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

United States
6,312,313	G. P. Gee and T. J. Zhang		Non-linear transducer lay-out of thin film head wafer for fabrication of high camber and crown sliders
6,312,620	M. Angelopoulos and B. K. Furman		Deaggregated electrically conductive polymers and precursors thereof
6,312,791	B. Fasano V, D. H. Gabriels, R. F. Indyk, S. M. Kamath, S. I. Langenthal, S. S. N. Reddy, and R. Vallabhaneni V		Multilayer ceramic substrate with anchored pad
6,312,793	S. M. Gates, A. Grill, and V. V. Patel		Multiphase low dielectric constant material
6,312,833	H. Takatsuji, S. Tsuji, and K. Tsujimoto		Multilayered wiring layer
6,312,972	E. D. Blackshear		Pre-bond encapsulation of area array terminated chip and wafer scale packages
6,313,078	K. Tsuboi		Cleaning composition for removing resist and method of removing resist
6,313,434	M. A. Kadar-Kallen and D. G. Patterson		Method for creation of inclined microstructures using a scanned laser image
6,313,461	G. M. McClelland, C. T. Rettner, M. G. Samant, and D. K. Weller		Scanning-aperture electron microscope for magnetic imaging
6,313,492	M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, A. D. Katnani, N. M. Patel, and P. A. Rabidoux		Integrated circuit chip produced by using frequency doubling hybrid photoresist
6,313,663	D. R. Hanson and G. Mueller		Full swing voltage input/full swing output bi-directional repeaters for high resistance or high capacitance bi-directional signal lines and methods therefor
6,313,712	J.-M. Mourant and D. Shkap		Low power crystal oscillator having improved long term and short term stability
6,313,763	H. S. Lambert		Variable length data packet with adjustable length indicator
6,313,854	K. P. Gibson		Display mechanism for HTML frames
6,313,879	N. Asamoto and H. Kubo		Synchronization method and decoder
6,313,896	M. G. Samant and J. Stohr		Method for forming a multi-domain alignment layer for a liquid crystal display device
6,313,905	J. P. Brugger, J. K. Gimzewski, P. L. Gueret, R. Luethi-Oetterli, R. R. Schlittler, and M. E. Welland		Apparatus and method for defining a pattern on a substrate
6,313,925	W. C. Decker, H. C. Lee, and J. L. Zable		System, method, and program for saving toner/ink in a color printer without sacrificing image quality
6,313,962	R. L. Galbraith, J. M. Poss, D. J. Stanek, and P. J. Windler		Combined read and write VCO for DASD PRML channels
6,313,964	B. Lamberts and M. Yu		Early write enable with off-track write protection
6,314,193	M. Vodegel		Method and device for localizing and detecting plastic strips and window areas on mail
6,314,197	R. M. Bolle, L. Hong, A. K. Jain, and S. U. Pankanti		Determining an alignment estimation between two (fingerprint) images
6,314,205	M. Aono, H. Masuda, and R. Ohbuchi		Method and apparatus for compressing and transmitting a three-dimensional geometric model
6,314,377	H. H. Ottesen and G. J. Smith		Optimal location of drive assemblies within a multiple drive array
6,314,390	C. J. Bittner, J. P. Hoffmann, and J. S. Watts		Method of determining model parameters for a MOSFET compact model using a stochastic search algorithm
6,314,396	M. D. Monkowski		Automatic gain control in a speech recognition system
6,314,397	B. Ballard, J. R. Lewis, and K. Ortega		Method and apparatus for propagating corrections in speech recognition software
6,314,423	M. A. Himmel, J. S. LaBaw, and H. Rodriguez		Searching and serving bookmark sets based on client specific information
6,314,424	M. A. Kaczmarski and R. Y.-Y. Tung		System and method for dynamically expanding and collapsing a tree view for an HTML web interface
6,314,428	G. E. Brew, S. M. French, C. J. Paul, and J. H.-V. Tran		Method and apparatus for application management in computer networks
6,314,430	S. S. Chang		System and method for accessing a database from a task written in an object-oriented programming language
6,314,432	R. W. Potts, Jr.		System and method for retrieval, saving and printing of using hyperlinks
6,314,439	C. L. Bates and P. R. Day		Computer system, program product and method of creating aliases and accessing storage locations in a computer system with same
6,314,445	S. Poole		Native function calling
6,314,448	M. H. Conner, B. A. Curtis, and J. M.-D. Hsu		Method and system for inter-applet communication in a computer network
6,314,449	D. N. Barret and E. J. Gallagher		Method and system for accessing application log messages appearing in a web-based user interface in a distributed network
6,314,455	D. C. Cromer, B. J. Ellison, E. R. Kern, H. Locker, and R. S. Springfield		Data processing system and method for permitting a server to remotely initiate a client's boot block recovery
6,314,460	G. Knight and R. B. Nicholson		Method and apparatus for analyzing a storage network based on incomplete information from multiple respective controllers
6,314,462	D. A. Hellenga, M. K. Majikes, T. M. Mooney, and B. D. Valentine		Sub-entry point interface architecture for change management in a computer network
6,314,482	S. Chu, R. C. Fore, D. A. Kalman, R. V. Miller, S. Pothireddy, R. P. Rowe, and M. E. Turner		Method and system for indexing adapters within a data processing system
6,314,491	D. L. Freerksen, J. D. Irish, and G. M. Lippert		Peer-to-peer cache moves in a multiprocessor data processing system
6,314,492	M. J. Allen and J. P. Furminger		System and method for server control of client cache
6,314,493	D. A. Luick		Branch history cache
6,314,495	R. K. Arimilli, J. M. Kaiser, and D. E. Williams		Method and apparatus for executing multiply-initiated, multiply-sourced variable delay system bus operations
6,314,498	L. B. Arimilli, R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, G. L. Guthrie, and W. J. Starke		Multiprocessor system bus transaction for transferring exclusive-deallocate cache state to lower lever cache
6,314,500	J. A. Rose		Selective routing of data in a multi-level memory architecture based on source identification information
6,314,512	M. J. Branson, S. G. Halverson, D. L. Rackham, A. J. Streit, and S. M. Townsend		Automatic notification of connection or system failure in asynchronous multi-tiered system by monitoring connection status using connection objects
6,314,521	R. K. Debry		Secure configuration of a digital certificate for a printer or other network device
6,314,526	J. W. Arendt, C.-Y. Chao, and R. A. Mancisidor		Resource group quorum scheme for highly scalable and highly available cluster system management
6,314,531	P. R. Kram		Method and system for testing and debugging distributed software systems by using network emulation
6,314,540	W. Huott V, M. P. Kusko, G. O'Malley, and B. J. Robbins		Partitioned pseudo-random logic test for improved manufacturability of semiconductor chips
6,314,547	W. E. Donath and P. N. Kudva		Method for improving the assignment of circuit locations during fabrication
6,314,561	M. R. Funk, S. R. Kunkel, M. H. Lipasti, B. Mendelson, R. R. Roedinger, and W. J. Schmidt		Intelligent cache management mechanism
6,314,569	R. S. Chernock, P. Dettori, F. A. Schaffa, and D. I. Seidman		System for video, audio, and graphic presentation in tandem with video/audio play
6,314,814	J. H. Brannon, S. Duan, W. C. Leung, Y. Liu, and L. Tang		Method and apparatus for precise measurement of pressure dependence of head fly height using transitional thermal signals
6,314,852	J. U. Knickerbocker, M. J. LaPlante, D. C. Long, T. Weiss, and R. P. Westerfield, Jr.		Gang punch tool assembly
6,315,208	R. P. Doyle		Biometric identification and thermostatic control method and system for temperature-sensitive water delivery in home plumbing systems
6,315,839	M. Pinarbasi and R. L. Smith		Method of making a keeper layer for a spin valve sensor with low intrinsic anisotropy field
6,316,123	K. L. Lee, D. A. Lewis, R. A. Roy, and R. G. Viswanathan		Microwave annealing
6,316,167	M. Angelopoulos, K. Babich, A. Grill, S. D. Halle, A. P. Mahorowala, and V. V. Patel		Tunabale vapor deposited materials as antireflective coatings, hardmasks and as combined antireflective coating/hardmasks and methods of fabrication thereof and application thereof
6,316,786	P. Mueller, H. E. Riel, W. Riess, and H. Vestweber		Organic opto-electronic devices
6,316,808	G. E. Smith III		T-gate transistor with improved SOI body contact structure
6,316,843	L. L. Hsu		Shared charge pump voltage ramp
6,316,898	T. R. Albrecht and E. H. Klaassen		Pulse modulated capacitive retract device for a voice coil actuator
6,316,997	J. M. Tammone, Jr.		CMOS amplifiers with multiple gain setting control
6,317,002	J. R. Griffiths		Circuit for efficiently producing low-power radio frequency signals
6,317,106	J. S. Beeteson, A. R. Knox, and C. C. Pietrzak		Grid electrodes for a display device
6,317,114	B. Abali, H. Franke, and M. E. Giampapa		Method and apparatus for image stabilization in display device
6,317,164	D. A. Hrusecky, B. J. Lloyd, and C. Ngai		System for creating multiple scaled videos from encoded video sources
6,317,179	H. Kamiya		Reflection type display and coloring method thereof
6,317,182	S. Kimura, K. Kusafuka, and H. Shimizu		Liquid crystal display apparatus
6,317,186	H. C. Lee, K. Miwa, M. Noquchi, D. P. Seraphim, D. W. Skinner, and S. Suzuki		Method for sealing corner regions of a liquid crystal display
6,317,190	R. L. Bingham, K. E. Dimitri, M. Hasegawa, and D. J. Winarski		Variable focal length liquid crystal lens assembly and method of manufacture
6,317,211	C. P. Ausschnitt and T. A. Brunner		Optical metrology tool and method of using same
6,317,298	H. S. Gill		Spin valve read sensor with specular reflector structure between a free layer structure and a keeper layer
6,317,299	M. Pinarbasi		Seed layer for improving pinning field spin valve sensor
6,317,657	G. George		Method to battery back up SDRAM data on power failure
6,317,703	R. Linsker		Separation of a mixture of acoustic sources into its components
6,317,704	T. Furuhata, K. Inoue, T. Itoh, and A. Yamada		Method for generating a mesh and a computer therefor
6,317,735	Y. Morimoto		Method and apparatus for determining rule in database
6,317,744	D. A. Elko, J. M. Nick, D. H. Surman, and W. W. Wilkinson		Method, system and program products for browsing fully-associative collections of items
6,317,747	J. E. Bolan, B. E. Clark, G. R. Klouda, and B. M. Walk		Dedicated input/output processor method and apparatus for access and storage of compressed data
6,317,756	E. K. Kolodner and E. Petrank		On-the-fly garbage collector
6,317,769	Y. Kobayashi, H. Nijima, and A. Satoh		Apparatus for calculating of Bc (mod n) with repeatedly shifting a holding value
6,317,773	E. E. Cobb, T. J. Freund, S. A. J. Holdsworth, I. S. C. Houston, and S. A. Smith		System and method for creating an object oriented transaction service that interoperates with procedural transaction coordinators
6,317,776	S. J. Broussard and L. R. Wilson		Method and apparatus for automatic chat room source selection based on filtered audio input amplitude of associated data streams
6,317,778	D. M. Dias, A. K. Iyengar, E. M. Levy-Abegnoll, and J. Song		System and method for replacement and duplication of objects in a cache
6,317,782	V. Berstis and M. A. Himmel		Method and apparatus for detecting actual viewing of electronic advertisements and transmitting the detected information
6,317,793	H. Toyosawa		Method and system for connecting communication devices utilizing connection information obtained from a server on a network
6,317,795	P. K. Malkin, R. J. Schloss, E. C. Snible, M. H. Willebeek-LeMair, and P. S.-L. Yu		Dynamic modification of multimedia content
6,317,806	S. Audityan, T. A. Petersen, and R. C. Podnar		Static queue and index queue for storing values identifying static queue locations
6,317,809	J. E. Kulakowski, R. J. Means, and D. J. Winarski		Optical disk under-run protection using formatted padding sectors
6,317,811	S. R. Deshpande and D. Mui		Method and system for reissuing load requests in a multi-stream prefetch design
6,317,816	L. W. Loen		Multiprocessor scaleable system and method for allocating memory from a heap
6,317,826	C. D. McCall and J. H. Shaw		Booting a computer system from a network
6,317,834	R. Gennaro, S. Halevi, S. Maes, T. Rabin, and J. Sorensen		Biometric authentication system with encrypted models
6,317,839	R. M. Wells		Method of and apparatus for controlling supply of power to a peripheral device in a computer system
6,317,840	A. A. Dean, K. J. Goodnow, P. E. Perry, and S. T. Ventrone		Control of multiple equivalent functional units for power reduction
6,317,859	E. Papadopoulou		Method and system for determining critical area for circuit layouts
6,317,867	E. Elnozahy		Method and system for clustering instructions within executable code for compression
6,318,159	D. Chen, E. Flecha, J. M. Hammond, and K. G. Roessler		Scanning force microscope with automatic surface engagement
6,318,624	S. Pattanaik, T. C. Reiley, and R. G. Simmons		Solder balltape and method for making electrical connection between a head transducer and an electrical lead
6,319,093	T. G. Van Kessel, R. J. Lebel, F. Maurer, R. Nadeau, P. H. Smith, Jr., and H. K. Wickramasinghe		Chemical-mechanical polishing system and method for integrated spin dry-film thickness measurement
6,319,102	J.-S. (S). Luo		Capacitor coupled chuck for carbon dioxide snow cleaning system
6,319,343	C. N. Felisberto, S. A. Milkovich, and R. W. Nufer		Green sheets of controlled microporosity and method of producing same
6,319,449	J. S. Campbell and J. T. Holton		Process of molding an insert on a substrate
6,319,554	G. Natarajan and R. W. Pasco		Method and apparatus for surface metallization
6,319,650	A. Afzali-Ardakani, J. D. Gelorme, T. O. Graham, and L. L. Kosbar		High resolution crosslinkable photoresist composition, compatable with high base concentration aqueous developers method and for use thereof
6,319,651	S. J. Holmes and P. A. Rabidoux		Acid sensitive arc and method of use
6,319,745	C. L. Bertin, W. R. Tonti, and J. M. Zalesinski		Formation of charge-coupled-device with image pick-up array
6,319,759	T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, and W. H. Ma		Method for making oxide
6,319,788	U. Gruening, C. J. Radens, and M. Schrems		Semiconductor structure and manufacturing methods
6,319,794	H. Akatsu, T.-C. Chen, L. Economikos, H. L. Ho, R. Kleinhenz, J. A. Mandelman, and W. C. Natzle		Structure and method for producing low leakage isolation devices
6,319,818	A. K. Stamper		Pattern factor checkerboard for planarization
6,319,829	R. W. Pasco, S. S. N. Reddy, and R. Vallabhaneni V		Enhanced interconnection to ceramic substrates
6,319,840	G. Costrini and M. Seitz		For mol integration
6,319,884	M. R. Leduc, H. G. Linde, and G. P. Viens		Method for removal of cured polyimide and other polymers
6,320,163	C. Bergeron, R. Lord, and M. Racicot		Apparatus and method for non-destructive, low stress removal of soldered electronic components
6,320,215	G. Bronner, U. Gruening, J. A. Mandelman, and C. J. Radens		Crystal-axis-aligned vertical side wall device
6,320,225	M. J. Hargrove and J. A. Mandelman		SOI CMOS body contact through gate, self-aligned to source-drain diffusions
6,320,237	F. Assaderaghi, H. W. Chase, and S. L. Runyon		Decoupling capacitor structure
6,320,419	G. C. Burda, J. H. Fischer, and R. A. Paniccia		Non-latency affected contention prevention during scan-based test
6,320,521	D. Har, K.-K. Mak, and C. O. Schulz		System and method for efficiently merging compressed data
6,320,602	P. Burkardt, R. A. Feigel, J. Land, and H. Westermann		Region layout in a view on a graphical display screen
6,320,671	N. J. Dauerer and E. E. Kelley		Web browser printing enhancements
6,320,713	J. E. Malmberg and L. L. Tretter		Ratio method for measurement of MR read head resistance
6,320,715	M. P. Salo and A. J. Wallash		Drive electronics employing unipolar last write for improved magnetic stability
6,320,719	T. R. Albrecht, R. C. Barrett, and J. H. Eaton		Timing based servo system for magnetic tape systems
6,320,771	W. Hemena and R. S. Malik		Fault tolerant active current sharing
6,320,803	W. Ellis, M. Gall, S. Miyamoto, and M. Yoshihara		Method and apparatus for improving the testing, yield and performance of very large scale integrated circuits
6,320,985	M. P. Perrone and J. Subrahmonia		Apparatus and method for augmenting data in handwriting recognition system
6,320,986	O. C. Strohacker		Preprocessing multiple bit per pixel sampled data for Lempel-Ziv compression
6,321,132	M. W. Dawande, J. R. Kalagnanam, H. S. Lee, and M. E. Trumbo		Efficient method for designing slabs for production from an order book
6,321,184	J. R. Baumgartner and T. Heyman		Reduction of arbitrary L1-L2 circuits for enhanced verification
6,321,192	A. M. Houchin and D. A. Wood		Adaptive learning method and system that matches keywords using a parsed keyword data structure having a hash index based on an unicode value
6,321,196	C. A. Franceschi		Phonetic spelling for speech recognition
6,321,235	P. M. Bird		Global caching and sharing of SQL statements in a heterogeneous application environment
6,321,239	D. M. Shackelford		Efficient volume copy using pre-configuration of log structured target storage
6,321,245	B. Caillet and M. Cukier		Method and system for performing fast division using non linear interpolation
6,321,252	S. Bhola, S. P. Doddapaneni, K. G. Kumar, B. Mukherjee, and M. H. Willebeek-LeMair		System and method for data streaming and synchronization in multimedia groupware applications
6,321,256	V. Berstis and M. A. Himmel		Method and apparatus for controlling client access to documents
6,321,263	J. Luzzi, S. M. Reps, and G. Zhu		Client-based application availability
6,321,277	M. E. Andresen, B. A. Carpenter, A. B. McNeill, Jr., and T. H. Newsom		Separable in-line automatic terminator for use with a data processing system bus
6,321,283	T. T. Ventura		Method and apparatus for determining a data transmission capacity between communicatively connected source and target devices
6,321,296	J. C. Pescatore		SDRAM L3 cache using speculative loads with command aborts to lower latency
6,321,298	W. A. Hubis		Full cache coherency across multiple raid controllers
6,321,303	T. A. Hoy, B. M. Kuttanna, R. Patel, and M. D. Snyder		Dynamically modifying queued transactions in a cache memory system
6,321,305	R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, G. L. Guthrie, J. B. Joyner, and J. D. Lewis		Multiprocessor system bus with combined snoop responses explicitly cancelling master allocation of read data
6,321,306	L. B. Arimilli, R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, G. L. Guthrie, and W. J. Starke		High performance multiprocessor system with modified-unsolicited cache state
6,321,312	G. T. Davis, L. B. Marshall IV, C. R. Ogilvie, and P. C. Stabler		System and method for controlling peripheral device memory access in a data processing system
6,321,341	T. Inoue, N. Kamijo, and S. Kurogi		Method and apparatus for measuring the power consumption of a computer
6,321,350	M. E. Baskey, F. W. Brice, S. G. Glassen, E. P. Hefferon, B. H. Ratcliff, A. J. Stagg, S. R. Valley, and L. W. Wyman		Method and apparatus for error detection using a queued direct input-output device
6,321,362	A. R. Conn and C. Visweswariah		Method of reformulating static circuit optimization problems for reduced size, degeneracy and redundancy
6,321,373	K. Ekanadham, J. E. Moreira, and V. K. Naik		Method for resource control in parallel environments using program organization and run-time support
6,321,374	D. M.-H. Choy		Application-independent generator to generate a database transaction manager in heterogeneous information systems
6,321,375	G. O. Blandy		Method and apparatus for determining most recently used method
6,321,377	B. A. Beadle, M. W. Brown, M. A. Paolini, and D. S. Rothert		Method and apparatus automatic service of JIT compiler generated errors
6,321,378	O. W. Weber		Automated code replication during application development
6,321,380	J. E. Derrick, L. E. Eisen, and K. F. Reick		Method and apparatus for modifying instruction operations in a processor
6,321,440	L. J. Crawforth, C. C. Poon, and A. C. Tam		Method for adjusting curvature of magnetic read/write head sliders
6,321,442	J. W. Berberich and N. B. Schirle		Head suspension lift cam adjustment apparatus
6,321,974	A. Hayashi, T. Satoh, T. Tsuchiya, and T. Yoshida		Method for ultrasonic bonding of slider and lead in a hard disk drive head gimbal assembly
6,322,685	S. K. Kang and S. Purushothaman		Apparatus and method for plating coatings on to fine powder materials and use of the powder therefrom
6,323,045	C. Cline, N. W. Hannon, C. Prasad, T. A. Wassick, and R. Yu		Method and structure for top-to-bottom I/O nets repair in a thin film transfer and join process
6,323,050	W. D. Becker, P. J. Camporese, A. H. Dansky, K. F. Eng, D. E. Hoffman, B. Singh, and H. H. Smith		Method for evaluating decoupling capacitor placement for VLSI chips
6,323,082	T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, and J. A. Mandelman		Process for making a DRAM cell with three-sided gate transfer
6,323,086	L. L. Hsu and J. A. Mandelman		Flash memory structure using sidewall floating gate having one side thereof surrounded by control gate
6,323,127	P. Andricacos, G. Costrini, D. E. Kotecki, and K. L. Saenger		Capacitor formed with Pt electrodes having a 3D cup-like shape with roughened inner and outer surfaces
6,323,128	C. Cabral, Jr., D. C. Edelstein, J. G. Gaudiello, J. M. Rubino, C. J. Sambucetti, G. F. Walker, and H. S. Wildman		Method for forming Co-W-P-Au films
6,323,130	S. B. Brodsky, C. Cabral, Jr., R. A. Carruthers, J. M. E. Harper, C. Lavoie, P. A. O'Neil, and Y. Y. Wang		Method for self-aligned formation of silicide contacts using metal silicon alloys for limited silicon consumption and for reduction of bridging
6,323,432	J. S. Campbell and W. T. Wike		Manufacture of dendrites and their use
6,323,436	J. C. Hedrick, K. Papathomas, A. S. Rai, S. L. Tisdale, and A. Viehbeck		High density printed wiring board possessing controlled coefficient of thermal expansion with thin film redistribution layer
6,323,493	J. H. Keller and K. J. Keller		Increased ion beam throughput with reduced beam divergence in a dipole magnet
6,323,522	M. J. Hargrove, M. M. Pelella, and S. H. Voldman		Silicon on insulator thick oxide structure and process of manufacture
6,323,532	H.-O. Joachim, J. A. Mandelman, and R. Rengarajah		Deep divot mask for enhanced buried-channel PFET performance and reliability
6,323,535	A. Brintzinger, S. Iyer, S. K. Iyer, C. Narayan, and P. Smeys		Electrical fuses employing reverse biasing to enhance programming
6,323,554	J. J. Cuomo, H. M. Dalal, L. L. Hsu, and R. Joshi V		Refractory metal capped low resistivity metal conductor lines and vias formed using PVD and CVD
6,323,628	J. C. Park		Voltage regulator
6,323,755	W. R. Lee and D. Wallach		Dynamic bus locking in a cross bar switch
6,323,834	E. G. Colgan, L. L. Kosbar, and A. E. Rosenbluth		Micromechanical displays and fabrication method
6,323,875	S. E. Millman and K. W. Warren		Method for rendering display blocks on display device
6,323,883	T. Minoura, S. Miyashita, and T. Tachibana		Method and apparatus of displaying a calendar
6,323,884	C. L. Bird and S. G. Chapman		Assisting user selection of graphical user interface elements
6,324,027	T. J. Chainer, M. D. Schultz, B. C. Webb, and E. J. Yarmchuk		Method and apparatus for correcting for random errors in timing pattern generation
6,324,029	N. Matsubara, M. Murai, S. K. Provazek, and K. R. Vannorsdel		Method and system for GMR sensor reset pulse application
6,324,030	W. L. Cheung, T. H. Nguyen, and C.-K. Wang		Digital pes demodulation for a disk drive servo control system using synchronous digital sampling
6,324,036	F. H. Dill, Jr., R. E. Fontana, Jr., and E. J. Lee		Combination inductive write head and magnetoresistive (MR) read head with improved topography
6,324,053	N. Kamijo		Wearable data processing system and apparel
6,324,132	N. Kagami, A. Tokizono, and H. Uchida		Method and system for controlling the positioning of a read/write head of a data recording device
6,324,163	C. A. Alexander, Jr., J. P. Ervin, E. J. Rovner, M. B. Squire, and M. A. Tippens		LAN emulation service delay of multicast tree generation during congestion
6,324,164	R. Luijten, L. Nicolas, and M. Poret		Asynchronous transfer mode (A.T.M.) protocol adapter for a high speed cell switching system
6,324,228	P. Desai and M. C. Millward		Method and apparatus for robust frequency tracking in strong channel interference using carrier signal relative strength and frequency error
6,324,499	B. Ballard and J. R. Lewis		Noise recognizer for speech recognition systems
6,324,500	H. Y. Amro and J. P. Dodson		Method and system for the international support of internet web pages
6,324,507	R. V. Buskirk, J. R. Lewis, K. A. Ortega, and H. Wang		Speech recognition enrollment for non-readers and displayless devices
6,324,527	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 distinguishing the cost of products in a multiple part number, multiple technology, fully or partially loaded semiconductor fabricator
6,324,533	R. Agrawal, S. Sarawagi, and S. Thomas		Integrated database and data-mining system
6,324,536	J. J. Rofrano		Method and system for providing interactive electronic catalog for product and constraint information of equality and inequality search
6,324,543	G. A. Cohen, D. L. Kaminsky, and R. A. King		Dynamic object migration method using proxy object links to support automatic object distribution in an object-oriented environment
6,324,552	S.-P. Chang and E. Feig		Browsers for focused access of data
6,324,553	B. J. Cragun and P. R. Day		Apparatus and method for the manual selective blocking of images
6,324,566	M. A. Himmel, J. S. LaBaw, and H. Rodriguez		Internet advertising via bookmark set based on client specific information
6,324,574	Q. Gong		Relay server for unsigned applets
6,324,578	D. E. Cox, K. F. Hayes, Jr., D. L. Kaminsky, and D. B. Lindquist		Methods, systems and computer program products for management of configurable application programs on a network
6,324,583	J. W. Stevens		Method and apparatus for enabling communication between dissimilar protocol stacks
6,324,584	B. D. Mandalia		Method for intelligent internet router and system
6,324,589	A. E. Chessell		Apparatus, method and computer program product for client/server computing with reduced cross-process calls
6,324,600	F. W. Brice, R. P. Tarcza, and L. W. Wyman		System for controlling movement of data in virtual environment using queued direct input/output device and utilizing finite state machine in main memory with two disjoint sets of states representing host and adapter states
6,324,612	W.-T. T. Chen, R. A. Kelley, D. M. Neal, and S. M. Thurber		Associating buffers in a bus bridge with corresponding peripheral devices to facilitate transaction merging
6,324,617	R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, G. L. Guthrie, J. B. Joyner, and J. D. Lewis		Method and system for communicating tags of data access target and castout victim in a single data transfer
6,324,620	P. J. Christenson, M. J. Corrigan, T. R. Crowley, M. S. Faunce, M. J. McDermott, T. J. Mullins, G. W. Nelson, R. P. VanDuine, and B. M. Walk		Dynamic DASD data management and partitioning based on access frequency utilization and capacity
6,324,621	B. C. Beardsley, M. T. Benhase, J.-M. Cheng, M. E. Goldfeder, D. P. Leabo, S. Singh, and F. L. Wade		Data caching with a partially compressed cache
6,324,622	A. E. Okpisz and T. A. Petersen		6XX bus with exclusive intervention
6,324,631	K. G. Kuiper		Method and system for detecting and coalescing free areas during garbage collection
6,324,638	T. Elmer and M. Putrino		Processor having vector processing capability and method for executing a vector instruction in a processor
6,324,640	H. Cheong and H. Q. Le		System and method for dispatching groups of instructions using pipelined register renaming
6,324,646	D. D.-H. Chen, J. B. Kerr, and S. A. Owen		Method and system for securing confidential data in a computer network
6,324,651	J. Kubik, M. D. Rogalski, and J. L. Smith		Method and apparatus for saving device state while a computer system is in sleep mode
6,324,680	S. Barnfield, R. A. Bergamaschi, P. K. Jha, R. Mukherjee, and J. D. Weaver		Synthesis of arrays and records
6,324,683	Y.-C. G. Fuh, M. S. Meier, and H. Pan		System, method and program for debugging external programs in client/server-based relational database management systems
6,324,686	H. Komatsu, H. Momose, and K. Ogata		Just in time compiler technique
6,324,687	B. A. Beadle, M. W. Brown, M. A. Paolini, and D. S. Rothert		Method and apparatus to selectively control processing of a method in a Java virtual machine
6,324,688	M. W. Brown, J. H. McIntyre, and S. L. Winters		Method and apparatus for optimizing execution of Java programs