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number

Control

Number

Requested

date

Requester Type Title Abstract Assignee(s) Inventor(s) Primary

Class

Other Class

1 5,606,361 90/012,052 Dec. 15,

2011

Bradley

Edelman,

Muir

Patent

Consultin

g, PLLC.,

Great

Falls, VA

Ex Parte

Videophone

interactive

mailbox

facility

system and

method of

processing

information

A

videophone

interactive

mailbox

facility

system for

processing

of

information

to conduct a

transaction

which

includes a

user station,

a vendor

station, and

a central

data center.

The user

station has a

videophone

for viewing

information

sent or

received to

conduct a

transaction;

an

encryption

Davidsohn,

John (7 S.

Hollow Rd.,

Dix Hills,

NY, 11746);

Cinotti,

Anthony

(410

Hillside

Ave.,

Mahwah,

NJ, 07430)

348/14.01

348/E7.081,

379/93.12,

379/93.17,

705/27.1

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5606361


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encoder and

a decryption

decoder for

safeguardin

g the

information

sent or

received;

and a touch

pad for

inputting the

information

into the

videophone.

The vendor

station has a

computer

for the

transmission

and receipt

of vendor-

type

information

to or from

the central

data center

for

conducting

a

transaction;

and an


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date


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encryption

encoder and

a decryption

decoder for

message

privacy and

transaction

authenticati

on of the

information

sent or

received.

The central

data center

is

electronicall

y connected

to the user

station and

to the

vendor

station and

includes a

computer

processor

for

centralized

transmitting,

receipt of

and storage

of all


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date


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information

and

transactions

with the

user station

and the

vendor

station. The

computer is

electronicall

y connected

to one or

more

telephones

and includes

a display

screen for

monitoring

the

transactions.

Also

included is

an

encryption

encoder and

a decryption

decoder for

authenticati

on of the

information

sent or


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date


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received,

and a

network

interface for

electronicall

y

connecting

and making

compatible

the

computer

used by the

vendor

station.

2 5,869,172 90/012,094 Jan. 13,

2012

Lissi

Mojica,

Schwegm

an

Lundberg

&

Woessner,

PA.,

Minneapol

is, MN

Ex Parte

Internally-

coated

porous

webs with

controlled

positioning

of modifiers

therein

Improved

processes

are provided

for treating

a porous

substrate

(especially a

fabric) to

produce

novel

internally

coated

porous

materials.

During

treatment, a

curable

Nextec

Application

s, Inc.

(Vista, CA)

Caldwell,

Michael J.

(Cardiff,

CA)

428/306.6

2/83, 2/114,

128/849,

128/888,

424/402,

424/404,

428/305.5,

428/308.4,

428/311.11,

428/311.71,

428/315.5,

428/317.9,

428/907,

428/920,

604/367,

604/372,

977/788



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thixotropic

material and

one or

modifying

materials

are applied

to the

porous

substrate as

an

impregnant.

The

treatment

imparts

specific

properties to

the end

product

material.

Selection of

the modifier

material is

based on the

particular

end use

application.

Sufficient

energy is

directed to

the

impregnant


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and porous

substrate to

cause the

impregnant

to flow into

the porous

substrate

and force

the modifier

to specific

positions

within the

substrate.

3 6,038,342 90/009,978 Dec. 27,

2011

Joseph E.

Palys,

Finnegan

Henderson

Farabow

Garrett &

Dunner,

LLP.,

Reston,

VA

Ex Parte

Optical

character

recognition

method and

apparatus

A system

for

recognition

of

characters

on a

medium.

The system

includes a

scanner for

scanning a

medium

such as a

page of

printed text

and graphics

and

producing a

Caere

Corporation

(Los Gatos,

CA)

Bernzott,

Phillip

(Oakland,

CA);

Dilworth,

John

(Oakland,

CA);

George,

David

(Oakland,

CA);

Higgins,

Bryan

(Berkeley,

CA);

Knight,

Jeremy

382/173



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number

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bit-mapped

representati

on of the

page. The

bit-mapped

representati

on of the

page is then

stored in a

memory

means such

as the

memory of

a computer

system. A

processor

processes

the bit-

mapped

image to

produce an

output

comprising

coded

character

representati

ons of the

text on the

page. The

present

invention

(Berkeley,

CA)


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discloses

parsing a

page to

allow for

production

of the

output

characters in

a logical

sequence, a

combination

of feature

detection

methods and

template

matching

methods for

recognition

of

characters

and a

number of

methods for

feature

detection

such as use

of statistical

data and

polygon

fitting.


S. N Patent

number

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date


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4 6,169,368 90/012,089 Jan. 11,

2012

Ryan W.

Dupuis,

Ade &

Company,

Inc.,

Canada

Ex Parte

Visual

information

systems

A visual

information

system

includes an

array of

light

emitting

elements

located at

the side of a

train track.

The

elements are

individually

energizable

by a

controller in

response to

a

predetermin

ed program

stored in a

memory and

representati

ve of a

predetermin

ed visual

image. The

controller

causes

selected

Adflash

Limited

(London,

GB)

Margetson,

Guy Edward

John

(Withersfiel

d, GB);

Hedges,

Thomas

Andrew

(Oxon, GB);

Wyatt, Roy

(Nr.

Torrington,

GB)

315/76 315/363,

352/100



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date


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elements to

be turned

ON and

OFF, some

repetitively,

in a

predetermin

ed sequence

as dictated

by the

program

with a time

span of

0.015

seconds. A

sensor

activates the

controller

upon the

approach of

a train so

that a

passenger

gazing at

the array as

the train

passes will

perceive the

image

apparently

extending


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date


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over an area

substantially

greater than

the area of

said array.

5 6,278,447 90/012,090 Jan. 11,

2012

HTC

Corporatio

n, Bing

Ai,

Perkins

Coie,

LLP., San

Diego, CA

Ex Parte

Method and

system for

accelerating

a user

interface of

an image

capture unit

during play

mode

A method

and system

for

accelerating

a user

interface on

a display of

an image

capture unit

is disclosed.

The image

capture unit

includes a

plurality of

image files

for

providing a

plurality of

images, the

image

capture unit

further

includes

controls for

allowing an

image to be

FlashPoint

Technology,

Inc. (San

Jose, CA)

Anderson,

Eric C. (San

Jose, CA)

715/723

348/E5.047,

386/E5.072,

707/E17.03



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viewed on

the display

and for

allowing

navigation

between the

plurality of

images. In a

first aspect a

method and

system in

accordance

with the

present

invention

comprises

providing a

low

resolution

image,

medium

resolution

image and

high

resolution

image

within each

image file

and

allowing the

medium


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date


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resolution

image to be

viewed on

the display.

In a second

aspect a

method for

accelerating

a user

interface on

a display of

an image

capture unit

in

accordance

with the

present

invention

includes a

plurality of

image files

for

providing a

plurality of

images,

each image

file includes

a high

resolution

image

therein. The


S. N Patent

number

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Requested

date


Class

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image

capture unit

includes

controls for

allowing an

image to be

viewed on

the display

and for

allowing

navigation

between the

plurality of

images. The

method and

system in

accordance

with the

present

invention

comprises

providing a

low

resolution

image

within each

image file,

the low

resolution

image being

associated


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number

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date


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with the

high

resolution

image

within a

particular

image file,

allowing the

low

resolution

image to be

viewed on

the display

and causing

the high

resolution

image

related to

low

resolution

image to be

displayed on

top of the

low

resolution

image

dependent

upon the

quality of

the low

resolution


S. N Patent

number

Control

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Requested

date


Class

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image. The

method and

system also

includes

allowing for

navigation

between low

resolution

images

based upon

user

interaction.

Through the

present

invention

the user

interface

allows a

user to

quickly

review

images in an

image

capture unit

such as a

digital

camera or

the like.

6 6,315,079 90/012,088 Jan. 11,

2012

PATENT

OWNER Ex Parte

Lifting

device with

movable

A lifting

device

having

Stertil B.V.

(Kootstertill

e, NL)

Berends,

Jan

(Buitenpost,

187/210

187/203,

187/219,

254/89H,



S. N Patent

number

Control

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Requested

date


Class

Other Class

lifting

columns

separately

displaced

lifting

column with

a carriage

controllably

driven in a

longitudinal

direction.

Connecting

lines

connect the

control of

the column.

The

connecting

lines

function as

part of a

digital data

bus in order

to exchange

digital

control

signals with

each lifting

column

having a

separate

operation

device

NL); De

Jong, Jurjen

Jan

(Buitenpost,

NL)

414/427,

414/458


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number

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date


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connected to

the

connecting

lines to

provide

simultaneou

s actuation

of the

control of

all lifting

columns.

7 6,477,032 90/012,091 Jan. 12,

2012

Scott W.

Kelley,

Kelly

Lowry &

Kelley,

LLP.,

Woodland

Hills, CA

Ex Parte

Low

inductance

chip with

center via

contact

A multi-

layer

ceramic

capacitor

(MLC)

device for

low

inductance

decoupling

applications

is provided

in which a

first

terminal is

formed

around

substantially

the entire

periphery of

the device

AVX

Corporation

(Myrtle

Beach, SC)

Makl Jr.,

Albert S.

(Chula

Vista, CA)

361/306.3 361/321.2,

361/329



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date


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body and a

second

opposing

polarity

terminal is

formed by a

through-via

located

generally in

the middle

of the

device

body. In an

alternative

embodiment

, a plurality

of surface

mount MLC

devices are

mounted to

a circuit

board in a

diamond

arrangement

so as to

allow

contacts of

one polarity

to be

electrically

connected to


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number

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Requested

date


Class

Other Class

terminals of

similar

polarity

which are

located

substantially

around the

entire

periphery of

each device

body.

Contacts of

opposing

polarity may

be

electrically

connected to

through-via

terminals

located

generally in

the middle

of each

device

body. In a

third

embodiment

, a single

surface

mount MLC

device is


S. N Patent

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date


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provided in

which all

electrical

connections

between the

circuit board

and the

device are

made by

through-via

terminals

which align

with

respective

contacts on

the circuit

board.

8 6,623,206 90/012,092 Jan. 12,

2012

Barco

Products,

Co., Joel

H. Bock,

Cook

Alex,

LTD.,

Chicago,

IL

Ex Parte Portable

speed bump

A portable

speed bump

unit having

a plurality

of speed

bump cells

removably

and

pivotally

connected

together to

form a

single PSB

unit of

PMG, Inc.

(Wheeling,

WV)

Blair,

William H.

(Wheeling,

WV); Blair,

David R.

(Triadelphia

, WV);

Steele,

Robert E.

(Wheeling,

WV)

404/16 404/12,

404/15



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date


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variable

length. Each

speed bump

cell

comprises a

plastic base

having a

rectangular

footprint, a

raised top

surface, and

a cross-

sectional

profile that

is generally

trapezoidal

or semi-

circular in

shape. The

speed bump

cells are

interconnect

ed via one

or more

hinge bars

that are

pivotally

connected

together,

thereby

allowing


S. N Patent

number

Control

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date


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Other Class

two adjacent

speed bump

cells to be

folded

together

such that an

entire PSB

unit can be

rolled up for

easy

retrieval,

portability,

and storage

purposes

and simply

unrolled to

an extended

position for

deployment

and use.

Alternative

embodiment

s of a

portable

speed bump

unit

incorporate

safety

features,

e.g.,

reflective


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date


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materials

and/or

lights, into

one or more

portable

speed bump

cells, or a

controller

into one or

more

portable

speed bump

cells for

controlling a

means for

counting

vehicles, a

means for

activating

an alarm, or

a means for

heating the

portable

speed bump

cells.

9 6,872,425 90/012,093 Jan. 12,

2012

Accuride,

Corp.,

Larry L.

Saret,

Michael

Best &

Ex Parte

Coated

vehicle

wheel and

method

A method of

coating a

vehicle

wheel to

increase

wear and

Alcoa Inc.

(Pittsburgh,

PA, US)

Kaufold,

Roger W.

(Pittsburgh,

PA, US);

Whittle,

Neville C.

427/404

301/95.101,

427/290,

427/327,

427/355,

427/419.1,

427/450,



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date


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Friedrich,

LLP.,

Chicago,

IL

corrosion

resistance of

the vehicle

wheel,

includes the

steps of

providing a

vehicle

wheel and

applying a

wear and

corrosion

resistant

coating onto

a surface of

the vehicle

wheel. The

coating is

applied to at

least a tire

bead

retaining

flange of the

vehicle

wheel. The

coating is of

particular

use with

vehicle

wheels

made of

(Irwin, PA,

US);

Patrick,

Edward P.

(Murrysville

, PA, US);

Pajerski,

Victor A.

(New

Kensington,

PA, US)

427/455,

427/569


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number

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date


Class

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forged

aluminum.

The coating

is selected

from

tungsten

carbide,

optionally

including

cobalt or

chrome, a

nickel-based

superalloy,

aluminum

and silicon

carbide, or

stainless

steel. The

coating is

typically

applied to a

thickness of

about 0.004-

0.01 inch.

The surface

of the

vehicle

wheel may

be prepared

by

mechanicall


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date


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y abrading

the surface

or

chemically

etching the

surface of

the vehicle

wheel. The

coating may

be applied

by cold

spraying,

thermal

spraying, or

triboelectric

discharge

kinetic

spraying

and other

similar

processes.

10 7,425,292 90/012,097 Jan. 20,

2012

Danielle

L. Herritt,

McCarter

& English,

LLP.,

Boston,

MA

Ex Parte

Thin film

with non-

self-

aggregating

uniform

heterogeneit

y and drug

delivery

systems

made

The

invention

relates to

the film

products

and methods

of their

preparation

that

demonstrate

MonoSol

Rx, LLC

(Portage,

IN, US)

Yang,

Robert K.

(Flushing,

NY, US);

Fuisz,

Richard C.

(McLean,

VA, US);

Myers, Gary

L.

264/172.19 264/212,

264/217



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date


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therefrom a non-self-

aggregating

uniform

heterogeneit

y. Desirably

the films

disintegrate

in water and

may be

formed by a

controlled

drying

process, or

other

process that

maintains

the required

uniformity

of the film.

(Kingsport,

TN, US);

Fuisz,

Joseph M.

(McLean,

VA, US)

11 6,700,711 95/001,876 Jan. 26,

2012

Third

Party

Requester:

Polycom,

Inc.; (Att'y

Is:

Keith

Lutsch,

Wong

Cabello

Lutsch

Rutherfor

Inter

Partes

Panoramic

viewing

system with

a composite

field of

view

Cameras are

positioned

so that at

least a

portion of

the field of

view of at

least one

camera is

redirected

by a

reflective

Fullview,

Inc.

(Holmdel,

NJ)

Nalwa,

Vishvjit

Singh

(Holmdel,

NJ)

359/725

348/36,

348/E5.03,

348/E5.055,

348/E5.137,

348/E7.086,

353/94,

359/363,

359/403



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number

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date


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d &

Brucculeri

, LLP.,

Houston,

TX), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third

Party

Requester

surface.

Images from

these

cameras are

merged to

produce a

composite

image while

disregarding

at least a

portion of a

camera's

field of

view such

that there is

at least one

blind region

in the

composite

field of

view.

Advantageo

usly, such

blind

regions can

be made to

encompass

edges of

mirror

surfaces that

would


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date


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otherwise

produce

image

artifacts in

the

composite

image; this

can be

accomplishe

d without

introducing

gaps in the

angular span

of the

composite

field of

view. Data

representati

ve of the

composite

image is

stored in a

memory

from which

it may be

retrieved

selectively

using a

control

means to

display a


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number

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date


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portion of

the

composite

image. The

image and

control data

may be

transmitted

over a

communicat

ion network

to facilitate

remote

control and

display.

12 7,459,916 95/000,656 Jan. 23,

2012

Third

Party

Requester:

Jaxon

Engineeri

ng &

Maintenan

ce, Inc.;

(Att'y Is:

Mark R.

Kresloff,

McKenna

Long &

Aldridge,

LLP.,

Washingto

Inter

Partes

Electromag

netic

shielding

defect

monitoring

system and

method for

using the

same

An

embodiment

disclosed

herein is

directed to

an

electromagn

etic

shielding

defect

monitoring

system that

includes a

transmit

system

adapted to

L-3

Communica

tions

Corporation

(New York,

NY, US)

Crain,

Charles R.

(Colorado

Springs,

CO, US);

Lane,

Phillip D.

(Colorado

Springs,

CO, US);

Rice, Kelly

L.

(Colorado

Springs,

CO, US);

Youngman,

324/627 324/240



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number

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date


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n, DC),

Real Party

in

Interest:

Same As

Third

Party

Requester

transmit a

first

electromagn

etic field

toward a

first surface

of an

electromagn

etically

shielded

enclosure,

thereby

generating a

first current

on the first

surface, a

stationary

receive

system

adapted to

detect a

second

electromagn

etic field

transmitted

from a

second

surface of

the

electromagn

etically

James A.

(Woodland

Park, CO,

US)


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shielded

enclosure by

a second

current

induced on

the second

surface by

the first

current and

to generate

a

correspondi

ng detected

signal;

control

circuitry

adapted to

control

operations

of the

transmit and

receive

systems;

and analysis

circuitry

adapted to

identify a

location of a

defect in the

electromagn

etically


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number

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shielded

enclosure

based upon

operations

of the

transmit and

receive

systems and

based upon

the detected

signal.

13 7,603,311 95/001,877 Jan. 26,

2012

Third

Party

Requester:

eBay,

Inc.; (Att'y

Is: Lissi

Mojica,

Schwegm

an

Lundberg

&

Woessner,

PA.,

Minneapol

is, MN),

Real Party

in Interest:

Same As

Third

Party

Inter

Partes

Process and

device for

conducting

electronic

transactions

A process

and a device

for

conducting

electronic

transactions

provides a

more

effective

and efficient

way to

make a

payment

over the

Internet.

This process

and device

could be

used to pay,

for example,

Yadav-

ranjan, Rani

K. (6620

Creekview

Ct., San

Jose, CA,

US)

705/39 705/35,

705/40



S. N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requested

date


Class

Other Class

Requester a Police

Administrati

on Ticket or

Police

Administrati

on Citation

via the

Internet.

14 7,729,528 95/001,874 Jan. 19,

2012

Third

Party

Requester:

Camtek,

LTD.;

(Att'y Is:

Ping Hu,

Mintz

Levin

Cohn

Ferris

Glovsky

and

Popeo,

PC.,

Boston,

MA), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third

Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Automated

wafer defect

inspection

system and

a process of

performing

such

inspection

An

automated

defect

inspection

system has

been

invented

and is used

on patterned

wafers,

whole

wafers,

broken

wafers,

partial

wafers,

sawn wafers

such as on

film frames,

JEDEC

trays, Auer

boats, die in

gel or

Rudolph

Technologie

s, Inc.

(Flanders,

NJ, US)

O'dell,

Jeffrey

(Deephaven,

MN, US);

Verburgt,

Thomas

(Eden

Prairie, MN,

US);

Harless,

Mark (New

Hope, MN,

US);

Watkins,

Cory

(Ramsey,

MN, US)

382/149 250/559.39



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number

Control

Number

Requested

date


Class

Other Class

waffle

packs,

MCMs, etc.

and is

specifically

intended

and

designed for

second

optical

wafer

inspection

for such

defects as

metalization

defects

(such as

scratches,

voids,

corrosion,

and

bridging),

diffusion

defects,

passivation

layer

defects,

scribing

defects,

glassivation

defects,


S. N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requested

date


Class

Other Class

chips and

cracks from

sawing,

solder bump

defects, and

bond pad

area defects.

15 7,952,483 95/001,835 Jan. 19,

2012

Third

Party

Requester:

Nintendo

of

America

&

Nintendo,

Co., LTD;

(Att'y Is:

Deborah

S.

Gladstein,

Nixon &

Vanderhy

e, PC,

Arlington,

VA), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third

Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Human

movement

measureme

nt system

A system

for use in

playing a

video game,

the system

acting to

measure the

position of

transponder

s for testing

and to train

the user to

manipulate

the position

of the

transponder

s while

being

guided by

interactive

and sensory

feedback. A

bidirectional

communicat

Motiva LLC

(Dublin,

OH, US)

Ferguson,

Kevin

(Dublin,

OH, US);

Gronachan,

Donald

(Holtsville,

NY, US)

340/573.1

340/5.61,

340/13.2,

345/161,

463/36



S. N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requested

date


Class

Other Class

ion link to a

processing

system

supporting

the video

game

provides

functional

movement

assessment.

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