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Adi Costa, Kfar Sava IL
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| 20120076393 | CD METROLOGY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CLASSIFYING SIMILAR STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS - A CD metrology system and method of classifying similar structural elements. The method includes: a) obtaining an image of the semiconductor structure; b) identifying sufficient numbers of structural elements belonging to first and second groups of similar structural elements, each group originating from a different manufacturing stage; c) assessing to each given structural element within the sufficient numbers of structural elements belonging to the first and second groups, one or more features indicative of a respective manufacturing stage, wherein values of the respective features are derived from the obtained image and; d) using results of the assessment for a classification decision related to manufacturing stages and, respectively, originating therefrom structural elements in the first and second groups of similar structural elements. | 03-29-2012 |
Alexander Costa, Graz AT
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| 20090237105 | Semiconductor Arrangement and Method for the Measurement of a Resistance - A semiconductor arrangement has a semiconductor body (CP), comprising a semiconductor layer (HL) with a first (AB | 09-24-2009 |
Anthony Costa, Vimont CA
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| 20110319486 | STABILIZED ASCORBIC ACID SOLUTIONS; METHOD OF USE THEREOF; PROCESS FOR THEIR OBTENTION; AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME - This invention relates to improved solutions comprising ascorbic acid (vitamin C). These solutions may comprise as much as 15% ascorbic acid; they are stable for at least two years, without no significant development of yellowish coloration and no substantial (not more than 10%) degradation of the vitamin. The process involves sequential additions of ascorbic acid and ethoxydiglycol to a first solution of vitamin in water, which are followed by addition of propylene glycol. The stirring speed that occurs during the additions favors a process of micronization. Mild heating is used to achieve ascorbic acid concentrations equivalent to about 6% in 10% water or higher. | 12-29-2011 |
Antonio Manuel Cunha Costa, Paredes De Coura PT
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| 20090172218 | High Definition Media Interface Controller Having A Modular Design Internal Bus Structure, And Applications Thereof - The present invention provides a high definition media interface (HDMI) controller having a modular design internal bus structure, and applications thereof. The controller includes a circuit interface, an address decoder coupled to the circuit interface, a plurality of sub-circuits, wherein each sub-circuit includes registers used to configure and control the sub-circuit, and a bus that couples the registers of each sub-circuit to the address decoder. After startup of the controller, the sub-circuits are configured by using the circuit interface, address decoder, and bus to write values to the registers of the sub-circuits. The sub-circuits of the controller include a video pixel sampler, an audio sampler, a frame composer, and a power controller. The video sampler can be configured to convert one of a plurality of RGB and YCbCr signals to a common format signal used by other sub-circuits of the controller. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20110019086 | HDMI Controller Circuit For Transmitting Digital Data To Compatible Audio Device Using Address Decoder Where Values Are Written To Registers Of Sub-Circuits - The present invention provides a high definition media interface (HDMI) controller having a modular design internal bus structure, and applications thereof. The controller includes a circuit interface, an address decoder coupled to the circuit interface, a plurality of sub-circuits, wherein each sub-circuit includes registers used to configure and control the sub-circuit, and a bus that couples the registers of each sub-circuit to the address decoder. After startup of the controller, the sub-circuits are configured by using the circuit interface, address decoder, and bus to write values to the registers of the sub-circuits. The sub-circuits of the controller include a video pixel sampler, an audio sampler, a frame composer, and a power controller. The video sampler can be configured to convert one of a plurality of RGB and YCbCr signals to a common format signal used by other sub-circuits of the controller. | 01-27-2011 |
Artur Sales Costa, Valencia ES
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| 20100161398 | WEB-BASED ADVERTISING REWARD SYSTEM - A system for rewarding online viewing of advertisements is described. The system comprises a processor and a memory comprising a set of executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive a user profile comprising demographic user information; to receive an advertising campaign comprising at least one advertisement, at least one reward amount identifier, and at least one user selection criteria; to transmit at least one advertisement to a user based on a comparison of the at least one user selection criteria and the user profile; and receive a user vote based on the at least one advertisement. | 06-24-2010 |
Aurelien Costa, Grenoble FR
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| 20110076717 | CULTURE MEDIUM CONTAINING A SPORE GERMINATION INHIBITING OR DELAYING COMPOUND - A medium for the culture and detection of target microorganisms, having at least one natural or synthetic specific substrate configured to detect at least one enzyme activity or metabolic activity of the target microorganisms and at least one compound that inhibits or delays the germination of spores of microorganisms, other than the target microorganisms, that are capable of interfering with the culture and detection of the target microorganisms. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110275110 | METHOD FOR ISOLATING OR COUNTING MICROORGANISMS ON AN AGAR CULTURE MEDIUM - The invention relates to a method for isolating microorganisms on an agar culture medium, including the steps of: | 11-10-2011 |
Carollne Costa, Lyon FR
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| 20100247497 | VECTOR PARTICLES FOR TARGETNG CD34+ CELLS - The present invention relates to a vector particle for transferring biological material into cells, wherein said vector particle comprises at least: —a first protein which comprises the transmembrane and extracellular domains of the feline endogenous RD114 virus envelope glycoprotein, and —a second protein which comprises a ligand of the c-Kit receptor. | 09-30-2010 |
Costas N. Costa, Limassol CY
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| 20100092360 | Catalyst Containing Platinum and Palladium for the Selective Reduction of NOx with Hydrogen (H2-SCR) - The invention relates to a novel catalyst having excellent activity and selectivity for reducing nitric oxides (NO/NO | 04-15-2010 |
Elena Costa, München DE
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| 20090204876 | Method for Encoding a Data Message K' for Transmission from Sending Station to Receiving Station as Well as Method for Decoding, Sending Station, Receiving Station and Software - Irregular LDPC codes have a construction which allows one to obtain a number of codes with different length from a single prototype code with a parity check matrix given by H=[Hz Hi], where Hz specifies the well-known zigzag pattern in the corresponding Tanner graph. The parity check matrices for longer codes are obtained as [Hz′ Π diag(Hi, . . . , Hi)], where Hz′ specifies a longer zigzag pattern depending on the number of matrices Hi used, and Π represents some permutation. This allows one to construct the decoder for a longer code by reusing hardware components developed for decoding the prototype code. | 08-13-2009 |
Elena Costa, Munchen DE
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| 20090147764 | Method for encoding data blocks - Prior to transferring to a radio communication system, at least one data block is encoded according to predetermined quality-of-service requirements with the aid of a first code. Subsequently, the data block, encoded by the first code, is further encoded according to the radio transmission properties of a usable radio transmission source with the aid of a second code. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090204876 | Method for Encoding a Data Message K' for Transmission from Sending Station to Receiving Station as Well as Method for Decoding, Sending Station, Receiving Station and Software - Irregular LDPC codes have a construction which allows one to obtain a number of codes with different length from a single prototype code with a parity check matrix given by H=[Hz Hi], where Hz specifies the well-known zigzag pattern in the corresponding Tanner graph. The parity check matrices for longer codes are obtained as [Hz′ Π diag(Hi, . . . , Hi)], where Hz′ specifies a longer zigzag pattern depending on the number of matrices Hi used, and Π represents some permutation. This allows one to construct the decoder for a longer code by reusing hardware components developed for decoding the prototype code. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090279531 | Method for synchronizing radio communication system divided into radio cells - Data is transmitted via time division multiple access methods and every radio cell includes one base station each for the radio coverage of a plurality of mobile stations assigned to the radio cell. The base station receives, in addition to mobile station signals of its own radio cell, mobile station signals of neighboring radio cells and determines, on the basis of the mobile station signals received, a time synchronization value and/or a frequency synchronization value to which the base station synchronizes itself. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20110087797 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING DATA IN A NETWORK COMPONENT AND SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE - A method, a device and a system are provided for processing data in a first network component comprising the steps of (i) the data is received by the first network component from a second network component; and (ii) the data is processed by a filter function according to which the whole data or a portion of the data is used. | 04-14-2011 |
Elena Costa, Garching DE
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| 20100215079 | Method and communication system device for the generation or processing of OFDM symbols in a transmission system with spread user data - OFDM symbols are generated using data from one or more users or from one or more data sources represented on a number of sub-carriers. To inhibit multiple-access interference on application of the CDMA principle, the data are transformed in a data-source specific manner and only subsequently allocated to the sub-carriers, independently of the transformation. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20120014466 | METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DEVICE FOR THE GENERATION OR PROCESSING OF FODM SYMBOLS IN A TRANSMISSION SYSTEM WITH SPREAD USSER DATA - OFDM symbols are generated using data from one or more users or from one or more data sources represented on a number of sub-carriers. To inhibit multiple-access interference on application of the CDMA principle, the data are transformed in a data-source specific manner and only subsequently allocated to the sub-carriers, independently of the transformation. | 01-19-2012 |
Fabio Costa, Paris FR
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| 20090116495 | Method and Device for Dynamic Management of Quality of Service - A method of dynamically distributing quality of service between users of a network service ( | 05-07-2009 |
Federico M. Costa, Buenos Aires AR
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| 20120091775 | CHAIR WITH AN ANGLE-ADJUSTABLE BACKREST - Chair having a backrest that is adjustable into differently-angled positions includes a first body having a structure defining the chair seat and support legs. A second body forms the backrest of the chair. The lower portion of the second body projects into the inner space defined by the first body. The lower end of the backrest is pivotally engaged to both sides of the lower portion of the first proximal either one of its front or back ends. The seat and the backrest respectively include multiple elongated elements extending from the bottom to the top of the backrest and from the back to the front of the seat. The elongated elements of the seat and backrest interleave with each other, allowing angular displacement of the backrest towards the front or back ends of the seat and, resulting in different inclination angles of the backrest. | 04-19-2012 |
Flavio Costa, Ecublens CH
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| 20090241797 | Ecological Goods Logistics System - A system for transporting goods uses public transportation infrastructure. The public transportation infrastructure includes rolling stock, transportation networks for the rolling stock, and passenger platforms. The goods transporting system includes a plurality of containers that receive the goods for transport, and container space in the rolling stock that is sized to receive the containers. The container space is either additional rolling stock or dedicated space in the existing rolling stock of the transportation infrastructure. Goods platforms are provided separate from the passenger platforms. When the rolling stock comes to a station stop, the container space is positioned near the goods platforms. The system also includes structure for moving the containers on and off the rolling stock, and structure for controlling the loading/unloading assemblies to load/unload the containers on/from the rolling stock according to a desired destination for the goods in the respective containers. | 10-01-2009 |
George Costa, Herts GB
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| 20090081267 | INSECT REPELLENT FABRIC - An insect repellent fabric. The fabric comprises a fabric base and an active insect repellent ingredient. The active ingredient is contained within microcapsules and the fabric base is impregnated with the microcapsules. The preferred active ingredient is a Citronella extract or DEET. | 03-26-2009 |
Glenn Costa, Joondanna AU
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| 20110055447 | DOCKING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC SCANNING USING A HANDHELD DEVICE - A docking system Including a clocking assembly which is able to surround and at least partially protect a handheld device such as a PDA or a smartphone, on In particular an IPhoπe, as made by Apple Inq, whilst providing means for connection of a probe unit to the handheld device. The probe unit has a data acquisition function. | 03-03-2011 |
Jean-Paul Costa, Domdidier CH
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| 20120126788 | ENERGY METER - The energy meter for measuring the amount of electrical energy consumed includes an electrical display ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129366 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE - The electrical device ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129367 | NETWORK COMPONENT COMPRISING AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE - A network component includes an electrical device ( | 05-24-2012 |
Jessica L. Costa, Auckland NZ
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| 20080207518 | Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Analogs and Related Methods - ACTH analog compounds of the present invention include compounds comprising an ACTH peptide sequence with one or more structural modifications that can have one or more of the following preferred ACTH analog biological functions: (1) reduction of corticosteroid secretion by adrenal membrane in the presence of the ACTH analog compared to unmodified ACTH, (2) reduction of corticosteroid secretion by adrenal membrane in the presence of endogenous ACTH and (3) increased MC-2R binding affinity with reduced activation of the MC-2R receptor compared to unmodified ACTH binding to the MC-2R melanocortin. The ACTH analog compounds of the present invention are therefore useful for treatment or prevention of diseases and disorders related to ACTH, ACTH receptors or corticosteroid secretion, such as premature labor and Cushing's Disease. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20100260681 | ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ANALOGS AND RELATED METHODS - ACTH analog compounds of the present invention include compounds comprising an ACTH peptide sequence with one or more structural modifications that can have one or more of the following preferred ACTH analog biological functions: (1) reduction of corticosteroid secretion by adrenal membrane in the presence of the ACTH analog compared to unmodified ACTH, (2) reduction of corticosteroid secretion by adrenal membrane in the presence of endogenous ACTH and (3) increased MC-2R binding affinity with reduced activation of the MC-2R receptor compared to unmodified ACTH binding to the MC-2R melanocortin. The ACTH analog compounds of the present invention are therefore useful for treatment or prevention of diseases and disorders related to ACTH, ACTH receptors or corticosteroid secretion, such as premature labor and Cushing's Disease. | 10-14-2010 |
Luciana Costa, Torino IL
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| 20090217033 | Short Authentication Procedure In Wireless Data Communications Networks - In a wireless communications network including at least one authenticator and at least one authentication server, wherein the authenticator is adapted to interact with the authentication server for authenticating supplicants in order to conditionally grant thereto access to the wireless communications network, a short authentication method for authenticating a supplicant, the method including: providing a shared secret, shared by and available at the supplicant and the authentication server; having the supplicant provide to the authenticator an authentication token, wherein the authentication token is based on the shared secret available thereat; having the authenticator forward the authentication token to the authentication server; having the authentication server ascertain an authenticity of the received authentication token based on the shared secret available thereat; in case the authenticity of the authentication token is ascertained, having the authentication server generate a first authentication key based on the shared secret available thereat, and provide the generated authentication key to the authenticator; having the supplicant generate a second authentication key based on the shared secret; and having the supplicant and the authenticator exploit the generated first and the second keys for communicating with each other. The short authentication method is particularly useful in situations of handoff of the supplicant from an authenticator to another. | 08-27-2009 |
Manuel Ricardo Fonseca Costa, Lisboa PT
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| 20100287529 | Systems and Methods for Generating Multimedia Applications - A computer implemented method for developing a multimedia application is provided. A multimedia asset over a data network from a user. A library of a plurality of internal software modules is maintained. A user interface is provided to allow a user to select one or more of the plurality of internal software modules, and configure a plurality of parameters for controlling a selected internal software module, wherein at least one of the configured parameters references the multimedia asset received over the data network from the user. A first multimedia application is automatically generated including the user-selected internal software module, an identifier for determining the version of the user-selected internal software module, and the plurality of user-configured parameters including the reference to the multimedia asset received over the data network from the user. An updated user-selected internal software module is received. A second multimedia application is automatically generated including the updated user-selected internal software module; an identifier for determining the version of the updated user-selected internal software module, and the plurality of user-configured parameters including the reference to the multimedia asset received over the data network from the user. | 11-11-2010 |
Manuel Silverio Da Silva Costa, Girton GB
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| 20090089438 | INTELLIGENT NETWORK ADDRESS LOOKUP SERVICE - An intelligent lookup service for a network is provided for clients of a network requesting services of the network that intelligently determines, based on a service requirement of the requested service, optimal service endpoint(s) for providing the requested service. The intelligent lookup service can incorporate predetermined mapping policy and traffic measurements into the determination. In addition, a feedback loop is provided from clients and/or service endpoints to the lookup service concerning measurements about prior connections in the network. The lookup service can include a set of beacons distributed in the network and against which measurements about the network are recorded. A client receives, from the lookup service in response to a request for a network address, a set of candidate service endpoints that pertain to the requested network address and the client connects to one of the candidate service endpoints based on policy or context. | 04-02-2009 |
Maria Jimena Costa, Nuernberg DE
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| 20110116698 | Method and System for Segmentation of the Prostate in 3D Magnetic Resonance Images - A method and system for fully automatic segmentation the prostate in multi-spectral 3D magnetic resonance (MR) image data having one or more scalar intensity values per voxel is disclosed. After intensity standardization of multi-spectral 3D MR image data, a prostate boundary is detected in the multi-spectral 3D MR image data using marginal space learning (MSL). The detected prostate boundary is refined using one or more trained boundary detectors. The detected prostate boundary can be split into patches corresponding to anatomical regions of the prostate and the detected prostate boundary can be refined using trained boundary detectors corresponding to the patches. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110235887 | Computer-Aided Evaluation Of An Image Dataset - A method and system for the diagnosis of 3D images are disclosed, which significantly cuts the time required for the diagnosis. The 3D images are for example an image volume dataset of a magnetic resonance tomography system which is saved in an RIS or PACS system. In at least one embodiment, the diagnostic finding are partially automatically generated, and details of the position, size and change in pathological structures are compared to previous diagnostic findings are generated automatically. As a result of this automation the diagnostic work of radiologists is significantly reduced. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120070055 | Method and System for Liver Lesion Detection - A method and system for automatically detecting liver lesions in medical image data, such as 3D CT images, is disclosed. A liver region is segmented in a 3D image. Liver lesion center candidates are detected in the segmented liver region. Lesion candidates are segmented corresponding to the liver lesion center candidates, and lesions are detected from the segmented lesion candidates using learning based verification. | 03-22-2012 |
Mario Luis Costa, Hamilton CA
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| 20100047127 | Conditioning slurry samples for quantitative instrumental analysis - A method and system to consistently and automatically conditioning and delivering a solid-free liquid (filtrate) sample suitable for instrumental analysis is disclosed. A slurry, preferably a slurry produced by a sub-atmospheric pressure chlorate dioxide generating process, is fed through a filter to remove the solid phase and to provide the liquid phase on the downstream side of the filter, where the concentration of at least one dissolved component is determined. | 02-25-2010 |
Patrik Costa, Alvangen SE
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| 20110023653 | NON-ROTATING SHAFT FOR A CONTINUOUS CASTING MACHINE - The invention comprises a non-rotating shaft for supporting a mechanical element of a roll segment in a continuous casting machine, having an essentially circular cross-section. The circular cross-section presents a portion having a smooth peripheral, wherein the distance between any point of the portion and a center of the circular cross-section is shorter than a radius of the circular cross-section. Furthermore, the circular cross-section presenting the portion extends axially, which defines a section of the shaft meant to a least partly receive the mechanical element, and the section of the shaft is meant to receive a load at least partly at the portion. In addition, according to a second aspect, the invention comprises a segment roll for a continuous casting machine, which comprises the non-rotating shaft according to the first aspect. | 02-03-2011 |
Peter Costa, Leicestershire GB
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| 20100285859 | POKER GAMES - Processing means is arranged to provide a single bet poker game to at least one player playing over a network. The processing means is arranged to cause the card dealer to deal at least one card to each player to form a starting hand. The bet manager requests a single bet from the or each player, and, once a single bet has been received from each player, stores the total of the amounts of the bets in the prize fund storage means. The card dealer then deals further cards to provide a poker hand to each player and the hand assessment means assesses the hands of all of the players determine the winning hand. At least one prize is awarded to the winning hand from the prize fund. | 11-11-2010 |
Vincenzo Costa, Assling DE
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| 20090049206 | Integrated interface apparatus and method of operating an integrated interface apparatus - In an embodiment of the invention, an integrated interface apparatus for providing a serial differential data input for an integrated processor of a mobile radio terminal has a data reception apparatus having a physical layer which can be alternatively operated in a first operating mode according to a first interface standard or in a second operating mode according to a second interface standard, the first interface standard and the second interface standard not being compatible with one another with respect to the physical layer. In another embodiment of the invention, a method for operating an integrated interface apparatus is provided. | 02-19-2009 |