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August 1, 2001 - August 31, 2001
Non-US Patents issued to IBM inventors
  DOI: 10.1147/rd.pat.wt.08312001 arrowCopyright info
   

Patents issued outside US to IBM inventors between August 1, 2001 and August 31, 2001

The following patents were issued by countries outside of the United States of America. See the legend at the end of this file for European Patent-issuing countries.

Canada
2,157,973 T. Kawamura and H. Yamamoto Data processing system and a power supply apparatus and a method for its use with a data processing system
2,219,046 P. D. Hortensius, P. Kermani, D. N. McKay, M. Naghshineh, C. M. Olsen, and B. Rezvani Extensions to distributed mac protocols with collision avoidanceusing RTS/CTS exchanges
2,249,059 P. M. Bird and M. J. Snowbell Caching of distributed dynamic SQL statements in a multiple node RDBMS

Czech Republic
289,017 G. S. Robles and M. L. Sendelweck Magnetic tape cartridge with second generation leader block and leader block pin
289,021 Z. E. Boutaghou Pivot bearing

European Patent (Countries in which patent was filed)
552,873 Y. Kanada, Y. L. Lien, K. Sekiya, and H. Sone Modifying system configuration in a computer system
(AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE)
559,353 H. Minakata Computer input apparatus for handwriter data
(DE, FR, GB)
570,220 G. L. Rouse Acknowledgment protocol for serial data network with out-of-order delivery
(DE, FR, GB)
595,034 K. C. Chen Differentially coded and guard pulse position modulation for communication networks
(DE, FR, GB)
607,728 T. B. Douglas and R. J. Torres Method and system for dynamic visual feedback messaging in a graphical user interface of a data processing system
(DE, FR, GB, IT)
627,835 C. L. Galand and G. Lebizay Improved network layer packet structure
(DE, FR, GB)
635,788 J. L. Combs, D. T. Crump, and S. Pancoast Method and apparatus for saving and restoring the state of a CPU
(DE, FR, GB)
643,355 S. Meshkat Apparatus and method for subdivision of solids
(DE, FR, GB)
649,088 L. Jones-Scott, D. Pipkin, E. Rogers, and K. Scott Method and system for installing an operating system onto a data processing system
(DE, FR, GB)
662,760 C. E. Perkins Highly dynamic destination-sequenced destination vector routing for mobile computers
(DE, FR, GB)
681,261 C. A. Rudisill and R. E. Winstead Pointing device transducer using thick film resistor strain sensors
(DE, FR, GB)
681,297 R. L. Cook, G. G. Gruse, and S. E. Waefler Cartridge programming system for game programs
(DE, FR, GB, IT)
684,086 E. Walach Mail sorting
(DE, FR, GB)
687,982 R. S. Capowski, D. Casper, F. D. Ferraiolo, R. C. Jordan, and W. Laviola Self timed interface
(DE, FR, GB)
702,288 E. J. Selker, M. Suzuki, T. Takahashi, and Y. Uchiyama Input device for a computer
(AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE)
707,300 J. S. Beeteson and A. R. Knox Moire interference detection for raster-scanned cathode ray tube displays
(DE, FR, GB)
712,084 R. R. Devins, S. Hon, P. K. Kam, and E. D. Keller Emulation of direct memory access
(DE, FR, GB)
717,337 A. Herzberg, H. Krawczyk, S. Kutten, A. V. Le, S. M. Matyas, and M. Yung Method and system for the secured distribution of programs
(DE, FR, GB)
740,362 F. J. Canora, W. B. Nunnery, B. S. Oakley, M. Oprysko, and S. Ponnapalli High gain broadband planar antenna
(DE, FR, GB)
742,524 R. Agrawal and R. Srikant System and method for mining generalized association rules in databases
(DE, FR, GB)
746,158 W. T. Boyd and T. J. Dewkett Scalable interactive multimedia server system
(DE, FR, GB)
746,850 R. Greenberg and J. C. Purkett System and method for encoding a servo address
(AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT, LI, SE)
747,843 K. Lagarde and R. M. Rogers A method for fulfilling requests of a web browser
(DE, FR, GB)
749,123 M. Hassner, T. Tamura, and S. Winograd Maximum-likelihood symbol detection for RLL-coded data
(AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE)
751,508 K. A. Belser Optical data storage medium
(DE, FR, GB)
801,347 K. Fujii and H. Shinomi A data structure display device and method
(DE, FR, GB)
826,145 G. K. Binnig, W. Haeberle, and A. Scheich Data acquisition and control apparatus for scanning probe systems
(CH, DE, FR, GB, LI)
834,763 Y. Kobayashi, A. Kuroda, and K. Sekiya Common electrode driving device in a liquid crystal display
(DE, FR, GB)
887,323 G. Gale, R. Jagannathan, K. P. Madden, K. J. McCullough, H. F. Okorn-Schmidt, K. Pope, and D. I. Rath Selective etching of silicate
(DE, FR, GB, IE)
953,172 J. H. Bischof, T. Eirich, and D. Husemann Protecting resources in a distributed computer system
(DE, FR, GB, IE, IT, NL)

Germany
69,330,533.9 Y. Kanada, Y. L. Lien, K. Sekiya, and H. Sone Modifying system configuration in a computer system
69,330,576.2 H. Minakata Computer input apparatus for handwriter data
69,330,591.6 K. C. Chen Differentially coded and guard pulse position modulation for communication networks
69,330,635.1 T. B. Douglas and R. J. Torres Method and system for dynamic visual feedback messaging in a graphical user interface of a data processing system
69,330,660.2 G. L. Rouse Acknowledgment protocol for serial data network with out-of-order delivery
69,330,675.0 C. L. Galand and G. Lebizay Improved network layer packet structure
69,428,010.0 J. L. Combs, D. T. Crump, and S. Pancoast Method and apparatus for saving and restoring the state of a CPU
69,428,099.2 C. E. Perkins Highly dynamic destination-sequenced destination vector routing for mobile computers
69,521,934.0 E. Walach Mail sorting
69,521,951.0 E. J. Selker, M. Suzuki, T. Takahashi, and Y. Uchiyama Input device for a computer
69,521,977.4 A. Herzberg, H. Krawczyk, S. Kutten, A. V. Le, S. M. Matyas, and M. Yung Method and system for the secured distribution of programs
69,522,014.4 Y. Kobayashi, A. Kuroda, and K. Sekiya Common electrode driving device in a liquid crystal display
69,522,036.5 C. A. Rudisill and R. E. Winstead Pointing device transducer using thick film resistor strain sensors
69,522,070.5 J. S. Beeteson and A. R. Knox Moire interference detection for raster-scanned cathode ray tube displays
69,522,241.4 G. K. Binnig, W. Haeberle, and A. Scheich Data acquisition and control apparatus for scanning probe systems
69,522,256.2 R. L. Cook, G. G. Gruse, and S. E. Waefler Cartridge programming system for game programs
69,522,267.8 R. S. Capowski, D. Casper, F. D. Ferraiolo, R. C. Jordan, and W. Laviola Self timed interface
69,522,294.5 R. R. Devins, S. Hon, P. K. Kam, and E. D. Keller Emulation of direct memory access
69,522,318.6 R. Greenberg and J. C. Purkett System and method for encoding a servo address
69,614,309.7 R. Agrawal and R. Srikant System and method for mining generalized association rules in databases
69,614,317.8 W. T. Boyd and T. J. Dewkett Scalable interactive multimedia server system
69,614,441.7 F. J. Canora, W. B. Nunnery, B. S. Oakley, M. Oprysko, and S. Ponnapalli High gain broadband planar antenna
69,614,458.1 K. A. Belser Optical data storage medium
69,614,764.5 K. Lagarde and R. M. Rogers A method for fulfilling requests of a web browser
69,614,772.6 M. Hassner, T. Tamura, and S. Winograd Maximum-likelihood symbol detection for RLL-coded data
69,706,440.9 J. H. Bischof, T. Eirich, and D. Husemann Protecting resources in a distributed computer system
69,801,261.5 G. Gale, R. Jagannathan, K. P. Madden, K. J. McCullough, H. F. Okorn-Schmidt, K. Pope, and D. I. Rath Selective etching of silicate

Hungary
219,948 L. B. Caldwell, J. V. Ford, and J. L. Hammer Self-configuring computer system

Japan
3,216,059 T. Fyles, A. Key, and V. Sethi Computer workstation
3,216,793 M. E. Best, H. J. Rosen, K. A. Rubin, and T. C. Strand Multiple data surface optical data storage system
3,216,795 M. E. Best, H. J. Rosen, K. A. Rubin, and T. C. Strand Multiple data surface optical data storage system
3,216,884 J. Maltby System and method for processing images
3,216,886 A. Herkersdorf, W. Lemppenau, and H. R. Vanas Digital cross connect and add/drop multiplexing device
3,216,974 E. Butler and R. Sasaki Multiple data registers and addressing technique therefore for block/flash writing main memory of a DRAM/VRAM
3,216,976 J. E. Cronin M0 decoupling capacitor
3,216,978 B. Kownatzki and J. Sandvoss Priority controlled transmission of multimedia streams via a telecommuniction line
3,216,979 R. J. Torres Method and apparatus for the pointer-based searching of large volumes of data
3,216,983 N. Nemoto and H. Takahashi Seamless normalization
3,216,992 K. Ishikawa A server for internet TV phone
3,217,015 K. K. Chan, J. O. Chu, K. E. Ismail, and S. Rishton A scalable MOS field effect transistor
3,217,020 M. Ilg, S. V. Nguyen, and K. J. Uram Damascene stack capacitor
3,217,032 H. Itoh and S. Matsubara The security system based on the association of circular passwords
3,217,035 R. D. Adams, E. S. Cooley, and P. R. Hansen On-chip test circuit for evaluating an on-chip signal using an external test signal
3,217,045 D. S. Farquhar, M. J. Klodowski, L. J. Smith-Jimarez, and J. A. Zimmerman Integrated circuit chip carrier assembly
3,217,945 R. C. Barrett, R. S. Olyha, and J. D. Rutledge Graphical user interface cursor positioning device having a negative inertia transfer function
3,217,964 K. Lagarde and R. M. Rogers Computer network for www server data access over internet
3,217,965 K. Lagarde and R. M. Rogers A service agent for fulfilling requests of a web browser
3,217,966 K. Lagarde and R. M. Rogers A sub-agent service agent for fulfilling requests of a web browser
3,217,967 K. Lagarde and R. M. Rogers A web browser system
3,217,968 K. Lagarde and R. M. Rogers A method for distributed task fulfillment of web browser requests
3,217,991 S. Botala, E. E. Millham, and G. Yasar Method for determining logic cell configuration in a programmable array
3,218,001 W. L. Guthrie, N. Lustig, and T. E. Sandwick Sensor and methodology for inline thickness determination in oxide CMP
3,218,017 R. K. Debry System, method, and program for providing will-call certificates for guaranteeing authorization for a printer to retrieve a file
3,218,029 R. J. Devins and P. M. Schanely Method and system for graphics rendering using hardware-e vent-triggered execution of captured graphics hardware instructi
3,219,064 K. Kamijoh, A. Koide, N. Morimoto, and T. Sakakura A system that controls access to data in memory devices
3,221,653 M. E. Best, H. J. Rosen, K. A. Rubin, and T. C. Strand Multiple data surface optical data storage system
3,221,654 M. E. Best, H. J. Rosen, K. A. Rubin, and T. C. Strand Multiple data surface optical data storage system
3,224,000 R. A. Sharman Text to speech system
3,224,010 M. S. Farooq, S. Kaja, E. D. Perfecto, and G. E. White Capped copper electrical interconnects
3,224,024 H. Andoh and T. Kuroda Multiple continuous entry registration for defect map
3,224,026 Y. Kobayashi System power shutdown method
3,224,715 P. H. Benson, D. T. Crump, and S. Pancoast Low power ring detect for computer system wakeup
3,224,717 T. Licata Conductive RIE-resistant collars for studs beneath RIE-defined wires
3,224,720 M. C. Baker, P. Bhattacharya, S. C. Chen, Y. Cheung, A. Krishna, M. Naghshineh, and P. Reissner A mobility-enabling access point architecture for wireless attachment to source routing networks
3,224,730 T. Nogami and T. Tomooka Self amplified LCD cell
3,224,731 K. Ohsumi and T. Takagi High precision image patterning by liquid reslst
3,224,752 T. C. Christensen, J. A. Christner, E. A. Cunningham, and J. M. Mosbrucker Magneto-resistive head including a selectively placed low-reluctance path between shields
3,224,756 S. Odaohhara AC adapter switching circuir
3,224,760 S. Miyashita and T. Saito Voice mail system, voice synthesis apparatus and methods thereof
3,224,763 A. Anfossi, L. Loiodice, and A. Perrone Screen remote control
3,224,765 R. H. Bass A wireless modem with a supplemental power source
3,224,771 D. S. Farquhar Method for bonding copper-containing surfaces together
3,224,772 G. J. Armezzani, R. N. Ives, M. V. Pierson, and T. A. Tull Flexible thin film ball grid array containing solder mask
3,224,776 J. P. Crosskey, G. G. Mei, H. Ragavan, K. L. Wu, and P. S. Yu System and method of multiparty billing for web access
3,224,779 X. Bian, M. F. Doerner, and M. Mirzamaani Laminated thin film disk for longitudinal recording
3,224,780 H. Akatsu, R. Hoyer, and R. Ramachandran A solution methodology to minimize watermarks
3,224,782 K. Kawase, T. Moriyama, and F. Nakamura An effective task distribution and execution mechanism between MPU and graphics adapter
3,224,784 Y. S. Chin Network centric service specifications model
3,224,787 A. G. Domenicucci, L. M. Gignac, Y. Wang, H. S. Wildman, and K. H. Wong Method for producing a flat interface for a metal-silicon contact barrier film
3,224,793 P. Dehaven, C. C. Goldsmith, J. L. Hurd, S. Kaja, M. S. Legere, and E. D. Perfecto Process of controlling grain growth in metal films
3,225,638 D. J. Craft Method and apparatus for compressing data
3,226,152 P. E. Bakeman, Jr. and S. H. Voldman Multi chip semiconductor structures with interchip electrostatic discharge protection and fabrication methods therefore
3,226,169 M. A. Acciai and S. L. Tisdale Apparatus and method for selective electrolytic metallization/deposition utilizing a fluid head

Korea
270,200 R. L. White Hydrogenated carbon thin films
270,344 D. S. Renshaw Embedded HTML documents
270,591 S. J. Greenspan, K. E. Plambeck, and C. A. Scalzi Processor associated blocking symbol controls for serializing the accessing of data resources in a computer system
270,592 R. M. Geffken, W. T. Motsiff, and R. R. Uttecht Intergrated pad and fuse structure for planar copper metallurgy
270,593 E. Colgan, J. Gambino, and K. P. Rodbell Partially-overlapped interconnect structure and method of making
270,594 S. Fujihara The control method of CD drive
270,639 D. B. Chapman Baseline correction circuit for PWM data readback systems
270,641 P. Kermani, D. N. McKay, M. Naghshineh, F. P. Novak, and B. Rezvani Schemes to determine presence of hidden terminals in wireless networks environment and to switch between them
270,750 J. G. Gordon Ii, S. Karg, J. H. Kaufman, M. Kreyenschmidt, R. D. Miller, and J. C. Scott Light emitting device
270,751 G. O. Penokie Method and system for automatic storage subsystem configuration
271,139 T. R. Albrecht, P. Baumgart, T. A. Nguyen, K. A. Rubin, and A. C. Tam Magnetic disk stack having laser-bump identifiers on magnetic disks
271,140 M. C. Baker, A. C. Chau, J. Taglione, and A. D. Wallaker A channel hopping protocol
271,141 S. S. Parkin Magnetic tunnel junction device with improved fixed and free ferromagnetic layers
271,142 R. E. Fontana, S. S. Parkin, and C. Tsang Magnetic tunnel junction magnetoresistive read head with sensing layer as flux guide
271,143 T. J. Shrader Web-based administration of IP tunneling on internet firewalls
271,198 T. R. Albrecht Load/unload disk drive with multistage retract circuit for parking the head carriers on power down
271,199 M. Factor Distributed computing using logical processes
271,201 M. Lu and K. H. Yang Flicker-free reflective liquid crystal cell
271,202 D. J. Seagle Magnetic head with vialess lead layers from MR sensor to pads
271,203 G. L. Guthrie, R. A. Kelley, D. Neal, and S. M. Thurber Dual host bridge with peer to peer support
271,838 C. S. Chang and F. D. Egitto Planar redistribution structure and printed wiring device
272,069 J. W. Wilson Ball grid array having no through holes or via interconnections
272,071 J. J. Ellis-Monaghan and S. H. Voldman Silicon-on-insulator and CMOS-on-SOI double film structures and fabrication processes
272,072 C. L. Bertin and E. L. Hedberg High performance, high bandwidth memory bus architecture utilizing SDRAMS
272,074 M. J. Rutten and S. H. Voldman Electrical contact to buried SOI structures
272,075 J. D. Westwood P1 notched write head with minimum overmilled P1 and P2
272,076 P. Asthana and J. E. Kulakowski Reallocation of defective recording areas on a CD-R or CD-E disk
272,389 R. Kubota Full text search engine
272,625 S. Nagarajan Removable electronic subassembly with a compressible shock absorbing device
272,682 P. L. Cavallotti, A. Monzani, V. Sirtori, and G. Zangari Solder method
272,683 D. J. Seagle Magnetic head having an air bearing surface with short-resistant leads
272,684 T. Kakihara, A. Kanamaru, Y. Kigami, and T. Saitoh Forced MPU intervention on automatic read data transfer
272,700 D. Coppersmith, P. Raghavan, and T. G. Zimmerman System and method for near-field human-body coupling for encrypted communication with identification cards
272,701 E. Colgan, M. Lu, R. L. Melcher, J. L. Sanford, and K. H. Yang Improvements in liquid crystal displays
272,874 H. Ishikawa, Y. Mita, T. Satoh, T. Tanaka, H. Tsuchida, and T. Yoshida Symmetric wire forming method for low profile HGA
272,944 G. Brouillette, D. Danovitch, M. Liehr, W. T. Motsiff, J. M. Rubino, C. J. Sambucetti, and R. Saraf Direct chip attach for low alpha emission interconnect system
272,945 A. S. Butter, L. R. Chieco, J. P. Kuruts, and M. A. Sorna High speed asynchronous serial to parallel data converter
272,988 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
305,934 G. Daniel, J. M. Dortu, T. Kirihata, and K. P. Pfefferl Variable domain redundancy replacement
305,935 H. Cheong and H. Q. Le New mechanism for handling stretched data snooping by history buffer
305,936 G. Daniel, J. M. Dortu, T. Kirihata, and K. P. Pfefferl Variable domain redundancy replacement
305,938 G. Gale, R. Jagannathan, K. P. Madden, K. J. McCullough, H. F. Okorn-Schmidt, K. Pope, and D. I. Rath Selective removal of etching residues
305,941 N. Mohsenian Real-time single pass variable bit rate control strategy and encoder
305,953 T. J. Chainer, M. D. Schultz, B. C. Webb, and E. J. Yarmchuk Self-servowriting system with dynamic error propagation reduction
305,954 M. Barenboim, P. Baumgart, P. P. Chrusch, Jr., B. M. Harper, B. Karni, P. J. Kerstens, M. G. Lisanke, H. Lu, L. T. Pena, H. Seing, A. R. Taheri, and A. Tam Optical apparatus for inspecting laser texture
305,981 M. Devarakonda, A. Mohindra, A. Purakayastha, and D. J. Zukowski Dynamic mobile agents
306,338 E. S. Kirkpatrick and C. Narayanaswami An image capturing system and method for automatically watermarking recorded parameters for providing digital image verifi
306,547 H. Ishikawa and A. Mizutani Realization of wireless universal serial bus
306,548 W. E. Maule and D. W. Victor Dual processor mode memory controller
306,549 T. Haze and S. Yamashita The insulator process with double photo-sensitive layers
307,015 R. L. Tycast Data processing system and method for archiving accessing electronic messages
307,341 J. Bracchitta and W. D. Pricer An electronically programmable anti-fuse circuit
307,342 C. Huynh, M. Krishnan, M. J. MacDonald, and M. P. Murray A ph-buffered slurry and use thereof for polishing
307,374 J. J. Maddalozzo, G. F. McBrearty, and J. M. Shieh Filtered utilization of internet transfers to reduce delay and increase user control
307,730 J. C. Chen, F. Y. Wu, and J. T. Yeh Speech recognition aided by lateral profile image
307,788 C. Decusatis and L. Jacobowitz In a system for creating, reading and writing on rotatable information storage media, an apparatus for performing both read and
307,972 K. Fujita and S. Meguro Message processor and recording medium readable by computer in which message precessing program is recorded
307,973 C. Komoda and H. Ueno Remote GUI creation using e-mail
308,321 D. M. Dias and A. K. Iyengar A method for coordinating actions among a group of servers
308,322 M. C. Enichen, R. M. Smith, and P. C. Yeh Secure method for providing des cipher for set
308,323 Y. Baumgartner and A. Elman Non-uniform memory access (NUMA) data processing system having shared intervention support
308,512 J. S. Johnson and C. F. Webb Specialized millicode instruction for editing functions
308,596 H. R. Bublitz and K. Rindtorff Apparatus and method for communication between a chip card and application, and read/write apparatus for a chip card
308,597 J. S. Beeteson and A. R. Knox Cathode for display device
308,674 M. T. Fisher and G. D. Gilda Data register for multicycle data cache read
308,675 R. J. Eickemeyer and T. L. Jeremiah Cache address generation
308,676 K. E. Carter, M. Hamzy, P. Nogay, and M. Vanderwiele Providing local printing on a thin client
308,677 G. D. Gilda Pipelined snooping of multiple L1 cache lines
308,678 G. Gillies, J. Gosden, S. Jafari-Langroudi, and K. Sutton Method and apparatus for managing a distributed data proc system
308,682 S. L. Gregor and T. L. Jeremiah Multiway associative external microprocessor cache
308,705 S. J. Martin and A. J. Stanford-Clark Load balancing across the processors of a server computer
308,708 J. B. Kuang, P. Lu, and M. J. Saccamango Method and apparatus for reducing parasitic bipolar current in a silicon-on-insulator

Singapore
42,884 E. A. Highum, A. W. Mueller, T. W. Nash, E. E. Stadler, and S. M. Thorvilson Electro-magnetic shield and method for making the same
43,196 W. I. Imaino, H. J. Rosen, K. A. Rubin, and T. C. Strand Multiple data surface optical medium and storage system with fixed aberration correction
43,771 E. D. Baker, J. M. Dinwiddie, Jr., L. E. Grice, J. M. Joyce, J. M. Loffredo, K. R. Sanderson, and G. A. Suarez Fault tolerant processor & operating system compliant with IBM 360/370 architecture and operating systems
53,024 M. Barenboim, P. Baumgart, P. P. Chrusch, Jr., B. M. Harper, B. Karni, P. J. Kerstens, H. Seing, and A. Tam Method for controlling laser power in a texturing process
54,480 G. J. Smith A method and assembly for increasing storage device reliability
55,114 Z. E. Boutaghou Elastic insert shroud to provide maximum effective shrouding shock mitigation and filtering in high speed disk drives
60,130 M. Ilg, S. V. Nguyen, and K. J. Uram Damascene stack capacitor
60,156 K. A. Batson and R. Ross 4 device SRAM cell with single bitline
66,413 C. L. Bertin, W. J. Howell, W. R. Tonti, and J. Zalesinski Integrated high-performance on-chip decoupling capacitor
66,414 M. S. Michail, W. D. Pricer, and S. T. Ventrone Self regulating temperature/performance/voltage scheme for micros (x86)
66,415 T. J. Shrader Web-based administration of IP tunneling on internet firewalls
69,058 K. Rindtorff Method for image segmentation and classification of image elements for document processing
72,796 Y. M. Ku and T. Q. Nguyen A data maximizing serial to parallel bus interface in a data processing system and method therefor
77,178 T. R. Albrecht, Y. Kobayashi, I. Koyanagi, and F. Sai Load/unload ramp
77,261 A. Gupta and R. V. Joshi Non-volatile magnetic memory cell and devices

Spain
2,160,100 Y. Kanada, Y. L. Lien, K. Sekiya, and H. Sone Modifying system configuration in a computer system
2,160,654 E. J. Selker, M. Suzuki, T. Takahashi, and Y. Uchiyama Input device for a computer
2,160,770 M. Hassner, T. Tamura, and S. Winograd Maximum-likelihood symbol detection for RLL-coded data
2,161,922 R. Greenberg and J. C. Purkett System and method for encoding a servo address

Taiwan
NI-130,089 T. A. Cao and S. Dutta Single source differential circuit
NI-130,111 G. English, J. Keinert, and O. Rettig Dishing avoidance in wide soft metal wires
NI-130,170 R. Honda, F. Kitayama, and K. Kuse Local community networks of mobile padas with location and time
NI-130,375 P. D. Agnello, L. P. Buchwalter, J. P. Hummel, B. Luther, and A. K. Stamper Plasma treatment to enhance inorganic dielectric adhesion to copper
NI-130,462 P. R. Chevillat, R. D. Cideciyan, M. Rupf, and W. H. Schott Packet data transmission in code-division multiple access communication systems
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