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October 1, 2001 - October 31, 2001
Non-US Patents issued to IBM inventors
  DOI: 10.1147/rd.pat.wt.10312001 arrowCopyright info
   

Patents issued outside US to IBM inventors between October 1, 2001 and October 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.

Austria
E207,631 P. H. Benson, D. T. Crump, and S. Pancoast Power management processor for computer systems having suspend/resume capability

Canada
1,341,310 L. Abrahams, K. H. Appleman, A. W. Bidwell, A. R. Dalsass, R. Filepp, M. L. Gordon, F. M. Lee, S. Meo, M. J. Silfen, D. Tiemann, A. M. Wolf, and F. C. Young Interactive computer network and method of operation
2,092,632 R. E. Berry, S. F. Henshaw, and D. J. Roberts Display system with imbedded icons in a menu bar
2,142,801 M. S. Chen, D. D. Kandlur, and P. S. Yu Frame sampling scheme for video scanning in a video-on-demand system
2,154,020 K. Deinhart, V. Gligor, C. Lingenfelder, and S. Lorenz Method and system for advanced role-based access control in distributed and centralized computer systems
2,190,043 D. E. Hameluck and V. V. Velocci Buffer screen capturing software tool usability testing of computer applications
2,205,096 A. S. Boxall, M. K. Fok, E. Labadie, M. J. Nesbitt, G. Y. Ng, and R. Wessels A system for remote debugging of client/server applications
2,228,348 R. L. Bertram Mobile client computer programmed to process table displays
2,240,351 G. D. Gilda Pipelined snooping of multiple L1 cache lines
2,260,308 D. S. Ray, S. Tung, and B. D. Williamson High performance speculative misaligned load operations

China
73,672 W. G. Crouse and M. S. Ware Multi-media computer diagnostic system
73,850 T. M. Cipolla and P. W. Coteus Interchangeable key for card edge connecting
74,763 A. Grill and V. V. Patel Magnetic recording media devices with wear resistant fluorinated diamond-like carbon protective coatings
75,356 H. H. Ottesen and G. J. Smith Method and apparatus for positioning a dual element magnetoresistive head
75,725 A. Amagami and N. Aruga X1.5 scaling method onto flat panel display
75,829 K. A. Belser Bi-level optical media having embossed header format

Czech Republic
289,259 R. Bittinger, M. L. Fraenkel, B. C. Housel, and D. B. Lindquist Differencing communication system

European Patent (Countries in which patent was filed)
505,781 H. T. Olnowich Multi-media serial line switching adapter for parallel networks and heterogenous and homologous computer systems
(AT, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE)
508,928 G. W. Bonsall, A. G. Cripps, R. A. Pascoe, and C. L. Peek Method and apparatus for variable playback speed of multimedia data interchange within a data processing system
(DE, FR, GB, IT)
583,125 S. Price, D. J. White, and B. J. Worley Communications device
(DE, FR, GB)
617,294 S. D. Golladay System using induced current for contactless testing of wiring networks
(BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE)
622,751 P. T. M. Bradley System and method for enhanced character recognition accuracy by adaptive probability weighting
(DE, FR, GB)
637,153 C. L. Galand and P. Scotton Automatic decomposition of a network topology into subarears and backbone
(AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE)
644,509 A. Saha Method and apparatus for filling polygons
(DE, FR, GB)
658,879 J. A. Christner, E. A. Cunningham, G. J. Kerwin, and J. M. Poss Individual MR transducer head/disk/channel adaptive bias currentsystem
(DE, FR, GB)
665,545 A. Aoyagi, Z. E. Boutaghou, V. D. Khanna, S. Kumar, and M. Sri-Jayantha Crash stop shock ring for the protection of disk drive motor bearings
(AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE)
675,453 M. Gnirss, B. Reddemann, and W. Schueppen Method and apparatus for generating a hardware configuration display
(DE, FR, GB)
685,294 R. L. Arldt, S. H. Downey, H. J. Golden, I. S. Mahmoud, C. Okoro, and J. Spalik Flux composition and corresponding soldering method
(DE, FR, GB)
694,830 A. Dan and D. Sitaram Buffering for load balancing in on-demand video servers
(DE, FR, GB)
699,993 S. M. Marusak An improved graphical indication method for connected subsets
(DE, FR, GB)
700,091 R. Keil, R. Kelkar, I. I. Novof, J. Oppold, K. Short, and S. Wyatt Integrated compact capacitor resistor/inductor structure
(DE, FR, GB)
701,194 P. H. Benson, D. T. Crump, and S. Pancoast Power management processor for computer systems having suspend/resume capability
(AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE)
701,195 P. H. Benson, D. T. Crump, and S. Pancoast A computer system with a ring detection facility to initiate a system wakeup procedure
(DE, FR, GB)
702,351 M. L. Williams Method and apparatus for analysing audio input events in a speech recognition system
(DE, FR, GB)
747,952 S. R. Engle, S. P. Moore, and J. W. Wilson Thermally enhanced ball grid array package
(DE, FR, GB)
749,000 T. Fujiwara and H. Nakano Method and apparatus for color thickness testing
(DE, FR, GB)
751,458 K. S. Chan Method and system for tracking resource allocation within a processor
(DE, FR, GB)
762,288 M. J. Mayfield Prefetching data cache
(DE, FR, GB)
763,795 M. J. Mayfield Stream prefetching buffer with stream filter
(DE, FR, GB)
764,905 S. J. Baylor and Y. Hsu An invalidation bus optimization for multiprocessors using directory-based coherence protocols
(DE, FR, GB)
850,425 B. J. H. Walsh Radio frequency tag
(AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE)

Germany
19,853,730.1 E. Albinger, P. Bendel, and T. Schaeck Method a.device f.identifying a.handling critical chip card commands
19,929,051.2 U. Gaertner, K. J. Getzlaff, O. Laub, and E. Pfeffer Register renaming method for 32-and 64-bit instructions in one program
19,937,423.6 G. Weigelt Method and apparatus for the fast backup and transmission of data
69,232,127.6 H. T. Olnowich Multi-media serial line switching adapter for parallel networks and heterogenous and homologous computer systems
69,331,032.4 S. Price, D. J. White, and B. J. Worley Communications device
69,331,054.5 C. L. Galand and P. Scotton Automatic decomposition of a network topology into subarears and backbone
69,428,670.2 A. Aoyagi, Z. E. Boutaghou, V. D. Khanna, S. Kumar, and M. Sri-Jayantha Crash stop shock ring for the protection of disk drive motor bearings
69,428,681.8 M. Gnirss, B. Reddemann, and W. Schueppen Method and apparatus for generating a hardware configuration display
69,428,820.9 S. D. Golladay System using induced current for contactless testing of wiring networks
69,428,858.6 A. Saha Method and apparatus for filling polygons
69,428,864.0 J. A. Christner, E. A. Cunningham, G. J. Kerwin, and J. M. Poss Individual MR transducer head/disk/channel adaptive bias currentsystem
69,522,993.1 R. L. Arldt, S. H. Downey, H. J. Golden, I. S. Mahmoud, C. Okoro, and J. Spalik Flux composition and corresponding soldering method
69,523,386.6 A. Dan and D. Sitaram Buffering for load balancing in on-demand video servers
69,523,399.8 P. H. Benson, D. T. Crump, and S. Pancoast Power management processor for computer systems having suspend/resume capability
69,523,527.3 P. H. Benson, D. T. Crump, and S. Pancoast A computer system with a ring detection facility to initiate a system wakeup procedure
69,523,531.1 M. L. Williams Method and apparatus for analysing audio input events in a speech recognition system
69,616,162.1 T. Fujiwara and H. Nakano Method and apparatus for color thickness testing
69,616,223.7 M. J. Mayfield Stream prefetching buffer with stream filter
69,616,226.1 S. J. Baylor and Y. Hsu An invalidation bus optimization for multiprocessors using directory-based coherence protocols
69,616,465.5 M. J. Mayfield Prefetching data cache

Hungary
220,317 J. S. Akin, E. B. Menard, T. A. Schiesser, and T. M. Smith Stability enhancement of molten solder droplets as ejected from a nozzle of droplet pump

Indonesia
ID0,006,860 Z. E. Boutaghou Dual latch apparatus for restraining a direct access storage device actuator

Japan
3,237,101 W. Haenel Post-initialization of chip cards
3,238,052 S. C. Bartling Circuit which includes cells with high fanout requirements which has a reduced rc delay
3,238,057 T. J. Chainer, A. P. Praino, M. Schultz, B. C. Webb, and E. J. Yarmchuk Improvements in self-servowriting timing pattern generation
3,238,081 D. R. Gillis, D. H. Jen, and M. Suk Multiple zone data storage system and method
3,238,103 Y. Kakizaki, A. Morita, and S. Tsuda VCM fastening thru cover
3,238,136 C. Decusatis and L. Jacobowitz In a system for creating, reading and writing on rotatable information storage media, an apparatus for two-sided writing
3,239,325 C. A. Rudisill and R. E. Winstead Pointing device transducer using thick film resistor strain sensors
3,239,329 W. E. Conley, J. T. Fahey, W. M. Moreau, R. Sooriyakumaran, and K. M. Welsh Composition for controlling chemically amplified deep UV photoresist structure sidewall profiles
3,239,333 A. J. Loper Jr, S. Mallick, R. B. Patel, and M. Putrino Method for implementing a four-way least recently used (LRU) mechanism in high-performance data processing systems
3,241,570 R. Kubota Compression of vectors
3,241,634 N. Nishida, K. Satoh, and M. Shioya Remote file creation using e-mail
3,242,323 D. A. Carl, D. M. Kenney, W. E. Mlynko, and S. V. Nguyen Angle defined trench (ADT)
3,242,342 K. Azuma, T. Funahashi, and I. Kanno Remote power control unit with network switching system
3,242,376 M. Devarakonda, A. Mohindra, A. Purakayastha, and D. J. Zukowski Dynamic mobile agents
3,243,740 M. Haverlag, G. S. Oehrlein, D. Vender, and Y. Zhang A method and apparatus for hot wall reactive ion etching using a dielectric or metallic liner with temperature
3,243,778 R. D. Allen, R. A. Dipietro, and G. M. Wallraff Photoresist composition for deep ultraviolet radiation and process for its use
3,243,790 K. Arai, T. Kitagawa, and Y. Kotani Common VCM retract current circuit for different ppm HDD's
3,245,001 C. H. Chien, T. R. Engelmann, A. Onton, and K. F. Smith Partitioned log-structured file system and methods for operating same
3,245,004 J. E. Cronin, C. W. Kaanta, R. W. Mann, D. Meulemans, and G. S. Starkey Damascene - overpass polysilicon mask for m-zero
3,245,006 K. E. Beilstein, C. L. Bertin, and W. J. Howell Monolithic electronic modules - fabrication and structures
3,245,012 T. Lo Latch interface for self-reset logic
3,245,017 M. Datta and T. R. O'Toole High speed electrochemical metal removal technique for planarization of dlm structure using neutral salt electrolytes
3,245,030 S. L. Felde and K. R. Shelley Multi-function locking mechanism for multi-celled data cassette magazine
3,245,032 N. Fujita and S. Yamazaki Video ram cache for screen overlay
3,245,041 R. D. Adams, J. Connor, J. J. Covino, R. C. Flaker, G. S. Koch, A. L. Roberts, J. R. Sousa, and L. Ternullo (PF) operation of a cam decoder to supply addresses to associated memories during abist testing
3,245,050 R. L. Verkuil Contactless electrical oxide thickness measurements
3,245,051 R. L. Verkuil Uniform density charge deposit source
3,245,054 S. Ogura, N. Rovedo, and R. C. Wong Process for making and programming a flash memory arry
3,245,062 A. R. Carl and R. A. Piro (PF/TP/ASIC) low power tristate off chip driver circuit
3,245,070 J. E. Cronin, J. K. Debrosse, and H. Wong Semiconductor structure, stacked capacitor cell, DRAM, method for electrical isolation and method for fabricating semiconductor structure
3,245,076 P. Coronel, F. Lebrun, and R. MacCagnan Method for planarizing teos sio2 filled shallow isolation trenches
3,245,089 Y. Matsumura Controlled inertial lock
3,245,104 E. C. Cooney, H. K. Lee, T. McDevitt, and A. K. Stamper Fluorine barrier layer between conductor and insulator for degradation prevention
3,245,112 K. Terada Cleaning method by ultraviolet radiation for LCD
3,245,113 H. S. El-Ghoroury, J. Gu, S. D. Hall, and M. Millward Method of sampling, downconverting, and digitizing a bandpass signal using a digital predicitve coder
3,245,114 J. S. Brown, J. Dunn, S. J. Holmes, C. Huynh, R. K. Leidy, and P. W. Pastel Method for forming sidewall spacers using frequency doubling hybrid resist and device formed thereby
3,245,122 D. C. Edelstein and C. Uzoh Method to plate C4 to copper stud
3,245,124 D. C. Boyd, S. M. Burns, H. I. Hanafi, Y. Taur, and W. C. Wille Field effect transistors with vertical gate side walls and method for making such transistors
3,245,125 R. K. Arimilli and J. S. Dodson Pseudo precise I-cache inclusivity for vertical caches
3,245,128 T. Furuhata, T. Itoh, and A. Yamada Least square surface fitting to scatterd points
3,245,129 L. S. Fan, J. Hong, and W. H. Juan Microactuator with integrated sensor and drivers and method of manufacturing the same
3,245,133 K. Inoue, T. Itoh, K. Shimada, and A. Yamada Leshing method and apparatus
3,245,134 T. Furuhata, T. Itoh, and K. Shimada Quadrilateral mesh generation method and apparatus
23,239,335 M. Takushima New caped bump build method

Korea
276,844 G. B. Bronner, S. A. Cohen, D. Dobuzinsky, J. P. Gambino, H. Ho, and K. P. Madden High dielectric TiO2-SiN composite films for memory applications
276,845 M. Pinarbasi Spin valve sensor with low ferromagnetic coupling
276,846 D. Kanevsky, S. Maes, P. S. Poon, and C. E. Prochilo Portable acoustic interface for remote access to automatic speech/speaker recognition server
276,847 O. Bula, E. W. Conrad, and T. E. Neary Feedback method to repair phase shift masks
276,848 H. L. Bauer, K. L. Christian, H. S. Dhaliwal, C. L. Martin, and C. Selinger Method of adding constrained cluster points to interconnection nets in integrated circuits chips and packages
276,849 C. P. Ausschnitt, T. Brunner, and A. Thomas Optically measurable serpentine edge tone reversed targets
276,850 C. Black and J. J. Welser Ferroelectric memory transistor with resistively coupled floating gate
276,851 C. P. Ausschnitt and T. Brunner Optical metrology tool and method of using same
276,852 C. P. Ausschnitt, T. Brunner, and M. Lagus Feature size control system using tone reversing patterns
276,853 H. Akatsu, R. Arndt, B. P. Jones, and G. F. Ouimet Conductors for microelectronic circuits & method of manufacture
276,854 R. F. Cook, E. G. Liniger, R. L. Mendelson, and R. Whiteside Chip crack stop
276,855 R. Cheek A method for controlled removal of material from a solid surface
276,856 D. W. Boerstler Temperature monitor/compensation circuit for integrated circuits
276,857 C. Black, J. Burghartz, S. Tiwari, and J. J. Welser Three-dimensional circuit integration
276,858 F. G. Garbelli and S. O. Oggioni Electronic package with enhanced pad design
276,951 S. H. Booth, B. A. Carpenter, R. B. Ferrier, R. A. Resnick, and W. Vetter Mobile client computer interacting with docking device
276,997 J. S. Beeteson, A. R. Knox, and C. C. Pietrzak Self stabilising cathode
277,005 W. F. Clark, T. Ference, T. B. Hook, and D. W. Martin Use of deuterated materials in semiconductor processing
277,006 W. J. Adair, D. S. O'Grady, and S. Peng Method for tuning an attenuating phase shift mask
277,246 S. M. Burns, R. Christie, V. Grewal, W. W. Kocon, M. Naeem, M. Narita, B. Spuler, and C. H. Yang Low pressure and low power C12/HC1 process for sub-micron metal etching
277,247 M. S. Michail, W. D. Pricer, and S. T. Ventrone Self regulating temperature/performance/voltage scheme for micros (x86)
277,248 W. Hwang, R. V. Joshi, and Y. Katayama Quasi-synchronous DRAM
277,426 Y. Mita, S. Nakagawa, T. Tsuchiya, and T. Yoshida Wired suspension
277,446 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis Method and system for speculatively sourcing cache memory data within a data-processing system
277,559 D. C. Goeke, M. Kobayashi, K. Takeuchi, and S. Tsuda Slanted slots for head wiro termination
277,560 J. S. Beeteson and A. R. Knox Display device
277,611 J. S. Brown, S. Furkay, R. J. Gauthier, X. Tian, M. H. Tong, and S. H. Voldman Semiconductor device fabrication method and apparatus using connecting implants
278,258 T. B. Genduso and J. Mosley Processor with free running clock with momentary synchronization to subsystem clock during data transfer
278,413 T. R. Albrecht and G. A. Jaquette Serial bitstream code for timing-based servo
278,415 R. C. Reinhart Disk drive magnetic actuator latch mechanism
278,418 W. C. Shum Integrated suspension flexure having a compliant tip termination platform
278,419 H. S. Gill Resettable symmetric spin valve
278,420 M. Pinarbasi Antiparallel-pinned spin valve sensor
278,421 P. W. Chung and S. A. Jove High input impedance single ended, low supply voltage magnetoresistive preamplifier circuits
278,422 L. K. Dorius Negative pressure step pad air bearing design and method for making the same
278,427 K. K. Chan, J. O. Chu, K. E. Ismail, and S. Rishton A scalable MOS field effect transistor
278,430 W. C. Decker, H. C. Lee, and J. L. Zable System, method and program for converting an externally defined four dimensional colorant (CMYK) into an equivalent four dimensi
278,431 W. C. Decker, H. C. Lee, and J. L. Zable System, method and program for converting an externally defined four dimensional colorant (CMYK) into an equivalent four dimensi
278,432 W. C. Decker, H. C. Lee, and J. L. Zable Enhanced system, method and program for converting an externally defined four dimensional colorant (CMYK) into an equivalent fou
278,433 T. R. Albrecht, R. C. Barrett, J. H. Eaton, R. A. Hutchins, and G. A. Jaquette Timing based servo longitudinal addressing
278,435 L. D. David and L. Fanti Process improvements for titanium-tungsten etching in the presence of electroplated C4's
278,436 K. E. Ismail, S. Rishton, and K. Saenger Reduced parasitic resistance and capacitance field effect transistor
278,561 E. Colgan, P. M. Fryer, J. M. Harper, and K. P. Rodbell Multi-layer metal sandwich with taper and reduced etch bias and method for forming same
278,562 S. B. Brodsky, R. Conti, and S. Subbanna Method for selective deposition of refractory metal and device formed thereby
278,563 R. E. Acosta and R. G. Viswanathan Membrane mask structure, fabrication and use
278,564 D. Feikert and J. A. Leavey Clean transport box
278,565 C. Narayanaswami Geometry pipleine implemented on a simd machine
278,567 W. C. Decker, H. C. Lee, and J. L. Zable System, method, and program for converting three dimensional colorants to more than three dimensional colorants
278,568 T. Dell, G. C. Feng, and M. W. Kellogg High speed and low cost sdram memory subsystem
278,569 T. B. Hook, J. B. Johnson, and P. Wong Complementary active pixel sensor cell
278,570 B. K. Appelt, S. Datta, M. A. Gaynes, J. M. Lauffer, and J. R. Wilcox Conductor interconnect with dendrites through film and method for producing same
278,571 M. Faucher Universal chip carrier connector
278,572 K. R. Carter, R. F. Cook, M. A. Harbison, C. J. Hawker, J. L. Hedrick, S. M. Kim, E. Liniger, R. D. Miller, W. Volksen, and D. Y. Yoon Process for manufacture of integrated circuit device
278,573 P. Droz Connection admission control in high-speed packet switched networks
278,574 L. Truong and J. W. Wong Distributed architecture for services in a telephony system
278,714 A. Grill, D. E. Kotecki, and K. Saenger Method, materials, and structures for noble metal electrode contacts to silicon
278,722 H. Dang, V. D. Khanna, S. Kumar, and M. Sri-Jayantha Method and apparatus for disk shock protection
278,951 S. S. Parkin Magnetic tunnel junction device with ferromagnetic multilayer having fixed magnetic moment
278,952 M. Beiley and C. P. Miller Dual word enable method and apparatus for memory arrays
278,953 J. Dunn and S. A. St Onge Method of forming a self-aligned, sub-minimum isolation ring
278,954 G. M. Lattimore, B. Ross, and M. M. Smadi Data processing system and method for generating memory control signals with clock skew tolerance
279,135 J. E. Dickol and B. C. Drerup Method and system for executing a non-native sensitive instruction within a computer system
279,136 S. Kobayashi, A. Koide, N. Morimoto, and S. Shimizu Data hiding method by statistical inference
279,137 H. Miyatake, Y. Mori, M. Tanaka, and N. Yamasaki Semiconductor memory device which supports double data transfer in one memory cycle
279,138 W. C. Shum Static attitude and stiffness control for an integrated suspension
279,321 M. K. Miller, C. Morgan, M. J. Rutten, E. G. Walton, and T. Wright Polishing pad with controlled release of desired micro-encapsulated polishing agents
279,322 R. M. Geffken and J. M. Harper Copper stud structure with refractory metal liner
279,323 C. Uzoh Process for integrated circuit wiring
279,324 W. W. Brooks, W. L. Hillman, D. D. Palmer, W. C. Shum, R. G. Simmons, and S. Voss Multi-piece integrated suspension for a magnetic storage system
311,991 A. Kibashi, H. Ohzeki, K. Okada, and T. Saitoh The best position of spare sector for defect reallocation
312,060 J. R. Lewis, K. A. Ortega, R. Van Buskirk, and H. Wang Speech recognition enrollment for non-readers and displayless devices
312,236 E. A. Johnson, S. J. Kosteva, and S. W. MacQuarrie Integral design features for heat sink attach for electronic packages
312,237 J. C. Hedrick, J. L. Hedrick, and A. Viehbeck Electronic device modules using a thermally conductive compliant sheet
312,238 J. Linville, B. A. Makrucki, E. Suffern, and J. R. Warren Method and system for providing congestion control in a data communications network
312,481 F. Schaffa and D. Seidman A data annotation system for digital video streams
312,482 M. K. Miller, M. J. Rutten, and T. Wright Vertical polishing device and method
312,792 L. Hartley and D. N. McKay Carrier sense collision avoidance with auto abort
313,071 S. Kimura, K. Kusafuka, and H. Shimizu Liquid crystal display
313,183 K. K. Chan and S. Tiwari Light emitting structures in back-end of line silicon technology
313,184 L. Economikos and B. Park Germanium or silicon-germanium deep trench fill by melt-flow process
313,185 S. Dasgupta, K. V. Srikrishnan, and R. Walther Method and system for testing integrated circuit devices at the wafer level
313,186 F. R. McFeely, I. C. Noyan, and J. J. Yurkas Conductivity improvement in thin films of refractory metal
313,269 C. A. Alexander, C. A. Carriker, J. K. Frick, E. J. Rovner, M. B. Squire, and D. Vig Short cut bridging in LAN emulation networks
313,284 J. A. Murdock, A. Y. Ngai, and S. P. Pokrinchak Macroblock bit regulation schemes for video encoder
313,285 J. D. Carr, C. H. Ngai, C. J. Stein, and R. S. Svec Early error detection within an MPEG decoder
313,352 U. Ghoshal Thermoelectric cooling with plural dynamic switching to isolate heat transport mechanisms
313,620 H. Folberth, J. Keinert, J. Koehl, K. Pollmann, and O. Rettig Method for designing VLSI-chips
313,844 C. L. Brealey, J. G. Johnston, V. Klicnik, D. M. Lauzon, L. T. Loi, and A. A. Seelemann Locking tool data objects in a framework environment
314,410 A. D. Erpelding, S. Pattanaik, and R. G. Simmons Method of electrostatic discharge protection of magnetic heads in a magnetic storage system
314,417 F. E. Levine and C. P. Roth An adaptive method and system to minimize the effect of long cache misses
314,418 D. A. Serls and C. J. West Snapshot copy of a secondary volume of a pprc pair
314,419 D. J. Craft Method and apparatus for encoding lempel_ziv 1 variants
314,564 M. Duault, C. L. Galand, J. F. Le Pennec, and G. Lebizay Statistical method of data compression

Singapore
43,797 E. D. Baker, J. M. Dinwiddie, Jr., L. E. Grice, J. M. Joyce, J. M. Loffredo, and K. R. Sanderson Providing additional system characteristics to a data processing system
44,417 A. M. Patel and R. A. Rutledge Eight-sample look-ahead for coded signal processing channels
48,462 D. L. Dittrich, S. J. Fuerniss, K. I. Papathomas, and D. W. Wang Lead protective coating composition, process and structure thereof
60,206 G. J. Armezzani, R. N. Ives, M. V. Pierson, and T. A. Tull Flexible thin film ball grid array containing solder mask
65,756 A. F. Benner and M. Grassi Method for processing early arrival messages within a multinode asynchronous data communications system
66,316 G. Cantin, G. Copeland, G. M. Hambrick, and R. H. Sessions System, method and article of manufacture for adding object services to a binary class in an object oriented system
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