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IBM Journal of Research and Development  
November 1, 2001 - November 30, 2001
Non-US Patents issued to IBM inventors
  DOI: 10.1147/rd.pat.wt.11302002 arrowCopyright info
   

Patents issued outside US to IBM inventors between Nov. 1, 2001 and Nov. 30, 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.

Belgium
584,029 H. Ahmadi, R. Guerin, and L. Gun Traffic management in packet communications networks

China
76,030 P. Kasiraj, S. W. Meeks, and T. C. Reiley Disk drive with shock detection based on thermoresistive signal from magnetoresistive head
76,061 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
77,247 Z. E. Boutaghou Integral hub and disk clamp for a disk drive storage device
77,260 R. E. Fontana, T. Lin, and C. Tsang Spin valve magnetoresistive sensor with free layer exchange biasing, process for making the sensor, and magnetic recording syste
77,427 C. H. Olson, T. M. Potter, and M. T. Vaden Distributed completion control in a microprocessor

European Patent (Countries in which patent was filed)
508,925 G. W. Bonsall, A. G. Cripps, R. A. Pascoe, and C. L. Peek Method and apparatus for nonsequential multimedia data inter-change in a data processing system
(DE, FR, GB, IT)
565,914 C. D. Jones, K. Kannan, N. J. Lee, K. Leontiades, F. P. Novak, and V. Sharma A system for distributed power management in portable computers
(DE, FR, GB)
584,029 H. Ahmadi, R. Guerin, and L. Gun Traffic management in packet communications networks
(AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE)
589,509 J. M. Brandner, R. J. Manulik, A. J. Meyer, and M. E. Schreiter Polling-type digital communications system having pseudo-balanced mode
(DE, FR, GB)
634,857 K. R. Barraclough and A. C. Gay Multimedia communication terminal
(DE, FR, GB)
644,482 D. S. Ray, L. E. Thatcher, H. S. Warren, and Jr. Dispatch of intructions to multiple execution units
(AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE)
647,077 Y. Kanada, M. Kasuya, Y. Katoh, and Y. Terashita Method for controlling a mobile integrated voice and data (IVD) system having a plurality of personal station (PS's)
(DE, FR, GB)
678,752 S. D. Golladay, F. J. Hohn, D. J. Hutson, W. D. Meisburger, and J. Rasch Apparatus and method for opens/shorts testing of capacitively coupled networks in substrates using electron beams
(DE, FR, GB)
690,504 H. A. Nye Iii, J. F. Roeder, H. M. Tong, and P. A. Totta Electroplated solder terminal
(AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE)
699,778 D. F. Canaperi, R. Jagannathan, and M. Krishnan Solution for and method of replenishing electroless gold plating baths
(DE, FR, GB)
707,270 D. O. Lewis Method and apparatus for validating system operation
(DE, FR, GB)
731,621 D. L. Beatty, R. V. Jenness, and M. Pitts Method for computing current local time in a cellular mobile radio system
(DE, FR, GB)
734,704 R. Dordick and E. J. Selker Intraoral communication system
(DE, FR, GB)
742,549 J. Aboaf, E. V. Denison, J. D. Friedman, V. N. Kahwaty, and H. C. Kluge Magneto-resistive read/write tape head
(DE, FR, GB)
747,844 K. Lagarde and R. M. Rogers A method for distributed task fulfillment of web browser requests
(DE, FR, GB)
751,512 S. R. Hetzler Disk drive adaptive demand-driven power management
(DE, FR, GB)
769,808 M. O. Aboelfotoh Copper-semiconductor compounds capable of being produced at room temperature
(DE, FR, GB)
783,733 S. Baumeister, M. Beisiegel, and R. Duscher Methodology for generating object structures for accessing conventional, non-object-oriented business applications
(DE, FR, GB)
783,748 G. K. Binnig, H. Rohrer, and P. Vettiger Mass-storage applications of local probe arrays
(DE, FR, GB)
784,542 H. Biebuyck and B. Michel Stamp for a lithographic process
(DE, FR, GB)
799,479 M. K. Shafe One-sided, single platter hard disk drive with center parking features
(DE, FR, GB, IT, NL)
800,137 T. B. Genduso and E. R. Vanderslice Memory controller
(DE, FR, GB)
814,175 J. U. Knickerbocker, S. N. Reddy, and D. R. Wall CVD of metals using iodide precursor
(AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT, LI, NL, SE)
817,997 D. J. Roberts Message queue for graphical user interface
(DE, FR, GB)
869,489 D. Rugar and B. D. Terris Atomic force microscopy data storage systems
(DE, FR, GB)
872,885 B. Fiegl, W. Glashauser, M. Levy, and V. R. Nastasi A method of filling shallow trenches
(DE, FR, GB)
886,758 G. K. Binnig, J. Brugger, W. Haeberle, H. Rohrer, and P. Vettiger Novel cantilever structures
(DE, FR, GB)
986,788 G. G. Stewart Web server mechanism for processing function calls for dynamic data queries in a web page
(BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT, LI, NL)

France
584,029 H. Ahmadi, R. Guerin, and L. Gun Traffic management in packet communications networks
634,857 K. R. Barraclough and A. C. Gay Multimedia communication terminal

Germany
69,033,851.1 S. D. Golladay, F. J. Hohn, D. J. Hutson, W. D. Meisburger, and J. Rasch Apparatus and method for opens/shorts testing of capacitively coupled networks in substrates using electron beams
69,132,842.0 M. O. Aboelfotoh Copper-semiconductor compounds capable of being produced at room temperature
69,232,184.5 G. W. Bonsall, A. G. Cripps, R. A. Pascoe, and C. L. Peek Method and apparatus for nonsequential multimedia data inter-change in a data processing system
69,331,178.9 H. Ahmadi, R. Guerin, and L. Gun Traffic management in packet communications networks
69,331,180.0 J. M. Brandner, R. J. Manulik, A. J. Meyer, and M. E. Schreiter Polling-type digital communications system having pseudo-balanced mode
69,331,204.1 C. D. Jones, K. Kannan, N. J. Lee, K. Leontiades, F. P. Novak, and V. Sharma A system for distributed power management in portable computers
69,428,944.2 K. R. Barraclough and A. C. Gay Multimedia communication terminal
69,429,149.8 Y. Kanada, M. Kasuya, Y. Katoh, and Y. Terashita Method for controlling a mobile integrated voice and data (IVD) system having a plurality of personal station (PS's)
69,429,226.5 D. S. Ray, L. E. Thatcher, H. S. Warren, and Jr. Dispatch of intructions to multiple execution units
69,523,939.2 S. Baumeister, M. Beisiegel, and R. Duscher Methodology for generating object structures for accessing conventional, non-object-oriented business applications
69,523,945.7 M. K. Shafe One-sided, single platter hard disk drive with center parking features
69,523,991.0 H. A. Nye Iii, J. F. Roeder, H. M. Tong, and P. A. Totta Electroplated solder terminal
69,524,011.0 D. F. Canaperi, R. Jagannathan, and M. Krishnan Solution for and method of replenishing electroless gold plating baths
69,524,031.5 D. O. Lewis Method and apparatus for validating system operation
69,524,112.5 G. K. Binnig, H. Rohrer, and P. Vettiger Mass-storage applications of local probe arrays
69,524,247.4 H. Biebuyck and B. Michel Stamp for a lithographic process
69,616,623.2 R. Dordick and E. J. Selker Intraoral communication system
69,616,645.3 J. Aboaf, E. V. Denison, J. D. Friedman, V. N. Kahwaty, and H. C. Kluge Magneto-resistive read/write tape head
69,616,839.1 G. G. Stewart Web server mechanism for processing function calls for dynamic data queries in a web page
69,616,848.0 D. L. Beatty, R. V. Jenness, and M. Pitts Method for computing current local time in a cellular mobile radio system
69,617,110.4 S. R. Hetzler Disk drive adaptive demand-driven power management
69,617,318.2 K. Lagarde and R. M. Rogers A method for distributed task fulfillment of web browser requests
69,618,627.6 G. K. Binnig, J. Brugger, W. Haeberle, H. Rohrer, and P. Vettiger Novel cantilever structures
69,708,188.5 T. B. Genduso and E. R. Vanderslice Memory controller
69,708,388.8 J. U. Knickerbocker, S. N. Reddy, and D. R. Wall CVD of metals using iodide precursor
69,802,451.6 D. Rugar and B. D. Terris Atomic force microscopy data storage systems
69,802,607.1 B. Fiegl, W. Glashauser, M. Levy, and V. R. Nastasi A method of filling shallow trenches

India
185,617 G. A. Jaquette, J. E. Kulakowski, J. A. McDowell, and R. J. Means Format for data-storing disk media wherein addressable track angular length is independent of disk revolutions
185,618 J. W. Blackledge, G. L. Clark, Jr., R. A. Dayan, K. D. Le, P. E. McCourt, M. Mittelstedt, D. Moeller, P. E. Newman, D. L. Randall, and J. B. Yoder Personal computer system with security features and method

Israel
123,518 B. G. Mealey, R. C. Swanberg, and M. S. Williams Dynamic extension of static device drivers

Italy
584,029 H. Ahmadi, R. Guerin, and L. Gun Traffic management in packet communications networks

Japan
3,246,595 M. E. Best, H. J. Rosen, K. A. Rubin, and T. C. Strand Multiple data surface optical data storage system
3,247,571 K. J. Christensen, L. C. Haas, and F. E. Noel Preserving data frame continuity across full-duplex LAN interface with disparate data capacities
3,247,589 P. Balasubramaniam, N. J. Lee, and S. Lekuch Multiprotocol directed infrared communication controller
3,247,603 H. Miyatake and N. Yamasaki The column predecoder to activate two continuous column address
3,247,618 K. Suzuki Trickle charger for two battery system
3,247,625 B. J. Arruza Method and system for displaying animation display object
3,247,630 H. Ishikawa and K. Kawachiya A single-finger controller for mobile devices
3,247,633 P. D. Hortensius, P. Kermani, D. N. McKay, M. Naghshineh, C. M. Olsen, and B. Rezvani Extensions to distributed mac protocols with collision avoidance using RTS/CTS exchanges
3,247,634 S. J. Diffenderfer and S. W. MacQuarrie A semiconductor device package and method
3,247,639 H. Miyatake, Y. Mori, M. Tanaka, and N. Yamasaki Semiconductor memory device which supports double data transfer in one memory cycle
3,247,643 T. Fukuzawa Display device
3,247,644 D. W. Albrecht, A. Aoyagi, A. D. Erpelding, M. Katoh, M. Kobayashi, S. Pattanaik, and H. Tsujino Integrated lead suspension solder termination system
3,247,655 R. Frech, E. Klink, W. F. Shutler, U. Weiss, and T. Winkel Two-stage power noise filter
3,248,164 R. Kelkar and I. I. Novof Phase-lock indicator circuit with phase-only detection
3,248,165 C. G. Harrison Enhanced data privacy for portable computers
3,248,657 J. P. Bigus Adaptive job scheduling using neural network priority functions
3,248,659 F. L. Rawson Iii and G. G. Sotomayor, Jr. Input/output objections in operating system kernel
3,248,689 F. Y. Huang, K. Satoh, T. Semba, E. Soga, and S. Tsuda A magnet design for active damping
3,250,032 M. Demura, H. Itagaki, T. Tamura, and K. Yamada Memory system and decoder for product code
3,250,173 F. Hanzawa and M. Kurihara One piece mold of PMMA and plastics
3,251,594 M. Kobayashi, N. Morimoto, M. Numao, and S. Shimizu Hiding/extraction sequence generation for data hiding
3,251,800 P. Hewitt, K. Holmes, J. O'Connor, and R. Thompson A communicating system for exchanging data between computers in a network
3,251,811 A. A. Slane Address resolution protocol in a network system
3,251,815 R. N. Mendelson and R. M. Pipitone Data streaming between peer subsystems of a computer system
3,251,821 J. S. Beeteson and A. R. Knox Electric field emission reduction system
3,251,823 R. A. Bechade Method and apparatus for determining the amount of leading zeros or ones in a binary data field
3,251,830 D. Cronin, A. Kulik, and W. A. Wall A PCI/ISA bridge having an arrangment for responding to PCI address parity errors for internal PCI slaves in the PCI/ISA bridge
3,251,837 R. J. Cochrane, M. H. Pirahesh, R. S. Sidle, and C. Zuzarte System and method for constraint checking bulk data in a database
3,251,851 T. Kirihata and H. Wong Method of testing a random access memory
3,251,866 T. Bayer, J. Greschner, K. Meissner, W. Steiner, and R. R. Stoehr Contact probe arrangemen
3,251,867 J. P. Gambino, M. Jaso, and L. A. Nesbit Method of chemically mechanically polishing an electronic component
3,251,877 S. Paoletti Multi-block three dimensional grid
3,251,878 K. M. Golden, P. H. Pan, K. J. Stewart, and A. Thomas Single-step trenches using resist fill and recess
3,251,884 H. S. Gill Spin valve sensor with enhanced magnetoresistance
3,251,887 T. Dell and M. W. Kellogg Dynamic redundancy for random access memory assemblies
3,251,889 D. Buchanan, F. R. Mc Feely, and J. J. Yurkas Fabrication of mid-gap metal gates conpatible with ultra-thin dielectrics
3,251,898 C. A. Bennett Method for file transfer restarts using standard internet protocols
3,251,902 J. D. Aman, D. F. Ault, E. S. Bender, D. Dillenberger, D. B. Emmes, and M. G. Spiegel Method and apparatus for transferring file descriptors in a multiprocess, multithreaded client/server system
3,251,903 L. B. Arimilli, J. M. Kaiser, K. Kim, and W. E. Maule Method for bursting processor data to or from an I/O device
3,251,917 W. Kou Secure open tendering protocol in electronic procurement
3,251,918 A. Heilper, Y. Navon, and E. Walach Method of binarization in an optical character recognition system
3,254,220 L. Truong and J. W. Wong Distributed architecture for services in a telephony system
3,254,221 W. Riess and S. C. Strite Non-degenerate wide bandgap semiconductors as injection layers and/or contact electrodes for organic electroluminescent devices
3,254,357 A. X. Widmer Apparatus and method for error correction based on transmission code violations and parity
3,254,397 A. Winokur Computer with reduced power consumption
3,254,405 S. Chen A method for a non-disruptive host connection switch after detection of an error condition or during a host outage or failure
3,254,417 S. Guha, R. Haight, J. M. Karasinski, and R. R. Troutman Organic light emitting diodes having transparent cathode structures
3,254,420 M. Angelopoulos, K. J. Chen, R. K. Leidy, and W. Moreau In-situ charge dissipative polymeric films and their applications in lightography and in electrostatic discharge (ESD) protectio
3,254,427 T. Yasuda VCO frequency calibration method
3,254,429 J. Haswell, S. W. Ng, R. K. Treiber, and M. Yamaguchi Method and apparatus for computer disk drive buffer management
3,254,431 E. J. Nowak and M. H. Tong Semiconductor device with decoupling capacitance and method thereof
3,254,432 T. Kirihata and P. Pfefferl Repairable semiconductor integrated circuit memory by selective assignment of groups of redundancy elements to domains
3,254,433 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis Forward progress on retried snoop hits
3,254,435 M. C. Azua and H. Rodriguez Method for parallel seelction of URL's
3,254,443 R. R. Kodnani, L. J. Matienzo, and S. K. Tran Flip-chip package with optimized encapsulant adhesion and method
3,254,641 S. Gal, I. Galperin, and Z. Yehudai Sorting method
3,254,645 R. M. Bolle, R. L. Garwin, R. S. Germain, J. L. Levine, S. Pankanti, N. K. Ratha, and M. A. Schappert System and method for distortion control in live-scan inkless fingerprint images
3,255,403 T. Asano and A. Sakurai Tuned apparature widening rediation pattern of a thin patchna for mobile computing
3,256,426 R. E. Berry and B. A. Tate Method and system for specifying method parameters in a visual programming system
3,256,427 A. Herzberg, S. M. Jarecki, H. Krawczyk, and M. Yung Method and system for a public key cryptosystem having proactive, robust, and recoverable distributed threshold secret sharing
3,256,517 Y. Katayama and S. Morioka Shared codec architecture for linear ECC codes

Korea
279,541 J. N. Humenik, J. U. Knickerbocker, A. R. Knox, and R. Rosenberg Metal/ferrite laminate magnet and process thereof
279,542 J. U. Knickerbocker, A. R. Knox, and R. Rosenberg Metal/ferrite laminate magnet
279,643 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis Improving performance of cache block store operations in RISC systems
280,344 A. P. Angelopoulos, G. W. Jones, R. W. Malek, H. Marcello, and J. McKeveny Organic electronic package and method of applying palladium-tin seed layer thereto
280,346 J. S. Beeteson and A. R. Knox Display device
280,558 S. S. Parkin Magnetic tunnel junction device with nonferromagnetic interface layer for improved magnetic field response
280,559 M. Graf Video-on-demand file server
280,563 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, J. D. Lewis, and D. E. Williams Method and system for controlling access to a shared resource in a data processing system
280,564 A. Grill, C. Jahnes, V. V. Patel, and K. Saenger Stabilization of low-K carbon-based dielectrics
280,581 J. Stephenson Direct access storage device (DASD) with a variable spindle rotation speed
280,620 J. S. Beeteson, A. R. Knox, and C. C. Pietrzak Improvements in or relating to display devices
280,732 F. E. Levine, J. C. Randolph, C. P. Roth, and E. H. Welbon Performance monitoring in a data processing system
280,755 J. M. Carter and E. J. West Performing computer-based on-line commerce using an intelligent agent to put together a package of related items
280,862 D. L. Freerksen and P. J. Paulson Method and apparatus for tracking processing of a command
281,164 A. Correale, J. N. Dieffenderfer, T. Garner, R. W. Kohake, and K. Patel Method and system for providing a reusable configuration self-test controller for manufactured integrated circuits
281,165 V. Castelli, I. Kontoyiannis, J. T. Robinson, and J. Turek Multiresolution lossless/lossy compression and storage of data for efficient processing thereof
281,199 M. Horiuchi, S. Ishii, and T. Sano Cooling system
281,497 M. A. Carpenter, D. Lection, and M. E. Molander Location/motion sensitive user interface
281,498 N. Islam and V. Singh A mechanism for combining data analysis algorithms with databases on the internet
281,499 B. Potu Method and apparatus for resizing block ordered video image frames with reduced on-chip cache
281,500 C. R. Lamb, K. W. Li, E. Papanicolaou, and C. C. Tai Flexible cold plate using a monolithic, non-jointed coolant conduit
281,619 A. Grill and V. V. Patel Magnetic recording media devices with wear resistant fluorinated diamond-like carbon protective coatings
281,830 E. A. Johnson Thermally enhanced flip chip package and method of forming
282,027 G. Vendramin Ball grid array module
282,028 N. K. Frater, T. M. Hoffmann, D. Ingalls, and B. J. Kriehn Shock protected high density suspension system
282,374 P. C. Andricacos, D. E. Kotecki, and K. Saenger Compound electrode stack capacitor
282,375 W. Kou Generic secure file format
282,376 D. E. Martin Method and apparatus with dual circuitry for shifting the level of a signal
282,377 B. Potu Method and apparatus for block data transfer to reduce on-chip storage for interpolative video resizing
282,379 G. M. Lattimore, T. L. Leasure, and G. A. Yeung Redundant memory array
282,380 M. Cases and L. Wu Method and apparatus for reducing disturbances on an integrated circuit
282,381 B. Dinkel, P. Lee, and E. N. Levine Energy relieving crack stop
282,382 G. M. Lattimore, T. L. Leasure, and G. A. Yeung A memory cell
282,385 J. J. Covino, A. L. Roberts, and J. R. Sousa Folded dummy word line
282,498 Y. Matsumura Movable magnet actuator lock
282,580 B. V. Fasano and K. Prettyman Coaxial interconnect devices and methods of making the same
282,581 J. D. Carr Control scheme for shared-use dual-port predicted error array
282,751 C. P. Miller and D. Pontius Method and circuit for a least recently used replacement mechanism and invalidated address handling in a fully associative many-way cache memory
314,717 M. Shinohara and M. Uda Perfect flat mirror structure for light valve array
314,774 M. L. Ciacelli, J. E. Fetkovich, J. L. Kouloheris, W. M. Lam, and J. W. Urda Apparatus, method and computer program product for protecting copyright data within a computer system
314,775 S. Baumeister, M. Beisiegel, and P. Przybylski Patterns for modeling computer component interactions
314,928 N. Fujita, H. Kubo, and Y. Sakamoto A EPG display & control unit for digital broadcast IR/D
314,973 A. G. Aipperspach, P. T. Freiburger, and P. J. Paulson Global wire management apparatus and method for a multiple-port random access memory
314,974 C. G. Heim and L. J. Smith-Jimarez Method and apparatus for insulating moisture sensitive PDGA's
315,201 J. Saalmueller Data-carrier access control
315,202 R. Haight and R. R. Troutman Optically transparent diffusions barrier and top electrode in organic light emitting diode structures
315,203 J. P. Bonn, S. Breed, D. N. Maynard, and R. Whiteside Aspect ratio program for optimizing semiconductor chip shape
315,318 M. Sumikawa and H. Takahashi A forms recognition method based on a rectangle surrounding a set of horizontal line segments
315,838 E. M. Hamann, T. Schaeck, and R. Sulzmann Expanded smart card communication architecture and procedure for communicating between smart card
315,839 F. Assaderaghi, C. L. Bertin, J. P. Gambino, L. L. Hsu, and J. A. Mandelman Low voltage active body semiconductor device
315,840 D. Meltzer and J. A. Silberman Multi-port SRAM with reduced access requirements
315,842 J. A. Iadanza and R. D. Kilmoyer System and method for improved bitwrite capability in a field programmable memory array
315,843 A. Bryant, W. F. Clark, J. J. Ellis-Monaghan, E. P. MacIejewski, E. J. Nowak, W. D. Pricer, and M. H. Tong Device design for enhanced avalanche SOI CMOS
315,844 L. Wu High frequency memory module
315,845 D. S. Bethune and S. Tiwari Molecular memory & logic
315,936 H. R. Brown, K. R. Carter, H. J. Cha, R. A. Dipietro, J. L. Hedrick, J. P. Hummel, R. D. Miller, and D. Y. Yoon Integrated circuit device and process for its manufacture
315,937 C. L. Bertin, J. A. Fifield, R. J. Houghton, C. P. Miller, and W. R. Tonti Reference potential for sensing data in electronic storage element
315,938 A. D. Dingsor An apparatus, method and article of manufacture for carrier frequency compensation in an FM radio
316,189 D. E. Peters Shock mount connector for head disk assembly
316,190 R. E. Garcia, S. D. Gerdt, and J. R. Paveza Increasing I/O performance through storage of packetized operational information in local memory
316,306 J. T. Varian and K. H. Varian CMP pad maintenance technique
316,427 B. S. Rowan Adaptive pulse width modulated motor control
316,431 A. Allen, J. Lasky, R. W. Mann, J. Rankin, and F. R. White Buried butted contact and method for fabricating
316,432 F. R. Libsch and K. H. Yang Method and apparatus for real-time on-off contrast ratio optimization in liquid crystal displays
316,504 F. E. Doany High efficiency two-slm projector employing total-internal-reflection prism
316,505 S. H. Dhong, H. P. Hofstee, D. Meltzer, and J. A. Silberman Overlapped L1 and L2 memory access
316,506 J. S. Beeteson, A. R. Knox, and A. C. Lowe Photo-cathode electron source having an extractor grid
317,401 J. C. Dubbels and K. P. Gibson Apparatus and method for printing related web pages
317,402 S. A. Holdsworth and I. S. Houston Apparatus, method and computer program for providing arbitrary locking modes for controlling concurrent access to server resources
351,841 H. I. Hanafi, Y. H. Lee, and C. H. Wann Methods for making high-aspect ratio holes in semiconductor and its application to a gate damascene process for sub-0.05 µm

Netherlands
584,029 H. Ahmadi, R. Guerin, and L. Gun Traffic management in packet communications networks

Singapore
42,319 P. B. Bandy Data storage device and method of operation
43,708 J. W. Blackledge, G. L. Clark, Jr., R. A. Dayan, K. D. Le, P. E. McCourt, M. Mittelstedt, D. Moeller, P. E. Newman, D. L. Randall, and J. B. Yoder Firmware support for PS/2 integrity and security features
46,187 D. Fuoco, L. A. Hernandez, E. E. Mathisen, D. Moeller, J. H. Raymond, and E. Tashakori Personal computer with local bus arbitration
49,999 P. C. Chen, G. L. Gorman, C. Hwang, R. Raman, and R. G. Simmons Ultrathin silicon wear coating for thin film magnetic head
53,109 M. Cases and L. Wu Method and apparatus for reducing disturbances on an integrated circuit
54,966 J. W. Wilson Semiconductor chip package with enhanced thermal conductivity
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