0018-8646/2001/$3.00 (C) 2001 IBM Recent IBM patents The following patents were recently issued by the countries in which the inventions were made. Canada 2,145,923 G. W. Miller, W. D. Rose, R. M. Smith, B. S. Soor, L. C. Tan, and A. Weston Computer operating system providing means for formatting information in accordance with specified cultural preferences 2,146,170 M. A. Huras and T. J. Vincent Server detection of client process termination 2,150,745 C. K. Baru, G. J. Fecteau, J. M. Kirton, L. Kollar, and F. K. Koo Method and apparatus for implementing partial declustering in a parallel database system 2,194,026 P. K. Kam and J. Taglione Method and apparatus for moving data packets between networks while minimizing CPU interventions using a multi-bus architecture 2,198,189 D. K. Smith Internet browser based data entry architecture 2,205,797 A. MacLeod A system for local context spilling for graph colouring register allocators 2,220,612 D. J. Doole, P. C. Huffman, and J. E. Lumby Method and apparatus for inter-node deadlock avoidance on a parallel processing system 2,245,113 K. D. Feng Zero power power-on reset bootstrapping method and apparatus for ultra low-power integrated circuit packaging Germany 19,539,801.7 H. H. Henn Supervision of transactions with chip cards 19,613,923.6 H. E. Korth Device and method for the prevention of RSI symptoms 19,620,014.8 H. Hartmann, H. Lehr, P. Pokrowsky, and C. H. Schulz Process and device for determining the magnetic characteristics of thin magnetic layers 69,427,347.3 K. Deinhart, V. Gligor, C. Lingenfelder and S. Lorenz Method and system for advanced role-based access control in distributed and centralized computer systems Great Britain 604,008 R. A. Merrick Cryptography system 2,319,431 L. L. Porter and M. G. Thomas Voice mail system 2,320,405 D. J. Byford System, method and pointing device for remote operation of data processing apparatus 2,321,729 K. Sloan Data processing system, method, and server 2,322,507 R. M. Jordan and A. J. Ritchie Voice processing system 2,324,631 D. J. Byford Communication of data in media signals 2,329,499 H. S. Lambert and J. R. Orchard Method for controlling access to electronically provided services and system for implementing such method 2,354,613 R. I. Knox and C. D. McCall Data processing network Japan 1,111,232 T. Imai Industrial design for docking station 3,172,475 S. Kobayashi, A. Koide, N. Morimoto, and S. Shimizu Data hiding method by statistical inference 3,172,498 H. Takahashi Feature value extraction methods and apparatus for image recognition and storage medium for storing image analysis program 3,177,104 T. Fukuzawa, T. Hisano, Y. Ozawa, Y. Takahashi, and H. Watabe A flying height tester optical system eliminating intensity change by polarization 3,177,120 M. Kisaka RRO compensation 3,177,121 M. Kisaka Over sample control with a regular integrator 3,177,207 Y. Katayama and S. Shimizu Improved battery backup for DRAM-based menory 3,180,054 K. Nemoto Design of highly reliable dual home host type firewall 3,180,063 Y. Fukushima, T. Kakihara, K. Okutsu, and T. Ueda Write cache degrading write cache in erroneous conditions 3,184,730 F. Nakamura and T. Takahashi Mechanical design for OHP supported notebook PC 3,184,785 M. Aono, H. Masuda, and R. Ohbuchi Compression and transmission of 3D geometric models of arbitrary topological type 3,184,796 K. Hirayama, M. Katsumata, and H. Matsumoto Net generation algorithm on weighted scan graph with present wires density Spain 552,385 J. Le Boudec and L. Truong Connectionless ATM data services United States 6,178,500 C. P. Roth Vector packing and saturation detection in the vector permute unit 6,178,502 N. S. Caswell and A. Nigam Specifying complex device configuration through use characteristics 6,178,508 A. D. Eldridge and C. W. Kaufman System for controlling access to encrypted data files by a plurality of users 6,178,511 R. J. Cohen, R. A. Forsberg, P. A. Kallfelz, J. R. Meckstroth, C. J. Pascoe, and A. Snow-Weaver Coordinating user target logons in a single sign-on (SSO) environment 6,178,517 C. L. Bertin, T. Dell, E. L. Hedberg, and M. W. Kellogg High bandwidth DRAM with low operating power modes 6,178,534 L. L. Day and P. A. Ganfield System and method for using LBIST to find critical paths in functional logic 6,178,536 G. B. Sorkin Coding scheme for file backup and systems based thereon 6,178,539 D. T. Lee and E. Papadopoulou Method and system for determining critical area for circuit layouts 6,178,630 D. N. Light, A. M. Seman, L. J. Smith-Jimarez, and D. B. Stone Conductive bonding design and method for aluminum backed circuits 6,178,660 P. A. Emmi and B. Park Pass-through semiconductor wafer processing tool and process for gas treating a moving semiconductor wafer 6,178,973 D. L. Franca, G. F. Ouimet, and U. A. Ziemins Method and apparatus for ozone generation and surface treatment 6,179,196 C. G. Heim, R. H. Lewis, M. V. Pierson, and K. J. Puttlitz Apparatus for manufacturing circuit boards 6,179,207 D. C. Bossen, C. L. Chen, F. H. Dill, D. S. Goodman, M. Y. Hsiao, P. V. McCann, J. M. Mulligan, and R. Rand Method for writing single width bar codes on semiconductors wafers 6,179,209 J. G. Goodwin, S. H. Isensee, and J. M. Mullaly Credit card reader for internet based commerce 6,179,472 L. J. Gilliland, H. S. Nagaraj, and D. Stacer Ball bearing oil/grease loss containment method 6,179,484 R. R. Rodite Two-pass document image processing method and system 6,179,487 D. D. Bardon, R. E. Berry, S. L. Martin, S. A. Morgan, J. M. Mullaly, and C. A. Swearingen Data processing system and method for associating specific graphics with data processing applications 6,179,491 J. D. Choi, J. H. Field, G. Ramalingam, and F. Tip Method and apparatus for slicing class hierarchies 6,179,625 J. G. Davis, R. J. Noreika, and M. C. Weller Removably interlockable first and second connectors having engaging flexible members and process of making same 6,179,679 J. H. Glownia, G. Hougham, and R. J. von Gutfeld Method and system for curing ultra violet curable sealant that is shadowed by metallization 6,179,693 G. J. Beardsley, C. Huynh, and D. Walker In-situ/self-propelled polishing pad conditioner and cleaner 6,179,767 R. J. von Gutfeld and J. F. Ziegler Focusing of therapeutic radiation on internal structures of living bodies 6,179,951 S. D. Kadakia, J. U. Knickerbocker, G. Natarajan, and A. Shagan Method of protecting a non-planar feature using compressive pads and apparatus thereof 6,179,990 R. T. Galasco, L. P. Lehman, R. H. Magnuson, and R. D. Topa Biased acid cleaning of a copper-invar-copper laminate 6,180,291 A. Bessy, J. Doyle, V. P. Gross, R. Guarnieri, R. J. Heh, K. Murray, and J. L. Speidell Static resistant reticle 6,180,292 R. E. Acosta, M. Angelopoulos, and S. Cordes Structure and manufacture of X-ray mask pellicle with washer-shaped member 6,180,296 M. J. Cordes and J. L. Speidell Focused particle beam processing for use in electronic apparatus manufacturing 6,180,317 R. D. Allen, R. A. Day, D. H. Glatzel, W. D. Hinsberg, J. R. Mertz, D. J. Russell, and G. M. Wallraff Composition for photoimaging 6,180,422 J. A. Gilhooly, L. Li, C. Morgan, C. Wei, and C. Yu Endpoint detection by chemical reaction 6,180,444 S. M. Gates and R. E. Scheuerlein Semiconductor device having an ultra-sharp P-N junction and method of manufacturing the same 6,180,456 C. H. Lam, G. L. Miles, J. S. Nakos, and C. R. Willets Triple polysilicon embedded NVRAM cell and method thereof 6,180,480 L. Economikos and B. Park Germanium or silicon-germanium deep trench fill by melt-flow process 6,180,486 E. Leobandung, D. Sadana, D. J. Schepis, and G. G. Shahidi Process of fabricating planar and densely patterned silicon-on-insulator structure 6,180,498 R. M. Geffken and R. K. Leidy Alignment targets having enhanced contrast 6,180,505 C. Uzoh Process for forming a copper-containing film 6,180,506 T. D. Sullivan Upper redundant layer for damascene metallization 6,180,521 P. DeHaven, A. G. Domenicucci, L. M. Gignac, G. L. Miles, P. Tiwari, Y. Wang, H. S. Wildman, and K. H. Wong Process for manufacturing a contact barrier 6,180,874 J. R. Brezina, J. S. Corbin, H. V. Mahaney, and J. R. Taylor High density heat sink attachment and method therefor 6,180,891 N. M. Murdeshwar Control of size and heat affected zone for fine pitch wire bonding 6,180,953 J. G. Smolinski Cut and blast defect to avoid chrome roll over annealing 6,180,956 K. Chondroudis, C. D. Dimitrakopoulos, C. R. Kagan, I. Kymissis, and D. Mitzi Thin film transistors with organic-inorganic hybrid materials as semiconducting channels 6,180,972 G. Bronner, W. Hansch, and W. P. Noble Buried, implanted plate for DRAM trench storage capacitors 6,180,975 C. J. Radens and M. Weybright Depletion strap semiconductor memory device 6,181,012 D. C. Edelstein, J. M. Harper, C. K. Hu, A. H. Simon, and C. Uzoh Copper interconnection structure incorporating a metal seed layer 6,181,027 P. E. Grady DC power distribution architecture using resistive current injection 6,181,030 B. A. Carpenter and T. D. Ivins Computer power supply system having switched remote voltage sensing and sense voltage averaging for hot pluggable adapter cards 6,181,091 S. E. Heeren and B. S. Rowan Apparatus and method for control of a multi-pole brushless DC motor in the event of saturation detection 6,181,114 B. Hemena and R. S. Malik Boost circuit which includes an additional winding for providing an auxiliary output voltage 6,181,143 U. Ghoshal Method for performing a high-temperature burn-in test on integrated circuits 6,181,148 D. R. Barringer and D. R. Horvath Automated test head interface board locking and docking mechanism 6,181,155 R. D. Adams and P. R. Hansen Method and apparatus for testing dynamic logic using an improved reset pulse 6,181,156 C. M. Durham and P. J. Klim Noise suppression circuits for suppressing noises above and below reference voltages 6,181,165 D. Hanson and G. Mueller Reduced voltage input/reduced voltage output tri-state buffers and methods therefor 6,181,177 D. B. Chapman Baseline correction circuit for PWM data readback systems 6,181,191 M. J. Paschal Dual current source circuit with temperature coefficients of equal and opposite magnitude 6,181,193 T. C. Coughlin, Jr. Using thick-oxide CMOS devices to interface high voltage integrated circuits 6,181,316 A. D. Little and A. E. Martinez Inline scroll control 6,181,320 M. S. Fredrickson Method for converting timing diagram into timing graph and vice versa 6,181,328 J. J. Maddalozzo, G. F. McBrearty, and J. M. Shieh Method and system for calibrating touch screen sensitivities according to particular physical characteristics associated with a user 6,181,338 M. A. Brodhun Apparatus and method for managing windows in a graphical user interface environment 6,181,340 C. Alimpich, G. D. Boldt, C. L. Doescher, J. S. Goddard, and J. Wittig Data processor controlled display system for the control of operations with properties which are constant or variable 6,181,342 W. Niblack Computer file directory system displaying visual summaries of visual data in desktop computer documents for quickly identifying document content 6,181,349 D. D. Bardon, S. A. Morgan, J. M. Mullaly, and C. A. Swearingen Data processor controlled display interface with composite graphic objects formed by vector and raster 6,181,357 S. D. Hanna Method and system for the modification of the timing of a plurality of PEL clocks in an electrophotographic device 6,181,398 F. R. Libsch, J. L. Sanford, and K. H. Yang Multiple pixel driven mirror electrodes for improved ratio of reflective displays 6,181,400 M. Lu and K.- H. Yang Discotic-type twist-film compensated single-domain or two-domain twisted nematic liquid crystal displays 6,181,497 D. J. Malone System and method for providing nonadjacent redundancy synchronization bytes 6,181,499 R. A. Hutchins and S. J. Schaffer Method and apparatus for testing the digital read channel circuit of a data storage device 6,181,500 L. J. Serrano and M. H. Yu Self servo rewrite method and apparatus 6,181,507 N. Kitazaki, K. Satoh, A. Sharma, M. Sri-Jayantha, and I. Yoneda Increased randomized output sampling to reduce positioning noise in a data storage system 6,181,509 E. G. Canlas, A. K. Hanlon, B. Johnson, and K. Wood Low sulfur outgassing free machining stainless steel disk drive components 6,181,514 H. A. Santini and M. L. Williams Scaled write head with high recording density and high data rate 6,181,527 J. T. Contreras, K. B. Klaassen, and D. D. Palmer Transducer suspension system including a frequency dependent shunt 6,181,528 S. A. Hanssen, K. B. Price, and R. C. Reinhart Magnetic disk drive with load/unload structure including a base, a body, ramps, and a H/L ratio of 2 or greater 6,181,532 R. E. Fontana, R. Hsiao, and H. A. Santini Stabilized MR sensor and flux/heat guide joined by contiguous junction 6,181,534 H. S. Gill Antiparallel (AP) pinned spin valve sensor with specular reflection of conduction electrons 6,181,536 D. Abraham, P. E. Batson, W. J. Gallagher, S. S. Parkin, J. C. Slonczewski, and P. L. Trouilloud Limiting magnetoresistive electrical interaction to a preferred portion of a changeable magnetic region in magnetic devices 6,181,537 H. S. Gill Tunnel junction structure with junction layer embedded in amorphous ferromagnetic layers 6,181,553 T. M. Cipolla and L. S. Mok Arrangement and method for transferring heat from a portable personal computer 6,181,554 T. M. Cipolla and C. Feger Portable computer riser for enhanced cooling 6,181,614 A. G. Aipperspach and C. P. Geer Dynamic repair of redundant memory array 6,181,679 J. L. Ashton, W. N. Maddox, K. D. McCormick, R. D. Porter, D. K. Udupa, and R. T. Uthe Management of packet transmission networks 6,181,687 C. Bisdikian System and a method for continuously adjustable, splitting group, multi-contention resolution in multi-access computer communication 6,181,705 M. W. Branstad, B. L. Brech, J. W. Byrn, G. S. Delp, and R. M. Montalvo System and method for management of a communications buffer 6,181,706 R. E. Anderson, E. M. Foster, and G. W. Rohrbaugh Common buffer for multiple streams and control registers in an MPEG-2 compliant transport register 6,181,742 C. A. Gonzales, T. McCarthy, and R. Rajagopalan Single pass target allocation for video encoding 6,181,792 J. H. Derby and D. R. Thomas A communication interface having synthesized matching impedances for different frequency bands and a design method therefor 6,181,795 C. Chandersekaran, S. Malik, M. E. Muresan, and N. Vasudvan Portable cryptographic key 6,181,812 R. Rodite Two-pass document image processing method and system 6,181,835 C. F. Hamill Non-integer scaling of raster images with image quality enhancement using an anamorphically scaled intermediate bitmap 6,181,977 M. A. Acciai, D. M. Dewey-Wright, and D. P. White Control for technique of attaching a stiffener to a flexible substrate 6,181,994 N. J. Alewine and J. C. Colson Method and system for vehicle initialed delivery of advanced diagnostics based on the determined need by vehicle 6,181,996 P. B. Chou, J. C. Lai, A. Levas, and P. A. Moskowitz System for controlling vehicle information user interfaces 6,182,010 V. Berstis Method and apparatus for displaying real-time visual information on an automobile pervasive computing client 6,182,024 D. Gangopadhyay and S. Mitra Adding sequentiality to an arc language in an object modeling tool 6,182,044 P. W. Fong and N. B. Strother System and methods for analyzing and critiquing a vocal performance 6,182,046 B. E. Ballard, L. Boyer, A. Keller, T. A. Kist, J. R. Lewis, K. A. Ortega, and R. van Buskirk Managing voice commands in speech applications 6,182,049 B. C. Barker, L. Bauer, S. Chaloux, J. T. Federico, and P. Hartswick Method and apparatus for controlling product routing in a manufacturing line 6,182,064 S. Lilly and D. U. Shorter Method and system for identifying an object located among a number of multiple interconnected computing systems 6,182,066 J. M. Marques Category processing of query topics and electronic document content topics 6,182,070 N. Megiddo and R. Srikant System and method for discovering predictive association rules 6,182,085 M. Eichstaedt, D. A. Ford, T. J. Lehman, Q. Lu, and S. H. Teng Collaborative team crawling: large scale information gathering over the internet 6,182,096 C. B. Hirsh and S. D. Mastie Method and apparatus of creating highly portable output files by combining pages from multiple input files 6,182,098 E. J. Selker Next/current/last ticker graphical presentation method 6,182,100 M. S. Schmookler Method and system for performing a logarithmic estimation within a data processing system 6,182,106 B. E. Casey, G. L. Dunlap, M. C. Enichen, D. A. Larnerd, J. A. Morrell, S. R. Nichols, P. D. Pagerey, and S. L. Rockwell A method and system for providing a common hardware system console interface in data processing systems 6,182,109 M. B. Sharma and Y. T. Yeung Dynamic execution unit management for high performance user level network server system 6,182,115 G. A. Cuomo, M. Fraenkel, C. F. Greco, B. Q. Nguyen, and S. K. Singhal Method and system for interactive sharing of text in a networked environment 6,182,122 V. Berstis Precaching data at an intermediate server based on historical data requests by users of the intermediate server 6,182,131 J. R. Dean, J. L. Howard, and I. M. Rodriguez Data processing system, method and program product for automating account creation in a network 6,182,140 E. Feig and Z. Vydrug-Vlasenko Hot objects with multiple links in web browsers 6,182,143 A. B. Hastings, S. Ramaswamy, D. E. Schmitz, Q. Wang, and M. W. Young Publish and subscribe data processing apparatus, method and computer program product with use of a stream to distribute local information between neighbors in a broker structure 6,182,154 F. R. Campagnoni, M. H. Conner, R. V. Hudli, and M. G. Smith Universal object request broker encapsulater 6,182,167 R. B. Basham and L. G. Jesionowski Automatic sharing of SCSI multiport device with standard command protocol in conjunction with offline signaling 6,182,168 G. L. Guthrie Programmable sideband port for generating sideband signal 6,182,173 C. Grosser, A. S. Heinzmann, M. Huck, C. Long, M. S. Miller, R. Southers, B. A. Trumbo, and S. Wise Hot-plug of adapters using optical switches 6,182,174 K. W. Kark, W. H. Lipponer, W. W. Shen, H. Ulland, and U. Wille Memory card interface method using multiplexed storage protect key to indicate command acceptance 6,182,178 R. A. Kelley, D. Neal, and S. M. Thurber Method and system for supporting peripheral component interconnect (PCI) peer-to-peer access across a PCI host bridge supporting multiple PCI buses 6,182,197 D. M. Dias and R. Mukherjee Real-time shared disk system for computer clusters 6,182,199 R. A. Faust System and method for granting permission to modify a memory area 6,182,201 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, J. D. Lewis, and D. E. Williams Demand-based issuance of cache operations to a system bus 6,182,212 B. Atkins, D. Challener, and R. W. Cheston Method and system for automated migration of user settings to a replacement computer system 6,182,220 Q. Chen, T. E. Murphy, Jr., P. F. Rieth, and J. S. Stevens System and method for building and exchanging encrypted passwords between a client and server 6,182,223 A. R. Rawson Method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized access to computer-stored information 6,182,227 S. C. Blair, S. D. Hassinger, W. Hurley, W. M. Smith, and J. J. Turek Lightweight authentication system and method for validating a server access request 6,182,228 E. B. Boden, W. A. Brzozowski, and P. A. Gebler, Jr. System and method for very fast IP packet filtering 6,182,230 A. Gholami and K. H. Pham Active accelerated discharge of a capacitive system 6,182,231 D. Gilgen Dynamic program suspension 6,182,237 T. C. Bronson and B. G. Rudolph System and method for detecting phase errors in asics with multiple clock frequencies 6,182,242 J. J. Brogan and B. J. Wright Generic device driver simulator and method 6,182,248 C. J. Armstrong, S. L. Daniels, A. Kitamorn, B. A. Oehlke, and R. M. Tonry Method and tool for computer bus fault isolation and recovery design verification 6,182,274 C. Lau Reusing code in object-oriented program development 6,182,276 T. J. Brawn, D. Gilgen, M. A. McMillan, and B. T. Webb Host application presentation space recognition producing asynchronous events 6,182,279 J. J. Buxton Method and apparatus for storing templates in a component system 6,182,285 T. Bleizeffer, N. Church, K. L. Devine, P. Hughes, B. J. Kilburn, and D. E. Shough Method and apparatus for generating a default list 6,182,356 L. R. Bolde Apparatus for solder ball mold loading 6,182,550 J. G. Brewington and R. H. Harris Staggered gear for bi-directional operation 6,182,884 W. Ma and J. Petrone Method and apparatus for reworking ceramic ball grid array or ceramic column grid array on circuit cards 6,182,957 R. J. Becker Apparatus and method for holding a flexible product in a flat and secure position 6,183,588 K. Kelly, A. K. Malhotra, E. D. Perfecto, and R. Yu Process for transferring a thin-film structure to a substrate 6,183,594 A. Nazzal Method and system for detecting the end-point in etching processes 6,183,828 J. D. Amundson, J. A. Hagan, D. H. Piltingsrud, and S. F. Starcke Plating on nonmetallic disks 6,183,832 D. T. Margulies, E. E. Marinero, H. J. Rosen, K. A. Rubin, and B. R. York CoCrPtB alloys with increased boron content and method of producing same 6,183,919 C. P. Ausschnitt and C. Progler Darkfield imaging for enhancing optical detection of edges and minimum features 6,184,041 T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, and P. Rabidoux Fused hybrid resist shapes as a means of modulating hybrid resist space width 6,184,062 P. J. Brofman, S. Farooq, J. U. Knickerbocker, S. I. Langenthal, S. K. Ray, and K. A. Stalter Process for forming cone shaped solder for chip interconnection 6,184,107 R. Divakaruni, U. Gruening, B. Y. Kim, J. A. Mandelman, L. A. Nesbit, and C. J. Radens Capacitor trench-top dielectric for self-aligned device isolation 6,184,121 L. P. Buchwalter, A. C. Callegari, S. A. Cohen, T. Graham, J. P. Hummel, C. Jahnes, S. Purushothaman, K. Saenger, and J. M. Shaw A chip interconnect wiring structure with low dielectric constant insulator and methods for fabricating the same 6,184,132 M. Cantell, J. Lasky, R. J. Line, W. J. Murphy, K. D. Peterson, and P. Tiwari Integrated cobalt silicide process for semiconductor devices 6,184,151 W. J. Adair, R. A. Ferguson, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, R. K. Leidy, W. H. Ma, R. M. Martino, and S. Peng Method for forming cornered images on a substrate and photomask formed thereby 6,184,549 T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, D. V. Horak, W. H. Ma, and J. A. Mandelman Trench storage dynamic random access memory cell with vertical transfer device 6,184,572 T.W. Mountsier and M. J. Shapiro Interlevel dielectric stack containing plasma deposited fluorinated amorphous carbon films for semiconductor devices 6,184,743 D. P. Swart Bandgap voltage reference circuit without bipolar transistors 6,184,856 J. G. Gordon II, M. W. Hart, and S. A. Swanson Transmissive electrophoretic display with laterally adjacent color cells 6,184,865 B. A. Smith and T. G. Zimmerman Capacitive pointing stick apparatus for symbol manipulation in a graphical user interface 6,184,867 B. A. Smith and S. Zhai Input for three dimensional navigation using two joysticks 6,184,877 H. Y. Amro and J. P. Dodson System and method for interactively accessing program information on a television 6,184,881 R. E. Medl Color and symbol coded visual cues for relating screen menu to executed process 6,184,883 C. L. Bates and P. R. Day Computer system, program product and method utilizing in-focus switch delay for user interface components 6,184,885 G. F. DeStefano Computer system and method for controlling the same utilizing logically-typed concept highlighting 6,184,886 C. Bates, B. J. Cragun, and P. R. Day Apparatus and method for staging bookmarks 6,184,889 B. D. D'Amora Method and apparatus for supporting non-power-of-two texture sizes for volume rendering 6,184,895 J. J. Boezeman, R. Eckhoff, and D. D. King Method and system for using color information to create special effects 6,184,897 A. Gueziec and G. Taubin Compressed representation of changing meshes and method to decompress 6,185,054 J. J. Senesi Apparatus and method for mounting pole piece in electromagnetic lens 6,185,057 C. J. Masenas Method and apparatus for increasing the speed of write driver circuitry 6,185,058 J. J. Dobbek and L. Lam No-ID data storage disk drive data sector formatting system and method 6,185,078 T. Lin and D. Mauri Spin-valve read head with antiferromagnetic oxide film as longitudinal bias layer and portion of first read gap 6,185,079 H. S. Gill Disk drive with thermal asperity reduction circuitry using a magnetic tunnel junction sensor 6,185,080 H. S. Gill Dual tunnel junction sensor with a single antiferromagnetic layer 6,185,135 B. Ji, T. Kirihata, and D. Netis Robust wordline activation delay monitor using a plurality of sample wordlines 6,185,165 L. G. Jesionowski and R. Yardy Positionable vision indicators for configuring logical libraries 6,185,185 B. M. Bass, M. S. Siegel, and N. C. Strole Methods, systems and computer program products for suppressing multiple destination traffic in a computer network 6,185,187 A. Ghanwani, G. A. Marin, and K. V. Vu Method and apparatus for relative rate marking switches 6,185,207 P. A. LaBerge, J. F. Logan, J. G. McDonald, and G. F. Paussa A communication system having a local area network adapter for selectively deleting information and method therefor 6,185,215 M. E. Aho Combined router, ATM, WAN, and LAN switch (CRAWLS) cut through and method of use 6,185,218 B. H. Ratcliff and S. R. Valley Communication method and apparatus for use in a computing network environment having high performance LAN connections 6,185,304 D. Coppersmith, R. Gennaro, S. Halevi, C. S. Jutla, S. M. Matyas, L. O'Connor, M. Peyravian, D. R. Safford, and N. Zunic Method and apparatus for a symmetric block cipher using multiple stages 6,185,318 R. M. Bolle, L. Hong, A. Jain, and S. Pankanti System and method for matching (fingerprint) images using an aligned string-based representation 6,185,323 C. N. Archie and E. P. Solecky Method characterizing a feature using measurement imaging tool 6,185,378 D. Kanevsky, W. Zadrozny, and A. Zlatsin Film storage including a recyclable battery 6,185,504 V. Berstis and J. L. Smith Vehicle scheduling and collision avoidance system using time multiplexed global positioning system 6,185,523 R. C. Itskin, S. Linam, and M. I. Patel Apparatus and method for computer system interrupt emulation 6,185,527 D. Petkovic, D. B. Ponceleon, and S. Srinivasan System and method for automatic audio content analysis for word spotting indexing, classification and retrieval 6,185,529 J. C. Chen, F. Y. Wu, and J. T. Yeh Speech recognition aided by lateral profile image 6,185,530 A. P. Ittycheriah and S. Maes Apparatus and methods for identifying potential acoustic confusibility among words in a speech recognition system 6,185,532 C. A. Lemaire and B. Striemer Digital broadcast system with selection of items at each receiver via individual user profiles and voice readout of selected items 6,185,553 R. J. Byrd and J. W. Cooper System and method for implementing cooperative text searching 6,185,562 D. J. Dahlen, J. M. Nick, D. H. Surman, and D. W. Westcott Performing parallel cleanup of segments of a lock structure 6,185,571 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 solution to the year 2000 problem with flagging option for computer programs 6,185,572 K. R. Blackman and J. L. Howe III A method for representing data from non-relational, non-object-oriented datastores as queryable datastore persistent objects 6,185,580 K. F. Day, D. W. Dewey, and D. A. Pease Physical information and extensions file and file system translator 6,185,587 R. S. Bernardo, D. A. MacPhee, and J. J. Smith System and method for building a web site with automated help 6,185,588 J. P. Obey and L. R. Olson-Williams Method and apparatus for printing worldwide web pages in accordance with operator selected formatting 6,185,591 B. R. Baker and A. Storisteanu Edit system with enhanced undo user interface 6,185,614 G. A. Cuomo, B. Q. Nguyen, and S. K. Singhal Method and system for collecting user profile information over the world-wide web in the presence of dynamic content using document comparators 6,185,617 B. C. Housel, I. B. Shields, and P. Volkmar Construction and usage of a pre-warmed cache for client-server emulator 6,185,618 R. F. Brabson Method and apparatus for supporting dependent logical units in advanced-peer-to-peer networks with branch extenders 6,185,623 S. E. Bailey and J. W. Fake, Jr. Method and system for trivial file transfer protocol (TFTP) subnet broadcast 6,185,631 D. Casper and J. C. Elliott Program for transferring execution of certain channel functions to a control unit and having means for combining certain commands and data packets in one sequence 6,185,638 B. C. Beardsley, A. S. Meritt, M. A. Paulsen, and H. M. Yudenfriend Method and system for dynamically assigning addresses to an input/output device 6,185,642 B. Beukema, R. E. Fuhs, R. A. Kelley, D. Neal, and S. M. Thurber Bus for high frequency operation with backward compatibility and hot plug ability 6,185,646 W. Barrett, G. K. Bartley, D. A. Baska, P. E. Dahlen, R. Drehmel, K. C. Hinz, and J. A. Marcella Method and apparatus for transferring data on a synchronous multi-drop 6,185,648 D. E. McConnell and C. M. Munoz-Bustamante Optoelectronic computer system 6,185,650 M. A. Boonie, J. M. Nick, P. G. Sutton, W. W. Wilkinson, and P. C. Yeh High performance locking facility 6,185,652 R. Stubbs and E. Tang Interrupt mechanism on NorthBay 6,185,658 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis Cache with enhanced victim selection using the coherency states of the cache lines 6,185,674 K. S. Chan, C. Chuang, and A. Marchioro Method and apparatus for reconstructing the address of the next instruction to be completed in a pipelined processor 6,185,679 D. Coppersmith, R. Gennaro, S. Halevi, C. S. Jutla, S. M. Matyas, L. O'Connor, M. Peyravian, D. R. Safford, and N. Zunic Method and apparatus for a symmetric block cipher using multiple stages with type-1 and type-3 feistel networks 6,185,685 S. P. Morgan, B. C. Reed, and L. W. Russell Security method and system for persistent storage and communications on computer network systems and computer network systems employing the same 6,185,692 R. R. Wolford System for gradually changing bus clock frequency from first frequency to second frequency responsive to determination of the number of bus loads at power on 6,185,693 R. S. Capowski, D. Casper, C. Desnoyers, F. D. Ferraiolo, D. L. Garmire, M. Halma, and D. E. Stucki Synchronous interface for transmitting data in a system of massively parallel processors 6,185,699 D. J. Haderle and J. A. Watts Method and apparatus providing system availability during DBMS restart recovery 6,185,701 F. R. Marullo and D. H. Randall Automated client-based web application URL link extracting tool for use in testing and verification of internet web servers and associated applications executing thereon 6,185,709 J. H. Dreibelbis, R. Kho, and L. A. Noel Device for indicating the fixability of a logic circuit 6,185,710 C. F. Barnhart High-performance IEEE1149.1-compliant boundary scan cell 6,185,712 T. Kirihata and C. Wait Chip performance optimization with self programmed built in self test 6,185,718 T. Dell, K. E. Dimitri, K. Dramstad, M. Faucher, B. G. Hazelzet, and B. Singer Memory card design with parity and ECC for non-parity and non-ECC systems 6,185,722 L. R. Darden, J. J. Engel, P. A. Habitz, W. J. Livingstone, D. J. Mainiero, J. H. Panner, M. T. Trick, and P. Zuchowski Three dimensional track-based parasitic extraction 6,185,723 T. M. Burks and R. E. Mains Method for performing timing analysis of a clock-shaping circuit 6,185,727 L. Liebmann Design verification for asymmetric phase shift mask layouts 6,185,730 K. B. LeBlanc Method and apparatus for creating dippable beans in a java environment 6,185,733 F. C. Breslau, P. G. Greenstein, and J. T. Rodell Method and apparatus for remote object code inclusion 6,185,952 G. McCollin Refrigeration system for cooling chips in test 6,185,999 E. L. Arrington, R. R. Hall, and C. J. Maira Mini-tension tester 6,186,216 L. R. Bolde and J. Covell Cast column grid array extraction apparatus and method 6,186,864 T. Fisher, M. Jaso, and L. C. Stevens Method and apparatus of monitoring polishing pad wear during processing 6,186,873 K. R. Becker, S. D. Cheney, S. R. Cline, P. A. Manfredi, and E. J. White Wafer edge cleaning 6,186,877 M. F. Lofaro Multi-wafer polishing tool 6,187,408 X. Bian, M. F. Doerner, S. M. Mirzamaani, and T. M. Reith Thin film magnetic disk with CoPtCrB layer 6,187,412 M. Armacost, P. D. Hoh, and S. V. Nguyen Silicon article having columns and method of making 6,187,417 D. S. Farquhar and K. I. Papathomas Substrate having high optical contrast and method of making same 6,187,418 B. V. Fasano, D. H. Gabriels, R. F. Indyk, S. M. Kamath, S. I. Langenthal, S. N. Reddy, and R. V. Vallabhaneni Multilayer ceramic substrate with anchored pad 6,187,505 A. Afzali, W. Brunsvold, A. Katnani, D. C. La Tulipe, Q. Lin, and D. E. Seeger Radiation sensitive silicon-containing resists 6,187,610 G. J. Armezzani, R. N. Ives, M. V. Pierson, and T. A. Tull Flexible thin film ball grid array containing solder mask 6,187,617 R. J. Gauthier, R. W. Mann, and S. H. Voldman Semiconductor structure having heterogenous silicide regions and method for forming same 6,187,678 A. J. Emerick, M. A. Gaynes, V. Puligandla, C. G. Woychik, and J. M. Zalesinski High density integrated circuit packaging with chip stacking and via interconnections 6,187,679 C. Cabral, L. Clevenger, F. M. D'Heurle, J. M. Harper, R. W. Mann, G. L. Miles, J. S. Nakos, R. A. Roy, and K. L. Saenger Low temperature formation of low resistivity titanium silicide 6,187,680 G. Costrini, R. D. Goldblatt, J. E. Heidenreich, and T. McDevitt Method/structure for creating aluminum wirebond pad on copper BEOL 6,187,965 A. C. Bhatt and J. J. Wagner Process for recovering high boiling solvents from a photolithographic waste stream comprising at least 10 percent by weight of monomeric units 6,188,023 W. V. Cranston, J. K. Koenig, J. McCloskey, and J. J. Tout Cost effective sheet metal plate installation 6,188,027 T. R. Miller, K. A. Stauffer, and M. Wozniak Protection of a plated through hole from chemical attack 6,188,096 C. Collins, H. C. Jones, J. P. Norum, and S. Schmitz DRAM cell capacitor having increased trench capacitance 6,188,120 P. Andricacos, C. Cabral, R. Carruthers, A. Grill, and K. Saenger Method and materials for through-mask electroplating and selective base removal 6,188,122 B. Davari, E. Leobandung, W. Rausch, and G. G. Shahidi Buried capacitor for silicon-on-insulator structure 6,188,124 G. S. Boettcher, R. P. Katz, A. K. Malhotra, and J. P. Wood Semiconductor arrangement preventing damage during contact processing 6,188,191 G. M. Frees and L. Serrano Servo system responsive to temperature changes 6,188,231 A. M. Palagonia Method for forming an interposer for making temporary contact with pads of a semiconductor chip 6,188,234 W. W. Abadeer and J. M. McKenna Method of determining dielectric time-to-breakdown 6,188,247 S. N. Storino and J. V. Tran Method and apparatus for elimination of parasitic bipolar action in logic circuits for history removal under stack contention including complementary oxide semiconductor (CMOS) silicon on insulator (SOI) elements 6,188,270 D. W. Boerstler Low voltage reference circuit 6,188,305 C. S. Chang, M. J. Johnson, C. N. Johnston, and J. M. Lauffer Transformer formed in conjunction with printed circuit board 6,188,390 E. J. Selker Keyboard/wrist rest having third button for multimode operation 6,188,396 J. J. Boezeman, S. M. Consolatti, and D. D. King Method and system for a multimedia application development sequence editor using synchronizing tools 6,188,400 D. E. House, C. Nelin, and R. B. Nin Remote scripting of local objects 6,188,442 C. Narayanaswami Multiviewer display system for television monitors 6,188,496 A. Krishna, M. Naghshineh, and C. M. Olsen Wireless communication system 6,188,536 A. Chliwnyi Method and system for detecting the end of a tape within a magnetic tape drive 6,188,550 R. E. Fontana, F. A. Houle, and C. Tsang Self-longitudinally biased magnetoresistive read transducer 6,188,588 B. Hemena and R. S. Malik Switching controller and method for operating a flyback converter in a critically continuous conduction mode 6,188,627 H. L. Blackmon, R. Drehmel, K. H. Haselhorst, W. P. Hovis, and J. A. Marcella Method and system for improving DRAM subsystem performance using burst refresh control 6,188,670 T. B. Genduso and R. A. Lackman Method and system in a data processing system for dynamically controlling transmission of data over a network for end-to-end device flow control 6,188,675 D. F. Casper, T. A. Gregg, W. Nation, K. B. Ocheltree, and C. B. Perkins System and method for self-identifying and configuring the nodes of a network 6,188,688 M. C. Buskirk Method and apparatus for placing telephone calls while connected to the Internet 6,188,730 A. Y. Ngai and M. P. Vachon Highly programmable chrominance filter for 4:2:2 to 4:2:0 conversion during MPEG2 video encoding 6,188,768 D. S. Bethune and W. P. Risk III Autocompensating quantum cryptographic key distribution system based on polarization splitting of light 6,188,967 J. M. Kurtzberg, M. Levanoni, and J. S. Lew Audio feedback control for manufacturing processes 6,188,974 J. K. Cullum and A. E. Ruehli Method for constructing reduced-order models of systems 6,188,976 P. S. Gopalakrishnan, H. Printz, and G. Ramaswamy Apparatus and method for building domain-specific language models 6,188,983 G. Hanson Dynamic alteration of text to speech attributes 6,189,005 S. Chakrabarti, B. E. Dom, and S. Sarawagi System and method for mining surprising temporal patterns 6,189,007 M. A. Boonie, J. M. Nick, P. G. Sutton, W. W. Wilkinson, and P. C. Yeh A method and apparatus for conducting a high performance locking facility in a loosely coupled environment 6,189,015 D. C. Reed and J. G. Thompson System and method for updating non-VSAM data set control information for data transferred from a source to a target 6,189,036 I. L. Kao User access to objects in group based access control based on result of greatest common divisor of assigned unique prime numbers of user and object 6,189,039 J. Harvey, M. S. Kressin, and R. A. Mills Selective tunneling of streaming data 6,189,041 N. E. Cox, R. Gardo, S. Kiang, and S. Piucci Next hop resolution protocol cut-through to LANs 6,189,045 K. Fortenberry, C. O'Shea, S. Robertson, R. M. Szabo, and J. J. Toohey Data type conversion for enhancement of network communication systems 6,189,065 R. L. Arndt and W. T. Chen Method and apparatus for interrupt load balancing for POWERPC processors 6,189,072 F. E. Levine, R. Moore, C. P. Roth, and E. H. Welbon Performance monitoring of cache misses and instructions completed for instruction parallelism analysis 6,189,079 W. F. Micka and Y. Novick Data copy between peer-to-peer controllers 6,189,088 M. Gschwind Method and apparatus for reordering load operations in a computer processing system 6,189,095 D. Coppersmith, R. Gennaro, S. Halevi, C. S. Jutla, S. M. Matyas, L. O'Connor, M. Peyravian, D. R. Safford, and N. Zunic Symmetric block cipher using multiple stages with modified type-1 and type-3 feistel networks 6,189,108 D. Cromer, B. Ellison, H. J. Locker, R. S. Springfield, and J. P. Ward Reporting of power states for a network connected PC 6,189,112 R. E. Murray and T. J. Slegel Transparent processor sparing 6,189,117 G. W. Batchelor, B. C. Beardsley, M. T. Benhase, J. H. Derenburger, C. E. Jones, R. Medlin, B. Tafesse, and J. A. Yanes Error handling between a processor and a system managed by the processor 6,189,130 E. Gofman, F. Gracer, E. D. Karnin, M. A. Lavin, and D. Ramm System and method for determining density maps in hierarchical designs 6,189,132 Z. Chen, J. Cohn, F. L. Heng, R. R. Narayan, and G. Tellez Design rule correction system and method 6,189,133 C. M. Durham, M. Frederick, J. E. Dunning, and P. J. Klim Coupling noise reduction technique using reset timing 6,189,137 R. D. Hoffman Data processing system and method for simulating ``include'' files in JavaScript 6,189,142 G. M. Johnston, M. Keren, A. H. Lindsey, and Y. Shaham-Gafni Visual program runtime performance analysis 6,189,145 R. A. Bellin, J. P. Kubala, and I. G. Siegel Concurrent patch to logical partition manager of a logically partitioned system 6,189,210 W. L. Cox, T. R. Richards, and W. Wagner Fixture for clamping the leads of a circuit component for soldering 6,189,789 F. E. Levine and D. Neal Method and system for a merchandise checkout system 6,190,237 C. Huynh, M. Krishnan, M. J. MacDonald, and M. P. Murray pH-buffered slurry and use thereof for polishing 6,190,314 W. Ark and D. C. Dryer Computer input device with biosensors for sensing user emotions 6,190,319 M. Goldowsky Self calibrating linear position sensor 6,190,477 F. Krug, R. Kuder, G. Natarajan, and E. J. Pega Method and apparatus for preparing a release layer of ceramic particulates 6,190,530 W. L. Brodsky, D. W. Henderson, and L. P. Lehman Anode container, electroplating system, method and plated object 6,190,759 G. A. Johansson and K. I. Papathomas High optical contrast resin composition and electronic package utilizing same 6,190,829 S. J. Holmes, A. D. Katnani, N. Patel, and P. Rabidoux High ``K'' factor hybrid photoresist 6,190,836 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 6,190,955 M. Ilg, R. L. Kleinhenz, S. Nadahara, R. Nunes, K. Penner, K. Roithner, R. Srinivasan, and S. Sugimoto Fabrication of trench capacitors using disposable hard mask 6,190,959 G. B. Bronner, J. A. Mandelman, and D. J. Samuels Semiconductor memory array having sublithographic spacing between adjacent trenches and method for making the same 6,190,961 A. Johnson, C. H. Lam, J. Rankin, and C. R. Willets Fabricating a square spacer 6,190,971 U. Gruening and C. J. Radens Formation of 5F2 cell with partially vertical transistor and gate conductor aligned buried strap with raised shallow trench isolation region 6,190,979 C. J. Radens and M. Weybright Method for fabricating dual workfunction devices on a semiconductor substrate using counter-doping and gapfill 6,190,986 K. C. Arndt, L. L. Hsu, J. A. Mandelman, and K. P. Muller Method of producing sublithographic fuses using a phase shift mask 6,190,988 T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, W. H. Ma, and J. M. Never Method for a controlled bottle trench for a DRAM storage node 6,191,085 E. I. Cooper, S. A. Estes, G. W. Gale, R. Jagannathan, H. F. Okorn-Schmidt, and D. L. Rath Method for cleaning semiconductor devices 6,191,451 E. J. Nowak and M. H. Tong Semiconductor device with decoupling capacitance and method thereof 6,191,469 D. E. Kotecki and W. H. Ma Overhanging separator for self-defining discontinuous film 6,191,480 E. Kastberg and J. A. Zitz Universal land grid array socket engagement mechanism 6,191,499 P. J. La Rocca, P. S. Severson, J. D. Smid, and S. B. Zamzow System and method for providing voltage regulation to a multiple processor 6,191,542 A. Chliwnyi Method and apparatus for cleaning a DC motor commutator-brush interface 6,191,556 R. E. Galbraith, J. M. Gisi, S. P. Norgaard, D. D. Reetz, and D. J. Ziebarth Method and apparatus for estimating the service life of a battery 6,191,599 K. C. Stevens IC device under test temperature control fixture 6,191,620 G. M. Lattimore, T. L. Leasure, Y. Lotfi, B. Ross, and G. A. Yeung Sense amplifier/comparator circuit and data comparison method 6,191,628 K. Bernstein, E. J. Nowak, and N. Rohrer Circuit for controlling the slew rate of a digital signal 6,191,697 M. Hansen and R. P. Katz Circuit continuity detection system and method 6,191,712 C. L. Still A circuit for aligning logical sectors with physical sectors in a disk storage system 6,191,720 L. Zhang An efficient two-stage digital-to-analog converter using sample-and-hold circuits 6,191,785 R. L. Bertram and M. S. Freeman Method and system for dynamically manipulating values associated with graphical elements displayed within a graphical user interface 6,191,800 R. T. Arenburg and A. K. Taylor Dynamic balancing of graphics workloads using a tiling strategy 6,191,914 D. Challener, J. Karidis, and C. E. Kuhlmann Compact media drive having retractable media support 6,191,918 T. C. Clarke, R. E. Fontana, R. Hsiao, E. J. Lee, and H. A. Santini Embedded dual coil planar structure 6,191,950 W. L. Cox and S. D. Yu Snap-together printed circuit card cover with integral card support 6,191,952 M. A. Jimarez, E. A. Johnson, L. Li, and J. Obrzut Compliant surface layer for flip-chip electronic packages and method for forming same 6,191,954 S. D. Keidl and G. A. Thompson Controlled low impedance high current circuit board interconnect 6,191,988 J. Debrosse Floating bitline timer allowing a shared equalizer DRAM sense amplifier 6,191,989 W. K. Luk, W. R. Reohr, and R. E. Scheuerlein Current sensing amplifier 6,192,027 M. El-Batal Apparatus, system, and method for dual-active fibre channel loop resiliency during controller failure 6,192,032 M. R. Izquierdo Rate attenuation systems, methods and computer program products for reducing low priority video frame packets transmitted over a network 6,192,035 A. K. Boggs, D. Hoang, J. M. Jacobs, J. M. Mullen, C. L. Purrington, and L. A. Weaver Intelligent concentrator for multiple speed data communications systems 6,192,100 R. E. Acosta, M. J. Cordes, and S. Cordes X-ray mask pellicles and their attachment in semiconductor manufacturing 6,192,129 D. Coppersmith, R. Gennaro, S. Halevi, C. S. Jutla, S. M. Matyas, M. Peyravian, D. R. Safford, and N. Zunic Method and apparatus for advanced byte-oriented symmetric key block cipher with variable length key and block 6,192,154 R. Rajagopalan and P. Westerink Two-pass encoding method of digital motion video sequences for constant-or variable bit rate 6,192,337 A. P. Ittycheriah and S. Maes Apparatus and methods for rejecting confusible words during training associated with a speech recognition system 6,192,341 C. H. Becker, D. W. Glass, J. G. McLean, C. A. Pickover, D. J. Winarski, and T. L. Wong Data processing system and method for customizing data processing system output for sense-impaired users 6,192,343 S. A. Morgan, D. J. Roberts, C. A. Swearingen, and A. R. Tannenbaum Speech command input recognition system for interactive computer display with term weighting means used in interpreting potential commands from relevant speech terms 6,192,349 D. Husemann and M. Kaiserwerth Smart card mechanism and method for obtaining electronic tickets for goods and services over an open communications link 6,192,354 J. P. Bigus, B. J. Cragun, and H. R. Delp Apparatus and method for optimizing the performance of computer tasks using multiple intelligent agents having varied degrees of domain knowledge 6,192,358 Y. C. Fuh, M. Jou, H. Pan, and Y. Wang Multiple-state evaluation of user-defined predicates 6,192,362 S. Cherry, D. Goodman, and D. H. Schneck System and method for creating a search form for accessing directory information 6,192,367 A. K. Hawley and S. I. Sholars Data file editor delimited semi-formatted view 6,192,368 S. N. Gerard, S. L. Halter, S. J. Munroe, and R. E. Westland Object change manager 6,192,369 B. Doan, S. M. Ho, and J. Y. Liao An object-oriented paradigm for accessing transactional requests by modeling I/O message queues into an object framework 6,192,373 G. E. Haegele Managing directory listings in a relational database 6,192,376 W. J. Kincaid, D. Levish, and T. Mahon Method and apparatus for shadowing a hierarchical file system index structure to enable error recovery 6,192,378 S. R. Abrams, D. Oppenheim, D. P. Pazel, and J. L. Wright Method and apparatus for combining undo and redo contexts in a distributed access environment 6,192,383 B. J. Cragun Method and system in a computer network for automatically adding synchronization points to network documents 6,192,389 J. D. Aman, D. F. Ault, E. S. Bender, D. Dillenberger, D. B. Emmes, and M. G. Spiegel Method and apparatus for transferring file descriptors in a multiprocess, multithreaded client/server system 6,192,398 G. T. Hunt Remote/shared browser cache 6,192,413 S. K. Gursahaney, D. R. Lee, and R. J. Madrid A method and system for process queue communications routing 6,192,415 J. Estrada, M. Estrada, and P. Haverstock Web server with ability to process URL with action commands 6,192,417 T. R. Block and B. R. Cernohous Multicast cluster servicer for communicating amongst a plurality of nodes without a dedicated local area network 6,192,419 R. K. Aditham, R. Jain, and M. Srinivasan Collaborative framework for disparate application programs 6,192,443 G. Mendel Apparatus for fencing a member of a group of processes in a distributed processing environment 6,192,444 D. A. Serls, P. Tomsula, and M. White Method and system for providing additional addressable functional space on a disk for use with a virtual data storage subsystem 6,192,448 A. L. Mansur Structure and method for disk drive sizing using a disk drive controller coupled to a computer system 6,192,450 E. M. Bauman, R. E. Galbraith, and M. A. Johnson Destage of data for write cache 6,192,451 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis Cache coherency protocol for a data processing system including a multi-level memory hierarchy 6,192,452 J. Bannister, G. D. Carpenter, M. E. Dean, D. Glasco, and R. N. Iachetta Method and system for avoiding data loss due to cancelled translations within a non-uniform memory access system 6,192,453 R. K. Arimilli, J. M. Kaiser, and D. E. Williams Method and apparatus for executing unresolvable system bus operations 6,192,458 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis High performance cache directory addressing scheme for variable cache sizes utilizing associativity 6,192,461 D. Q. Nguyen, J. E. Phillips, and B. D. Williamson Method and apparatus for facilitating multiple storage instruction completions in superscalar processor during a single clock cycle 6,192,466 M. Gschwind Pipeline control mechanism for high-frequency pipelined designs 6,192,472 J. A. Garay, R. Gennaro, C. Jutla, and T. D. Rabin Method and apparatus for the secure distributed storage and retrieval of information 6,192,481 V. Deenadhayalan Structure and method for power sequencing of disk drives in a computer system 6,192,482 J. T. Brady, R. S. Capowski, D. Casper, F. Cox, F. D. Ferraiolo, M. Halma, and B. H. Wu Self-time parallel data bus interface to direct storage devices 6,192,486 A. Correale, J. N. Dieffenderfer, T. Garner, and W. R. Lee Memory defect steering circuit 6,192,489 K. R. Griess, A. C. Merenda, and D. L. Pierce Fault tolerant design for AC defects 6,192,490 D. H. Gross Method and system for monitoring computer performance utilizing sound diagnostics 6,192,505 I. Beer, C. Eisner, and Y. Rodeh Method and system for reducing state space variables prior to symbolic model checking 6,192,507 B. J. Rubin and A. E. Ruehli Method for generating electrical circuit comprising dielectrics 6,192,511 G. M. Johnston, M. Keren, A. H. Lindsey, and Y. Shaham-Gafni Technique for test coverage for visual programs 6,192,512 D. M. Chess Interpreter with virtualized interface 6,192,701 G. F. Goth, J. J. Loparco, and P. Singh Sealed multi-chip module cooling system 6,193,393 D. B. Dove, A. E. Rosenbluth, and K. H. Yang Apparatus and method for intensifying illumination brightness by time-superposing multiple pulsed light sources 6,193,576 M. A. Gaynes, A. O. Johnson, R. R. Kodnani, M. V. Pierson, and E. J. Tasillo TFT panel alignment and attachment method and apparatus 6,193,829 M. A. Acciai, R. R. Hall, and J. T. Legg Method and tooling for forming a stent 6,193,832 M. Naeem Method of making dielectric catalyst structures 6,193,861 C. Uzoh Apparatus and method to enhance hole fill in sub-micron plating 6,193,909 M. Angelopoulos, J. D. Gelorme, Y. H. Liao, and J. M. Shaw Cross-linked electrically conductive polymers, precursors thereof and applications thereof 6,194,024 R. L. Arldt, C. M. Boyko, B. J. Cayson, R. M. Kozlowski, J. D. Kulesza, J. M. Lauffer, P. C. Liu, I. S. Mahmoud, V. R. Markovich, J. F. Muska, K. I. Papathomas, J. G. Sabia, and R. A. Schumacher Via fill compositions for direct attach of devices and methods for applying same 6,194,030 J. J. Psaute Chemical vapor deposition velocity control apparatus 6,194,053 G. Natarajan and E. J. Pega Apparatus and method for fabricating buried and flat metal features 6,194,076 K. J. Blackwell, F. D. Egitto, A. R. Knoll, and L. J. Matienzo Method of forming adherent metal components on a polyimide substrate 6,194,085 C. J. Calli, B. V. Fasano, J. N. Humenik, and D. C. Long Optical color tracer identifier in metal paste that bleeds to green sheet 6,194,230 J. A. Gilhooly, L. Li, C. Morgan, and C. Wei Endpoint detection by chemical reaction and light scattering 6,194,233 T. R. Bednar and P. Zuchowski Integrated circuit and method of manufacture for avoiding damage by electrostatic charge 6,194,253 R. J. Bolam, R. J. Evans, and A. M. Palagonia Method for fabrication of silicon on insulator substrates 6,194,268 T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, and P. Rabidoux Printing sublithographic images using a shadow mandrel and off-axis exposure 6,194,301 G. B. Bronner, C. J. Radens, and M. Weybright Method of fabricating an integrated circuit of logic and memory using damascene gate structure 6,194,360 T. E. Karis and H. S. Nagaraj Magnetic recording device 6,194,664 K. R. Dust, R. L. Watson, and G. G. Zamora Apparatus for isolating and reinforcing bend corners of flexible cable 6,194,667 M. A. Jimarez and R. A. Neira Receptor pad structure for chip carriers 6,194,683 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 6,194,702 T. B. Hook, J. B. Johnson, and P. Wong Method of forming a complementary active pixel sensor cell 6,194,736 S. Chaloux, T. C. Chen, J. Faltermeier, U. Gruening, R. Jammy, J. A. Mandelman, C. C. Parks, P. C. Parries, P. A. Ronsheim, and Y. Wang Quantum conductive recrystallization barrier layers 6,194,755 J. P. Gambino, U. Gruening, J. A. Mandelman, and C. J. Radens Low-resistance salicide fill for trench capacitors 6,194,785 C. M. Reidsema, L. L. Simpson, and J. E. Varsik Method for circuitizing through-holes by photo-activated seeding 6,194,905 J. R. Pivnichny and J. H. Underwood Method for testing integrated circuit components of a multi-component card 6,195,025 M. Hassner, N. N. Heise, W. Hirt, and B. M. Trager Method and means for invertibly mapping binary sequences into rate 2/3 (1, K) run-length-limited coded sequences with maximum transition density constraints 6,195,027 C. L. Bertin, J. A. Fifield, R. J. Houghton, C. P. Miller, S. W. Tomashot, and W. R. Tonti Reduced signal swing decode 6,195,082 K. W. May, E. J. Selker, and B. A. Smith Low noise circuit board for trackpoint pointing device 6,195,085 C. H. Becker, M. D. Hocker, G. T. Kishi, J. G. McLean, C. A. Pickover, and D. J. Winarski Apparatus in a computer system for a pliant ergonomic pointing device 6,195,095 J. C. Beer, M. T. Bowman, G. A. Gibson, and J. K. Yamakawa Method and apparatus for displaying attributes of a computer work station on a graphical user interface 6,195,096 C. Alimpich, J. S. Goddard, M. T. Vo, R. Wang, and J. Wittig Graphical interface method, apparatus and application for creating and modifying a multiple value text list 6,195,097 R. J. Cohen and T. J. Shrader Web-based DCE management 6,195,146 P. Chaudhari, C. E. Farrell, J. A. Lacey, and S. C. Lien Tilted liquid crystal alignment produced by ion beam treatment on the alignment layer using a voltage less than 200V 6,195,219 G. J. Smith Method and apparatus for improving a thermal response of a magnetoresistive element 6,195,227 L. S. Fan, T. Hirano, F. C. Lee, and I. R. McFadyen Integrated 3D limiters for microactuators 6,195,240 H. S. Gill Spin valve head with diffusion barrier 6,195,262 E. J. Bodette, J. G. Bulluck, C. L. Durham, A. W. Miles, and B. S. Oakley Low profile PC on communication network 6,195,264 J. M. Lauffer, H. Marcello, and D. J. Russell Laminate substrate having joining layer of photoimageable material 6,195,266 E. N. Dials, L. Hodges, D. J. Hunt, W. D. Owsley, R. S. Padgett, and R. Rehquate Electromechanical emissions grounding device for ultra high speed processors 6,195,280 G. M. Lattimore, Y. Lotfi, B. Ross, and G. A. Yeung Memory system having a unidirectional bus and method for communicating therewith 6,195,308 C. M. Durham, P. J. Klim, and K. Waite Self-timed address decoder for register file and compare circuit of a multi-port cam 6,195,359 R. C. Eng, R. A. Pebly, and J. Sinibaldi Intelligent router for remote internet access 6,195,391 S. M. Hancock, M. Pietras, and L. R. Wilson Hybrid video compression/decompression system 6,195,403 R. E. Anderson and E. M. Foster Pulse generator for a voltage controlled oscillator 6,195,473 C. F. Hamill and J. L. Zable Non-integer scaling of raster images with image quality enhancement 6,195,627 J. Bargh, B. Hunt, W. Roesner, and D. E. Williams Method and system for instrumenting simulation models 6,195,628 D. T. Blaauw, N. S. Radia, and J. F. Skovira Waveform manipulation in time warp simulation 6,195,629 J. Bargh, B. Hunt, W. Roesner, and D. E. Williams Method and system for selectively disabling simulation model instrumentation 6,195,637 B. E. Ballard and K. A. Ortega Marking and deferring correction of misrecognition errors 6,195,640 W. S. Burleson and J. M. Mullaly Audio reader 6,195,641 K. Loring and P. D. Patel Network universal spoken language vocabulary 6,195,653 T. Bleizeffer, B. T. Couch, C. E. Drummond, P. Hughes, T. Lai, J. D. Lea, and D. H. Oberstadt System and method for selectively preparing customized reports of query explain data 6,195,666 S. Cherry, D. Goodman, and D. H. Schneck Web interface and method for displaying directory information 6,195,680 G. S. Goldszmidt, K. S. Hon, and M. Willebeek-LeMair Client-based dynamic switching of streaming servers for fault-tolerance and load balancing 6,195,682 R. S. Ho, R. D. Latham, and S. Meenakshi Concurrent server and method of operation having client-server affinity using exchanged client and server keys 6,195,685 S. Bhola, S. Doddapaneni, and B. Mukherjee Flexible event sharing, batching, and state consistency mechanisms for interactive applications 6,195,688 J. A. Caldwell, G. A. Diehl, A. J. Meyer, M. A. Pitts, and C. W. Price Computer system, program product and method of communicating internetworking data over a master-slave communication link 6,195,693 R. E. Berry, S. L. Martin, S. A. Morgan, J. M. Mullaly, C. A. Swearingen, and A. R. Tannenbaum Method and system for network delivery of content associated with physical audio media 6,195,694 S. Chen, T. Fujisaki, M. Kobayashi, M. Oshima, and Y. Yoshida Server for reconfiguring control of a subset of devices on one or more kiosks 6,195,695 R. W. Cheston, H. J. Locker, and D. Rhoades Data processing system and method for recovering from system crashes 6,195,696 S. C. Baber, B. Blount, K. Britton, D. L. Kaminsky, and A. M. O'Meara Systems, methods and computer program products for assigning generating and delivering content to intranet users 6,195,700 D. Bender, M. J. Reynolds, and P. S. Williamson Application protocol date unit management facility 6,195,707 T. M. Tran Apparatus for implementing universal resource locator (URL) aliases in a web browser and method therefor 6,195,710 K. Borgendale, I. M. Holland, and K. R. Lawrence Operating system having shared personality neutral resources 6,195,723 R. A. Kelley and D. Neal Method and system for providing peer-to-peer control in an expanded slot environment using a bridge as an agent for controlling peripheral device 6,195,727 R. Islam and L. A. Riedle Coalescing raid commands accessing contiguous data in write-through mode 6,195,729 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis Deallocation with cache update protocol (L2 evictions) 6,195,736 R. Lisle Method for paging software wavetable synthesis samples 6,195,743 E. N. Elnozahy Method and system for compressing reduced instruction set computer (RISC) executable code through instruction set expansion 6,195,746 R. Nair Dynamically typed register architecture 6,195,757 G. V. Ingenio, T. G. McNamara, P. J. Meaney, and P. D. Muench Method for supporting 1 1/2 cycle data paths via PLL based clock system 6,195,775 S. M. Douskey, P. A. Ganfield, and D. G. Young Boundary scan latch configuration for generalized scan designs 6,195,791 B. A. Carlson, J. Engstrom, T. Graser, J. U. Lindblom, and B. Proske Object mechanism and method for coupling together processes to define a desired processing environment in an object oriented framework 6,195,793 W. J. Schmidt Method and computer program product for adaptive inlining in a computer system 6,195,794 J. J. Buxton Method and apparatus for distributing templates in a component system 6,195,883 A. C. Bhatt, V. R. Markovich, I. Memis, and W. E. Wilson Full additive process with filled plated through holes 6,196,439 A. T. Mays, K. A. Slesinger, and M. C. Weller Method and apparatus for [mu]BGA removal and reattach 6,196,443 G. Di Giacomo PB-in-SN tall C-4 for fatigue enhancement 6,196,444 J. G. Davis and J. M. Kielbasa Method and apparatus for soldering ball grid array modules to substrates 6,196,850 T. A. Dietz and C. A. Logan Rotatable docking station for an electronic device 6,196,866 P. Gaschke Improved vertical probe housing 6,197,164 M. Pinarbasi Method and apparatus to improve the uniformity of ion beam deposited films in an ion beam sputtering system 6,197,171 M. Brandon, S. A. Lake, E. F. Lopergolo, and J. M. Sullivan Pin contact mechanism for plating pin grid arrays 6,197,222 R. B. Booth, E. I. Cooper, M. Gaynes, S. P. Ostrander, J. M. Rubino, C. J. Sambucetti, and R. Saraf Lead free conductive composites for electrical interconnections 6,197,267 M. Naeem Catalytic reactor 6,197,364 C. Jahnes and M. Paunovic Production of electroless Co(P) with a designed coercivity 6,197,439 S. S. Parkin and D. A. Thompson Laminated magnetic structures with ultra-thin transition metal spacer layers 6,197,619 M. A. Gaynes, M. V. Pierson, and A. Zubelewicz Method for reinforcing a semiconductor device to prevent cracking 6,197,632 G. B. Bronner, R. Divakaruni, S. D. Halle, D. W. Martin, R. Rengarajan, and M. Weybright Structure and method for dual sidewall oxidation in high density 6,197,656 J. W. Adkisson, J. Lasky, P. W. Pastel, and J. Rankin Method of forming planar isolation and substrate contacts in SIMOX-SOI 6,197,896 A. Aviram and I. Babich Graft polymers and use thereof 6,198,136 J. M. Never and S. H. Voldman Support chips for buffer circuits 6,198,167 L. Economikos, J. Faltermeier, and B. Park Semiconductor structure exhibiting reduced contact resistance and method for fabrication 6,198,300 L. A. Doezema, P. Kaszuba, L. Moszkowicz, J. M. Never, and J. A. Slinkman Silicided silicon microtips for scanning probe microscopy 6,198,316 D. J. Krolak and T. W. Kueper CMOS off-chip driver circuit 6,198,320 D. W. Boerstler Differential charge pump and filter with common-mode voltage control 6,198,339 J. E. Gersbach and C. J. Masenas CVF current reference with standby mode 6,198,413 A. X. Widmer Partitioned DC balanced (0,6) 16B/18B transmission code with error correction 6,198,472 D. Lection, M. E. Molander, M. R. Salahshoor, and J. L. Scanlon System integrated 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional input device 6,198,525 W. A. Barringer and G. Schafer System on contact imaging both sides of a substrate 6,198,529 J. C. Clark, Jr., E. W. Gillis, C. J. Majka, M. F. Seward, and M. M. Westgate Automated inspection system for metallic surfaces 6,198,549 W. C. Decker, H. C. Lee, and J. L. Zable System, method, program, and print pattern for performing registration calibration for printers by measuring density 6,198,629 L. J. Cannon, S. M. Christensen, H. V. Mahaney, and B. J. Wilkie Circuit board and computer system for enhanced cooling 6,198,633 B. Lehman and A. W. Miles Computer system and enclosure therefor 6,198,634 G. J. Armezzani and M. A. Heller Electronic package with stacked connections 6,198,666 H. Pilo Control input timing-independent dynamic multiplexer circuit 6,198,677 L. L. Hsu and L. K. Wang Boosted sensing ground circuit 6,198,747 C. A. Alexander, B. N. Bingham, C. A. Carriker, J. K. Frick, J. Jackson, E. J. Rovner, R. V. Slager, M. B. Squire, and D. Vig Method and system for enhancing communications efficiency in data communications networks wherein broadcast occurs 6,198,767 J. D. Greenfield, D. Mauersberg, and A. Y. Ngai Apparatus for color component compression 6,198,772 C. E. Boice, L. D. Curley, J. M. Kaczmarczyk, A. Y. Ngai, and C. J. Stein Motion estimation processor for a digital video encoder 6,198,817 J. H. Derby and D. R. Thomas Communication interface having combined shaping of receive response and synthesized matching terminating impedances for different frequency bands and a design method therefor 6,198,842 J. L. Mitchell and B. L. Yeo Multi-spectral image compression with bounded loss 6,198,996 V. Berstis Method and apparatus for setting automotive performance tuned preferences set differently by a driver 6,199,041 F. H. Liu and M. A. Picheny System and method for sampling rate transformation in speech recognition 6,199,043 A. J. Happ Conversation management in speech recognition interfaces 6,199,049 G. Conde, R. S. Fortenberry, and W. R. Hucaby Tamper-evident, remotely verifiable, electronic journal for a point of sale fiscal printer 6,199,062 D. Byrne, J. M. McConaughy, S. B. Shi, C. Shu, and T. M. Tran Reverse string indexing in a relational database for wildcard searching 6,199,069 B. M. Dettinger and R. M. Smith System and method for switching between databases without disruption to applications 6,199,070 F. Polowood and P. Volkmar Using a database for program logs 6,199,074 R. F. Kern, W. F. Micka, J. M. Nick, L. R. Perry, D. B. Petersen, H. G. Slone, G. A. Spear, and H. M. Yudenfriend Database backup system ensuring consistency between primary and mirrored backup database copies despite backup interruption 6,199,094 M. Presler-Marshall Protecting shared resources using mutex striping 6,199,108 W. W. Casey, J. R. Dean, and I. M. Rodriguez Simplified setting up of a network of a server computer preloaded with all computer programs required by a group of client computers 6,199,109 P. J. Reder and M. C. Zelek Transparent proxying of event forwarding discriminators 6,199,117 D. R. Cox, J. T. Gabbard, and S. A. Zuponcic Generalized control for starting of tasks 6,199,126 D. J. Auerbach, T. M. Kemp, R. K. Montoye, and J. D. Palmer Processor transparent on-the-fly instruction stream decompression 6,199,130 N. C. Berglund, D. F. Moertl, and T. J. Osten Concurrent maintenance for PCI based DASD subsystem with concurrent maintenance message being communicated between SPCN (system power control network) and I/O adapter using PCI bridge 6,199,143 E. R. Segal Fast-store data transfer system for networking and computing 6,199,146 J. W. Pence System for storage device capacity utilization 6,199,166 G. R. Lanzy, F. A. Pflug, and G. H. Stange Control of anonymous file transfer protocol server 6,199,171 D. C. Bossen and A. Chandra Time-lag duplexing techniques 6,199,176 P. G. Greenstein, J. T. Rodell, and D. R. Sutherland Method and apparatus for storage resource reassignment utilizing an indicator to enhance the likelihood of successful reconfiguration 6,199,197 J. Engstrom, T. Graser, and B. Proske Apparatus and method for providing common behavior across different processing levels in an object oriented framework 6,199,198 S. G. Graham Computer system, method and article of manufacture for visualizing differences between design artifacts and object-oriented code 6,199,199 G. M. Johnston, M. Keren, A. H. Lindsey, and Y. Shaham-Gafni Presentation of visual program performance data 6,199,200 L. E. Acker and L. K. Raper Method and system for supporting dual conventions for methods that return structures 6,199,269 N. A. Greco, E. N. Levine, M. F. Lofaro, and J. G. Ryan Manipulation of micromechanical objects 6,199,425 C.-H. Lee, M. Cohn, J. P. De George, and R. V. Vallabhaneni Apparatus and method for testing thrust bearings 6,199,747 M. Cohn, J. P. DeGeorge, and R. V. Vallabhaneni High temperature refractory joining paste 6,199,751 M. A. Gaynes, K. I. Papathomas, G. M. Phelan, and C. G. Woychik Polymer with transient liquid phase bondable particles 6,200,041 D. P. Gaio, P. J. Sendelbach, and R. J. Thatcher Data transfer system incorporating optical fiber link module with internal electromagnetic shield 6,200,373 R. A. Bates, C. N. Cordero, B. V. Fasano, D. Goland, R. Hannon, L. W. Herron, G. M. Johnson, A. Reitter, S. L. Shinde, and L. Studzinski Method for the controlling of certain second phases in aluminum nitride 6,200,400 M. S. Farooq, H. Hamel, R. A. Rita, and H. I. Stoller Method for making high K dielectric material with low K dielectric sheathed signal vias 6,200,726 K. Chen, S. J. Holmes, W. S. Huang, A. D. Katnani, and P. Rabidoux Optimization of space width for hybrid photoresist 6,200,834 G. B. Bronner, J. P. Gambino, and C. J. Radens Process for fabricating two different gate dielectric thicknesses using a polysilicon mask and chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) planarization 6,200,843 A. Bryant, E. J. Nowak, and M. H. Tong High-voltage, high-performance FETs 6,200,891 R. Jagannathan, K. P. Madden, K. J. McCullough, H. F. Okorn-Schmidt, K. Pope, and D. I. Rath Removal of dielectric oxides 6,200,894 T. Licata, K. Okumura, and K. P. Rodbell Method for enhancing aluminum interconnect properties and products 6,201,194 J. M. Lauffer, R. H. Magnuson, V. R. Markovich, and J. A. Welsh Multi-voltage plane, multi-signal plane circuit card with photoimageable dielectric 6,201,251 W. A. Enichen and S. D. Golladay Compensation of space charge in a particle beam system 6,201,272 G. B. Bronner, J. P. Gambino, D. E. Kotecki, and C. J. Radens T97-0107 method for simultaneously forming a storage-capacitor electrode and interconnect 6,201,383 J. C. Lo and J. A. Mahlbacher Method and apparatus for determining short circuit conditions using a gang probe circuit tester 6,201,425 P. Kartschoke and N. Rohrer Method and apparatus for reducing charge sharing and the bipolar effect in stacked SOI circuits 6,201,431 D. H. Allen and D. L. Stasiak Method and apparatus for automatically adjusting noise immunity of an integrated circuit 6,201,489 G. R. Castellucci, K. B. Ohlson, and S. L. Von Bruns Method and circuit for temporal cancellation of DC offset 6,201,528 B. Lucas, J. R. Rhyne, and C. G. Wolf Anti-aliased inking for pen computers 6,201,539 S. M. Miller, D. R. Schwartz, and R. A. Smith Method and system for customizing a data processing system graphical user interface 6,201,611 K. E. Carter, M. Hamzy, P. Nogay, and M. Vanderwiele Providing local printing on a thin client 6,201,653 J. T. Contreras, K. B. Klaassen, and J. C. Van Peppen By-pass write drivers for high-performance data recording 6,201,664 H. H. Le, T.-S. Pan, and V. W. C. Shum Polymer bumps for trace and shock protection 6,201,670 T. Y. Chang, H. P. Lee, and J. Lo Merged magnetic head that includes a write head with single-sided notched first pole piece 6,201,671 M. Pinarbasi Seed layer for a nickel oxide pinning layer for increasing the magnetoresistance of a spin valve sensor 6,201,672 M. Pinarbasi Spin valve sensor having improved interface between pinning layer and pinned layer structure 6,201,691 S. Nagarajan Removable electronic subassembly with a compressible shock absorbing device 6,201,692 E. T. Gamble, J. G. Gunddlach, E. McNulty, B. A. Trumbo, and P. Wormsbecher Disk drive enclosure optimized for mixed slim and half high drive size 6,201,750 R. E. Busch, F. J. Towler, and R. A. Wistort Scannable fuse latches 6,201,791 R. M. Bournas Method and apparatus for measuring flow capacity of and determining the optimal window size of a communications network 6,201,888 A. D. Kalvin System and method for restoring, describing and graphically displaying noise-corrupted boundaries in tomography images 6,201,984 J. Funda, D. Larose, and R. H. Taylor System and method for augmentation of endoscopic surgery 6,202,042 J. Bargh, B. Hunt, W. Roesner, and D. E. Williams Hardware simulator instrumentation 6,202,069 K. R. Blackman, S. M. Ho, and T. B. Sander Execution paradigm for accessing hierarchical data using an object framework 6,202,071 W. N. Keene A method and system for improved database disaster recovery 6,202,094 D. B. Grosser and C. S. McIlvaine Adding links simultaneously to a multilink bundle using bandwidth allocation protocol 6,202,095 B. C. Beardsley, J. T. Flynn, M. A. Paulsen, and H. M. Yudenfriend Defining characteristics between processing systems 6,202,097 D. J. Foster, A. Garcia, and R. B. Pearson Methods for performing diagnostic functions in a multiprocessor data processing system having a serial diagnostic bus 6,202,110 P. W. Coteus and R. D. Mirabella Memory cards with symmetrical pinout for back-to-back mounting in computer system 6,202,124 R. F. Kern, R. M. Kern, W. F. Micka, and M. A. Sovik Data storage system with outboard physical data transfer operation utilizing data path distinct from host 6,202,128 K. S. Chan, D. A. Hicks, P. P. Liu, M. J. Mayfield, and S. Tung Method and system for prefetch cache interrogation using snoop port 6,202,130 B. B. Beavers, B. G. Burgess, K. E. Diefendorff, P. K. Dubey, R. R. Hochsprung, C. May, B. Olsson, H. L. Scales III, E. J. Silha, and M. D. Snyder Data processing system for processing vector data and method therefor 6,202,131 R. K. Arimilli, J. M. Kaiser, and D. E. Williams Method and apparatus for executing variable delay system bus operations of differing type or character without dead lock using shared buffers 6,202,132 N. Islam, T. R. Jaeger, K. Liedtke, and V. Panteleenko Flexible cache-coherency mechanism 6,202,141 K. Diefendorff, P. K. Dubey, R. Hochsprung, B. Olsson, and H. Scales Method and apparatus for performing vector operation using separate multiplication on odd and even data elements of source vectors 6,202,145 S. Barnes, C. A. Bennett, C. Lita, and M. D. Ridgeway System and method for eliminating a ring transition while executing in protected mode 6,202,159 H. M. Ghafir and D. Poetzschke Vault controller dispatcher and methods of operation for handling interaction between browser sessions and vault processes in electronic systems 6,202,175 C. A. Manoni and R. Potts Debugging client server programs from third party workstation 6,202,191 R. G. Filippi, P. C. Lin, T. M. Shaw, and R. Wachnik Electromigration resistant power distribution network 6,202,192 W. E. Donath and D. J. Hathaway Distributed static timing analysis 6,202,200 D. E. House and C. Nelin Multi-tier debugging 6,202,203 J. Ng Method of, system for, and computer program product for providing global value numbering 6,202,206 J. R. Dean, J. L. Howard, and I. M. Rodriguez Simultaneous installation and configuration of programs and components into a network of server and client computer 6,202,824 V. J. Goss and J. N. Smith Vehicle for facilitating assembly verification test 6,202,884 J. Verkerke Collapsible interior partition system for use in a collapsible returnable container 6,203,356 P. M. Thomsen Device and method for protecting pins of an electrical component 6,203,613 S. M. Gates and D. Neumayer Atomic layer deposition with nitrate containing precursors 6,203,652 F. D. Egitto and J. S. Kresge Method of forming a via in a substrate 6,203,685 M. A. Acciai and S. L. Tisdale Apparatus and method for selective electrolytic metallization/deposition utilizing a fluid head 6,203,690 P. F. Findeis, J. P. Gauci, K. Semkow, and R. Weisman Process of reworking pin grid array chip carriers 6,203,926 U. M. Ahmad, H. S. Bhatia, S. S. Bhatia, H. M. Dalal, W. Price, and S. Purushothaman Corrosion free multi-layer conductor 6,203,965 K. J. Chen, R. Dellaguardia, W. S. Huang, H. Ito, and W. M. Moreau Photoresist comprising blends of photoacid generators 6,204,074 A. R. Bertolet, J. Fiore, and E. Gramatzki Chip design process for wire bond and flip-chip package 6,204,112 A. B. Chakravarti, S. N. Chakravarti, and J. G. Ryan Process for forming a high density semiconductor device 6,204,165 U. Ghoshal Practical air dielectric interconnections by post-processing standard CMOS wafers 6,204,305 F. D. Egitto, L. J. Matienzo, and B. O. Morrison, Jr., Method for producing a diffusion barrier and polymeric article having a diffusion barrier 6,204,453 K. M. Fallon, M. A. Jimarez, R. W. Keesler, J. M. Lauffer, R. H. Magnuson, V. R. Markovich, I. Memis, J. P. Paoletti, M. B. Perrino, J. A. Welsh, and W. E. Wilson Two signal one power plane circuit board 6,204,456 J. M. Lauffer, V. R. Markovich, C. L. Tytran, and W. E. Wilson Filling open through holes in a multilayer board 6,204,532 J. P. Gambino, J. A. Mandelman, S. A. Parke, and M. R. Wordeman Pillar transistor incorporating a body contact 6,204,546 P. Roitman and D. K. Sadana Silicon-on-insulator substrates using low dose implantation 6,204,637 M. M. Rengan Method and system for remotely supplying power through an automated power adapter to a data processing system 6,204,713 J. M. Adams, K. Carrig, R. P. Gregor, and D. R. Menard Method and apparatus for routing low-skew clock networks 6,204,723 R. J. Houghton and C. P. Miller Bias circuit for series connected decoupling capacitors 6,204,754 V. Berstis Proximity indicating system 6,204,765 M. J. Brady, R. D. Martinez, and P. A. Moskowitz Method of detecting relative direction of motion of a radio frequency (RF) tag 6,204,828 A. Amir, M. D. Flickner, S. C. Ihde, and S. Zhai Integrated gaze/manual cursor positioning system 6,204,845 C. Bates and E. E. Burris Ergonomic viewable object processor 6,204,846 A. D. Little, A. E. Martinez, and M. D. Rahn Data set user interface control for use in accessing information in a computer 6,204,897 E. Colgan, J. L. Levine, G. F. Russell, and M. A. Schappert Integrated resistor for measuring touch position in a liquid crystal display device 6,205,002 P. M. Baumgart, T. A. Gregory, T. A. Nguyen, M. L. Ramirez, A. C. Tam, and R. Wang Disk drive with textured slider contact region 6,205,063 A. G. Aipperspach and S. B. Levenstein Apparatus and method for efficiently correcting defects in memory circuits 6,205,093 P. E. Abbott, F. D. Gallo, M. P. McIntosh, and R. Yardy Read only input system providing control information encoded in a bar code label for automated data storage library 6,205,107 G. W. Burr Architectures for high-capacity content-addressable holographic databases 6,205,138 E. P. Clarke, R. A. Flavin, P. Nihal, G. H. Purdy, L. Rodgriguez-Cortes, T. B. Vesecky, and N. Vogl Broadband any point to any point switch matrix 6,205,413 C. Bisdikian and K. Maruyama End-user oriented performance monitoring system for interactive end-to-end data communications 6,205,414 S. M. Forsman, R. A. Hamilton II, C. Mehta, and M. I. Patel Methodology for emulation of multi-threaded processes in a single-threaded operating system 6,205,440 W. L. Nusbickel Method of providing information from query results stored as source code files 6,205,444 A. Floratos, L. Parida, and I. Rigoutsos Multiple sequence alignment system and method 6,205,447 W. E. Malloy Relational database management of multi-dimensional data 6,205,454 N. J. Dauerer, E. E. Kelley, and F. Motika Web browser row control 6,205,464 E. E. Cobb, S. A. Holdsworth, I. S. Houston, and S. A. Smith System for building optimal commit trees in a distributed transaction processing system 6,205,471 F. W. Gilchrist, E. N. Herness, E. H. Jenney, J. C. Ripstra, and G. J. Romano Object oriented mail server framework mechanism 6,205,476 K. F. Hayes Client-server system with central application management allowing an administrator to configure end user application by executing them in the context of users and groups 6,205,504 R. A. Faust and J. C. Kennel Externally provided control of an I2C bus 6,205,510 G. Mendel Method for fencing a member of a group of processes in a distributed processing environment 6,205,518 W. Moore and S. T. Ventrone Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in a data processor executing an application code 6,205,528 C. Casper, B. A. Kingsbury, P. E. Krueger, and P. E. McKenney User specifiable allocation of memory for processes in a multiprocessor computer having a non-uniform memory architecture 6,205,571 P. J. Camporese, A. Deutsch, T. G. McNamara, P. Restle, and D. Webber X-Y grid tree tuning method 6,205,796 G. M. Chrysler, R. C. Chu, and R. E. Simons Sub-dew point cooling of electronic systems 6,206,273 B. S. Beaman, K. E. Fogel, P. A. Lauro, and D. Y. Shih Structures and processes to create a desired probe tip contact geometry on a wafer test probe 6,206,997 F. D. Egitto, M. A. Gaynes, R. R. Kodnani, L. J. Matienzo, and M. V. Pierson Method for bonding heat sinks to overmolds and device formed thereby 6,207,330 J. G. Balz, M. W. Kapfhammer, M. La Plante, and D. C. Long Formation of punch inspection masks and other devices using a laser 6,207,333 W. J. Adair, J. J. Colelli, E. Puttlitz, T. J. Toth, and A. Winslow Mask with attenuating phase-shift and opaque regions 6,207,351 D. A. Cywar, E. F. Foster, and S. L. Tisdale Method for pattern seeding and plating of high density printed circuit boards 6,207,353 M. Armacost, W. E. Conley, R. Dellaguardia, D. Dobuzinsky, M. L. Passow, T. Wagner, and W. C. Wille Resist formulation which minimizes blistering during etching 6,207,354 A. C. Bhatt, T. R. Miller, A. F. Moring, and J. P. Walsh Method of making an organic chip carrier package 6,207,472 A. C. Callegari, C. D. Dimitrakopoulos, and S. Purushothaman Low temperature thin film transistor fabrication 6,207,493 T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, and T. S. Kanarsky Formation of out-diffused bitline by laser anneal 6,207,514 T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, and P. Rabidoux Method of forming borderless gate structures and apparatus formed thereby 6,207,530 L. L. Hsu and L. K. Wang Dual gate FET and process 6,207,540 T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, W. H. Ma, and J. A. Mandelman Method for manufacturing high performance MOSFET device with raised source and drain 6,207,584 S. D. Athavale, M. Gutsche, D. E. Kotecki, R. B. Laibowitz, J. Lian, K. L. Saenger, T. M. Shaw, H. Shen, Y. Y. Wang High dielectric constant material deposition to achieve high capacitance 6,207,595 B. K. Appelt, L. R. Blumberg, W. T. Fotorny, R. D. Havens, R. M. Japp, J. Obrzut, K. I. Papathomas, M. D. Poliks, and A. S. Rai Laminate and method of manufacture thereof 6,207,787 J. T. Fahey, B. Herbst, L. L. Linehan, W. M. Moreau, G. T. Spinillo, K. M. Welsh, and R. L. Wood Antireflective coating for microlithography 6,208,008 K. C. Arndt, R. Conti, D. Dobuzinsky, L. Economikos, J. P. Gambino, P. D. Hoh, and C. Narayan Integrated circuits having reduced stress in metalization 6,208,152 S. J. Baumgartner and K. P. Demsky Redundant resistor matching detector with constant percentage threshold 6,208,166 F. I Carro Circuit and method for implementing combinatorial logic functions 6,208,327 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 6,208,339 M. A. Atlas, M. F. Diangelo, and R. Ragan User-interactive data entry display with entry fields having distinctive and changeable autocomplete 6,208,340 S. A. Amin and H. Y. Amro Graphical user interface including a drop-down widget that permits a plurality of choices to be selected in response to a single selection of the drop down widget 6,208,343 S. W. Roth Graphical user interface scroll bar that provides varied levels of access granularity 6,208,431 H. C. Lee, M. J. Stanich, G. R. Thompson, and J. L. Zable Method of eliminating artifacts in display devices 6,208,443 K. Liu, W. K. Wang, and C. Yue Dynamic optical add-drop multiplexers and wavelength-routing networks with improved survivability and minimized spectral filtering 6,208,485 T. J. Chainer and L. T. Romankiw Microfile 6,208,491 M. Pinarbasi Spin valve with improved capping layer structure 6,208,492 M. Pinarbasi Seed layer structure for spin valve sensor 6,208,512 G. L. Chiu, A. W. Ellis, M. Goldowsky, and L. S. Mok Contactless hermetic pump 6,208,572 R. D. Adams, R. E. Busch, H. Pilo, and G. E. Rudgers Semiconductor memory device having resistive bitline contact testing 6,208,622 B. A. Makrucki Traffic flow cutover to virtual connection transport 6,208,661 J. W. Marshall Variable resolution scheduler for virtual channel communication 6,208,702 U. Ghoshal High frequency clock signal distribution utilizing CMOS negative impendance terminations 6,208,753 G. W. Braudaway, J. Christensen, and G. R. Thompson The quality of digitized images through post-scanning reregistration of their color planes 6,208,804 H. H. Ottesen, G. J. Smith, and G. W. Vanleeuwen Multimedia direct access storage device and formatting method 6,208,907 C. M. Durham, V. R. Kodali, D. E. Martin, and H. Sharma Domino to static circuit technique 6,208,986 S. Cherry, D. Goodman, and D. H. Schneck Web interface and method for accessing and displaying directory information 6,208,989 M. J. Dockter, J. F. Farber, and K. D. Seppi Facility for the intelligent selection of information objects 6,208,991 S. M. French, C. J. Paul, and J. R. Schoech Dynamic file mapping for network computers 6,208,995 M. C. Azua and H. Rodriguez Web browser download of bookmark set 6,209,006 L. R. Bennion, J. Chang, and R. E. Medl Pop-up definitions with hyperlinked terms within a non-Internet and non-specifically-designed-for-help program 6,209,007 C. E. Cartier, N. J. Dauerer, E. E. Kelley, and J. U. Knickerbocker Web Internet screen customizing system 6,209,027 K. P. Gibson Recirculating network address list with single button sequencer/selector 6,209,031 W. W. Casey, J. R. Dean, J. L. Howard, and I. M. Rodriguez Configuring computer network operations based upon a sequence of interactive user entries into a network server computer with a one time entry of data commonly required by multiple clients 6,209,032 D. P. Dutcher, W. H. Sinclair, Jr., and S. A. Smith Enabling target servers to control determination of full user synchronization 6,209,036 B. K. Aldred, C. Brown, T. Hahn, and E. Stokes Management of and access to information and other material via the World Wide Web in an LDAP environment 6,209,038 N. S. Bowen and N. P. Riggs Technique for aggregate transaction scope across multiple independent web requests 6,209,055 J. Beck, C. M. Durham, and P. J. Klim Method and apparatus for reducing noise induced among conductive lines 6,209,070 D. C. Reed and J. G. Thompson System for multiple data transfer operations 6,209,073 R. L. Arnold, A. E. Okpisz, T. A. Petersen, and A. M. Youngs System and method for interlocking barrier operations in load and store queues 6,209,074 T. Dell and M. W. Kellogg Address remapping for memory module using presence detect data 6,209,081 J. A. Kahle and D. E. Waldecker Method and system for nonsequential instruction dispatch and execution in a superscalar processor system 6,209,100 K. Fortenberry, C. O'Shea, and S. Robertson Moderated forums with anonymous but traceable contributions 6,209,106 J. P. Kubala, I. G. Siegel, and K. Trowell Method and apparatus for synchronizing selected logical partitions of a partitioned information handling system to an external time reference 6,209,128 S. N. Gerard, S. L. Halter, S. J. Munroe, and E. E. Voldal Apparatus and method for providing access to multiple object versions 6,209,193 R. Hsiao Method of making read sensor with self-aligned low resistance leads 6,209,575 S. J. Graziano, R. M. Ruggiero, and J. Vichiconti Tamper proof set screw 6,210,479 N. A. Bojarczuk, S. Guha, and A. Gupta Product and process for forming a semiconductor structure on a host substrate 6,210,510 F. W. Kern, Jr. and D. J. Martin Polymer protected component 6,210,541 E. C. Cooney, J. W. Korejwa, and D. C. Strippe Process and apparatus for cold copper deposition to enhance copper plating fill 6,210,547 F. D. Egitto, E. O. Fey, L. J. Matienzo, D. L. Questad, R. S. Rai, and D. C. Van Hart Enhanced solder surface and process for chemically and mechanically enhancing solder surface properties 6,210,599 R. Ramachandran and D. I. Rath Etching composition and use thereof 6,210,606 M. Angelopoulos, Y. H. Liao, and R. Saraf Polycrystalline conducting polymers and precursors thereof having adjustable morphology and properties 6,210,781 T. H. Baum, L. J. Matienzo, C. M. Reidsema, and J. E. Varsik Method for photoselective seeding and metallization of three-dimensional materials 6,210,856 T. Hughes, G. Jordhamo, A. Katnani, Q. Lin, W. M. Moreau, and N. Patel Resist composition and process of forming a patterned resist layer on a substrate 6,210,862 R. A. Day, D. H. Glatzel, and D. J. Russell Composition for photoimaging 6,210,866 T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, and P. Rabidoux Method for forming features using self-trimming by selective etch and device formed thereby 6,210,995 A. C. Brintzinger, J. P. Gambino, S. D. Halle, and T. S. Rupp Method for manufacturing fusible links in a semiconductor device 6,211,042 I. C. Noyan and J. J. Yurkas Growth of epitaxial semiconductor films in presence of reactive metal 6,211,459 M. K. Brown, R. D. O'Groske, P. W. Schaefer, S. J. Shirk/Heath, K. F. Tharp, and S. M. Thorvilson Shielded bulk cable 6,211,543 R. B. Laibowitz and T. M. Shaw Lead silicate based capacitor structures 6,211,713 G. Uhlmann Adjustable feedback for CMOS latches 6,211,726 T. C. Lindberg and M. L. Miller Low voltage, high-current electronic load 6,211,777 M. C. Greenwood and T. K. Liu System and method for automatic information exchange between vehicles involved in a collision 6,211,851 F. R. Libsch and S. C. Lien Method and apparatus for eliminating crosstalk in active matrix liquid crystal displays 6,211,871 M. C. Azua and H. Rodriguez Named bookmark sets 6,211,874 M. C. Azua and H. Rodriguez Method for parallel selection of URL's 6,212,070 E. R. Atwood, J. Benenati, J. J. Dankelman, E. Kastberg, K. J. Puttlitz, and H. Quinones Zero force heat sink 6,212,076 S. W. MacQuarrie, R. J. Stutzman, and J. M. Zalesinski Enhanced heat-dissipating printed circuit board package 6,212,077 M. L. Brown, J. A. Busby, R. A. Phillips, Jr., J. A. Potenza, J. D. Vlcek, and J. R. Young Built-in inspection template for a printed circuit 6,212,191 C. A. Alexander, F. K. Kandefer, and M. B. Squire Method and system for providing security to asynchronous transfer mode emulated local area networks 6,212,248 M. Hayashi and R. J. Savaglio Shared path phase detector having phase indicator 6,212,327 V. Berstis and R. D. Hoffman Controlling record/playback devices with a computer 6,212,491 J. Bargh, B. Hunt, W. Roesner, and D. E. Williams Automatic adjustment for counting instrumentation 6,212,514 R. Eberhard, H. H. Hall, and J. A. Youngberg Data base optimization method for estimating query and trigger procedure costs 6,212,522 M. C. Azua and H. Rodriguez Searching and conditionally serving bookmark sets based on keywords 6,212,528 G. R. Brophy, C. S. Moon, and T. A. Shore Case-based reasoning system and method for scoring cases in a case database 6,212,531 D. R. Blea, R. Blea, M. A. Haye, R. M. Kern, M. Shackelford, and J. G. Thompson Method for implementing point in time copy using a snapshot function 6,212,532 T. Hampp-Bahnmueller and D. E. Johnson Text categorization toolkit 6,212,536 C. L. Klassen and H. Rose Method for generating web browser sensitive pages 6,212,542 J. A. Kahle, S. Mallick, and R. McDonald Method and system for executing a program within a multiscalar processor by processing linked thread descriptors 6,212,544 J. M. Borkenhagen, W. T. Flynn, and A. H. Wottreng Altering thread priorities in a multithreaded processor 6,212,564 J. L. Harter and D. B. Lection Distributed and optimized Java application launcher 6,212,595 G. Mendel Computer program product for fencing a member of a group of processes in a distributed processing environment 6,212,605 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, J. D. Lewis, and D. E. Williams Eviction override for LARX-reserved addresses 6,212,616 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis Even/odd cache directory mechanism 6,212,619 S. H. Dhong, H. P. Hofstee, K. J. Nowka, and J. A. Silberman System and method for high-speed register renaming by counting 6,212,667 C. P. Geer, R. N. Kalla, J. M. Meyer, and S. S. Ur Integrated circuit test coverage evaluation and adjustment mechanism and method 6,212,673 D. E. House and B. J. Owings Component neutral builder interface 6,212,675 G. M. Johnston, M. Keren, A. H. Lindsey, and Y. Shaham-Gafni Presentation of visual program test coverage information 6,212,769 C. M. Boyko, R. J. Day, and K. A. Stauffer Process for manufacturing a printed wiring board 6,213,194 G. M. Chrysler and R. C. Chu Hybrid cooling system for electronics module 6,213,285 D. T. Smith Method of indexing conveyor pallets at high speeds 6,213,376 G. C. Correia, J. E. Cronin, and E. J. Sprogis Stacked chip process carrier 6,213,846 L. Li and X. Wang Real-time control of chemical-mechanical polishing processes using a shaft distortion measurement 6,214,151 J. P. Chen, J. R. Salem, and J. C. Scott Thermal dye transfer process for preparing opto-electronic devices 6,214,180 S. A. Lake, E. F. Lopergolo, and J. M. Sullivan Method for shorting pin grid array pins for plating 6,214,482 C. Jahnes, F. Jones, J. S. Logan, and M. A. Russak Dielectric layer for magneto-optic storage media structures 6,214,494 O. Bula, D. Cole, E. W. Conrad, and N. Lu Serif mask design methodology based on enhancing high spatial frequency contribution for improved printability 6,214,523 C. T. Kapogiannis, J. R. Lankard, Jr., G. H. Leino, and T. VanDuynhoven Pattern formation by removal of paste material 6,214,525 C. M. Boyko, D. S. Farquhar, R. M. Japp, and M. J. Klodowski Printed circuit board with circuitized cavity and methods of producing same 6,214,647 G. Di Giacomo, S. S. Drofitz, D. L. Edwards, S. Iruvanti, and D. J. Womac Method for bonding heatsink to multiple-height chip 6,214,653 H. Chen, L. L. Hsu, and L. K. Wang Method for fabricating complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices on a mixed bulk and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate 6,214,686 G. B. Bronner and R. Divakaruni Spatially offset deep trenches for high density DRAMs 6,214,694 E. Leobandung, D. Sadana, D. J. Schepis, and G. G. Shahidi Process of making densely patterned silicon-on-insulator (SOI) region on a wafer 6,214,730 E. C. Cooney, H. K. Lee, T. McDevitt, and A. K. Stamper Fluorine barrier layer between conductor and insulator for degradation prevention 6,215,074 M. S. Good, D. W. Johnson, S. Nagarajan, B. L. Rappel, L. J. Schmidt, and D. R. Ziegenhagen Direct mounting system for a disk drive 6,215,125 J. Chen, B. S. Freer, J. F. Grant, L. T. Jacobs, and J. Malenfant Method to operate GeF4 gas in hot cathode discharge ion sources 6,215,190 J. A. Bruce, J. D. Chapple-Sokol, C. W. Koburger, M. J. Lercel, R. W. Mann, J. S. Nakos, J. Pekarik, K. D. Peterson, and J. Rankin Borderless contact to diffusion with respect to gate conductor and methods for fabricating 6,215,349 D. Hanson and G. Mueller Capacitively coupled driver circuit 6,215,401 M. J. Brady and P. A. Moskowitz Non-laminated coating for radio frequency transponder (RF tag) 6,215,402 M. J. Brady, D. W. Duan, C. Feild, V. S. Kodukula, and P. A. Moskowitz Radio frequency identification transponder employing patch antenna 6,215,403 H. Chan, T. Y. Kwok, and F. T. Tong Wireless monitoring system 6,215,412 P. A. Franaszek, C. J. Georgiou, R. F. Lusch, J. M. Mosley, and H. T. Olnowich All node switch--an unclocked, unbuffered, asynchronous, switching apparatus 6,215,480 C. Danis, J. F. Kelley, and W. A. Nagy Dynamic cylindrical display for pen-sized computing 6,215,490 M. Kaply Task window navigation method and system 6,215,606 T. J. Chainer, W. J. Sohn, and E. J. Yarmchuk Method and system for writing a servo-pattern on a storage medium 6,215,608 L. J. Serrano and M. H. Yu Hardware inhibit for a disk drive digital servo control system 6,215,622 O. J. Ruiz and M. K. Shafe Laminated hard disk head suspension and etching process 6,215,649 B. K. Appelt and J. M. Lauffer Printed circuit board capacitor structure and method 6,215,772 D. C. Verma Dynamic parameter estimation for efficient transport of HPR data on IP networks 6,216,102 M. J. Martino and R. C. Paulsen Natural language determination using partial words 6,216,121 C. L. Klassen Generating a web page with subtemplates to display information from a post office system 6,216,132 M. C. Astley, T. Chandra, R. E. Strom, and D. C. Sturman Method and system for matching consumers to events 6,216,143 S. M. Fillipi, T. A. Gall, and J. M. Ryan Apparatus and method for generating animated color coded software traces 6,216,149 M. H. Conner and N. Coskun Method and system for efficient control of the execution of actions in an object oriented program 6,216,150 P. R. Badovinatz, M. L. Blount, L. Brenner, T. D. Chandra, A. S. Gopal, D. D. Jurgensen, M. A. Kaplan, O. T. Kirby, J. A. Pershing, and J. Turek A program product for an application programming interface unifying multiple mechanisms 6,216,159 R. S. Chintakrindi, T. E. Murphy, Jr., P. F. Rieth, and J. S. Stevens Method and system for IP address accessibility to server applications 6,216,162 D. P. Dutcher, S. A. Smith, and W. H. Sinclair, Jr. Extending ``alias'' support to heterogeneous servers 6,216,209 W. S. Cadden, R. Lee, and O. Skudal Multi-volume, write-behind data storage in a distributed processing system 6,216,210 W. S. Cadden Record-based backward skipping within physical blocks of data 6,216,211 G. F. McBrearty and J. M. Shieh Method and apparatus for accessing mirrored logical volumes 6,216,212 J. R. Challenger, P. M. Dantzig, A. K. Iyengar, and G. A. Spivak Scaleable method for maintaining and making consistent updates to caches 6,216,226 S. A. Agha, C. Mehta, and M. I. Patel Method and system for dynamically selecting a boot process within a data processing system 6,216,324 M. S. Farooq, S. Farooq, H. C. Hamel, J. U. Knickerbocker, R. A. Rita, and H. I. Stoller Method for a thin film multilayer capacitor 6,216,937 S. DeLaurentis, M. J. Interrante, R. A. Jackson, J. Knickerbocker, S. K. Ray, and K. A. Stalter Process and apparatus to remove closely spaced chips on a multi-chip module 6,216,938 N. A. Card, J. M. Ergler, J. D. Herard, P. R. Kasperek, R. S. McKinley, and D. J. Woan Machine and process for reworking circuit boards 6,216,970 D. H. Byrne and A. Chliwnyj Method for reducing mechanical distortion on magnetic tape 6,216,988 J. M. Hsu and P. Hsu Integrated wrist rest 6,217,185 C. Feger and R. L. Sandstrom Efficient backlighting for a portable display 6,217,422 D. L. Franca, R. M. Khoury, J. M. Ocasio, and U. A. Ziemins Light energy cleaning of polishing pads 6,217,671 D. W. Henderson and J. Spalik Composition for increasing activity of a no-clean flux 6,217,734 C. Uzoh Novel electroplating electrical contacts 6,217,989 J. A. Brody, H. Cox, J. Garant, H. Liu, P. G. McLaughlin, and T. A. Wayson Conductive line features for enhanced reliability of multi-layer ceramic substrates 6,218,056 M. Pinarbasi and A. Renaldo Method of making highly defined bilayer lift-off mask 6,218,175 R. Saraf and H. K. Wickramasinghe Nano-devices using block-copolymers 6,218,236 L. Economikos, H. I. Hanafi, T. Kanarsky, and C. S. Murthy Method of forming a buried bitline in a vertical DRAM device 6,218,315 A. W. Ballantine, K. Chan, D. D. Coolbaugh, and D. K. Johnson HTO (high temperature oxide) deposition for