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20100021989 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING AND ADMINISTERING REDOX SPECIFIC FORMS OF DRUGS, FOODS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS - The formulations have an antimicrobial, antiviral, and anti-pathogenic composition that combines, in various forms, a redox-active polyphenol, an oxidizing agent, and/or a redox-active, transition metal ion and/or electrochemical potential. The composition relates to methods for decreasing or eliminating the infectivity, morbidity, and rate of mortality associated with a variety of pathogenic organisms and viruses. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for treating herpes simplex and HIV viruses and drug-resistant bacteria, and for decontaminating areas colonized or otherwise infected by pathogenic organisms and viruses. Moreover, the present invention relates to methods, compositions, electrochemical devices, and storage containers for decreasing the infectivity of pathogenic organisms in pharmaceuticals, medical devices, personal care products, recreational products, and foodstuffs. | 01-28-2010 |
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20100110589 | HIGH CAPACITY DISK DRIVE USING THIN FOIL DISKS AT ELEVATED ROTATIONAL SPEEDS - A data storage device uses a foil disk platter with significantly reduced inertia and weight as compared to the thick aluminum or glass disk platter in a typical hard disk drive. The reduced rotating inertia of the foil disk enables faster spin-up performance which can be used to reduce decrease the power consumed by the unit. In portable appliances that use disk drive storage devices battery life can be extended significantly and the unit can be made thinner and lighter. Certain parameters of the foil disk substrate may be determined, to provide improved control of disk flutter, from a range parameter defined by | 05-06-2010 |
20130065564 | Bluetooth Enabled Credit Card with a Large Data Storage Volume - A smart card is disclosed which includes a mass storage memory for storing biometric information of a user and private data. A radio is used as an interface to the card. When the user of the card wishes to invoke an application for the private data, biometric information about the user is provided to a device in communication with the card, enabling the card to authenticate the user as an authorized user of the private data, and in response to that authentication provide the data to the application in a manner that maintains privacy and integrity of data. | 03-14-2013 |
20140317715 | BLUETOOTH ENABLED CREDIT CARD WITH A LARGE DATA STORAGE VOLUME - A smart card is disclosed which includes a mass storage memory for storing biometric information of a user and private data. A radio is used as an interface to the card. When the user of the card wishes to invoke an application for the private data, biometric information about the user is provided to a device in communication with the card, enabling the card to authenticate the user as an authorized user of the private data, and in response to that authentication provide the data to the application in a manner that maintains privacy and integrity of data. | 10-23-2014 |
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20090009577 | RECORDING MEDIA FOR CUT SHEET PRINTER FORMATS WITH AT LEAST TWO PERMANENT LAYERS AND AT LEAST ONE TRANSIENCT LAYER WHEREIN THE MEDIA CAN RECORD METALLIC OR SEMI-METALLIC IMAGES ON AN INK RECEPTIVE SURFACE AND CAN BE ADHERED TO TEXTILE ARTICLES OF COMERCE BY AN ADHESIVE LAYER OR APPLIED ADHESIVE - The present invention provides textile articles of commerce and their production via a method of providing a light-emitting, reflective, luminescent, holographic, semi-metallic, or metallic imaged or imageable media in a cut sheet format of less than or equal to about 11 by 17 inches and having at least 2 permanent functional layers and at least one transient removable layer, wherein the transient layer can be peeled off and removed prior to applying to a textile, fabric or canvas receptor element the remaining media portion having at least two permanent layers, wherein the receptor element has at least one surface with valleys or pores, or having at least one surface that is substantially smooth or textured that can be adhered to by the imaged or imageable media, and wherein the receptor element may be a flexible, semi-rigid or rigid textile, fabric, or canvas element, and further wherein the at least two permanent layers of the media comprised a metallic layer and an ink receptor layer, and wherein the ink receptor layer includes pores for receiving ink jet ink and the receptor layer comprises at least one ink-jet ink binding composition in an amount sufficient to chemically bind the ink within the ink receptive layer and survive at least twenty washes in a detergent and water solution normally used to launder fabrics, and the top surface of the permanent media may optionally comprise a thermoplastic coating that can be melted in order to seal the ink receiving pores. | 01-08-2009 |
20090208675 | INKJET RECORDING MEDIA FOR RECORDING SPARKLING METALLIC OR SEMI-METALLIC IMAGES WITH AN INK RECEPTIVE SURFACE FOR RECORDING OF A NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE IMAGE AND AN ADHESIVE TOP OR BOTTOM LAYER THAT MAY BE OPTIONALLY RENDERED OPAQUE AND AN OPTIONALLY REMOVABLE PROTECTIVE LAYER WHEREIN THE ADHESIVE LAYER SURFACE CAN BE APPLIED TO TEXTILE ARTICLES OF COMMERCE - The present invention provides textile articles of commerce and their production via a method for applying a sparkling reflective, luminescent, semi-metallic, or metallic image to a receptor element having valleys or pores, which comprises the steps of (i) providing a transfer sheet comprising a support having a first surface and a second surface and having printable ink receiving media as a top layer for recording a positive or negative sparkling, reflective, luminescent, semi-metallic, or metallic image comprising a sparkly reflective, luminescent, semi-metallic or metallic substrate coated with a semi-opaque or opaque primarily inorganic and/or organic polymeric porous particles and a binder containing ink-receptive layer that is rendered semi-translucent or translucent upon recording of an ink image, and a coating capable of receiving an image on the first or second surface of the support, (ii) imaging the coating with a positive or negative image, (iii) dry peeling the coating from the support in the absence of wet release prior to hand ironing or using a heat press process before applying a light or chemical catalyzed adhesive method when the image is a positive, or optionally dry peeling the coating after hand heat pressing if the image is a negative image, (iv) positioning the optionally dry peeled coating on a receptor element having valleys or pores, (v) positioning a non-stick sheet on the dry peeled coating which is positioned on the receptor element having valleys or pores for manual or machine heat pressing or prior to applying a light or chemical catalyzed adhesive method, and (vi) heat pressing the non-stick sheet to drive the dry peeled coating into the receptor element having valleys or pores, or apply a light or chemical adhesive method to adhere the transfer sheet to the element having valleys or pores. | 08-20-2009 |
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20090313334 | INSTANT MESSENGER CONVERSATION TOPIC TABS - A method and system provides for separating conversation topics within a user's chat by tabs. Authorized users may organize and control access to IM conversations organized by topics. An existing instant messaging user with access to an instant messaging conversation may tag one or more portions of the instant messaging conversation as their tagged conversation topics. Existing instant messaging users may control access to the tagged conversation topics by inviting one or more new instant messaging users to selectively participate in the tagged conversation topics and not the instant messaging conversation in its entirety. | 12-17-2009 |
20100017215 | PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION STANDING AND SITTING ROOM NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - A method, system, and computer program product for transmitting, in real time, notification of the number of passengers riding on a public transportation vehicle. A passenger count is transmitted by an electronic counting system on a public transportation vehicle. The passenger count is received by a passenger notification device in real time. The passenger notification device then transmits a notification message containing the passenger count and a known capacity of the public transportation vehicle to a remote telecommunication device. The notification message transmitted by the passenger notification device may also contain supplemental information of additional features of the public transportation vehicle, and suggest alternative route options to the user. Additionally, the notification message may contain predictive information of the number of available spaces on the public transportation vehicle by referencing historical passenger data to further determine the likelihood that a person will be able to board. | 01-21-2010 |
20100057861 | Dynamic Email Recipients Based on Entered Subject - A method is provided for dynamically inserting email recipients based on entering a subject. A subject is received being typed by a user for an email. The subject being typed is parsed. It is recognized that the subject has been previously stored with corresponding email addresses related to the subject. In response to recognizing that the subject has been previously stored, the previously stored corresponding email addresses that relate to the subject are inserted. The subject and the corresponding email addresses were previously typed by the user, such that the subject and the corresponding email addresses could be stored. The corresponding email addresses are respectively inserted in TO fields, carbon copy (CC) fields, and/or blind carbon copy (BCC) fields of the email in accordance with a manner in which the corresponding email addresses were previously typed by the user. | 03-04-2010 |
20110154221 | SUBJECT SUGGESTION BASED ON E-MAIL RECIPIENTS - Methods, apparatus and articles for dynamically inserting a subject based on an entered list of recipients. A graphical user interface (GUI) screen comprising a TO field, a carbon copy field, and a BCC field may be provided for entering a list of recipients for the e-mail, as well as a SUBJECT field for entering the subject of the e-mail. The association between the list of recipients and the subject string may then be stored, such that when the user again enters the same list of recipients into a new e-mail, the SUBJECT field may be automatically populated based on previously used subject strings. | 06-23-2011 |
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20100044789 | Integrated Circuit with a Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming the Same - An integrated circuit with a transistor advantageously embodied in a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device having a gate located over a channel region recessed into a semiconductor substrate and a method of forming the same. In one embodiment, the transistor includes a source/drain including a lightly or heavily doped region adjacent the channel region, and an oppositely doped well extending under the channel region and a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. The transistor also includes a channel extension, within the oppositely doped well, under the channel region and extending under a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. | 02-25-2010 |
20100052049 | Integrated Circuit with a Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming the Same - An integrated circuit with a transistor advantageously embodied in a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device having a gate located over a channel region recessed into a semiconductor substrate and a method of forming the same. In one embodiment, the transistor includes a source/drain including a lightly or heavily doped region adjacent the channel region, and an oppositely doped well extending under the channel region and a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. The transistor also includes a channel extension, within the oppositely doped well, under the channel region and extending under a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. | 03-04-2010 |
20100052050 | Integrated Circuit with a Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming the Same - An integrated circuit with a transistor advantageously embodied in a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device having a gate located over a channel region recessed into a semiconductor substrate and a method of forming the same. In one embodiment, the transistor includes a source/drain including a lightly or heavily doped region adjacent the channel region, and an oppositely doped well extending under the channel region and a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. The transistor also includes a channel extension, within the oppositely doped well, under the channel region and extending under a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. | 03-04-2010 |
20100052051 | Integrated Circuit with a Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming the Same - An integrated circuit with a transistor advantageously embodied in a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device having a gate located over a channel region recessed into a semiconductor substrate and a method of forming the same. In one embodiment, the transistor includes a source/drain including a lightly or heavily doped region adjacent the channel region, and an oppositely doped well extending under the channel region and a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. The transistor also includes a channel extension, within the oppositely doped well, under the channel region and extending under a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. | 03-04-2010 |
20100052052 | Integrated Circuit with a Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming the Same - An integrated circuit with a transistor advantageously embodied in a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device having a gate located over a channel region recessed into a semiconductor substrate and a method of forming the same. In one embodiment, the transistor includes a source/drain including a lightly or heavily doped region adjacent the channel region, and an oppositely doped well extending under the channel region and a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. The transistor also includes a channel extension, within the oppositely doped well, under the channel region and extending under a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. | 03-04-2010 |
20110049621 | Integrated Circuit with a Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming the Same - An integrated circuit with a transistor advantageously embodied in a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device having a gate located over a channel region recessed into a semiconductor substrate and a method of forming the same. In one embodiment, the transistor includes a source/drain including a lightly or heavily doped region adjacent the channel region, and an oppositely doped well extending under the channel region and a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. The transistor also includes a channel extension, within the oppositely doped well, under the channel region and extending under a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. | 03-03-2011 |
20120077323 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR REDUCING DAMAGING BREAKDOWN IN GATE DIELECTRICS - The present invention, in one aspect, provides an integrated circuit that comprises a first region of transistors having gate structures with a low dopant concentration, and a second region of transistors having gate structures with a dopant concentration substantially higher than the gate structures of the first region, and wherein the transistors in the first region comprise a substantial portion of the integrated circuit. The transistors may include a resistor region located between an upper portion of the gate and the gate dielectric. | 03-29-2012 |
20120306011 | Integrated Circuit With A Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Device And Method Of Forming The Same - An integrated circuit with a transistor advantageously embodied in a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device having a gate located over a channel region recessed into a semiconductor substrate and a method of forming the same. In one embodiment, the transistor includes a source/drain including a lightly or heavily doped region adjacent the channel region, and an oppositely doped well extending under the channel region and a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. The transistor also includes a channel extension, within the oppositely doped well, under the channel region and extending under a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. | 12-06-2012 |
20130033285 | METHODS FOR RELIABILITY TESTING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - In accordance with a exemplary embodiments, methods for performing reliability testing of a plurality of transistors formed on a substrate includes simultaneously stressing the plurality of transistors by applying a voltage potential from each of a plurality of voltage sources to respective drain contacts of a like plurality of row groups and to gate contacts of a like plurality of column groups for a time interval, while applying a reference potential to the substrate and source contacts of the plurality of transistors. After stressing the plurality of transistors for a time interval, the transistors are each measured individually to collect reliability data. | 02-07-2013 |
20130069131 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DECOUPLING CAPACITOR ARRANGEMENT - A decoupling capacitor arrangement is provided for an integrated circuit. The apparatus includes a plurality of decoupling capacitor arrays electrically connected in parallel with one another. Each of the arrays includes a plurality of decoupling capacitors and a current limiting element. The decoupling capacitors of each array are electrically connected in parallel with one another. The current limiting element is connected in series with the plurality of decoupling capacitors. | 03-21-2013 |
20130208555 | DEVICES HAVING BIAS TEMPERATURE INSTABILITY COMPENSATION - Methods are provided for operating a memory device. An exemplary method involves obtaining a standby current through a memory block and adjusting a supply voltage for the memory block based on the obtained standby current. An exemplary memory device includes a block of one or more memory cells, a voltage regulating element coupled to the block to provide a supply voltage to the block, a current sensing element coupled to the block to measure current through the block, and a control module coupled to the voltage regulating element and the current sensing element to adjust the supply voltage provided by the voltage regulating element based on a measured current through the block obtained from the current sensing element. | 08-15-2013 |
20140110772 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DECOUPLING CAPACITOR ARRANGEMENT - A decoupling capacitor arrangement is provided for an integrated circuit. The apparatus includes a plurality of decoupling capacitor arrays electrically connected in parallel with one another. Each of the arrays includes a plurality of decoupling capacitors and a current limiting element. The decoupling capacitors of each array are electrically connected in parallel with one another. The current limiting element is connected in series with the plurality of decoupling capacitors. | 04-24-2014 |