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

United States
6,282,907	U. S. Ghoshal		Thermoelectric cooling apparatus and method for maximizing energy transport
6,283,359	P. J. Brofman, M. G. Courtney, S. Farooq, M. J. Interrante, R. A. Jackson, G. B. Martin, S. K. Ray, W. E. Sablinski, and K. A. Stalter		Method for enhancing fatigue life of ball grid arrays
6,283,380	M. Kawase, T. Nakanishi, and H. Terada		Air conditioning system and air conditioning method
6,283,464	R. A. Byers		Adjustable tooling pin for a card test fixture
6,283,512	M. A. Butterbaugh and J. L. Peacock		Enhanced panel latch
6,284,079	R. J. Bezama and G. Natarajan		Method and structure to reduce low force pin pull failures in ceramic substrates
6,284,087	R. J. Von Gutfeld and J. H. Glownia		Method and system for curing an ultra-violet curable sealant that is shadowed by metallization
6,284,092	P. A. Manfredi		CMP slurry atomization slurry dispense system
6,284,151	L. D. David and T. C. Krywanczyk		Chemical mechanical polishing slurry for tungsten
6,284,329	K. J. Blackwell, F. D. Egitto, A. R. Knoll, and L. J. Matienzo		Method of forming adherent metal components on a polyimide substrate
6,284,439	S. J. Holmes, A. D. Katnani, N. M. Patel, and P. A. Rabidoux		Method of producing an integrated circuit chip using low "k" factor hybrid photoresist and apparatus formed thereby
6,284,443	B. A. Anderson, M. S. Hibbs, and S. S. Iyer		Method and apparatus for image adjustment
6,284,574	S. Knickerbocker, J. C. Liu, R. D. Mih, and K. S. Petrarca		Method of producing heat dissipating structure for semiconductor devices
6,284,593	R. Divakaruni, J. A. Mandelman, and C. J. Radens		Method for shallow trench isolated, contacted well, vertical MOSFET DRAM
6,284,619	S. A. Seymour and K. J. Stein		Integration scheme for multilevel metallization structures
6,284,666	B. Y. Kim, S. P. Kudelka, B. S. Lee, H. Lee, G. S. Mathad, E. Morales, M. D. Naeem, Y.-J. Park, and R. M. Ranade		Method of reducing RIE lag for deep trench silicon etching
6,285,050	P. G. Emma, S. M. Gates, and W. Hwang		Decoupling capacitor structure distributed above an integrated circuit and method for making same
6,285,080	R. J. Bezama, K. A. Bird, A. Piciacchio, and R. A. Rita		Planar metallized substrate with embedded camber control material and method thereof
6,285,082	R. V. Joshi and M. J. Tejwani		Soft metal conductor
6,285,180	A. J. Pas		Probe adapter and holder
6,285,217	J. Beck, C. M. Durham, P. J. Klim, and Y. Lofti		Dynamic logic circuits with reduced evaluation time
6,285,218	S. H. Dhong, H. C. Ngo, J. Park, and O. Takahashi		Method and apparatus for implementing logic using mask-programmable dynamic logic gates
6,285,229	A. M. Chu, F. D. Ferraiolo, J. A. Fifield, T. T. Nguyen, and M. Sofranko		Digital delay line with low insertion delay
6,285,367	S. R. Abrams, D. Oppenheim V, D. P. Pazel, and J. L. Wright		Method and apparatus for displaying and navigating a graph
6,285,375	C. C. John, Jr.		Algorithm to transform generalized polygons to trapezoids
6,285,430	Y. Saito		Liquid crystal display device
6,285,524	J. F. Boigenzahn, D. E. Bratvold, D. C. Goeke, M. S. Good, D. E. Goodman, R. E. Lagergren, G. A. Lyons, B. L. Rappel, J. M. Rigotti, and L. R. Tufty		Structure and enclosure assembly for a disk drive
6,285,612	J. K. DeBrosse		Reduced bit line equalization level sensing scheme
6,285,777	D. Kanevsky, S. H. Maes, and W. W. Zadrozny		Internet assisted mail
6,285,785	J. R. Bellegarda and D. Kanevsky		Message recognition employing integrated speech and handwriting information
6,285,805	A. Gueziec		System and method for finding the distance from a moving query point to the closest point on one or more convex or non-convex shapes
6,285,974	S. Mandyam, B. W. O'Krafka, R. Raghavan, R. J. Ramirez, and M. Tokugawa		Hardware verification tool for multiprocessors
6,285,978	A. Bernth, C. M. Gdaniec, M. C. McCord, and S. A. Medeiros		System and method for estimating accuracy of an automatic natural language translation
6,285,994	T. Q. Bui, R. L. Egan, and K. J. Kathmann		Method and system for efficiently searching an encoded vector index
6,285,996	M. M.-C. Jou, D. T. Lee, P. Li, H. Pan, B. T.-V. Tran, and Y. Wang		Run-time support for user-defined index ranges and index filters
6,285,997	M. J. Carey and G. G. Kiernan		Query optimization with deferred update and autonomous sources
6,286,000	C. Apte, F. J. Damerau, S. M. Weiss, and B. F. White		Light weight document matcher
6,286,003	H. Muta		Remote controlling method a network server remote controlled by a terminal and a memory storage medium for HTML files
6,286,007	C. F. Miller and P. G. Villarrubia		Method and system for efficiently storing and viewing data in a database
6,286,014	T. Fukushima, S. Murakami, and K. Nakamichi		Method and apparatus for acquiring a file to be linked
6,286,025	D. Y. Chang		Method and system of process identification by user defined process variables
6,286,028	M. A. Cohen, T. M. Harris, M. C. Sturzenbecker, and J. A. Walters		Method and apparatus for conducting electronic commerce
6,286,043	G. Cuomo, B. Q. Nguyen, and S. K. Singhal		User profile management in the presence of dynamic pages using content templates
6,286,046	R. M. Bryant		Method of recording and measuring e-business sessions on the world wide web
6,286,051	C. H. Becker, J. Cook, T. D. Folger, and J. I. Knutson		Method and apparatus for extending a Java archive file
6,286,068	R. K. Arimilli and J. M. Kaiser		Queued arbitration mechanism for data processing system
6,286,072	F. Bredin and C. Sitbon		System and method for synchronizing data communication between asynchronous buses
6,286,074	G. W. Batchelor, B. C. Beardsley, M. J. Kalos, and F. L. Wade		Method and system for reading prefetched data across a bridge system
6,286,079	R. B. Basham, P. M. Greco, and L. G. Jesionowski		Interruptible inventory of a mass data storage library
6,286,080	L. P. Connoy, C. E. Forhan, R. E. Galbraith, J. M. Gisi, and R. P. VanDuine		Advanced read cache emulation
6,286,094	J. E. Derrick, L. E. Eisen, B. R. Konigsburg, and H. Q. Le		Method and system for optimizing the fetching of dispatch groups in a superscalar processor
6,286,100	N. Morimoto, S. Ninomiya, and S. Tezuka		Method for hiding message data into media data and a method for extracting that hidden data
6,286,102	D. Cromer, R. Dayan, H. Locker, M. Steinmetz, and J. Ward		Selective wireless disablement for computers passing through a security checkpoint
6,286,111	J. P. Snover		Retry mechanism for remote operation failure in distributed computing environment
6,286,124	S. N. Hopper, C. S. Kush, and J. C. Wilson		End to end walking print
6,286,133	T. P. Hopkins		Method and apparatus for strategic compilation of source programs into two or more target languages
6,286,137	T. M. Bleizeffer, N. D. Church, K. W. Devine, V. W. Hughes, Jr., B. J. Kilburn, and D. E. Shough		Method and apparatus of indicating steps in a task which have been completed
6,286,138	K. J. Purcell		Technique for creating remotely updatable programs for use in a client/server environment
6,286,200	B. Huang and E. H. Lee		Dual mask process for making second pole piece layer of write head with high resolution narrow track width second pole tip
6,286,208	B. Beaman, K. E. Fogel, P. Lauro, M. Norcott, and D.-Y. Shih		Interconnector with contact pads having enhanced durability
6,287,126	M. Berger, L. S. Goldmann, H. C. Hamel, M. J. Interrante, M. W. Moyer, T. P. Moyer, and K. J. S. Puttlitz		Mechanical attachment means used as electrical connection
6,287,178	C. K. Huynh, P. A. Manfredi, T. J. Martin, D. P. Nadeau, and J. M. Weatherwax, Jr.		Wafer carrier rinsing mechanism
6,287,434	R. J. Ackel, D. E. Benoit, M. H. Charland, and T. B. Faure		Plating cell apparatus for x-ray mask fabrication
6,287,897	K. Chen, E. Gousev, and A. K. Ray		Gate dielectric with self forming diffusion barrier
6,287,901	T. A. Christensen and J. E. Sheets II		Method and semiconductor structure for implementing dual plane body contacts for silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistors
6,287,913	P. D. Agnello, B. A. Chen, S. W. Crowder, R. Divakaruni, S. S. Iyer, and D. Sinitsky		Double polysilicon process for providing single chip high performance logic and compact embedded memory structure
6,287,954	L. Ashley, H. M. Dalal, D. B. Nguyen, H. S. Rathore, and R. G. Smith		Method of forming copper interconnections with enhanced electromigration resistance and reduced defect sensitivity
6,288,422	R. Divakaruni, J. A. Mandelman, and C. Radens		Structure and process for fabricating a 6F2 DRAM cell having vertical MOSFET and large trench capacitance
6,288,426	R. J. Gauthier, Jr., D. J. Schepis, W. R. Tonti, and S. H. Voldman		Thermal conductivity enhanced semiconductor structures and fabrication processes
6,288,427	F.-Y. Huang		Silicon-germanium BiCMOS on SOI
6,288,436	K. Arndt, A. Brintzinger, G. Daniel, T. Kirihata, D. Lachtrupp, and C. Narayan		Mixed fuse technologies
6,288,522	S. Odaohhara and K. Suzuki		Method and apparatus for controlling battery charging current
6,288,559	W. E. Bernier, M. A. Gaynes, W. J. Howell, M. V. Pierson, A. K. Trivedi, and C. G. Woychik		Semiconductor testing using electrically conductive adhesives
6,288,572	K. J. Nowka		Method and apparatus for reducing leakage in dynamic silicon-on-insulator logic circuits
6,288,602	C. R. Hoffman		CMOS on-chip precision voltage reference scheme
6,288,608	D. K. Jadus, J. M. Moniz, J. Pusl, C. Ruhe, and C. Stuebing		Radio frequency power amplifier for a battery powered handset unit of a wireless communications system
6,288,645	G. M. Cameron, C. D. McCall, and F. M. Orr		Electronic location tag
6,288,722	C. Narayanaswami		Frame buffer reconfiguration during graphics processing based upon image attributes
6,288,790	K. E. Carter and K. K. Yellepeddy		Mobility support for printing
6,288,856	H. H. Ottesen and G. J. Smith		Real-time head-to-disk clearance measuring method and apparatus
6,288,858	P. C. Arnett, D. C. Cheng, and R. W. Olson		Method for improving magnetic recording at high data rates for waveforms having a burst of transitions
6,288,861	M. Blaum, S. R. Hetzler, and W. J. Kabelac		Disk drive with sector numbers encoded by sequences of sector types
6,288,873	P. M. Lundquist and A. C. Tam		Curvature adjustment of sliders by scribing of slider suspension
6,288,876	T. R. Albrecht, W. J. Kozlovsky, G. P. Singh, and M. Suk		Melting and refreezing method for smothing and load/unloading lift tab for disk drive smoothed lift tab and gimbal assembly and data storage device incorporating smoothed lift tab
6,288,880	T. S. Hughbanks, N. L. Robertson, S. H. Voldman, and A. J. Wallash		Method of making TIC MR-head magnetic shield dummy shield spark gap
6,288,900	E. A. Johnson and S. Park		Warpage compensating heat spreader
6,289,085	S. Miyashita and T. Saito		Voice mail system, voice synthesizing device and method therefor
6,289,112	R. M. Bolle, L. Hong, A. K. Jain, and S. U. Pankanti		System and method for determining block direction in fingerprint images
6,289,213	E. B. Flint, P. F. Greier, L. S. Mok, and W. E. Pence		Computers integrated with a cordless telephone
6,289,303	S. Atkin and J. M. Wagner		Method and system for supporting multiple pen based language sets
6,289,316	H. Aghili, R. A. Mushlin, J. S. Rose, and R. Williams		Progress notes model in a clinical information system
6,289,325	Y. Mima, Y. Nakamura, and G. Yamamoto		Computer system, message monitoring method and associated message transmission method
6,289,343	T. Freund and I. S. C. Houston		Apparatus and method for performing semantic concurrency control in dispatching client requests within a server in a client/server computer system
6,289,344	K. A. Braia, C. L. Cotner, N. M. Mattos, R. M. Nakagawa, R. L. Smith, and J. Q. Wong		Context-sensitive authorization in an RDBMS
6,289,354	C. C. Aggarwal, B. T. Hailpern, J. L. Wolf, and P. S.-L. Yu		System and method for similarity searching in high-dimensional data space
6,289,355	D. J. Haderle and T. Majithia		Fast log apply
6,289,360	E. K. Kolodner and E. Lewis		Method and system for eliminating synchronization between sweep and allocate in a concurrent garbage collector
6,289,363	S. M. Consolatti, R. P. Eckhoff, and D. D. King		Navigation editor framework for building mulitmedia titles
6,289,369	N. Sundaresan		Affinity, locality, and load balancing in scheduling user program-level threads for execution by a computer system
6,289,375	G. Knight and R. B. Nicholson		Method and apparatus for invoking network agent functions using a hash table
6,289,395	A. A. Apte, P. Chen, and J. C. Sanchez		Generic Java-based event processor for scripting Java beans
6,289,399	T. Aihara and S. Furuichi		Computer and parameter setting method
6,289,405	P. E. Movall and T. J. Osten		Addition of slot, backplane, chassis and device parametric properties to vital product data (VPD) in a computer system
6,289,413	D. W. Bondurant, O. F. Jones, Jr., K. J. Mobley, J. L. Rogers, and S. W. Tomashot		Cached synchronous DRAM architecture having a mode register programmable cache policy
6,289,416	Y. Fukushima, T. Kakihara, K. Okutsu, and T. Ueda		Disk drive device and a method for controlling the same
6,289,422	W. S. Cadden, R. S. Lee, and O. Skudal		System for multi-volume, write-behind data storage in a distributed processing system
6,289,428	J. E. Derrick, H. Q. Le, D. J. Shippy, and L. E. Thatcher		Superscaler processor and method for efficiently recovering from misaligned data addresses
6,289,430	R. N. C. Broberg III, J. W. Byrn, C. B. McBride, and G. P. McClannahan		Method and apparatus for target addressing and translation in a non-uniform memory environment with user defined target tags
6,289,432	D. F. Ault, H. M. Morgenstern, and D. R. Sutherland		Sharing segments of storage by enabling the sharing of page tables
6,289,437	S. E. Eisen and J. E. Phillips		Data processing system and method for implementing an efficient out-of-order issue mechanism
6,289,444	R. K. Nair		Method and apparatus for subroutine call-return prediction
6,289,449	M. Aguilar, S. Gupta, and J. M. Stafford		Creating boot code image on a storage medium
6,289,465	M. W. Kuemerle		System and method for power optimization in parallel units
6,289,500	R. D. Baxter, B. A. Carlson, and A. S. Lee		Object mechanism and method that creates domain-neutral objects with domain-specific run-time extensions in an appropriate collection
6,289,503	R. F. Berry, R. Y. Hussain, C. C. John, Jr., and F. E. Levine		System and method for trace verification
6,289,512	W. M. Edwards and S. B. Gest		Automatic program installation
6,290,400	R. G. Emberty and C. A. Klein		Self-healing optical backplane for coupling components
6,290,640	M. P. Goldowsky		Uncoupled rotary linear pump
6,290,793	I. Lovas, M. Lu, and K.-H. Yang		Stress-free liquid crystal cell assembly
6,290,860	B. K. Appelt, J. M. Lauffer, V. R. Markovich, I. Memis, and D. J. Russell		Process for design and manufacture of fine line circuits on planarized thin film dielectrics and circuits manufactured thereby
6,291,267	K. A. Dore and D. L. Edwards		Process for underfilling chip-under-chip semiconductor modules
6,291,272	A. P. Giri, J. U. Knickerbocker, D. C. Long, S. L. Shinde, L. M. Studzinski, and R. Vallabhaneni V		Structure and process for making substrate packages for high frequency application
6,291,351	S. G. Barbee, E. J. Lee, L. Li, F. A. Martin, and C. Wei		Endpoint detection in chemical-mechanical polishing of cloisonne structures
6,291,353	K. P. Muller and H.-S. P. Wong		Lateral patterning
6,291,776	V. R. Markovich, P. A. Moschak, S. Park, and S. B. Sathe		Thermal deformation management for chip carriers
6,291,779	K. J. Lubert, C. L. Miller, T. R. Miller, R. D. Sebesta, J. W. Wilson, and M. Wozniak		Fine pitch circuitization with filled plated through holes
6,291,801	D. Guidotti and K. L. Lee		Continual flow rapid thermal processing apparatus and method
6,291,819	J. G. Hartley		Method of calibrating an electron beam system for lithography
6,291,833	W. F. Landers and J. Singh		Apparatus for mapping scratches in an oxide film
6,291,858	W. H.-L. Ma and D. J. Schepis		Multistack 3-dimensional high density semiconductor device and method for fabrication
6,291,885	C. Cabral, Jr., P. W. DeHaven, D. C. Edelstein, D. P. Klaus, J. M. Pollard III, C. L. Stanis, and C. E. Uzoh		Thin metal barrier for electrical interconnections
6,291,983	E. P. Clarke, Jr., R. A. Flavin, P. Nihal, G. H. Purdy, and N. G. Vogl		Selecting and monitoring signal lines with spurious transients in broadband network
6,292,027	S. H. Dhong, H. C. Ngo, J. Park, and O. Takahashi		Fast low-power logic gates and method for evaluating logic signals
6,292,065	D. J. Friedman and M. Meghelli		Differential control topology for LC VCO
6,292,186	K. F. Eustice, T. J. Lehman, and A. G. Morales		Universal information appliance with parser
6,292,240	H. Kamiya and Y. Saitoh		Transparent type liquid crystal display with plurality of light transmissive portions on reflective portions formed on both substrates
6,292,246	M. Shinohara and M. Uda		Reflection type liquid crystal device, manufacturing method therefor, and projection display system
6,292,316	A. Dietzel, F. Fleischmann, and F. Krause		Detection and characterization of defects on surfaces of magnetic disks
6,292,323	Y. Harada, M. Sato, T. Satoh, and H. Tanaka		Method and apparatus for removing accumulated particles on a head in an information recording and reproducing apparatus
6,292,335	H. S. Gill		Continuous junction spin valve read head stabilized without hard bias layers
6,292,343	J. P. Pequignot, T. Rahman, J. H. Sloan, D. W. Stout, and S. H. Voldman		ASIC book to provide ESD protection on an integrated circuit
6,292,357	D. J. Winarski and G. G. Zamora		Laptop computer with ergonomically enhanced interface features
6,292,367	J. U. Knickerbocker, S. L. Shinde, and K. K. Sikka		Thermally efficient semiconductor chip
6,292,369	G. G. Daves and D. L. Edwards		Methods for customizing lid for improved thermal performance of modules using flip chips
6,292,402	D. R. Hanson, T. Kirihata, and G. Mueller		Prefetch write driver for a random access memory
6,292,466	P. Droz		Connection admission control in high-speed packet switched networks
6,292,494	M. C. Baker, A. C. Chau, J. Taglione V, and A. D. Wallaker		Channel hopping protocol
6,292,578	A. D. Kalvin		System and method for restoring, describing and graphically displaying noise-corrupted boundaries in tomography images
6,292,718	D. E. Staiger		Electronic control system
6,292,747	H. Y. Amro and G. Kraft IV		Heterogeneous wireless network for traveler information
6,292,770	K. Zerber		Japanese language user interface for messaging system
6,292,795	T. S. J. Paul and M. Peters		Indexed file system and a method and a mechanism for accessing data records from such a system
6,292,798	M. J. Dockter, J. F. Farber, R. W. Lynn, and R. J. Richardt		Method and system for controlling access to data resources and protecting computing system resources from unauthorized access
6,292,819	W. Bultmann, W. Haller, H. Wetter, and A. Worner		Binary and decimal adder unit
6,292,824	M. E. Siksa		Framework and method for facilitating client-server programming and interactions
6,292,825	D. Y. Chang, A. K. R. Karkala, and J. S.-Y. Wang		Service application with pull notification
6,292,835	Y.-W. Huang and P. S.-L. Yu		Network bandwidth and object obsolescence sensitive scheduling method and apparatus for objects distributed broadcasting
6,292,843	A. Romano		Quick loading of run time dynamic link library for OS/2
6,292,848	E. A. Billheimer, R. S. Kolvick, and W. W. Plyler		Computing system adapter card for supporting legacy and plug and play configurations
6,292,856	S. T. Marcotte		System and method for application influence of I/O service order post I/O request
6,292,869	E. T. Gerchman, M. C. Gildea, and R. S. Jensen		System and method for memory scrub during self timed refresh
6,292,871	C. F. Fuente		Loading accessed data from a prefetch buffer to a least recently used position in a cache
6,292,872	R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis		Cache coherency protocol having hovering (H) and recent (R) states
6,292,887	J. P. Janniello		System and method for synchronizing instruction execution with external events
6,292,896	J. C. Dayka, R. H. Guski, H. T. McGee, and B. R. Wells		Method and apparatus for entity authentication and session key generation
6,292,897	R. Gennaro, H. M. Krawczyk, and T. D. Rabin		Undeniable certificates for digital signature verification
6,292,903	P. W. Coteus, D. M. Dreps, and F. Ferraiolo		Smart memory interface
6,292,904	M. Broomhall and L. J. Landau		Client account generation and authentication system for a network server
6,292,908	R. K. Arimilli, K. W. Franz, D. B. Shuler, and D. E. Williams		Method and apparatus for monitoring internal bus signals by using a reduced image of the internal bus
6,292,933	P. C. Bahrs, R. P. Chancey, B. A. Feigenbaum, M. M. Modh, S. M. Sundberg, and J. A. H. Woolfrey		Method and apparatus in a data processing system for systematically serializing complex data structures
6,292,936	A. I.-S. Wang		Enabling multiple runtime processors in an interpreter-based embedded scripting system
6,292,938	V. Sarkar, M. J. Serrano, and B. B. Simons		Retargeting optimized code by matching tree patterns in directed acyclic graphs
6,293,455	D. V. Caletka, K. Knadle, and C. G. Woychik		Method for producing a reliable BGA solder joint interconnection
6,293,457	W. H. Brearley, M. C. Cullinan-Scholl, J. H. Griffith, K. K. Srivastava, and P. C. Wade		Integrated method for etching of BLM titanium-tungsten alloys for CMOS devices with copper metallization
6,294,026	K. P. Muller, B. Poschenrieder, and K. Roithner		Distribution plate for a reaction chamber with multiple gas inlets and separate mass flow control loops
6,294,028	P. D. Bell, G. L. Bomberger, A. W. Brouillette, T. McMullin, and R. W. Wasielewski		Mercury process gold ballbond removal apparatus
6,294,102	D. A. Bennett, J. P. Norum, H. Yan, and C. Yu		Selective dry etch of a dielectric film
6,294,105	L. D. David, P. M. Feeney, T. C. Krywanczyk, M. T. Tiersch, and E. J. White		Chemical mechanical polishing slurry and method for polishing metal/oxide layers
6,294,406	C. L. Bertin, T. G. Ference, W. J. Howell, and E. J. Sprogis		Highly integrated chip-on-chip packaging
6,294,408	D. L. Edwards, M. J. Emmett, S. Iruvanti, R. A. Sherif, K. Sikka, and H. T. Toy		Method for controlling thermal interface gap distance
6,294,419	J. S. Brown, R. J. Gauthier, Jr., R. W. Mann, and S. H. Voldman		Structure and method for improved latch-up using dual depth STI with impurity implant
6,294,429	C. H. Lam, D. W. Martin, and C. R. Willets		Method of forming a point on a floating gate for electron injection
6,294,449	B. A. Chen, J. W. Golz, C. W. Koburger III, P. C. Parries, C. J. Waskiewicz, J. J. Wu, and T. J. Wu		Self-aligned contact for closely spaced transistors
6,294,453	P. E. Marmillion, A. M. Palagonia, and D. A. Schmidt		Micro fusible link for semiconductor devices and method of manufacture
6,294,470	L. Economikos and A. Simpson		Slurry-less chemical-mechanical polishing
6,294,745	P. A. Gruber		Solder anchor decal
6,294,817	B. Chen and S. Srinivasan		Source/drain-on insulator (S/DOI) field effect transistor using oxidized amorphous silicon and method of fabrication
6,294,828	W. R. LaFontaine, Jr., P. A. Mescher, and C. G. Woychik		Semiconductor chip package
6,294,831	T. Matsumoto and I. Shishido		Electronic package with bonded structure and method of making
6,294,835	H. M. Dalal, D. B. Nguyen, and H. S. Rathore		Self-aligned composite insulator with sub-half-micron multilevel high density electrical interconnections and process thereof
6,294,921	A. R. Bonaccio and H. J. Leighton		Apparatus for testing an integrated circuit device
6,294,929	P. K. Coulman, S. H. Dhong, J. Park, S. D. Posluszny, and O. Takahashi		Balanced-delay programmable logic array and method for balancing programmable logic array delays
6,294,942	C. L. Bertin, A. R. Bonaccio, H. Kalter, and W. R. Tonti		Method and apparatus for providing self-terminating signal lines
6,295,050	D. B. Kumhyr		Joy stick pointing device to control the movement of a graphical element on a computer display monitor
6,295,051	D. Kanevsky, M. Sabath, and A. Zlatsin		Intelligent boundless computer mouse system
6,295,056	S. A. Morgan, J. M. Mullaly, C. A. Swearingen, and A. R. Tannenbaum		Modulating the dimensions of environmentally related and proportionally sized displayed objects to conform selected object dimensions to limitations of a defined display space
6,295,059	J. L. Lentz and R. L. Poston		Method of vertically compressing a large list of data to fit on a screen
6,295,060	J. L. Lentz and R. L. Poston		Method of quickly expanding large lists of compressed data
6,295,106	T. Fukuzawa, S. Kohara, V. Y. W. Lee, R. D. Miller, J. C. Scott, and S. A. Swanson		Energy-efficient full-color liquid crystal display
6,295,128	R. R. Horton, C. Narayan, and M. J. Palmer		Optical alignment of superpositioned objects
6,295,168	J. A. Hoffnagle and C. M. Jefferson		Refractive optical system that converts a laser beam to a collimated flat-top beam
6,295,187	M. Pinarbasi		Spin valve sensor with stable antiparallel pinned layer structure exchange coupled to a nickel oxide pinning layer
6,295,232	K. Helwig, J. Pille, and D. Wendel		Dual-to-single-rail converter for the read out of static storage arrays
6,295,259	T. Kanai		Method and apparatus for digitizing a signal read from a data storage medium into a binary value
6,295,538	M. R. Cooper, M. J. Hamzy, P. E. Nogay, and M. W. Vanderwiele		Method and apparatus for creating metadata streams with embedded device information
6,295,559	M. L. Emens, R. Kraft, and N. Sundaresan		Rating hypermedia for objectionable content
6,295,568	R. A. Kelley, D. M. Neal, and S. M. Thurber		Method and system for supporting multiple local buses operating at different frequencies
6,295,584	D. R. DeSota, K. F. Dove, B. M. Gilbert, T. D. Lovett, and R. J. Safranek		Multiprocessor computer system with memory map translation
6,295,591	R. Bealkowski, S. D. Clark, S. Dhawan, and R. A. Drehmel		Method of upgrading and/or servicing memory without interrupting the operation of the system
6,295,605	M. J. Dockter, J. F. Farber, R. W. Lynn, and R. J. Richardt		Method and apparatus for multi-level security evaluation
6,295,613	C. L. Bates and P. R. Day		Debug watch mechanism and method for debugging a computer program
6,295,634	H. Matsumoto		Wiring design apparatus, wiring determination apparatus and methods thereof
6,295,638	M. W. Brown, J. H. McIntyre, and S. L. Winters		Method and apparatus for loading native object code in data processing system
6,295,641	B. A. Beadle, M. W. Brown, M. A. Paolini, and D. S. Rothert		Method and apparatus for dynamically selecting bytecodes for just in time compiling in a user's environment
6,295,642	G. O. Blandy		Method and apparatus for partial just in time compiling in a data processing system
6,295,643	M. W. Brown, J. H. McIntyre, M. A. Paolini, and S. L. Winters		Method and apparatus for improving Java virtual machine performance using persistent execution information