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Volume 45, Number 6, 2001
Nontopical issue
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Patents

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

United States
6,229,173 U. Gruening and C. J. Radens Hybrid 5F2 cell layout for buried surface strap aligned to vertical transistor
6,229,334 R. A. Kelley and D. Neal Voltage overshoot control
6,229,338 P. K. Coulman, S. H. Dhong, J. A. Silberman, and O. Takahashi Method and apparatus for reducing dynamic programmable logic array propagation delay
6,229,358 D. W. Boerstler and J. A. Silberman Delayed matching signal generator and frequency multiplier using scaled delay networks
6,229,372 D. T. Hui, B. W. Mashak, S. H. Voldman, and R. R. Williams Active clamp network for multiple voltages
6,229,374 J. Tammone Variable gain amplifiers and methods having a logarithmic gain control function
6,229,465 R. N. Bulaga, B. Cummings, D. Firth, J. L. Harris, C. Newman, and D. L. Wheater Built in self test method and structure for analog to digital converter
6,229,524 R. Chernock, F. Schaffa, and D. Seidman User interface for interaction with video
6,229,526 V. Berstis Method and system for simultaneous operation of multiple handheld IR control devices in a data processing system
6,229,544 B. J. Cragun Tiled image editor
6,229,664 T. R. Albrecht and J. Kuan Head-disk interface tester with optically servo controlled rotary voice coil motor actuator
6,229,676 W. L. Prater Ferrofluid seal for actuator bearing
6,229,693 D. W. Hill and J. Karidis Articulated display for notebook computer
6,229,697 E. J. Selker Notebook computer having a resilient, portfolio-type case
6,229,699 B. Kerrigan and J. W. Young Packaging apparatus and method for network computer chassis
6,229,708 J. S. Corbin, D. A. Hall, K. C. Larsen, M. W. Mueller, and P. M. Thomsen Multi-axis microprocessor docking mechanism
6,229,712 D. E. McConnell and C. Munoz-Bustamante Printed circuit board for coupling surface mounted optoelectric semiconductor devices
6,229,750 A. Correale and R. J. Lynch Method and system for reducing power dissipation in a semiconductor storage device
6,229,754 E. L. Carter, M. H. Lee, M. R. Ouellette, G. Q. Wang, and M. H. Wood Write through function for a memory
6,229,779 R. E. Berry, S. A. Morgan, J. M. Mullaly, D. J. Roberts, C. A. Swearingen, and A. C. Temple Physical play-in-place audio compact disc jewel case
6,229,801 R. E. Anderson, E. M. Foster, and G. W. Rohrbaugh Delivery of MPEG2 compliant table data
6,229,853 C. A. Gebler, A. Y. Ngai, M. P. Vachon, and R. L. Woodard Method and apparatus to accommodate partial picture input to an MPEG-compliant encoder
6,230,038 R. J. Von Gutfeld and J. F. Ziegler Imaging of internal structures of living bodies by sensing implanted magnetic devices
6,230,121 O. W. Weber Measurement and validation of interaction and communication
6,230,151 R. Agrawal, C. T. Ho, and M. J. Zaki Parallel classification for data mining in a shared-memory multiprocessor system
6,230,153 S. K. Howard, D. C. Martin, and M. E. Plutowski Association rule ranker for web site emulation
6,230,157 M. C. Azua, R. D. Hoffman, and J. W. Malcolm Flattening complex data structures in Java/JavaScript objects
6,230,161 P. T. Berkland, H. J. Glaser, and S. E. Nickolas Dynamic expression editor
6,230,167 J. S. Lipscomb, W. L. Luken, J. P. Menon, and B. O. Schneider Method and apparatus for generating and displaying hotlinks in a panoramic three dimensional scene
6,230,168 P. Gegen, P. T. Leone, T. Rauch, and J. Unger Method for automatically constructing contexts in a hypertext collection
6,230,171 G. Pacifici and A. S. Youssef Markup system for shared HTML documents
6,230,183 J. E. Arwe, C. K. Eilert, and P. B. Yocum Method and apparatus for controlling the number of servers in a multisystem cluster
6,230,196 T. Guenthner, F. D. Lawlor, D. H. Lin, and C. Schmitt Generation of smart HTML anchors in dynamic web page creation
6,230,198 C. S. Dawson, M. A. Kaczmarski, B. J. Vining, and D. P. Warren Server-to-server event logging
6,230,218 D. Casper and J. C. Elliott Apparatus for transferring execution of certain channel functions to a control unit having means for combining certain commands and data packets in one sequence
6,230,219 J. S. Fields, Jr. and G. L. Guthrie High performance multichannel DMA controller for a PCI host bridge with a built-in cache
6,230,242 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and G. L. Guthrie Store instruction having vertical memory hierarchy control bits
6,230,243 D. A. Elko, J. W. Josten, J. M. Nick, D. H. Surman, and W. W. Wilkinson Method, system and program products for managing changed data of castout classes
6,230,247 D. M. Cannon and H. N. Martin Method and apparatus for adaptive storage space allocation
6,230,260 D. A. Luick Circuit arrangement and method of speculative instruction execution utilizing instruction history caching
6,230,265 G. H. Ahrens, J. C. Kennel, J. M. Patel, and K. P. Szabo Method and system for configuring resources in a data processing system utilizing system power control information
6,230,283 M. Gambino Logical connection resynchronization
6,230,290 D. Heidel, W. Hwang, and T. Kirihata Method of self programmed built in self test
6,230,302 C. I. Gabele, P. T. Patel, S. T. Quay, A. K. Spencer, and P. G. Villarrubia Method and system for performing timing analysis on an integrated circuit design
6,230,311 S. N. Gerard, S. L. Halter, S. J. Munroe, and E. E. Voldal Apparatus and method for disabling methods called on an object
6,230,314 P. F. Sweeney and F. Tip Method and device for program transformation using class hierarchy transformation based upon type constraint analysis
6,231,224 E. T. Gamble and E. McNulty Light pipe guide and carrier for hard disk drive
6,231,249 R. H. Harris Duplex printer using a ribbon shifting mechanism
6,231,333 T. G. Ference, P. A. Gruber, B. Hernandez, E. M. Kummer, and A. R. Zingher Apparatus and method for vacuum injection molding
6,231,526 R. H. Taylor System and method for augmentation of surgery
6,231,707 D. Gupta, L. W. Herron, J. U. Knickerbocker, D. C. Long, J. P. Nayak, and R. A. Rita Method of forming a multi-layer ceramic substrate with max-punched vias
6,232,045 C. DeCusatis and L. Jacobowitz System for creating, reading and writing on rotatable information storage media, a method for producing a recording blank
6,232,143 J. T. Maddix, A. M. Palagonia, P. J. Pikna, and D. P. Vallett Micro probe ring assembly and method of fabrication
6,232,154 H. Haffner, L. L. Hsu, G. Lehmann, and A. Reith Optimized decoupling capacitor using lithographic dummy filler
6,232,163 J. S. Brown, R. J. Gauthier, and S. H. Voldman Semiconductor diode with depleted polysilicon gate structure and method
6,232,170 M. C. Hakey and W. H. Ma Method of fabricating trench for SOI merged logic DRAM
6,232,173 F. Assaderaghi, L. L. Hsu, and J. A. Mandelman Process for forming a memory structure that includes NVRAM, DRAM, and/or SRAM memory structures on one substrate and process for forming a new NVRAM cell structure
6,232,222 M. Armacost, R. Conti, J. P. Gambino, and J. K. Stephens Method of eliminating a critical mask using a blockout mask and a resulting semiconductor structure
6,232,363 F. D. Egitto, L. J. Matienzo, and B. O. Morrison, Jr. Method for producing a diffusion barrier and polymeric article having a diffusion barrier
6,232,559 M. L. Janecek Multi-layer printed circuit board registration
6,232,564 S. F. Arndt, M. Budman, and J. R. Stack Printed wiring board wireability enhancement
6,232,633 J. Bracchitta and J. S. Nakos NVRAM cell using sharp tip for tunnel erase
6,232,639 F. D. Baker, J. S. Brown, R. J. Gauthier, S. J. Holmes, R. K. Leidy, E. J. Nowak, and S. H. Voldman Method and structure to reduce latch-up using edge implants
6,232,667 E. B. Hultmark and B. C. Noble Technique for underfilling stacked chips on a cavity MLC module
6,232,798 P. K. Coulman, S. H. Dhong, J. A. Silberman, and O. Takahashi Self resetting circuit timing correction
6,232,799 D. H. Allen and D. L. Stasiak Method and apparatus for selectively controlling weak feedback in regenerative pass gate logic circuits
6,232,806 B. G. Rudolph, J. D. Strom, and D. M. Woeste Multiple-mode clock distribution apparatus and method with adaptive skew compensation
6,232,967 N. J. Dauerer and E. E. Kelley Web browser column control
6,232,968 C. Alimpich, B. Jeffcoat, D. Neuhard, L. L. Vigil, and J. Wittig Data processor controlled display system with a plurality of switchable customized basic function interfaces for the control of varying types of operation
6,232,971 T. Haynes Variable modality child windows
6,233,073 M. D. Bowers, D. E. Denning, R. G. Emberty, and C. A. Klein Diagnostic injection of transmission errors in fiber optic networks
6,233,121 T.-S. S. Pan Magnetic disk drive suspension pitch motion limiter
6,233,142 B. Kerrigan, H. C. Tanner, and J. W. Young Mechanical architecture of supporting a hard disk drive into a feature card slot in a network computer
6,233,143 E. T. Gamble and E. McNulty Shock dampening system for hard disk drive carrier
6,233,184 J. Barth, C. L. Bertin, J. H. Dreibelbis, W. F. Ellis, E. L. Hedberg, W. J. Howell, H. L. Kalter, W. R. Tonti, and D. L. Wheater Structure for wafer level test and burn-in
6,233,191 S. W. Gould, J. A. Iadanza, and F. R. Keyser Field programmable memory array
6,233,206 H. Hamann, Y. Martin, and H. Wickramasinghe Assembly for writing/reading high density magnetic data
6,233,560 A. R. Tannenbaum Method and apparatus for presenting proximal feedback in voice command systems
6,233,575 R. Agrawal and B. E. Dom Feature selection, hierarchical classification and context-dependent signature generation for text databases
6,233,583 R. A. Hoth Report generator for use within a Lotus Notes database system
6,233,584 K. J. Purcell Technique for providing a universal query for multiple different databases
6,233,598 R. A. Kertis Interleaved finite impulse response (FIR) filter functions for servo and data detection in a direct access storage device (DASD)
6,233,599 W. G. Nation, R. N. Newshutz, and J. C. Willis Apparatus and method for retrofitting multi-threaded operations on a computer by partitioning and overlapping registers
6,233,612 B. Fruchtman, M. A. Kaczmarski, and D. P. Warren Dynamic network protocol management information base options
6,233,622 B. P. Atsatt, S. R. Loomis, and G. R. Turner Adapter and handler framework for web server extensions
6,233,630 G. W. Wilhelm, Jr. Resource management system having a control structure to indicate the availability of integer from an integer pool upon responsive to a request
6,233,636 R. A. Kelley, D. Neal, and K. A. Riek Method and system for allowing PCI bus transactions to be performed at higher operating frequencies
6,233,639 T. Dell, B. G. Hazelzet, M. W. Kellogg, C. R. Ogilvie, and P. C. Stabler Memory card utilizing two wire bus
6,233,641 C. S. Graham, S. M. Lambeth, D. F. Moertl, and P. Movall Apparatus and method of PCI routing in a bridge configuration
6,233,642 D. J. Martens and E. Yaniv Method of wiring a 64-bit rotator to minimize area and maximize performance
6,233,643 L. P. Andrews, R. Beckman, R. C. Eng, J. M. Linger, J. R. Petty, J. Sinibaldi, G. L. Turbeville, and K. B. Williams Apparatus including a host processor and communications adapters interconnected with a bus
6,233,644 D. J. Dahlen, J. M. Nick, D. H. Surman, and D. W. Westcott System of performing parallel cleanup of segments of a lock structure
6,233,655 W. H. Li, C. K. Shum, and C. F. Webb Method for quad-word storing into 2-way interleaved L1 cache
6,233,666 T. S. Mathews, K. V. Nallapati, and D. W. Sheffield Deferred disk drive space allocation for virtual memory pages with management of disk address recording in multipage tables without external process interrupts for table for input/output to memory
6,233,674 E. N. Elnozahy Method and system for scope-based compression of register and literal encoding in a reduced instruction set computer (RISC)
6,233,680 D. C. Bossen, A. Kitamorn, and C. A. McLaughlin Method and system for boot-time deconfiguration of a processor in a symmetrical multi-processing system
6,233,685 S. W. Smith and S. Weingart Establishing and employing the provable untampered state of a device
6,233,693 N. C. Berglund and D. A. Verburg Smart DASD spin-up
6,233,714 M. Hassner and N. N. Heise Generalized method and means for defining and operating a (D, K) partial-response ML detector of binary-coded sequences
6,233,725 B. A. Beadle, M. Brown, M. Paolini, and D. S. Rothert Method and apparatus to coordinate and control the simultaneous use of multiple just in time compilers with a Java virtual machine
6,233,728 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 debugging option for computer programs
6,233,959 S. Kang, H. V. Mahaney, R. R. Schmidt, and P. Singh Dehumidified cooling assembly for IC chip modules
6,233,960 S. Kang, H. V. Mahaney, R. R. Schmidt, and P. Singh Spot cooling evaporator cooling system for integrated circuit chip modules
6,234,009 D. Chen, E. Flecha, J. Hammond, and K. G. Roessler Controlling motion of a scanning force microscope probe tip moving into engagement with a sample surface
6,234,687 R. R. Hall and H. T. Lin Self-aligning method and interlocking assembly for attaching an optoelectronic device to a coupler
6,234,695 S. C. Freedman, D. F. Fritz, R. W. Kruppa, and R. D. Yoder Variable power thermal printer
6,234,807 K. Amini, J. C. Diepenbrock, R. J. Evans, M. L. Scollard, and M. B. Tran Circuit board connector edge with straddle pattern tab design for impedance-controlled connections
6,234,829 M. W. Mueller, P. M. Thomsen, and L. M. Walter Method and device for identifying card slots that are required to be populated concurrently in a computer system
6,234,870 D. C. Edelstein and C. Uzoh Serial intelligent electro-chemical-mechanic wafer processor
6,235,406 C. Uzoh Copper film including laminated impurities
6,235,411 K. J. Blackwell, P. C. Chen, A. R. Knoll, L. J. Matienzo, and R. D. Weale Process for coating a substrate with metallic layer
6,235,412 T. J. Cheng, A. Giri, A. K. Malhotra, J. Pennacchia, E. D. Perfecto, and R. Yu Corrosion-resistant terminal metal pads for thin film packages
6,235,435 S. Peng Dichroic photo mask and methods for making and inspecting same
6,235,439 C. A. Whiting Method for controlling image size of integrated circuits on wafers supported on hot plates during post exposure baking of the wafers
6,235,452 J. Collins, L. C. MacDowell, W. M. Moreau, and M. Santarelli Detection of a gaseous substance emanating from a layer of polymeric composition
6,235,544 P. A. Franklin, C. J. Hendricks, R. Surprenant, S. J. Tirch, T. A. Wassick, and J. P. Wood Seed metal delete process for thin film repair solutions using direct UV laser
6,235,567 F. Y. Huang Silicon-germanium BiCMOS on SOI
6,235,597 G. L. Miles Semiconductor structure having reduced silicide resistance between closely spaced gates and method of fabrication
6,235,996 S. Farooq, M. J. Interrante, S. K. Ray, and W. E. Sablinski Interconnection structure and process for module assembly and rework
6,236,060 K. K. Chan and S. Tiwari Light emitting structures in back-end of line silicon technology
6,236,077 J. P. Gambino, R. Jammy, J. A. Mandelman, and C. J. Radens Trench electrode with intermediate conductive barrier layer
6,236,103 K. Bernstein, R. M. Geffken, W. D. Pricer, A. K. Stamper, and S. H. Voldman Integrated high-performance decoupling capacitor and heat sink
6,236,115 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
6,236,196 D. Guidotti, A. Halperin, M. E. Scaman, and A. R. Zingher Thermal modulation system and method for locating a circuit defect
6,236,233 K. R. Vannorsdel Method and system for translating TTL off-chip drive for integrated circuit with negative substrate bias
6,236,253 T. L. Leasure and J. A. Paredes Apparatus and method for controlling a reset in a self-timed circuit of a multiple-clock system
6,236,258 H. Hoenigschmid and D. Netis Wordline driver circuit using ring-shaped devices
6,236,267 C. Anzil Linearization for power amplifiers using feed-forward and feedback control
6,236,535 L. J. Gilliland and C.-H. Lee Spindle motor with hydrodynamic bearing
6,236,542 B. R. Denhartog, D. L. Fox, J. A. Hagan, C. S. Shen, and K. V. Viswanathan Substrate independent superpolishing process and slurry
6,236,573 J. G. Gunddlach and P. Wormsbecher Apparatus and method for single-handed manipulation of latching pluggable electronic component
6,236,589 A. Gupta and R. Saraf Ultra high density storage media and method thereof
6,236,617 L. L. Hsu, H. O. Joachim, H. Wong, and M. R. Wordeman High performance CMOS word-line driver
6,236,727 M. L. Ciacelli, J. E. Fetkovich, J. L. Kouloheris, W. M. Lam, and J. W. Urda Apparatus, method and computer program product for protecting copyright data within a computer system
6,236,909 J. C. Colson and S. G. Graham Method for representing automotive device functionality and software services to applications using JavaBeans
6,236,936 V. Berstis and J. L. Smith Maintaining a desired separation or distribution in a moving cluster of machines using a time multiplexed global positioning system
6,236,968 D. Kanevsky and W. Zadrozny Sleep prevention dialog based car system
6,236,985 C. Aggarwal, J. Wolf, and P. S. Yu System and method for searching databases with applications such as peer groups, collaborative filtering, and e-commerce
6,236,989 S. A. Mandyam and S. Saxena Network based help architecture
6,237,000 D. J. Dahlen and D. A. Elko Method and apparatus for previewing the results of a data structure allocation
6,237,004 J. P. Dodson, M. Nguyen, and C. A. Schwendiman System and method for displaying data using graphical user interface control elements
6,237,008 D. G. Beal, M. S. Milillo, and C. J. West System and method for enabling pair-pair remote copy storage volumes to mirror data in another storage volume
6,237,019 D. F. Ault and J. M. Forsythe Method and apparatus for performing a semaphore operation
6,237,030 D. M. Adams, J. J. Maddalozzo, G. F. McBrearty, and J. M. Shieh Method for extracting hyperlinks from a display document and automatically retrieving and displaying multiple subordinate documents of the display document
6,237,035 M. C. Azua, R. D. Hoffman, and M. Mall System and method for preventing duplicate transactions in an internet browser/internet server environment
6,237,043 M. Brown, M. T. Collins, W. Gu, P. J. Kilpatrick, and K. R. Lawrence System and method for adding highly optimized synchonization capability to objects at run-time
6,237,048 J. M. Allen, D. F. Moertl, D. M. Neal, G. M. Nordstrom, and T. J. Osten Adapter card with vendor unique differentiation and customization using PCI sideband signals
6,237,057 R. A. Kelley and D. Neal Method and system for PCI slot expansion via electrical isolation
6,237,062 W. C. Carlson and J. W. Peake Storage and access to scratch mounts in VTS system
6,237,067 R. J. Eberhard, E. Wong, and V. P. Zeyak, Jr. System and method for handling storage consistency conflict
6,237,068 W. S. Cadden, R. Lee, and O. Skudal System for multi-volume, write-behind data storage in a distributed processing system
6,237,070 S. W. Ng Method and system for determining the data layout geometry of a disk drive
6,237,081 H. Q. Le, B. J. Ronchetti, D. J. Shippy, and L. E. Thatcher Queuing method and apparatus for facilitating the rejection of sequential instructions in a processor
6,237,085 J. L. Burns, S. H. Dhong, and K. J. Nowka Processor and method for generating less than (LT), greater than (GT), and equal to (EQ) condition code bits concurrent with a logical or complex operation
6,237,092 K. F. Hayes Client-server system with central application management allowing an administrator to configure user and group contexts during application configuration without relaunching the application
6,237,100 D. Cromer, B. Ellison, J. W. Freeman, E. Kern, and R. S. Springfield Power passwords within a data processing system for controlling a supply of system power
6,237,101 W. Moore and S. T. Ventrone Microprocessor including controller for reduced power consumption during decoding of instructions by microcode units
6,237,103 N. Y. Lam, L. E. Simmons, and F. M. Liu Power sequencing in a data processing system
6,237,111 M. Gambino Method for logical connection resynchronization
6,237,119 M. D. Weber Method and system for making internal states of an integrated circuit visible during normal operation without the use of dedicated I/O pins
6,237,132 A. A. Dean, K. J. Goodnow, S. W. Gould, K. Torino, and S. T. Ventrone Toggle based application specific core methodology
6,237,134 N. Sundaresan Method of, system for, and article of manufacture for providing a generic adaptor for converting from a non-future function pointer to a future function object
6,237,140 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. Wienmann, and M. T. Wheatley Compiler-assisted or interpreter-assisted windowing solution to the year 2000 problem for computer programs
6,237,142 S. Brodsky, D. Gangopadhyay, T. J. Grose, R. M. Lau, and S. Mitra Method for synchronization between links and group definitions within an object-oriented system
6,237,393 D. B. Ames and M. J. Schade Wafer center alignment device and method of wafer alignment
6,238,026 J. Adams, R. Crigler, P. Haughton, G. Proctor, R. Samper, and K. Whitehead System and method for mounting components in a computer chassis
6,238,337 N. Kambhatla, D. Kanevsky, W. Zadrozny, and A. Zlatsin Medical non-intrusive prevention based on network of embedded systems
6,238,469 M. Ronay Dual-valent rare earth additives to polishing slurries
6,238,513 K. Arnold, J. W. Lewis, and J. N. Pinto Wafer lift assembly
6,238,531 M. Pinarbasi Method and apparatus to improve the properties of ion beam deposited films in an ion beam sputtering system
6,238,532 D. Restaino, S. M. Rossnagel, A. H. Simon, and P. Smetana Radio-frequency coil for use in an ionized physical vapor deposition apparatus
6,238,589 E. I. Cooper, M. Datta, T. Dinan, T. Kanarsky, M. Pike, and R. Shenoy Method for monitoring components in the TiW etching bath used in the fabrication of C4s
6,238,599 J. D. Gelorme, S. K. Kang, and S. Purushothaman High conductivity, high strength, lead-free, low cost, electrically conducting materials and applications
6,238,737 K. K. Chan, E. C. Jones, F. R. McFeely, P. M. Solomon, and J. J. Yurkas Method for protecting refractory metal thin film requiring high temperature processing in an oxidizing atmosphere and structure
6,238,741 J. M. Blazick, M. E. Cropp, J. N. Humenik, G. H. Leino, J. P. Nayak, F. V. Ranalli, D. A. Sylvester, J. A. Trumpetto, J. Utter, R. V. Vallabhaneni, and R. Weisman Single mask screening process
6,238,850 O. Bula, D. Cole, E. W. Conrad, and W. C. Leipold Method of forming sharp corners in a photoresist layer
6,238,935 J. L. Egley, G. M. Gut, D. J. Koch, and M. A. Matusewic Silicon-on-sapphire wafer having conductive layer for detection with electrical sensors
6,238,946 J. F. Ziegler Process for fabricating single crystal resonant devices that are compatible with integrated circuit processing
6,238,963 B. Chen and C. Hwang Damascene process for forming ferroelectric capacitors
6,238,998 E. Leobandung Shallow trench isolation on a silicon substrate using nitrogen implant into the side wall
6,239,469 R. J. Bolam, R. J. Evans, and A. M. Palagonia Method for fabrication of silicon on insulator substrates
6,239,484 K. Dore and D. L. Edwards Underfill of chip-under-chip semiconductor modules
6,239,591 A. Bryant, E. J. Nowak, and M. H. Tong Method and apparatus for monitoring SOI hysteresis effects
6,239,617 J. J. Cahill, D. L. Guertin, R. R. Williams, and D. G. Young Mixed voltage output driver with automatic impedance adjustment
6,239,620 N. Aoki, S. H. Dhong, N. Y. Kojima, and J. A. Silberman Method and apparatus for generating true/complement signals
6,239,649 C. L. Bertin, J. J. Ellis-Monaghan, E. L. Hedberg, T. B. Hook, J. A. Mandelman, E. J. Nowak, W. D. Pricer, M. H. Tong, and W. R. Tonti Switched body SOI (silicon-on-insulator) circuits and fabrication method therefor
6,239,665 J. D. Strom Method and apparatus for switching in metal insulator metal capacitors and FET tuning capacitors for low noise oscillators
6,239,685 T. R. Albrecht and T. C. Reiley Bistable micromechanical switches
6,239,703 M. J. Brady, D. W. Duan, D. Friedman, H. Heinrich, and P. A. Moskowitz Communication pad structure for semiconductor devices
6,239,714 S. J. Hadderman and W. F. Relyea Controller for use in an interconnection system
6,239,799 B. J. Owings Method and system for providing a splitter bar control
6,239,800 D. L. Mayhew, M. Powell, and D. E. Shough Method and apparatus for leading a user through a software installation procedure via interaction with displayed graphs
6,239,802 L. C. Lahey, D. Neuhard, and D. R. Palmer File menu option for making file templates from pre-existing files
6,239,933 R. A. Kertis Method and circuits for high speed powerup of analog reference source for a direct access storage device (DASD)
6,239,936 D. W. Abraham, T. J. Chainer, K. Etzold, H. H. Ottesen, and G. J. Smith Method and apparatus for calibrating a thermal response of a magnetoresistive element
6,239,939 N. X. Bui, J. Fukuda, G. A. Jaquette, J. A. Koski, and K. Tsuruta Robust detection of data modulated into a timing based servo
6,239,947 L.-S. Fan, J. Hong, and W. H. Juan Microactuator with integrated sensor and drivers and method of manufacturing the same
6,239,955 R. E. Fontana, R. Hsiao, and H. A. Santini Stabilized MR sensor and heat guide joined by contiguous junction
6,239,975 B. Otis Enhanced arrangement for supplying continuous power to a circuit board
6,240,043 D. Hanson, T. Kirihata, and G. Mueller SDRAM with a maskable input
6,240,105 J. M. Zetts Video server streaming synchronization
6,240,139 T. A. Cao, S. Dutta, and D. Luk Apparatus and method for repeating simultaneously transmitted signals on a single transmission path
6,240,174 J. Silver Two-way transmission of subscriber provisional data for an intelligent peripheral in an advanced intelligent network
6,240,243 M.-S. Chen, D. D. Kandlur, and P. S. Yu Method and apparatus for storing and retrieving scalable video data in a disk-array-based video server
6,240,330 J. M. Kurtzberg and M. Levanoni Method for feedforward corrections for off-specification conditions
6,240,400 Y. L. Chou and A. Garg Method and system for accommodating electronic commerce in the semiconductor manufacturing industry
6,240,407 D. T. Chang, J. M. Cheng, J. H. Chow, and J. Xu Method and apparatus for creating an index in a database system
6,240,412 D. Y. Dyko, C. J. Hastings, R. Sobiesiak, and R. Wendt Integration of link generation, cross-author user navigation, and reuse identification in authoring process
6,240,419 P. A. Franaszek Compression store addressing
6,240,430 H. Y. Amro and K. W. Deike Method of multiple text selection and manipulation
6,240,433 M. S. Schmookler and D. Senzig High accuracy estimates of elementary functions
6,240,444 T. Fin, T. Fujisaki, M. Kobayashi, and M. Shinozaki Internet web page sharing
6,240,446 D. Casper and J. C. Elliott Multiplexing of multiple data packets for multiple input/output operations between multiple input/output devices and a channel subsystem having multiple channels
6,240,453 D. Y. Chang and J. S. Wang Managing unused resources in a service application
6,240,466 M. D. McKeehan, S. J. Munroe, and E. E. Voldal Object-oriented apparatus and method for determining new object location relative to an existing object
6,240,467 B. C. Beardsley, J. C. Elliott, and J. L. Iskiyan Input/output operation request handling for concurrently executing in a multi-host system
6,240,468 R. B. Capelli Interposed graphics device driver module processing function request within module in standard mode, and passing function request to specialized mode device driver in specialized mode
6,240,474 G. L. Guthrie, R. A. Kelley, D. Neal, and S. M. Thurber Pipelined read transfers
6,240,476 R. Garcia, K. A. Honeycutt, and S. E. Still System and method for allocating bus master control lines to peripheral devices connected to a bus
6,240,487 K. S. Chan, D. A. Hicks, P. P. Liu, R. P. Singh, and S. Tung Integrated cache buffers
6,240,489 C. M. Durham and B. P. Hanley Method for implementing a pseudo least recent used (LRU) mechanism in a four way cache memory within a data processing system
6,240,490 J. W. Lyles, Jr., J. T. Yen, Q. Yin, M. D. Griswold Comprehensive multilevel cache preloading mechanism in a multiprocessing simulation environment
6,240,492 E. M. Foster, S. B. Herndon, and C. H. Ngai Memory interface for functional unit of integrated system allowing access to dedicated memory and shared memory, and speculative generation of lookahead fetch requests
6,240,498 S. M. Dickes and P. B. Winterfield Object oriented storage pool apparatus and method
6,240,499 M. S. Spencer Method and system for improving data storage and access for programs written in mid-level programming languages
6,240,507 J. E. Derrick, S. Mallick, and R. McDonald Mechanism for multiple register renaming and method therefor
6,240,512 Y. Fang, I. L. Kao, and G. C. Wilson Single sign-on (SSO) mechanism having master key synchronization
6,240,521 R. J. Barber and E. J. Selker Sleep mode transition between processors sharing an instruction set and an address space
6,240,536 J. LeBlanc and D. G. Mikan Scannable latch circuit and method for providing a scan output from a latch circuit
6,240,546 L. C. Balfour, W. A. Carter, G. A. Dyck, D. E. Lee, B. B. Moore, G. V. Railsback, and J. D. Rotramel Identifying date fields for runtime year 2000 system solution process, method and article of manufacture