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

United States
6,364,688	J. F. Fraley II and B. J. Stanczyk		Thumbscrew with automatic torque-limiting feature
6,365,321	K.-J. Chen, R. A. DellaGuardia, H. Ito, G. M. Jordhamo, and A. D. Katnani		Blends of hydroxystyrene polymers for use in chemically amplified positive resist formulations
6,365,326	D. E. Benoit, C. J. Brooks, and M. Surendra		Pattern density tailoring for etching of advanced lithographic mask
6,365,328	S. Athavale, N. Chaudhary, L. Economikos, F. F. Jamin, D. Kotecki, G. Kunkel, J. Lian, and H. Shen		Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method
6,365,465	K. K. Chan, G. M. Cohen, Y. Taur, and H.-S. P. Wong		Self-aligned double-gate MOSFET by selective epitaxy and silicon wafer bonding techniques
6,365,484	E. J. Nowak and M. H. Tong		Method of forming semiconductor device with decoupling capacitance
6,365,913	J. A. Misewich, A. G. Schrott, and B. A. Scott		Dual gate field effect transistor utilizing Mott transition materials
6,365,934	A. D. Davies and S. N. Storino		Method and apparatus for elimination of parasitic bipolar action in complementary oxide semiconductor (CMOS) silicon on insulator (SOI) circuits
6,365,977	N. J. Dauerer, G. G. Daves, and D. L. Edwards		Insulating interposer between two electronic components and process thereof
6,366,262	S. J. Amell, H. G. Kiel, S. Okimoto, R. F. Romon, and T. Shimizu		Method and apparatus for supporting multiple npt display sessions on a single address
6,366,285	A. P. Brush II, D. B. Lection, and D. A. Schell		Selection by proximity with inner and outer sensitivity ranges
6,366,431	N. Fujii, T. Tsuchiya, H. Yokome, and T. Yoshida		Head supporting arm having laser beam exposing aperture
6,366,457	C. Hsuan-Tsung, W. F. Otto, G. C. Proctor, and S. P. Wise		Bracket for mounting a computer drive device
6,366,462	R. C. Chu, M. J. Ellsworth, Jr., and R. E. Simons		Electronic module with integral refrigerant evaporator assembly and control system therefore
6,366,879	P. R. Coxhead, N. L. Jones, D. G. Martin, and S. Nagchowdhury		Controlling interactive voice response system performance
6,366,885	S. Basu, T. A. Faruquie, C. V. Neti, N. Rajput, A. W. Senior, L. V. Subramaniam, and A. Verma		Speech driven lip synthesis using viseme based hidden markov models
6,366,902	R. W. Lyle and J. A. Yothers		Using an epoch number to optimize access with rowid columns and direct row access
6,366,904	H. BenHadda, J.-F. Marcotorchino, and D. Otthoffer		Machine-implementable method and apparatus for iteratively extending the results obtained from an initial query in a database
6,366,906	R. D. Hoffman		Method and apparatus for implementing a search selection tool on a browser
6,366,911	D. A. Christy		Partitioning of sorted lists (containing duplicate entries) for multiprocessors sort and merge
6,366,916	W. J. Baer, P. Jacob, Jr., I.-M. Kao, J. L. Murray, D. S. Picciano, J. D. Robertson, and J. A. Willey		Configurable and extensible system for deploying asset management functions to client applications
6,366,920	B. Hoose and W. J. Johnson		Automatic invocation of objects during the entering of data in a data processing system user interface
6,366,921	R. C. Hansen and S. A. Sylvester		System and method for data manipulation in a dynamic object-based format
6,366,932	D. A. Christenson		Apparatus and method for accessing an object oriented object using a smart passive reference
6,366,934	J. M. Cheng, J.-H. Chow, and J. Xu		Method and apparatus for querying structured documents using a database extender
6,366,945	L. L. Fong, A. S. Gopal, N. Islam, A. L. Prodromidis, and M. S. Squillante		Flexible dynamic partitioning of resources in a cluster computing environment
6,366,958	S. J. Ainsworth and R. T.-. Wang		NETBIOS protocol support for a DCE RPC mechanism
6,367,009	M. C. Davis, D. G. Kuehr-McLaren, and T. G. Shoriak		Extending SSL to a multi-tier environment using delegation of authentication and authority
6,367,016	H. S. Lambert and J. R. L. Orchard		Method for controlling access to electronically provided services and system for implementing such method
6,367,036	O. B. Hansen		Fast trace log
6,367,046	R. J. Chapman, A. B. Christensen, C. E. Jones, and S. M. Paranjape		Multi-bit error correction system
6,367,789	J. M. Bernhardt and S. P. Graves		Clutch for pivoting workpiece support
6,367,897	T. S. Bass, D. F. Herring, J. R. Kirksey, and W. F. Otto		Dome-shaped blank for closing an input-output slot in a personal computer
6,368,484	P. S. Locke, K. S. Petrarca, D. M. Rockwell, S. Subbanna, and R. P. Volant		Selective plating process
6,368,867	M. L. Gibson, J. J. Lajza, Jr., and H. G. Linde		Monitor for verification of ozone reaction
6,368,878	D. W. Abraham, W. J. Gallagher, and P. L. Trouilloud		Intentional asymmetry imposed during fabrication and/or access of magnetic tunnel junction devices
6,368,881	D. W. Brouillette, T. G. Ference, M. S. Hibbs, H. G. Linde, and R. L. Mendelson		Wafer thickness control during backside grind
6,368,902	F. Grellner, S. K. Iyer, and C. Kothandaraman		Enhanced efuses by the local degradation of the fuse link
6,368,903	A. Bryant, R. W. Mann, and A. K. Stamper		SOI low capacitance body contact
6,368,953	D. Canaperi, M. Krishnan, K. S. Petrarca, K. J. Stein, and R. P. Volant		Encapsulated metal structures for semiconductor devices and mim capacitors including the same
6,368,969	L. Economikos and F. F. Jamin		Chemical-mechanical polishing methods
6,369,334	J. M. Lauffer		Printed circuit board with wire adds and component adds having 7-shaped and semicircular terminations
6,369,396	T. R. Groves, J. G. Hartley, R. A. Kendall, and M. A. Sturans		Calibration target for electron beams
6,369,397	B. A. Anderson, J. A. Bruce, S. J. Holmes, P. H. Mitchell, and R. A. Myers		SPM base focal plane positioning
6,369,400	W. Haeberle, M. I. Lutwyche, and P. Vettiger		Magnetic scanning or positioning system with at least two degrees of freedom
6,369,419	J. Alsmeier, J. Beintner, G. Bronner, R. Divakaruni, U. Gruening, and J. A. Mandelman		Self-aligned near surface strap for high density trench DRAMs
6,369,423	J. P. Gambino, T. Ohiwa, K. Okumura, and J.-. Shiozawa		Semiconductor device with a thin gate stack having a plurality of insulating layers
6,369,434	K. Chen, S. W. Crowder, L.-K. Han, M. J. Hargrove, K.-L. Lee, and H. Y. Ng		Nitrogen Co-implantation to form shallow junction-extensions of p-type metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors
6,369,449	D. S. Farquhar, M. J. Klodowski, K. Papathomas, and J. R. Wilcox		Method and apparatus for injection molded flip chip encapsulation
6,369,452	S. L. Buchwalter, H. M. Dang, M. A. Gaynes, and K. I. Papathomas		Cap attach surface modification for improved adhesion
6,369,592	C. J. Majka and M. Seward		Probe for testing and repairing printed circuit features
6,369,606	R. J. Houghton, W. R. Tonti, T. Vogelsang, and A. B. Wilson		Mixed threshold voltage CMOS logic device and method of manufacture therefor
6,369,671	C. L. Bertin, A. R. Bonaccio, H. L. Kalter, T. M. Maffitt, J. A. Mandelman, E. J. Nowak, and W. R. Tonti		Voltage controlled transmission line with real-time adaptive control
6,369,725	F. Y. Busaba		Method for binary to decimal conversion
6,369,820	R. L. Bertram, F. S. H. Krauss, M. LaFauci, and T. J. Sluchak		Method and system for graphically displaying trend and range data for a variety of systems
6,369,825	M. Nakano		Method of transferring image data to reduce transitions of data
6,369,826	T. Aihara, S. Furuichi, and S. Shimotono		Computer, overlay processor and method for performing overlay processing
6,369,837	A. L. Schirmer		GUI selector control
6,369,994	S. H. Voldman		Method and apparatus for handling an ESD event on an SOI integrated circuit
6,370,012	S. Adae-Amoakoh, J. M. Lauffer, M. D. Lowell, V. R. Markovich, and J. J. Sniezek		Capacitor laminate for use in printed circuit board and as an interconnector
6,370,055	D. Hanson, T. Kirihata, and G. Mueller		Semiconductor memory having asymmetric column addressing and twisted read write drive (RWD) line architecture
6,370,072	R. H. Dennard and A. Kumar		Low voltage single-input DRAM current-sensing amplifier
6,370,098	T. Okada, K. Tanaka, and T. Ushio		Method of converting bits of optical disk, demodulating method and apparatus
6,370,099	R. C. Crigler		Miniature disc drive for notebook computer
6,370,148	J. Calvignac, D. Orsatti, G. Toubol, and F. Verplanken		Data communications
6,370,250	K. P. Stein		Method of authentication and storage of private keys in a public key cryptography system (PKCS)
6,370,269	A. N. Al-Karmi, S. S. Singh, and B. S. Soor		Optical character recognition of handwritten or cursive text in multiple languages
6,370,272	S. Shimizu		Multiple frame data hiding method and data detection method
6,370,497	N. Knowles		Natural language transformations for propagating hypertext label changes
6,370,503	H. Egger, A. Keller, J. R. Lewis, K. A. Ortega, R. E. Vanbuskirk, and H. Wang		Method and apparatus for improving speech recognition accuracy
6,370,526	R. Agrawal, A. Arning, R. Seiffert, and R. Srikant		Self-adaptive method and system for providing a user-preferred ranking order of object sets
6,370,530	J. C. Kleewein, E. T. Lin, and Y. Wang		Computer program product for functional compensation in a heterogeneous, distributed database environment
6,370,531	D. C. Boutcher, A. M. Kobi, B. M. Meyer, and B. H. Vining		Method and computer program product for automatic conversion of data based on location extension
6,370,541	K. J. Chou, M.-I. W. Huang, T. Lee, J.-J. J. Lin, B. N. Soetarman, R. N. Summers, and M. P.-T. Vo		Design and implementation of a client/server framework for federated multi-search and update across heterogeneous datastores
6,370,610	R. J. Glaise, F. Kermarec, E. Lallemand, T. Pham, and H. R. Schindler		Apparatus for swapping input values into corresponding output values
6,370,618	L. B. Arimilli, R. K. Arimilli, and J. S. Fields, Jr.		Method and system for allocating lower level cache entries for data castout from an upper level cache
6,370,620	K.-L. Wu and P. S.-L. Yu		Web object caching and apparatus for performing the same
6,370,650	D. C. Cromer, R. A. Dayan, H. Locker, M. Steinmetz, and J. P. Ward		Method and system in a data processing system for deactivating a password requirement utilizing a wireless signal
6,370,676	M. Hayashi, R. F. Keil, and R. J. Savaglio		On-demand process sorting method and apparatus
6,370,684	W. De Pauw, O. Gruber, R. B. Konuru, and G. S. Sevitsky		Methods for extracting reference patterns in Java and depicting the same
6,370,947	D. Casati and F. Mauri		Substrate surface analysis
6,370,948	E. L. Arrington, R. R. Hall, and C. J. Maira		Mini-tension tester
6,371,433	D. H. Anderson, D. M. Connelly, Jr., and K. C. Green		Laminated damping device for a carrier and a method for making the same
6,371,616	F. E. Doany, D. Kanevsky, C. A. Pickover, and A. Zlatsin		Information processing miniature devices with embedded projectors
6,371,787	S. M. Branch, D. P. Gaio, M. F. Hanley, and W. K. Hogan		Pull-to-release type latch mechanism for removable small form factor electronic modules
6,372,081	L. P. Buchwalter and C. E. Uzoh		Process to prevent copper contamination of semiconductor fabs
6,372,101	R. A. Barrese, A. H. Hopkins, J. J. Konrad, D. L. Putman, and D. A. Space, Jr.		Apparatus for preventing drag-out
6,372,330	H. V. Do, E. E. Fullerton, D. T. Margulies, and H. J. Rosen		Laminated magnetic recording media with antiferromagnetically coupled layers as the individual magnetic layers in the laminate
6,372,406	W. R. Brunsvold, A. D. Katnani, and P. R. Varanasi		Deactivated aromatic amines as additives in acid-catalyzed resists
6,372,408	K. J. Chen, A. Gutmann, M. C. Lawson, Z. Lu, and A. Thomas		Method of reducing post-development defects in and around openings formed in photoresist by use of multiple development/rinse cycles
6,372,412	M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, A. D. Katnani, N. M. Patel, and P. A. Rabidoux		Method of producing an integrated circuit chip using frequency doubling hybrid photoresist and apparatus formed thereby
6,372,559	S. Crowder, M. J. Hargrove, S. H. Ku, and L. R. Logan		Method for self-aligned vertical double-gate MOSFET
6,372,647	J. A. Chediak and A. Lu		Via masked line first dual damascene
6,373,086	R. Divakaruni, B. Y. Kim, and J. A. Mandelman		Notched collar isolation for suppression of vertical parasitic MOSFET and the method of preparing the same
6,373,091	D. V. Horak, R. L. Mohler, and G. S. Starkey, Jr.		Vertical DRAM cell with TFT over trench capacitor
6,373,095	J. A. Bracchitta and J. S. Nakos		NVRAM cell having increased coupling ratio between a control gate and floating gate without an increase in cell area
6,373,125	J. M. Moniz and P. J. Pannaccione		Chip scale package with direct attachment of chip to lead frame
6,373,133	G. DiGiacomo, S. S. Drofitz, Jr., D. L. Edwards, D. B. Goland, L. D. Gross, L. W. Herron, S. Iruvanti, R. A. Sherif, S. L. Shinde, and D. J. Womac		Multi-chip module and heat-sink cap combination
6,373,143	P. D. Bell		Integrated circuit having wirebond pads suitable for probing
6,373,222	S. Odaohhara		Power supply apparatus, electrical equipment and power supply method
6,373,262	J. R. Herring, J. M. Hoke, R. R. Livolsi, R. J. Lynch, S. Makow, and A. Z. Muszynski		Method and apparatus for testing a signal line
6,373,276	D. T. Hui		CMOS small signal switchable impedence and voltage adjustable terminator with hysteresis receiver network
6,373,281	C.-T. K. Chuang and J. B. Kuang		Tri-state dynamic body charge modulation for sensing devices in SOI ram applications
6,373,286	S. Loeffler and P. Poechmueller		Integrated circuit with improved off chip drivers
6,373,316	M. Wu		Digital cosine and sine multiplication circuits
6,373,339	P. Antognetti, J. Griffiths, D. Helms, J. Moniz, S. Munro, J. Park, C. Stuebing, and X. Zhang		Active bias network circuit for radio frequency amplifier
6,373,409	C. R. Smith and J. L. Wright		Method and computer program product for implementing text conversion table compression
6,373,412	A. N. Cazes, N. M. Leeder, and J. L. Mitchell		Fast JPEG huffman encoding and decoding
6,373,476	S. N. Dalgleish, D. J. Eagle, M. W. Huggins, and N. Wright-Boulton		Display apparatus with selectable communication protocol
6,373,484	Z. Karni, D. Orell, S. Ur, and D. Zernick		Method and system for presenting data structures graphically
6,373,505	R. K. E. Bellamy, V. L. Hanson, W. A. Kellogg, J. T. Richards, and C. B. Swart		Space-conserving interface control for presenting and manipulating multidimensional state
6,373,585	C. B. Hirsch, S. D. Mastie, H. Tong, and M. Xie		Load balancing for processing a queue of print jobs
6,373,698	S. M. Christensen		Apparatus for cooling a computer system
6,373,703	E. A. Johnson, S. J. Kosteva, and S. W. MacQuarrie		Integral design features for heatsink attach for electronic packages
6,373,712	R. T. Bailis, T. L. Bonds, Jr., D. J. Jensen, C. S. Lingafelt, and B. S. Oakley		Device for inserting circuit cards into electrical machines
6,373,717	F. J. Downes, Jr., D. S. Farquhar, E. Foster, R. M. Japp, G. W. Jones, J. S. Kresge, R. D. Sebesta, D. B. Stone, and J. R. Wilcox		Electronic package with high density interconnect layer
6,373,722	E. A. Lindfors and R. S. Malik		Power supply system for providing an auxiliary output voltage
6,373,738	F. J. Towler and R. A. Wistort		Low power cam match line circuit
6,373,769	O. Kiehl and R. M. Parent		Decoded autofresh mode in a DRAM
6,373,771	N. M. Van Heel, W. F. Ellis, and J. A. Fifield		Integrated fuse latch and shift register for efficient programming and fuse readout
6,373,818	R. Brassier, D. Esteve, J.-P. Marce, and P. Thubert		Method and apparatus for adapting window based data link to rate base link for high speed flow control
6,373,848	S. S. Allison and K. J. Barker		Architecture for a multi-port adapter with a single media access control (MAC)
6,373,906	R. D. Cideciyan, J. D. Coker, E. S. Eleftheriou, R. L. Galbraith, A. P. Haar, F. R. Keyser III, and D. J. Stanek		Method and apparatus for viterbi detection of generalized partial response signals including two-way add/compare/select for improved channel speed
6,373,971	A. Floratos and I. Rigoutsos		Method and apparatus for pattern discovery in protein sequences
6,373,975	O. Bula, D. C. Cole, E. W. Conrad, and W. C. Leipold		Error checking of simulated printed images with process window effects included
6,373,982	U. Maier and W. Ruppert		Process and equipment for recognition of a pattern on an item presented
6,374,207	J. R. Hind, S. D. Ims, Y. Li, and Y.-S. Tan		Methods, data structures, and computer program products for representing states of interaction in automatic host access and terminal emulation using scripts
6,374,214	S. J. Friedland and M. E. Smith		Method and apparatus for excluding text phrases during re-dictation in a speech recognition system
6,374,216	C. A. Micchelli and P. A. Olsen		Penalized maximum likelihood estimation methods, the baum welch algorithm and diagonal balancing of symmetric matrices for the training of acoustic models in speech recognition
6,374,235	S. Y. C. Chen, P. M. Malone, J. Mukai, J. R. Ruggles, D. P. Sampatrai, Y. Wang, and G. Zhang		Method, system, and program for a join operation on a multi-column table and satellite tables including duplicate values
6,374,239	M. J. Anderson, D. A. Baldes, P. J. Johnson, and M. D. Pfeifer		Method and computer program product for implementing translatable text in user modifiable SQL scripts
6,374,250	M. Ajtai, R. C. Burns, R. Fagin, and L. J. Stockmeyer		System and method for differential compression of data from a plurality of binary sources
6,374,254	S. T. Cochran, R. Krishnamurthy, M. Mallo, and V. T. Nair		Scalable, distributed, asynchronous data collection mechanism
6,374,263	C. J. Bunger, L. S. Colby, R. L. Cole, G. Johnson, W. J. McKenna, G. B. Mulagund, and D. G. Wilhite, Jr.		System for maintaining precomputed views
6,374,272	C. L. Bates and P. R. Day		Selecting overlapping hypertext links with different mouse buttons from the same position on the screen
6,374,273	R. R. Webster		Reformatting a first single-column markup document into a multi-column document, and formatting second markup document in the background, while displaying the first reformatted document
6,374,283	A. E. Chessell and K. S. Warr		Apparatus, method & computer program product for client/server computing with client selectable location of transaction objects
6,374,297	J. L. Wolf and P. S.-. Yu		Method and apparatus for load balancing of web cluster farms
6,374,330	R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis		Cache-coherency protocol with upstream undefined state
6,374,333	L. B. Arimilli, R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, G. L. Guthrie, and W. J. Starke		Cache coherency protocol in which a load instruction hint bit is employed to indicate deallocation of a modified cache line supplied by intervention
6,374,338	J. F. Garvey		Method for performing configuration tasks prior to and including memory configuration within a processor-based system
6,374,359	G. L. Child, W. H. Gengler, and T. J. L. Shrader		Dynamic use and validation of http cookies for authentication
6,374,394	P. J. Camporese, A. H. Dansky, and H. H. Smith		Method to identify unit pins that are not optimally positioned in a hierarchically designed VLSI chip
6,374,401	B. A. Curtis		System, method, and program for updating registry objects with a cross-platform installation program
6,375,087	P. R. Day and M. W. Theuer		Method and apparatus for self-programmable temperature and usage control for hot water heaters
6,375,088	D. A. Warrick		Fluid delivery device with pulsating linear discharge and fluid cleaning method
6,375,159	T. H. Daubenspeck and W. T. Motsiff		High laser absorption copper fuse and method for making the same
6,375,300	S. C. Freedman		Interleave pulse modulation for thermal printers
6,375,475	W. L. Brodsky		Method and structure for controlled shock and vibration of electrical interconnects
6,375,693	W. J. Cote, D. C. Edelstein, and N. E. Lustig		Chemical-mechanical planarization of barriers or liners for copper metallurgy
6,375,859	J. T. Kocis, W. W. Kocon, S. Subbanna, and R. P. Volant		Process for resist clean up of metal structures on polyimide
6,376,054	R. F. Indyk, J. U. Knickerbocker, S. I. Langenthal, T. E. Lombardi, S. S. N. Reddy, R. A. Shelleman, R. V. Vallabhaneni, and D. R. Wall		Surface metallization structure for multiple chip test and burn-in
6,376,158	G. W. Jones, H. Marcello, and K. Papathomas		Methods for selectively filling apertures
6,376,263	K. W. Franz		Non-destructive module placement verification
6,376,324	R. Divakaruni, U. Gruening, J. A. Mandelman, C. J. Radens, and A. Sudo		Collar process for reduced deep trench edge bias
6,376,873	T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, T. S. Kanarsky, and J. J. Welser		Vertical DRAM cell with robust gate-to-storage node isolation
6,376,911	A. Mitwalsky, K. Okumura, and J. G. Ryan		Planarized final passivation for semiconductor devices
6,376,983	J. S. Beeteson, J. U. Knickerbocker, A. R. Knox, and A. C. Lowe		Etched and formed extractor grid
6,377,098	C. J. Rebeor		CMOS latch having a selectable feedback path
6,377,233	E. G. Colgan, L. L. Kosbar, and A. E. Rosenbluth		Micromechanical display and fabrication method
6,377,243	T. Tabara, Y. Tahara, and D. Tomoda		Data input device and the method thereof
6,377,257	P. Borrel, S. Hall, W. P. Horn, J. T. Klosowski, W. L. Luken, I. M. Martin, and F. Suits		Methods and apparatus for delivering 3D graphics in a networked environment
6,377,271	A. Mori, H. Muta, and T. Sobue		Image data transferring system, apparatus and method
6,377,284	J. L. Lentz and R. L. Poston		Method of geometrically expanding vertically compressed lists of data
6,377,296	D. Kanevsky and A. Zlatsin		Virtual map system and method for tracking objects
6,377,334	C. A. Whiting		Method for controlling image size of integrated circuits on wafers supported on hot plates during post exposure baking of the wafers
6,377,376	F. Gfeller and W. Hirt		Optoelectronic transceiver having emission angle equal to reception angle
6,377,412	D. A. Freitas		Method and apparatus for improving baseline recovery of an MR head using a programmable recovery time constant
6,377,418	H. Dang, N. Kagami, A. Sharma, S. M. Sri-Jayantha, and A. Tokizono		Digital filter, servo control unit, and disk drive
6,377,423	F. H. Dill, Jr., R. E. Fontana, R. Hsiao, and H. A. E. Santini		Planar stitched write head having write coil insulated with inorganic insulation
6,377,474	B. R. Archambeault, J. C. Diepenbrock, L. D. Hobgood, J. A. Holung, and T.-L. Wong		Electrical grounding schemes for socketed processor and heatsink assembly
6,377,519	P. S. Lee, E. H. Stern, and B. E. Willner		Multimedia search and indexing for automatic selection of scenes and/or sounds recorded in a media for replay
6,377,546	R. A. Guerin, S. D. Kamat, P. P. Pan, V. G. J. Peris, and R. Rajan		Rate guarantees through buffer management
6,377,635	R. D. Cideciyan, J. D. Coker, E. S. Eleftheriou, R. L. Galbraith, and D. J. Stanek		Method and apparatus for viterbi detection of generalized partial response signals using partial matched filter and matched filter metrics
6,377,688	M. Numao		Cryptographic communication method and system
6,377,805	D. K. Anvekar, M. S. Dang, A. Prakash, and R. Shorey		Maintaining data communication through neighboring mobile units during handoff
6,377,913	D. M. Coffman, P. Gopalakrishnan, J. Kleindienst, C. V. Neti, and G. N. Ramaswamy		Method and system for multi-client access to a dialog system
6,377,921	L. R. Bahl and M. Padmanabhan		Identifying mismatches between assumed and actual pronunciations of words
6,377,941	A. Steimle and P. Tannhof		Implementing automatic learning according to the k nearest neighbor mode in artificial neural networks
6,377,959	W. C. Carlson		Redundant database recovery through concurrent update and copy procedures
6,377,983	R. C. Barrett, A. L. Cohen, P. P. Maglio, and M. A. Sheldon		Method and system for converting expertise based on document usage
6,377,994	D. F. Ault, J. C. Dayka, E. C. Finkelstein, and R. H. Guski		Method and apparatus for controlling server access to a resource in a client/server system
6,377,996	L. L. Lumelsky and N. R. Manohar		System for seamless streaming of data stored on a network of distributed primary and target servers using segmentation information exchanged among all servers during streaming
6,378,001	R. Aditham, R. Jain, and M. Srinivasan		Collaborative framework with shared objects
6,378,002	C. H. Brobst, S. J. Gansemer, and C. L. Greiner		Object oriented server process framework with implicit data handling registry for remote method invocations
6,378,003	S. H. Danforth		Method and system for deriving metaclasses in an object oriented system
6,378,027	R. Bealkowski, S. Dhawan, K. C. Hinz, and P. M. Thomsen		System upgrade and processor service
6,378,037	D. R. Hall		Write-twice method of fail-safe write caching
6,378,038	S. M. R. Islam, P. A. Richardson, and L. A. Riedle		Method and system for caching data using raid level selection
6,378,052	T. B. Genduso and D. Ingerman		Data processing system and method for efficiently servicing pending requests to access a storage system
6,378,053	R. O. Lamaire and J. T. Robinson		Conserving storage space by means of low resolution objects
6,378,086	T. R. Crowley, M. S. Faunce, D. R. Martin, and M. J. McDermott		Method and system for recovering a computer system from a loadsource located at a remote location
6,378,124	C. L. Bates and J. M. Ryan		Debugger thread synchronization control points
6,378,125	C. L. Bates and J. M. Ryan		Debugger thread identification points
6,378,126	M.-M. Tang		Compilation of embedded language statements in a source code program
6,378,129	J. M. Zetts		Video server content synchronization
6,378,201	S. Tsuchida and Y. Tsukada		Method for making a printed circuit board
6,378,966	B. E. Baker and P. W. Sobey		Device for use with a computer drawer assembly
6,379,111	K. Katoh, M. Kobayashi, T. Morino, and Y. Yamada		High volume ventilation fan with noise attenuation for personal computer
6,379,193	K. Fujii, H. Kinoshita, and T. Studwell		Substrate connector assembly for a computer system
6,379,222	S. G. Hedge, J. K. Stephens, and M. L. Wise		Methods and apparatus for chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) of a semiconductor wafer
6,379,511	R. M. Browne and J. J. Fatula		Paddle design for plating bath
6,379,570	J. J. Fatula, Jr., R. Hsiao, C. Y. Inouye, and L.-C. Lee		Method of making high definition chevron type MR sensor
6,379,577	H. Akatsu, D. E. Kotecki, J. J. Lian, and H. Shen		Hydrogen peroxide and acid etchant for a wet etch process
6,379,772	K. J. Lubert		Avoiding polymer fill of alignment sites
6,380,003	C. V. Jahnes, C. Narayan, and C. J. Radens		Damascene anti-fuse with slot via
6,380,027	T. Furukawa, J. P. Gambino, E. W. Kiewra, J. A. Mandelman, C. J. Radens, W. R. Tonti, and M. E. Weybright		Dual tox trench DRAM structures and process using v-groove
6,380,063	J. A. Chediak, T. G. Ference, K. R. Kimmel, A. Loiseau, R. W. Mann, and J. H. Rankin		Raised wall isolation device with spacer isolated contacts and the method of so forming
6,380,075	C. Cabral, Jr., C.-K. Hu, S. G. Malhotra, F. R. McFeely, S. M. Rossnagel, and A. H. Simon		Method for forming an open-bottom liner for a conductor in an electronic structure and device formed
6,380,101	T. L. Breen, P. M. Fryer, R. W. Nunes, and M. E. Rothwell		Method of forming patterned indium zinc oxide and indium tin oxide films via microcontact printing and uses thereof
6,380,485	B. S. Beaman and J. C. Diepenbrock		Enhanced wire termination for twinax wires
6,380,494	A. T. Mays, K. A. Slesinger, and M. C. Weller		Micro grid array solder interconnection structure with solder columns for second level packaging joining a module and printed circuit board
6,380,570	S. H. Voldman		Gate overvoltage control networks
6,380,575	C. J. Radens		DRAM trench cell
6,380,628	J. A. Miller, A. Simon, J. Slattery, C. E. Uzoh, and Y.-Y. Wang		Microstructure liner having improved adhesion
6,380,777	C. Degardin, P. Girard, and G. Vercasson		Output driver having controlled slew rate
6,380,821	J. F. Imbornone, T. Liang, J.-M. Mourant, and D. Shkap		Substrate shielded multilayer balun transformer
6,380,937	J. Dong, S. L. Martin, and P. D. Waldo		Method and system for dynamically representing cluster analysis results
6,380,952	A. Herzberg and Y. Mass		System for continuous display and navigation in a virtual-reality world
6,380,957	K. R. Banning		Method of controlling view of large expansion tree
6,381,106	M. Pinarbasi		Top spin valve sensor that has a free layer structure with a cobalt iron boron (cofeb) layer
6,381,253	A. Benayoun, P. J.-F. Le, P. Michel, and D. Vinot		Data transmission system and method for interconnecting sending and receiving analog devices primarily through data channels
6,381,267	Y. Abdelilah, G. T. Davis, J. H. Derby, A. Dholakia, E. S. Eleftheriou, D. Hwang, F. D. Neeser, M. S. Ware, and H. Ye		Modems, methods, and computer program products for falling back to a lower data rate protocol upon detecting abnormal line conditions during startup
6,381,320	T. E. Creamer, Z. A. B. G. Lozinski, B. D. Mandalia, and P. P. Mansey		Access to extended telephone services via the internet
6,381,444	A. Aggarwal, R. Ananthanaratanan, V. Bansal, K. Kummamuru, P. A. Mittal, N. Modani, S. K. Murthy, A. Roychowdhury, and S. Sridhar		Interactive multimedia virtual classes requiring small online network bandwidth
6,381,517	D. J. Butka and R. Yardy		Method and apparatus to analyze accessor performance
6,381,558	R. F. Berry, R. T. Chari, R. Y. Hussain, and R. J. Urguhart		Alternative profiling methodology and tool for analyzing competitive benchmarks
6,381,567	C. S. Christensen, R. K. Foster, D. M. Perlsweig, R. D. Talbot, and M. A. Wieland		Method and system for providing real-time personalization for web-browser-based applications
6,381,579	A. C. Barrentine, M. S. Cox, R. S. Coyle, P. M. Gervais, K. J. Hawley, G. O. Neild, Jr., M. L. Richards, and J. J. Thomas		System and method to provide secure navigation to resources on the internet
6,381,586	P. Glasserman, P. Heidelberger, and N. P. Shahabuddin		Pricing of options using importance sampling and stratification/ quasi-Monte Carlo
6,381,595	J. C. Kleewein, E. T. Lin, and Y. Wang		System and method for compensation of functional differences between heterogeneous database management systems
6,381,600	L. T. M. Lau		Exporting and importing of data in object-relational databases
6,381,606	G. L. Carpenter, R. D. Housh, S. T. Kuo, B. E. Naylor, R. L. Stone, and J. C.-C. Yuan		Application programming interface for creating authorized connections to a database management system
6,381,618	M. W. Brown and J. A. Jones		Method and apparatus for autosynchronizing distributed versions of documents
6,381,629	T. S. Lee		Technique for creating a unique item identification number in a multi-threaded/multi-process environment
6,381,636	D. C. Cromer, B. J. Ellison, H. Locker, M. Sievert, and J. P. Ward		Data processing system and method for permitting a server to remotely access a powered-off client computer system's asset information
6,381,642	R. J. Gallagher, P. Holmes, M. E. O'Donnell, and H. M. Yudenfriend		In-band method and apparatus for reporting operational statistics relative to the ports of a fibre channel switch
6,381,643	R. F. Bartfai, C. A. Bender, J. R. Herring, N. P. Rash, and K. J. Reilly		Mechanism and procedure for detecting switch mis-cabling
6,381,648	R. N. C. Broberg III, P. B. Kubista, and G. D. Miller		Method and apparatus for filtering ethernet frames
6,381,654	T. J. Brawn, G. T. Knowles, Y. Li, B. Marchesseault, and Y.-S. Tan		Systems methods and computer program products for customized host access applications including user-replaceable transport code
6,381,668	J. V. Lunteren		Address mapping for system memory
6,381,677	B. C. Beardsley, M. T. Benhase, J. S. Hyde, T. C. Jarvis, D. A. Martin, and R. L. Morton		Method and system for staging data into cache
6,381,685	T. J. Dell and M. W. Kellogg		Dynamic configuration of memory module using presence detect data
6,381,691	E. Altman and M. K. Gschwind		Method and apparatus for reordering memory operations along multiple execution paths in a processor
6,381,695	H. Kawazoe, M. Kudo, and M. Numao		Encryption system with time-dependent decryption
6,381,711	A. Chiang, R. P. Martinez, and S. I. Sholars		Method and apparatus for unified, pre-addressed, context-sensitive reporting
6,381,729	B. R. Archambeault		Data processing system and method for efficient determination of return current spread
6,381,738	J.-D. Choi, M. Gupta, S. P. Midkiff, M. J. Serrano, and V. C. Sreedhar		Method for optimizing creation and destruction of objects in computer programs