Vol. 45, No. 1 - Organic electronics 0018-8646/2001/$3.00 © 2001 IBM Recent IBM patents The following patents were recently issued by the countries in which the inventions were made. Canada 2,124,028 D. K. Smith Directional actuator for electronic media navigation 2,159,269 C. K. Baru and F. K. Koo Method and apparatus for achieving uniform data distribution in a parallel database system 2,166,257 M. H. Li and S. J. Limoges Call level interface to embedded static SQL 2,194,022 K. Feng Wireless communications systems with self threshold setting 2,212,354 J. W. Benayon and G. W. Ewart Method for heap management of fixed sized objects using pages Germany 19,526,330.8 R. Eberhardt, F. Notter, W. Recktenwald, and A. Renner Apparatus and method for establishing an electrical and/or an optic connection 19,538,792.9 T. Bayer, J. Greschner, K. Meissner, W. Steiner, and R. R. Stoehr Contact probe arrangement 19,614,480.9 S. Dao-Trong, G. Gerwig, K. J. Getzlaff, and W. Haller Fast carry select adder with precounting of zero result digits 19,723,862.9 H. R. Bublitz, S. G. Lee, and A. R. Newth Mobile data carrier for security modules 19,748,536.7 J. Aminger, J. Eisenmann, M. Huber, M. Koehn, and P. Lanches Data processing-aided electronic control system for a motor vehicle 19,851,062.4 H. Baur, R. Bluethner, H. Buchberger, K. Goedicke, M. Junghaenel, K. Lehnert, M. Mueller, H. H. Schneider, and T. Winkler Method for coating thin film coated magnetic disks and thin film magnetic disks made thereby 19,911,759.4 G. Kehrer and T. Prause Device and method for monitoring and running of processes in a digital computer 59,800,259.6 J. Greschner, S. Kalt, K. Meissner, and R. Paul Membrane mask for electron beam lithography 69,329,380.2 K. Rindtorff Method for image segmentation and classification of image elements for document processing 69,425,377.4 D. E. Staiger One cycle processor for real time processing 69,517,705.2 U. Bandara, S. Kunzmann, B. Lewis, and K. Mohr Methods to squeeze the language model size under retention of recognition accuracy of a speech recognizer France 622,922 C. L. Basso, J. Calvignac, C. L. Galand, D. Giroir, and F. Verplanken Method and device of multicasting data in a communications system 658,023 H. Ahmadi, D. F. Bantz, F. Bauchot, K. S. Natarajan, and M. Wetterwald Dynamic user registration method in a mobile communications network Great Britain 620,935 B. K. Aldred, G. W. Bonsall, H. S. Lambert, and H. D. Mitchell Programmable call manager for desk top conferencing 697,780 D. G. Martin L. L. Porter Voice response system 2,310,988 G. A. Albano and D. D. De Judicibus Graphical user interface 2,313,275 S. Paoletti Multi-block three dimensional grid 2,313,939 D. R. Raguseo Word processing 2,314,203 J. S. Beeteson and A. R. Knox Auto-stereoscopic display device and system 2,316,264 G. Boydell and D. J. Byford Billing for low-cost transactions via the internet 2,316,777 T. J. Freund and R. A. 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Musashi New method for calculation of irregular spread sheet 3,083,748 N. Iuchi, K. Kawai, T. Nishimura, and Y. Tahara User defined character management by pre-combined font 3,083,779 Y. Matsumura Movable magnet actuator lock 3,083,805 F. Ando, Y. Aoki, and A. Nakajima Web operation player and recorder 3,085,456 D. W. Albrecht, K. Serizawa, and K. Takahashi Double angle ramp 3,085,631 M. Okochi and T. Saito A rule-based speech synthesis method using Fuzokugo sequence units 3,087,255 H. Ono A robust digital actuator control with analog low pass filter 3,089,259 T. Endoh, H. Suzuki, and Y. Yamamoto Disk drive apparatus method for writing servo pattern and method for setting magnetizing bias 3,090,605 A. Ogura and N. Tanaka Dynamic link FIFO 3,090,633 K. Kobayashi, K. Ogasawara, and H. Yanagisawa Surface architecture for liltra-hi-TPI HDD using GMR 3,093,113 M. Kobayashi, M. Nishimura, T. Saito, and M. Sakamoto Apitch synchronous overlap-add method based on glottal closure instants 3,093,115 H. Nishimura, M. Sohda, and H. Tsujimoto Automatic h-sync regeneration for PLL 3,093,129 H. Agata, M. Anzai, S. Mori, and T. Ogawa Retractable track point 3,093,171 D. W. Albrecht, A. Aoyagi, M. Katoh, T. Pan, and H. Tsujino Integrated arm structure with integrated lead suspenditon 3,093,665 K. Katoh, F. Nakamura, and T. Noguchi Safety double lock mechanism 3,098,405 F. Harako, M. Nakajima, T. Nakamura, K. Ogasawara, K. Suda, K. Tsuwako, Y. Yokoe, and I. Yoneda Hard disk drive with error recovery 3,098,513 K. Kamijoh, N. Morimoto, and S. Tonegawa Alteration detection method 3,098,515 T. Hasumi, T. Koike, M. Noguchi, and H. Yamashita Resin wall-like structure 3,101,327 K. Minami and T. Suzuki The method for company wide workflow system with mobile agents 3,101,592 K. Fujii, Y. Sawada, and T. Sugawara Audio mute output from CD-rom drive 3,102,455 S. Shimotohno High speed hibernation file handling method 3,103,061 K. Miwa, N. Morimoto, and S. Shimizu Copy control system for electrically distributed data 3,105,749 Y. Hayashi A method of converting 3270 host screens to GUI-flavored ones 3,106,401 M. Hagiwara and S. Shimotohno Hibernation method for removable hard file 3,110,980 K. Enami and T. Tomooka LCD panel drive circuit 3,110,991 K. Ishii, K. Kurumiya, and T. Nagasawa Automatic resolution select at display device change 3,111,038 T. R. Albrecht, Y. Kobayashi, I. Koyanagi, and F. Sai Load/unload ramp 3,111,046 N. Kagami, T. Senba, and A. Tokizono An optimization method of the notch filter for a hard disk drive 3,113,797 Y. Taira and F. Yamada UV exposure scheme and apparatus 3,113,814 R. Kubota Relevant search method 3,113,827 T. Arima and H. Takahashi OCR form definition method 3,113,841 S. Mori Parallel transaction processing method independent of parallel hardware mechanism 3,114,972 M. Shinohara and M. Uda Semiconductor wafer inspection tool 3,117,375 A. Satoh A high speed and low power match-line control technique for content addressable memory 3,118,174 N. Iuchi, K. Kawai, T. Nishimura, and Y. Tahara Combined font 3,118,181 T. Fukuda, Y. Morimoto, S. Morishita, and T. Tokuyama A data mining method based on image segmentation and its visualization using 2D animation 3,118,189 S. Fujihara The control method of CD drive 3,121,530 M. Nishimura Word-based Japanese dictation system 3,121,548 J. Ishikura, T. Kobayakawa, and E. Tazoe Language translation agent for internet 3,121,590 K. Katoh, M. Kobayashi, T. Morino, and Y. Yamada New fan for ultra portable note PC 3,123,710 H. Asano, Y. Fukushima, T. Kakihara, and T. Ueda PES error fast recovery 3,129,444 J. Mamiya, M. Suzuki, and H. Tanase Polarizing backlight with embedded microsurfaces 3,130,258 A. Kibashi, H. Ohzeki, K. Okada, and T. Saitoh The best position of spare sector for defect reallocation 3,131,412 W. I. Ichihara, T. Kanai, K. T. Tsuruta, and T. Yasuda Digital data slice circuit with ISI compensation 3,132,754 S. Suganuma, K. Takahashi, K. Tsuchimoto, and Y. Yokoe Dual defect map Switzerland 748,542 W. Hirt Method and apparatus for optical wireless communication 889,975 F. Arrouy, G. Bednorz, H. Berke, E. Fritsch, J. R. Huber, J. P. Locquet, and E. Maechler Deposition method and precursor therefor United States 6,004,624 A. Reitter, B. V. Fasano, C. N. Cordero, D. Goland, G. M. Johnson, L. Studzinski, L. W. Herron, R. Hannon, R. A. Bates, and S. L. Shinde Method for the controlling of certain second phases in aluminum nitride 6,004,706 C. P. Ausschnitt, M. Lagus, and T. Brunner Feature size control system using tone reversing patterns 6,004,837 J. A. Mandelman and J. P. Gambino Dual-gate SOI transistor 6,005,070 B. K. Furman and M. Angelopoulos Methods of fabrication of deaggregated electrically conductive polymers and precursors thereof 6,005,186 W. H. 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Poss Signal error generating circuit for an analog signal processing channel 6,005,736 E. T. Schreck Method and means for active shock protection in a magnetic disk storage device using electrostatic forces 6,005,742 E. A. Cunningham, H. H. Ottesen, L. Fan, and T. C. Reiley Method and apparatus for controlling a multiple-stage actuator for a disk drive 6,005,743 K. B. Price, L. J. Serrano, and M. M. Yu Disk drive with multiple actuators on a single axis having different inertia characteristics 6,005,753 C. Tsang, R. E. Fontana, and S. S. Parkin Magnetic tunnel junction magnetoresistive read head with longitudinal and transverse bias 6,005,800 R. E. Scheuerlein and R. H. Koch Magnetic memory array with paired asymmetric memory cells for improved write margin 6,005,963 R. M. Bolle, S. Pankanti, and Y. Yao System and method for determining if a fingerprint image contains a partial fingerprint impression 6,005,966 M. E. 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Thiele Method for making horizontal magnetic recording media having grains of chemically-ordered FePt or CoPt 6,008,112 J. Acocella and R. W. Mann Method for planarized self-aligned floating gate to isolation 6,008,266 J. P. Kuczynski and L. M. Mulholland Photosensitive reworkable encapsulant 6,008,660 J. A. Mahlbacher Capacitance measurements with flying probes 6,008,743 G. A. Jaquette Method and apparatus for switching between data compression modes 6,008,809 A. P. Brooks Apparatus and method for viewing multiple windows within a dynamic window 6,008,810 D. F. Champion and R. L. Bertram Mobile client computer programmed for system message display 6,008,811 M. A. McMillan Drag and drop metaphors for non-programmable emulation environments 6,008,821 A. A. Bright, K. W. Warren, and S. Kosonocky Embedded frame buffer system and synchronization method 6,009,026 E. Butler and R. Tamlyn Compressed input/output test mode 6,009,092 A. R. Basilico LAN switch architecture 6,009,139 J. S. Austin and R. Kelkar Asynchronously programmable frequency divider circuit with a symmetrical output 6,009,261 C. A. Scalzi, D. W. Westcott, E. M. Schwarz, J. R. Urquhart, and W. J. Starke Preprocessing of stored target routines for emulating incompatible instructions on a target processor 6,009,265 D. T. Huang, E. T. Lin, and Y. Wang Program product for optimizing parallel processing of database queries 6,009,387 G. Ramaswamy, J. Morris, and P. S. Gopalakrishnan System and method of compression/decompressing a speech signal by using split vector quantization and scalar quantization 6,009,425 C. Mohan System and method for performing record deletions using index scans 6,009,429 T. D. Greer, W. F. Phillips, and W. J. Roden HTML guided web tour 6,009,466 D. L. Merbach and G. T. Axberg Network management system for enabling a user to configure a network of storage devices via a graphical user interface 6,009,467 B. H. Ratcliff and S. R. Valley Internet protocol, assists for high performance LAN connections 6,009,486 D. Challener, J. M. Elmore, R. A. Dayan, and R. A. Kelley Cardbus docking station 6,009,547 G. A. Jaquette and G. L. Washburn ECC in memory arrays having subsequent insertion of content 6,009,548 C. L. Chen, T. J. Dell, and W. C. Kwan Error correcting code retrofit method and apparatus for multiple memory configurations 6,009,619 J. M. Lauffer Process for manufacturing an electronic circuit card 6,009,620 A. Bhatt, J. A. Kotylo, K. S. Lyjak, A. S. Rai, and J. A. Welsh Method of making a printed circuit board having filled holes 6,010,060 A. K. Sarkhel and C. G. Woychik Lead-free solder process 6,010,340 J. S. Campbell and R. W. Nesky Solder column tip compliancy modification for use in BGA socket connector 6,010,601 R. H. Ahlert, J. K. Howard, M. Ullah, and R. D. Umphress Method of making magnetic disk with boron carbide overcoat layer and adhesion layer 6,010,645 M. Angelopoulos, J. D. Gelorme, T. H. Newman, N. M. Patel, and D. E. Seeger Water-soluble electrically conducting polymers, their synthesis and use 6,010,832 J. D. Gelorme, M. Goldberg, N. C. LaBianca, and J. M. Shaw Photosensitive polyimide-precursor formulation 6,011,211 S. R. Abrams, D. Oppenheim, D. P. Pazel, and J. L. Wright System and method for transposing a representation of musical pitches while maintaining conformity to a harmonic rule-BA 6,011,239 P. Alexopoulos, S. P. Arya, D. Krajnovich, C. K. Lee, T. O'Sullivan, and G. Singh Laser apparatus and method adjusting the gram load, static attitude and flying height in a head suspension assembly 6,011,323 W. O. Camp Apparatus, method and article of manufacture providing for auxiliary battery conservation in adapters 6,011,327 W. K. Cook and P. J. Windholz AC transfer switch 6,011,383 A. A. Dean, K. J. Goodnow, P. Perry, W. D. Pricer, and W. R. Tonti Low powering apparatus for automatic reduction of power in active and standby modes 6,011,412 J. W. Byrn, C. B. McBride, and B. Schuelke Frequency shift detection circuit with selectable granularity 6,011,419 E. J. Nowak and M. H. Tong Decoupling scheme for mixed voltage integrated circuits 6,011,423 A. E. Baizley, A. R. Bonaccio, C. J. Masenas, and S. Tanghe Virtual voltage power supply 6,011,441 U. Ghoshal Clock distribution load buffer for an integrated circuit 6,011,448 P. A. Manson and D. H. McCabe Method and apparatus for frequency modulation synthesis 6,011,546 R. L. Bertram Programming structure for user interfaces 6,011,550 C. L. Capps, S. M. Hallihan, B. M. Scott, and G. Steinbugler Method and system for expanding and contracting point of sale scrolling lists 6,011,551 H. Y. Amro Method, memory and apparatus for automatically resizing a window while continuing to display information therein 6,011,555 R. Eckhoff and C. A. Jones Method and apparatus for a drop down control that changes contents dynamically 6,011,559 D. Gangopadhyay and S. Mitra Layout method for arc-dominated labelled graphs 6,011,627 R. F. Florence, Jr., V. P. Mulligan, C. Tompkins, and W. F. Yuen Universal mapping tool 6,011,726 K. A. Batson and R. Ross Four device SRAM cell with single bitline 6,011,776 J. M. Berthaud, P. A. Foriel, C. L. Galand, S. Lengelle, and L. Nicolas Dynamic bandwidth estimation and adaptation in high speed packet switching networks 6,011,777 C. A. Kunzinger Use of shared table in operation of segmented ATM connections 6,011,804 O. Bertin, C. L. Galand, and O. Maurel Dynamic bandwidth reservation for control traffic in high speed switching networks 6,011,805 D. Esteve, J. P. Marce, and P. Thubert Method and apparatus for auto-adapting a retry timer to avoid de-synchronization of communication protocols 6,011,865 T. Fujisaki, W. Modlin, K. M. Mohiuddin, and H. Takahashi Hybrid on-line handwriting recognition and optical character recognition system 6,011,879 N. Nemoto and H. Takahashi Optical character recognition apparatus system and method 6,011,915 K. D. Aaker, M. A. Boegel, H. G. Kiel, T. E. Murphy, P. F. Rieth, and A. P. Vinski Method and system for replacing physical terminals interacting with hardware specific programs 6,011,916 V. S. Moore and G. R. Walters Java I/O toolkit for applications and applets 6,011,917 F. Leymann and D. Roller Method and computer system for generating process management computer programs from process models 6,011,918 G. A. Cohen, J. P. Gray, D. L. Kaminsky, M. V. Kasichainula, A. King, Z. Li, and P. A. Stone Methods, systems and computer program products for generating client/server applications 6,011,920 J. W. Edwards, D. Evans, J. W. Mehl, J. M. Phelan, and J. K. Wheatley Method and apparatus for debugging applications on a personality neutral debugger 6,012,061 S. Sharma Method and apparatus for deleting nodes in Patricia trees 6,012,068 J. J. Boezeman and S. D. Robinson Media manager for access to multiple media types 6,012,084 B. Fielding and C. R. Plater Network communication services method and apparatus 6,012,088 A. L. Cobbs, J. Y. Li, and P. D. Ozzello Automatic configuration for internet access device 6,012,092 G. A. Cuomo and S. K. Singhal Method and system for managing multi-user data flows in environments having minimal bandwidth and computational resources 6,012,093 J. J. Maddalozzo, G. F. McBrearty, and J. M. Shieh Method and apparatus for modification of network link histories 6,012,094 F. Leymann and D. Roller Method of stratified transaction processing 6,012,098 E. N. Bayeh and M. W. Lumsden Servlet pairing for isolation of the retrieval and rendering of data 6,012,104 T. V. Nguyen and J. Stevens Method and apparatus for dynamic extension of channel programs 6,012,121 R. K. Govindaraju and M. T. Raghunath Apparatus for flexible control of interrupts in multiprocessor systems 6,012,126 C. Aggarwal, M. A. Epelman, J. Wolf, and P. S. Yu System and method for caching objects of non-uniform size 6,012,129 B. H. Hartner, D. Medina, M. Peloquin, C. Schmitt, and A. C. Wynn Apparatus and method for allocating virtual memory upon demand 6,012,150 R. F. Bartfai, J. Divirgilio, J. W. Doxtader, P. LeVangia, L. J. Merritt, N. Rash, and K. J. Reilly Apparatus for synchronizing operator initiated commands with a failover process in a distributed processing system 6,012,221 J. S. Campbell Method of attaching a flexible circuit to a substrate 6,012,624 W. French, S. P. Lees, C. D. McCall, K. S. Murray, and B. L. Robertson Solder apparatus and method 6,012,711 T. M. Cipolla Alignment device for establishing a coplanar relationship between first and second surfaces 6,012,834 G. Dueck, J. Jaeger, H. Stamm-Wilbrandt, and H. Wallmeier Apparatus and method for automatic self-adapting control of sales and adjustment of prices to market movements in an automatic vending machine 6,012,968 M. F. Lofaro Apparatus for and method of conditioning chemical mechanical polishing pad during workpiece polishing cycle 6,013,107 S. L. Blackshear, D. D. Leak, and J. L. Mace Dynamic mapping of user IDs to TCP/IP addresses 6,013,134 J. O. Chu and K. E. Ismail Advance integrated chemical vapor deposition (AICVD) for semiconductor devices 6,013,336 P. Baumgart, W. P. Leung, T. A. Nguyen, and A. C. Tam Procedure employing a diode-pumped laser for controllably texturing a disk surface 6,013,355 W. T. Chen, N. B. Feilchenfeld, Y. Guo, G. D. Ogden, and D. H. Strope Testing laminates with X-ray moire interferometry 6,013,414 J. D. Gelorme, M. Goldberg, N. C. LaBianca, and J. M. Shaw Photosensitive polyimide-precursor formulation 6,013,417 R. D. Sebesta and J. W. Wilson Process for fabricating circuitry on substrates having plated through-holes 6,013,537 D. Kuchta Method of semiconductor wafer testing 6,013,548 S. M. Burns, H. I. Hanafi, H. L. Kalter, W. W. Kocon, and J. J. Welser Self-aligned diffused source vertical transistors with deep trench capacitors in a 4F-square memory cell array 6,013,583 A. C. Ajmera, J. P. Gambino, and S. V. Nguyen Low temperature BPSG deposition process 6,013,713 J. Cotte, J. M. Rubino, C. J. Sambucetti, and R. Saraf Electrode modification using an unzippable polymer paste 6,013,936 J. Z. Colt Double silicon-on-insulator device and method therefor 6,013,937 J. Beintner, U. Gruening, and C. J. Radens Buffer layer for improving control of layer thickness 6,014,031 W. Infantolino Apparatus for pressing an electronic card against contacts of a test socket 6,014,032 J. T. Maddix, A. M. Palagonia, P. J. Pikna, and D. P. Vallett Micro probe ring assembly and method of fabrication 6,014,035 Y. T. Taniguchi Test system and test method for liquid crystal display device 6,014,036 F. M. Bozso, P. G. Emma, and W. R. Reohr Bidirectional data transfer path having increased bandwidth 6,014,046 D. Douse, S. C. Lewis, and T. M. Maffitt Off chip driver (OCD) with variable drive capability for noise control 6,014,047 D. M. Dreps, R. P. Masleid, and J. S. Muhich Method and apparatus for phase rotation in a phase locked loop 6,014,140 T. J. Strand Method and system for locating and displaying the position of a cursor contained within a page of a compound document 6,014,145 D. D. Bardon, R. E. Berry, S. H. Isensee, and S. L. Martin Navigation with optimum viewpoints in three-dimensional workspace interactive displays having three-dimensional objects with collision barriers 6,014,189 R. A. Budd, G. L. Chiu, and D. J. Pearson Transmissive liquid crystal cell with trench capacitor 6,014,277 T. C. Christensen and E. A. Cunningham Multipath channel apparatus and method using offset parameters to compensate for amplitude and timing errors in data storage devices 6,014,281 J. T. Contreras Using a read element and a read/write coupling path to detect write-safe conditions 6,014,310 G. B. Bronner, S. A. Cohen, D. Dobuzinsky, J. P. Gambino, H. Ho, and K. P. Madden High dielectric TiO2-SiN composite films for memory applications 6,014,319 D. A. Kuchta, R. LaPree, P. S. Severson, and P. J. Thomford Multi-part concurrently maintainable electronic circuit card assembly 6,014,422 T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, W. H. Ma, and P. Rabidoux Novel method for varying X-ray hybrid resist space dimensions 6,014,437 D. L. Acker and T. Creamer Multi service platform architecture for telephone networks 6,014,450 A. Heilper, D. Sever, Z. Sommer, and E. Walach Method and apparatus for address block location 6,014,505 E. B. Schorn Automated method for optimizing characteristics of electronic circuits 6,014,508 H. L. Bauer, K. L. Christian, H. S. Dhaliwal, C. L. Martin, and C. Selinger Method of adding constrained cluster points to interconnection nets in integrated circuit chips and packages 6,014,510 T. M. Burks and R. E. Mains Method for performing timing analysis of a clock circuit 6,014,615 J. C. Chen System and method for processing morphological and syntactical analyses of inputted Chinese language phrases 6,014,637 K. A. Fell, N. M. Heinz, W. R. Taylor, and G. V. Tollers Object oriented framework mechanism for fulfillment requirements management 6,014,639 S. Fohn Electronic catalog system for exploring a multitude of hierarchies, using attribute relevance and forwarding-checking 6,014,657 F. Castellucci and C. E. Perez Checking and enabling database updates with a dynamic, multi- modal, rule-based system 6,014,662 M. E. Moran and J. S. Schaffer Configurable briefing presentations of search results on a graphical interface 6,014,664 R. Fagin and E. L. Wimmers Method and apparatus for incorporating weights into data combinational rules 6,014,671 V. Castelli, C. S. Li, and J. R. Smith Interactive retrieval and caching of multi-dimensional data using view elements 6,014,675 V. L. Brewer, C. L. Fosler, F. D. Gallo, and A. A. Lambert Method and apparatus for facilitating progressive increase in allowable mount/demounts during inventory updates 6,014,682 J. Cromwell and K. J. Stephen Methods and apparatus for variable-rate down-sampling filters for discrete-time sampled systems using a fixed sampling rate 6,014,692 N. J. Dauerer and E. E. Kelley Web browser file system attachment 6,014,699 B. H. Ratcliff and S. R. Valley Internet protocol assists for high performance LAN connections 6,014,700 A. Bainbridge, S. Cocks, D. F. Ferguson, T. J. Freund, A. Leff, G. Normington, J. T. Rayfield, and R. A. Storey Workload management in a client/server network with distributed objects 6,014,702 T. F. King, G. Knowles, R. S. Rittenhouse, and Y. S. Tan Host information access via distributed programmed objects 6,014,713 P. W. Agnew, D. Ferguson, A. S. Kellerman, and T. Kellerman Computer with retractable optical fiber connector assembly having rotatable spool with optical fiber for connecting the computer to external component 6,014,714 E. A. Billheimer, R. S. Kolvick, and W. W. Plyler Adapter card system including for supporting multiple configurations using mapping bit 6,014,721 R. K. Arimilli and D. E. Williams Method and system for transferring data between buses having differing ordering policies 6,014,756 G. Doettling, K. J. Getzlaff, B. Leppla, and U. Wille High availability error self-recovering shared cache for multiprocessor systems 6,014,763 S. H. Dhong, H. P. Hofstee, K. J. Nowka, and J. A. Silberman At-speed scan testing 6,014,767 R. Glaise Method and apparatus for a simple calculation of CRC-10 6,014,809 R. D. Sebesta Method for circuitizing over an edge of a circuit card 6,015,195 N. A. Anderson, M. L. Kyllo, and D. B. Lange Enhanced cover arrangement for a computer 6,015,301 W. L. Brodsky, B. Chan, G. E. Myrto, and J. H. Sherman Surface mount socket 6,015,505 L. D. David and L. Fanti Process improvements for titanium-tungsten etching in the presence of electroplated C4's 6,015,509 M. Angelopoulos, V. A. Brusic, T. Graham, S. Purushothaman, J. M. Rubino, R. Saraf, J. M. Shaw, and A. Viehbeck Composition containing a polymer and conductive filler and use thereof 6,015,517 J. A. Casey Controlled porosity for ceramic contact sheets and setter tiles 6,015,520 B. K. Appelt, C. M. Boyko, D. S. Farquhar, S. J. Fuerniss, and M. J. Klodowski Method for filling holes in printed wiring boards 6,015,632 D. D. Chambliss, R. F. Farrow, R. F. Marks, and E. D. Tober Self-assembled giant magnetoresistance lateral multilayer for a magnetoresistive sensor 6,015,745 J. W. Adkisson, J. Lasky, P. W. Pastel, and J. Rankin Method for semiconductor fabrication 6,015,750 J. A. Bruce, S. J. Holmes, and R. K. Leidy Method for improving visibility of alignment target in semiconductor processing 6,015,949 S. R. Abrams, D. Oppenheim, D. P. Pazel, and J. L. Wright System and method for applying a harmonic change to a representation of musical pitches while maintaining conformity to a harmonic rule-base 6,015,955 M. S. Farooq, R. A. Jackson, and S. K. Ray Reworkability solution for wirebound chips using high performance capacitor 6,015,985 H. Ho, D. E. Kotecki, and C. J. Radens Deep trench with enhanced sidewall surface area 6,015,991 J. P. Gambino, L. L. Hsu, J. A. Mandelman, R. Mih, and D. C. Wheeler Asymmetrical field effect transistor 6,015,993 J. S. Brown, R. J. Gauthier, and S. H. Voldman Semiconductor diode with depleted polysilicon gate structure and method 6,016,136 F. Fado, P. J. Guasti, A. A. Nassiff, and R. VanBuskirk Configuring audio interface for multiple combinations of microphones and speakers 6,016,137 E. K. Evans, A. Long, and R. M. West Method and apparatus for producing a semi-transparent cursor on a data processing display 6,016,146 M. T. Bowman, G. A. Gibson, M. P. Radding, and J. K. Yamakawa Method and apparatus for enhancing template creation and manipulation in a graphical user interface 6,016,234 T. J. Blank, Z. E. Boutaghou, K. J. Erickson, and R. Greenberg Actuator retract/unload system for low power disk drives 6,016,241 K. Coffey, J. K. Howard, T. Hylton, and M. A. Parker Magnetoresistive sensor utilizing a granular magnetoresistive layer 6,016,267 F. M. Bozso and P. G. Emma High speed, high bandwidth, high density, nonvolatile memory system 6,016,306 J. Le Boudec, T. Przygienda, and R. Sultan Routing bandwidth-reserved connections in information networks 6,016,309 A. Benayoun, J. F. Le Pennec, and P. Michel Apparatus for an automatic speed and data length selection of an asynchronous data link 6,016,330 J. J. Ashley and B. Marcus Encoding and detection of balanced codes 6,016,333 A. D. Kalvin System and method for improving the quality of images produced by CT scanners operating on low power 6,016,357 O. Bula, E. W. Conrad, and T. E. Neary Feedback method to repair phase shift masks 6,016,400 M. N. Day, J. Frye, A. Y. Seen, and P. M. Simpson Preloading software onto a computer system 6,016,476 S. Maes and J. Sedivy Portable information and transaction processing system and method utilizing biometric authorization and digital certificate security 6,016,477 D. L. Ehnebuske and B. A. McKee Method and apparatus for identifying applicable business rules 6,016,491 W. Kou Generic file format for multiple security requirements 6,016,494 R. E. Berry, S. H. Isensee, R. L. Poston, and I. H. Tsao Expanding web documents by merging with linked documents 6,016,495 M. D. McKeehan and E. E. Voldal Object-oriented framework mechanism for providing persistent storage 6,016,496 K. Roberson Method and apparatus for an object oriented object for retrieving information from local and remote databases 6,016,503 L. H. Overby and B. Rajaraman Methods, systems and computer program products for preemptive avoidance of constraints for shared resources 6,016,505 P. R. Badovinatz, M. L. Blount, L. Brenner, T. D. Chandra, A. S. Gopal, M. A. Kaplan, O. T. Kirby, J. A. Pershing, and J. Turek Program product for barrier synchronization in a distributed computing environment 6,016,507 D. Carroll and W. D. Shaw Method and apparatus for deleting a portion of a video or audio file from data storage prior to completion of broadcast or presentation 6,016,514 K. A. Cink and R. L. Newcombe Method and apparatus for an improved specialization of a CORBAservices GenericFactory 6,016,517 L. B. Capps, Jr., R. C. Dixon, J. M. Drerup, and T. Nguyen Data processing system and method for optimizing connector usage 6,016,518 S. Matsushima and M. Yamazaki Automatic master/slave designation for computer peripherals 6,016,526 R. K. Arimilli and D. E. Williams Method and apparatus for transferring data between buses having differing ordering policies via the use of autonomous units 6,016,534 M. Kumar and H. Pham Data processing system for controlling operation of a sense amplifier in a cache 6,016,546 J. O. Kephart, A. Morin, G. B. Sorkin, and J. W. Wells Efficient detection of computer viruses and other data traits 6,016,549 S. Karube and T. Matsushiba Peripheral unit having at least two sequencer circuits configured to control data transfers for power saving 6,016,550 G. D. Kokkosoulis and D. A. Temple Method and analysis for audio sample rate conversion within a data-processing system 6,016,947 P. J. Brofman, T. Donahue, E. M. Ingalls, C. C. Lei, W. Ma, H. Quinones, and C. Reynolds Non-destructive low melt test for off-composition solder 6,016,949 K. A. Slesinger Integrated placement and soldering pickup head and method of using 6,017,025 J. G. Balz, M. LaPlante, D. C. Long, B. Peterson, and D. R. Wall Component retainer 6,017,161 R. H. Harris, R. Myers, J. D. Thomas, and K. H. Vorhees Check flipper for point of sale printer and method therefor 6,017,219 W. H. Adams, S. K. Das, P. Fairweather, and D. H. Nix System and method for interactive reading and language instruction 6,017,401 F. R. McFeely, I. C. Noyan, and J. J. Yurkas Conductivity improvement in thin films of refractory metal 6,017,613 T. H. Baum, L. J. Matienzo, C. M. Reidsema, and J. E. Varsik Method for photoselective seeding and metallization of three- dimensional materials 6,017,618 A. Gupta and R. Saraf Ultra high density storage media and method thereof 6,017,682 M. Angelopoulos, C. Feger, J. D. Gelorme, and J. M. Shaw Solid state extension method 6,017,810 T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, and P. Rabidoux Process for fabricating field effect transistor with a self- aligned gate to device isolation 6,017,814 A. Grill and K. Saenger Structure and fabrication method for stackable, air-gap- containing low epsilon dielectric layers 6,018,174 J. Hoepfner, J. A. Mandelman, H. Schaefer, M. Schrems, and R. Stengl Bottle-shaped trench capacitor with EPI buried layer 6,018,341 R. E. Berry, S. H. Isensee, D. J. Roberts, and C. A. Swearingen Data processing system and method for performing automatic actions in a graphical user interface 6,018,345 V. Berstis Cursor change indication of links in document interface 6,018,458 D. J. Delia, P. W. Kelly, D. McClafferty, and R. R. Schmidt Constant impedance air baffle for cooling of electronic card assemblies 6,018,548 D. Kanevsky System and method for compressing data in a communication channel utilizing time encoding 6,018,550 P. G. Emma, R. V. Joshi, and W. R. Reohr Method and apparatus for transposing differential signals onto a set of binary signals to increase the information-carrying capacity of the original set of signals 6,018,621 A. A. Bjorksten, R. Puri, and T. E. Rosser Identifying an optimizable logic region in a logic network 6,018,716 P. F. Denardo, P. D. Heinlein, T. J. Maguire, and D. J. Wolstromer Apparatus and method for analysis of continuous process lines 6,018,741 M. J. Howland and S. M. Pritko Method and system for managing objects in a dynamic inheritance tree 6,018,743 J. Xu Framework for object-oriented interface to record file data 6,018,747 R. C. Burns and D. D. Long Method for generating and reconstructing in-place delta files 6,018,759 R. W. Doing and R. N. Kalla Thread switch tuning tool for optimal performance in a computer processor 6,018,791 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, J. M. Kaiser, and J. D. Lewis Apparatus and method of maintaining cache-coherency in a multi- processor computer system with global and local recently read states 6,018,817 C. L. Chen, T. J. Dell, and W. C. Kwan Error correcting code retrofit method and apparatus for multiple memory configurations 6,018,866 A. H. Crudo, J. G. Davis, C. R. LeCoz, M. V. Pierson, A. K. Sarkhel, and A. K. Trivedi Apparatus and method for printed circuit board repair 6,019,275 J. S. Akin, E. B. Menard, T. A. Schiesser, and T. M. Smith Method and system for introducing flux onto at least one surface of a solder pump 6,019,302 B. F. Murphy Method and apparatus for indicating end of useful life for tape cartridges 6,019,474 F. E. Doany and D. B. Dove Modified X-cube arrangement for improved contrast projection display 6,019,503 D. W. Abraham and T. J. Chainer Method for identifying surface conditions of a moving medium 6,019,530 A. Lanzetta, D. Lewis, L. S. Mok, and S. J. Whitehair Keyboards with retractable keys 6,019,532 R. H. Harris and R. G. King A printer having a paper out/cover open sensor and method therefor 6,019,876 K. Goedicke, M. Junghaenel, A. Lang, D. W. Meyer, M. Mueller, H. H. Schneider, R. Schneider, and T. Winkler Pulsed DC sputtering method of thin film magnetic disks 6,020,033 F. W. Kern, Jr. Method of making polyfluoroorgano composites 6,020,239 J. P. Gambino, J. A. Mandelman, S. A. Parke, and M. R. Wordeman Pillar transistor incorporating a body contact 6,020,250 D. Kenney Stacked devices 6,020,262 S. G. Hegde, L. S. Mok, J. K. Stephens, and M. L. Wise Methods and apparatus for chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) of a semiconductor wafer 6,020,264 W. L. Guthrie, N. Lustig, and T. E. Sandwick Method and apparatus for in-line oxide thickness determination in chemical-mechanical polishing 6,020,581 R. H. Dennard and H. P. Wong Solid state CMOS imager using silicon-on-insulator or bulk silicon 6,020,750 D. Berger, J. N. Humenik, M. LaForce, and C. Perry Wafer test and burn-in platform using ceramic tile supports 6,020,763 B. Gabillard High speed decoder without race condition 6,020,767 R. R. Livolsi CMOS chip to chip settable interface receiver cell 6,020,772 M. Hayashi and R. Keil Flash output LSSD latch 6,020,777 J. Bracchitta and W. D. Pricer Electronically programmable anti-fuse circuit 6,020,886 M. Jacober and J. L. Pinkus Method and apparatus for generating animated help demonstrations 6,020,887 A. J. Happ and K. Loring Method and apparatus for single scroll bars in graphical windows user interface 6,020,889 J. P. Snover System for displaying a computer managed network layout with varying transience display of user selected attributes of a plurality of displayed network objects 6,020,900 G. A. Flurry, J. E. Muyshondt, and B. J. Wilkie Video capture method 6,020,934 J. D. Greenfield, B. A. Hall, J. A. Murdock, A. Y. Ngai, and S. P. Pokrinchak Motion estimation architecture for area and power reduction 6,020,940 Y. Ishikawa Liquid crystal projector and method of driving the projector 6,020,952 T. M. Cipolla and J. S. Wilczynski System and method for providing error-free optical scanning of images on film 6,020,966 C. P. Ausschnitt and C. Progler Enhancing optical detection of minimum features using depolarization 6,021,013 T. R. Albrecht, R. C. Barrett, and J. H. Eaton Timing based servo system for magnetic tape systems 6,021,023 W. L. Hillman Transducer suspension system and method 6,021,049 R. A. Rachui and D. L. Thompson PCI and ISA adapter card guide pincher 6,021,066 C. H. Lam NVRAM array architecture utilizing common bitline and wordline 6,021,182 K. Sugimoto and H. Toyosawa Method and system for increasing the efficiency with which connections are made across a communication line 6,021,224 V. Castelli, I. Kontoyiannis, J. T. Robinson, and J. Turek Multiresolution lossless/lossy compression and storage of data for efficient processing thereof 6,021,259 P. C. Bahrs and K. Kondaka Apparatus and method for conversion of structured data between different formats 6,021,261 A. D. Barrett, Jr., S. A. Mandyam, B. W. O'Krafka, R. J. Ramirez, and B. A. St. Onge Method and system for testing a multiprocessor data processing system utilizing a plurality of event tracers 6,021,267 J. P. Bonn, S. Breed, D. N. Maynard, and R. Whiteside Aspect ratio program for optimizing semiconductor chip shape 6,021,276 K. R. Demke and R. M. Ortiz Method and apparatus for microcode downloading 6,021,360 B. C. Barker, J. T. Federico, G. R. Goth, and P. G. Hartswick Process balancing controller 6,021,396 Y. T. Leung and S. E. Ramaswamy Method for providing sensitivity for a class of (s, S) inventory systems 6,021,402 S. Takriti Risk-management system for electric utilities 6,021,407 D. L. Meck and W. J. Roden Partitioning and sorting logical units of data prior to reaching an end of the data file 6,021,410 D. M. Choy Extensible digital library 6,021,411 G. R. Brophy, C. S. Moon, and T. A. Shore Case-based reasoning system and method for scoring cases in a case database 6,021,415 D. M. Cannon and H. N. Martin Storage management system with file aggregation and space reclamation within aggregated files 6,021,416 N. J. Dauerer and E. E. Kelley Dynamic source code capture for a selected region of a display 6,021,418 M. L. Brandt, J. V. DiCecco, J. R. Hansen, T. M. Moskalik, T. J. O'Keefe, D. E. Olson, and D. D. Snyder Apparatus and method for displaying control objects 6,021,419 E. P. Clarke, R. A. Flavin, P. Nihal, G. H. Purdy, and N. Vogl System and method for filtering broadcast digital information using network protocols and dynamic filter 6,021,422 E. M. Schwarz Partitioning of binary quad word format multiply instruction on S/390 processor 6,021,425 P. P. Giangarra, K. D. Huynh, J. G. Tyler, T. C. Waldron III, and S. L. Winters System and method for optimizing dispatch latency of tasks in a data processing system 6,021,427 A. Rao and R. Spagna Method and system for preventing routing maelstrom loops of automatically routed electronic mail 6,021,439 J. J. Turek Internet quality of service method and system 6,021,440 R. E. Losinger and L. L. Post Method and apparatus for coalescing and packetizing data 6,021,442 M. G. Atkins, R. F. Bartfai, D. G. Folsom, M. M. Gurevich, S. Lundin, A. V. Ramanan, and K. J. Reilly Method and apparatus for partitioning an interconnection medium in a partitioned multiprocessor computer system 6,021,449 R. P. Chow and H. Dobson Method and apparatus for controlling elementary stream data flow 6,021,461 S. H. Dhong, P. G. Emma, W. R. Reohr, and J. A. Silberman A memory design which facilitates incremental fetch and store requests off applied base address requests 6,021,463 K. A. Belser Method and means for efficiently managing update writes and fault tolerance in redundancy groups of addressable ECC-coded sectors in a DASD storage subsystem 6,021,467 B. Konigsburg, J. S. Muhich, L. E. Thatcher, and S. W. White Apparatus and method for processing multiple cache misses to a single cache line 6,021,468 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis Cache-coherency protocol with efficient write-through aliasing 6,021,474 P. E. Milling Apparatus and method of snooping processors and look-aside caches 6,021,475 T. B. Bui, T. T. Nguyen, and C. H. Tran Method and apparatus for polling and selecting any paired device in any drawer 6,021,481 R. J. Eickemeyer and R. N. Kalla Effective-to-real address cache managing apparatus and method 6,021,483 E. Adar, O. Nadir, and Y. Peled PCI-to-PCI bridges with a timer register for storing a delayed transaction latency 6,021,485 K. A. Feiste, J. S. Muhich, L. E. Thatcher, and S. W. White Forwarding store instruction result to load instruction with reduced stall or flushing by effective/real data address bytes matching 6,021,488 S. E. Eisen and J. E. Phillips Data processing system having an apparatus for tracking a status of an out-of-order operation and method thereof 6,021,493 R. W. Cheston, D. Cromer, H. J. Locker, D. Rhoades, and J. P. Ward System and method for detecting when a computer system is removed from a network 6,021,496 D. P. Dutcher, S. A. Lenharth, J. M. Rolette, Jr., and S. A. Smith User authentication from non-native server domains in a computer network 6,021,507 S. Chen Method for a non-disruptive host connection switch after detection of an error condition or during a host outage or failure 6,021,508 R. J. Curran, R. R. Kandadai, W. A. Kish, F. Schmuck, and A. Zlotek Parallel file system and method for independent metadata loggin 6,021,509 S. D. Gerdt, J. Menon, and D. K. Nguyen Method and system for rebuilding log-structured arrays 6,021,512 G. M. Lattimore, R. P. Masleid, and J. S. Muhich Data processing system having memory sub-array redundancy and method therefor 6,021,513 W. Beebe, S. Botala, S. W. Gould, F. R. Keyser, W. R. Larsen, R. Palmer, and B. A. Worth Testable programmable gate array and associated LSSD/deterministic test methodology 6,021,514 T. J. Koprowski Limited latch linehold capability for LBIST testing 6,021,679 J. A. Gilhooly, B. Greuter, W. Imfeld, J. Knee, M. Kutter, L. Li, C. Morgan, W. Moser, H. Stunzi, and C. Wei Probe for slurry gas sampling 6,021,789 H. Akatsu and S. Nadahara Wafer cleaning system with progressive megasonic wave 6,021,904 J. E. Kozol, D. A. Stanke, and S. K. Tran Chip carrier processing and shipping array and method of manufacture thereof 6,021,951 H. Nishikawa Wireless IC card and IC card reader communication system 6,022,224 D. E. Peters Shock mount connector for head disk assembly 6,022,225 F. L. Chapin and J. D. Herard Electrical assembly 6,022,266 T. S. Bullard, R. Lebel, R. Nadeau, and P. Smith, Jr. In-situ pad conditioning process for CMP 6,022,485 R. Cheek Method for controlled removal of material from a solid surface 6,022,596 T. H. Baum, L. J. Matienzo, C. M. Reidsema, and J. E. Varsik Method for photoselective seeding and metallization of three- dimensional materials 6,022,670 D. H. Glatzel and D. J. Russell Process for high resolution photoimageable dielectric 6,022,766 B. Chen, S. Kulkarni, J. Lasky, R. W. Mann, E. J. Nowak, W. Rausch, and F. R. White Semiconductor structure incorporating thin film transistors, and methods for its manufacture 6,022,770 T. B. Hook, J. S. Nakos, and R. Q. Williams NVRAM utilizing high voltage TFT device and method for making the same 6,022,771 W. H. Ma and H. C. Wann Fabrication of semiconductor device having shallow junctions 6,022,781 B. El Kareh, A. K. Ghatalia, and W. P. Noble Method for fabricating a MOSFET with raised STI isolation self- aligned to the gate stack 6,022,791 R. F. Cook, E. G. Liniger, R. L. Mendelson, and R. Whiteside Chip crack stop 6,022,796 W. S. Berry, J. Faul, W. E. Haensch, and R. L. Mohler Geometrical control of device corner threshold 6,022,801 A. G. Domenicucci, L. M. Gignac, Y. Wang, H. S. Wildman, and K. H. Wong Method for producing a flat interface for a metal-silicon contact barrier film 6,023,029 G. J. Armezzani, K. V. Desai, J. S. Perkins, and J. J. Pessarchick Use of blind vias for soldered interconnections between substrates and printed wiring boards 6,023,067 S. D. Golladay and W. Stickel Blanking system for electron beam projection system 6,023,073 S. C. Strite Organic/inorganic alloys used to improve organic electroluminescent devices 6,023,138 D. Fried and S. J. Kim Fan venturi blockage detection 6,023,171 J. E. Boyette, R. E. Brown, C. Bunker, and J. A. Mahlbacher Dual contact probe tip for flying probe tester 6,023,183 T. A. Cao, H. Ngo, and K. Nguyen Voltage conversion circuit and method 6,023,270 A. P. Brush, C. A. Gage, D. Lection, and D. A. Schell Delivery of objects in a virtual world using a descriptive container 6,023,273 P. Cox, M. E. Molander, and D. J. Schell User interface with repeating interactive background elements 6,023,274 E. Griffiths Windowing display system 6,023,384 N. C. Anderson, M. A. Hajji, H. H. Ottesen, and M. J. Ross Data recording device and control apparatus for recording data twice on one track using different encoding methods (as amended) 6,023,389 E. A. Cunningham Method and apparatus for writing servo bursts with compensation for erase bands in a direct access storage device 6,023,395 F. H. Dill, R. E. Fontana, T. Lin, S. S. Parkin, and C. Tsang Magnetic tunnel junction magnetoresistive sensor with in-stack biasing 6,023,407 M. S. Farooq, S. Farooq, H. C. Hamel, J. U. Knickerbocker, R. A. Rita, and H. I. Stoller Structure and method for a thin film multilayer capacitor 6,023,410 G. M. Chrysler and R. C. Chu Extended cooling for portable computers 6,023,421 J. A. Iadanza, R. D. Kilmoyer, M. J. Laramie, and T. Zittritsch Selective connectivity between memory sub-arrays and a hierarchical bit line structure in a memory array 6,023,466 R. P. Luijten and H. R. Schindler Bit mapping apparatus and method 6,023,495 R. L. Adler, A. D. Kalvin, J. Y. Margulies, C. Tresser, and C. W. Wu System and method for acquiring three-dimensional data subject to practical constraints by integrating CT slice data and CT scout images 6,023,499 B. D. Mandalia and P. P. Mansey Real time billing via the internet for advanced intelligent network services 6,023,567 P. J. Osler, T. J. Wilder, and C. B. Winn Method and apparatus for verifying timing rules for an integrated circuit design 6,023,577 F. Assaderaghi, G. E. Smith, L. F. Wagner, and T. L. Walters A method for use in simulation of an SOI device 6,023,578 D. Birsan, C. Lau, and H. Sluiman Systems, methods and computer program products for generating an object oriented application for an object oriented environment 6,023,643 L. G. Jesionowski System for auditing storage cartridges in a library storage system 6,023,670 M. J. Martino and R. C. Paulsen Natural language determination using correlation between common words 6,023,673 R. Bakis, D. Nahamoo, M. A. Picheny, and J. Sedivy A hierarchical labeler in a speech recognition system 6,023,678 J. R. Lewis and K. A. Ortega Using TTS to fill in for missing dictation audio 6,023,698 A. M. Lavey, Jr., R. L. Loftin, S. T. Murray, and J. M. Pisello System and method for transparently registering and updating information over the internet 6,023,701 N. Malik, C. Narayanaswami, and A. Saha Skeleton page retrieval mode for web navigation 6,023,704 S. N. Gerard, S. L. Halter, S. J. Munroe, and E. E. Voldal Apparatus and method for swapping identities of two objects to reference the object information of the other (as amended) 6,023,706 D. McNabb, F. Schmuck, B. Shmueli, and J. Wyllie Parallel file system and method for multiple node file access 6,023,709 M. J. Anglin, G. T. Kishi, and D. Patterson Automated file error classification and correction in a hierarchical storage management system 6,023,711 C. A. Bennett, G. Cullen, C. Monahan, J. R. Schoech, and D. F. Smith System and method for flexible file encapsulation through latent levels of isolation 6,023,715 D. F. Burkes, W. H. Jones, J. W. Kish, P. B. Moody, and E. H. Royal Method and apparatus for creating and organizing a document from a plurality of local or external documents represented as objects in a hierarchical tree 6,023,722 A. M. Colyer High-availability computer server system 6,023,734 B. H. Ratcliff and S. R. Valley Establishing direct communications between two hosts without using a high performance LAN connection 6,023,737 T. A. Petersen Multi-staged pipelined data coalescing for improved frequency operation 6,023,743 S. L. Kessler System and method for arbitrating interrupts on a daisy chained architected bus 6,023,746 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, J. D. Lewis, and T. M. Skergan Dual associative cache directories allowing simultaneous read operation using two buses with multiplexors, address tags, memory block control signals, single clock cycle operation and error correction 6,023,747 J. S. Dodson Method and system for handling conflicts between cache operation requests in a data processing system 6,023,764 B. A. Curtis Method and apparatus for providing security certificate management for Java Applets 6,023,782 C. E. Cox and M. Hassner RAM based key equation solver apparatus 6,023,840 P. C. Chen, R. G. Gorman, V. Raman, and R. Simmons Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head having an ultrathin silicon wear coating 6,024,266 E. F. Helinski, D. W. Henderson, and D. E. Houser System and method for transporting and clamping flexible film structures 6,024,330 J. S. Corbin and S. P. Mroz Uni-axial floor anchor and leveler for racks 6,024,580 J. R. Dangler, M. K. Hoffmeyer, T. D. Kidd, and M. Swain High performance pad on pad connector for flex circuit packaging 6,024,695 R. H. Taylor System and method for augmentation of surgery 6,024,783 M. Budman Aroma sensory stimulation in multimedia 6,025,057 A. P. Angelopoulos, G. W. Jones, R. W. Malek, H. Marcello, and J. McKeveny Organic electronic package and method of applying palladium-tin seed layer thereto 6,025,226 J. P. Gambino, M. Jaso, and D. E. Kotecki Integrated circuit having a via and a capacitor 6,025,242 W. H. Ma and H. C. Wann Fabrication of semiconductor device having shallow junctions 6,025,600 C. N. Archie, S. R. Rogers, and E. P. Solecky Method for astigmatism correction in charged particle beam systems 6,025,638 S. S. Iyer and H. B. Pogge Process for precise multichip integration and product thereof 6,025,639 T. C. Chen and A. Mitwalsky Crack stops 6,025,649 G. DiGiacomo Pb-in-Sn tall C-4 for fatigue enhancement 6,025,738 R. P. Masleid Gain-enhanced split drive buffer 6,025,739 J. E. Campbell and W. T. Devine CMOS driver circuit for providing a logic function while reducing pass-through current 6,025,741 M. K. Ciraula, G. M. Lattimore, and G. A. Yeung Conditional restore for execution unit 6,025,742 F. Chan Low voltage differential swing driver circuit 6,025,744 A. R. Bertolet, A. M. Chu, F. D. Ferraiolo, and S. Weinstein Glitch free delay line multiplexing technique 6,025,811 F. J. Canora, D. Liu, and M. Oprysko Closely coupled directional antenna 6,025,827 G. R. Bullock, A. Edgar, and S. C. Penn Digital image capture control 6,025,828 R. E. Berry, S. F. Henshaw, and D. J. Roberts Display system with nested objects 6,025,838 D. D. Bardon, R. E. Berry, S. L. Martin, S. A. Morgan, J. M. Mullaly, and C. A. Swearingen Interactive display interface for media presentation with direct access to media sequences 6,025,839 T. L. Leyba and D. A. Schell Method for displaying information in a virtual reality environment 6,025,842 T. M. Filetto, G. F. Martino, F. J. Robyck, and V. T. Timon III System and method for window queues and white space activation for toggling windows 6,025,930 G. R. Thompson, C. P. Tresser, and C. W. Wu Multicell clustered mask with blue noise adjustments 6,025,968 T. R. Albrecht Load/unload disk drive with multistage retract circuit for parking the head carriers on power down 6,025,970 W. L. Cheung Digital demodulation of a complementary two-frequency servo PES pattern 6,025,977 H. L. Hu, R. E. Lee, H. A. Santini, and C. Tsang Combined magnetoresistive (MR) read and inductive write head with sunken write coil 6,025,989 D. N. Ayd, T. S. Farrow, and P. W. Kelly Modular node assembly for rack mounted multiprocessor computer 6,025,992 R. C. Dodge, K. H. Earl, G. D. Grise, D. R. Guild, K. D. Loughner, and J. Zalesinski Integrated heat exchanger for memory module 6,026,019 C. H. Lam Two square NVRAM cell 6,026,075 J. Linville, B. A. Makrucki, E. Suffern, and J. R. Warren Flow control mechanism 6,026,142 A. Gueziec and A. D. Kalvin System and method for boundary detection in tomographic images by geometry-constrained edge detection of projected data 6,026,221 D. Clocher, J. J. Ellison, J. Lisowski, M. G. Nealon, and J. L. Temple Prototyping multichip module 6,026,224 L. R. Darden, W. J. Livingstone, J. H. Panner, P. Perry, W. F. Pokorny, and P. Zuchowski Redundant vias 6,026,234 S. P. Hanson and W. J. Schmidt Method and apparatus for profiling indirect procedure calls in a computer program 6,026,236 M. R. Fortin and R. J. Urquhart System and method for enabling software monitoring in a computer system 6,026,237 R. F. Berry and R. Y. Hussain System and method for dynamic modification of class files 6,026,369 P. G. Capek Method for distributing advertising in a distributed web modification system 6,026,371 T. M. Beck, G. E. Haegele, and W. L. Nusbickel Method and apparatus for allowing online directory producers to preview advertisement in online directory listings 6,026,374 D. M. Chess System and method for generating trusted descriptions of information products 6,026,401 C. L. Brealey, J. G. Johnston, V. Klicnik, D. M. Lauzon, L. T. Loi, and A. A. Seelemann Locking tool data objects in a framework environment 6,026,405 S. R. Arda, W. M. Edwards, and D. J. Kuettel Method of locating and downloading files on a network 6,026,411 H. R. Delp Method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating an image index and for internet searching and querying by image colors 6,026,412 T. A. Beavin and G. Sockut Interaction between application of a log and maintenance of a table that maps record identifiers during online reorganization 6,026,413 J. R. Challenger, P. M. Dantzig, A. K. Iyengar, and G. A. Spivak Determining how changes to underlying data affect cached objects 6,026,414 M. J. Anglin System including a proxy client to backup files in a distributed computing environment 6,026,426 P. R. Badovinatz, M. L. Blount, L. Brenner, T. D. Chandra, A. S. Gopal, D. D. Jurgensen, M. A. Kaplan, O. T. Kirby, J. A. Pershing, and J. Turek An application programming interface unifying multiple mechanisms 6,026,428 G. Hutchison, C. J. Redlin, and P. J. Schommer Object oriented thread context manager, method and computer program product for object oriented thread context management 6,026,432 R. Potts Retrieval, saving and printing in a computer network system environment 6,026,437 B. H. Muschett, W. J. Tracey, and S. Woodward Method and system in a computer network for bundling and launching hypertext files and associated subroutines within archive files 6,026,439 S. Chowdhury, E. Ortiz, and L. W. Russell File transfers using playlists 6,026,440 M. Ault, E. Plassmann, B. A. Rich, M. A. Rosiles, S. B. Shi, and T. J. Shrader Web server account manager plug-in for monitoring resources 6,026,445 G. A. Kephart, J. J. Maddalozzo, G. F. McBrearty, and J. M. Shieh System and method for saving and reusing recently acquired name to address mappings 6,026,447 P. R. Badovinatz, L. Brenner, and O. T. Kirby System for serializing actions of independent process groups 6,026,448 G. Goldrian and J. Maergner Message passing between computer systems 6,026,453 D. J. Craft System for facilitating serial data communications utilizing number of cycles input signal remained asserted to indicate data output logical state 6,026,458 T. M. Rasmus A system with pluggable adapter card and hot-swap interface controller 6,026,462 J. George, S. G. Glassen, M. Kim, M. A. Krygowski, A. H. Preston, and D. E. Stucki Main storage and expanded storage reassignment facility 6,026,469 B. T. Hoang, C. Nguyen, H. C. Tanner, and G. Tsao Connected module type distinguishing apparatus and method 6,026,470 R. K. Arimilli, L. Clark, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis Software-managed programmable associativity caching mechanism monitoring cache misses to selectively implement multiple associativity levels 6,026,471 K. J. Goodnow, C. R. Ogilvie, W. D. Pricer, and S. T. Ventrone Anticipating cache memory loader and method 6,026,488 M. A. Check, B. W. Krumm, J. S. Liptay, J. A. Navarro, and C. F. Webb Method and means for exchanging messages, responses and data between different computer systems that require a plurality of communication paths between them 6,026,492 D. Cromer, H. J. Locker, E. N. Mandese, and J. P. Ward Computer system and method to disable same when network cable is removed 6,026,505 E. L. Hedberg and G. S. Koch Method and apparatus for real time two dimensional redundancy allocation 6,026,506 R. E. Anderson, E. M. Foster, and G. W. Rohrbaugh Concealing errors in transport stream data 6,026,507 T. Tamura Decoder for suppressing error propagation 6,026,508 D. J. Craft Storage sub-system compression and dataflow chip offers excellent data integrity 6,026,964 T. B. Hook, J. B. Johnson, and P. Wong Active pixel sensor cell and method of using 6,027,006 M. V. Pierson Method and apparatus for applying solder and forming solder balls on a substrate 6,027,245 D. E. Houser and F. S. Poch Apparatus for measuring a temperature of a substrate during a drilling operation 6,027,397 M. A. Church and A. M. Desouches Dual element lapping guide system 6,027,600 V. R. Sankaran, F. A. Willis, and R. W. Wisnesky Dual simplex printer media and method 6,027,660 R. Hsiao, C. Hwang, S. V. Nguyen, and D. Perez Method of etching ceramics of alumina/TiC with high density plasma 6,027,837 W. J. Adair, D. S. O'Grady, and S. Peng Method for tuning an attenuating phase shift mask 6,027,842 C. P. Ausschnitt, T. Brunner, and D. Nyyssonen Metrology method using tone reversing pattern 6,027,858 G. W. Jones, R. W. Keesler, H. Marcello, V. R. Markovich, J. W. Wilson, and W. E. Wilson Process for tenting PTH's with PID dry film 6,027,966 J. H. Comfort, A. Grill, D. E. Kotecki, and K. L. Saenger Isolated sidewall capacitor 6,027,968 M. Ilg, S. V. Nguyen, and K. J. Uram Fabrication method for high-capacitance storage node structures 6,028,004 G. B. Bronner and J. P. Gambino Process for controlling the height of a stud intersecting an interconnect 6,028,008 T. Bayer, J. Greschner, and K. Meissner A microfabricated combined step height and linearity standard for scanning probe microscopy/profilometers 6,028,339 D. G. Chesebro, R. Frenette, D. P. Hallock, S. A. Mongeon, A. Speranza, and W. R. Tonti Dual work function CMOS device 6,028,394 D. K. Coultas and J. H. Keller Cold electron plasma reactive ion etching using a rotating electromagnetic filter 6,028,585 K. Ishii, K. Kurumiya, and T. Nagasawa A screen display control method and a screen display control apparatus 6,028,662 R. A. Kendall and M. A. Sturans Adjustment of particle beam landing angle 6,028,746 Y. Matsumura Actuator locking mechanism and locking method 6,028,768 T. M. Cipolla Mechanism for deploying a keyboard for a portable computer 6,028,843 G. S. Delp, V. Firoiu, R. A. Guerin, P. L. Leichty, V. Peris, D. Poulter, R. Rajan, and J. H. Shaffer Earliest deadline first communications cell scheduler and scheduling method for transmitting earliest deadline cells first 6,028,890 S. Ardalan, A. S. Sadri, and H. Ye Baud-rate-independent ASVD transmission built around G.729 speech-coding standard 6,028,907 R. L. Adler, A. D. Kalvin, J. Y. Margulies, C. Tresser, and C. W. Wu System and method for three-dimensional geometric modeling by extracting and merging two-dimensional contours from CT slice data and CT scout data 6,028,917 T. Creamer, Z. A. Lozinski, B. D. Mandalia, and P. P. Mansey Access to extended telephone services via the internet 6,028,952 J. A. Kash, D. R. Knebel, P. N. Sanda, and J. C. Tsang System and method for compressing and analyzing time-resolved optical data obtained from operating integrated circuits 6,028,989 M. A. Bowen, F. Y. Busaba, A. H. Dansky, H. H. Smith, and A. A. Zuckerman Calculating crosstalk voltage from IC craftsman routing data 6,028,999 D. P. Pazel System and method for non-sequential program statement execution with incomplete runtime information (as amended) 6,029,004 R. N. Bar-Haim, B. Mendelson, R. R. Roediger, W. J. Schmidt, I. Shavit-Lottem, and V. Sitnitsky Method and apparatus for modular reordering of portions of a computer program based on profile data 6,029,117 A. Devgan Coupled noise estimation method for on-chip interconnects 6,029,127 J. T. Delargy and M. S. Kressin Method and apparatus for compressing audio signals 6,029,144 M. J. Barrett, S. P. Cason, K. M. D'Andria, M. W. Gearing, K. Ho, H. E. Miller, R. D. Paradis, and E. Woisard Compliance-to-policy detection method and system 6,029,152 H. R. Bublitz and A. R. Newth Processing of transaction data 6,029,160 L. F. Cabrera, I. S. Narang, and R. Rees Method and means for linking a database system with a system for filing data 6,029,170 V. I. Garger and A. M. Shepherd Hybrid tree array data structure and method 6,029,179 G. T. Kishi Automated read-only volume processing in a virtual tape server 6,029,199 M. J. Allen, R. I. Kaufman, J. J. Kleikamp, L. S. Mok, I. C. Noyan, R. A. Pollak, R. Rand, and A. R. Williams Computing system having a system supervisor and a collection of computing subunits each of which has a subunit supervisor 6,029,201 R. Neill Internet application access server apparatus and method 6,029,204 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, J. D. Lewis, and D. E. Williams Precise synchronization mechanism for SMP system buses using tagged snoop operations to avoid retries 6,029,206 J. C. Endicott, S. L. Halter, S. J. Munroe, and E. E. Voldal Object-oriented method routing mechanism for automatically performing supervisory functions during method calls 6,029,217 R. K. Arimilli and J. M. Kaiser Queued arbitration mechanism for data processing system 6,029,230 S. W. Ng Data storage library with media destaging and prestaging for improved response time 6,029,240 B. Blaner and S. Vassiliadis Method for processing instructions for parallel execution including storing instruction sequences along with compounding information in cache 6,029,245 T. K. Scanlan Dynamic assignment of security parameters to web pages 6,029,261 W. Hartmann Test circuit and system for interconnect testing of high-level packages 6,029,339 T. Y. Chang, M. Krounbi, H. P. Lee, and D. J. Werner Method of making write head with recessed stitched yoke on a planar portion of an insulation layer defining zero throat height 6,029,881 P. A. Chalco, B. K. Furman, R. Horton, and C. Narayan Micro-scale part positioning by surface interlocking 6,029,882 L. Bolde, P. A. Gruber, and C. C. Lei Plastic solder array using injection molded solder 6,030,154 D. E. Houser, P. Lulkoski, and J. C. Whitcomb Minimum error algorithm/program 6,030,230 J. L. Peacock Divider for PCI card concurrent maintenance 6,030,275 M. F. Lofaro Variable control of carrier curvature with direct feedback loop 6,030,487 T. Fisher, C. Gustafson, and M. F. Lofaro Wafer carrier assembly 6,030,541 J. W. Adkisson, M. D. Caterer, J. T. Marsh, H. Ng, J. M. Oberschmidt, and J. Rankin Process for defining a pattern using an anti-reflective coating and structure therefor 6,030,550 M. Angelopoulos, J. D. Gelorme, Y. H. Liao, and J. M. Shaw Methods of fabrication of cross-linked electrically conductive polymers and precursors thereof 6,030,693 C. M. Boyko, J. M. Lauffer, I. S. Mahmoud, and R. C. McHatton Method for producing multi-layer circuit board and resulting article of manufacture 6,030,728 J. Cotte and M. Datta High performance lithium polymer electrolyte battery 6,030,730 J. G. Smolinski Photomask repaired from black dot defect 6,030,753 T. Lin Monolayer longitudinal bias and sensor trackwidth definition for overlaid anisotropic and giant magnetoresistive heads 6,030,855 C. L. Bertin, T. Ference, and W. J. Howell Self-aligned connector for stacked chip module 6,030,895 R. V. Joshi and M. Tejwani Method of making a soft metal conductor 6,030,897 P. Deconinck Method of forming an alignment mark without a specific photolithographic step 6,030,904 A. Grill, C. Jahnes, V. V. Patel, and K. Saenger Stabilization of low-k carbon-based dielectrics 6,031,286 E. N. Levine, M. F. Lofaro, and J. G. Ryan Manufacturing methods and uses for micro pipe systems 6,031,297 P. Louis and M. Verhaeghe Printed circuit board allowing usage of alternative pin-compatible modules 6,031,298 T. C. Groat and K. E. Lo 2N redundant power system and method using cross-coupled AC power transfer 6,031,394 H. C. Cranford, S. J. Garvin, and G. B. Stephens Low voltage CMOS circuit for on/off chip drive at high voltage 6,031,403 J. E. Gersbach Pull-up and pull-down circuits 6,031,522 T. J. Strand Ergonomic computer mouse based on hand size and preference 6,031,523 J. B. Bunke and S. E. Hoaby Meta-rest improved PC mouse 6,031,531 C. J. Kimble Method and system in a graphical user interface for facilitating cursor object movement for physically challenged computer users 6,031,541 J. S. Lipscomb, W. L. Luken, and J. P. Menon Method and apparatus for viewing panoramic three dimensional scenes 6,031,643 G. W. Burr Method for holographic storage 6,031,672 M. A. Bergquist, J. D. Coker, R. L. Galbraith, R. A. Philpott, and D. J. Stanek Method and apparatus for servo data pattern detection 6,031,680 T. J. Chainer, M. Schultz, B. C. Webb, and E. J. Yarmchuk Methods and systems for self-servowriting including maintaining a reference level within a usable dynamic range 6,031,683 D. E. Iverson, H. H. Ottesen, G. J. Smith, and D. R. Tobie Method for optimization of seek and settle performance in hard disk drives 6,031,695 R. Hsiao, C. Hwang, and H. A. Santini Combined read head and write head with non-magnetic electrically conductive layer on upper pole tip thereof 6,031,716 T. M. Cipolla, J. A. Ho-Lung, V. Kamath, M. S. Mansuria, L. S. Mok, and T. L. Wong Computer incorporating heat dissipator with hinged heat pipe arrangement for enhanced cooling capacity 6,031,743 B. A. Carpenter and G. C. Johari Fault isolation in a redundant power converter 6,031,767 C. P. Parker, B. J. Schuh, and V. V. Shah Reduced pin chip interface 6,031,798 K. K. James and R. A. James Library control of media capacity scaling and library component attributes 6,031,835 B. Abali, K. J. Reilly, and C. B. Stunkel Method for deadlock free and reliable routing in a packet switched network 6,031,864 R. Amiel, F. Bauchot, F. Lemaut, F. L. Lefevre, and L. R. Revardel Method and system for controlling the time occupation of signalling frequencies in a frequency hopping system 6,031,910 M. Deindl and M. Witzel Method and system for the secure transmission and storage of protectable information 6,031,978 C. L. Cotner and J. W. Pickel System, method and program for enabling a client to reconnect to a same server in a network of computer systems after the server has moved to a different network address 6,032,121 B. L. Dietrich, T. O'Leary, R. A. Rushmeier, D. L. Shannon, and R. H. Wang A method for proactive planning 6,032,127 M. Schkolnick and R. J. Von Gutfeld Intelligent shopping cart 6,032,129 A. R. Greef, D. Hrelic, and J. F. Schumacher Customer-centric, virtual shopping experience with actors, agents and persona 6,032,143 T. Y. Leung, A. C. Lui, M. H. Pirahesh, and T. Truong Evaluation of existential and universal subquery in a relational database management system for increased efficiency 6,032,146 A. Chadha, B. Iyer, H. Messatfa, and J. Yi Dimension reduction techniques for data mining applications 6,032,160 T. J. Lehman System and method for data space management using buddy system space allocation 6,032,165 G. P. Andrews and P. L. Glenski Method and system for converting multi-byte character strings between interchange codes within a computer system 6,032,175 J. C. Fletcher, M. Peters, and H. Shin Enhanced directory services in compound wide/local area networks 6,032,182 G. L. Mullen-Schultz Method, apparatus and computer program product for user selected refreshing of internet web pages 6,032,183 D. Chen, W. McKenzie, Z. Ordanic, and L. Temoshenko System and method for monitoring SNMP tables 6,032,191 S. Chowdhury, M. N. Day, and L. W. Russell Direct coupling for data transfers 6,032,216 W. A. Kish, B. Mandler, F. Schmuck, B. Shmueli, Z. Yehudai, and A. Zlotek Parallel file system with method using tokens for locking modes 6,032,226 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, J. D. Lewis, and D. E. Williams Method of layer cache and architectural specific functions to expedite multiple designs 6,032,227 A. A. Shaheen and K. K. Yellepeddy System and method for cache management in mobile user file systems 6,032,228 N. Islam, T. R. Jaeger, K. Liedtke, and V. Panteleenko Flexible cache-coherency mechanism 6,032,233 P. Loeffler, E. Pfeffer, T. Pflueger, and H. W. Tast A storage array allowing for multiple, simultaneous write-accesses 6,032,238 E. Green, R. G. Hofmann, M. M. Schaffer, and D. Wilkerson Overlapped DMA line transfers 6,032,245 C. J. Georgiou and D. A. Prener Method and system for interrupt handling in a multi-processor computer system executing speculative instruction threads (as amended) 6,032,249 J. S. Brooks and C. H. Olson Method and system for executing a serializing instruction while bypassing a floating point unit pipeline 6,032,259 K. Nemoto Network security system 6,032,683 J. A. Casey, M. E. Cropp, D. W. DiAngelo, J. Harmuth, J. U. Knickerbocker, D. C. Long, D. Mackin, G. A. Pomerantz, K. G. Sachdev, D. E. Speed, C. Sullivan, R. J. Sullivan, B. E. Tripp, and J. Utter System for cleaning residual paste from a mask 6,033,254 D. Neal, R. A. Rachui, J. R. Taylor, and F. E. Zumwalt Locating and guidance device for printed circuit boards 6,033,289 G. L. Cellier, S. Graboski, K. Markland, A. Nenadic, M. Wondracek, and A. Zollner Detailing and cleaning apparatus for green ceramic dry dicing process 6,033,491 T. Lin Fabrication process of Ni-Mn spin valve sensor 6,033,939 B. N. Agarwala, H. M. Dalal, D. B. Nguyen, and H. S. Rathore Method for providing electrically fusible links in copper interconnection 6,033,949 F. D. Baker, J. S. Brown, R. J. Gauthier, S. J. Holmes, R. K. Leidy, E. J. Nowak, and S. H. Voldman Method and structure to reduce latch-up using edge implants 6,033,957 S. M. Burns, H. I. Hanafi, W. W. Kocon, and J. J. Welser 4F-square memory cell having vertical floating gate transistors with self-aligned shallow trench isolation 6,033,996 R. Jagannathan, K. P. Madden, K. J. McCullough, H. F. Okorn-Schmidt, K. Pope, and D. I. Rath Process for removing etching residues, etching mask and silicon nitride and/or silicon dioxide 6,034,388 J. S. Brown, R. J. Gauthier, and S. H. Voldman Depleted polysilicon circuit element and method for producing the same 6,034,389 S. M. Burns, H. I. Hanafi, H. L. Kalter, W. W. Kocon, and J. J. Welser Self-aligned diffused source vertical transistors with deep trench capacitors in a 4F-square memory cell array 6,034,397 S. H. Voldman Silicon-on-insulator body- and dual gate-coupled diode for electrostatic discharge (ESD) applications 6,034,408 U. Ghoshal Solid state thermal switch 6,034,568 A. R. Bonaccio, M. S. Michail, and W. D. Pricer Broadband dc amplifier technique with very low off-set voltage 6,034,691 M. Aono, R. Ohbuchi, and K. Shimizu Rendering method and apparatus 6,034,746 P. V. Desai and R. G. Nelson System and method for inserting data into a digital audio/video data stream 6,034,802 K. Feng Wireless communications systems with self threshold setting 6,034,829 T. Endoh, H. Suzuki, and Y. Yamamoto Disk drive and servo pattern write method for preventing read errors resulting from a thermal asperity within an erase area between a servo pad area and a gray code area 6,034,831 J. J. Dobbek and M. H. Yu Dynamic reverse reassign apparatus and method for a data recording disk drive 6,034,835 L. J. Serrano Multiple servo track types using multiple frequency servo patterns 6,034,837 J. C. Purkett Disk drive zoned sequential data format and head switch sequence 6,034,841 T. R. Albrecht, V. D. Khanna, S. S. Kumar, and S. R. Sri-Jayantha Disk drive with composite sheet metal and encapsulated plastic base 6,034,843 D. W. Albrecht, M. Ohta, and H. Tsujino Actuator arm assembly and wiring apparatus used in a disk storage system for wiring voice coil wires to a flex cable 6,034,848 G. A. Garfunkel, H. P. Lee, J. F. Smyth, and S. W. Yuan Low profile multi-layer coil merged thin film magnetic head 6,034,872 G. M. Chrysler, R. C. Chu, G. F. Goth, and R. E. Simons Cooling computer systems 6,034,875 C. G. Heim, W. L. Hooker, and A. K. Trivedi Cooling structure for electronic components 6,034,877 G. B. Bronner, J. A. Mandelman, and D. J. Samuels Semiconductor memory array having sublithographic spacing between adjacent trenches and method for making the same 6,034,881 S. M. Miller, B. Q. Nguyen, S. K. Singhal, and R. A. Smith A dynamic data link interface in a graphic user interface 6,034,887 A. Gupta and R. V. Joshi Non-volatile magnetic memory cell and devices 6,034,926 C. H. Dang, K. E. Dimitri, J. E. Kulakowski, and R. J. Means Pluggable media stackloader system using a locking solenoid for pivoting a moveable rail 6,034,929 C. DeCusatis and L. Jacobowitz System for creating, reading and writing on rotatable information storage media, a method for multi-layer laser source positioning 6,034,946 R. Onvural, A. L. Roginsky, and V. J. Srinivasan Selection of routing paths in data communications networks to satisfy multiple requirements 6,034,956 J. Bruck, M. H. Fisher, J. M. Gould, J. D. Jabusch, H. T. Olnowich, and A. R. Williams Method of simultaneously attempting parallel path connections in a multi-stage interconnection network 6,035,107 F. Krohm and A. Kuehlmann Method for performing functional comparison of combinational circuits 6,035,110 A. A. Bjorksten, R. Puri, and T. E. Rosser Identifying candidate nodes for phase assignment in a logic network 6,035,113 D. Gerber and S. Wind Electron beam proximity correction method for hierarchical design data 6,035,117 W. F. Beausoleil, R. G. Musselman, T. Ng, and H. Roth Tightly coupled emulation processors 6,035,124 J. Ng A method of, system for, and computer program product for providing extended global value numbering 6,035,125 K. Nguyen and V. Sarkar Method and system for generating compact code for the loop unrolling transformation 6,035,261 B. A. Carpenter, G. C. Johari, D. C. Newell, and K. Silk Fault reporting in a redundant power converter 6,035,271 J. C. Chen Statistical methods and apparatus for pitch extraction in speech recognition, synthesis and regeneration 6,035,277 R. Anbil and F. Barahona Approximation method for efficient resource allocation 6,035,281 J. P. Crosskey, G. G. Mei, H. Ragavan, K. L. Wu, and P. S. Yu System and method of multiparty billing for web access 6,035,283 J. J. Rofrano Virtual sales person for electronic catalog 6,035,297 J. L. Mueller and G. A. Van Huben Data management system for concurrent engineering 6,035,300 S. P. Cason and M. A. Musa Method and apparatus for generating a user interface from the entity/attribute/relationship model of a database 6,035,309 N. J. Dauerer and E. E. Kelley System and method for editing and viewing of very wide files 6,035,324 H. Y. Chang, N. H. Cohen, R. A. Floyd, B. C. Housel, D. B. Lindquist, S. Mastrianni, M. Shapiro, and C. D. Tait Client-side asynchronous form management 6,035,325 R. Potts Improved retrieval, saving and printing in a computer network system environment 6,035,333 A. Ghanwani, C. Jeffries, G. A. Marin, and K. V. Vu Method and system for providing congestion control in a data communications network 6,035,335 H. Franke, R. K. Govindaraju, P. Pattnaik, M. T. Raghunath, and R. Straub Optimistic, eager rendezvous transmission system and combined rendezvous system for message processing, and related data structures 6,035,336 Q. Lu and L. Stesin Audio ticker system and method for presenting push information including pre-recorded audio 6,035,337 B. Q. Nguyen, R. J. Redpath, and S. K. Singhal Method and system for managing data flow within a collaboration system using proximity determination modules 6,035,347 B. C. Beardsley, M. T. Benhase, and F. L. Wade Secure store implementation on common platform storage subsystem (CPSS) by storing write data in non-volatile buffer (as amended) 6,035,351 R. A. Billings, D. H. Brown, E. A. Cunningham, R. Greenberg, and H. H. Ottesen Storage of user defined type file data in corresponding select physical format 6,035,355 R. A. Kelley, D. Neal, and S. M. Thurber PCI system and adapter requirements following reset 6,035,360 D. A. Doidge, D. R. Henderson, E. H. Ku, P. Patel, J. Rash, and T. E. Ryle Multi-port SRAM access control using a time division multiplexed arbitration 6,035,370 T. Dell and M. W. Kellogg Method for modifying signals received by memory cards RAS signals as address lines 6,035,373 K. Iwata Method for rearranging data in a disk array system when a new disk storage unit is added to the array using a new striping rule and a pointer as a position holder as each block of data is rearranged 6,035,390 J. L. Burns, S. H. Dhong, K. J. Nowka, and J. A. Silberman Method and apparatus for generating and logically combining less than (LT), greater than (GT), and equal to (EQ) condition code bits concurrently with the execution of an arithmetic or logical operation 6,035,392 M. A. Check, B. W. Krumm, J. S. Liptay, J. A. Navarro, and C. F. Webb Computer with optimizing hardware for conditional hedge fetching into cache storage 6,035,394 K. A. Chiarot, D. S. Ray, D. Schroter, J. Van Norstrand, and B. D. Williamson System for providing high performance speculative processing of complex load/store instructions by generating primitive instructions in the load/store unit and sequencer in parallel 6,035,404 Y. Zhao Concurrent user access control in stateless network computing service system 6,035,416 G. Abdelnour, A. L. Bond, R. W. Downes, K. H. Potter, Jr., and F. K. Yu Method and apparatus for interface dual modular redundancy 6,035,418 W. T. Chen and R. J. Recio System and method for improving resource utilization in a TCP/IP connection management system 6,035,419 F. C. Breslau, P. G. Greenstein, and J. T. Rodell A logical execution sequence error recovery method and system 6,035,424 D. L. Freerksen and P. J. Paulson Method and apparatus for tracking processing of a command 6,035,429 M. K. Shafe Electronic circuit implementing component level disk drive 6,035,623 J. P. Fox and R. S. Miles Mapping table lookup optimization system 6,035,655 G. M. Chrysler, R. C. Chu, G. F. Goth, J. J. Hare, W. S. Harris, J. A. Hickey, R. R. Schmidt, E. J. Seminaro, and R. E. Simons Modular refrigeration system 6,035,681 G. J. Chung, R. Nagarajan, S. A. Olson, R. B. Prime, D. F. Ramos, and H.-B. Tu Etched/lubricated swage balls for use in DASD suspension-arm 6,036,358 C. J. Montrose System and method for diagnosing mechanical clocks 6,036,809 K. Kelly, A. K. Malhotra, E. D. Perfecto, and R. Yu Process for releasing a thin-film structure from a substrate 6,036,821 R. A. Warren Enhanced collimated sputtering apparatus and its method of use 6,037,044 A. Giri, S. M. Kamath, D. O'Connor, R. S. Patel, H. I. Stoller, L. Studzinski, and P. R. Walling Direct deposit thin film single/multi chip module 6,037,096 M. B. Fletcher, R. L. Nedbalski, K. I. Papathomas, and A. S. Rai Film composition and method for a planar surface atop a plated through hole 6,037,097 J. Bucchignano, W. S. Huang, A. Katnani, K. Y. Lee, W. M. Moreau, and K. Petrillo E-beam application to mask making using new improved KRS resist system 6,037,193 L. Economikos, L. W. Herron, and M. J. Interrante Hermetic sealing of a substrate of high thermal conductivity using an interposer of low thermal conductivity 6,037,194 G. Bronner, T. Furukawa, M. C. Hakey, S. J. Holmes, D. V. Horak, J. A. Mandelman, and P. Rabidoux Method for making a DRAM cell with grooved transfer device 6,037,210 J. M. Leas Memory cell with transfer device node in selective polysilicon 6,037,620 H. Hoenigschmid, L. L. Hsu, and J. A. Mandelman Ultra compact DRAM cell and method of making 6,037,640 K. L. Lee Ultra-shallow semiconductor junction formation 6,037,648 K. C. Arndt, J. P. Gambino, J. A. Mandelman, C. Narayan, R. F. Schnabel, R. Schutz, and D. Tobben Semiconductor structure including a conductive fuse and process for fabrication thereof 6,037,658 W. L. Brodsky, G. L. Kehley, S. B. Sathe, and J. R. Slack Electronic package with heat transfer means 6,037,661 J. E. Cronin and A. M. Palagonia Multichip module 6,037,677 R. A. Gottschall, R. P. Gregor, and J. P. Libous Dual-pitch perimeter flip-chip footprint for high integration asics 6,037,786 A. M. Palagonia Testing integrated circuit chips 6,037,790 T. E. Dinan In-situ contact resistance measurement for electroprocessing 6,037,795 R. G. Filippi, J. J. Poulin, R. D. Raviart, K. P. Rodbell, R. G. Smith, T. D. Sullivan, and A. J. Swinton Multiple device test layout 6,037,804 C. M. Durham, V. R. Kodali, M. Lee, D. E. Martin, and H. Sharma Reduced power dynamic logic circuit that inhibits re-evaluation of stable inputs 6,037,934 M. C. Azua and H. Rodriguez Named bookmark sets 6,037,935 C. L. Bates and P. R. Day Web page exploration indicator and method 6,038,090 D. A. Freitas Method and apparatus for improving baseline recovery of an MR head using a programmable AC coupling pole 6,038,106 J. Aboaf, E. V. Denison, J. D. Friedman, V. N. Kahwaty, and H. C. Kluge Piggyback magneto-resistive read/write tape head with optimized process for same gap read/write 6,038,107 M. Pinarbasi Antiparallel-pinned spin valve sensor 6,038,110 J. Aboaf, T. J. Beaulieu, V. N. Kahwaty, M. T. Krounbi, and D. J. Seagle Dual header tape head design 6,038,137 A. Bhatt, S. D. Desai, T. P. Duffy, and J. A. Knight Chip carrier having a chip mounted on an organic dielectric substrate overlaid with a photoimageable dielectric having circuitry thereon 6,038,168 A. Allen, J. Lasky, J. Pekarik, J. Rankin, and F. R. White Hot-electron programmable latch for integrated circuit fuse applications and method of programming therefor 6,038,179 S. Eustis, C. J. Herdey, E. S. Machat, D. Pontius, and E. P. Thoma Multiple repair size redundancy 6,038,181 G. M. Braceras, J. J. Covino, R. E. Hee, and H. Pilo Efficient semiconductor burn-in circuit and method of operation 6,038,192 K. Clinton, J. A. Iadanza, F. R. Keyser, V. P. Seidel, and T. Zittritsch Memory cells for field programmable array 6,038,212 J. B. Bidard, G. B. Brun, J. P. Chobert, C. L. Galand, O. Maurel, and Y. Ouvry Method and system for optimizing the connection set up time in high speed communication networks for recovering from network failure 6,038,254 F. D. Ferraiolo, J. M. Hoke, and S. K. Patel Adaptive filtering method and apparatus to compensate for a frequency difference between two clock sources 6,038,260 P. G. Emma, R. V. Joshi, and W. R. Reohr Method and apparatus for transposing differential signals onto a set of binary signals to increase the information-carrying capacity of the original set of signals 6,038,316 C. Dwork, J. Halpern, and J. B. Lotspiech Method and system for protection of digital information 6,038,395 A. C. Chow, J. W. Fountain, and R. L. Llames System and method for implementing proxy objects in a visual application builder framework 6,038,490 K. Dimitri, F. D. Gallo, J. E. Kulakowski, R. J. Means, J. Thrall, and D. J. Winarski Automated data storage library dual picker interference avoidance 6,038,538 R. E. Fontana, R. Hsiao, E. E. Marinero, H. A. Santini, and B. D. Terris Method for making patterned magnetic media using selective oxidation 6,038,562 V. Anjur, A. Chadha, P. Goel, B. Iyer, V. Srinivasan, and S. Watts Interface to support state-dependent web applications accessing a relational database 6,038,565 C. M. Nock Object oriented data format mapping mechanism 6,038,569 T. A. Beavin, J. M. Garth, L. M. Kunioka-Weiss, and J. Z. Teng System for data structure loading with concurrent image copy 6,038,589 S. A. Holdsworth, M. Mulholland, and K. S. Warr Apparatus, method and computer program product for client/server computing with a transaction representation located on each transactionally involved server 6,038,596 W. R. Baldwin and A. Gaitatzes Method and system in a network for decreasing performance degradation triggered by multiple user input events 6,038,602 K. Ishikawa Connection method for a network system and a server computer 6,038,604 C. Bender, P. D. DiNicola, K. J. Gildea, R. K. Govindaraju, C. Kim, J. H. Mirza, and G. H. Shah Method and apparatus for efficient communications using active messages 6,038,606 E. G. Britton, D. P. Brooks, and K. M. Tracey Method and apparatus for scheduling packet acknowledgements 6,038,613 E. Q. Garcia, G. S. Lucas, J. R. Pollock, and J. A. Yanes Device controller for pre-fetching device poll information 6,038,618 R. Beer, P. Deacon, I. D. Judd, and N. Morris Bypass circuit for bypassing host computer which are connected to plurality of devices via two individual ports upon detecting lack of communication at both ports 6,038,619 L. C. Berning, R. H. Mandel, C. H. Morales, T. D. Nguyen, H. H. Tsou, and H. M. Vu Disk drive initiated data transfers responsive to sequential or near sequential read or write requests 6,038,620 D. C. Giese and A. G. Yanes Method and system for optimal high speed match in a high performance controller which ensures an input/output interface stays ahead of a host interface 6,038,626 F. Malgioglio and P. J. Meaney Method for controlling data transfers and routing 6,038,630 E. M. Foster, D. E. Franklin, S. P. Jackowski, and D. Wallach Shared access control device for integrated system with multiple functional units accessing external structures over multiple data buses 6,038,634 B. Ji and T. Kirihata Intra-unit block addressing system for memory 6,038,638 W. S. Cadden, D. A. George, and L. Lancaster Pausing and resuming applications running in a data processing system using tape location parameters and pipes 6,038,642 R. K. Arimilli, J. S. Dodson, and J. D. Lewis Method and system for assigning cache memory utilization within a symmetric multiprocessor data-processing system 6,038,651 M. Blake, P. K. Mak, and G. A. Van Huben SMP clusters with remote resource managers for distributing work to other clusters while reducing bus traffic to a minimum 6,038,659 S. H. Dhong, H. P. Hofstee, D. Meltzer, and J. A. Silberman Method for using read-only memory to generate controls for microprocessor 6,038,677 J. W. Arendt, F. D. Lawlor, and R. Strong Automatic resource formation and maintenance in a high availability cluster configuration 6,038,679 B. E. Hanson Adaptive data recovery method and apparatus 6,038,755 C. R. Mendel, D. T. Smith, D. J. Veerkamp, and S. H. Voss Integrated lead suspension tool block 6,038,931 J. R. Case, L. Kando, J. E. Kozol, D. C. Long, T. P. Moyer, K. C. O'Neil, C. H. Perry, and G. A. Pomerantz Method and apparatus for the testing of plastically deformable objects 6,039,055 H. Akatsu Wafer cleaning with dissolved gas concentration control 6,039,805 J. G. Davis, A. T. Mays, and K. A. Slesinger Transfer fluxing method and apparatus for component placement on substrate 6,039,858 R. J. Ackel, D. E. Benoit, M. Charland, and T. B. Faure Plating process for X-ray mask fabrication 6,040,203 F. M. Bozso and P. G. Emma Clock skew minimization system and method for integrated circuits 6,040,213 A. Canale and J. E. Cronin Polysilicon mini spacer for trench buried strap formation 6,040,218 C. H. Lam Two square NVRAM cell 6,040,631 E. P. Dibble, E. A. Johnson, and R. A. Phillips, Jr. Method of improved cavity BGA circuit package 6,040,725 W. R. Lee and D. Richardson Dynamically configurable variable frequency and duty cycle clock and signal generation 6,040,808 J. S. Beeteson and A. R. Knox Method of a magnetic matrix electron source flat panel display (as amended) 6,040,818 T. Minami, H. Satoh, and T. Satoh Display device 6,040,833 S. F. Henshaw Method and system for display manipulation of multiple applications in a data processing system 6,040,861 L. Boroczky, C. A. Gebler, J. M. Kaczmarczyk, E. F. Westermann, and R. L. Woodard Adaptive real-time encoding of video sequence employing image statistics 6,040,875 C. E. Boice, J. M. Kaczmarczyk, A. Y. Ngai, and M. P. Vachon Method to compensate for a fade in a digital video input sequence 6,040,888 K. Enami, M. Shinohara, and M. Uda Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacture thereof 6,040,953 P. Hardy, D. J. Malone, A. M. Patel, and R. A. Rutledge Adaptive data recovery method and means tuned to thermal asperities in a cyclic, multitracked magnetic storage subsystem 6,040,954 S. Tanghe High speed write driver for magnetic inductive write head using a half-switched H-driver 6,040,955 D. H. Brown, T. C. Christensen, E. A. Cunningham, and W. A. Rogelstad Self servo writing file 6,040,961 H. S. Gill Current-pinned, current resettable soft AP-pinned spin valve sensor 6,040,991 J. J. Ellis-Monaghan and W. D. Pricer SRAM memory cell having reduced surface area 6,041,044 J. O. Seiffert and D. Widmer Control network and configuration method therefor 6,041,060 P. L. Leichty and A. A. Slane Communications cell scheduler and scheduling method for providing periodic activities 6,041,133 A. Califano, S. E. Colville, and R. S. Germain Method and apparatus for fingerprint matching using transformation parameter clustering based on local feature correspondences 6,041,167 S. P. Song Method and system for reordering instructions after dispatch in a processing system 6,041,179 D. F. Bacon, M. N. Wegman, and F. K. Zadeck Object oriented dispatch optimization 6,041,180 M. Perks and M. A. Sehorne System and method for optimizing template object files 6,041,181 D. Ju, J. Ng, and V. Sarkar Method of, system for, and computer program product for providing quick fusion in where constructs 6,041,267 D. Dangat, J. Milne, and R. A. Orzell Method to provide common support for multiple types of solvers for matching assets with demand in microelectronics manufacturing 6,041,300 A. P. Ittycheriah and S. Maes Pre-enrolled speech sub-units for efficient speech synthesis (as amended) 6,041,312 L. P. Allen, M. Bickerton, K. A. Bohrer, E. Hughes, E. Kenworthy, R. Musgrove, S. Porter, D. Salt, and D. Scattergood Object oriented technology framework for accounts receivable and accounts payable 6,041,324 J. R. Earl, D. J. Goodman, and W. G. Nation System and method for identifying valid portion of computer resource identifier 6,041,326 H. Y. Amro and J. P. Dodson Method and system in a computer network for an intelligent search engine 6,041,329 G. T. Kishi Automated message processing system configured to automatically manage introduction of removable data storage media into media library 6,041,334 D. M. Cannon Storage management system with file aggregation supporting multiple aggregated file counterparts 6,041,343 B. Q. Nguyen, R. J. Redpath, and S. K. Singhal Method and system for a hybrid peer-server communications structure 6,041,360 M. C. Azua and H. Rodriguez Web browser support for dynamic update of bookmarks 6,041,366 J. J. Maddalozzo, G. F. McBrearty, and J. M. Shieh System and method for dynamic specification of input/output attributes 6,041,375 B. M. Bass, J. A. Hubbard, P. W. Oman, and F. J. Pita Method and system for enabling non-disruptive live insertion and removal of feature cards in a computer system 6,041,376 B. M. Gilbert, R. Joersz, T. Lovett, and R. J. Safranek Distributed shared memory system having a first node that prevents other nodes from accessing requested data until a processor on the first node controls the requested data 6,041,386 K. A. Bello Data sharing between system using different data storage formats 6,041,390 P. P. Liu, R. P. Singh, and S. Tung Token mechanism for cache-line replacement within a cache memory having redundant cache lines 6,041,392 T. Kakihara, A. Kanamaru, Y. Kigami, and T. Saitoh Disk drive device and method for controlling the same 6,041,398 J. G. Delgado-Frias, G. G. Pechanek, and S. Vassiliadis Massively parallel multiply-folded clustered processor mesh array 6,041,429 B. Koeneman System for test data storage reduction 6,042,889 G. L. Ballard and J. G. Gaudiello Method for electrolessly depositing metal onto a substrate using mediator ions 6,042,997 G. G. Barclay, G. Breyta, M. F. Cronin, R. Dellaguardia, H. Ito, and J. W. Thackeray Novel copolymers and photoresist compositions comprising copolymer resin binder component 6,043,003 J. Bucchignano, W. S. Huang, A. Katnani, K. Y. Lee, W. M. Moreau, and K. Petrillo E-beam application to mask making using new improved KRS resist system 6,043,110 J. G. Davis, M. A. Gaynes, and J. D. Poole Wire mesh insert for thermal adhesives 6,043,150 F. J. Downes, Jr., R. T. Galasco, and J. A. Molla Method for uniform plating of dendrites 6,043,166 P. Roitman and D. K. Sadana Silicon-on-insulator substrates using low dose implantation 6,043,436 H. Folberth, E. Klink, J. Koehl, and B. Korte Wiring structure for high performance chips 6,043,667 R. H. Cadwallader, T. Morrison, K. Probst, and W. A. Yager Substrate tester location clamping, sensing and contracting method and apparatus 6,043,689 J. E. Sheets and R. R. Williams Driver circuit for providing reduced AC defects 6,043,724 R. Frech, E. Klink, W. F. Shutler, U. Weiss, and T. Winkel Two-stage power noise filter with on and off chip capacitors 6,043,942 E. A. Cunningham and P. J. Windler Selectable write precompensation in a direct access storage device (DASD) 6,043,960 T. Y. Chang and J. J. Lo Inverted merged MR head with track width defining first pole tip component constructed on a side wall 6,043,963 J. H. Eaton Low profile tape cartridge 6,044,024 J. Barth, J. H. Dreibelbis, and H. L. Kalter Interactive method for self-adjusted access on embedded DRAM memory macros 6,044,031 J. A. Iadanza, and F. R. Keyser Programmable bit line drive modes for memory arrays 6,044,059 H. T. Olnowich Method and apparatus for minimizing contention losses in networks 6,044,075 J. Le Boudec and T. Przygienda Apparatus and method for routing a communication in a network 6,044,077 R. P. Luijten and D. J. Webb Method and apparatus for ATM switching 6,044,208 M. A. Lavin and E. Papadopoulou Incremental critical area computation for VLSI yield prediction 6,044,209 C. J. Alpert, A. Devgan, and S. T. Quay Method and system for segmenting wires prior to buffer insertion 6,044,217 C. L. Brealey, J. G. Johnston, V. Klicnik, D. M. Lauzon, L. T. Loi, and A. A. Seelemann Hierarchical metadata store for an integrated development environment 6,044,222 V. Sarkar and B. Simons A system, method, and program product for loop instruction scheduling for hardware lookahead 6,044,356 S. S. Murthy, F. Y. Wu, and J. T. Yeh Assistant for resource and demand trading 6,044,361 J. R. Kalagnanam, H. S. Lee, and M. E. Trumbo Fast inventory matching algorithm for the process industry 6,044,380 S. N. Gerard, S. L. Halter, S. J. Munroe, and E. E. Voldal Apparatus and method for morphing an object on first touch 6,044,385 D. H. Gross and R. S. Kemmetmueller Method and system for efficiently managing the manipulation of large documents displayed within a computer screen 6,044,388 R. S. DeBellis, R. M. Smith, and P. C. Yeh Pseudorandom number generator 6,044,394 W. S. Cadden, I. Hatanaka, and S. C. Hughes Managing independently executed computer tasks that are interrelated by dataflow 6,044,398 F. R. Marullo and D. H. Randall Virtual dynamic browsing system and method for automated web server and testing 6,044,401 J. Harvey Network sniffer for monitoring and reporting network information that is not privileged beyond a user's privilege level 6,044,404 S. A. Holdsworth and I. S. Houston Apparatus, method and computer program for providing arbitrary locking modes for controlling concurrent access to server resources 6,044,406 K. S. Barkey, C. Bender, D. L. Garmire, H. E. Roman, and D. G. Smyth Credit-based flow control checking and correction method 6,044,411 N. C. Berglund, D. F. Moertl, G. M. Nordstrom, and T. J. Osten Method and apparatus for correlating computer system device physical location with logical address 6,044,438 H. T. Olnowich Memory controller for controlling memory accesses across networks in distributed shared memory processing systems 6,044,442 L. G. Jesionowski External multi-host sharing of automated data storage library 6,044,447 D. A. Averill, J. M. Borkenhagen, J. A. Steenburgh, and S. S. Woodward Method and apparatus for communicating translation command information in a multithreaded environment 6,044,454 M. S. Farrell, C. A. Krygowski, D. F. McManigal, E. M. Schwarz, and T. J. Slegel IEEE compliant floating point unit 6,044,461 S. A. Agha, M. F. Diez, D. H. Sandifer, and A. H. Trautman Computer system and method of selectively rebooting the same in response to system program code update 6,044,465 D. P. Dutcher, S. A. Lenharth, J. M. Rolette, Jr., S. A. Smith, and C. J. Spooner User profile storage on and retrieval from a non-native server domain for use in a client running a native operating system 6,044,477 R. M. Jordan and Z. A. Lozinski Monitor system and method 6,044,479 T. J. Dell Human sensorially significant sequential error event notification for an ECC system 6,044,483 C. L. Chen, T. J. Dell, and W. C. Kwan Error propagation operating mode for error correcting code retrofit apparatus 6,044,487 R. Y. Li Majority voting scheme for hard error sites 6,044,488 J. Liedtke Process for generating a check word for a bit sequence for verifying the integrity and authenticit