Recent IBM patents

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

Canada
2,083,017	A. J. Kerklaan and A. W. Ainsbury		Tandem circuit cards
2,097,232	E. A. Merks and P. J. Beaudet		Displaying partial graphs by expanding and collapsing nodes
2,114,653	C. M. Look, J. Geofroy, J. Kothary, and P. B. Kothary		Method and apparatus for broadband transmission from a central office to a number of subscribers
2,121,402	A. Z. Zhao		A system for fast 90 degree rotation of bi-level images
France
102,713	F. Bauchot and G. Marmigere		Method for establishing radio connection as part of an ATM network
Germany
19,727,386.6	A. R. Newth and H. R. Bublitz		Shadow batches
69,228,120.7	W. Ruppert		Method and apparatus for elimination of color from multi-color image documents
69,323,196.3	H. Echensperger, H. H. Harz, M. Fox, R. Schaefer, R. Streit, and W. Eibach		Computer system and method for performing multiple tasks
Italy
834,227	F. M. Maggioni and T. Pirovano		Method and system for receiving data packets in a unidirectional broadcasting system
Switzerland
598,966	C. Harder, C. H. Heusch, H. Jaeckel, and R. Clauberg		Optical waveguide isolator
598,969	A. K. Edwards, D. P. Pozefsky, H. D. Dykeman, R. D. Turner, S. Sarkar, and W. Doeringer		Inter-domain multicast routing
United Kingdom
623,877	C. Mohan and R. Dievendorff		System and method for storing persistent and non-persistent queued data
673,523	G. Black, P. G. Clarke, P. W. Johnson, R. M. Drew, R. M. Meli, and W. A. Kingston		Message transmission across network
806,050	A. R. Knox and J. S. Beeteson		Raster demodulation apparatus and method
834,128	I. Rose, J. A. Scott, J. P. Strickland, and K. M. Kapulka		Data set backup in a shared environment
2,078,996	J. Tierney		Radial arm for flat panel display
2,297,451	J. M. Elmes		Video display apparatus
United States
5,835,502	A. G. Aipperspach, L. L. Day, M. Vaddigiri, P. A. Ganfield, P. W. Wong, and T. Christensen		Method and apparatus for handling variable data word widths and array depths with a serial shared ABIST scheme
5,835,504	D. K. Balkin, K. Torino, R. M. Houle, and S. T. Ventrone		Soft fuses using BIST for cache self test
5,835,597	D. Coppersmith and P. W. Rogaway		Software-efficient pseudorandom function and the use thereof for encryption
5,835,625	G. Fitzpatrick and M. L. Williams		Method and apparatus for optical character recognition utilizing proportional nonpredominate color analysis
5,835,633	J. Mao, K. M. Mohiuddin, and T. Fujisaki		Concurrent two-stage multi-network optical character recognition system
5,835,683	F. Corella and M. Y. Kim		System and method for authoring an expert system
5,835,692	B. J. Cragun and M. D. Mitchell		System and method for providing mapping notation in interactive video displays
5,835,702	C. P. Roth, E. H. Welbon, and F. E. Levine		Performance monitor
5,835,705	A. H. Wottreng, J. C. Randolph, and T. D. Larsen		Method and system for performance monitoring in a multithreaded processor
5,835,708	J. G. Ellis and M. A. Wise		Extended programming interface for streams-based X.25
5,835,711	A. Parekh, J. Rayfield, P. Chang, and R. Guerin		Method and system for implementing multiple leaky bucket checkers using a hybrid synchronous/asynchronous update mechanism
5,835,714	D. A. Schroter and R. D. Herzl		Method and apparatus for reservation of data buses between multiple storage control elements
5,835,738	B. F. Boury, B. G. Frey, J. Reid, J. W. Blackledge, and R. E. Valli		Address space architecture for multiple bus computer systems
5,835,888	D. Kanevsky, J. Sedivy, and S. Roukos		Statistical language model for inflected languages
5,835,928	A. Chang, M. Auslander, and R. M. Meade		Circuitry and method for relating first and second memory locations where the second memory location stores information from the first memory location
5,835,930	J. J. Dobbek		Multiple logical tracks per physical track in a NoID disk drive
5,835,946	B. Cargnoni, J. M. Nunez, and J. T. Yen		High performance implementation of the load reserve instruction in a superscalar microprocessor that supports multi-level cache organization
5,835,954	L. M. Duyanovich, R. Shomler, and W. F. Micka		Target DASD controlled data migration move
5,836,007	F. R. Keyser, K. Clinton, and W. R. Larsen		Pre-charged memory bit line
5,836,011	G. M. Hambrick and J. M. Rowan		Implementation of teams and roles within a people oriented work environment
5,837,067	M. J. Canestaro		Precision fluid head transport
5,837,119	G. F. Walker, S. Purushothaman, and S. K. Kang		Methods of fabricating dendritic powder materials for high conductivity paste applications
5,837,978	D. Lewis, J. M. Shaw, and M. Hatzakis		Radiation control system
5,838,013	J. G. Hartley, M. S. Gordon, R. Butsch, and W. A. Enichen		Method for monitoring resist charging in a charged particle system
5,838,045	K. P. Muller and W. Natzle		Folded trench and RIE/deposition process for high-value capacitors
5,838,055	C. Yu, R. L. Kleinhenz, and W. Natzle		Trench sidewall patterned by vapor phase etching
5,838,160	B. S. Beaman, D. Y. Shih, G. F. Walker, K. E. Fogel, M. H. Norcott, and P. A. Lauro		Integral rigid chip test probe
5,838,169	E. B. Schorn		NMOS charge-sharing prevention device for dynamic logic circuits
5,838,170	E. B. Schorn		PMOS charge-sharing prevention device for dynamic logic circuits
5,838,205	C. J. Masenas, F. D. Ferraiolo, and J. E. Gersbach		Variable-speed phase-locked loop system with on-the-fly switching and method therefor
5,838,316	B. J. Arruza		Method and system for presenting a plurality of animated display objects to a user for selection on a graphical user interface in a data processing system
5,838,514	G. J. Smith and H. H. Ottesen		Method and apparatus for calibrating a thermal response of a magnetoresistive transducer
5,838,518	N. K. Frater		Disk drive suspension for increasing the arm to disk clearance
5,838,545	D. Clocher, G. G. Daves, J. Lisowski, J. M. Sullivan, and P. M. Elenius		High performance, low cost multi-chip module package
5,838,568	A. Zubelewicz, G. T. Dickinson, J. L. McGinniss, Jr., and R. F. Tokarz		Heated circuit assembly tester and method
5,838,582	P. G. Villarrubia and S. Mehrotra		Method and system for performing parasitic capacitance estimations on interconnect data within an integrated circuit
5,838,793	D. O. Lewis		Controlling movement of owned parts
5,838,903	G. R. Blakley III, I. M. Milman, and W. Sigler		Configurable password integrity servers for use in a shared resource environment
5,838,912	F. T. Tong, J. Leung, and P. S. Poon		Distribution of digitally encoded presentations
5,838,918	N. R. Prager, C. L. Jung, and S. T. Cochran		Distributing system configuration information from a manager machine to subscribed endpoint machines in a distributed computing environment
5,838,957	B. Rajaraman and S. Varma		A multi-stage timer implementation for telecommunications transmissions
5,838,991	J. R. Shipman		Preemptable idle time activities for constant data delivery
5,838,995	D. Neal, R. A. Kelley, and W. T. Chen		System and method for high frequency operation of I/O bus
5,840,447	S. Peng		Multi-phase photo mask using sub-wavelength structures
5,841,074	B. L. Shepherd and P. K. Egan		Backplane power distribution system having impedance variations in the form of space voids
5,841,293	J. M. Leas		Method and apparatus for screening integrated circuit chips for latch-up sensitivity
5,841,309	A. R. Bonaccio and W. D. Pricer		Low voltage input buffer for asymmetrical logic signals
5,841,420	A. E. Martinez and M. Kaply		Method and system in a data processing system windowing environment for displaying previously obscured information
5,841,425	C. V. Zenz, Sr.		An ambidextrous computer input device
5,841,434	L. A. Williamson, S. R. Arda, and T. M. Wiese		System and method for multi-platform implementation of objects on windowing computer systems
5,841,435	E. E. Kelley, F. Motika, and N. J. Dauerer		Virtual windows desktop
5,841,550	W. J. Johnson		Method and system for specification of time dependent acknowledgement transmission media
5,841,683	R. Hayosh, R. A. Bechade, and S. Shuma		Least significant bit and guard bit extractor
5,841,692	J. C. Slonczewski, J. Z. Sun, S. S. Parkin, and W. J. Gallagher		Magnetic tunnel junction device with antiferromagnetically coupled pinned layer
5,841,720	A. L. Roberts, J. J. Covino, and J. R. Sousa		Folded dummy word line
5,841,790	G. M. Salem and R. Lynch		Apparatus for testing an adapter card ASIC with reconfigurable logic
5,841,999	E. Hokenek and H. Q. Le		Information handling system having a register remap structure using a content addressable table
5,842,177	G. Fitzpatrick and T. R. Haynes		Management of calendar events in a data processing system
5,842,203	A. E. Martinez and D. F. D'Elena		Method and system for performing non-Boolean search queries in a graphical user interface
5,842,208	B. F. Smith, J. A. Ruddy, J. M. Garth, and T. E. Blank		High performance recover/build index system by unloading database files in parallel
5,842,219	R. H. High, Jr. and V. N. Kumar		Method and system for providing a multiple property searching capability within an object-oriented distributed computing network
5,842,226	C. C. Jung, C. Y. Chao, F. L. Rawson III, G. Barton, G. G. Sotomayor, Jr., and H. Singh		Backing store management method and apparatus for a microkernel data processing system
5,842,825	W. Brooks		Incremented rotated wafer placement on electro-static chucks for metal etch
5,842,910	D. K. Sturtevant, M. T. Tiersch, and T. Krywanczyk		Off-center grooved polish pad for CMP
5,843,196	D. Feikert and J. A. Leavey		Ultra-clean transport carrier
5,843,623	D. J. Pinckney		Low profile substrate ground probe
5,843,800	G. Costrini and J. H. Keller		Gettering of particles from an electro-negative plasma with insulating chuck
5,844,151	A. Homola, C. A. Brown, H. L. Merkins, H. R. Wendt, and R. Herbold		Method and apparatus for detecting and measuring organic materials on components of a magnetic storage system
5,844,317	A. R. Bertolet, E. Gramatzki, and J. Fiore		Consolidated chip design for wire bond and flip-chip package technologies
5,844,571	C. Narayanaswami		Z buffer bandwidth reductions via split transactions
5,844,607	A. Y. Ngai, B. A. Hall, and C. A. Gebler		Method and apparatus for scene change detection in digital video compression
5,844,742	B. C. Webb, E. J. Yarmchuk, M. Schultz, and T. J. Chainer		Radial self-propagation pattern generation for disk file servowriting
5,844,814	A. Chliwnyj, D. P. Rienstra, and S. C. Wills		Optical position sensing device and method for sub-micron measurement
5,844,890	G. S. Delp, P. Leichty, and P. L. Leichty		Communications cell scheduler and scheduling method for providing proportional use of network bandwidth
5,844,905	B. Rezvani, C. M. Olsen, D. N. McKay, M. Naghshineh, P. Kermani, and P. D. Hortensius		Extensions to distributed MAC protocols with collision avoidance using RTS/CTS exchanges
5,844,917	G. M. Salem and R. Lynch		Method for testing an adapter card ASIC using reconfiguration logic
5,844,921	S. Bou-Ghazale and S. Weitzel		Method and apparatus for testing a hybrid circuit having macro and non-macro circuitry
5,845,072	D. J. Lang, D. W. Finney, M. C. Johnson, and W. J. Ho		Method and apparatus for parallel and pipelining transference of data between integrated circuits using a common macro interface
5,845,113	A. N. Swami and H. C. Young		Method for external sorting in shared-nothing parallel architectures
5,845,118	A. Gheith		Method for generating shared library executable code with lazy global offset table address calculation
5,845,121	D. K. Carter		Expression evaluation in a multi-language debugger
5,845,126	D. Ju and J. Ng		A method of, system for, and computer program product for providing inlined nested array constructors using normalized counters
5,845,274	A. Chadha, A. Shibamiya, D. J. Haderle, R. W. Lyle, and S. Watts		Computer program product for avoiding complete index tree traversals in sequential and almost sequential index probes
5,845,318	J. H. Nord and R. A. Rose		DASD I/O caching method and application
5,846,361	B. Peterson, B. V. Fasano, D. C. Long, G. A. Pomerantz, K. C. O'Neil, M. LaPlante, and T. T. Popp		Lamination process for producing non-planar substrates
5,846,598	E. O'Sullivan and K. Semkow		Electroless plating of metallic features on nonmetallic or semiconductor layer without extraneous plating
5,847,324	D. S. Farquhar, J. R. Wilcox, L. J. Smith-Jimarez, N. B. Feilchenfeld, and W. L. Brodsky		High performance electrical cable and method of manufacture
5,847,823	A. Juliana, Jr., C. H. Lee, H. J. Rosen, J. H. Brannon, M. R. Latta, W. C. Leung, and W. I. Imaino		Surface inspection tool
5,847,860	A. C. Lowe and G. Hougham		High density electrochromic display
5,847,894	K. J. Erickson and T. J. Blank		Enhanced demodulator for improved position anti-aliasing capability
5,847,926	I. C. Noyan, M. J. Palmer, R. Horton, and W. E. Pence		Lightweight packaging
5,847,929	H. Shaukatullah, I. Memis, M. A. Gaynes, and W. E. Bernier		Attaching heat sinks directly to flip chips and ceramic chip carriers
5,847,988	A. W. Brouillette, G. Babson, P. H. Noel, R. J. Evans, R. J. Finch, and R. J. Ross		ROM storage cell and method of fabrication
5,848,163	D. Nahamoo, L. C. Polymenakos, M. Padmanabhan, and P. S. Gopalakrishnan		Method and apparatus for suppressing background music or noise from the speech input of a speech recognizer
5,848,227	T. L. Sheu		Method of providing fault tolerance and switch-over distribution in a bridge/router
5,848,283	B. J. Vicknair, C. R. Moore, and J. S. Muhich		Method and system for efficient maintenance of data coherency in a multiprocessor system utilizing cache synchronization
5,848,436	M. M. Schaffer and T. A. Sartorius		Method and apparatus for efficiently providing data from a data storage medium to a processing entity
5,849,629	A. K. Stamper, G. L. Langdeau, J. S. Slattery, R. Lebel, and T. R. Gow, Jr.		Method of forming a low stress polycide conductors on a semiconductor chip
5,849,638	C. J. Radens, D. E. Kotecki, and H. Ho		Deep trench with enhanced sidewall surface area
5,850,181	H. Heinrich, L. R. Zai, P. J. Sousa, and R. D. Martinez		Method of transporting radio frequency power to energize radio frequency identification transponders
5,850,374	A. P. Praino, D. Abraham, H. K. Wickramasinghe, and M. E. Re		Method and apparatus for data storage using thermal proximity imaging
5,850,530	D. Neal, R. A. Kelley, and W. T. Chen		Method and apparatus for improving bus efficiency by enabling arbitration based upon availability of completion data
5,850,542	D. Schroter and J. Van Norstrand		Microprocessor instruction hedge-fetching in a multiprediction branch environment
5,850,544	B. Parvathaneny and V. Srinivasan		System and method for efficient relational query generation and tuple-to-object translation in an object-relational gateway supporting class inheritance
5,850,550	C. H. Li, I. A. Wang, J. Ng, K. W. Hwang, M. H. Pirahesh, S. H. Yeh, T. M. Lo, and W. Young		No preprocessor and a source level debugger for embedded SQL in a 3GL
5,850,562	D. T. Crump and S. Pancoast		Personal computer apparatus and method for monitoring memory locations states for facilitating debugging of post and BIOS code
5,850,563	A. J. Loper, Jr. and S. Mallick		Processor and method for out-of-order completion of floating-point operations during loadstore multiple operations
5,851,903	A. K. Stamper		Method of forming closely pitched polysilicon fuses
5,852,257	E. Dittmann and M. K. Saraiya		Optical module with fluxless laser reflow soldered joints
5,852,373	M. Lee, S. G. Chu, and V. R. Kodali		Logic circuit
5,852,440	B. M. Grossman, C. A. Pickover, D. Winarski, and J. G. McLean		Method and system for facilitating the selection of icons
5,852,731	I. A. Wang and R. Korenshtein		Computer program product for synchronizing static variable initialization and reference under a multi-threaded computer environment
5,852,738	B. R. Grimes, D. S. Cronk, M. R. Turner, and R. Bealkowski		Method and apparatus for dynamically controlling address space allocation
5,852,747	E. Johnson, R. B. Bennett, and T. L. Woodnorth		System for awarding token to client for accessing first data block specified in client request without interference due to contention from other client
5,854,141	B. Luther and J. E. Cronin		Inorganic seal for encapsulation of an organic layer and method for making the same
5,854,629	R. J. Redpath		Enhanced scrolling technique for context menus in graphical user interfaces
5,854,633	M. Hamzy, M. Rutkowski, M. Vanderwiele, and M. R. Cooper		Method of and system for dynamically adjusting color rendering
5,854,722	E. A. Cunningham, H. H. Ottesen, and K. J. Erickson		Method and apparatus for rotary actuator arc compensation correction in a direct access storage device
5,854,754	C. Dragoescu and L. F. Cabrera		Scheduling computerized backup services
5,854,896	K. C. Briskey, K. K. Rothaupt, and L. Brenner		A method and apparatus for creating persistent isolated sub-environments in a massively parallel processing system environment
5,854,908	C. R. Ogilvie and P. C. Stabler		A computer system generating a processor interrupt in response to receiving an interrupt/data synchronizing signal over a data bus
5,854,913	J. J. Bergkvist, J. W. Goetz, and S. W. Mahin		Microprocessor with an architecture mode control capable of supporting extensions of two distinct instruction-set architectures
5,854,923	J. F. Farber, K. D. Seppi, and M. J. Dockter		Facility for the intelligent selection of information objects (persona)
5,854,942	G. O. Penokie		Method and system for automatic storage subsystem configuration
5,855,012	B. Iyer, G. Bhargava, and P. Goel		Simplification of SQL queries using generalized inference propagation and generalized transitive closure
5,855,019	B. Iyer, G. Bhargava, and P. Goel		Enumerating projections in SQL queries containing outer and full outer joins in the presence of inner joins
5,855,596	J. T. Legg, M. A. Acciai, and R. R. Hall		Modular wire band stent
5,855,802	M. A. Acciai and R. R. Hall		Method and apparatus for forming a tubular article having a perforated annular wall
5,855,962	D. R. Cote and S. V. Nguyen		Flowable spin-on insulator
5,855,993	C. E. Farrell, D. J. Mikalsen, E. O'Sullivan, G. F. Walker, J. R. Marino, M. J. Brady, P. A. Moskowitz, S. Purushothaman, S. C. Rieley, S. K. Kang, and T. R. O'Toole		Electronic devices having metallurgies containing copper-semiconductor compounds
5,856,026	K. V. Srikrishnan, M. Tejwani, and R. V. Joshi		High aspect ratio low resistivity lines/vias by surface diffusion
5,856,617	B. Gurney, D. Rugar, H. J. Mamin, and V. S. Speriosu		Atomic force microscope system with cantilever having unbiased spin valve magnetoresistive strain gauge
5,856,672	R. P. Ried		Single-crystal silicon cantilever with integral in-plane tip for use in atomic force microscope system
5,856,824	J. M. Shieh		Reshapable pointing device for touchscreens
5,856,897	D. Mauri		Self-biased dual spin valve sensor
5,856,967	B. W. Chui, D. Rugar, H. J. Mamin, and T. W. Kenny		Atomic force microscopy data storage system with tracking servo from lateral force-sensing cantilever
5,857,001	C. W. Preuss and D. R. Cecchi		Off chip driver with pre-compensation for cable attenuation
5,857,002	C. M. Melas		PRML channel with EPR4 equalization and clocking
5,857,076	M. A. Schmidt		Program product for obtaining the state of network resources in a distributed computing environment
5,857,182	B. G. Lindsay, B. T. Tran, L. G. DeMichiel, M. Jou, N. Mattos, S. P. Rielau, and Y. C. Fuh		Supporting ADT mutation without read/write and write/write conflicts
5,857,198	W. J. Schmidt		Incremental change processing apparatus for presented objects
5,857,203	L. M. Lewis, R. Parrish, and S. V. Kauffman		Method and apparatus for dividing, mapping and storing large digital objects in a client/server library system
5,857,883	A. R. Knox, J. N. Humenik, J. U. Knickerbocker, and R. Rosenberg		Method of forming perforated metal/ferrite laminated magnet
5,858,254	P. L. Balzer, R. D. Sebesta, and R. L. Lewis		Multilayered circuitized substrate and method of fabrication
5,858,455	D. D. Chambliss, E. D. Tober, R. F. Farrow, and R. F. Marks		Method for forming a lateral giant magnetoresistance multilayer for a magnetoresistive sensor
5,858,461	B. K. Appelt, K. I. Papathomas, R. M. Japp, and W. J. Rudik		Technique for forming resin-impregnated fiberglass sheets with improved resistance to pinholing
5,858,825	J. Alsmeier and J. A. Mandelman		Methods for reducing anomalous narrow channel effect in trench-bounded buried-channel P-MOSFETs
5,858,866	J. Faul, R. L. Mohler, W. E. Haensch, and W. S. Berry		Geometrical control of device corner threshold
5,858,943	J. D. Gelorme, N. C. LaBianca, and S. L. Buchwalter		Gel for localized removal of reworkable encapsulant
5,859,461	A. R. Bonaccio and W. D. Pricer		Method and apparatus for interfacing integrated circuits having different supply voltages
5,859,470	J. Funari, J. A. Varcoe, and J. V. Ellerson		Interconnection of a carrier substrate and a semiconductor device
5,859,604	J. L. Mitchell and M. J. Slattery		Merged VLSI implementation of hardware optimized Q-Coder and software optimized QM-Coder
5,859,637	D. Tidwell		Non-programming method and apparatus for creating wizards with a script
5,859,651	B. Potu		Method and apparatus for block data transfer to reduce on-chip storage for interpolative video resizing
5,859,655	J. D. Gelorme and N. C. LaBianca		Photoresists for use in ink jet printers and other micro-machining applications
5,859,662	B. J. Cragun and P. R. Day		Apparatus and method for selectively viewing video information
5,859,739	E. A. Cunningham and J. A. Christner		Magnetic data reading apparatus and method using inductive and magnetoresistive heads
5,859,762	D. L. Clark, E. R. Ritinski, J. A. Stubecki, J. D. Rizzi, and W. C. Hall		Docking station for portable computers
5,859,804	E. L. Hedberg and G. S. Koch		Method and apparatus for real time two dimensional redundancy allocation
5,859,853	D. G. Carlson		Adaptive packet training
5,859,971	B. C. Housel, D. B. Lindquist, M. L. Fraenkel, and R. Bittinger		Differencing client/server communication system for use with CGI forms
5,859,973	D. Lection, K. K. Khalifa, and M. A. Carpenter		Delayed encoding data transmission
5,859,984	C. S. McIlvaine, D. L. Blair, and G. T. Davis		HDLC asynchronous to synchronous converter
5,859,986	G. B. Marenin		Bandwidth efficient method and means for resynchronizing a master and slave over a clocked, arbitrated, bidirectional multistate parallel bus using local data recirculation, wait states, and cycle stealing
5,860,001	D. Cromer, D. Rhoades, E. M. Gibel, R. D. Johnson, and R. S. Springfield		Computer system having at least two boot sequences
5,860,014	H. Cheong, H. Q. Le, J. S. Muhich, and S. W. White		Method and apparatus for improved recovery of processor state using history buffer
5,860,086	D. T. Crump and S. Pancoast		Video processor with serialization FIFO
5,860,100	K. A. Feiste and T. J. Somyak		Pipelined flushing of a high-level cache and invalidation of lower level caches
5,860,101	J. D. Lewis, J. S. Dodson, and R. K. Arimilli		Scalable symmetric multiprocessor data-processing system with data allocation among private caches and segments of system memory
5,860,103	J. T. Robinson and P. A. Franaszek		Method and apparatus using address and read head location information to provide optimal operation of a disk system
5,860,107	R. B. Patel and S. Park		Processor and method for store gathering through merged store operations
5,860,115	D. Neuhard, J. M. Nick, K. B. Pushong, and M. D. Swanson		Requesting a dump of information stored within a coupling facility, in which the dump includes serviceability information from an operating system that lost communication with the coupling facility
5,860,134	T. M. Cowell		Memory system with memory presence and type detection using multiplexed memory line function
5,860,138	D. R. Engebretsen, J. C. Willis, M. Moudgill, and S. L. Gregor		Processor with compiler-allocated, variable length intermediate storage
5,860,150	E. Nangia, K. A. Chiarot, M. J. Mayfield, and M. J. Peterson		Instruction pre-fetching of a cache line within a processor
5,860,211	H. G. Linde and S. J. Holmes		Method of temporarily bonding two surfaces
5,860,575	E. B. Menard, J. S. Akin, T. A. Schiesser, and T. M. Smith		Stability enhancement of molten solder droplets as ejected from a nozzle of droplet pump
5,861,231	G. Breyta, G. G. Barclay, H. Ito, J. W. Thackeray, M. F. Cronin, and R. Dellaguardia		Copolymers and photoresist compositions comprising copolymer resin binder component
5,861,330	E. J. Nowak, F. D. Baker, J. S. Brown, R. J. Gauthier, R. K. Leidy, S. H. Voldman, and S. J. Holmes		Method and structure to reduce latch-up using edge implants
5,861,602	C. D. Fieselman, L. D. Hobgood, P. G. Watson, S. D. Yu, and W. L. Cox		Snap together PCMCIA cards with laser tack welded seams
5,861,658	B. Luther and J. E. Cronin		Inorganic seal for encapsulation of an organic layer and method for making the same
5,861,663	C. J. Mathison, M. Swain, and P. D. Isaacs		Column grid array or ball grid array pad on via
5,861,757	A. Viehbeck, G. Hougham, and S. J. Whitehair		Dynamic solvent permittivity instrument
5,861,883	B. Q. Nguyen, G. A. Cuomo, H. Nguyen, and S. K. Singhal		Method and system for portably enabling awareness, touring, and conferencing over the World Wide Web using proxies and shared-state servers
5,862,010	R. G. Simmons and W. C. Shum		Transducer suspension system
5,862,058	D. J. Samuels and M. R. Wordeman		Optical proximity correction method and system
5,862,158	C. I. Park, P. Corbett, and S. J. Baylor		Efficient method for providing fault tolerance against double device failures in multiple device systems
5,862,256	J. M. Zetts and M. R. Desrosiers		Distinguishing gestures from handwriting in a pen based computer by size discrimination
5,862,323	G. R. Blakley III, I. M. Milman, and W. Sigler		Retrieving plain-text passwords from a main registry by a plurality of foreign registries
5,862,329	C. M. Aras, G. Lebizay, G. Shippy, L. W. Tai, R. Guerin, and R. O. Onvural		A method system and article of manufacture for multi-casting audio visual material
5,862,340	D. C. Reynolds		Method operating in each node of a computer system providing and utilizing special records for collective communication commands to increase work efficiency at each node
5,862,353	J. Revilla, M. M. Schaffer, and T. A. Sartorius		Systems and methods for dynamically controlling a bus
5,862,371	E. H. Welbon, F. E. Levine, J. C. Randolph, and W. J. Starke		Method and system for instruction trace reconstruction utilizing performance monitor outputs and bus monitoring
5,862,378	F. T. Sharp, I. A. Wang, J. Ng, and J. Sidik		Passing arrays to stored procedures
5,862,381	A. Pierce, D. Advani, D. G. Weinel, J. P. Marino, K. Y. Wang, M. J. Byron, R. D. Panda, R. S. Welch, S. R. Hansell, and T. M. Li		Visualization tool for graphically displaying trace data
5,862,588	C. G. Heim, K. J. Puttlitz, M. V. Pierson, and R. H. Lewis		Method for restraining circuit board warp during area array rework
5,863,125	F. E. Doany		High efficiency two-SLM projector employing total-internal-reflection prism
5,863,211	J. A. Melville and T. L. Sobotta		Inter-book-package mechanical and electrical connection system
5,863,332	A. Viehbeck, E. Foster, J. C. Hedrick, K. Papathomas, R. M. Japp, and S. L. Tisdale		Fluid jet impregnating and coating device with thickness control capability
5,863,348	D. A. Lord and W. Smith		Programmable method for cleaning semiconductor elements
5,863,447	A. Viehbeck, P. W. Coteus, and S. L. Tisdale		Method for providing a selective reference layer isolation technique for the production of printed circuit boards
5,863,814	D. J. Alcoe and S. B. Sathe		Electronic package with compressible heatsink structure
5,863,869	J. A. Lacey, J. M. Viggiano, P. Chaudhari, R. B. Laibowitz, R. H. Koch, and R. J. Gambino		Thin film high Tc oxide superconductors and method for making the same
5,864,241	C. D. Snyder, E. T. Schreck, and M. Suk		Magnetic transducer with wear indicator in a magnetic data storage system
5,864,330	T. R. Haynes		Method and apparatus for providing a two-dimensional position-sensitive scroll icon in a data processing system user interface
5,864,340	D. F. Champion, P. J. Brittenham, and R. L. Bertram		Mobile client computer programmed to predict input
5,864,341	H. Q. Le, J. S. Muhich, S. W. White, and T. N. Hicks		Instruction dispatch unit and method for dynamically classifying and issuing instructions to execution units with non-uniform forwarding
5,864,366	B. L. Yeo		System and method for selecting video information with intensity difference
5,864,441	J. F. Boigenzahn, J. T. Coffey, and R. E. Lagergren		Actuator mounting apparatus for top-down data storage system assembly
5,864,448	J. W. Berberich		Slider and suspension retention and retraction system for high capacity disk drive
5,864,449	A. Vesci, D. McMurtry, and M. Dominguez		Precision limit stop for high density disk drives
5,864,450	M. M. Chen and N. L. Robertson		NI45FE55 metal-in-gap thin film magnetic head
5,864,496	G. Mueller, H. Hoenigschmid, and T. Kirihata		High density semiconductor memory having diagonal bit lines and dual word lines
5,864,535	A. R. Basilico		Network server having dynamic load balancing of messages in both inbound and outbound directions
5,864,558	S. H. Johnson		Dynamic transmit tuning for ethernet device drivers
5,864,571	D. J. Martens		Error detection circuit using two bit to four bit encoder
5,864,584	L. A. Walls, S. Dutta, T. A. Cao, T. D. Trinh, and T. Q. Nguyen		Circuitry for allowing two drivers to communicate with two receivers using one transmission line
5,864,635	J. M. Zetts and M. R. Desrosiers		Distinguishing gestures from handwriting in a pen based computer by stroke analysis
5,864,655	D. W. Dewey and R. J. Means		Managing removable media in raid and rail environments
5,864,664	D. E. Judice, L. B. Capps, Jr., and R. N. Iachetta		Apparatus and method for protecting system serial number while allowing motherboard replacement
5,864,665	T. M. Tran		Auditing login activity in a distributed computing environment
5,864,666	T. J. Shrader		Web-based administration of IP tunneling on internet firewalls
5,864,686	J. M. Kaiser and W. E. Maule		Method for dynamic address decoding for memory mapped devices
5,864,805	C. Danis, J. C. Chen, L. D. Comerford, M. Monkowski, M. A. Picheny, P. A. Olsen, and S. Dharanipragada		Method and apparatus for error correction in a continuous dictation system
5,864,840	A. C. Lui, M. H. Pirahesh, T. Truong, and T. Y. Leung		Evaluation of existential and universal subquery in a relational database management system for increased efficiency
5,864,841	A. N. Swami and R. Agrawal		System and method for query optimization using quantile values of a large unordered data set
5,864,847	B. Iyer and P. Goel		Reordering of complex SQL queries involving GROUPBYs, joins, outer joins and full outer joins
5,864,859	P. A. Franaszek		A system and method of compression and decompression using store addressing
5,864,866	C. J. Redlin, J. D. Henckel, and P. J. Schommer		Apparatus and method for providing externalization in an object-oriented environment
5,864,875	D. J. McDonald, G. A. Van Huben, and J. L. Mueller		Data management system for problems, releases and parts
5,865,547	J. D. Thomas, K. H. Vorhees, R. Myers, and R. H. Harris		Check flipper for point of sale printer and method therefor
5,865,631	D. J. Berto, J. Coe, L. A. Lawrence, and T. Lee		Method for reducing shorts on printed circuit board edge connector
5,865,769	J. D. Kulesza and J. R. Case		Surface contour measurement instrument
5,865,984	F. W. Kern, M. Datta, T. E. Dinan, and W. E. Corbin		Electrochemical etching apparatus and method for spirally etching a workpiece
5,866,044	C. J. Sambucetti, E. I. Cooper, J. M. Roldan, M. Gaynes, R. Saraf, R. B. Booth, and S. P. Ostrander		Lead free conductive composites for electrical interconnections
5,866,203	B. K. Appelt, K. I. Papathomas, R. M. Japp, and W. J. Rudik		Technique for forming resin-impregnated fiberglass sheets using multiple resins
5,866,237	A. P. Angelopoulos, G. W. Jones, H. Marcello, J. McKeveny, and R. W. Malek		Organic electronic package and method of applying palladium-tin seed layer thereto
5,866,306	G. M. Wallraff, M. Baier, and R. D. Miller		Process for use of photosensitive polysilanes as photoresist
5,866,443	H. B. Pogge, H. L. Kalter, J. Greschner, and R. J. Rosner		Very dense integrated circuit package and method for forming the same
5,866,470	A. Shagan, A. Vogel, C. Sullivan, J. Garant, J. A. Casey, M. Cohn, and R. J. Sullivan		Method of using an interface layer for stacked lamination sizing and sintering
5,866,627	D. Yang, G. Czornyj, M. Ree, and W. Volksen		Photosensitive polyimide precursors
5,866,848	A. L. Balan, J. A. Asselta, J. E. Myers, and S. Boyko		Computer system with improved power bus
5,866,913	C. F. Robinson		Proximity correction dose modulation for E-beam projection lithography
5,866,985	D. K. Coultas and J. H. Keller		Stable matching networks for plasma tools
5,867,010	F. F. Hinedi, M. Cases, R. Dennard, and S. Dutta		Circuit and method for voltage level translation utilizing a bias generator
5,867,037	A. X. Tra, L. B. Capps, Jr., and R. N. Iachetta		Method and apparatus of programming FPGA devices through ASIC devices
5,867,038	N. Rohrer, P. Kartschoke, and T. Sulzbach		Self-timed low power ratio-logic system having an input sensing circuit
5,867,052	D. W. Stout and J. S. Austin		Off-chip driver for mixed voltage applications
5,867,131	D. P. Homiller and W. O. Camp		An antenna for a mobile computer
5,867,154	M. Modh and V. Berstis		Method and apparatus to select a display area within a data processing system
5,867,157	C. C. Alimpich, C. L. Doescher, G. D. Boldt, J. S. Goddard, L. L. Vigil, and M. T. Vo		Graphical interface method, apparatus and application for creating and modifying a list of values with multiple components
5,867,160	G. Kraft and J. A. Moore		System and method for task prioritization in computerized graphic interface environments
5,867,180	S. Kosonocky, S. Munetoh, and Y. Katayama		Intelligent media memory statically mapped in unified memory architecture
5,867,261	A. Juliana, Jr., C. H. Lee, H. J. Rosen, M. R. Latta, W. C. Leung, and W. I. Imaino		Surface inspection tool
5,867,289	C. Yue, C. S. Li, O. Gerstel, and R. Ramaswami		Fault detection for all-optical add-drop multiplexer
5,867,351	H. S. Gill		Spin valve read head with low moment, high coercivity pinning layer
5,867,400	C. A. Krause, D. A. McNeill, and H. S. El-Ghoroury		Method of sampling, downconverting, and digitizing a bandpass signal using a digital predictive coder
5,867,507	B. A. Worth, F. R. Keyser, R. Palmer, S. Botala, S. W. Gould, W. Beebe, and W. R. Larsen		Testable programmable gate array and associated LSSD/deterministic test methodology
5,867,511	J. D. Lewis, J. S. Dodson, R. K. Arimilli, and T. M. Skergan		Method for high-speed recoverable directory access
5,867,585	R. Myers		Curvilinear pressure pad for improved MICR reading and method therefor
5,867,651	A. Dan, D. Sitaram, and W. H. Tetzlaff		System for providing custom functionality for client systems by redirecting of messages through a user configurable filter network having a plurality of partially interconnected filters
5,867,653	C. M. Aras, G. Lebizay, G. Shippy, L. W. Tai, R. Guerin, and R. O. Onvural		Method and apparatus for multi-cast broad video conferencing
5,867,658	V. H. Lee		Method and apparatus for implementing a stop state for a processor in a multiprocessor system
5,867,661	B. C. Housel, D. B. Lindquist, M. L. Fraenkel, and R. Bittinger		Method and apparatus of using virtual sockets for reducing data transmitted over a wireless communication link between a client web browser and a host web server using a standard TCP protocol
5,867,678	D. L. Dao, H. Y. Amro, and J. P. Dodson		Method and system for searching and retrieving specific types of objects contained within a compound document
5,867,684	A. D. Ogden, A. J. Loper, Jr., J. A. Kahle, and S. Mallick		Method and processing that permit concurrent execution of a store multiple instruction and a dependent instruction
5,867,694	G. M. Lattimore, R. J. Reese, R. V. Billings, and T. K. Jaber		Information handling system including apparatus and method for controlling clock signals operating at different frequencies
5,867,695	A. M. Molina, I. Z. Amini, and T. Keung		Method and system for reduced metastability between devices which communicate and operate at different clock frequencies
5,867,702	V. H. Lee		Method and apparatus for initializing a multiprocessor system
5,867,708	G. Copeland, S. A. Holdsworth, and S. A. Smith		System, method, and article of manufacture for adding concurrency to a binary class in an object oriented system
5,867,713	B. J. Jensen, J. L. Bunce, and T. J. Shrader		Committing an install plan object for the network installation of application programs
5,867,725	P. Fung and S. T. Ventrone		Concurrent multitasking in a uniprocessor
5,867,888	A. J. Wallash and S. H. Voldman		Magnetic head/silicon chip integration method
5,867,890	C. Hwang, H. A. Santini, N. L. Robertson, and R. Hsiao		Method for making a thin film merged magnetoresistive read/inductive write head having a pedestal pole tip
5,867,894	J. R. Case and R. R. Hall		Differential pressure assembly device and method for making connector assemblies
5,867,898	D. J. Russell, J. J. Hansen, and J. M. Lauffer		Method of manufacture multilayer circuit package
5,867,990	U. Ghoshal		Thermoelectric cooling with plural dynamic switching to isolate heat transport mechanisms
5,868,070	S. A. Barlow		Method and system for applying solder paste on tape carrier package component site
5,868,304	B. Ghosal, K. A. Lidestri, K. J. Puttlitz, P. J. Brofman, R. A. Jackson, and W. E. Sablinski		Socketable bump grid array shaped-solder on copper spheres
5,868,519	D. L. Thompson and R. A. Rachui		Backbracket thumbscrew assembly
5,868,564	T. P. White and W. W. Olah		Sequential step belt furnace with individual concentric heating elements
5,868,585	E. Furey, J. A. Hickey, S. G. Barthel, and W. H. White		System and method for inserting circuit boards in tight spaces
5,868,882	D. J. Martin and F. W. Kern, Jr.		Polymer protected component
5,869,134	D. R. Wall, J. U. Knickerbocker, and S. N. Reddy		CVD of metals capable of receiving nickel or alloys thereof using iodide
5,869,139	G. N. Biggs, J. Disantis, K. P. McLaughlin, P. Palmatier, P. F. Findeis, and V. V. Vitek		Apparatus and method for plating pin grid array packaging modules
5,869,356	A. F. Moring, D. M. Passante, J. A. Knight, J. A. Kotylo, J. W. Fuller, Jr., and M. B. Fletcher		Method and structure for constraining the flow of encapsulant applied to an I/C chip on a substrate
5,869,564	A. Diaz, A. K. Suthar, A. M. Pearson, B. Beach, D. R. McKean, J. X. Sun, R. B. Watkins, and S. J. Kim		Ink composition Q
5,869,868	T. V. Rajeevakumar		SOI trench DRAM cell for 256 MB DRAM and beyond
5,869,880	A. Grill and K. Saenger		Structure and fabrication method for stackable, air-gap-containing low epsilon dielectric layers
5,869,896	C. L. Bertin, J. Mosley, R. G. Baker, and W. J. Howell		Electronic modules with integral sensor arrays
5,870,003	D. W. Boerstler		High frequency phase-locked loop circuit having reduced jitter
5,870,036	J. A. Thomas, J. T. Robinson, and P. A. Franaszek		Adaptive multiple dictionary data compression
5,870,078	J. D. Rutledge and R. S. Olyha		Reduced cost pointing stick circuit
5,870,082	B. A. Smith, E. J. Selker, and T. Wyant		Pointing device top having force fuse
5,870,083	J. M. Shieh		Breakaway touchscreen pointing device
5,870,095	R. J. Urquhart and V. A. Albaugh		Z buffer initialize and update method for pixel block
5,870,164	J. L. Sanford, K. H. Yang, M. Lu, and R. L. Melcher		Polarization dependent twisted nematic liquid crystal devices for reflective spatial light modulators
5,870,241	G. J. Smith and H. H. Ottesen		Method and apparatus for evasive maneuvering to keep DASD heads away from protruding surface defects
5,870,250	J. H. Nayak, S. Gopalakrishna, and S. A. Bolasna		Method and apparatus for improving file capacity using different flying height profiles
5,870,254	B. V. Johnson, C. D. Cullom, E. Baserman, N. K. Frater, and W. H. McConnell		Transducer suspension system
5,870,285	B. G. Sammakia and S. J. Kosteva		Assembly mounting techniques for heat sinks in electronic packaging
5,870,286	M. A. Butterbaugh, R. D. Hamilton, and S. S. Kang		Heat sink assembly for cooling electronic modules
5,870,349	B. Ross, G. M. Lattimore, and M. M. Smadi		Data processing system and method for generating memory control signals with clock skew tolerance
5,870,350	C. L. Bertin and E. L. Hedberg		High performance, high bandwidth memory bus architecture utilizing SDRAMs
5,870,398	C. M. Kotchey		Introducing inter-packet gaps in network transmissions
5,870,404	B. Singer, C. J. Masenas, F. D. Ferraiolo, J. E. Gersbach, and N. Rohrer		Self-timed circuit having critical path timing detection
5,870,411	C. M. Durham, P. J. Klim, and S. Patil		Method and system for testing self-timed circuitry
5,870,437	A. S. Butter and J. P. Kuruts		Apparatus and method for detecting end of serial bit stream
5,870,468	C. G. Harrison		Enhanced data privacy for portable computers
5,870,470	D. B. Johnson and S. M. Matyas		Method and apparatus for encrypting long blocks using a short-block encryption procedure
5,870,537	H. M. Yudenfriend, M. A. Paulsen, R. F. Kern, and W. C. Shepard		Concurrent switch to shadowed device for storage controller and device errors
5,870,544	B. A. Curtis		Method and apparatus for creating a secure connection between a Java applet and a web server
5,870,553	D. Wolfe and W. D. Shaw		System and method for on-demand video serving from magnetic tape using disk leader files
5,870,572	A. Garcia		Universal buffered interface for coupling multiple processors, memory units, and I/O interfaces to a common high-speed interconnect
5,870,575	J. A. Kahle and S. Mallick		Indirect unconditional branches in data processing system emulation mode
5,870,577	R. B. Patel, S. Mallick, and R. M. Jessani		System and method for dispatching two instructions to the same execution unit in a single cycle
5,870,582	H. Cheong, H. Q. Le, J. S. Muhich, and S. W. White		Method and apparatus for improved instruction completion
5,870,587	P. V. Desai and S. H. Danforth		Information-handling system, method, and article of manufacture including a mechanism for providing an improved application binary interface
5,870,589	C. A. Alexander, E. J. Rovner, J. K. Frick, and M. B. Squire		Method for enhanced broadcast and unknown server operation
5,870,592	D. M. Dreps, J. S. Muhich, and R. P. Masleid		Clock generation apparatus and method for CMOS microprocessors using a differential saw oscillator
5,870,606	A. H. Lindsey		Data triggered trace technique for debugging software programs
5,870,611	J. L. Bunce, J. M. Nuncio, and T. J. Shrader		Install plan object for network installation of application programs
5,870,612	H. Cheong, H. Q. Le, J. S. Muhich, and S. W. White		Method and apparatus for condensed history buffer
5,870,616	A. J. Loper, Jr. and S. Mallick		System and method for reducing power consumption in an electronic circuit
5,870,619	J. W. Dieffenderfer, N. J. Schoonover, P. A. Wilkinson, and P. M. Kogge		Multi-PME parallel processor
5,870,628	E. J. McDonald, G. Tsao, W. T. Chen, and Y. H. Ng		Adapter for receiving and processing asynchronous transfer mode cells within a computer network system
5,870,631	C. S. Murray and S. R. Long		System for operating system software providing input buffer for receiving variable-length bit stream with a header containing synchronization data recognized by universal serial controller
5,870,717	C. Wiecha, H. S. McFaddin, J. F. Kelley, J. L. Batstone, N. Vogl, and R. D. Thompson		System for ordering items over a computer network using an electronic catalog
5,870,732	C. L. Fosler and J. A. Fisher		Inventory method for logical volumes in an automated storage library
5,870,735	J. C. Shafer, M. Mehta, and R. Agrawal		Method and system for generating a decision-tree classifier in parallel in a multi-processor system
5,870,737	J. F. Farber, M. J. Dockter, M. L. Pauser, R. B. Ruggles, and R. J. Richardt		Dynamic prioritized replacement of language
5,870,742	D. Y. Chang, R. H. High, Jr., and R. L. Newcombe		Method and apparatus for enabling persistent attributes in an object oriented environment
5,870,753	A. Radiya, D. Y. Chang, R. H. High, Jr., and R. L. Newcombe		Method and apparatus for enabling a persistent metastate for objects in an object oriented environment
5,870,767	G. Kraft		Method and system for rendering hyper-link information in a printable medium from a graphical user interface
5,870,768	A. Hekmatpour		Expert system and method employing hierarchical knowledge base, and interactive multimedia/hypermedia application
5,870,823	G. A. Pomerantz, J. A. Casey, J. B. Pavelka, and R. J. Bezama		Method for fabricating cooling channels in MLC substrates
5,871,287	H. C. Lee, J. L. Zable, M. R. Brechko, and R. E. Boyanowski		Extending bar code ribbon life
5,871,313	A. Nenadic, J. Tersigni, S. Graboski, and W. A. Cavaliere		Precise self-aligning chamfer method and apparatus
5,871,362	J. S. Campbell and J. T. Holton		Self-aligning flexible circuit connection
5,871,579	D. Mitzi, K. Liang, and M. Prikas		Two-step dipping technique for the preparation of organic-inorganic perovskite thin films
5,871,622	M. Pinarbasi		Method for making a spin valve magnetoresistive sensor
5,871,655	H. P. Lee and R. G. Simmons		Low noise integrated conductor magnetic recording suspension
5,871,810	D. H. Piltingsrud, J. A. Hagan, J. D. Amundson, and S. F. Starcke		Plating on nonmetallic disks
5,871,819	B. K. Appelt, K. I. Papathomas, R. M. Japp, and W. J. Rudik		Technique for forming resin-impregnated fiberglass sheets with improved resistance to pinholing
5,872,025	A. M. Palagonia, B. A. Pierson, D. A. Schmidt, and J. E. Cronin		Method for stacked three dimensional device manufacture
5,872,051	C. R. LeCoz, K. M. Fallon, and M. V. Pierson		Systems interconnected by bumps of joining material
5,872,158	J. P. Kuczynski		Cleavable diacrylate for removable acrylate compositions
5,872,334	W. J. Tkazyik		High-speed cable
5,872,337	C. R. Davis, D. Suryanarayana, D. L. Questad, D. S. Farquhar, J. A. Zimmerman, and S. J. Fuerniss		Chip carrier and cable assembly reinforced at edges
5,872,378	R. C. Szafranski, R. E. Rose, and S. H. Voldman		Dual thin oxide ESD network for nonvolatile memory applications
5,872,390	A. Mitwalsky, P. Lee, and W. A. Klaasen		Fuse window with controlled fuse oxide thickness
5,872,400	B. Chapman, J. Petrone, and W. Ma		High melting point solder ball coated with a low melting point solder
5,872,446	H. C. Cranford, J. F. McElwee, and R. S. Gyurcsik		Low voltage CMOS analog multiplier with extended input dynamic range
5,872,462	G. S. Ditlow and P. Kartschoke		Programmable logic array and method for its design using a three step approach
5,872,552	A. M. Homola, B. A. Smith, D. R. McKean, J. G. Gordon II, L. B. Schein, M. W. Hart, and S. A. Swanson		Electrophoretic display
5,872,555	P. Moreland, R. L. Llames, R. N. Kolar, and T. Murphy		Method and apparatus for customizing colors in a data processing system
5,872,556	D. P. Rackley and R. M. West		RAM based YUV-RGB conversion
5,872,559	J. M. Shieh		Breakaway and re-grow touchscreen pointing device
5,872,566	C. Bates and P. R. Day		A graphical user interface method and system that provides an inertial slider within a scroll bar
5,872,567	H. Y. Amro		Method, memory and apparatus for automatically resizing a window in response to a loss or gain in focus
5,872,568	C. Steinmeyer, C. C. Alimpich, D. Neuhard, J. P. Wittig, J. S. Goddard, M. T. Vo, and R. Yang		Application and method for creating a list from pre-defined and user values
5,872,572	J. Rossignac		Method and apparatus for generating non-uniform resolution image data
5,872,588	A. J. Stagg, C. M. Aras, F. Y. Lai, K. K. Sy, and L. B. Griffin		Method and apparatus for monitoring audio-visual materials presented to a subscriber
5,872,678	B. L. Rappel, D. C. Goeke, D. E. Bratvold, D. E. Goodman, G. A. Lyons, J. F. Boigenzahn, J. M. Rigotti, L. R. Tufty, M. S. Good, and R. E. Lagergren		Structure and enclosure assembly for a disk drive
5,872,679	B. L. Rappel, D. C. Goeke, D. E. Bratvold, D. E. Goodman, G. A. Lyons, J. F. Boigenzahn, J. M. Rigotti, L. R. Tufty, M. S. Good, and R. E. Lagergren		Structure and enclosure assembly for a disk drive
5,872,681	Z. E. Boutaghou		Integral hub and disk clamp for a disk drive storage device
5,872,684	A. C. Ting, C. Hwang, E. K. Wong, R. G. Hadfield, and T. M. Zook		Slider for disk drive and method for manufacturing
5,872,686	D. R. Gillis, L. K. Dorius, and M. Suk		Magnetic storage system having an improved slider designed to minimize disk damage
5,872,687	A. D. Erpelding, D. D. Palmer, S. Pattanaik, and S. P. Arya		Transducer suspension system
5,872,695	B. V. Fasano and C. S. Kim		Integrated electronic components and methods of making the same
5,872,697	J. E. Sheets and T. Christensen		Integrated circuit having integral decoupling capacitor
5,872,723	C. DeCusatis and L. Jacobowitz		In a system for creating, reading and writing on rotatable information storage media an apparatus for determining drive mechanism aging characteristics
5,872,733	H. J. Shin, J. B. Kuang, L. L. Hsu, M. J. Saccamango, S. Ratanaphanyarat, and T. N. Buti		Ramp-up control circuit for flash memory charge pump
5,872,790	R. C. Dixon		ECC memory multi-bit error generator
5,872,797	P. Theodoseau		Burn-in signal pattern generator
5,872,813	D. T. Hui		Dual differential and binary data receiver arrangement
5,872,907	A. C. Betley, D. L. Pierce, and K. R. Griess		Fault tolerant design for AC defects
5,872,913	R. F. Berry, M. P. Franklin, W. Gu, and B. H. Hartner		System and method for low overhead, high precision performance measurements using state transitions
5,872,914	G. A. Wilson and K. W. Walker, Jr.		Method and apparatus for an account managed object class model in a distributed computing environment
5,872,915	E. D. Lindberg and P. J. Dykes		Computer apparatus and method for providing security checking for software applications accessed via the World-Wide Web
5,872,935	D. E. Riehm, D. J. Hunt, M. Budman, and M. J. Kuzawinski		Method and apparatus for providing a remotely located outrigger card electrically coupled to a control card
5,872,938	B. A. Williams		Service priority queue implemented with ordered sub-queues and sub-queue pointers pointing to last entries in respective sub-queues
5,872,948	S. Mallick, R. B. Patel, R. M. Jessani, and M. Putrino		Processor and method for out-of-order execution of instructions based upon an instruction parameter
5,872,949	B.