protection

6,098,176      P. W. Coteus, D. M. Dreps, F. D. Ferraiolo, G. V. Kopcsay, and 
               T. Takken
               Sinusoidal clock signal distribution using resonant transmission 
               lines

6,098,181      R. A. Hamilton II, C. Mehta, and J. D. Upton
               Screening methodology for operating system error reporting

6,098,280      T. P. Gall, J. S. Kamperman, and D. B. Stone
               Process for forming multi-layer electronic structures including 
               a cap for providing a flat surface for DCA and solder ball 
               attach and for 
               sealing plated through holes

6,098,282      J. A. Frankeny, R. F. Frankeny, T. F. Hayden, R. L. Imken, and 
               J. L. Rice
               Laminar stackable circuit board structure with capacitor

6,098,788      N. A. Greco, E. N. Levine, M. F. Lofaro, and J. G. Ryan
               Casting of complex micromechanical objects

6,099,756      M. Angelopoulos, R. A. Dipietro, and J. M. Shaw
               Vibrational methods of deaggregation of electrically conductive 
               polymers and precursors thereof

6,099,935      W. Brearley, L. Economikos, P. F. Findeis, K. Kelly, B. W. 
               Leenstra, A. G. Merryman, E. D. Perfecto, C. Prasad, J. P. Wood, 
               and R. Yu
               Apparatus for use in semiconductor manufacturing

6,099,939      K. L. Mittal, J. M. Rubino, C. J. Sambucetti, and R. Saraf
               Enhanced adhesion between a vapor deposited metal and an organic 
               polymer surface exhibiting tailored morphology

6,099,959      J. J. Konrad, K. I. Papathomas, and J. A. Welsh
               Method of controlling the spread of an adhesive on a circuitized 
               organic substrate

6,100,011      A. Aviram, A. T. Pomerene, and D. E. Seeger
               High sensitivity, photo-active polymer and developers for high 
               resolution resist applications

6,100,013      J. S. Brown, J. Dunn, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, R. K. Leidy, 
               and S. H. Voldman
               Method for forming transistors with raised source and drains and 
               device formed thereby

6,100,114      C. S. Milkovich, M. V. Pierson, and S. K. Tran
               Encapsulation of solder bumps and solder connections

6,100,123      J. Bracchitta, J. A. Mandelman, S. A. Parke, and M. R. Wordeman
               Method for forming a pillar CMOS structure

6,100,143      J. S. Brown, R. J. Gauthier, and S. H. Voldman
               Method of making a depleted poly-silicon edged MOSFET structure 
(as amended)

6,100,153      E. J. Nowak, X. Tian, and M. H. Tong
               Reliable diffusion resistor and diffusion capacitor

6,100,172      T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, and P. 
               Rabidoux
               Method for forming a horizontal surface spacer and devices 
               formed thereby

6,100,199      R. V. Joshi and W. R. Reohr
               Embedded thermal conductors for semiconductor chips

6,100,506      J. J. Colelli, R. A. Leggett, J. M. Mundenar, and C. A. Whiting
               Hot plate with in situ surface temperature adjustment

6,100,523      A. Gupta and R. Saraf
               Micro goniometer for scanning microscopy

6,100,564      A. Bryant, E. J. Nowak, and M. H. Tong
               SOI pass-gate disturb solution

6,100,623      F. Y. Huang, W. I. Imaino, and J. C. Lo
               Piezoelectric actuator for control and displacement sensing

6,100,733      A. M. Chu and J. M. Dortu
               Clock latency compensation circuit for DDR timing

6,100,885      V. A. Donnelly, A. T. Jolin, and R. Trainer
               Supporting modification of properties via a computer system's 
               user interface

6,100,890      C. Bates and J. M. Ryan
               Automatic bookmarks

6,100,901      D. C. Martin, D. S. Modha, W. S. Spangler, and S. Vaithyanathan
               Method and apparatus for cluster exploration and visualization

6,100,971      W. I. Imaino, A. Juliana, M. R. Latta, C. H. Lee, W. C. Leung, 
               and H. J. Rosen
               Surface inspection tool

6,101,001      C. Tresser and C. W. Wu
               Target patterns controlled error management

6,101,052      G. F. Gooding and L. Tretter
               H configuration write driver circuit with integral component 
               fault detection

6,101,055      T. J. Chainer, M. Schultz, B. C. Webb, and E. J. Yarmchuk
               Trigger pattern detection method and apparatus

6,101,056      K. B. Klaassen and J. C. Van Peppen
               Electronic magnetoresistive voltage biasing using a circuit and 
               current mirrors

6,101,057      K. K. Kartchner and C. R. Stouffer
               Method and system for providing a hard stop for a robot in an 
               automated tape cartridge loading/unloading system

6,101,062      D. H. Jen and M. Suk
               Method and apparatus for unloading head from disk before a shock 
               to a disk drive system

6,101,063      T. J. Chainer, M. D. Schultz, B. C. Webb, and E. J. Yarmchuk
               Methods and systems for self-servowriting including maintaining 
               a reference within a usable dynamic range

6,101,100      J. M. Londa
               Multi-electronic device package

6,101,117      S. Tiwari
               Two transistor single capacitor ferroelectric memory

6,101,194      N. Annapareddy, J. T. Brady, D. Finney, M. H. Hartung, M. Ko, J. 
               M. Menon, and D. Nowlen
               Conflict resolution in multi-node communication network

6,101,270      H. Takahashi
               Neural network architecture for recognition of upright and 
               rotated characters

6,101,275      D. Coppersmith, S. J. Hong, and J. R. Hosking
               Method for finding a ``best'' test for a nominal attribute for 
               generating a binary decision tree

6,101,470      R. E. Donovan and E. M. Eide
               Method for generating pitch and duration contours in a text to 
               speech system

6,101,472      P. P. Giangarra, J. Taylor, and W. J. Tracey
               Data processing system and method for navigating a network using 
               a voice command

6,101,480      J. Banks-Binici and D. W. Conmy
               Electronic calendar with group scheduling and automated 
               scheduling techniques for coordinating conflicting schedules

6,101,482      M. F. Diangelo and V. J. Fox
               Universal web shopping cart and method of on-line transaction 
               processing

6,101,485      K. Fortenberry, R. M. Szabo, J. J. Toohey, R. L. Yee, and M. L. 
               Zimmerman
               Electronic solicitations for internet commerce

6,101,498      B. R. Scaer, J. P. Snover, and B. J. Tarbox
               Systems for displaying a computer managed network layout with a 
               first transient display of a user selected primary attribute to 
               an object and a 
               supplementary transient display of secondary attributes

6,101,501      F. C. Breslau, P. G. Greenstein, and J. T. Rodell
               Process and system for runtime inheritance and disinheritance of 
               methods and data

6,101,503      J. W. Cooper and M. S. Neff
               Active markup--a system and method for navigating through text 
               collections

6,101,519      J. A. Slinkman
               A method for efficiently determining a fermi-dirac integrals

6,101,524      J. D. Choi and H. Srinivasan
               Deterministic replay of multithreaded applications

6,101,541      E. Ellesson, S. Kamat, A. Krishna, R. Rajan, and D. C. Verma
               Active polling by network LDAP directory

6,101,544      W. E. Beebe, J. C. Kennel, M. Y. Lim, C. Mehta, and M. I. Patel
               Method and system for sharing a single universal asynchronous 
               receiver transmitter (UART) among multiple resources in a data 
               processing 
               system

6,101,561      G. E. Beers, R. F. Frankeny, and M. M. Smadi
               System for providing an increase in digital data transmission 
               rate over a parallel bus by converting binary format voltages to 
               encoded analog 
               format currents (as amended)

6,101,563      J. S. Fields Jr., G. L. Guthrie, and K. A. Riek
               Configuration access system

6,101,582      R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis
               DCBST with ICBI mechanism

6,101,591      E. M. Foster, W. R. Lee, and R. S. Svec
               Method and system for selectively independently or 
               simultaneously updating multiple system time clocks in an MPEG 
               system

6,101,601      G. Matthews, D. Medina, and A. C. Wynn
               Method and apparatus for hibernation within a distributed data 
               processing system

6,101,607      A. P. Bachand, P. S. Botz, B. A. Smith, and C. J. Woodbury
               Limit access to program function

6,101,610      W. E. Beebe and J. D. Upton
               Computer system having thermal sensing with dual voltage sources 
               for sensor stabilization

6,101,615      G. R. Lyons
               Method and apparatus for improving sequential writes to RAID-6 
               devices

6,101,624      J.-M. Cheng and S. Singh
               Method and apparatus for detecting and correcting anomalies in 
               field-programmable gate arrays using CRCS for anomaly detection 
               and parity for 
               anomaly correction

6,101,710      M. L. Hackett, T. A. Schell, and C. Selinger
               Method for facilitating engineering changes in a multiple level 
               circuit package

6,102,287      S. M. Matyas
               Method and apparatus for providing product survey information in 
               an electronic payment system

6,102,590      R. H. Harris, R. Myers, and J. D. Thomas
               Cover-platen opening mechanism

6,102,593      J. G. Brewington and D. W. Stanhope
               High speed print quality via font/logo modification

6,102,776      K. Boggs, K. M. Davis, W. F. Landers, R. M. Merkling, M. L. 
               Passow, and J. K. Stephens
               Apparatus and method for controlling polishing of integrated 
               circuit substrates

6,102,989      C. Choate
               High conductance trap

6,103,096      M. Datta, D. C. Edelstein, and C. Uzoh
               Apparatus and method for the electrochemical etching of a wafer

6,103,145      M. Angelopoulos, J. D. Gelorme, T. H. Newman, N. M. Patel, and 
               D. E. Seeger
               Water-soluble electrically conducting polymers, their synthesis 
               and use

6,103,447      K. J. Chen, R. Dellaguardia, W. S. Huang, A. Katnani, M. 
               Khojasteh, and Q. Lin
               Novel approach to formulating irradiation sensitive positive 
               resists

6,103,592      B. Fiegl, W. Glashauser, M. Levy, and F. Prein
               Manufacturing self-aligned polysilicon FET devices isolated with 
               maskless shallow trench isolation and gate conductor fill 
               technology with 
               active devices and dummy doped regions formed in mesas

6,103,990      M. Barenboim, P. J. Kerstens, H. Park, L. Sheiner, and A. Tam
               Laser texturing system providing even heating of textured spots 
               on a rotating disk

6,104,079      A. K. Stamper
               Closely pitched polysilicon fuses and method of forming the same

6,104,082      C. L. Bertin and W. J. Howell
               Metallization structure for altering connections

6,104,093      D. V. Caletka, J. Dery, E. Duchesne, M. A. Gaynes, E. A. 
               Johnson, L. J. Matienzo, and J. R. Wilcox
               Thermally enhanced and mechanically balanced flip chip package 
               and method of forming

6,104,188      J. D. Coker, S. M. Currie, R. L. Galbraith, and D. E. Vosberg
               Surface analysis test defect detector for direct access storage 
               device

6,104,201      B. S. Beaman, K. E. Fogel, P. A. Lauro, M. H. Norcott, D. Y. 
               Shih, and G. F. Walker
               Method and apparatus for passive characterization of 
               semiconductor substrates subjected to high energy (MEV) ion 
               implementation 
               using high-injection surface photovoltage

6,104,212      B. W. Curran
               Common domino circuit evaluation device

6,104,213      S. H. Dhong, U. Ghoshal, J. A. Silberman, and O. Takahashi
               Domino logic circuit having a clocked precharge

6,104,246      N. King and H. Laferrara
               RF amplifier with gain control

6,104,291      L. Beauvillier, M. J. Brady, D. W. Duan, D. Friedman, P. A. 
               Moskowitz, and P. Murphy
               Method and apparatus for testing RFID tags

6,104,393      L. Santos-Gomez
               Integration of procedural and object-oriented user interfaces

6,104,394      L. A. Lisle, S. L. Martin, and J. M. Mullaly
               Data processing system for automatic storage of objects of an 
               object type within a logical containment system and method 
               therefor

6,104,395      C. Alimpich, J. S. Goddard, M. T. Vo, and R. Y. Yang
               Graphical interface method, apparatus and application for 
               opening window of all designated container objects

6,104,398      P. Cox, J. Murray, and D. J. Schell
               Fast and efficient means for grouped object selection and 
               deselection

6,104,406      R. E. Berry, S. H. Isensee, and D. J. Roberts
               Back away navigation from three-dimensional objects in 
               three-dimensional workspace interactive displays

6,104,466      S. L. Buchwalter, D. Lewis, S. C. Lien, S. Purushothaman, and J. 
               J. Ritsko
               Precision alignment of plates

6,104,558      R. Greenberg and J. C. Purkett
               System and method of encoding an index mark into a servo address

6,104,562      H. H. Ottesen and G. J. Smith
               Multiple element transducer for magnetic recording

6,104,566      J. Stephenson
               Direct access storage device (DASD) with a variable spindle 
               rotation speed

6,104,576      H. A. Santini
               Inductive head with reduced height insulation stack due to 
               partial coverage zero throat height defining insulation layer

6,104,581      F. Y. Huang, W. I. Imaino, J. Lo, and R. W. Wood
               Dual coil rotary actuator

6,104,629      L. Wu
               High frequency memory module

6,104,633      D. Abraham, W. J. Gallagher, and P. L. Trouilloud
               Intentional asymmetry imposed during fabrication and/or access 
               of magnetic tunnel junction devices

6,104,666      M. Kumar
               Bit line precharge apparatus and method

6,104,715      C. Basso, R. H. Boivie, J. Calvignac, H. D. Dykeman, D. Orsatti, 
               R. Sultan, and F. Verplanken
               Merging of data cells in an ATM network

6,104,716      J. M. Crichton, P. F. Garvin, W. Lam, and J. W. Staten
               Method and apparatus for lightweight secure communication 
               tunneling over the internet

6,104,730      L. V. Marks
               A system method and article of manufacture for high bit rate 
               access over robbed bit trunks

6,104,790      C. Narayanaswami
               Graphical voice response system and method therefor

6,104,810      R. S. Debellis, R. M. Smith, and P. C. Yeh
               Pseudorandom number generator with backup and restoration 
               capability

6,104,870      J. Dickey, J. K. Frick, J. Lloyd, E. J. Rovner, and D. Vig
               Method and system for improving communications in data 
               communications networks that provide network emulation

6,104,871      P. R. Badovinatz, L. Brenner, T. D. Chandra, O. T. Kirby, and J. 
               A. Pershing
               Utilizing batch requests to present membership changes to 
               process groups

6,104,873      T. Chao, M. Cooper, C. A. Manoni, and S. Vemuri
               Use of language instructions and functions across multiple 
               processing sub-environments

6,104,874      M. J. Branson and W. R. Taylor
               Object oriented framework mechanism for order processing 
               including pre-defined extensible classes for defining an order 
               processing 
               environment

6,104,989      D. Kanevsky and E. Yashchin
               Real time detection of topical changes and topic identification 
               via likelihood based methods

6,105,017      J. Kleewein, E. T. Lin, H. Maheshwari, T. L. Mukai, and S. Watts
               Method and apparatus for deferring large object retrievals from 
               a remote database in a heterogeneous database system

6,105,020      B. G. Lindsay, E. J. Shekita, D. Simmen, and K. K. Truuvert
               System and method for identifying and constructing star joins 
               for execution by bitmap anding

6,105,021      V. Berstis
               Thorough search of document database containing compressed and 
               noncompressed documents

6,105,029      J. J. Maddalozzo, G. F. McBrearty, S. P. Mullen, and J. M. Shieh
               Retrieving network files through parallel channels

6,105,036      J. D. Henckel
               Computer system and method of displaying a source code file with 
               an ordered arrangement of object definitions

6,105,037      G. T. Kishi
               Apparatus for performing automated reconcile control in a 
               virtual tape system

6,105,043      G. Francisco and M. S. Goldberg
               Accessing a relational database over the internet using macro 
               language files

6,105,049      R. K. Govindaraju, E. Kon, R. Straub, and W. G. Tuel
               Resource lock/unlock capability in multithreaded computer 
               environment

6,105,050      R. K. Govindaraju, E. Kon, R. Straub, and W. G. Tuel
               System for resource lock/unlock capability in multithreaded 
               computer environment

6,105,051      J. M. Borkenhagen, R. J. Eickemeyer, W. T. Flynn, S. R. Kunkel, 
               S. B. Levenstein, and A. H. Wottreng
               An apparatus and method to guarantee forward progress in 
               execution of threads in a multithreaded processor

6,105,056      F. W. Gilchrist, E. N. Herness, E. H. Jenney, J. C. Ripstra, and 
               G. J. Romano
               Object oriented mail server framework mechanism

6,105,063      K. F. Hayes
               Client server system for maintaining application preferences in 
               a hierarchical data structure according to user and user group 
               or terminal and 
               terminal group contexts

6,105,066      K. F. Hayes Jr.
               Client-server system with central application management and 
               using fully qualified class names of object-oriented 
               applications for 
               determining permanent server storage locations for application 
               configuration 
               information

6,105,067      V. M. Batra
               Connection pool management for backend servers using common 
               interface

6,105,071      C. Desnoyers, D. J. Joseph, and F. A. Kampf
               Source and destination initiated interrupt system for message 
               arrival notification

6,105,076      B. C. Beardsley and M. A. Paulsen
               Method system and program for performing data transfer 
               operations on user data

6,105,078      R. N. Crockett, R. M. Kern, and G. E. McBride
               Extended remote copying system for reporting both active and 
               idle conditions wherein the idle condition indicates no updates 
               to the system 
               for a predetermined time period

6,105,090      J. R. Fosmo
               Method and apparatus for activating a power interlock system and 
               automatically disabling a power supply in a computer having PCI 
               slots

6,105,091      C. Long
               Connector with integrated bus and power isolation switches

6,105,099      R. Freitas, D. Jadav, D. Kenchammana-Hosekote, M. J. Menon, and 
               H. R. Strong
               Method for synchronizing use of dual and solo mode locking for 
               two competing processors responsive to membership changes

6,105,100      J. R. Dean and I. M. Rodriguez
               Method and apparatus for detecting and initializing the addition 
               of a new client machine in a network

6,105,109      Y. H. Chan, M. S. Farrell, B. W. Krumm, T. J. Slegel, and C. F. 
               Webb
               System speed loading of a writable cache code array

6,105,112      R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, J. D. Lewis, and D. E. Williams
               Dynamic folding of cache operations for multiple coherency-size 
               systems

6,105,118      J. J. Maddalozzo, G. F. McBrearty, and J. M. Shieh
               System and method for selecting which data copy to read in an 
               information handling system

6,105,126      M. A. Check, J. S. Liptay, E. M. Schwarz, T. J. Slegel, R. M. 
               Smith, and C. F. Webb
               Address bit decoding for same adder circuitry for RXE 
               instruction format with same XBD location as RX format and 
               dis-jointed extended 
               operation code

6,105,131      R. B. Carroll
               Secure server and method of operation for a distributed 
               information system

6,105,136      D. Cromer, B. Ellison, H. J. Locker, R. S. Springfield, M. J. 
               Steinmetz, and J. P. Ward
               Computer system which is disabled when it is disconnected from a 
               network

6,105,144      L. Wu
               System and method for alleviating skew in a bus

6,105,155      J.-M. Cheng and S. Singh
               Method and apparatus for performing on-chip function checks and 
               locating detected anomalies within a nested time interval using 
               CRCS or the 
               like

6,091,570      F. Hendriks
               Architecture for guiding the air flow in a disk storage device

6,105,237      H. S. Gill
               Spin valve read head with low moment, high coercivity pinning 
               layer

6,105,246      D. E. Houser, J. M. Larnerd, J. L. Lee, and F. S. Poch
               Method of making a circuit board having burr free castellated 
               plated through holes

6,105,274      A. W. Ballantine and R. A. Warren
               Cryogenic/phase change cooling for rapid thermal process systems

6,105,381      U. Ghoshal
               Method and apparatus for cooling GMR heads for magnetic hard 
               disks

6,105,749      E. E. Block and M. R. Smith
               Enhanced matrix tray feeder

6,105,852      S. Cordes, P. A. Gruber, E. M. Kummer, S. Roux, C. J. 
               Sambucetti, and J. L. Speidell
               Etched glass solder bump transfer for flip chip integrated 
               circuit devices

6,106,316      D. R. Barringer, K. M. Cimino, D. J. Hafer, D. R. Horvath, and 
               S. C. Wilson
               Multistage connector for carriers with combined pin-array and 
               pad-array

6,106,374      K. Boggs and L. C. Stevens
               Acoustically agitated delivery

6,106,679      J. D. Westwood
               Method of making P1 notched write head with minimum overmilled 
               P1 and P2

6,106,687      D. C. Edelstein
               Process and diffusion baffle to modulate the cross sectional 
               distribution of flow rate and deposition rate

6,106,736      D. Levan, R. D. Miller, A. Nazzal, and A. C. Ting
               Planarization process and apparatus for the etch definition of 
               magnetic head air bearing surfaces

6,106,891      J. D. Kulesza, V. R. Markovich, K. I. Papathomas, and J. G. 
               Sabia
               Via fill compositions for direct attach of devices and method 
               for applying same

6,107,121      S. J. Diffenderfer and S. W. MacQuarrie
               Method of making interconnections between a multi-layer chip 
               stack to a printed circuit board in a ceramic package

6,107,125      M. A. Jaso, J. A. Mandelman, W. R. Tonti, and M. R. Wordeman
               SOI/bulk hybrid substrate and method of forming the same

6,107,133      T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, D. V. Horak, W. H. Ma, and J. A. 
               Mandelman
               Method for making a five square vertical DRAM cell

6,107,135      G. B. Bronner, J. Iba, and R. L. Kleinhenz
               Method of making a semiconductor memory device having a buried 
               plate electrode

6,107,141      C. M. Hsieh, L. L. Hsu, and S. Ogura
               Flash EEPROM

6,107,177      Z. Lu and W. M. Moreau
               Silylation method for reducing critical dimension loss and 
               resist loss

6,107,199      R. D. Allen, F. R. McFeely, I. C. Noyan, and J. J. Yurkas
               Method for improving the morphology of refractory metal thin 
               films

6,107,357      C. J. Hawker, J. L. Hedrick, R. D. Miller, and W. Volksen
               Dielectric compositions and method for their manufacture

6,107,452      G. Klaerner, R. D. Miller, and J. C. Scott
               Thermally and/or photochemically crosslinked electroactive 
               polymers in the manufacture of opto-electronic devices

6,107,599      P. M. Baumgart, C. C. Poon, and A. C. Tam
               Method and tool for laser texturing of glass substrates

6,107,812      J. R. Pivnichny and J. H. Underwood
               Apparatus and method for testing integrated circuit components 
               of a multi-component card

6,107,841      K. J. Goodnow
               Synchronous clock switching circuit for multiple asynchronous 
               clock sources

6,107,852      C. M. Durham, V. R. Kodali, M. Lee, and H. Sharma
               Method and device for the reduction of latch insertion delay

6,107,935      L. D. Comerford and S. Maes
               Systems and methods for access filtering employing relaxed 
               recognition constraints

6,107,995      R. Dordick
               Inflatable keyboard

6,108,001      M. P. Tuttle
               Dynamic control of visual and/or audio presentation

6,108,003      G. E. Hall, M. E. Molander, and I. B. Shields
               Maintaining visibility and status indication of docked 
               applications and application bars

6,108,004      R. E. Medl
               GUI guide for data mining

6,108,010      J. J. Boezeman and C. J. Paul
               Method and system for a true scale motion path editor

6,108,163      Z. E. Boutaghou
               Sensitive sensor internally mounted shock for a disk drive

6,108,164      G. V. Weber
               Latent thermal vaporization reduction

6,108,170      L. Crawforth, C. C. Poon, and A. C. Tam
               Slider row with segmented scribe lines for individual control E 
               of sliders in the row

6,108,177      H. S. Gill
               Tunnel junction structure with FeX ferromagnetic layers

6,108,203      M. J. Crippen, K. K. Dittus, M. S. Mansuria, J. A. Matteson, and 
               L. H. Webster
               Cooling system for a computer system having dual fans and a 
               movable baffle

6,108,209      W. L. Cox, C. D. Fieselman, L. D. Hobgood, P. G. Watson, and S. 
               D. Yu
               Snap together PCMCIA cards with laser tack welded seams

6,108,255      M. K. Ciraula, G. M. Lattimore, and G. A. Yeung
               Conditional restore for RAM based on feedback from a RAM cell to 
               precharge circuitry

6,108,282      C. DeCusatis and L. Jacobowitz
               System for creating, reading and writing on rotatable 
               information storage media, an apparatus for multilayer laser 
               source positioning

6,108,285      H. L. Freeman, T. M. Hoag, and R. G. Mustain
               Directory structure for worm optical media

6,108,308      R. A. Flavin, P. Nihal, G. H. Purdy, and N. Vogl
               System and method for dynamic video routing

6,108,340      D. B. Rolfe and A. P. Wack
               Incidence graph based communications and operations method and 
               apparatus for parallel processing architecture

6,108,425      E. D'Avignon, R. S. Debellis, R. J. Easter, L. L. Green, M. J. 
               Kelly, R. M. Smith, V. A. Spano, and P. C. Yeh
               Method and apparatus for controlling the configuration of a 
               cryptographic processor

6,108,448      J. Song and B. L. Yeo
               System and method for extracting spatially reduced image 
               sequences in a motion compensated compressed format

6,108,645      M. Eichstaedt and Q. Lu
               Method and apparatus for efficient profile matching in a large 
               scale webcasting system

6,108,658      B. G. Lindsay, G. S. Manku, and S. Rajagopalan
               Single pass space efficient system and method for generating 
               approximate quantiles satisfying an apriori user-defined 
               approximation error

6,108,666      A. Floratos and I. Rigoutsos
               Method and apparatus for pattern discovery in 1-dimensional 
               event streams

6,108,667      C. E. Clark, S. J. Greenspan, and H. R. Shah
               System of compressing a log stream using a scratch pad of 
               logically deleted entries

6,108,668      C. Bates and J. M. Ryan
               Method and system for undoing edits within selected portion of 
               electronic documents

6,108,670      F. Castellucci, D. Eschenbrenner, A. R. Greef, T. Maguire, C. 
               Perez, and R. A. Weida
               Checking and enabling database updates with a dynamic, 
               multi-modal, rule-based system

6,108,673      M. L. Brandt, J. V. DiCecco, J. R. Hansen, T. J. O'Keefe, D. E. 
               Olson, and D. D. Snyder
               Creating a form from a template that includes replication blocks 
               using block name suffixes

6,108,675      L. E. Gregg and W. Jaaskelainen Jr.
               Positioning of transmitted document pages in receiving display 
               station windows for maximum visibility of information on pages

6,108,689      S. A. Fagen and R. C. Williams
               Method and system for processing messages in a distributed 
               computing environment

6,108,700      M. Maccabee, N. Mills, and J. Turek
               Application end-to-end response time measurement and 
               decomposition

6,108,710      R. F. Brabson and J. Klonowski
               Method and apparatus for optimizing route generation in a 
               connection oriented network

6,108,712      K. F. Hayes Jr.
               Client-server system with central application management and 
               providing export agent capability for retrofitting existing 
               hardware and 
               applications into the system

6,108,730      T. Dell, K. Dramstad, M. Faucher, and B. G. Hazelzet
               Memory card adapter insertable into a motherboard memory card 
               socket comprising a memory card receiving socket having the same 
               configuration 
               as the motherboard memory card socket

6,108,753      D. C. Bossen, N. R. Jaisimha, A. Saha, and S. Tung
               Cache error retry technique

6,108,764      Y. Baumgartner and A. Elman
               Non-uniform memory access (NUMA) data processing system with 
               multiple caches concurrently holding data in a recent state from 
               which data can 
               be sourced by shared intervention

6,108,776      M. A. Check, M. S. Farrell, J. S. Liptay, T. J. Slegel, and C. 
               F. Webb
               Globally or selectively disabling branch history table 
               operations during sensitive portion of millicode routine in 
               millimode 
               supporting computer

6,108,779      J. R. Dean and I. M. Rodriguez
               Server and computer network that permit a client to be easily 
               introduced into the computer network

6,108,783      H. Krawczyk and T. D. Rabin
               Chameleon hashing and signatures

6,108,799      J. M. Boulay, A. Petrillo, and M. G. Swimmer
               Automated sample creation of polymorphic and non-polymorphic 
               macro viruses

6,112,202      J. M. Kleinberg
               Method and system for identifying authoritative information 
               resources in an environment with content-based links between 
               information 
               resources

6,111,884      N. Ahuja, J. E. Averi, and W. N. Taylor
               A method for using logical link control (LLC) to route traffic 
               within a router

6,109,039      G. Hougham and L. S. Mok
               Heat transfer in electronic apparatus

6,110,217      T. J. Kazmierski and T. M. Kemp
               System and method for synchronization of multiple analog servers 
               on a simulation backplane

6,110,228      D. H. Albright and S. Zevan
               Method and apparatus for software maintenance at remote nodes

6,110,396      M. Ronay
               Dual-valent rare earth additives to polishing slurries

6,110,623      D. S. O'Grady and D. Rigaill
               Surface coating method to highlight transparent mask defects

6,110,624      M. Hibbs, T. E. Neary, D. S. O'Grady, and D. Rigaill
               Multiple polarity mask exposure method

6,110,649      K. Carter, C. J. Hawker, J. L. Hedrick, R. D. Miller, and H. B. 
               Pogge
               Improved dielectric material and process for manufacture of 
               integrated circuit device

6,110,650      A. C. Bhatt, T. R. Miller, A. F. Moring, and J. P. Walsh
               Method of making a circuitized substrate

6,110,653      S. J. Holmes and P. Rabidoux
               Acid sensitive arc and method of use

6,110,792      G. B. Bronner, C. J. Radens, and J. Wittmann
               Method for making DRAM capacitor strap

6,110,806      H. B. Pogge
               Process for precision alignment of chips for mounting on a 
               substrate

6,110,819      E. Colgan, K. P. Rodbell, P. A. Totta, and J. F. White
               Interconnect structure using Al2Cu for an integrated circuit 
               chip

6,110,824      T. Licata and J. A. Mandelman
               Wire shape conferring reduced crosstalk and formation methods

6,110,832      C. Morgan, M. J. Rutten, E. G. Walton, and T. Wright
               Method and apparatus for slurry polishing

6,111,301      A. K. Stamper
               Interconnection with integrated corrosion stop

6,111,314      P. A. Coico, D. L. Edwards, S. Iruvanti, F. Pompeo, R. A. 
               Sherif, and H. T. Toy
               Thermal cap with embedded particles

6,111,321      B. N. Agarwala
               Ball limiting metalization process for interconnection

6,111,323      S. L. Buchwalter, K. Carter, M. Gaynes, C. J. Hawker, J. L. 
               Hedrick, and R. D. Miller
               Reworkable thermoplastic encapsulant

6,111,406      G. A. Garfunkel, D. E. Horne, and M. P. Salo
               System and method for testing a write head in a combined 
               magnetic head using an associated read sensor in the combined 
               head

6,111,422      S. N. Storino and R. R. Williams
               Method of testing susceptibility to failure of functional 
               circuitry embodied in an integrated circuit

6,111,425      C. L. Bertin, R. J. Houghton, W. D. Pricer, and W. R. Tonti
               Very low power logic circuit family with enhanced noise immunity

6,111,430      D. Kuchta and J. Yang
               Circuit for interfacing a first type of logic circuit with a 
               second type of logic circuit

6,111,434      M. K. Ciraula, D. J. Martens, and R. P. Masleid
               Circuit having anti-charge share characteristics and method 
               therefore

6,111,442      N. R. Aulet and G. E. Beers
               Phase-locked loop circuit with dynamic backup

6,111,444      D. G. Mikan and E. B. Schorn
               Edge triggered latch

6,111,455      N. N. Eleyan and H. Sharma
               Method for controlling delays in silicon on insulator circuits

6,111,572      S. C. Blair, D. J. Hetherington, and D. B. Kumhyr
               Runtime locale-sensitive switching of calendars in a distributed 
               computer enterprise environment

6,111,575      A. E. Martinez and M. D. Rahn
               Graphical undo/redo manager and method

6,111,576      P. Moreland, S. E. Nickolas, and B. A. Tate
               Method and apparatus for providing selected menu functions as an 
               attachment menu bar on graphic user interface systems

6,111,579      C. Alimpich, B. Jeffcoat, D. Neuhard, L. L. Vigil, and J. Wittig
               Data processor controlled display system with a tree hierarchy 
               of elements view having virtual nodes

6,111,581      R. E. Berry, S. H. Isensee, and D. J. Roberts
               A method and system for classifying user objects in a 
               three-dimensional (3D) environment on a display in a computer 
               system

6,111,590      J. J. Boezeman and C. J. Paul
               Method and system for a true scale motion path editor to create 
               motion paths as independent entities

6,111,707      R. C. Buddecke, C. J. D. Knapp, W. McEwen, A. S. Pearson, and J. 
               W. Pence
               Tape duplexing with unique identity and error recovery

6,111,711      E. J. Barber and G. R. Castellucci
               Fast charge and thermal asperity compensation circuit

6,111,720      D. L. Clare, B. Lamberts, and L. J. Serrano
               Method and apparatus for providing separate read/write velocity 
               curves

6,111,724      H. A. Santini
               Method of making a magnetic write head with plated self-aligned 
               zero throat height defining layer without reflective notching of 
               a second pole tip

6,111,749      C. R. Lamb, K. W. Li, E. Papanicolaou, and C. C. Tai
               Flexible cold plate having a one-piece coolant conduit and 
               method employing same

6,111,757      T. Dell, B. G. Hazelzet, and M. W. Kellogg
               SIMM/DIMM memory module

6,111,778      E. W. MacDonald and S. Mukherjee
               Body contacted dynamic memory

6,111,830      C. DeCusatis and L. Jacobowitz
               In a system for creating, reading and writing on rotatable 
               information storage media, an apparatus for determining linear 
               and/or angular velocity

6,111,873      V. Colson, E. J. Dahmus, and B. D. Mandalia
               Voice over data for remotely located operators

6,111,894      C. Bender, P. D. DiNicola, K. J. Gildea, R. K. Govindaraju, C. 
               Kim, J. H. Mirza, and G. H. Shah
               Hardware interface between a switch adapter and a communications 
               subsystem in a data processing system

6,111,913      J. A. Murdock, A. Y. Ngai, and S. P. Pokrinchak
               Macroblock bit regulation schemes for video encoder

6,111,978      R. M. Bolle, S. E. Colville, and S. Pankanti
               System and method for determining ridge counts in fingerprint 
               image processing

6,112,098      E. B. Flint, B. P. Gaucher, H. Hamada, T. Iwasaki, K. Kajiwara, 
               Y. Kwark, N. Nakano, and H. Yoshinaga
               Cordless or wireless system protocol for providing reliable 
               channel connections

6,112,192      P. G. Capek
               Method for providing individually customized content in a 
               network

6,112,194      J. P. Bigus
               Method, apparatus and computer program product for data mining 
               having user feedback mechanism for monitoring performance of 
               mining tasks

6,112,196      J. D. Aman, S. J. Greenspan, P. M. Livecchi, and M. R. Zimowski
               Method and system for managing connections to a database 
               management system

6,112,198      G. Lohman, M. H. Pirahesh, E. Shekita, D. Simmen, and M. S. 
               Urata
               Optimization of data repartitioning during parallel query 
               optimization

6,112,211      D. M. Cannon, W. C. Hineman, M. A. Kaczmarski, and B. Rees
               Reconfiguring data objects containing unused storage space for 
               optimal compression

6,112,215      M. Kaply
               Database of repetitively used data entries displayable for 
               selection and entry on a variety of user interactive interfaces 
               from sources independent of said database

6,112,222      R. K. Govindaraju, E. Kon, R. Straub, and W. G. Tuel
               Method for resource lock/unlock capability in multithreaded 
               computer environment

6,112,223      H. D. Chadwick, D. W. Davenport, L. DeGollado, J. W. Eldridge, 
               M. J. Flynn, R. Haskin, L. P. Lee, G. A. Poist, F. L. Stein, and 
               J. L. Weiner
               Apparatus for fault-tolerant multimedia program distribution

6,112,225      R. Kraft, Q. Lu, and M. Wisebond
               A task distribution processing system and the method for 
               subscribing computers to perform computing tasks during idle 
               time

6,112,240      M. A. Pogue and L. A. Werner
               Web site client information tracker

6,112,241      G. M. Abdelnour, J. Linville, E. Suffern, and J. R. Warren
               Integrated network interconnecting device and probe

6,112,249      L. Bader and J. O. Mitchell
               Non-disruptively rerouting network communications from a 
               secondary network path to a primary path

6,112,253      S. N. Gerard, S. L. Halter, and E. E. Voldal
               Runtime method activation switching across shared objects

6,112,255      G. A. Dunn, R. Rolls, and J. R. Shipman
               Method and means for managing disk drive level logic and buffer 
               modified access paths for enhanced raid array data rebuild and 
               write update operations

6,112,270      R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis
               Method and system for high speed transferring of strictly 
               ordered bus operations by reissuing bus operations in a 
               multiprocessor system

6,112,277      T. B. Bui, J. C. Chen, and C. Y. Ng
               Method and means for reducing device contention by random 
               accessing and partial track staging of records according to a 
               first DASD format bit device mapped according to a second DASD 
               format

6,112,297      D. S. Ray, S. Tung, and B. D. Williamson
               Apparatus and method for processing misaligned load instructions 
               in a processor supporting out of order execution (as amended)

6,112,299      K. Ebcioglu, K. J. Kiefer, D. A. Luick, G. M. Silberman, and P. 
               B. Winterfield
               Method and apparatus to select the next instruction in a 
               superscalar or a very long instruction word computer having 
               n-way branching

6,112,300      T. E. Cook, Y. C. Liao, and P. A. Sandon
               Method and apparatus for performing CPU branching

6,112,301      F. L. Johnson
               System and method for customizing an operating system

6,112,311      B. C. Beardsley, C. E. Jones, and F. L. Wade
               Bridge failover system

6,112,400      N. K. Frater, G. L. Heitkamp, H