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

United States
6,253,783	K. A. Carlsen, J. Dietz, and J. McManus		Method for sub-atmospheric gas delivery with backflow control
6,253,835	R. C. Chu, M. J. Ellsworth, Jr., and R. E. Simons		Isothermal heat sink with converging, diverging channels
6,253,986	P. J. Brofman, P. A. Coico, M. G. Courtney, L. S. Goldmann, R. A. Jackson, W. E. Sablinski, K. A. Stalter, H. T. Toy, and L. Wang		Solder disc connection
6,254,410	M. Sugiyama and Y. Yoshikawa		Connector with a pull-out mechanism employing air pressure
6,254,453	J. A. Gilhooly, L. Li, C. O. Morgan III, and C. Wei		Optimization of chemical mechanical process by detection of oxide/nitride interface using cld system
6,254,461	F. P. Benning, D. L. Fox, J. A. Hagan, K. R. Lindemann, and D. L. Mabe		Process of dressing glass disk polishing pads using diamond-coated dressing disks
6,254,463	J. R. Case, G. A. Kiballa, and M. A. Shuman		Chemical planar head dampening system
6,254,662	C. B. Murray, S. Sun, and D. K. Weller		Chemical synthesis of monodisperse and magnetic alloy nanocrystal containing thin films
6,254,719	R. W. Cheek		Method for controlled removal of material from a solid surface
6,254,796	G. W. Gale, R. Jagannathan, K. P. Madden, K. J. McCullough, H. F. Okorn-Schmidt, K. R. Pope, and D. L. Rath		Selective etching of silicate
6,254,923	A. Boyd, W. French, S. P. Lees, K. S. Murray, and B. L. Robertson		Solder particle deposition
6,254,925	J. U. Knickerbocker, G. Natarajan, and R. A. Rita		Source metal embedded in an inert material and process thereof
6,254,972	D. S. Farquhar, K. I. Papathomas, and M. D. Poliks		Semiconductor device having a thermoset-containing dielectric material and methods for fabricating the same
6,255,122	P. R. Duncombe, R. B. Laibowitz, D. A. Neumayer, and T. M. Shaw		Amorphous dielectric capacitors on silicon
6,255,136	D. J. Alcoe and S. B. Sathe		Method of making electronic package with compressible heatsink structure
6,255,139	P. A. Coico, D. L. Edwards, S. Iruvanti, F. L. Pompeo, R. A. Sherif, and H. T. Toy		Method for providing a thermal path through particles embedded in a thermal cap
6,255,145	A. Ajmera, D. K. Sadana, and D. J. Schepis		Process for manufacturing patterned silicon-on-insulator layers with self-aligned trenches and resulting product
6,255,157	L. L. Hsu, D. E. Kotecki, and J. A. Mandelman		Method for forming a ferroelectric capacitor under the bit line
6,255,158	T. Furukawa, U. Gruening, D. V. Horak, J. A. Mandelman, C. J. Radens, and T. S. Rupp		Process of manufacturing a vertical dynamic random access memory device
6,255,178	J. S. Brown, J. S. Dunn, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, R. K. Leidy, and S. H. Voldman		Method for forming transistors with raised source and drains and device formed thereby
6,255,179	M. W. Cantell, K. Giewont, J. B. Lasky, and K. D. Peterson		Plasma etch pre-silicide clean
6,255,185	D. D. Coolbaugh, G. R. Miller, and S. M. Ratenberg		Two step anneal for controlling resistor tolerance
6,255,200	A. W. Ballantine, K. K. Chan, G. L. Langdeau, and M. B. Rice		Polysilicon structure and process for improving CMOS device performance
6,255,208	W. E. Bernier, C. L. Bertin, A. C. Bhatt, M. A. Gaynes, E. L. Hedberg, N. M. Murdeshwar, M. V. Pierson, W. R. Tonti, P. A. Totta, H. J. J. Van, and J. M. Zalesinski		Selective wafer-level testing and burn-in
6,255,217	P. D. Agnello, L. P. Buchwalter, J. Hummel, B. Luther, and A. K. Stamper		Plasma treatment to enhance inorganic dielectric adhesion to copper
6,255,450	M. Angelopoulos and B. K. Furman		Methods of fabrication of deaggregated electrically conductive polymers and precursors therefor
6,255,588	B. L. Shepherd		Arrangement for supplying power from a buss bar to a circuit board
6,255,599	C. S. Chang, W. T. Chen, and A. Trivedi		Relocating the neutral plane in a pbga substrate to eliminate chip crack and interfacial delamination
6,255,621	P. M. Lundquist and A. C. Tam		Laser cutting method for forming magnetic recording head sliders
6,255,671	N. A. Bojarczuk, Jr., S. Guha, A. Gupta, and S. Purushothaman		Metal embedded passivation layer structure for microelectronic interconnect formation, customization and repair
6,255,683	J. DeBrosse, U. Gruening, J. Mandelman, and C. Radens		Dynamic random access memory
6,255,694	J. A. Mandelman, E. J. Nowak, and W. R. Tonti		Multi-function semiconductor structure and method
6,255,699	J. A. Bracchitta, J. A. Mandelman, S. A. Parke, and M. R. Wordeman		Pillar CMOS structure
6,255,712	L. A. Clevenger and L. L. Hsu		Semi-sacrificial diamond for air dielectric formation
6,255,827	M. S. Farooq, V. P. Peterson, and K. M. Wiley		Search routine for 2-point electrical tester
6,255,832	B. D. Notohardjono, R. R. Schmidt, and P. Singh		Flexible wafer level probe
6,255,899	C. L. Bertin, A. R. Bonaccio, E. L. Hedberg, H. L. Kalter, T. M. Maffitt, J. A. Mandelman, E. J. Nowak, and W. R. Tonti		Method and apparatus for increasing interchip communications rates
6,255,995	T. Asano and A. Sakurai		Patch antenna and electronic equipment using the same
6,256,030	R. E. Berry, S. F. Henshaw, and D. J. Roberts		Navigation within a graphical user interface for a compound graphical object using pointing device input
6,256,080	E. G. Colgan, S.-C. A. Lien, and K. R. Schleupen		Self-aligned structures for improved wide viewing angle for liquid crystal displays
6,256,111	N. Rijavec		Calibrating digital halftoning algorithms with multiple personalities
6,256,157	R. G. Biskeborn, E. R. Christensen, and D. J. Seagle		Method and apparatus for removing noise spikes
6,256,178	H. S. Gill		Biasing for tunnel junction head
6,256,182	K. Suzuki and S. Yamazaki		Switch circuit and electronic apparatus with a discharge circuit
6,256,184	R. J. Gauthier, Jr., E. J. Nowak, S. H. Voldman, and R. Q. Williams		Method and apparatus for providing electrostatic discharge protection
6,256,203	A. P. Ingraham, G. L. Kehley, S. B. Sathe, and J. R. Slack		Free standing, three dimensional, multi-chip, carrier package with air flow baffle
6,256,204	J. G. Gundlach and P. A. Wormsbecher		Injection molded disk drive carrier with integral latch and wire form retention
6,256,223	J. Z. Sun		Current-induced magnetic switching device and memory including the same
6,256,408	R. G. Casey and H. Takahashi		Speed and recognition enhancement for ocr using normalized height/width position
6,256,410	K. S. Nathan, M. P. Perrone, and J. Subrahmonia		Methods and apparatus for customizing handwriting models to individual writers
6,256,422	M. J. Bright and J. L. Mitchell		Transform-domain correction of real-domain errors
6,256,626	M. A. Dong and J. W. Pickel		Externalizing very large objects in a relational database client/server environment
6,256,628	A. A. Dobson and R. A. Merrick		Data charting
6,256,631	J. W. Malcolm		Automatic creation of hyperlinks
6,256,632	M. L. Fraenkel, B. Q. Nguyen, and S. K. Singhal		Method and system for enabling dynamic cache structures in a networked environment
6,256,636	D. M.-H. Choy		Object server for a digital library system
6,256,639	M. A. Himmel, J. S. LaBaw, and H. Rodriguez		Providing internet travel services via bookmark set
6,256,645	P. Mundy		Storage manager which sets the size of an initial-free area assigned to a requesting application according to statistical data
6,256,660	R. K. Govindaraju and M. T. Raghunath		Method and program product for allowing application programs to avoid unnecessary packet arrival interrupts
6,256,666	S. K. Singhal		Method and system for remotely managing electronic mail attachments
6,256,672	R. J. Redpath		Method and system for efficiently notifying an information copy recipient in an electronic mail system
6,256,704	A. Hlava, S. D. Mastie, and A. R. Roberts		Task management for data accesses to multiple logical partitions on physical disk drives in computer systems
6,256,705	J. Li, D. K. Nguyen, A. Onton, K. F. Smith, and H.-F. Yun		System and method for organizing data stored in a log structured array
6,256,706	W. C. Carlson and J. W. Peake		Storage and access to scratch mounts in vts system
6,256,712	J. R. H. Challenger, P. M. Dantzig, A. K. Iyengar, and G. A. Spivak		Scaleable method for maintaining and making consistent updates to caches
6,256,713	S. Audityan, J. N. Hardage, Jr., and T. A. Petersen		Bus optimization with read/write coherence including ordering responsive to collisions
6,256,727	R. G. McDonald		Method and system for fetching noncontiguous instructions in a single clock cycle
6,256,732	D. C. Cromer, B. J. Ellison, C. B. Gould, G. W. Kilmer, D. Rhoades, and J. P. Ward		Computer system having automatic registration for in-box configuration
6,256,736	D. Coppersmith, F. C. Mintzer, C. P. Tresser, C. W. Wu, and M. M.-Y. Yeung		Secured signal modification and verification with privacy control
6,256,751	A. M. Agbaria, K. Z. Meth, J. Moreira, and V. Naik		Restoring checkpointed processes without restoring attributes of external data referenced by the processes
6,256,752	G. O. Blandy, T. P. Lay, and G. C. Matthews		Method and apparatus for dynamic swappable bytecode loop in Java virtual machines
6,256,755	T. B. Hook, C. H. Lam, E. S. Lee, J. S. Nakos, N. Rovedo, R. Q. Williams, and R. C. Wong		Apparatus and method for detecting defective NVRAM cells
6,256,772	A. A. Apte, P. Chen, and J. C. Sanchez		Multilingual hierarchial scripting environment
6,256,775	W. T. Flynn		Facilities for detailed software performance analysis in a multithreaded processor
6,256,850	J. M. Lauffer and K. Papathomas		Method for producing a circuit board with embedded decoupling capacitance
6,256,874	B. K. Appelt, S. Datta, M. A. Gaynes, J. M. Lauffer, and J. R. Wilcox		Conductor interconnect with dendrites through film and method for producing same
6,256,996	U. S. Ghoshal		Nanoscopic thermoelectric coolers
6,257,779	R. H. Harris, R. A. Myers, and J. D. Thomas		Cover-platen opening mechanism
6,257,781	R. H. Harris		Apparatus for tensioning a drive belt and for absorbing end-of-travel shock
6,257,924	D. G. Lund and C. L. Tuma		Stacked electrical connector assembly protector
6,258,191	B. Fasano V, L. S. Goldmann, R. F. Indyk, S. M. Kamath, S. I. Langenthal, and S. S. Reddy		Method and materials for increasing the strength of crystalline ceramic
6,258,192	G. Natarajan		Multi-thickness, multi-layer green sheet processing
6,258,490	O. Bula, D. C. Cole, E. W. Conrad, and W. C. Leipold		Transmission control mask utilized to reduce foreshortening effects
6,258,497	L. A. Kropp, D. Stanasolovich, M. J. Weiss, and D. S.-O. Yee		Precise endpoint detection for etching processes
6,258,625	P. J. Brofman, S. K. Ray, and K. A. Stalter		Method of interconnecting electronic components using a plurality of conductive studs
6,258,627	J. A. Benenati, W. T. Chen, L. A. Fanti, W. J. Howell, and J. U. Knickerbocker		Underfill preform interposer for joining chip to substrate
6,258,636	J. B. Johnson and H.-S. P. Wong		SOI active pixel cell design with grounded body contact
6,258,659	R. Divakaruni, U. Gruening, J. A. Mandelman, and T. S. Rupp		Embedded vertical DRAM cells and dual workfunction logic gates
6,258,661	T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, and T. S. Kanarsky		Formation of out-diffused bitline by laser anneal
6,258,673	L.-K. Han, K. M. Houlihan, and D. W. Martin		Multiple thickness of gate oxide
6,258,679	S. M. Burns and H. I. Hanafi		Sacrificial silicon sidewall for damascene gate formation
6,258,689	G. B. Bronner, J. P. Gambino, J. A. Mandelman, R. L. Mohler, C. Radens, and W. R. Tonti		Low resistance fill for deep trench capacitor
6,258,695	J. Dunn, P. Geiss, and O. S. St		Dislocation suppression by carbon incorporation
6,258,703	J. M. Cotte, M. Datta, and S. K. Kang		Reflow of low melt solder tip C4's
6,258,707	C. E. Uzoh		Triple damascence tungsten-copper interconnect structure
6,258,710	H. M. Dalal, P. S. McLaughlin, D. B. Nguyen, H. S. Rathore, R. G. Smith, A. J. Swinton, and R. A. Wachnik		Sub-quarter-micron copper interconnections with improved electromigration resistance and reduced defect sensitivity
6,258,717	P. S. Locke and C. E. Uzoh		Method to produce high quality metal fill in deep submicron vias and lines
6,258,723	H. Kitahara and M. Takeichi		Dry etching method and a TFT fabrication method
6,258,727	R. MacCagnan		Method of forming metal lands at the M0 level with a non selective chemistry
6,258,732	Q. Lin, R. D. Mih, and K. S. Petrarca		Method of forming a patterned organic dielectric layer on a substrate
6,258,899	S. L. Buchwalter, J. P. Kuczynski, and J. G. Stephanie		Cleavable acetal-containing diepoxide and anhydride curing agent for removable epoxy compositions
6,259,037	N. B. Feilchenfeld, J. S. Kresge, S. P. Moore, R. P. Nowak, and J. W. Wilson		Polytetrafluoroethylene thin film chip carrier
6,259,043	G. J. Clary, T. A. Corbi, R. J. Evans, P. D. Hortensius, J. P. Karidis, and K. S. Nathan		Methods, systems and products pertaining to a digitizer for use in paper based record systems
6,259,114	J. A. Misewich and A. G. Schrott		Process for fabrication of an all-epitaxial-oxide transistor
6,259,126	F. Assaderaghi, L. L.-C. Hsu, and J. A. Mandelman		Low cost mixed memory integration with FERAM
6,259,128	E. Adler and H. W. Trombley		Metal-insulator-metal capacitor for copper damascene process and method of forming the same
6,259,129	J. P. Gambino, R. Jammy, J. A. Mandelman, and C. J. Radens		Strap with intrinsically conductive barrier
6,259,135	L. L. C. Hsu and C. J. Radens		MOS transistors structure for reducing the size of pitch limited circuits
6,259,137	J. P. de Souza and D. K. Sadana		Defect induced buried oxide (DIBOX) for throughput SOI
6,259,148	T. A. Bartush, D. L. Harame, J. C. Malinowski, D. T. Piciacchio, C. L. Tessler, and R. P. Volant		Modular high frequency integrated circuit structure
6,259,155	S. R. Dwyer, M. J. Interrante, R. A. Jackson, S. K. Ray, and P. A. Zucco		Polymer enhanced column grid array
6,259,159	A. Bitaillou, H. M. Dalal, K. M. Fallon, G. J. Gaudenzi, K. R. Herman, F. Pierre, and G. Robert		Reflowed solder ball with low melting point metal cap
6,259,164	R. R. Batterson, K. C. Norris, and P. D. Sonntag		Offset alignment marks method and apparatus
6,259,269	D. T. Hui		SOI small signal terminated hysteresis receiver
6,259,296	N. Hatani		Voltage comparator
6,259,300	N. Hatani and T. Yasuda		Differential input interface circuit and method for adjusting dc levels of differential input signals
6,259,309	T. Kirihata and G. Mueller		Method and apparatus for the replacement of non-operational metal lines in DRAMs
6,259,324	P. Antognetti, J. Griffiths, D. Helms, J. Moniz, S. Munro, J. Park, C. Stuebing, and X. Zhang		Active bias network circuit for radio frequency amplifier
6,259,432	N. Kato, K. Tsuchiya, and S. Yamada		Information processing apparatus for improved intuitive scrolling utilizing an enhanced cursor
6,259,447	M. Kanetake, A. Ohkada, and A. Okada		Controlling an information processing apparatus
6,259,448	M. McNally and B. J. Vetter		Resource model configuration and deployment in a distributed computer network
6,259,453	T. Furuhata, K. Inoue, T. Itoh, and A. Yamada		Meshing method and apparatus
6,259,467	S. D. Hanna		Multi stage oscillator phase alignment scheme
6,259,490	E. G. Colgan, E. Kanzaki, S. Karube, M. Kurihara, J. L. Levine, H. Mishima, and K. Sakai		Liquid crystal display device
6,259,573	Y. Amano, T. Matsui, T. Miura, and K. Tsuwako		Preamplifier circuit with magnetoresistive sensor ESD protection
6,259,574	T. J. Chainer, M. D. Schultz, B. C. Webb, and E. J. Yarmchuk		Trigger pattern detection method and apparatus
6,259,578	D. A. Christiansen, K. D. Cummings, D. C. Graves, J. L. Lentz, D. E. Lockett, and G. S. Robles		Automatic cartridge feeder with priority slot
6,259,583	R. E. Fontana, Jr., Y. Hsu, P. Kasiraj, and M. L. Williams		Laminated yoke head with a domain control element
6,259,586	H. (H). S. Gill		Magnetic tunnel junction sensor with AP-coupled free layer
6,259,597	M. Anzai and Y. Toyosato		Portable electronic device
6,259,598	D. P. Beaman, M. L. Buller, M. E. Criscolo, S. Gupta, and B. M. Kerrigan		Method of providing an externally accessible flash memory card with security feature in a network computer
6,259,599	E. T. Gamble and E. J. McNulty		Shock absorbing feet for a disk drive carrier or other computer sub-system housing
6,259,712	D. M. DeCain, P. C. D. Hobbs, and K. R. Pope		Interferometer method for providing stability of a laser
6,259,812	J. Mao and M. Zimmerman		Key character extraction and lexicon reduction cursive text recognition
6,259,840	D. McConnell and C. Munoz-Bustamante		Printed circuit board having fluid-linked optical pathways for coupling surface mounted optoelectric semiconductor devices
6,259,959	D. P. Martin		Method for determining the performance components of a manufacturing line
6,260,014	L. R. Bahl, D. Lubensky, M. Padmanabhan, and S. Roukos		Specific task composite acoustic models
6,260,015	O. Gong, J. R. Lewis, R. Van Buskirk, and H. Wang		Method and interface for correcting speech recognition errors for character languages
6,260,020	C. A. Ordonez, A. H. Preston, M. Ruffin, J. L. Temple III, and E. L. Yan		Method, system and program product for sizing a computer system migration programming effort
6,260,037	R. J. Bestgen, R. L. Egan, T. P. Giordano, S. J. Heimer, and C. L. Ramler		Method and computer program product for implementing skip key processing for database grouping queries involving aggregate operations by using one or more indices
6,260,038	D. C. Martin, D. S. Modha, and S. Vaithyanathan		Clustering mixed attribute patterns
6,260,039	S. Cherry, D. Goodman, and D. H. Schneck		Web interface and method for accessing directory information
6,260,040	S. V. Kauffman, L. M. Lewis, and J. A. Willey		Shared file system for digital content
6,260,042	F. P. Curbera and D. A. Epstein		Quick difference and update for tree structure data
6,260,065	B. Leiba, A. Romano, and K. J. Von		Test engine and method for verifying conformance for server applications
6,260,066	R. R. Bittinger, B. C. Housel III, D. B. Lindquist, and J. P. Munson		Method and apparatus for optimal rebasing of web page transmission using a plurality of different rebasing tests and a cost-effectiveness determination
6,260,069	M. J. Anglin		Direct data retrieval in a distributed computing system
6,260,075	J. E. Cabrero and I. M. Holland		System and method for providing shared global offset table for common shared library in a computer system
6,260,083	V. S. Moore and G. R. Walters		System for Java data block transfers of unknown length for applets and applications by determining length of data in local buffer and passing length of data combined with data out of program
6,260,089	K. C. Imming		Method and apparatus for implementing connections with circuits
6,260,090	R. E. Fuhs, K. C. Hinz, R. D. Hoover, and D. A. Shedivy		Circuit arrangement and method incorporating data buffer with priority-based data storage
6,260,098	Y.-M. Ku		Shared peripheral controller
6,260,100	S. L. Kessler		System and method for arbitrating interrupts on a daisy-chained architected bus
6,260,111	J. A. Craig and B. S. Lauber		System and method for network power management incorporating user identity and preferences via a power managed smart card
6,260,113	N. A. Cherian and B. McNutt		Method and apparatus defining a miss list and producing dial-in hit ratios in a disk storage benchmark
6,260,116	G. T. Davis, L. B. Marshall IV, C. R. Ogilvie, and P. C. Stabler		System and method for prefetching data
6,260,117	D. L. Freerksen and G. M. Lippert		Method for increasing efficiency in a multi-processor system and multi-processor system with increased efficiency
6,260,118	T. B. Genduso and W. L. Leung		Snooping a variable number of cache addresses in a multiple processor system by a single snoop request
6,260,124	R. N. Crockett, R. M. Kern, and G. E. McBride		System and method for dynamically resynchronizing backup data
6,260,126	K. M. Harris		Data storage subsystem having apparatus for enabling concurrent housekeeping processing while an input/output data transfer occurs
6,260,129	R. N. Crockett, R. M. Kern, G. E. McBride, D. M. Shackelford, and S. C. West		Management of fixed pages in memory for input/output operations
6,260,130	J. Liedtke		Cache or TLB using a working and auxiliary memory with valid/invalid data field, status field, settable restricted access and a data entry counter
6,260,163	L. D. Lacroix and L. A. Noel		Testing high I/O integrated circuits on a low I/O tester
6,260,164	A. G. Aipperspach, L. L. Day, P. A. Ganfield, and C. L. Johnson		SRAM that can be clocked on either clock phase
6,260,184	T. C. Brennan and M. Rohn		Design of an integrated circuit by selectively reducing or maintaining power lines of the device
6,261,229	C. P. Gotschim and Y. Qiao		Method and system for gathering and analyzing psychophysics data
6,261,404	D. A. Baska, D. J. Becker, J. D. Bielick, P. D. Isaacs, and M. L. Zumbrunnen		Heat dissipation apparatus and method for attaching a heat dissipation apparatus to an electronic device
6,261,426	H. Deligianni, J. O. Dukovic, and C. E. Uzoh		Method and apparatus for enhancing the uniformity of electrodeposition or electroetching
6,261,467	A. P. Giri, S. M. Kamath, D. P. O'Connor, R. B. Patel, H. I. Stoller, L. M. Studzinski, and P. R. Walling		Direct deposit thin film single/multi chip module
6,261,715	K. Katoh, F. Nakamura, and T. Noguchi		Battery attaching mechanism for portable computers
6,261,723	M. George and T. E. Neary		Transfer layer repair process for attenuated masks
6,261,724	O. Bula, D. C. Cole, E. W. Conrad, W. C. Leipold, and D. J. Samuels		Method of modifying a microchip layout data set to generate a predicted mask printed data set
6,261,726	C. J. Brooks, M. J. Lercel, and L. A. Powers		Projection electron-beam lithography masks using advanced materials and membrane size
6,261,851	J. A. Gilhooly, L. Li, C. O. Morgan III, and C. Wei		Optimization of CMP process by detecting of oxide/nitride interface using ir system
6,261,873	D. P. Bouldin, T. H. Daubenspeck, and W. T. Motsiff		Pedestal fuse
6,261,876	S. W. Crowder, R. Hannon, and S. S. Iyer		Planar mixed soi-bulk substrate for microelectronic applications
6,261,894	R. Divakaruni, J. A. Mandelman, and C. J. Radens		Method for forming dual workfunction high-performance support MOSFETs in eDRAM arrays
6,261,895	J. W. Adkisson, J. A. Bracchitta, J. H. Rankin, and A. K. Stamper		Polysilicon capacitor having large capacitance and low resistance and process for forming the capacitor
6,261,914	R. Divakaruni, J. P. Gambino, C. J. Radens, and J. K. Stephens		Process for improving local uniformity of chemical mechanical polishing using a self-aligned polish rate enhancement layer
6,261,924	H. Lee, J. A. Mandelman, and Y.-J. Park		Maskless process for self-aligned contacts
6,261,927	R. F. Indyk, G. Natarajan, V. P. Peterson, and K. G. Sachdev		Method of forming defect-free ceramic structures using thermally depolymerizable surface layer
6,261,933	M. C. Hakey, D. V. Horak, W. H. Ma, and W. P. Noble, Jr.		Process for building borderless bitline, wordline amd DRAM structure
6,261,945	V. J. McGahay, H. A. Nye III, and K. A. Tallman		Crackstop and oxygen barrier for low-k dielectric integrated circuits
6,261,950	J. Gambino and D. Tobben		Self-aligned metal caps for interlevel metal connections
6,261,951	P. D. Agnello, L. P. Buchwalter, J. P. Hummel, T. L. Kane, B. Luther, D. K. Manger, P. S. McLaughlin, A. K. Stamper, and Y. Y. Wang		Plasma treatment to enhance inorganic dielectric adhesion to copper
6,261,967	S. D. Athavale, D. Kotecki, J. Lian, and H. Shen		Easy to remove hard mask layer for semiconductor device fabrication
6,261,972	O. Gluschenkov, S. Hegde, S. Kudelka, H. H. Tews, and M. Weybright		Dual gate oxide process for uniform oxide thickness
6,262,129	C. B. Murray and S. Sun		Method for producing nanoparticles of transition metals
6,262,357	J. A. Casey, S. R. Dwyer, G. M. Johnson, D. C. Long, and K. M. Prettyman		Thermoelectric devices and methods for making the same
6,262,390	D. B. Goland, M. J. LaPlante, D. C. Long, D. C. McHerron, K. G. Sachdev, and S. L. Shinde		Repair process for aluminum nitride substrates
6,262,425	M. S. Gordon, P. F. Petric, C. F. Robinson, and J. Rockrohr		Curvilinear axis set-up for charged particle lithography
6,262,450	D. E. Kotecki and W. H. Ma		DRAM stack capacitor with vias and conductive connection extending from above conductive lines to the substrate
6,262,464	K. K. Chan, C. Jhanes, L. Shi, J. L. Speidell, and J. F. Ziegler		Encapsulated mems brand-pass filter for integrated circuits
6,262,538	J. H. Keller		High density plasma tool with adjustable uniformity and stochastic electron heating for reduced gas cracking
6,262,545	S. Yamamoto		Dual speed motor drive circuit
6,262,582	D. R. Barringer, M. R. LaForce, M. A. Marnell, D. W. Porter, R. R. Schmidt, and W. H. White		Mechanical fixture for holding electronic devices under test showing adjustments in multiple degrees of freedom
6,262,591	D. T. Hui		SOI small signal terminated receiver
6,262,599	T. C. Coughlin, Jr., W. F. Lawson, and J. M. Milewski		Level shifting CMOS I/O buffer
6,262,605	Y.-M. Ku		Automated line driver control circuit for power managed system
6,262,615	G. Frankowsky and T. Kirihata		Dynamic logic circuit
6,262,619	B. McGreer and B. S. Rowan		Method and system for power amplifier offset nulling
6,262,675	B. R. Iyer		Method of compressing data with an alphabet
6,262,718	V. M. Findlay and A. Knox		Touch-sensitive display apparatus
6,262,725	D. J. Hetherington and D. B. Kumhyr		Method for displaying holidays in a locale-sensitive manner across distributed computer enterprise locales
6,262,727	J. L. Lentz and R. L. Poston		Method of compressing and expanding large lists of data
6,262,868	S. P. Arya, L.-S. Fan, T. Hirano, T.-S. Pan, T. C. Reiley, and W. C. Shum		Method and structures used for connecting recording head signal wires in a microactuator
6,262,869	T. Lin and D. Mauri		Spin valve sensor with encapsulated keeper layer and method of making
6,262,873	J. P. Pequignot, T. Rahman, J. H. Sloan, D. W. Stout, and S. H. Voldman		Method for providing ESD protection for an integrated circuit
6,262,881	J. P. Karidis		Compact notebook computer with movable keyboard section
6,262,885	P. G. Emma and R. K. Montoye		Portable computing device having a display movable thereabout
6,262,890	S. Dhawan, M. W. Mueller, P. M. Thomsen, and L. M. Walter		Computer system utilizing front and backside mounted memory controller chipsets
6,262,911	G. Braceras, W. F. Pokorny, and A. L. Roberts		Method to statically balance SOI parasitic effects, and eight device SRAM cells using same
6,262,929	H. Miyatake, Y. Mori, and M. Tanaka		Pre-charging circuit and method for a word match line of a content add ressable memory (CAM)
6,262,974	O. Bertin, D. Chevalier, C. Galand, Y. Ouvry, and M. Villaflor		Method and system for non disruptively assigning link bandwidth to a user in a high speed digital network
6,263,001	A. D. J. Banks		Packet data communication protocol with reduced acknowledgements in a client/server computing system
6,263,023	C. H. Ngai		High definition television decoder
6,263,091	R. M. Bolle, L. Hong, A. K. Jain, and S. U. Pankanti		System and method for identifying foreground and background portions of digitized images
6,263,313	Q. Gong, K. L. Milsted, and K. D. Nguyen		Method and apparatus to create encoded digital content
6,263,326	A. Chandra		Method product 'apparatus for modulations'
6,263,327	C. C. Aggarwal and P. S.-L. Yu		Finding collective baskets and inference rules for internet mining
6,263,328	A. R. Coden and R. L. MacK		Object oriented query model and process for complex heterogeneous database queries
6,263,333	A. M. Houchin and D. A. Wood		Method for searching non-tokenized text and tokenized text for matches against a keyword data structure
6,263,340	R. A. Green		User registration in file review systems
6,263,342	D. T. Chang, S. T. Donn, D. M. Hembry, T. J. Lee, B. N. Soetarman, R. N. Summers, and F. C. Tung		Federated searching of heterogeneous datastores using a federated datastore object
6,263,346	I. M. Rodriquez		Network with storage of all client computer programs in server computer having customized client graphical user interfaces with maximum sharing of stored portions of interfaces common to a plurality of clients
6,263,359	L. L. Fong, R. E. Hough, and M. S. Squillante		Computer resource proportional utilization and response time scheduling
6,263,373	D. C. Cromer, B. J. Ellison, E. R. Kern, H. Locker, and R. S. Springfield		Data processing system and method for remotely controlling execution of a processor utilizing a test access port
6,263,374	M. W. Dotson, J. W. Feeney, M. H. Fisher, J. D. Jabusch, R. F. Lusch, M. A. Maniguet, and H. T. Olnowich		Apparatus for coupling a bus-based architecture to a switch network
6,263,375	K. A. Ortega		Method for creating dictation macros
6,263,377	P. B. Monday and M. A. Zipse		Method for managing distributed applications and distributed application manager
6,263,388	D. C. Cromer, B. J. Ellison, E. R. Kern, and R. S. Springfield		Data processing system and method for remotely disabling network activity in a client computer system
6,263,404	D. A. Averill and J. M. Borkenhagen		Accessing data from a multiple entry fully associative cache buffer in a multithread data processing system
6,263,407	R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis		Cache coherency protocol including a hovering (h) state having a precise mode and an imprecise mode
6,263,408	C. A. Anderson, L. C. Berning, and L. A. Marier		Method and apparatus for implementing automatic cache variable update
6,263,440	B. B. Khatri, G. W. Kilmer, and G. B. Pruett		Tracking and protection of display monitors by reporting their identity
6,263,441	D. C. Cromer, B. J. Ellison, R. J. Evans, E. R. Kern, and J. P. Ward		Real-time alert mechanism for signaling change of system configuration
6,263,456	A. S. Boxall, M. Fok, E. Labadie, M. J. Nesbitt, G. Y. Ng, and R. Wessels		System for remote debugging of client/server application
6,263,462	A. Hatano, N. Kagami, and N. Matsubara		Testing method and tester
6,263,480	R. A. Bartels and U. A. Finkler		Efficient tracing of shorts in very large nets in hierarchical designs
6,263,486	J. J. Boezeman, M. D. Harris, C. A. Jones, and C. J. Paul		Method and system for dynamic connections with intelligent default events and actions in an application development environment
6,263,488	M. R. Fortin and R. J. Urquhart		System and method for enabling software monitoring in a computer system
6,263,493	J. R. Ehrman		Method and system for controlling the generation of program statements
6,263,498	J. W. Alcorn and K. D. Johnson		Method and apparatus for enabling server side distributed object modification
6,264,094	W. L. Cox, J. D. Poole, and K. A. Slesinger		Rework and underfill nozzle for electronic components
6,264,108	M. Baentsch		Protection of sensitive information contained in integrated circuit cards
6,264,789	F. F. Jamin and S. Pandey		System for dispensing polishing liquid during chemical mechanical polishing of a semiconductor wafer
6,264,851	V. R. Markovich, W. E. Wilson, and M. Wozniak		Selective seed and plate using permanent resist
6,264,885	J. U. Knickerbocker, A. R. Knox, and R. Rosenberg		Metal/ferrite laminate magnet (sintering metal sheet ans ferrite; lamination; nagnetism)
6,265,021	C. T. Black, S. M. Gates, C. B. Murray, and S. Sun		Nanoparticle structures utilizing synthetic dna lattices
6,265,075	D. A. Klueppel, V. R. Markovich, T. R. Miller, T. L. Wells, and W. E. Wilson		Circuitized semiconductor structure and method for producing such
6,265,085	I. Shishido and T. Watanabe		Bonding material and bump
6,265,134	A. D. Katnani, M. M. Khojasteh, R. W. Kwong, and P. R. Varanasi		Photoresist compositions with pendant polar-functionalized aromatic groups and acid-labile branching , shrinkage and processing kinetics on radiation exposure)
6,265,278	J. Alsmeier, J. A. Mandelman, J. A. O'Neill, C. Parks, and P. C. Parries		Deep trench cell capacitor with inverting counter electrode
6,265,279	J. Hoepfner, J. A. Mandelman, and C. Radens		Method for fabricating a trench capacitor
6,265,308	G. B. Bronner, G. Costrini, C. J. Radens, and R. F. Schnabel		Slotted damascene lines for low resistive wiring lines for integrated circuit
6,265,462	F. D. Egitto, L. J. Matienzo, and B. O. Morrison, Jr.		Method for producing a diffusion barrier and polymeric article having a diffusion barrier
6,265,753	K. R. Carter, J. L. Hedrick, V. Y.-W. Lee, D. C. McHerron, and R. D. Miller		Interconnect dielectric compositions, preparation thereof, and integrated circuit devices fabricated therewith
6,265,771	T. G. Ference, W. J. Howell, and E. J. Sprogis		Dual chip with heat sink
6,265,779	A. Grill, C. V. Jahnes, V. V. Patel, and K. L. Saenger		Method and material for integration of fuorine-containing low-k dielectrics
6,265,846	K. A. Flechsig and D. R. Gillis		Active bypass circuit for extending energy capacity and operational life of a multi-cell battery
6,265,857	K. P. Demsky, J. F. Ewen, and M. J. Paschal		Constant current source circuit with variable temperature compensation
6,265,885	J.-S. Luo, R. L. Smith, and C.-Y. Yeh		Method, apparatus and computer program product for identifying electrostatic discharge damage to a thin film device
6,265,887	D. R. Barringer, D. R. Horvath, and R. R. Schmidt		Mounting fixture for a pin grid array device
6,265,905	P. W. Chung and S. A. Jove		Quasi-voltage sensing input impedance controlled preamplifier for magnetoresistive elements
6,265,939	P. DeSize, A. N. Kurlovich, S. S. Smith, and A. J. Wan		Linear power detectors and methods for power amplifiers
6,266,060	S. W. Roth		Menu management mechanism that displays menu items based on multiple heuristic factors
6,266,067	R. Owen and R. Yonts		System and method for dynamically displaying data relationships between static charts
6,266,150	C. D. Brossman, A. T. Hinds, N. Rijavec, M. A. Stephens, and R. G. Wardell		Virtual printer
6,266,155	H. C. Lee, M. J. Stanich, and J. L. Zable		Half-tone screen calibrations
6,266,199	D. R. Gillis, R. M. Kroeker, M. Suk, and R. F. Wolter		Method of apparatus to characterize and limit the effect of disk damage in a hard disk drive
6,266,218	M. J. Carey, R. E. Fontana, Jr., and B. A. Gurney		Magnetic sensors having antiferromagnetically exchange-coupled layers for longitudinal biasing
6,266,251	L. B. Bassi and S. O. Oggioni		Cavity-down ball grid array module
6,266,272	N. Van Heel, C. Bertin, T. Kirihata, C. Narayan, D. Storaska, and W. Tonti		Partially non-volatile dynamic random access memory formed by a plurality of single transistor cells used as DRAM cells and eprom cells
6,266,336	M. R. Povse and M. S. Siegel		Apparatus and method for setting a/c bits in token ring frames for switches
6,266,433	R. M. Bolle, S. E. Colville, and S. U. Pankanti		System and method for determining ridge counts in fingerprint image processing
6,266,571	F. Fado, P. Guasti, A. Nassiff, and R. Van Buskirk		Adaptively configuring an audio interface according to selected audio output device
6,266,589	S. J. Boies and J. F. Kelley		Speed-based disabling of functionality for automotive applications
6,266,625	A. Johnson		Calibrating high resolution measurements
6,266,637	R. E. Donovan, M. Franz, S. E. Roukos, and J. Sorensen		Phrase splicing and variable substitution using a trainable speech synthesizer
6,266,663	G. Y. C. Fuh, M. M.-. Jou, D. T. Lee, P. Li, H. Pan, S. Talmoud, B. T.-V. Tran, and Y. Wang		User-defined search using index exploitation
6,266,692	B. A. Greenstein		Method for blocking all unwanted e-mail (spam) using a header-based password
6,266,696	D. C. Cromer, H. Locker, D. B. Rhoades, and J. P. Ward		Full time network auxiliary for a network connected PC
6,266,703	D. K. Clark and M. L. Williams		Method and apparatus for providing confirmation notification for isochronous data
6,266,707	E. B. Boden, W. A. Brzozowski, M. C. Bullock, S. B. Parks, and M. D. Williams		System and method for IP network address translation and IP filtering with dynamic address resolution
6,266,708	S. M. Austvold, M. P. Cline, D. R. Dahl, J. Evans, P. M. Gaertner, N. Hale, R. B. Legler, and S. Pothireddy		Object oriented application program development framework mechanism
6,266,716	M. T. Colan and D. J. Wilson		Method and system for controlling data acquisition over an information bus
6,266,739	D. W. Johnson		Method and apparatus for ultra high-speed formatting of a disk drive volume
6,266,741	C.-S. Hui, K. Venkatramani, and B. J. Wolford		Method and apparatus to reduce system bus latency on a cache miss with address acknowledgments
6,266,742	J. R. H. Challenger and A. K. Iyengar		Algorithm for cache replacement
6,266,743	G. D. Carpenter, M. E. Dean, and D. B. Glasco		Method and system for providing an eviction protocol within a non-uniform memory access system
6,266,745	P. L. de Backer, M. E. Dean, and R. L. Rockhold		Method and system in a distributed shared-memory data processing system for determining utilization of nodes by each executed thread
6,266,761	M. D. Carlson, T. A. Hoy, T. M. Potter, and D. D. Putti		Method and system in an information processing system for efficient maintenance of copies of values stored within registers
6,266,767	K. A. Feiste, J. S. Muhich, and S. W. White		Apparatus and method for facilitating out-of-order execution of load instructions
6,266,768	M. W. Frederick, Jr., B. J. Ronchetti, and L. E. Thatcher		System and method for permitting out-of-order execution of load instructions
6,266,783	R. A. Allen, M. A. Brooks, D. A. Elko, S. B. Jones, M. J. Jordan, G. L. Kurdt, J. M. Nick, M. B. Phillips, K. B. Pushong, and D. H. Surman		System-managed rebuild of coupling facility structures
6,266,784	Y.-M. U. Hsiao, D. M. Moxley, R. T. Plaza, and H. D. G. Van		Direct storage of recovery plan file on remote server for disaster recovery and storage management thereof
6,266,800	S. N. Storino and G. J. Uhlmann		System and method for eliminating effects of parasitic bipolar transistor action in dynamic logic using setup time determination
6,266,802	R. L. Malm, C. L. Meiley, and F. A. Nemec II		Detailed grid point layout using a massively parallel logic including an emulator/simulator paradigm
6,266,808	N. K. Govindaraj		Computer program product for enabling the construction of dialogs for commands and templates
6,266,809	J. A. Craig, J. L. Harter, R. A. Johnson, B. S. Lauber, and J. M. Stafford		Methods, systems and computer program products for secure firmware updates
6,266,962	U. S. Ghoshal		Highly reliable thermoelectric cooling apparatus and method
6,267,290	N. M. Murdeshwar		Control of size and heat affected zone for fine pitch wire bonding
6,267,614	M. S. Good, M. J. C. Koschmeder, and J. R. Rasmussen		Low profile/high leverage electronic computer book latching system
6,267,659	S.-T. Chen, M. F. Lofaro, and W. R. Smith		Stacked polish pad
6,267,860	W. L. Brodsky		Method and apparatus for electroplating
6,268,016	A. C. Bhatt, R. H. Magnuson, V. R. Markovich, T. R. Miller, C. J. Sambucetti, and S. L. Tisdale		Manufacturing computer systems with fine line circuitized substrates
6,268,036	E. E. Marinero, T. M. Reith, and B. R. York		Thin film disk with highly faulted crystalline underlayer
6,268,226	D. Angell, S. M. Burns, W. W. Kocon, and M. L. Passow		Reactive ion etch loading measurement technique
6,268,228	J. B. DeForge, D. E. Douse, S. M. Eustis, E. L. Hedberg, S. M. Litten, and E. P. Thoma		Electrical mask identification of memory modules
6,268,238	E. E. Davidson, D. A. Lewis, J. M. Shaw, A. Viehbeck, and J. S. Wilczynski		Three dimensional package and architecture for high performance computer
6,268,259	D. E. Kotecki and W. H. Ma		Overhanging separator for self-defining stacked capacitor
6,268,261	R. D. Mih and K. S. Petrarca		Microprocessor having air as a dielectric and encapsulated lines and process for manufacture
6,268,286	R. J. Gauthier, Jr., R. W. Mann, and S. H. Voldman		Method of fabricating MOSFET with lateral resistor with ballasting
6,268,291	P. C. Andricacos, C. Cabral, Jr., C. C. Parks, K. P. Rodbell, and R. Y.-L. Tsai		Method for forming electromigration-resistant structures by doping
6,268,293	L. Clevenger, G. Costrini, D. Dobuzinsky, Y. Otani, T. Rupp, and V. Sardesai		Method of forming wires on an integrated circuit chip
6,268,299	J. E. Faltermeier, K. Imai, R. Jammy, R. Katsumata, J.-M. Rousseau, V. Y. Sardesai, and J. F. Shepard, Jr.		Variable stoichiometry silicon nitride barrier films for tunable etch selectivity and enhanced hyrogen permeability
6,268,436	K.-J. Chen, R. A. DellaGuardia, W.-S. Huang, A. D. Katnani, M. M. Khojasteh, and Q. Lin		Approach to formulating irradiation sensitive positive resists
6,268,567	W. L. Brodsky, D. V. Caletka, and W. Infantolino		Dual purpose ribbon cable
6,268,621	P. A. Emmi and B. Park		Vertical channel field effect transistor
6,268,638	A. C. Brintzinger, E. W. Kiewra, C. Narayan, and C. J. Radens		Metal wire fuse structure with cavity
6,268,640	H. Park, Y. Taur, and H.-J. C. Wann		Forming steep lateral doping distribution at source/drain junctions
6,268,660	S. H. Dhong, H. P. Hofstee, and M. J. Shapiro		Silicon packaging with through wafer interconnects
6,268,705	J. Beeteson and A. Knox		Raster demodulation apparatus and method
6,268,739	W. E. Bernier, M. A. Gaynes, W. J. Howell, M. Pierson V, A. K. Trivedi, and C. G. Woychik		Method and device for semiconductor testing using electrically conductive adhesives
6,268,748	C. L. Bertin, J. A. Fifield, R. J. Houghton, C. P. Miller, and W. R. Tonti		Module with low leakage driver circuits and method of operation
6,268,907	D. J. Samuels and A. C. Thomas		Elimination of standing waves in photoresist
6,268,908	O. Bula, D. C. Cole, E. W. Conrad, D. V. Horak, and J. H. Rankin		Micro adjustable illumination aperture
6,268,932	H. C. Lee, L. D. Teklits, and J. L. Zable		Gray scale calibration tool for setting the density of a printer
6,268,972	R. A. Philpott and G. S. Winn		Method for measuring relative and absolute amplitudes of a signal read from a data storage medium
6,268,985	M. Pinarbasi		Read head having spin valve sensor with improved capping layer
6,269,001	K. K. Dittus, E. T. Gamble, J. A. Matteson, and B. A. Trumbo		System for enhanced cooling and latching of pluggable electronic component
6,269,018	D. J. Monsma, S. S. P. Parkin, and R. E. Scheuerlein		Magnetic random access memory using current through MTJ write mechanism
6,269,039	C. J. Glossner III, E. Hokenek, D. Meltzer, and M. Moudgill		System and method for refreshing memory devices
6,269,040	W. R. Reohr and R. E. Scheuerlein		Interconnection network for connecting memory cells to sense amplifiers
6,269,045	C. M. Durham, P. J. Klim, and R. K. Waite		Self-timed address decoder for register file and compare circuit of multi-port cam
6,269,064	C. M. DeCusatis and L. Jacobowitz		System for creating, reading and writing on rotatable information storage media, a method for customizing said media with timing information
6,269,079	G. A. Marin, R. O. Onvural, A. L. Roginsky, and V. Srinivasan		Systems, methods and computer program products for distributing connection information between atm nodes
6,269,120	C. E. Boice, B. A. Hall, A. Y. Ngai, and E. F. Westermann		Method of precise buffer management for mpeg video splicing
6,269,327	R. G. Bednar, T. P. Comino, D. J. Malling, and D. P. Pagnani		System and method for generating wire bond fingers
6,269,334	S. Basu and C. A. Micchelli		Nongaussian density estimation for the classification of acoustic feature vectors in speech recognition
6,269,335	A. Ittycheriah, S. H. Maes, M. D. Monkowski, and J. S. Sorensen		Apparatus and methods for identifying homophones among words in a speech recognition system
6,269,360	J. N. Hardage, Jr. and T. A. Petersen		Optimization of ordered stores on a pipelined bus via self-initiated retry
6,269,373	L. E. Acker and A. A. Apte		Method and system for persisting beans as container-managed fields
6,269,374	C. Chen and M. E. Hill		Method and apparatus for updating checksums of data structures
6,269,375	J. A. Ruddy and B. F. Smith		Rebalancing partitioned data
6,269,376	I. S. Dhillon and D. S. Modha		Method and system for clustering data in parallel in a distributed-memory multiprocessor system
6,269,400	D. G. Douglas, T. E. S. Guinane, and V.-T. Nguyen-Phuc		Method for discovering and registering agents in a distributed network
6,269,405	D. P. Dutcher, W. H. Sinclair, Jr., and S. A. Smith		User account establishment and synchronization in heterogeneous networks
6,269,406	D. P. Dutcher, W. H. Sinclair, Jr., and S. A. Smith		User group synchronization to manage capabilities in heterogeneous networks
6,269,407	K. A. Cink and R. L. Newcombe		Method and system for data filtering within an object-oriented data
6,269,423	G. T. Kishi		Method and apparatus for providing improved caching for a virtual tape server
6,269,425	D. L. Freerksen and F. Mounes-Toussi		Accessing data from a multiple entry fully associative cache buffer in a multithread data processing system
6,269,427	B. M. Kuttanna, R. Patel, and M. D. Snyder		Multiple load miss handling in a cache memory system
6,269,428	G. D. Carpenter, M. E. Dean, and D. B. Glasco		Method and system for avoiding livelocks due to colliding invalidating transactions within a non-uniform memory access system
6,269,444	M. Aguilar, J. A. Brewer, J. W. Gorrell, Jr., S. Gupta, and J. M. Stafford		Operational state switching apparatus and method for network computers
6,269,460	J. P. Snover		Dynamic enhancement of error condition handling and displayed error messages in computer operations
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