Canada
2,142,030	I. Cidon, L. Georgiadis, R. Guerin, Y. Shavitt, and A. Slater		Method and apparatus for dynamically allocating shared resource access quota
2,170,786	H. Ahmadi, F. Bauchot, R. Bonnet, H. Kessler, A. Krishna, F. Lanne, M. Naghshineh, C. Soler, and M. Wetterwald		Communication system including method and apparatus for maintaining communications with a mobile terminal
2,179,979	E. S. Eleftheriou and B. Petersen		Method and apparatus for multiuser-interference reduction
Czech Republic
288,937	R. C. Gore, Jr. and J. F. Haugh		Secured gateway interface
European Patent (Countries in which patent was filed)
449,420	J. K. Farrell, J. S. Gordon, D. C. Kuhl, and T. V. Lee		Integrated data link controller with autonomous logical elements (BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE)
529,384	N. C. Chou, P. H. Gum, R. E. Hough, M. J. Kim, J. C. Mazurowski, D. McCauley, C. A. Scalzi, J. F. Scanlon, and L. W. Wyman		CPU expansive gradation of I/O interruption subclass recognition (AT, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE)
622,925	H. Ahmadi, A. Bar-Noy, H. Kessler, and A. Krishna		A multiaccess scheme for mobile integrated local area networks (DE, FR, GB)
647,896	D. K. Clark, D. Flores, W. J. Johnson, and L. Lachman		Local area network peripheral lock method and system (DE, FR, GB)
684,569	M. Lai, T. K. Lee, J. Y. Nishimura, and G. R. Shank		Database system (DE, FR, GB)
706,111	R. C. Barrett, R. S. Olyha, and J. D. Rutledge		Apparatus and method for user interface (BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE)
713,213	J. E. Hurst		Pulse width modulation optical disk drive with pulsed laser preheating between marks (DE, FR, GB)
721,169	J. L. Levine and M. A. Schappert		Wireless pointing device for remote cursor control (DE, FR, GB)
744,692	T. Sakairi		Computer system (DE, FR, GB)
768,595	D. A. Coleman		System and method for providing masquerade protection in a computer network using session keys (DE, FR, GB)
773,496	T. Furuhata, T. O. Hirano, and C. Sawada		Touch-panel operation (DE, FR, GB)
779,570	T. R. Kells and T. Peebles		System and method for supporting distributed computing mechanisms in a local area network server environment (DE, FR, GB)
830,671	K. B. Klaassen		Integrated head-electronics interconnection suspension for a data recording disk drive (DE, FR, GB, IE, NL)
864,148	N. K. Frater, T. M. Hoffmann, D. Ingalls, and B. J. Kriehn		Shock protected high density suspension system (DE, FR, GB, IT, NL)
Germany
19,646,120.0	T. Bayer, J. Greschner, and H. Weiss		Micromechanical Sensor for AFM/STM Profilometry
19,801,246.2	M. Vodegel		Method and Device for Localizing and Detecting Plastic Strips and Window Areas on Mail
19,836,051.7	H. Bender and J. Holtz		Synchronization of performance data in distributed computer environments
69,132,648.7	J. K. Farrell, J. S. Gordon, D. C. Kuhl, and T. V. Lee		Integrated data link controller with autonomous logical elements
69,231,909.3	N. C. Chou, P. H. Gum, R. E. Hough, M. J. Kim, J. C. Mazurowski, D. McCauley, C. A. Scalzi, J. F. Scanlon, and L. W. Wyman		CPU expansive gradation of I/O interruption subclass recognition
69,427,611.1	H. Ahmadi, A. Bar-Noy, H. Kessler, and A. Krishna		A multiaccess scheme for mobile integrated local area networks
69,427,670.7	D. K. Clark, D. Flores, W. J. Johnson, and L. Lachman		Local area network peripheral lock method and system
69,521,657.0	R. C. Barrett, R. S. Olyha, and J. D. Rutledge		Apparatus and method for user interface
69,521,767.4	J. E. Hurst		Pulse width modulation optical disk drive with pulsed laser preheating between marks
69,521,782.8	J. L. Levine and M. A. Schappert		Wireless pointing device for remote cursor control
69,521,839.5	M. Lai, T. K. Lee, J. Y. Nishimura, and G. R. Shank		Database system
69,613,648.1	D. A. Coleman		System and method for providing masquerade protection in a computer network using session keys
69,613,656.2	T. Furuhata, T. O. Hirano, and C. Sawada		Touch-panel operation
69,613,696.1	K. B. Klaassen		Integrated head-electronics interconnection suspension for a data recording disk drive
69,613,948.0	T. R. Kells and T. Peebles		System and method for supporting distributed computing mechanisms in a local area network server environment
69,613,996.0	N. K. Frater, T. M. Hoffmann, D. Ingalls, and B. J. Kriehn		Shock protected high density suspension system
69,614,034.9	T. Sakairi		Computer system
Hungary
219,996	T. G. Cantrell, S. Jaji, A. A. Shaheen, and R. B. Ward		System and method for efficient caching in a distributed file system
Indonesia
6,480	R. F. Marks and E. J. Selker		Enhanced program access in a graphical user interface
Israel
123,426	K. A. Feiste, J. S. Muhich, L. E. Thatcher, and S. W. White		Forwarding of results of store instructions
123,827	R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, J. D. Lewis, and D. E. Williams		Method of layer cache and architectural specific functions for splitting operations
Japan
1,119,440	H. Shima and K. Yamazaki		Industrial design for watch type PC
3,205,963	M. Angelopoulos, A. G. MacDiarmid, and W. G. Zheng		Oxidative/Reductive Method of Deaggregation of Electrically Conductive Polymers and Precursors thereof and Method of Fabricating Articles therewith
3,206,126	J. M. Gould and N. M. Lackritz		A scalable, distributed, and pipelined crossbar switch architecture
3,206,247	J. George, B. Glendening, P. G. Greenstein, R. E. Hough, J. P. Kubala, J. T. Rodell, N. E. Shafa, and D. E. Stucki		System and method for performing resource reconfiguration in a computer system
3,206,914	C. A. Lemaire and A. H. Wottreng		Multiprocessor relatively atomic instructions
3,206,922	B. S. Beaman, K. E. Fogel, P. A. Lauro, and D. Y. Shih		Wafer scale high density probe assembly
3,207,097	J. J. Dobbek		System and method for target track determination in a data storage disk drive
3,207,098	B. A. Ek, S. M. Gates, F. Guarin, S. S. Iyer, and A. Powell		Single crystal semiconductor on a substrate and method for formation thereof
3,207,109	M. Pedersen		Scannable last-in first-out (LIFO) register stack
3,207,110	R. B. Laibowitz and T. M. Shaw		Lead silicate based capacitor structures
3,207,124	D. Rana and D. Schroter		Method and apparatus for supporting speculative branch and link/branch on count instructions
3,207,126	K. E. Beilstein, C. L. Bertin, J. M. Leas, and J. A. Mandelman		Method for making sub-lithographic inages by the intersection of two spaces
3,207,139	K. A. Bird, P. J. Brofman, F. F. Cappo, Jr., J. L. Frankel, S. D. Kadakia, S. Knickerbocker, and S. A. Sikorski		Electronic component package with decoupling capacitors completely within die receiving cavity of substrate
3,207,149	L. Economikos, L. W. Herron, and M. J. Interrante		Hermetic sealing of a substrate of high thermal conductivity using an interposer of low thermal conductivity
3,207,150	L. Economikos, L. W. Herron, and M. J. Interrante		Hermetic seam sealing on high conductivity substrates
3,207,173	D. Meltzer and J. A. Silberman		Method and apparatus for loading an instruction buffer of a processor capable of out-of-order instruction issue
3,207,178	D. F. Canaperi, R. Jagannathan, M. Krishnan, C. Morgan, and T. Wright		Chemical mechanical polishing of multiple material substrates and slurry having improved selectivity
3,207,181	J. S. Brown, R. J. Gauthier, and S. H. Voldman		Method and structure for increasing the threshold voltage of a corner device
3,207,182	P. Mueller and W. Riess		Electrode for use in electro-optical devices
3,208,318	H. Kimura		ID card holder for MSR
3,208,326	P. A. Coico, D. L. Edwards, S. Farooq, R. A. Sherif, and H. T. Toy		Semiconductor package with low strain seal
3,208,332	A. Benayoun, J. F. Le Pennec, and P. Michel		Multilevel interrupt device
3,208,340	A. A. Al-Karmi, S. S. Singh, and B. S. Soor		Optical character recognition of handwritten or cursive text
3,208,358	T. Furuhata, K. Inoue, T. Itoh, and A. Yamada		Automated well-aligned quardrangle mesh generation method using some(i.e. more than 1) kinds of bubble
3,208,378	S. L. Buchwalter, K. Carter, M. Gaynes, C. J. Hawker, J. L. Hedrick, and R. D. Miller		Reworkable thermoplastic encapsulant
3,208,380	R. A. Hutchins, G. A. Jaquette, and K. Tsuruta		Acquisition of highly variable data frequency by digital edge processing
3,208,383	T. B. Hook, J. S. Nakos, and R. Q. Williams		NVRAM utilizing high voltage TFT device
3,208,386	K. Satoh, E. Soga, and S. Tsuda		Electrode materials of piezoelectric sensor for active damping
3,208,387	T. Imai, H. Shima, and K. Yamazaki		User interface of the PC of curser area
3,208,388	R. A. Sherif and H. T. Toy		Apparatus for controlling thermal interface gap distance
3,208,397	F. M. Bonevento, J. P. Mc Govern, and E. M. Thomas		Apparatus & method for asynchronously delivering control elements with a pipe interface
3,209,013	G. D. Carpenter, M. E. Dean, M. Faucher, J. C. Peterson, and H. C. Tanner		Non-contiguous mapping of I/O addresses to use pace protection of a processor
3,209,509	T. Chikazawa, Y. Harada, H. Tanaka, and Y. Yamamoto		Laser zone texture w/bump free zone
3,210,547	H. A. Nye Iii, J. F. Roeder, H. M. Tong, and P. A. Totta		Electroplated solder terminal
3,210,557	A. S. Tsay		Architecture for 64 bit non-restoring fix-point divider for 6NS cycle time with 2 quotient bits per cycle
3,210,558	B. Bakoglu, J. C. Chen, A. G. Lean, K. Maruyama, and C. Yue		Networking video games over telephone network
3,210,574	J. S. Neely and P. Restle		Capacitive bend sensor
3,210,578	C. M. Olsen		A bus arbitration infrastructure for deployment of wireless networks
3,210,602	H. H. Nick, B. E. Osborn, and C. Y. Wu		Firing method and apparatus for random ESD testing
3,210,603	H. Muta		Window system for mobil thin client using
3,210,605	P. F. Petric		Variable curvilinear axis deflection means for particle optical lenses
3,210,613	G. Langner and P. F. Petric		E-beam projection with variable curvilinear axis lenses
3,210,630	M. Numao and S. Shimizu		Server-aided secure detection for statistical data-hiding
3,210,637	S. H. Dhong and J. A. Silberman		Method and system for accessing a cache memory within a data processing system
3,210,647	C. Feger and J. P. Hummel		Moisture and ion barrier for protection of devices and interconnect structures
3,211,212	S. R. Deshpande		Method and system for implementing a distributed interrupt controller
3,212,007	F. L. Rawson and G. G. Sotomayor		Boot architecture for microkernel-based systems
3,213,194	Y. Taira and F. Yamada		Optical pattern exposure system
3,213,196	S. Takayama		All alloy gate electrode materials
3,213,208	S. Kawano, Y. Maezawa, T. Maruichi, K. Ohtani, and T. Oshiyama		A dynamic determination method of peripheral device idle timer
3,213,232	A. Bryant		Self-aligned gate sidewall spacers in corrugated FET and method of making the same
3,213,235	M. Peschke, K. H. Varian, and H. Yano		Two-step chemical mechanical polish surface planarization technique
3,213,244	O. Strohacker		Method and system in a data processing system for efficiently compressing data using a sorting network
3,213,272	H. Asano, T. Endoh, A. Kibashi, K. Kurachi, K. Kuroki, T. Matsui, H. Nishimiya, K. Okada, K. Suda, H. Suzuki, and M. Takase		Titan reset erp procedure
3,213,711	E. Gould, D. W. Kemerer, L. McAllister, R. A. Piro, G. R. Richardson, and D. A. Wellburn		A method of combining gate array and standard cell circuits on a common semiconductor chip
3,213,909	D. Dobuzinsky, S. G. Fugardi, E. N. Hammerl, H. Ho, S. C. Ramac, and A. W. Strong		Diffused titanium resistor and method for fabricating same
3,215,293	C. Hallock, B. D. Mandalia, H. Parikh, G. J. Salem, C. H. Sederholm, W. J. Shomar, and C. Thomson		Methods for performing intelligent network services with an ISDN network terminator located at a subscriber's premise
Korea
267,125	C. A. Gonzales, E. Linzer, and P. Tiwari		A speed-memory tradeoff for MPEG decoders
267,425	J. A. Iadanza, R. D. Kilmoyer, M. J. Laramie, V. P. Seidel, and T. Zittritsch		Field-programmable memory array
267,426	B. J. Arruza		Method and data processing system for presenting display objects
267,428	T. C. Ng		Apparatus for slave DMA emulation on a computer system bus
267,429	C. M. Durham, P. J. Klim, and W. B. Vanderhoeven		Logical steering to avoid hot spots on integrated circuits
267,430	F. M. Bozso and P. G. Emma		Clock skew minimization system and method for integrated circuits
267,431	M. Hauf, M. Levy, and V. R. Nastasi		Insulated gate field effect transistor
267,432	J. E. Barth, J. H. Dreibelbis, H. L. Kalter, R. Kho, Y. Mori, J. S. Parenteau, and D. L. Wheater		Processor based bist for an embedded memory
267,433	A. Essbaum and B. A. Zoric		Cell apparatus and method for use in building complex integrated circuit devices
267,434	K. W. Christopher, D. Jaramillo, M. M. Snow, R. D. Wahl, S. L. Winters, and C. G. Wright		Method and system for processing a first instruction in a first processing environment in response to intiating processing of a second instruction in an emulation environment
267,435	S. M. Burns, H. I. Hanafi, H. L. Kalter, W. W. Kocon, and J. J. Welser		Self-aligned diffused source vertical transmistors with deep trench capcacitors in a 4F-square memory cell array
267,438	T. Lin		Spin valve sensor with improved magnetic stability of the pinned layer
267,489	C. Bates and P. R. Day		Scroll bar amplification apparatus and method
267,822	S. Shimizu		Data hiding method by orthogonal pattern convolution and linear filter statistics
267,872	A. Dan, R. Ramaswami, and D. Sitaram		Support for portable trusted code
267,873	J. M. Dunn and E. H. Stern		Wireless 911 emergency location
267,874	D. G. Berger, G. Brouillette, D. 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
268,095	C. J. Holloway		Data communications system
268,096	E. A. Cunningham, R. Greenberg, and M. J. Shea		Method and error correcting code (ECC) apparatus for storing predefined information with eec in a direct access storage device
268,187	A. S. Pearson and J. W. Pence		Recovering multi-volume data sets during volume recovery
268,191	H. S. Gill and M. Pinarbasi		Magnetoresistive sensor with a soft adjacent layer having high magnetization, high resistivity, low intrinsic anisotropy and near zero magnetostriction
268,194	B. Q. Nguyen, R. J. Redpath, and S. K. Singhal		Method and system for a hybrid peer-server communications structure
268,195	S. W. Ng		Data storage library with media destaging and prestaging for improved response time
268,196	T. Y. Chang and H. P. Lee		Inductive write head with insulation stack configured for eliminating reflective notching
268,197	J. W. Carr, M. M. Dovek, and M. T. Krounbi		Magnetoresistive read/inductive write magnetic head assembly made of silicon on hard electrically insulating substrate for improved durability and electrostatic discharge protection, and manufacturing method therefor
268,198	T. J. Shrader		Web-based administration of IP filtering on internet firewalls
268,204	T. B. Genduso and E. R. Vanderslice		Improved memory controller to support optional look-aside caches
268,205	W. E. Bernier, M. A. Gaynes, I. Memis, and H. Shaukatullah		Attaching heat sinks directly to flip chips and ceramic chip carries
268,206	M. Hauf, M. Levy, and V. R. Nastasi		Integrated circuit chip
268,207	T. Saitoh		Method and apparatus for testing the address system of a memory system
268,208	W. E. Bennett, S. J. Boies, L. Jones, S. Levy, D. Lovell, N. Lustig, P. M. Matchen, and R. D. Thompson		A system for electronically developing and processing a legal document
268,209	E. J. Nowak and M. H. Tong		High reliability I/O stacked FET's
268,210	N. A. Greco and S. E. Greco		Process for reducing pattern factor effects in CMP planarization
268,211	L. R. Darden, W. J. Livingstone, J. H. Panner, P. Perry, W. F. Pokorny, and P. Zuchowski		Redundant vias
268,212	N. B. Feilchenfeld, S. J. Fuerniss, M. A. Gaynes, P. Hoontrakul, and M. V. Pierson		Computer system with photomask screened joining material and process
268,213	A. H. Simon and C. Uzoh		Open-bottomed via liner structure and method for fabricating same
268,292	M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, A. D. Katnani, N. Patel, and P. Rabidoux		Frequency doubling photoresist
268,293	S. J. Holmes, A. D. Katnani, N. Patel, and P. Rabidoux		High k factor hybrid resists
268,294	P. H. Berasi and H. H. Chen		Corrosion resistant molybdenum mask
268,296	R. C. Gore, Jr. and J. F. Haugh		Secured gateway interface
268,297	J. C. Chen		System and method for processing chinese language text
268,565	J. T. Brady, D. W. Finney, M. H. Hartung, M. A. Ko, N. Mendelsohn, J. M. Menon, and D. R. Nowlen		System and method for queuing of tasks in a multiprocessing system
268,566	T. Sunaga and S. Watanabe		SSDRAM
268,567	S. C. Strite		Monolithic array of light emitting diodes for the generation of light at multiple wavelengths and its use for multicolor display
268,690	J. T. Coffey, D. E. Goodman, and J. M. Poss		Direct access storage device with magneto-resistive transducing head apparatus
268,691	E. Colgan, R. L. Melcher, T. Nakasoki, C. Narayan, J. L. Sanford, and K. H. Yang		Structure and assembly method for reduced spatial light modulator size
268,742	J. S. Kresge and D. N. Light		Method for forming metallized patterns on the top surface of a printed circuit board
268,743	S. M. Fry, S. D. Johnson, and S. B. Wilson		User-defined data in an unused region of data storage media
268,744	D. C. Ahlgren, G. B. Bronner, W. Natzle, E. G. Walton, and C. Yu		STI structure by oxide removal with low attack of vulnerable oxide
268,745	W. Hwang and W. K. Luk		System integration of DRAM macros and logic cores in a single chip architecture
268,746	T. Brunner, R. Mih, and D. C. Wheeler		Asymmetrical resist sidewall
269,045	J. S. Campbell		Method of attaching a flexible circuit to a substrate
269,527	M. Deindl and M. Witzel		Secure data storage with the help of a chip card
269,528	D. Clocher, G. G. Daves, P. M. Elenius, J. Lisowski, and J. M. Sullivan		High performance, low cost multi-chip module package
269,529	A. Anfossi, L. Loiodice, and A. Perrone		Screen remote control
269,530	R. A. Flavin, P. Nihal, G. H. Purdy, and N. Vogl		System and method for dynamic video routing
269,531	D. E. Martin		Method and apparatus for multi-level input voltage receiver circuit
269,827	M. A. Carpenter, D. Lection, and M. E. Molander		Location/motion sensitive computer connection
269,828	J. Leung, P. S. Poon, and F. T. Tong		Distribution of digitally encoded presentations
269,830	V. A. Brusic, V. S. Darekar, M. A. Gaynes, and R. F. Saraf		Organic-metallic composite coating for copper surface protection
270,003	A. J. Loper, Jr. and S. Mallick		Processor and method for speculatively executing a conditional branch instruction utilizing a selected one multiple branch pre
270,004	T. J. Chainer, M. D. Schultz, B. C. Webb, and E. J. Yarmchuk		Method and system for accurate self-servowriting with normalization in a disk drive
270,005	G. M. Lattimore, R. P. Masleid, and J. S. Muhich		Data processing system having memory sub-array redundancy and method therefor
270,006	M. K. Ciraula, G. M. Lattimore, and G. A. Yeung		Conditional restore for SRAM
270,007	D. A. Evans		Wordline and bitline redundancy with no performance penalty
270,008	R. M. Geffken and R. K. Leidy		Roughened metal surface for improved alignment visibility
270,009	W. F. Landers and J. Singh		Method and apparatus for imaging surface topography of a wafer
270,140	J. S. Lipscomb, W. L. Luken, J. P. Menon, and B. O. Schneider		Method and apparatus for generating and displaying hotlinks in a panoramic three dimensional scene
270,141	W. C. Shum and R. G. Simmons		Transducer suspension system
270,142	M. Blaum, S. R. Hetzler, and W. J. Kabelac		Disk drive using multiple servo timing marks that form a code of unique interrelated bit patterns
270,185	C. Cabral, L. Clevenger, F. M. D'heurle, J. M. Harper, R. W. Mann, G. L. Miles, J. S. Nakos, R. A. Roy, and K. L. Saenger		A method of lowering the C49 to c54 transformation temperature
270,186	G. E. Beers, R. F. Frankeny, and M. M. Smadi		Bidirectional transmission line driver/receiver
270,281	R. G. Biskeborn and J. H. Eaton		Bidirectional flat contour linear tape recording head and drive
302,686	S. Burchfiel, G. F. Burns, and J. H. Hesson		(PF/JC/615) method for performing high-precision multiply-add calculations using independant multiply and add instructions
302,691	R. Allenspach and W. Weber		Magnetoresistive sensor
302,692	C. A. Brown, H. L. Merkins, R. C. Reinhart, R. L. Weaver, and H. R. Wendt		Coil wire lubricant for use in magnetic disk drives
302,693	K. H. Yang		A self-compensated twisted nematic mode for reflective light valves
302,694	M. Anzai, N. Mieki, and Y. Toyosato		4 way stand for tablet computer
302,924	O. Casile and O. Jacober		Improvements in data communications
302,925	M. V. Pierson		Liquid crystal display tile interconnect structure
302,926	A. V. Ingenoso and M. A. Rothman		Disk-based software image use from a read only memory device
302,927	J. G. Goodwin, S. H. Isensee, and J. M. Mullaly		Credit card reader for internet based commerce
302,928	R. K. Arimilli, L. Clark, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis		Hardware-managed programmable unified/split caching mechanism for instructions and data
302,979	A. Ogura and S. Yuzawa		PC card interface expansion
302,980	A. MacLeod		A system for local context spilling for graph colouring register allocators
302,981	W. F. Beausoleil, R. G. Musselman, T. Ng, and H. Roth		Tightly coupled emulation processors
302,982	C. Decusatis and L. Jacobowitz		In a system for creating, reading and writing on rotatable information storage media, an apparatus for two-sided writing
302,983	H. Ishikawa and K. Kawachiya		A single-finger controller for mobile devices
303,407	K. P. Gibson		Apparatus and method in a hierarchy of internet web pages for fast return to a network page
303,408	G. J. Armezzani, R. N. Ives, M. V. Pierson, and T. A. Tull		Flexible thin film ball grid array containing solder mask
303,409	E. J. Nowak and M. H. Tong		High voltage field effect transistors with selective gate depletion
303,410	G. B. Bronner, J. P. Gambino, J. A. Mandelman, C. J. Radens, and W. R. Tonti		Providing dual work function doping
303,411	L. Lumelsky		Simulcast interactive radio system
303,578	J. M. Dunn, C. G. Harrison, E. H. Stern, J. J. Toohey, and B. E. Willner		Multimedia conferencing using parallel networks
303,671	W. C. Hall, J. D. Rizzi, and J. A. Stubecki		Docking station for a portable computer providing rotational movement of the computer's viewable screen in three different plan
303,672	M. Ronay		Polish process and slurry for planarization
303,673	K. A. Feiste, J. S. Muhich, L. E. Thatcher, and S. W. White		Forwarding of results of store instructions
303,676	M. Ronay		Method for cleaning a surface
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