The following patents were issued to IBM inventors by the United States Patent Office.

United States
6,240,635	S. P. Graves and G. A. Huston		Printed circuit board scrap removal and printed circuit board fabrication process
6,241,868	G. N. Biggs, D. M. Brewer, J. E. Fluegel, S. Kaja, A. K. Malhotra, and P. W. Palmatier		Method for electroplating a film onto a substrate
6,241,913	M. Angelopoulos and Y.-H. Liao		Branched electrically conductive polymers and precursors and applications thereof
6,241,944	M. Budman		Aroma sensory stimulation in multimedia and method for using
6,242,139	J. C. Hedrick, D. A. Lewis, and S. J. Whitehair		Color filter for TFT displays
6,242,310	R. Divakaruni and J. A. Mandelman		Method of forming buried-strap with reduced outdiffusion including removing a sacrificial insulator leaving a gap and supporting spacer
6,242,321	R. E. Acosta, J. H. Comfort, A. Grill, D. E. Kotecki, and K. L. Saenger		Structure and fabrication method for non-planar memory elements
6,242,778	P. M. Marmillion, A. M. Palagonia, B. A. Pierson, and D. A. Schmidt		Cooling method for silicon on insulator devices
6,242,789	S. J. Weber, A. C. Brintzinger, R. Iggulden, M. Hoinkis, C. Narayan, and R. Van den Berg		Vertical fuse and method of fabrication
6,242,923	A. Halperin, M. E. Scaman, and E. J. Yarmchuk		Method for detecting power plane-to-power plane shorts and I/O net-to power plane shorts in modules and printed circuit boards
6,242,950	F. M. Bozso, P. G. Emma, and W. R. Reohr		Bidirectional data transfer path having increased bandwidth
6,243,089	Q. Gong		Web browser display indicator signaling that currently displayed web page needs to be reloaded
6,243,091	V. Berstis		Global history view
6,243,097	D. A. Brokenshire, S. C. Deffeyes, G. C. Fossum, and B. L. Minor		Bounding volume for 3D graphic primitives
6,243,235	T.-C. Fu, D. D. Palmer, and T.-S. Pan		Transducer suspension system with limiter
6,243,248	J. K. Gimzewski and R. R. Schlittler		Molecular arrangement and switching device
6,243,268	S. Kang, H. V. Mahaney, Jr., R. R. Schmidt, and P. Singh		Cooled IC chip modules with an insulated circuit board
6,243,283	C. L. Bertin, J. A. Fifield, E. L. Hedberg, R. J. Houghton, T. D. Sullivan, S. W. Tomashot, and W. R. Tonti		Impedance control using fuses
6,243,306	T. Kirihata		Defect management engine for generating a unified address to access memory cells in a primary and a redundancy memory array
6,243,332	K. E. Dimitri and J. W. Hammar		Input/output periscope station for libraries
6,243,360	A. R. Basilico		Network server having dynamic load balancing of messages in both inbound and outbound directions
6,243,378	H. T. Olnowich		Method and apparatus for minimizing contention losses in networks
6,243,413	T. J. Beukema		Modular home-networking communication system and method using disparate communication channels
6,243,420	J. L. Mitchell and B.-L. Yeo		Multi-spectral image compression and transformation
6,243,470	D. Coppersmith, R. Gennaro, S. Halevi, C. S. Jutla, S. M. Matyas, Jr., M. Peyravian, D. R. Safford, and N. Zunic		Method and apparatus for advanced symmetric key block cipher with variable length key and block
6,243,502	J. Christensen and J. C. Lee		Image quality maintenance
6,243,504	R. W. Kruppa		Integrated magnetic ink character recognition system and method therefor
6,243,647	V. Berstis and J. L. Smith		Three dimensional display for time multiplexed global positioning system cell location beacon system
6,243,655	R. J. Caggiano, C. Colpo, J. A. Hatley, W. P. Soroka, and R. K. Watts		Circuit trace probe and method
6,243,703	T. Couch and C. E. Drummond		Method of accessing and displaying subsystem parameters including graphical plan table data
6,243,722	D. R. Day and C. W. Romero		Method and system for a network-based document review tool utilizing comment classification
6,243,745	W. W. Casey, J. R. Dean, and I. M. Rodriguez		Configuring computer network operations based upon the correlation of a sequence of interactive display user entries apparently unrelated to computer operations
6,243,750	D. C. Verma		Method and system for measuring web site access requests
6,243,754	R. A. Guerin, A. Krishna, V. G. J. Peris, and D. C. Verma		Dynamic selection of network providers
6,243,759	E. B. Boden, P. A. Gebler, Jr., and F. A. Gruber		Method and system for configuring dynamic interfaces
6,243,763	S. A. Brodsky, G. C. Doney, M. M. Golding, and T. J. Grose		Method for sending a message to a group and the group broadcasts the message to its members or references within an object-oriented system
6,243,774	C. S. Eide, J. L. Naylor, and W. A. Thompson		Apparatus program product and method of managing computer resources supporting concurrent maintenance operations
6,243,776	G. M. Lattimore, R. J. Reese, and G. W.-Y. Yeung		Selectable differential or single-ended mode bus
6,243,788	Y. A. Baransky, H. Franke, O. Y. Krieger, and P. C. Pattnaik		Cache architecture to enable accurate cache sensitivity
6,243,812	S. M. Matyas and S. W. Smith		Authentication for secure devices with limited cryptography
6,243,816	Y. Fang, I.-L. Kao, I. M. Milman, and G. C. Wilson		Single sign-on (SSO) mechanism personal key manager
6,243,823	D. C. Bossen, A. Kitamorn, and C. A. McLaughlin		Method and system for boot-time deconfiguration of a memory in a processing system
6,243,828	M. S. Chase-Salerno and R. Ferri		System for parallel, remote administration of mirrored and alternate volume groups in a distributed data processing system
6,243,833	G. D. Hitchcock and L. P. Prissel		Apparatus and method for self generating error simulation test data from production code
6,243,854	Y. O. Kim, M. A. Lavin, W. F. Pokorny, and R. T. Sayah		Method for selecting hierarchical interactions in a hierarchical shapes processor
6,244,825	A. Imai, T. Sasaki, and N. Yuzuhara		Pump-protecting device, pump-protecting method and pumping apparatus
6,245,005	R. J. Von Gutfeld and J. F. Ziegler		Method and apparatus for facilitating radiation treatment of deep tumors
6,245,171	G. Natarajan, K. G. Sachdev, and A. S. Shagan		Multi-thickness, multi-layer green sheet lamination and method thereof
6,245,185	R. J. Bezama, D. Gupta, and G. Natarajan		Method of making a multilayer ceramic product with thin layers
6,245,186	D. J. Alcoe and S. B. Sathe		Electronic package with compressible heatsink structure
6,245,265	G. J. Chung and W. L. Prater		Method of forming a die-castable hollow core actuator arm with improved damping
6,245,488	T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, and P. A. Rabidoux		Method for forming features using frequency doubling hybrid resist and device formed thereby
6,245,492	W.-S. Huang, A. D. Katnani, R. W. Kwong, and K. H. Martinek		Photoresist system and process for aerial image enhancement
6,245,587	D. P. Vallett		Method for making semiconductor devices having backside probing capability
6,245,600	S. F. Geissler and S. H. Voldman		Method and structure for SOI wafers to avoid electrostatic discharge
6,245,613	L. L. Hsu, C.-C. Hu, and J. A. Mandelman		Field effect transistor having a floating gate
6,245,616	D. A. Buchanan, M. W. Copel, and P. R. Varekamp		Method of forming oxynitride gate dielectric
6,245,619	D. C. Boyd, H. I. Hanafi, and W. C. Natzle		Disposable-spacer damascene-gate process for sub 0.05 µm MOS devices
6,245,651	R. Divakaruni, L. A. Nesbit, and C. J. Radens		Method of simultaneously forming a line interconnect and a borderless contact to diffusion
6,245,668	S. B. Brodsky, W. J. Murphy, M. J. Rutten, D. C. Strippe, and D. S. Vanslette		Sputtered tungsten diffusion barrier for improved interconnect robustness
6,246,053	G. J. Johnson, R. A. Kendall, and D. J. Pinckney		Non-contact autofocus height detector for lithography systems
6,246,124	M. A. Jimarez, M. Perrino, S. K. Tran, and T. Y. Wu		Encapsulated chip module and method of making same
6,246,165	J. S. Beeteson		Magnetic channel cathode
6,246,254	C. N. Choukalos, A. A. Dean, S. A. Tetreault, and S. T. Ventrone		Method and circuit for providing copy protection in an application-specific integrated circuit
6,246,349	J. R. Baumgartner, N. Malik, and S. L. Roberts		Method and system for compressing a state table that allows use of the state table without full uncompression
6,246,410	L. M. Bergeron, M. P. Klein, and P. H. Orsillo		Method and system for database access
6,246,478	S. G. Chapman and A. G. N. Walter		Reticle for an object measurement system
6,246,534	D. R. Gillis and M. Suk		Hard disk drive with lube on demand actuators
6,246,542	P. Y. Hu		Single magnetic tape reel with dual-sided recording capability
6,246,543	P. M. Baumgart, W. P. Leung, H. V. Nguyen, T. A. Nguyen, A. C. Tam, and A. Wu		Textured data storage disk having a brittle nonmetallic substrate
6,246,553	R. G. Biskeborn		Shielded magnetoresistive head with charge clamp
6,246,572	R. A. Myers and J. D. Thomas		Use of a bezel wall as a locking device
6,246,581	S. Kang, H. V. Mahaney, Jr., R. R. Schmidt, and P. Singh		Heated PCB interconnect for cooled IC chip modules
6,246,583	J. E. Cronin, J. G. Patel, and D. A. Schmidt		Method and apparatus for removing heat from a semiconductor device
6,246,630	K. Hosokawa and T. Kirihata		Intra-unit column address increment system for memory
6,246,653	W. Ichihara, T. Kanai, K. Tsuruta, and T. Yasuda		Data slice circuit and data slice method
6,246,672	L. Lumelsky		Singlecast interactive radio system
6,246,688	A. J. Angwin, D. G. Bevis, J. C. Colson, M. L. Fraenkel, A. S. Gopal, and S. K. Singhal		Method and system for using a cellular phone as a network gateway in an automotive network
6,246,726	E. Garcia, G. S. Lucas, and J. A. Yanes		High speed digital data transmission by separately clocking and recombining interleaved data subgroups
6,246,733	R. A. Hutchins		Synchronous interface for asynchronous data detection channels
6,246,751	V. Bergl, K. Davies, A. P. Ittycheriah, and S. H. Maes		Apparatus and methods for user identification to deny access or service to unauthorized users
6,246,777	S. Agarwal, A. Aggarwal, H. S. Bassali, J. Chhugani, and P. K. Dubey		Compression-tolerant watermarking scheme for image authentication
6,246,793	K. Rindtorff and V. Rudolph		Method and apparatus for transforming an image for classification or pattern recognition
6,246,954	V. Berstis and J. L. Smith		Time multiplexed global positioning system for control of traffic lights
6,246,969	F. G. Cascio, M. H. Coq, R. D. Critelli, F. M. Desiano, T. A. Quinn, D. Simmons, and M. T. Sinclair		Method and apparatus for testing computer cooling systems
6,246,981	K. A. Papineni, S. Roukos, and R. T. Ward		Natural language task-oriented dialog manager and method
6,246,982	H. S. M. Beigi, S. H. Maes, and J. S. Sorensen		Method for measuring distance between collections of distributions
6,246,985	D. Kanevsky, S. H. Maes, W. W. Zadrozny, and A. Zlatsin		Method and apparatus for automatic segregation and routing of signals of different origins by using prototypes
6,246,990	A. J. Happ		Conversation management in speech recognition interfaces
6,246,997	R. C. Cybul, R. M. Szabo, and J. J. Toohey		Electronic commerce site with query interface
6,247,015	J. R. Baumgartner, N. Malik, and S. L. Roberts		Method and system for compressing files utilizing a dictionary array
6,247,021	M. A. Himmel, J. S. LaBaw, and H. Rodriguez		Searchable bookmark sets as an internet advertising medium
6,247,023	A. Chang and H.-I. Hsiao		Method for providing database recovery across multiple nodes
6,247,024	W. J. Kincaid		Method and system for performing deferred file removal in a file system
6,247,025	D. F. Bacon		Locking and unlocking mechanism for controlling concurrent access to objects
6,247,029	N. J. Dauerer and E. E. Kelley		Web browser form enhancements
6,247,032	R. S. Bernardo, E. Karra, and C. Logan		Automated system and method for approving web site content
6,247,038	T. W. Banks, I. Hunter, P. J. Lupton, G. Normington, and D. J. Zimmer		Optimized synchronization procedure
6,247,041	C. Casper, K. F. Dove, B. A. Kingsbury, P. E. Krueger, and P. E. McKenney		Multiprocessor computer system with user specifiable process placement
6,247,043	C. L. Bates and P. R. Day		Apparatus, program products and methods utilizing intelligent contact management
6,247,045	W. D. Shaw, E. Torche, and M. K. Wright		Method and apparatus for sending private messages within a single electronic message
6,247,055	C. L. Cotner and J. W. Pickel		System, method and program for enabling a client to reconnect to a same server in a network of computer systems after the server has moved to a different network address
6,247,078	W. S. Ebert, R. F. Lusch, K. R. Qualters, T. L. Sobotta, and J. E. Swenson		Computer interface for integrating a first computer into a second computer
6,247,091	T. D. Lovett		Method and system for communicating interrupts between nodes of a multinode computer system
6,247,096	J. A. Fisher, A. A. Lambert, and J. W. Peake		Handling eject requests of logical volumes in a data storage subsystem
6,247,097	B. Sinharoy		Aligned instruction cache handling of instruction fetches across multiple predicted branch instructions
6,247,098	R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis		Cache coherency protocol with selectively implemented tagged state
6,247,099	B. McKean, N. S. Otterness, and J. Skazinski		System and method for maintaining cache coherency and data synchronization in a computer system having multiple active controllers
6,247,100	R. A. Drehmel, K. H. Haselhorst, R. D. Hoover, and J. A. Marcella		Method and system for transmitting address commands in a multiprocessor system
6,247,103	R. F. Kern, R. M. Kern, W. F. Micka, and M. A. Sovik		Host storage management control of outboard data movement using push-pull operations
6,247,140	M. S. Chase-Salerno and R. Ferri		Parallel remote administration of mirrored and alternate volume groups in a distributed data processing system
6,247,152	B. L. Russell		Relocating unreliable disk sectors when encountering disk drive read errors with notification to user when data is bad
6,247,166	A. G. Aipperspach and P. T. Freiburger		Method and apparatus for assembling array and datapath macros
6,247,368	T. G. Van Kessel, S. R. Cline, W. O. Kalvaitis, R. J. Lebel, C. A. McKinney, and D. P. Nadeau		CMP wet application wafer sensor
6,247,645	R. H. Harris and R. W. Kruppa		Optical reader with combined housing and light pipe
6,247,816	T. M. Cipolla, F. E. Doany, R. L. Melcher, and R. N. Singh		Optical system for projection displays using spatial light modulators
6,247,853	A. J. Allen, M. A. Lavin, E. Papadopoulou, and G. E. Tellez		Incremental method for critical area and critical region computation of via blocks
6,247,937	T. Kimura, Y. Miwa, and M. Terada		Circuit board insertable with minimized force
6,248,455	J. A. Adams and J. R. McLean		Alloy-plated sheet steel cured with a thin layer of insulating polymer material forming an electrically nonconductive breachable metal substrate
6,248,599	K. S. Desai, P. A. Franklin, S. Kaja, K. A. Kelly, Y. L. Lee, A. G. Merryman, F. R. Morelli, T. A. Wassick, and R. Yu		Top-surface-metallurgy plate-up bonding and rewiring for multilayer devices
6,248,614	R. R. Kodnani, L. J. Matienzo, and S. K. Tran		Flip-chip package with optimized encapsulant adhesion and method
6,248,626	A. Kumar and S. Tiwari		Floating back gate electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM)
6,248,958	B. S. McClure and D. B. Stone		Resistivity control of cic material
6,248,961	W. M. Enroth, G. D. Oxx, Jr., and J. B. Porter		Wave solder application for ball grid array modules and solder plug
6,249,028	A. Bryant, E. J. Nowak, and M. H. Tong		Operable floating gate contact for SOI with high VT well
6,249,029	A. Bryant, W. F. Clark, J. J. Ellis-Monaghan, E. P. MacIejewski, E. J. Nowak, W. D. Pricer, and M. H. Tong		Device method for enhanced avalanche SOI CMOS
6,249,038	T. H. Daubenspeck, W. T. Motsiff, and J. H. Rankin		Method and structure for a semiconductor fuse
6,249,045	J. S. Kresge, D. B. Stone, and J. R. Wilcox		Tented plated through-holes and method for fabrication thereof
6,249,164	H. C. Cranford, Jr. and R. P. Rizzo		Delay circuit arrangement for use in a dac/driver waveform generator with phase lock rise time control
6,249,193	W. W. Abadeer, J. Connor, and P. R. Hansen		Termination impedance independent system for impedance matching in high speed input-output chip interfacing
6,249,283	S. Ur		Using ocr to enter graphics as text into a clipboard
6,249,319	L. L. Post		Method and apparatus for finding a correct synchronization point within a data stream
6,249,328	T. Fukuzawa and S. Shionoya		Liquid crystal display device having red, green, and blue fluorescent lamps having a particular phosphor composition or a double tube lamp
6,249,394	H. A. Au, P. C.-I. Fang, X.-J. (L). Feng, and R. Y.-S. Li		Method and apparatus for providing amplitude instability data recovery for AMR/GMR heads
6,249,399	T. J. Chainer, M. D. Schultz, B. C. Webb, and E. J. Yarmchuk		Methods and systems for self-servowriting including maintaining a reference level within a useable dynamic range
6,249,406	H. S. Gill and M. Pinarbasi		Magnetoresistive sensor with a soft adjacent layer having high magnetization, high resistivity, low intrinsic anisotropy and near zero magnetostriction
6,249,411	W. Hemena and R. S. Malik		Over-voltage protection circuit and method for preventing system shutdown in a power system employing multiple power supplies
6,249,432	J. R. Drake, E. T. Gamble, and J. F. Pacheco		Vibration dampening system for removable hard disk drive carriers
6,249,470	J. E. Andersen and M. R. Ouellette		Bi-directional differential low power sense amp and memory system
6,249,605	J. Mao and M. Zimmerman		Key character extraction and lexicon reduction for cursive text recognition
6,249,747	G. K. Binnig, J. Brugger, W. Haeberle, and P. Vettiger		Investigation and/or manipulation device
6,249,763	A. Minematsu		Speech recognition apparatus and method
6,249,768	S. Bagchi and W. A. Tulskie, Jr.		Strategic capability networks
6,249,769	K. R. Jayaram, A. C. Merenda, T. I. Morrison, C. A. Ordonez, A. H. Preston, M. Ruffin, J. L. Temple III, and E. L. Yan		Method, system and program product for evaluating the business requirements of an enterprise for generating business solution deliverables
6,249,773	D. J. Allard, K. N. Fortenberry, B. J. Konopik, R. M. Szabo, and J. J. Toohey		Electronic commerce with shopping list builder
6,249,776	S. P. Bajuk, C. L. Blouin, G. A. Blunt, G. D. Boldman, R. C. Juba, D. A. McAuliffe, P. J. Miller, S. A. Miraglia, and T. C. Richardson		Methodology for proper weighting of photolithography in the cost of semiconductor products
6,249,783	C. J. Crone, P. M. Malone, and J. R. Ruggles		Method and apparatus for efficiently executing built-in functions
6,249,789	W. M. Delia, W. Diehl, and F. X. Havko		Method of calculating time-sensitive work algorithms using inputs with different variable effective intervals
6,249,800	J. D. Aman, D. B. Emmes, and D. W. Palmieri		Apparatus and accompanying method for assigning session requests in a multi-server sysplex environment
6,249,811	A. Kido		Method of establishing a session between terminals on a network, remote terminal and recording medium
6,249,812	D. C. Cromer, G. W. Kilmer, H. J. Locker, R. S. Springfield, and J. P. Ward		Interactive system support using a system management ASIC
6,249,843	R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and G. L. Guthrie		Store instruction having horizontal memory hierarchy control bits
6,249,844	R. J. Schloss and P. S.-. Yu		Identifying, processing and caching object fragments in a web environment
6,249,845	J. M. Nunez and T. A. Petersen		Method for supporting cache control instructions within a coherency granule
6,249,849	K. F. Day III and D. W. Dewey		"Fail-safe" updating of redundant data in multiple data storage libraries
6,249,852	J. W. Benayon and G. W. Ewart		Method for heap management of fixed sized objects using pages
6,249,854	R. Fukuhisa, M. Hashimoto, S. Hirashita, and H. Saitoh		Data reading method and apparatus for a disk drive storage device
6,249,870	S. Kobayashi, A. Koide, N. Morimoto, and S. Shimizu		Data hiding method and data extraction method using statistical examination
6,249,906	F. E. Levine and C. P. Roth		Adaptive method and system to minimize the effect of long table walks
6,249,907	D. K. Carter, R. Wessels, and D. A. Yukihiro		Method system and article of manufacture for debugging a computer program by encoding user specified breakpoint types at multiple locations in the computer program
6,249,911	R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and G. L. Guthrie		Optimizing compiler for generating store instructions having memory hierarchy control bits
6,249,912	G. O. Blandy		Method and apparatus for determining most recently used methods
6,249,945	W.-M. Lee		Hard disk burnishing head
6,249,959	C. R. Mendel, D. T. Smith, D. J. Veerkamp, and S. H. Voss		Method for processing an integrated lead suspension
6,250,364	G. J. Chung and W. L. Prater		Semi-solid processing to form disk drive components
6,250,540	F. D. Egitto and L. J. Matienzo		Fluxless joining process for enriched solders
6,250,550	R. L. Bingham, K. E. Dimitri, M. Hasegawa, and D. J. Winarski		Automated media storage library with variable focal length lens
6,250,803	A. W. Ballantine and G. L. Miles		Method for temperature measurement using dopant segregation into titanium silicide
6,250,823	R. H. Harris, R. A. Myers, and J. D. Thomas		Cover-platen opening mechanism
6,250,932	C. M. Grosser and P. A. Smith		Insulating divider and connector for hot plug adapter card slots
6,251,251	P. C. Andricacos, J. O. Dukovic, C. E. Uzoh, and R. P. Westerfield, Jr.		Anode design for semiconductor deposition (anode isolator including at least one curvilinear surface that faces the anode and a surface that faces the cathode)
6,251,469	B. K. Appelt, J. J. Konrad, and K. Papathomas		Method of rendering a substrate selectively non-wettable chip carrier with enhanced wire bondability
6,251,528	D. C. Edelstein and C. E. Uzoh		Method to plate C4 to copper stud
6,251,560	R. D. Allen, P. J. Brock, R. A. DiPietro, H. Ito, H. D. Truong, P. R. Varanasi, and T. I. Wallow		Photoresist compositions with cyclic olefin polymers having lactone moiety
6,251,562	G. Breyta, T. C. Clarke, D. J. Dawson, R. P. Esch, and A. F. Renaldo		Antireflective polymer and method of use
6,251,569	M. Angelopoulos, E. D. Babich, I. Babich V, K. E. Babich, J. J. Bucchignano, K. E. Petrillo, and S. A. Rishton		Forming a pattern of a negative photoresist
6,251,707	W. E. Bernier, M. A. Gaynes, I. Memis, and H. Shaukatuallah		Attaching heat sinks directly to flip chips and ceramic chip carriers
6,251,710	A. C. Brintzinger and C. J. Radens		Method of making a dual damascene anti-fuse with via before wire
6,251,738	F.-Y. Huang		Process for forming a silicon-germanium base of heterojunction bipolar transistor
6,251,751	J. O. Chu, K. E. Ismail, K. Y. Lee, and J. A. Ott		Bulk and strained silicon on insulator using local selective oxidation
6,251,755	J. J. Ellis-Monaghan, T. Furukawa, and J. A. Slinkman		High resolution dopant/impurity incorporation in semiconductors via a scanned atomic force probe
6,251,766	K. Desai V and A. K. Sarkhel		Method for improving attachment reliability of semiconductor chips and modules
6,251,773	T. J. Hartswick and M. E. Masters		Method of designing and structure for visual and electrical test of semiconductor devices
6,251,775	D. S. Armbrust, M. L. Gibson, L. Serianni, and E. J. White		Self-aligned copper silicide formation for improved adhesion/electromigration
6,251,784	J. A. Gilhooly, L. Li, C. O. Morgan, and C. Wei		Real-time control of chemical-mechanical polishing processing by monitoring ionization current
6,251,787	D. C. Edelstein, W. J. Horkans, S. E. Luce, N. E. Lustig, K. R. Pope, and P. D. Roper		Elimination of photo-induced electrochemical dissolution in chemical mechanical polishing
6,252,012	F. D. Egitto, L. J. Matienzo, and B. O. Morrison, Jr.		Method for producing a diffusion barrier and polymeric article having a diffusion barrier
6,252,179	J. M. Lauffer and K. I. Papathomas		Electronic package on metal carrier
6,252,264	R. N. Bailey, B. McCredie, M. G. Nealon, and H. R. Stigdon		Integrated circuit chip with features that facilitate a multi-chip module having a number of the chips
6,252,267	W. P. Noble, Jr.		Five square folded-bitline DRAM cell
6,252,271	J. P. Gambino, L. L. Hsu, J. A. Mandelman, and D. C. Wheeler		Flash memory structure using sidewall floating gate and method for forming the same
6,252,275	J. M. Aitken, S. W. Mittl, and A. W. Strong		Silicon-on-insulator non-volatile random access memory device
6,252,284	K. P. L. Muller, E. J. Nowak, and H.-S. P. Wong		Planarized silicon fin device
6,252,292	A. C. Brintzinger, R. Iggulden, S. J. Weber, and P. Weigand		Vertical electrical cavity-fuse
6,252,295	D. R. Cote, D. C. Edelstein, J. A. Fitzsimmons, T. H. Ivers, P. C. Jamison, and E. Levine		Adhesion of silicon carbide films
6,252,307	B. K. Appelt, G. A. Johansson, G. W. Jones, L. J. Matienzo, Y. H. Nguyen, and K. I. Papathomas		Structure for preventing adhesive bleed onto surfaces
6,252,391	K. K. Kempter, M. F. McAllister, C. F. Pells, S. R. Richter, and G. Ruehle		High frequency probe
6,252,413	R. K. Watts		Positive side support test assembly
6,252,414	J. E. Boyette, Jr., J.-C. Lo, and Y.-Y. Yu		Method and apparatus for testing circuits having different configurations with a single test fixture
6,252,417	F. G. Adams, R. D. Adams, and E. S. Cooley		Fault identification by voltage potential signature
6,252,418	C. M. Durham, P. J. Klim, and S. A. Schmidt		Reduced area active above-supply and below-ground noise suppression circuits
6,252,429	F. Assaderaghi, C.-T. K. Chuang, and J. B. Kuang		Method and apparatus for improving device matching and switching point tolerance in silicon-on-insulator cross-coupled circuits
6,252,431	K. Hosokawa		Shared PMOS sense amplifier
6,252,443	A. M. Chu, J.-M. Dortu, and F. Ferraiolo		Delay element using a delay locked loop
6,252,587	L. J. Purple		Method and apparatus in a data processing system for accessing data
6,252,591	H. G. Dockweiler and J. Weber		Method for mapping a text-oriented user interface to a graphics user interface by means of a class library
6,252,592	S. M. Consolatti and D. D. King		Systems, methods and computer program products for scanning graphically represented elements
6,252,594	J. H. Bailey and C. Xia		Method and system for aiding a user in scrolling through a document using animation, voice cues and a dockable scroll bar
6,252,600	A. Kohli, C. E. Koob, T. P. Lanzoni, J. A. Pafumi, W. A. Wall, and J. A. Whaley		Computer graphics system with dual fifo interface
6,252,732	T. J. Chainer, A. P. Praino, M. D. Schultz, B. C. Webb, and E. J. Yarmchuk		Method and apparatus for correcting systematic errors in timing pattern generation
6,252,735	P. W. Chung and S. A. Jove		Voltage-biasing, voltage-sensing differential preamplifier for magnetoresistive elements
6,252,750	H. S. Gill		Read head with file resettable double antiparallel (AP) pinned spin valve sensor
6,252,779	M. A. Gaynes and M. V. Pierson		Ball grid array via structure
6,252,794	T. Sunaga and S. Watanabe		DRAM and data access method for DRAM
6,252,806	W. F. Ellis, L. L. Hsu, B. L. Ji, Y. Li, and O. Weinfurtner		Multi-generator, partial array VT tracking system to improve array retention time
6,252,810	K. Hosokawa		Circuit and method for detecting defects in semiconductor memory
6,252,814	S. A. Taylor and T. M. Tran		Dummy wordline circuitry
6,252,854	P. D. Hortensius, P. Kermani, M. Naghshineh, C. M. Olsen, and B. Rezvani		Rate selection in adaptive data rate systems
6,252,905	S. P. Pokrinchak and C. J. Stein		Real-time evaluation of compressed picture quality within a digital video encoder
6,252,968	A. Narasimhan and G. N. Ramaswamy		Acoustic quality enhancement via feedback and equalization for mobile multimedia systems
6,253,135	K. Hubacher		Power window regulator for automobiles
6,253,169	C. Apte, F. J. Damerau, and S. M. Weiss		Method for improvement accuracy of decision tree based text categorization
6,253,175	S. Basu and S. H. Maes		Wavelet-based energy binning cepstal features for automatic speech recognition
6,253,177	B. Ballard and J. R. Lewis		Method and system for automatically determining whether to update a language model based upon user amendments to dictated text
6,253,179	H. S. Beigi, U. Chaudhari V, S. H. Maes, and J. S. Sorensen		Method and apparatus for multi-environment speaker verification
6,253,196	G. Y. C. Fuh, M. M.-C. Jou, K. Kazimierowicz, B. T.-V. Tran, and Y. Wang		Generalized model for the exploitation of database indexes
6,253,197	B. G. Lindsay and E. J. Shekita		System and method for hash loops join of data using outer join and early-out join
6,253,209	M. S. Chase-Salerno and R. Ferri		Method for parallel, remote administration of mirrored and alternate volume groups in a distributed data processing system
6,253,211	G. S. Gillies, J. J. Gosden, S. Jafari-Langroudi, and K. J. Sutton		Replication tracking method and apparatus for a distributed data processing system
6,253,213	N. R. Vanderschaaf		Method and system for automatically maintaining data consistency across various databases
6,253,224	F. W. Brice, Jr., E. P. Hefferon, C. A. Scalzi, and R. P. Tarcza		Method and system for providing a hardware machine function in a protected virtual machine
6,253,229	C. R. Nielsen, R. L. Poston, S. G. Stair, and I.-H. Tsao		Hotspots only interfaces to links in hypertext document pages in network display stations
6,253,230	G. Couland, G. D. H. Hunt, M. D. G. Jean-Marie, and E. M. Levy-Abegnoli		Distributed scalable device for selecting a server from a server cluster and a switched path to the selected server
6,253,234	J. O. Fisher, G. T. Hunt, and E. Lambert		Shared web page caching at browsers for an intranet
6,253,240	G. T. Axberg, D. M. Baldwin, A. R. Heitman, U. D. Immaneni, G. Knight, D. L. Merbach, R. B. Nicholson, and W. R. Yonker		Method for producing a coherent view of storage network by a storage network manager using data storage device configuration obtained from data storage devices
6,253,251	M. Benantar, G. R. Blakley III, and A. J. Nadalin		Information handling system, method, and article of manufacture including integration of object security service authorization with a distributed computing environment
6,253,253	R. H. High, Jr., M. Kodeih, and C. K. Mason		Method and apparatus for optimizing references to objects in a data processing system
6,253,260	B. C. Beardsley, J. L. Iskiyan, and H. M. Yudenfriend		Input/output data access request with assigned priority handling
6,253,274	M. A. Boonie, J. M. Nick, P. G. Sutton, W. W. Wilkinson, and P. C. Yeh		Apparatus for a high performance locking facility
6,253,279	S. W. Ng		Method and system for determining the data layout geometry of a disk drive
6,253,286	R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and G. L. Guthrie		Apparatus for adjusting a store instruction having memory hierarchy control bits
6,253,294	I. Brogan, J. J. Brogan, Jr., and K. G. Dahman		Shared device access protection
6,253,295	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 pair of storage volumes
6,253,299	J. R. Smith, S. T. Ventrone, and K. R. Williams		Virtual cache registers with selectable width for accommodating different precision data formats
6,253,333	S. J. Bogumil, C. E. Boice, F. G. Webster, and R. L. Woodard		Apparatus and method for testing programmable delays
6,253,336	B. B. Moore		Predicting year-2000 instruction failures
6,253,338	L. R. Smolders		System for tracing hardware counters utilizing programmed performance monitor to generate trace interrupt after each branch instruction or at the end of each code basic block
6,253,350	C. M. Durham, P. J. Klim, and R. G. Walther		Method and system for detecting errors within complementary logic circuits
6,253,356	D. S. Kung		System and method for improving logic synthesis in logic circuits
6,253,368	C. J. Nelin, G. H. Roth, F. T. Sharp, and S.-H. J. Yeh		Dynamically debugging user-defined functions and stored procedures
6,253,369	D. P. Bonaccorsi, D. M. Cloud, K. F. Kelly, and M. K. Weeks		Workflow object compiler with user interrogated information incorporated into skeleton of source code for generating executable workflow objects
6,253,372	H. Komatsu and T. Ogasawara		Determining a communication schedule between processors