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Journal of Research and Development  
Volume 42, Number 2, 1998
Multimedia systems
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Vol. 42, No. 2 - MultiMedia Systems - Patents

The following patents were recently issued by the countries in which the inventions were made.

Germany
565,759H. Scherzer Method and arrangement for decoding F2F signals read from a magnetic data carrier
4,438,522.6L. Schaefers Device for the transmission of data streams in data communication networks
19,531,004.7H. E. Korth Method and apparatus for perception-optimized transmission of video and audio signals
19,533,569.4 A. Renner, G. Ruehle, M. Spieth, S. Richter, and W. Recktenwald Device for making a connection with a printed circuit board
59,208,900.2 G. Mohr, H. Arnold, P. J. Lueck, and T. Zur Nieden Printed circuits with local higher wiring density and method for manufacturing such printed circuits
Japan
948,145-1 K. Nakada, K. Yamazaki, and T. A. Merino Industrial design of SST display
999,471K. Nakada and K. Yamazaki Industrial design of external I/R unit
2,131,331 A. Ikeda, T. Koseki, and T. Ueki Liquid crystal displays
2,680,260T. E. Semba A control method of seek settling for a disk drive
2,683,489 K. Takayanagi and S. Watanabe Programmable bus protocol
2,683,506H. Ueda Image data compression
2,683,870N. Itoh Fast approximate retrieval method for tri-structured dictionary
2,688,164 S. Shimotono and T. Kawamura An emulation method of FDD change status
2,691,101H. Minakata A method of inputting line drawings for a paper-like interface
2,691,138S. Ikami and T. Asano Pattern randomization circuit for reducing R-EMI form bus-lines
2,691,140 H. Sugi, H. Tagai, M. Takahashi, N. Harada, and S. Shimotono SCSI ID control
2,694,126 M. Nishida, M. Shinohara, and M. U. Uda Projection display program
Switzerland
492,025 A. Engbersen and W. E. Denzel High-speed multi-port FIFO buffer circuit
537,408R. Oechsle Routing in a network of bridge-connected LAN segments
United Kingdom
451,384J. R. Lewis Data processing system
2,064,923J. Tierney G72 17" monitor
2,289,970C. D. McCall Interleaved pattern ordering for training of neural networks
United States
5,657,425W. J. Johnson Location dependent verbal command execution in a computer-based control system
5,657,439 J. M. Menon and M. R. Jones Distributed subsystem sparing
5,657,440 R. W. Shomler and W. F. Micka Asynchronous remote data copying using subsystem-to-subsystem communication
5,657,447 D. Y. Chen, F. T. Sharp, J. Ng, J. Sidik, M. H. Young, and P. C. Leung Platform-transparent registration and build of stored procedures and user-defined functions
5,658,060D. B. Dove Arrangements for projection displays employing reflective light valves
5,658,152E. J. Selker Three-prong swivel plug
5,658,185 C. Morgan, D. A. Schmidt, and P. Theodoseau Chemical-mechanical polishing apparatus with slurry removal system and method
5,658,423 A. Lee, D. Angell, M. C. Sturzenbecker, and P. B. Chou Monitoring and controlling plasma processes via optical emission
5,658,475 A. Tam, B. Karni, H. Seing, M. Barenboim, P. Baumgart, P. J. Kerstens, P. P. Chrusch, and T. Nguyen Apparatus for laser texturing disks
5,658,734 G. McGall, G. M. Wallraff, J. Labadie, P. J. Brock, and W. D. Hinsberg Process for synthesizing chemical compounds
5,658,816T. V. Rajeevakumar Method of making DRAM cell with trench under device for 256MB DRAM and beyond
5,659,153 C. Narayan and J. M. Shaw Thermoformed three-dimensional wiring module
5,659,187 B. S. Meyerson and F. Le Goues Low defect density/arbitrary lattice constant heteroepitaxial layers
5,659,208 C. J. Kimble and P. K. Egan Power supply with multiple isolated regulators and isolation mode
5,659,256 A. P. Ingraham, G. Hill, G. Osborne, G. C. Correia, K. B. Horsford, M. A. Couture, M. D. Lowell, M. V. Pierson, R. G. Charlton, and V. Markovich Method and apparatus for testing integrated circuit chips
5,659,307 G. Mc Vicker, H. Agata, J. P. Karidis, K. Nakada, and M. Goldowsky Keyboard with biased movable keyboard sections
5,659,436 B. C. Webb, E. J. Yarmchuk, M. Schultz, and T. J. Chainer Radial self-propagational pattern generation for disk file servowriting
5,659,440 D. C. Acosta, D. C. Graves, J. A. Jackmond, L. K. Whitted, and P. Y. Hu Data cartridge magazine with interface to automatic cartridge accessing devices
5,659,441 B. L. Rappel, E. A. Eckberg, G. D. Malagrino, Jr., and T. D. Weller Mechanical device enclosure for high-performance tape drive
5,659,447 C. G. Keller and T. A. Gregory Magnetic slider design for precision wear-in
5,659,449 D. J. Wanek, J. T. Coffey, and W. W. Brooks, Jr. Direct access storage device with a molded actuator motor coil support
5,659,508 H. Pilo, K. Petrunich, P. Zerr, R. Verhelst, R. D. Rossi, and S. Lamphier Special mode enable transparent to normal mode operation
5,659,551 P. Patel, T. Lo, T. J. Slegel, and W. V. Huott Programmable computer system element with built-in self-test method and apparatus for repair during power-on
5,659,596J. M. Dunn System for location of communication end users
5,659,630D. C. Forslund Advanced manufacturing inspection system
5,659,671 A. D. Bowen, D. Tannenbaum, and R. S. Horton Method and apparatus for shading graphical images in a data processing system
5,659,676R. J. Redpath Method and apparatus for automatically generating database definitions of indirect facts from entity-relationship diagrams
5,659,678 C. A. Branson and F. J. Aichelmann, Jr. Fault-tolerant memory
5,659,682 M. Devarakonda and W. Kish Scheme to determine completion of directory operations for server recovery
5,659,696N. Amini and R. Horne Method and apparatus for determining address location and taking one of two actions depending on the type of read/write data transfer required
5,659,697C. D. Dietz Translation lookaside buffer for faster processing in response to availability of a virtual address portion before a second virtual address portion
5,659,699M. Breternitz, Jr. Method and system for managing cache memory utilizing multiple hash functions
5,659,708Unknown, J. M. Kaiser, R. K. Arimilli, and W. K. Lewchuk System and method for determining source of data in a system with intervening caches
5,659,710 J. E. Derrick and K. L. Sherman Cache coherency method and system employing serially encoded snoop responses
5,659,722B. Blaner and L. D. LarsenMultiple condition code branching system in a multi-processor environment
5,659,723 A. H. Lindsey, F. S. Haynes, M. E. Lorenz, and P. P. Dimitrios Entity/relationship to object-oriented logical model conversion method
5,659,728 B. Iyer, G. Bhargava, and P. Goel System and method for generating uniqueness information for optimizing and SQL query
5,659,730 E. E. Kelley and J. F. Paleveda Method of comparing data files
5,659,752 R. R. Heisch and S. R. Saiyed System and method for improving branch prediction in compiled program code
5,659,755O. Strohacker Method and system in a data processing system for efficiently compressing data using a sorting network
5,659,756 E. Hefferon, J. P. Kubala, J. S. Trotter, and R. A. PaulMethod and system for providing access to logical partition information on a per resource basis
5,659,757 J. S. Peek, J. T. O'Quin II, and L. M. Browning Method and system for lock instrumentation in a data processing system
5,659,773 D. H. Huynh, L. T. Tran, P. R. Vadapalli, and R. R. Trombly Personal computer with input/output subsystem
5,659,785 G. G. Pechanek, J. Glossner, L. D. Larsen, and S. Vassiliadis Array processor communication architecture with broadcast processor instructions
5,659,786B. Glendening, D. E. Stucki, J. George, J. T. Rodell, N. E. Shafa, P. G. Greenstein, R. E. Hough, and R. R. Guyette System and method for dynamically performing resource reconfiguration in a logically partitioned data processing system
5,659,790 J. Song and M. Y. Kim System and method for globally scheduling multimedia stories
5,659,795 A. Bugg, A. F. Stuart, G. Felderman, K. E. Duvall, R. L. Heiney, and S. Walker System and method for controlling computer output devices by utilizing both their static and dynamic attributes
5,659,951 D. B. Stone, J. R. Wilcox, R. T. White, and T. P. Gall Method for making printed circuit board with flush surface lands
5,660,672 A. Halperin, L. Li, S. G. Barbee, and T. F. Heinz In-situ monitoring of the change in thickness of films
5,660,921 A. Viehbeck, G. F. Walker, J. Labadie, J. L. Hedrick, K. W. Lee, K. Y. Ahn, and R. Twieg Poly(aryl ether benzimidazoles) their use capping layers in microelectric structures
5,661,089J. W. Wilson Semiconductor chip package with enhanced thermal conductivity
5,661,330 A. C. Forcier, A. M. Palagonia, B. A. Pierson, B. R. Aimi, D. A. Schmidt, J. E. Cronin, J. M. Leas, and P. Marmillion Fabrication, testing and repair of multichip semiconductor structures having connect assemblies with fuses
5,661,395 D. E. Skooglund, D. K. Johnson, and M. A. Sorna Active, low VDS, field effect transistor current source
5,661,524 A. Y. Ngai, E. G. Vail III, and J. A. Murdock Method and apparatus for motion estimation using trajectory in a digital video encoder
5,661,614 A. J. Wallash, R. Eaton, and R. G. Hirko Method and apparatus for error recovery for unstable magnetorestrictive heads using bias current reversal
5,661,618 A. M. Homola, C. A. Brown, D. R. Gillis, G. W. Tyndall, M. S. Crowder, and V. Raman Magnetic recording device having an improved slider
5,661,657 B. E. Osborn, C. Y. Wu, H. H. Nick, and S. Jordan System and method for performing multiple random asynchronous electrostatic discharge
5,661,674R. M. Smith Divide to integer
5,661,680 D. P. Swart and M. A. Bergquist An analog output buffer circuit
5,661,684 R. C. Wong, S. Ogura, and T. N. Buti Differential sense amplifier
5,661,727 B. Rezvani, D. McKay, D. N. McKay, F. P. Novak, M. Naghshineh, and P. Kermani Schemes to determine presence of hidden terminals in wireless networks environment and to switch between them
5,661,732T. Lo Programmable ABIST microprocessor for testing arrays with two logical views
5,661,807 D. Coppersmith, D. B. Johnson, R. Guski, R. Larson, and S. M. Matyas Authentication system using one-time passwords
5,661,896A. D. Erpelding Termination pad manipulator for a laminated suspension in a data storage system
5,663,036 J. T. Fahey, K. M. Welsh, R. Sooriyakumaran, W. E. Conley, and W. M. Moreau Composition for controlling chemically amplified deep UV photoresist structure sidewall profiles
5,663,101J. E. Cronin Semiconductor structure having multiple levels of self-aligned interconnection metallization, and methods for its preparation
5,663,517D. Oppenheim Interactive system for compositional morphing of music in real-time
5,663,526 D. F. Card, E. Dittmann, and M. K. Saraiya Optical module with tolerant wave soldered joints
5,663,578 J. F. Shepard, L. Hsu, and M. J. Saccamango Thin-film transistor with self-aligned bottom gate
5,663,637 A. Halperin, A. McGuire, F. W. Kazak, G. R. Doyle, K. L. Holland, L. Li, R. Nadeau, R. G. Lipori, S. G. Barbee, and W. SurovicRotary signal coupling for chemical mechanical polishing endpoint detection with a Westech tool
5,663,652M. R. Freeman Method for measuring current distribution in an integrated circuit by detecting magneto-optic polarization rotation in an adjacent magneto-optic film
5,663,663 L. A. Walls, S. Dutta, T. A. Cao, T. D. Trinh, and T. Q. NguyenMixed voltage interface converter
5,663,669N. R. Vanderschaaf Circuitry and method for latching information
5,663,670 J. A. Iadanza and M. Ueda Controllable variable delay inverter for a process tolerant delay circuit
5,663,689 D. W. Siljenberg, R. A. Philpott, and S. J. Baumgartner Method and apparatus for providing a high-speed charge pump with low static error
5,663,785 J. P. Kirk and R. M. Martino Diffraction pupil filler modified illuminator for annular pupil fills
5,663,806 G. D. Grise and J. Zalesinski Non-destructive target marking for image stitching
5,663,854 A. Grill, C. D. Snyder, C. E. Yeack-Scranton, M. A. Moser, and V. V. Patel Prebent ceramic suspension
5,663,924 H. L. Kalter and J. E. Barth Boundary independent bit decode for a SDRAM
5,663,938 C. H. Dang and C. T. Dang Checkerboard data storage library
5,663,950 J. L. Smith and N. P. Lee Methods and systems for fault isolation and bypass in a dual ring communication system
5,663,965E. M. Seymour Central test controller of embedded arrays in large-scale processors
5,663,966 L. L. Day, P. A. Ganfield, and S. M. Douskey System and method for minimizing simultaneous switching during scan-based testing
5,663,969H. H. Tsou Parity-based error detection in a memory controller
5,663,991 I. I. Novof, R. Kelkar, and S. Wyatt Integrated circuit chip having built-in self-measurement for PLL jitter and phase error
5,664,044M. S. Ware Synchronized variable-speed playback of digitally recorded audio and video
5,664,061 G. H. Daggett, J. Karat, J. C. Andreshak, J. M. Lucassen, R. L. Mack, and S. Levy Interactive computer system recognizing spoken commands
5,664,063 O. Weber and W. J. Johnson Method and system for user-defined response to the posting of a calendar event
5,664,080 A. A. Rodriguez, A. J. Saenz, B. D. Lucas, and M. Pietras System and method for generating a universal palette and mapping an original color space to the universal palette
5,664,097 M. D. Smith, M. L. Williams, and W. J. Johnson System for delaying the activation of inactivity security mechanisms by allowing an alternate input of a multimedia data processing system
5,664,120Unknown and S. Mallick Method for executing instructions and execution unit instruction reservation table within an in-order completion processor
5,664,124 A. Kulik, D. Cronin, S. Katz, and W. A. Wall A bridge between two buses of a computer system that latches signals from the bus for use on the bridge and responds according to the bus protocols
5,664,142 G. D. Boldt, R. E. Vogelsberg, and S. D. Hanna Chained DMA devices for crossing common buses
5,664,143A. K. Olbrich Rotational position queue sorting without rotational position sense
5,664,146 J. A. Fisher, M. R. Bolin, and R. S. Goncharsky Operator-communications interface for a manual data storage library
5,664,147M. J. Mayfield Progressive data cache
5,664,150 C. M. Herring, E. Yee, G. G. Isaac, J. J. Szarek, J. K. Langgood, K. Sendlein, and W. L. Leung Computer system with a device for selectively blocking writebacks of data from a writeback cache to memory
5,664,155 D. A. Elko, J. A. Frey, J. M. Nick, K. G. Rothwell, and M. D. Swanson A dumping service facility for multisystem environments
5,664,165 B. J.Wolford and S. E. Curry Generation of a synthetic clock signal in synchronism with a high-frequency clock signal and corresponding to a low-frequency clock signal
5,664,171 A. N. Swami and R. Agrawal System and method for query optimization using quantile values of a large unordered data set
5,664,174 H. Sawhney, K. Shim, K. I. Lin, and R. Agrawal System and method for discovering similar time sequences in databases
5,664,175 B. K. Jackson, M. L. Williams, P. L. Miller, and W. E. Warren Method and system for reprioritizing calendar items on a data processing system
5,664,176H. H. Madduri Moving write lock for replicated objects
5,664,183B. James, D. M. Telfer, P. D. Heinlein, and P. J. Cirulli Application of groupware to ISO 9000 registration via facilitated work sessions
5,664,186 J. M. Showalter, R. B. Bennett, and R. M. Nugent Computer file management and backup system
5,664,190 C. A. Jones, D. D. King, M. L. Cohen, and S. M. Consolatti System and method for enabling an event-driven interface to a procedural program
5,664,210 R. J. Torres and S. S. Fleming Method and system of providing multiple selections in text on a computer display
5,664,215 Unknown, D. Burgess, L. R. Kling, and S. P. Song Data processor with an execution unit for performing load instructions and method of operation
5,664,219 J. S. Trotter, M. Halma, and S. G. Glassen Method and system for controlling serviceability of adapters connected by an I/O channel interface to a computer system
5,664,223 B. J. Nathanson, C. Bender, G. M. Salem, R. A. Swetz, and S. Zee Flexible bridge between processor micro channel and switching mechanism
5,664,226 B. M. Czako, B. W. Lawton, S. A. O'Loughlin, and W. L. Sharp System for merging plurality of atomic data elements into single synchronized file by assigning output rate to each channel in response to presentation time duration
5,664,316 C. H. Tsang, J. H. Lee, J. J. Lo, K. Kung, M. M. Chen, M. T. Krounbi, P. K. Wang, and R. E. Fontana Magnetoresistive read transducer having a contiguous longitudinal bias layer
5,665,195 G. Natarajan, J. U. Knickerbocker, and R. J. Bezama Apparatus and method for forming cavities without using an insert
5,665,203 J. Stiebritz, K. R. Milkove, and Y. H. Lee Silicon etching method
5,665,251 C. D. Snyder, H. Santini, and N. Robertson RIE image transfer process plating
5,665,493R. M. Macfarlane Gated recording of holograms using rare-earth doped ferroelectric materials
5,665,527 G. M. Wallraff and R. D. Allen Process for generating negative tone resist images
5,665,608 D. L. Wilson, J. Wong, J. A. O'Neill, J. D. Chapple-Sokol, N. Sarma, and R. ContiAluminum oxide low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) system-Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) source chemical control
5,665,622 K. P. Muller and W. Natzle Folded trench and RIE/deposition processes for high value capacitors
5,665,626J. E. Cronin Method of making a chimney capacitor
5,665,629 B. Chen and G. S. Starkey Four transistor SRAM process
5,665,650 D. H. Glatzel, D. J. Russell, and J. M. Lauffer Method for manufacturing a high-density electronic circuit assembly
5,665,655E. J. White Process for producing crackstops on semiconductor devices and devices containing the crackstops
5,666,000 E. J. White and M. Dusablon Microcavity capacitive device
5,666,078 F. J. Towler, H. Pilo, H. Sclneiderwind, and S. Lamphier Programmable impedance output driver
5,666,114 C. Y. Ng, J. Cheng, J. M. Menon, L. J. Garibay, R. B. Brodie, and T. T. Nguyen Method and means for managing linear mapped address spaces storing compressed data at the storage subsystem control unit or device level
5,666,118J. E. Gersbach Self-calibrating segmented digital-to-analog converter
5,666,246 D. E. Heim and H. S. Gill Magnetic storage system with canted hard bias magnetoresistive head
5,666,248H. S. Gill Magnetizations of pinned and free layers of a spin valve sensor set by sense current fields
5,666,320 R. C. Wong, S. Ogura, and T. N. Buti Storage system
5,666,337 C. H. Dang and C. T. Dang Data storage apparatus having a columnar array of storage receptacles with physical interlock means
5,666,344 H. J. Rosen, K. A. Rubin, T. C. Strand, W. I. Imaino, and W. W. Tang Multiple data surface optical data storage system
5,666,354 C. W. Preuss, D. Schulte, and D. R. Cecchi CMOS bi-directional differential link
5,666,383 A. Ruiz, K. S. Huang, and S. Monti Variable rate discrete multiple tone bidirectional transmission
5,666,469H. S. Lee Method for generating solutions for sequencing problems
5,666,498H. Y. Amro Method, memory and apparatus for automatically resizing a window
5,666,500K. W. Roberson Workstation user interface for use in conjunction with a host data processing system
5,666,501Unknown and P. Moreland Method and apparatus for installing software
5,666,506 J. H. Hesson, S. J. Ciavaglia, and T. J. LeBlanc Apparatus to dynamically control the out-of-order execution of load/store instructions in a processor capable of dispatching, issuing and executing multiple instructions in a single processor cycle
>5,666,533 A. W. Shannon, S. S. Miller, T. Horiguchi, and W. D. Wallace Method and system for program execution management using process, enclave and thread units
5,666,550T. Sulzbach Bus operation circuit using CMOS ratio logic circuits
5,666,557B. Cassidy and R. Islam Method and apparatus for automatically assigning device identifiers on a parallel data bus
5,666,560 B. M. Walk, D. F. Moertl, G. S. Van Grinsven, and J. D. Stevens Storage method and hierarchical padding structure for direct access storage device (DASD) data compression
5,666,985 D. A. Lord and W. Smith Programmable method and apparatus for cleaning semiconductor elements
5,667,586 A. Powell, B. A. Ek, F. Guarin, S. M. Gates, and S. S. Iyer A method for forming a single crystal semiconductor on a substrate
5,667,934 A. A. Mehta, D. W. Wang, E. R. Skarvinko, and V. R. Markovich Thermally stable photoimaging composition
5,667,938 A. Katnani, D. Yang, G. J. Hefferon, M. Khojasteh, N. R. Bantu, R. Sooriyakumaran, W. R. Brunsvold, and W. S. Huang Acid scavengers for use in chemically amplified photoresists
5,668,018 J. E. Cronin and J. E. Gortych Method for defining a region on a wall of a semiconductor structure
5,668,059 F. R. Christie, K. I. Papathomas, and D. W. Wang Solder interconnection structure and process for making
5,668,399 J. A. Hiltebeitel and J. E. Cronin Semiconductor device with increased on chip decoupling capacitance
5,668,492M. Pedersen and P. Wohl Integrated circuit clocking technique and circuit therefor
5,668,503 J. E. Gersbach and M. Hayashi System and method for calibrating damping factor of analog PLL
5,668,507 D. M. Dreps and D. W. Boerstler Noise generator for evaluating mixed signal integrated circuits
5,668,525 D. G. Mikan, J. S. Muhich, and T. Chiu Comparator circuit using two-bit to four-bit encoder
5,668,598 E. Linzer, E. E. Viscito, and H. Peterson Motion video compression system with guaranteed bit production limits
5,668,599 C. H. Ngai, D. P. Cheney, J. D. Myers, M. L. Ciacelli, and S. B. Herndon Memory management for an MPEG2 compliant decoder
5,668,684 A. D. Erpelding, D. D. Palmer, and S. Pattanaik Electrical interconnect for a head/arm assembly of computer disk drives
5,668,687 C. H. Tsang, K. Kung, and M. M. Chen Magnetoresistive sensor employing an exchange-bias enhancing layer with a variable-composition transition region
5,668,709 J. E. Gersbach and M. Hayashi Switched capacitor current source
5,668,761 J. S. Muhich, L. B. Phillips, and R. P. Masleid Fast read Domino SRAM
5,668,800J. G. Stevenson Path testing in communications networks
5,668,816 P. W. Wong and S. M. Douskey Method and apparatus for injecting errors into an array built-inself-test
5,668,830 C. J. Georgiou, K. W. Lee, and T. A. Larsen Digital phase alignment and integrated multichannel transceiver employing same
5,668,943 C. A. Polyzois, C. R. Attanasio, J. L. Peterson, M. A. Butrico, and S. E. Smith Virtual shared disks with application transparent recovery
5,668,944R. F. Berry Method and system for providing performance diagnosis of a computer system
5,668,952A. A. Slane Method for resolving network address by sending reresolve request to nodes at selected time period after establishing address table, and updating the table with received reply thereto
5,668,957 G. T. Davis, M. Krause, P. Kam, P. Patrick, and R. R. Devins Method and apparatus for providing virtual DMA capability man adapter connected to a computer system bus with no DMA support
5,668,958 E. Johnson, E. J. Bendert, E. S. Berman, M. E. Vendryes, R. B. Bennett, R. M. Nugent, and S. M. Farrell Heterogeneous filing system with common API and reconciled file management rules
5,668,959J. W. Malcolm Creating multiple versions of panels from a single panel definition file
5,668,961 H. Huang, T. Nguyen, and V. Healy System and method for fast display of data objects in a table
5,668,968C. F. Wu Two-level virtual/real set-associate cache system and method with improved synonym detection
5,668,972Unknown and P. P. Liu Method and system for miss sequence cache line allocation
5,668,979 R. J. Mitchell and W. Lawless Storage of clipping plane data in successive bit planes of residual frame buffer memory
5,668,984 M. P. Taborn, N. Bailey, and S. Burchfiel Processing system and method of operation
5,668,986D. Garcia and K. Nilsen Method and apparatus for handling data storage requests in a distributed database environment
5,668,988 M. S. Chen and P. S. Yu Method for mining path traversal patterns in a web environment by converting an original log sequence into a set of traversal sub-sequences
5,669,001J. H. Moreno Object code compatible representation of very long instruction word programs
5,669,006 J. Song, L. J. Joskowicz, and M. Y. Kim Method for automatically obtaining spatial layout for multimedia presentations
5,669,136R. A. Magee IGH input/output density MLC flat pack
5,669,137 J. A. Varcoe, J. V. Ellerson, and R. J. Noreika Method of making electronic package assembly with protective encapsulant material
5,669,437 B. Hernandez, I. C. Noyan, M. J. Palmer, and R. Horton High-efficiency thermal interposer
5,669,749 C. T. Danielson, G. C. Stern, J. Overacker, and M. D. Williams Movable flexible ribbon cable and support band assembly
5,669,775 D. B. Stone, J. D. Herard, J. R. Slack, J. S. Campbell, and R. P. Nowak Assembly for mounting components to flexible cables
5,669,972 C. F. Littell, H. Cox, J. A. Trumpetto, M. S. Vanca, and R. M. Schroedl Flex tab thick film metal mask
5,670,187 B. D. Sewing and L. Scalia Apparatus for in-situ green sheet slitting
5,670,388 B. Machesney, E. J.Nowak, and J. A. Mandelman Method of making contacted body silicon-on-insulator field effect transistor
5,670,418B. Ghosal Method of joining an electrical contact element to a substrate
5,670,428 C. L. Bertin, K. E. Beilstein, T. H. Daubenspeck, and W. J. Howell Semiconductor chip kerf clear method for forming semiconductor chips and electronic module therefrom
5,670,750 D. J. Russell, J. J. Hansen, and J. M. Lauffer Electric circuit card having a donut-shaped land
5,670,803 C. L. Bertin, F. R. White, J. E. Cronin, and K. E. Beilstein Three-dimensional SRAM trench structure and fabrication method therefor
5,670,812 E. Adler, L. Ternullo, R. W. Mann, S. Kulkarni, and W. Rausch Field effect transistor having contact layer of transistor gate electrode material
5,670,837 K. J. Erickson and Z. E. Boutaghou Disk drive spindle motor having split windings for each phase
5,671,152 L. W. Liebmann and M. A. Lavin Efficient generation of negative fill shapes for chips and packages
5,671,281 J. E. Campbell, M. Chan, P. Wiltgen, and S. F. Hajek Self-modifying access code for altering capabilities
5,671,328 G. Fitzpatrick, M. L. Williams, and W. J. Johnson Method and apparatus for automatic creation of a voice recognition template entry
5,671,334K. J. Lynne Neural network model for reaching a goal state
5,671,356D. T. Wang Method and apparatus for microcode loading in a multi-nodal network exhibiting distributed control
5,671,360 G. M. Hambrick and J. T. Rogers Project management tool implementing authority for a people-oriented work environment tool
5,671,370 M. S. Allen, J. M. Kaiser, R. K. Arimilli, and W. K. Lewchuk Alternating data valid control signals for high-performance data transfer
5,671,372 K. A. Uplinger and W. E. Price Data processing system with microprocessor/cache chip set directly coupled to memory bus of narrower data width
5,671,378 G. P. Andrews and W. P. Ackerv Method and system for sizing of graphical user interface objects for localization
5,671,390 A. B. Johnson, J. Lui, J. M. Menon, J. T. Brady, and S. Y. Tzou Log structured arrays using LSA sub-directory
5,671,403 E. J. Shekita and H. C. Young Interactive dynamic programming system for query optimization with bounded complexity
5,671,405 K. L. Wu and P. S. Yu Apparatus and method for adaptive logical partitioning of workfile disks for concurrent merge sorts
5,671,417 D. Miclette and M. D. Rogalski Method and system for inserting floating code hooks into multiple versions of code
5,671,419 M. Hind, M. G. Burke, and P. R. Carini Interprocedural data-flow analysis that supports recursion while only performing one flow-sensitive analysis of each procedure
5,671,432 A. R. Bertolet, B. A. Worth, E. E. Millham, K. Ferguson, R. Palmer, S. W. Gould, and T. Zittritsch Programmable array I/O-routing resource
5,671,441 E. Hefferon, F. E. Johnson, M. Halma, and S. G. Glassen Method and apparatus for automatic generation of I/O configuration descriptions
5,671,442 G. W. Wilhelm, Jr. and J. W. Feeney System having device driver operates in first mode for allowing concurrent access to adapter by applications and second mode for limiting access to one application
5,671,443 D. R. Stauffer and R. C. Stempski Microchannel direct memory access (DMA) acceleration circuit
5,672,015 C. W. Robinson, F. C. Miller, and J. B. Lyerly Apparatus and method for a printer
5,672,260 C. F. Carey, D. O. Powell, G. P. Vlasak, K. M. Fallon, R. S. Zarr, and V. R. Markovich Process for selective application of solder to circuit packages
5,672,537 D. A. Carl, D. M. Kenney, S. V. Nguyen, and W. E. Mlynko Angle-defined trench
5,672,548 H. Shaukatullah, M. A. Gaynes, P. K. Seto, and T. M. Culnane Method for attaching heat sinks directly to chip carrier modules using flexible-epoxy
5,672,760 F. C. Burns, R. W. Snyder, V. Y. Lee, and W. W. Fleming Ablatively photodecomposable compositions
5,672,892 N. Rovedo, R. C. Wong, and S. Ogura Process for making and programming a flash memory array
5,672,901 J. A. Springer, J. R. Abernathey, P. C. Parries, and R. W. Mann Structure for interconnecting different polysilicon zones on semiconductor substrates for integrated circuits
5,672,980 A. P. Ingraham, G. Hill, G. Osborne, G. C. Correia, K. B. Horsford, M. A. Couture, M. D. Lowell, M. V. Pierson, R. G. Charlton, and V. Markovich Method and apparatus for testing integrated circuit chips
5,672,991 N. G. Thoma and T. Nguyen Differential delay line circuit for outputting signal with equal pulse widths
5,672,994 E. J. Nowak, M. H. Tong, and W. M. Au Antifuse circuit using standard MOSFET devices
5,673,005W. D. Pricer A time standard circuit with delay line oscillator
5,673,037 C. Cesar, H. Heinrich, K. Goldman, K. P. McAuliffe, S. L. Greene, S. S. Chan, and T. Cofino System and method for radio frequency tag group select
5,673,132 G. Miracle, P. Potvin, and Q. J. Carbone Apparatus for repowering and monitoring serial links
5,673,177 G. L. Kehley, S. B. Sathe, and W. L. Brodsky Heat sink structure with corrugated wound wire heat conductive elements
5,673,201 C. L. Meiley and R. L. Malm Sub-problem extraction method for wiring localized congestion areas in VLSI wiring design
5,673,206R. H. Jones Real-time digital audio compression/decompression system
5,673,209 A. Bugg, A. F. Stuart, G. Felderman, K. E. Duvall, R. L. Heiney, and S. M. Scott Apparatus and associated method for compressing and decompressing digital data
5,673,215A. S. Tsay Non-restoring fixed-point divider apparatus
5,673,216 A. M. Ahsan, E. E. Kelley, F. Motika, and N. J. Dauerer Process and system for adding or substracting symbols in any base without converting to a common base
5,673,244 A. E. Rosenbluth, J. C. Chastang, and K. B. Kirtley Oblique viewing microscope system
5,673,315T. J. Wolf Method and system for software asset usage detection and management
5,673,316 C. S. Chow, J. Auerbach, J. C. Crigler, and M. A. Kaplan Creation and distribution of cryptographic envelope
5,673,318 M. Bellare, P. W. Rogaway, and R. A. Guerin Method and apparatus for data authentication in a data communication environment
5,673,319 M. Bellare and P. W. Rogaway Block cipher mode of operation for secure, length-preserving encryption
5,673,336A. Edgar Automatic cross color elimination
5,673,369M. Y. Kim Authoring knowledge-based systems using interactive directed graphs
5,673,382 D. M. Cannon and M. A. Kaczmarski Automated management of off-site storage volumes for disaster recovery
5,673,391 C. F. Webb, M. S. Farrell, and S. A. Swaney Hardware retry trap for millicoded processor
5,673,399 D. Neal, E. Silha, G. L. Guthrie, and S. M. Thurber System and method for enhancement of system bus to mezzanine bus transactions
5,673,403 Unknown, C. V. Powell, L. B. Hickerson, R. L. Tycast, and R. L. Verburg Multiple graphical user interfaces on a single display
5,673,413 J. M. Kaiser and S. R. Deshpande Method and apparatus for coherency reporting in a multiprocessing system
5,673,414 B. F. Boury, N. Amini, R. Horne, and S. Brannon Snooping of I/O bus and invalidation of processor cache for memory data transfers between one I/O device and cacheable memory in another I/O device
5,675,315 J. G. Waclawsky and P. C. Hershey System and method for ring latency measurement and correction