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

United States
6,334,230	R. M. Khoury, M. Mattaroccia, and J. M. Ocasio		Wafer cleaning apparatus
6,334,247	B. S. Beaman, K. E. Fogel, P. A. Lauro, M. H. Norcott, D.-Y. Shih, and G. F. Walker		High density integrated circuit apparatus, test probe and methods of use thereof
6,334,616	M. A. Hajji, A. K. Hanlon, and H. S. Nagaraj		Ferrofluid cap seal for spindle motor
6,334,793	S. Amoni, T. S. Brookie, and P. D. Kangas		Enhanced universal serial bus
6,334,807	R. J. Lebel, R. Nadeau, M. P. O'Boyle, P. H. Smith, Jr., T. G. Van Kessel, and H. K. Wickramasinghe		Chemical mechanical polishing in-situ end point system
6,335,104	D. C. Edelstein, J. G. Gaudiello, J. M. Rubino, C. J. Sambucetti, and G. Walker		Method for preparing a conductive pad for electrical connection and conductive pad formed
6,335,151	C. P. Ausschnitt, N. Greco, and E. N. Levine		Micro-surface fabrication process
6,335,210	M. S. Farooq, R. A. Jackson, S. H. Knickerbocker, and S. K. Ray		Baseplate for chip burn-in and/of testing, and method thereof
6,335,214	K. H. Fung		SOI circuit with dual-gate transistors
6,335,229	W. T. Motsiff, R. A. Previti-Kelly, and W. D. Pricer		Inductive fuse for semiconductor device
6,335,239	F. Agahi, L. L. Hsu, and J. A. Mandelman		Manufacturing a DRAM cell having an annular signal transfer region
6,335,248	T. W. Dyer and J. A. Mandelman		Dual workfunction MOSFETs with borderless diffusion contacts for high-performance embedded DRAM technology
6,335,261	R. A. Conti, L. Economikos, T. Ivers, W. Natzle, and G. D. Papasouliotis		Directional CVD process with optimized etchback
6,335,262	S. W. Crowder, A. G. Domenicucci, L.-K. Han, M. J. Hargrove, and P. A. Ronsheim		Method for fabricating different gate oxide thicknesses within the same chip
6,335,272	A. Allen, J. B. Lasky, R. W. Mann, J. H. Rankin, and F. R. White		Buried butted contact and method for fabricating
6,335,294	D. P. Agnello, M. C. Bushey, D. K. Johnson, J. B. Lasky, P. J. Lindgren, and K. D. Peterson		Wet cleans for cobalt disilicide processing
6,335,482	J. S. B. Mason		Cable screen connection method and cable grommet
6,335,494	R. P. Gregor and J. P. Libous		Multiple power distribution for -i noise reduction
6,335,495	D. S. Farquhar, E. O. Fey, E. F. Foster, and M. J. Klodowski		Patterning a layered chrome-copper structure disposed on a dielectric substrate
6,335,539	C. D. Dimitrakopoulos, I. Kymissis, and S. Purushothaman		Method for improving performance of organic semiconductors in bottom electrode structure
6,335,569	R. V. Joshi		Soft metal conductor and method of making
6,335,614	R. Ganti		Bandgap reference voltage circuit with start up circuit
6,335,632	D. T. Hui		CMOS small signal switchable terminator network
6,335,637	A. Correale, Jr., T. C. Coughlin, Jr., and D. W. Stout		Two-supply protection circuit
6,335,650	D. W. Boerstler, H. P. Hofstee, H. C. Ngo, and K. J. Nowka		Method and apparatus for adjusting time delays in circuits with multiple operating supply voltages
6,335,652	T. Kirihata and G. Mueller		Method and apparatus for the replacement of non-operational metal lines in DRAMs
6,335,682	C. L. Bates and P. R. Day		Method and system for enhanced system automotive brake light control
6,335,685	A. G. Schrott and R. J. Von Gutfeld		Apparatus and method for locating containers and contents of containers using radio frequency tags
6,335,733	D. Cohen, A. Harpaz, A. Hartman, M. Keren, and M. Shalev		Method and system for displaying and editing a resource schedule
6,335,737	B. M. Grossman and C. A. Pickover		Video display and selection on a graphical interface
6,335,738	P. J. Englefield, M. J. P. Tibbits, R. Trainer, and J. Whiting		Method and tool for generating and displaying a descriptive annotation of selected application data
6,335,741	C. M. Nock		Apparatus and method for user indication of model state in a model view controller
6,335,743	B. J. Owings		Method and system for providing a resize layout allowing flexible placement and sizing of controls
6,335,745	H. Y. Amro and J. P. Dodson		Method and system for invoking a function of a graphical object in a graphical user interface
6,335,795	D. E. Neuhard, R. C. Nielsen, D. R. Palmer, and L. Vigil		Method for customizing print attribute choices based on selected model, media, and printer
6,335,840	D. J. Malone		Thermal asperity pointer for servo sector
6,335,868	R. F. Babcock, W. H. Bachman, M. A. Butterbaugh, M. S. Good, T. D. Green, M. J. C. Koschmeder, W. M. Monson, K. R. Qualters, B. J. Stanczyk, and G. A. Thompson		Enhanced enclosure arrangement for a computer
6,335,869	S. M. Branch, D. P. Gaio, and W. K. Hogan		Removable small form factor fiber optic transceiver module and electromagnetic radiation shield
6,335,890	W. R. Reohr and R. E. Scheuerlein		Segmented write line architecture for writing magnetic random access memories
6,335,900	O. Kwon, H. C. Ngo, and K. J. Nowka		Method and apparatus for selectable wordline boosting in a memory device
6,335,937	C.-Y. Chao, R. E. Hough, and A. A. Shaheen		Node failure recovery in a hub and spoke data replication mechanism
6,335,964	R. J. Bowater, N. D. Butler, D. A. Clarke, D. S. Renshaw, and G. H. Tuttle		Voice processing system
6,335,972	S. Chandersekaran and S. Gupta		Framework-based cryptographic key recovery system
6,336,098	D. J. Allard, K. N. Fortenberry, R. M. Szabo, and J. J. Toohey		Method for electronic distribution and redemption of coupons on the world wide web
6,336,101	J. R. Dean, J. L. Howard, and I. M. Rodriguez		Tracking of computer components allocated during configuration of computer systems and networks by a simplified user friendly configuration process
6,336,112	S. Chakrabarti, B. E. Dom, D. A. Gibson, P. Raghavan, S. Rajagopalan, S. Ravikumar, and A. Tomkins		Method for interactively creating an information database including preferred information elements, such as, preferred-authority, world wide web pages
6,336,117	L. C. Massarani		Content-indexing search system and method providing search results consistent with content filtering and blocking policies implemented in a blocking engine
6,336,118	B. W. Hammond		Framework within a data processing system for manipulating program objects
6,336,119	G. S. Banavar and L. Opyrchal		Method and system for applying cluster-based group multicast to content-based publish-subscribe system
6,336,120	M. J. Anglin and D. S. Noddings		Method and system for supporting hierarchical storage management (HSM) file system across multiple platforms
6,336,122	J. P. Lee, C. M. Nock, S. M. Shao, D. A. Wall, and J. L. Wright		Object oriented class archive file maker and method
6,336,126	R. E. Bjorklund and R. T. Cato		Wearable computer
6,336,127	J. M. Kurtzberg and M. Levanoni		Dynamic user management for timed shared computer systems
6,336,128	H.-J. Aminger, J. Eisenmann, M. Huber, M. Koehn, and P. Lanches		Data-processing-aided electronic control system for a motor vehicle
6,336,134	P. Varma		Dynamic clients, dynamic partitions, locking, and migration capability for distributed server for real-time collaboration
6,336,135	P. D. Niblett and K. L. Randell		Gateway for converting synchronous client/server protocols into asynchronous messaging protocols and storing session state information at the client
6,336,139	M. Feridun, M. McNally, and B. J. Vetter		System, method and computer program product for event correlation in a distributed computing environment
6,336,142	Y. Kanada and N. Kato		Methods and apparatus for downloading data between an information processing device and an external device via a wireless communications technique
6,336,143	R. A. Diedrich and H. G. Kiel		Method and apparatus for multimedia data interchange with pacing capability in a distributed data processing system
6,336,160	R. J. Eickemeyer, N. Malik, A. V. Pita, and A. Saha		Method and system for dividing a computer processor register into sectors and storing frequently used values therein
6,336,162	M. Ueda		DRAM access method and a DRAM controller using the same
6,336,163	V. L. Brewer, J. A. Fisher, F. D. Gallo, and T. C. Sample		Method and article of manufacture for inserting volumes for import into a virtual tape server
6,336,164	S. Gerdt, J. Li, D. L. Nguyen, and H.-F. Yun		Method and system for preventing deadlock in a log structured array
6,336,167	C. D. Jeffries, K. V. Vu, and M. S. Yousif		Cache storage management using dual stacks
6,336,168	M. W. Frederick, Jr., B. J. Ronchetti, D. J. Shippy, and L. E. Thatcher		System and method for merging multiple outstanding load miss instructions
6,336,169	R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Fields, Jr., and G. L. Guthrie		Background kill system bus transaction to optimize coherency transactions on a multiprocessor system bus
6,336,170	M. E. Dean, J. M. Magee, R. L. Rockhold, G. G. Sotomayor, Jr., and J. Van Fleet		Method and system in a distributed shared-memory data processing system for determining utilization of shared-memory included within nodes by a designated application
6,336,172	K. F. Day III, D. W. Dewey, D. L. Hanson, and W. D. LaMear		Storing and tracking multiple copies of data in a data storage library system
6,336,173	K. F. Day III, D. W. Dewey, D. L. Hanson, and W. D. LaMear		Storing and tracking multiple copies of data in data storage libraries
6,336,182	J. E. Derrick, L. E. Eisen, R. W. Hay, and P. J. Jordan		System and method for utilizing a conditional split for aligning internal operation (IOPS) for dispatch
6,336,183	H. Q. Le, R. G. McDonald, D. J. Shippy, and L. E. Thatcher		System and method for executing store instructions
6,336,184	G. A. Burke, G. A. Dyck, D. E. Lee, B. B. Moore, and S. J. Repka		Method and apparatus for performing a trap operation in an information handling system
6,336,187	R. F. Kern and M. A. Sovik		Storage system with data-dependent security
6,336,191	B. G. Mealey and L. R. Smolders		Method and system for clock compensation in instruction level tracing in a symmetrical multi-processing system
6,336,193	M. G. Fitzpatrick, J. A. Staubi, and H. M. Yudenfriend		Input/output recovery method which is based upon an error rate and a current state of the computer environment
6,336,194	K. G. Dahman, G. S. Johnson, L. R. Perry, and H. M. Yudenfriend		Program products for repositioning an input/output device without knowledge of current positioning of the device
6,336,202	S. Suganuma, K. Takahashi, K. Tsuchimoto, and Y. Yokoe		Data storage system, storage medium and method of controlling a data storage system
6,336,213	B. A. Beadle, M. W. Brown, M. A. Paolini, and D. S. Rothert		Method and apparatus for dynamic selection of which bytecodes should be just in time compiled
6,336,214	N. Sundaresan		System and method for automatically generating browsable language grammars
6,336,216	B. A. Curtis and J. M. D. Hsu		Objects oriented programming system with objects for storing compressed data files and self-extracting the data files
6,336,217	J. F. D'Anjou and L. C. Percival III		Systems, methods and computer program products for end-to-end software development process automation
6,336,262	H. M. Dalal, G. J. Gaudenzi, R. Y. Gorrell, M. A. Takacs, and K. J. Travis, Jr.		Process of forming a capacitor with multi-level interconnection technology
6,336,581	T. Kidachi, Y. Mita, S. Pattanaik, T. Tomiyama, T. Tuchiya, and T. Yoshida		Solder ball connection device and capillary tube thereof
6,336,727	M. J. Kim		Pointing device keyboard light
6,336,828	B. E. Baker, N. D. Gruber, and J. L. Huerta		Power bus bar docking mechanism
6,337,004	K. J. Blackwell, P. C. Chen, F. D. Egitto, A. R. Knoll, G. J. Matarese, and L. J. Matienzo		High adhesion performance roll sputtered strike layer
6,337,151	D. C. Edelstein, A. H. Simon, and C. E. Uzoh		Graded composition diffusion barriers for chip wiring applications
6,337,215	R. J. Wilson		Magnetic particles having two antiparallel ferromagnetic layers and attached affinity recognition molecules
6,337,218	S. A. Cohen, A. Halperin, and C. E. Uzoh		Method to test devices on high performance ULSI wafers
6,337,253	B. Davari, E. Leobandung, W. Rausch, and G. G. Shahidi		Process of making buried capacitor for silicon-on-insulator structure
6,337,287	F. M. Bozso and P. G. Emma		High speed, high bandwidth, high density nonvolatile memory system
6,337,375	G. A. Johansson and K. I. Papathomas		High optical contrast resin composition and electronic package utilizing same
6,337,381	H. Biebuyck and E. Haskal		Siloxane and siloxane derivatives as encapsulants for organic light emitting devices
6,337,497	H. I. Hanafi, A. Kumar, and M. R. Wordeman		Common source transistor capacitor stack
6,337,509	D. N. Cokely, T. M. Culnane, L. J. Jimarez, M. A. Jimarez, L. Li, and D. I. Mead		Fixture for attaching a conformal chip carrier to a flip chip
6,337,513	L. A. Clevenger, L. L. Hsu, L.-K. Wang, and T.-D. Yuan		Chip packaging system and method using deposited diamond film
6,337,516	H. C. Jones and J. G. Ryan		Technique for extending the limits of photolithography
6,337,518	A. Grill and V. V. Patel		Low dielectric constant amorphous fluorinated carbon and method of preparation
6,337,522	S. K. Kang and S. Purushothaman		Structure employing electrically conductive adhesives
6,337,540	A. Corbin, R. Sailer, and P. Sudraud		High brightness point ion sources using liquid ionic compounds
6,337,573	A. R. Bonaccio and H. J. Leighton		Contact test circuit
6,337,584	A. D. Davies, D. L. Stasiak, and F. J. Ziegler		Method and apparatus for reducing bipolar current effects in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) dynamic logic circuits
6,337,595	J. H. Dreibelbis, W. F. Ellis, R. J. Houghton, L. L. Hsu, and R. Joshi V		Low-power dc voltage generator system
6,337,627	R. J. Von Gutfeld, J. F. Ziegler, S. J. McAllister, J. H. Anderson, J. C. Murphy, and M. D. Ziegler		System of providing medical treatment
6,337,638	C. L. Bates and M. M. Tomashek		Vehicle warning system and method based on speed differential
6,337,646	N. Hatani and M. Ohkubo		Digital to analog converter with nonlinear error compensation
6,337,688	V. Berstis		Method and system for constructing a virtual reality environment from spatially related recorded images
6,337,694	C. H. Becker, D. W. Glass, M. D. Hocker, J. G. McLean, C. A. Pickover, and D. J. Winarski		Method and system for variable speed scrolling within a data processing system
6,337,700	T. Hama and Y. Kinoe		Control apparatus and method of selecting a graphical object and changing display attributes thereof
6,337,701	S. T. Jones		Apparatus for hardware support of software color cursors and method therefor
6,337,702	C. L. Bates and J. M. Ryan		Method and system for graphically indicating a valid input within a graphical user interface
6,337,777	N. Kagami, N. Matsubara, and A. Tokizono		Method and apparatus for controlling data write operations
6,337,783	H. A. E. Santini		Write head with multi-stitched second pole piece
6,337,794	D. Agonafer, R. C. Chu, M. J. Ellsworth, Jr., and R. E. Simons		Isothermal heat sink with tiered cooling channels
6,337,852	A. F. Benner, C. M. Desnoyers, D. J. Joseph, and F. A. Kampf		Flow control system using control information of a message for initiating retransmission of data portion when buffer is available
6,337,884	T. Cao, S. Dutta, T. Q. Nguyen, T. D. Trinh, and L. A. Walls		Circuitry for allowing two drivers to communicate with two receivers using one transmission line
6,337,899	T. Alcendor, Z. A. Lozinskie, and B. D. Mandalia		Speaker verification for authorizing updates to user subscription service received by internet service provider (ISP) using an intelligent peripheral (IP) in an advanced intelligent network (AIN)
6,337,958	W. A. C. Bateman III, M. J. Stanich, and J. C. Wilson		Matching the printing characteristics between two engines of a duplex print system
6,338,006	L. G. Jesionowski and W. H. Travis		Data storage library with efficient cartridge eject
6,338,025	M. A. Bowen, B. L. Krauter, S. A. Schmidt, C. C. Smith, and A. M. Tuvell		Data processing system and method to estimate power in mixed dynamic/static CMOS designs
6,338,038	G. R. Hanson		Variable speed audio playback in speech recognition proofreader
6,338,056	S. Dessloch, G. Y. C. Fuh, M. M.-C. Jou, N. M. Mattos, and R. Nitzsche		Relational database extender that supports user-defined index types and user-defined search
6,338,059	D. K. Fields, S. Hassinger, and W. W. Hurley II		Hyperlinked search interface for distributed database
6,338,064	M. B. Ault, G. L. Child, E. R. Plassmann, B. A. Rich, T. J. L. Shrader, and D. K. Soper		Method for enabling a web server running a "closed" native operating system to impersonate a user of a web client to obtain a protected file
6,338,066	D. C. Martin, H. J. Miranda, M. P. Plutowski, W. S. Spangler, S. Vaithyanathan, K. Wheeler, and D. H. Wolpert		Surfaid predictor: Web-based system for predicting surfer behavior
6,338,068	V. S. Moore and G. R. Walters		Method to demonstrate software that performs database queries
6,338,078	T.-. D. Chang, H. Cossmann, H. D. Dierks, Jr., W. J. Hymas, and S. P. Sharma		System and method for sequencing packets for multiprocessor parallelization in a computer network system
6,338,081	O. Furusawa, A. Nakda, T. Suzuki, and H. Tsuchitani		Message handling method, message handling apparatus, and memory media for storing a message handling apparatus controlling program
6,338,083	D. F. Casper, R. J. Dugan, J. C. Elliott, J. R. Flanagan, G. R. Frazier, C. C. Huang, and L. W. Ricci		Method and apparatus for transfer of information using optical fiber connections
6,338,084	D. H. Randall, Jr. and C. V. Rankin		Method for process-specific exchange of data between machines in a network
6,338,090	D. B. Emmes and D. W. Schmidt		Method and apparatus for selectively using input/output buffers as a retransmit vehicle in an information handling system
6,338,091	A. F. Benner, C. M. Desnoyers, D. J. Joseph, and F. A. Kampf		System for optimistic transmission flow control including receiver data discards upon inadequate buffering condition
6,338,092	C.-Y. Chao, R. E. Hough, and A. A. Shaheen		Method, system and computer program for replicating data in a distributed computed environment
6,338,096	J. P. Ukelson		System uses kernals of micro web server for supporting HTML web browser in providing HTML data format and http protocol from variety of data sources
6,338,102	H. M. Garrett, W. G. Holland, J. F. Logan, J. G. McDonald, and J. K. Stacy		Efficient data transfer mechanism for input/output devices having a device driver generating a descriptor queue and monitoring a status queue
6,338,103	T. Kirihata		System for high-speed data transfer using a sequence of overlapped global pointer signals for generating corresponding sequence of non-overlapped local pointer signals
6,338,107	R. A. Kelley and D. M. Neal		Method and system for providing hot plug of adapter cards in an expanded slot environment
6,338,111	J. W. Stevens		Method and apparatus for reducing I/O interrupts
6,338,114	M. A. Paulsen, D. M. Shackelford, and J. G. Thompson		Method, system, and program for using a table to determine an erase operation to perform
6,338,115	C. E. Forhan, R. E. Galbraith, and J. M. Gisi		Advanced read cache management
6,338,116	L. B. Arimilli, R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Fields, Jr., and S. Ghai		Method and apparatus for a data-less write operation within a cache memory hierarchy for a data processing system
6,338,117	J. R. H. Challenger, P. M. Dantzig, D. M. Dias, A. K. Iyengar, and E. M. Levy-Abegnoli		System and method for coordinated hierarchical caching and cache replacement
6,338,119	G. D. Anderson, R. X. Arroyo, B. G. Frey, and G. L. Guthrie		Method and apparatus with page buffer and I/O page kill definition for improved dma and L1/L2 cache performance
6,338,120	B. P. Hanley		Apparatus for cache use history encoding and decoding including next LRU and next MRU and method therefor
6,338,121	J. M. Nunez and T. A. Petersen		Data source arbitration in a multiprocessor system
6,338,122	Y. Baumgartner, M. E. Dean, and A. Elman		Non-uniform memory access (NUMA) data processing system that speculatively forwards a read request to a remote processing node
6,338,123	D. J. Joseph, M. M. Michael, and A. Nanda		Complete and concise remote (CCR) directory
6,338,124	R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, G. L. Guthrie, J. B. Joyner, and J. D. Lewis		Multiprocessor system bus with system controller explicitly updating snooper LRU information
6,338,128	A. Chang, E. J. Silha, L. E. Thatcher, and G. W.-Y. Yeung		System and method for invalidating an entry in a translation unit
6,338,130	D. A. Frye, V. S. Kulkarni, H. Parikh, J. C. Sinibaldi, and G. L. Turbeville		Adaptive method and apparatus for allocation of DSP resources in a communication system
6,338,133	D. A. Schroter		Measured, allocation of speculative branch instructions to processor execution units
6,338,134	F. C. Harwood and W. L. Leung		Method and system in a superscalar data processing system for the efficient processing of an instruction by moving only pointers to data
6,338,145	M. G. Fitzpatrick, J. A. Staubi, and H. M. Yudenfriend		Input/output recovery system which is based upon an error rate and a current state of the computer environment
6,338,147	A. M. Agbaria, P. F. Caffrey, W. J. Ferrante, S.-H. Huang, K. Z. Meth, D. K. Michailaros, A. Prenneis, and W. G. Tuel, Jr.		Program products for performing checkpoint/restart of a parallel program
6,338,151	M. G. Fitzpatrick, J. A. Staubi, and H. M. Yudenfriend		Input/output recovery which is based an error rate and a current state of the computer environment
6,338,159	W. P. Alexander III, R. F. Berry, R. Y. Hussain, C. C. John, Jr., F. E. Levine, and R. J. Urquhart		System and method for providing trace information
6,338,194	G. Benz, J. Finze, and M. Walker		Method of making a circuitized substrate assembly with carrier having substrates therein
6,338,251	U. S. Ghoshal		Mixed thermoelectric cooling apparatus and method
6,338,409	T. E. Neary		Reticle smif pod in situ orientation
6,338,777	W. R. Longstreth		Method and apparatus for sputtering thin films
6,338,818	M. Budman		Aroma sensory stimulation in multimedia
6,338,921	J. A. Bruce, D. V. Horak, R. W. Mann, J. H. Rankin, and A. J. Watts		Mask with linewidth compensation and method of making same
6,338,922	L. W. Liebmann and A. K. Wong		Optimized alternating phase shifted mask design
6,338,934	K.-J. R. Chen, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, W.-S. Huang, and P. A. Rabidoux		Hybrid resist based on photo acid/photo base blending
6,338,937	M. Shirai and S. Yamada		Lithography method and method for producing a wiring board
6,338,939	T. C. Clarke, R. E. Fontana, Jr., R. Hsiao, E. J. Lee, and H. A. E. Santini		Embedded dual coil fabrication process
6,338,988	P. S. Andry and F. R. Libsch		Method for fabricating self-aligned thin-film transistors to define a drain and source in a single photolithographic step
6,339,001	G. B. Bronner and J. P. Gambino		Formulation of multiple gate oxides thicknesses without exposing gate oxide or silicon surface to photoresist
6,339,002	K. K. Chan, E. C. Jones, and P. M. Solomon		Method utilizing CMP to fabricate double gate MOSFETs with conductive sidewall contacts
6,339,005	A. Bryant, J. B. Lasky, E. Leobandung, and D. J. Schepis		Disposable spacer for symmetric and asymmetric schottky contact to SOI MOSFET
6,339,007	R. Jammy, L. J. Kimball, D. E. Kotecki, J. Lian, C. Lin, J. A. Miller, N. Nagel, H. Shen, Y.-Y. Wang, and H. S. Wildman		Capacitor stack structure and method of fabricating description
6,339,015	J. A. Bracchitta and J. S. Nakos		Method of fabricating a non-volatile semiconductor device
6,339,018	A. W. Ballantine and T. B. Hook		Silicide block bounded device
6,339,022	A. W. Ballantine, E. C. Cooney III, G. A. Dunbar III, C. G. Faltermeier, J. D. Gilbert, R. D. Goldblatt, N. A. Greco, S. E. Greco, F. Liucci V, G. R. Miller, B. A. Root, A. H. Simon, A. K. Stamper, R. A. Warren, and D. H. Yao		Method of annealing copper metallurgy
6,339,024	J. E. Heidenreich III, K. S. Petrarca, J. M. Rubino, C. J. Sambucetti, R. P. Volant, and G. F. Walker		Reinforced integrated circuits
6,339,116	A. Afzali-Ardakani, J. D. Gelorme, and L. L. Kosbar		Methods of fabricating cross-linked biobased materials and structures fabricated therewith
6,339,228	S. Chakravarti, S. S. Iyer, and S. K. Iyer		DRAM cell buried strap leakage measurement structure and method
6,339,239	J. Alsmeier and C. J. Radens		DRAM cell layout for node capacitance enhancement
6,339,241	R. Divakaruni, U. Gruening, J. A. Mandelman, and C. J. Radens		Structure and process for 6F2 trench capacitor DRAM cell with vertical MOSFET and 3F bitline pitch
6,339,258	E. C. Cooney III and C. E. Uzoh		Low resistivity tantalum
6,339,303	S. E. Heeren		System, method, and program product for controlling communication of disk drive motor
6,339,400	E. B. Flint, B. P. Gaucher, and D. Liu		Integrated antenna for laptop applications
6,339,436	H. Y. Amro and J. P. Dodson		User defined dynamic help
6,339,438	C. L. Bates, P. R. Day, and J. M. Santosuosso		Scroll bar with integrated advertisement
6,339,440	C. H. Becker, D. W. Glass, and C. A. Pickover		Method and apparatus for positioning a cursor
6,339,460	Y. Saitoh		Liquid crystal display device
6,339,505	A. K. Bates		Method for radiation projection and lens assembly for semiconductor exposure tools
6,339,512	H. Dang, N. Kagami, H. Ohzeki, K. Satoh, A. Sharma, S. M. Sri-Jayantha, K. Takeuchi, and T. Ueda		Disk-flutter servo control in rotating storage system with optimum disk thickness
6,339,515	C.-H. Lee, H. S. Nagaraj, and N. B. Schirle		Fluid bearing seal and support structure
6,339,523	H. A. E. Santini		Write head before read head constructed magnetic head with track width and zero throat height defined by first pole tip
6,339,527	M. S. Farooq, J. U. Knickerbocker, S. S. N. Reddy, R. A. Rita, and R. Yu		Thin film capacitor on ceramic
6,339,530	M. Kurihara, H. Noguchi, and Y. Uchiyama		Attachment structure for attaching a display device to and reducing an external size of a housing of equipment in which the attachment structure is provided
6,339,534	P. A. Coico and L. Guerin		Compliant leads for area array surface mounted components
6,339,558	K. Ioki		Fifo memory device and fifo control method
6,339,559	C. L. Bertin, J. A. Fifield, and N. M. Van Heel		Decode scheme for programming antifuses arranged in banks
6,339,736	S. J. Boies, S. Dinkin, P. A. Moskowitz, and P. S.-L. Yu		System and method for the distribution of automotive services
6,339,755	D. J. Hetherington, D. B. Kumhyr, and J. C. Ross		Method, system and data structure for splitting language and locale properties in a data processing system
6,339,768	T. Y. Leung and M. H. Pirahesh		Exploitation of subsumption in optimizing scalar subqueries
6,339,769	R. J. Cochrane, G. Lapis, T. Y. Leung, M. H. Pirahesh, R. S. Sidle, D. E. Simmen, M. S. Urata, and C. P. Zuzarte		Query optimization by transparently altering properties of relational tables using materialized views
6,339,770	T. Y. Leung and M. H. Pirahesh		Query simplification and optimization involving eliminating grouping column from group by operation corresponds to group by item that is constant
6,339,771	J. D. Aman, S. J. Greenspan, P. M. LiVecchi, and M. R. Zimowski		Method and system for managing connections to a database management system
6,339,776	H. Dayani-Fard and I. Jurisica		Dynamic semi-structured repository for mining software and software-related information
6,339,777	G. K. Attaluri and D. J. Wisneski		Method and system for handling foreign key update in an object-oriented database environment
6,339,778	G. T. Kishi		Method and article for apparatus for performing automated reconcile control in a virtual tape system
6,339,782	S. N. Gerard and S. L. Halter		Persistence mechanism and method for objects
6,339,788	J. E. Geyer, P. A. LaBerge, M. F. Milliser, and M. R. Povse		Method for encapsulating hardware to allow multi-tasking of microcode
6,339,792	S. S. Allison, K. J. Barker, and J. K. Lee		Dual two byte process for fast wake-up-on LAN frame detection
6,339,793	L. M. Bostian, J. L. Brooks, W. J. Kincaid, W. J. Schoen, and J. P. Strickland		Read/write data sharing of DASD data, including byte file system data, in a cluster of multiple data processing systems
6,339,796	M. R. Gambino		System for logical connection resynchronization
6,339,799	K. G. Dahman, G. S. Johnson, L. R. Perry, and H. M. Yudenfriend		Method of repositioning an I/O device to a predetermined position to retry a program without knowledge of which part of the program caused the retry
6,339,801	E. P. Hefferon and L. W. Wyman		Method for determining appropriate devices for processing of data requests using a queued direct input/output device by issuing a special command specifying the devices can process data
6,339,802	E. P. Hefferon and L. W. Wyman		Computer program device and an apparatus for processing of data requests using a queued direct input-output device
6,339,803	S. G. Glassen, E. P. Hefferon, B. H. Ratcliff, A. J. Stagg, and S. R. Valley		Computer program product used for exchange and transfer of data having a queuing mechanism and utilizing a queued direct input-output device
6,339,806	J. P. Bandholz, J. G. S. Foster, and R. J. Muse		Primary bus to secondary bus multiplexing for I2C and other serial buses
6,339,810	R. B. Basham and L. G. Jesionowski		Serial data storage system with automatically adjusted data protection to implement worm media with limited overwrite allowing write appending
6,339,813	T. B. Smith III and R. B. Tremaine		Memory system for permitting simultaneous processor access to a cache line and sub-cache line sectors fill and writeback to a system memory
6,339,818	B. R. Olszewski and E. H. Welbon		Method and system for dynamically locating frequently accessed memory regions or locations
6,339,820	M. Baentsch, P. Buhler, T. Eirich, F. Hoering, and M. Oestreicher		Method and device for carrying out a function assigned to an instruction code
6,339,824	E. J. D'Avignon, R. S. DeBellis, R. J. Easter, L. L. Green, M. J. Kelly, W. A. Merz, R. M. S. Smith, V. A. Spano, and P. C.-C. Yeh		Method and apparatus for providing public key security control for a cryptographic processor
6,339,826	K. F. Hayes, Jr. and B. G. King		Client-server system for maintaining a user desktop consistent with server application user access permissions
6,339,827	I. M. Milman and E. J. Stokes		Method for securing sensitive data in a LDAP directory service utilizing a client and/or server control
6,339,829	B. A. Beadle, M. W. Brown, L. R. Nizinski, Jr., and D. S. Rothert		Method and apparatus to store extended security information in a data structure which shadows a Java class object
6,339,831	H. Komiyama and T. Sugawara		Automatic detecting unit for diagnosing a connection and identifying an external device, information processing apparatus, and external device
6,339,835	L. N. Reddy and T. E. Rosser		Pseudo-anding in dynamic logic circuits
6,339,839	A. I.-S. Wang		Enabling multiple code generators in a translator-based embedded scripting system
6,339,841	R. A. Merrick and A. M. Webb		Class loading model
6,339,872	T. Y. Chang, E. H. Lee, and J.-S. J. Lo		Method of making a merged magnetic head that includes a write head with single-sided notched first pole piece
6,340,111	A. T. Mays, K. A. Slesinger, and M. C. Weller		Micro grid array solder interconnection structure for second level packaging joining a module and a printed circuit board
6,340,325	S.-T. Chen, A. S. K. Chung, K. M. Davis, O. K. C. Hsu, and K. P. Rodbell		Polishing pad grooving method and apparatus
6,340,601	T. F. Curran, Jr., T. C. Krywanczyk, M. S. Lube, M. D. Moon, R. Nadeau, C. D. Reynolds, D. A. Schaffer, J. M. Sharrow, P. H. Smith, Jr., D. C. Thomas, E. J. White, and K. H. Yao		Method for reworking copper metallurgy in semiconductor devices
6,340,615	R. Divakaruni, H. L. Ho, S. Iyer, S. K. Iyer, and B. A. Khan		Method of forming a trench capacitor DRAM cell
6,340,626	K. S. Desai, B. D. Husson, M. P. Jeanneret, and S. J. Tirch III		Method for making a metallic pattern by photolithography
6,340,630	D. G. Berger, G. P. Brouillette, D. H. Danovitch, P. A. Gruber, B. L. Humphrey, M. Liehr, W. T. Motsiff, and C. J. Sambucetti		Method for making interconnect for low temperature chip attachment
6,340,734	M. Angelopoulos, A. D. Katnani, Q. Lin, and R. Sooriyakumaran		Silsesquioxane polymers, method of synthesis, photoresist composition, and multilayer lithographic method
6,340,800	P. E. Partin and S. Zhai		Multiplexing control device and method for electronic systems
6,340,882	P. W. Chung and J. T. Contreras		Accurate current source with an adjustable temperature dependence circuit
6,340,972	T. W. Fox		Graphics adapter having a versatile lighting engine
6,341,038	R. A. Budd, D. B. Dove, and A. E. Rosenbluth		Apparatus for polarization conversion
6,341,061	C. Eisbach, E. A. Knopf, D. S. Pai, R. Ramirez, E. J. Selker, and T. C. Wyant		Standup notebook computer
6,341,062	J. G. Patel		Thermal transfer hinge for hinged mobile computing device and method of heat transfer
6,341,071	E. A. Johnson and J. S. Kresge		Stress relieved ball grid array package
6,341,078	M. L. Miller		Full bridge power converter with enhanced resonant switching
6,341,079	T. B. Chadwick		Content addressable memory device
6,341,083	R. C. Wong		CMOS SRAM cell with PFET passgate devices
6,341,093	M. Eckert, G. Mayer, J. Pille, and D. Wendel		SOI array sense and write margin qualification
6,341,095	M. J. H. Lee and J. A. Paredes		Apparatus for increasing pulldown rate of a bitline in a memory device during a read operation
6,341,097	L. L. Hsu, R. M. Parent, and M. R. Wordeman		Selective address space refresh mode
6,341,149	L. Bertacchini, M. Chicherio, J. Fieschi, and P. J.-F. Le		Clock control device for a non-disruptive backup clock switching
6,341,240	S. Bermon and G. E. Feigin		Method of allocating work in capacity planning
6,341,276	C. S. Bender and J. J. Shedletsky		System for selecting a computer solution from a pre-defined set
6,341,277	J. P. Brereton, A. R. Coden, and M. S. Schwartz		System and method for performance complex heterogeneous database queries using a single SQL expression
6,341,284	A. Floratos, I. Rigoutsos, and B. D. Silverman		Method and apparatus for exhaustive enumeration of correspondence in a set of descriptors
6,341,289	T. K. Burroughs, W. D. Lee, and S. C. Luebbe		Object identity and partitioning for user defined extents
6,341,304	A. P. Engbersen and J. J. Hernandez		Data acquisition and distribution processing system
6,341,312	S. M. French and T. F. Peebles		Creating and managing persistent connections
6,341,314	Y. N. Doganata, F. Marconcini, M. M. Mourad, J. P. Munson, G. Pacifici, and A. N. Tantawi		Web-based virtual computing machine
6,341,321	S. G. Glassen, B. H. Ratcliff, J. M. Turner, and S. R. Valley		Method and apparatus for providing concurrent patch using a queued direct input-output device
6,341,325	P. A. Franaszek and J. T. Robinson		Method and apparatus for addressing main memory contents including a directory structure in a computer system
6,341,331	B. McNutt		Method and system for managing a raid storage system with cache
6,341,336	R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis		Cache coherency protocol having tagged state used with cross-bars
6,341,345	M. A. Auslander and L. W. Loen		Mixed-endian computer system that provides cross-endian data sharing
6,341,352	G. L. Child, T. J. L. Shrader, and D. K. Soper		Method for changing a security policy during processing of a transaction request
6,341,356	C.-T. Do, R. H. Johnson, and L. Shaw		System for I/O path load balancing and failure which can be ported to a plurality of operating environments
6,341,359	W. H. Aiken and F. T. Sharp		Self-diagnosing and self correcting data entry components
6,341,360	Y. Abdelilah, G. T. Davis, J. H. Derby, A. Dholakia, E. S. Eleftheriou, D. Hwang, F. D. Neeser, M. S. Ware, and H. Ye		Decision feedback equalizers, methods, and computer program products for detecting severe error events and preserving equalizer filter characteristics in response thereto
6,341,365	P. J. Camporese and R. P. Dwyer		Method for automating the placement of a repeater device in an optimal location, considering pre-defined blockages, in high frequency very large scale integration/ultra large scale integration (VLSI/ULSI) electronic designs
6,341,369	L. R. Degenaro, D. L. Ehnebuske, B. J. A. McKee, K. P. Rasmus, and I. M. C. Rouvellou		Method and data processing system for specifying and applying rules to classification-based decision points in an application system
6,341,371	S. Tandri		System and method for optimizing program execution in a computer system
6,341,416	R. G. Biskeborn and J. H. Eaton		Method for mass producing partial width linear tape recording head
6,341,417	D. Gupta, L. W. Herron, J. U. Knickerbocker, D. C. Long, J. P. Nayak, K. C. O'Neil, and B. L. Peterson		Pre-patterned substrate layers for being personalized as needed
6,341,418	G. P. Brouillette, D. H. Danovitch, P. A. Gruber, M. Liehr, and C. J. Sambucetti		Method for direct chip attach by solder bumps and an underfill layer
6,341,529	D. Casati		Method and apparatus for measuring substrate surface cleanliness
6,341,726	M. A. M. Cardenas, A. D. R. Castanedo, and O. B. G. Puga		Apparatus for inspecting elements on transport device
6,341,808	R. L. Baan, R. J. Cassidy, J. R. Lankard, Jr., G. H. Leino, R. H. Turcotte, and J. Utter		Flexible sheet handling apparatus
6,341,860	R. H. Harris		Duplex document printer mechanism
6,341,946	J. F. Kelley		Continuously adjustable telescopic pedal crank length
6,342,132	S. M. Rossnagel		Method of controlling gas density in an ionized physical vapor deposition apparatus
6,342,323	T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, and W. H.-L. Ma		Alignment methodology for lithography
6,342,407	L. S. Goldmann, E. D. Perfecto, R. A. Sherif, W. F. Shutler, and H. T. Toy		Low stress hermetic seal
6,342,431	K. M. Houlihan and J. H. Rankin		Method for eliminating transfer gate sacrificial oxide
6,342,450	E. Lattard		Method of forming insulating spacers in DRAM chips
6,342,452	P. Coronel, P. Costaganna, and L. Heineck		Method of fabricating a Si3N4/polycide structure using a dielectric sacrificial layer as a mask
6,342,454	C. J. Hawker, J. L. Hedrick, R. D. Miller, and W. Volksen		Electronic devices with dielectric compositions and method for their manufacture
6,342,455	K. R. Carter, J. L. Hedrick, V. Y.-W. Lee, D. C. McHerron, and R. D. Miller		Process for forming an integrated circuit
6,342,701	J. A. Kash		Time correlated photon counting
6,342,722	M. Armacost, P. D. Hoh, D. V. Horak, and R. S. Wise		Integrated circuit having air gaps between dielectric and conducting lines
6,342,733	C.-K. Hu, R. Rosenberg, J. M. Rubino, C. J. Sambucetti, and A. K. Stamper		Reduced electromigration and stressed induced migration of Cu wires by surface coating
6,342,735	J. J. Colelli, S. J. Holmes, P. H. Mitchell, J. Mundenar, and C. A. Whiting		Dual use alignment aid
6,342,743	S. Matsuzaki, A. Ohyama, K. Satoh, and K. Takeuchi		Spindle motor structure using ceramic ball bearing for hard disk drive
6,342,788	M. F. McAllister and G. Ruehle		Probing systems for chilled environment
6,342,793	E. J. Lukes, J. D. Strom, and D. M. Woeste		Method and system for sending large numbers of CMOS control signals into a separate quiet analog power domain
6,342,812	M. Abdollahian, P. Bacon, J.-M. Mourant, and S. Munro		Power amplification system for low power radio frequency signals
6,342,813	J. F. Imbornone, J.-M. Mourant, and G. K. Szczeszynski		Variable gain amplifier
6,342,823	A. H. Dansky, A. Deutsch, G. V. Kopcsay, P. J. Restle, and H. H. Smith		System and method for reducing calculation complexity of lossy, frequency-dependent transmission-line computation
6,342,903	F. Fado, P. Guasti, A. Nassiff, R. Van Buskirk, and H. Ruback		User selectable input devices for speech applications
6,342,905	R. A. Diedrich, M. M. Even, R. W. Ruhlow, and B. J. Ryba		Object oriented apparatus and method for providing a graphical user interface for host-based software applications
6,342,906	S. Kumar and P. Varma		Annotation layer for synchronous collaboration
6,342,907	D. R. Petty and S. A. Sylvester		Specification language for defining user interface panels that are platform-independent
6,342,908	C. L. Bates, P. R. Day, and J. M. Ryan		Progressive window organization
6,342,985	D. L. Clare, T. T.-Q. Lee, and L. J. Serrano		Method and apparatus for improving disk drive seek performance
6,342,992	E. M. Albertson, A. Misra, W. L. Prater, and H. R. Radwan		Hard disk drive actuator pivot with inboard pads and enhanced pivot sleeve thickness for improved servo stability
6,343,001	R. M. Japp, J. M. Lauffer, and K. I. Papathomas		Multilayer capacitance structure and circuit board containing the same
6,343,044	L. L.-C. Hsu, R. M. Parent, and M. R. Wordeman		Super low-power generator system for embedded applications
6,343,081	A. Blanc, B. Brezzo, P. Debord, P. Jeanniot, and A. Saurel		Method and apparatus for managing contention in a self-routing switching architecture in a port expansion mode
6,343,119	T. E. Creamer, Z. A. B. G. Lozinski, B. D. Mandalia, and P. P. Mansey		Access to extended telephone services via the internet
6,343,139	L. Finkelstein, A. Heilper, and E. Wallach		Fast location of address blocks on gray-scale images
6,343,148	W. A. Nagy		Process for utilizing external handwriting recognition for personal data assistants
6,343,265	A. G. Glebov and R. M.-H. Lau		System and method for mapping a design model to a common repository with context preservation
6,343,270	L. R. Bahl and P. S. Cohen		Method for increasing dialect precision and usability in speech recognition and text-to-speech systems
6,343,286	C. M. Lee, R. W. Lyle, and J. A. Yothers		Efficient technique to defer large object access with intermediate results
6,343,288	B. G. Lindsay, G. S. Manku, and S. Rajagopalan		Single pass space efficient system and method for generating an approximate quantile in a data set having an unknown size
6,343,293	R. W. Lyle		Storing the uncompressed data length in a lob map to speed substring access within a lob value
6,343,294	A. K. Hawley		Data file editor for multiple data subsets
6,343,297	J. F. D'Anjou and L. C. Percival III		Methods, systems and computer program products for providing document management for software development systems
6,343,299	Y.-W. Huang and P. S.-L. Yu		Method and apparatus for random update synchronization among multiple computing devices
6,343,308	B. T. Marchesseault		Systems, methods and computer programs for mixing different versions of Java classes
6,343,309	P. A. Clarke and B. Horton		Method and apparatus for parallelizing a graphics pipeline
6,343,311	N. Nishida, K. Satoh, and M. Shioya		Methods, systems and computer program products for remote control of a processing system
6,343,324	W. G. Deitz and W. A. Hubis		Method and system for controlling access share storage devices in a network environment by configuring host-to-volume mapping data structures in the controller memory for granting and denying access to the devices
6,343,328	T. E. Murphy, Jr. and J. S. Stevens		Digital computer system using embedded comments to manipulate virtual controller functions
6,343,335	K. G. Dahman, G. S. Johnson, L. R. Perry, and H. M. Yudenfriend		System for repositioning an I/O device to a predetermined position to retry a program without knowledge of which part of the program caused the retry
6,343,337	P. K. Dubey, B. Olsson, C. P. Roth, K. E. Diefendorf, R. R. Hochsprung, and H. L. Scales III		Wide shifting in the vector permute unit
6,343,342	W. C. Carlson		Storage and access of data using volume trailer
6,343,343	J. M. Menon and J. D. Palmer		Disk arrays using non-standard sector sizes
6,343,344	R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, G. L. Guthrie, J. B. Joyner, and J. D. Lewis		System bus directory snooping mechanism for read/castout (RCO) address transaction
6,343,346	H. T. Olnowich		Cache coherent network adapter for scalable shared memory processing systems
6,343,347	R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, G. L. Guthrie, J. B. Joyner, and J. D. Lewis		Multiprocessor system bus with cache state and LRU snoop responses for read/castout (RCO) address transaction
6,343,350	R. O. LaMaire and J. T. Robinson		Conserving storage space by means of low resolution objects
6,343,351	T. B. Genduso, D. Ingerman, S. M. R. Islam, and R. A. Lackman		Method and system for the dynamic scheduling of requests to access a storage system
6,343,375	M. Gupta, S. P. Midkiff, and J. E. Moreira		Method for optimizing array bounds checks in programs