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  • Computer Related Technology
  • Sensors
  • Medical Devices
  • Nanotechnology
  • Wireless
  • Materials
  • Optoelectronics
  • Semiconductor
  • Security and Identification
  • Negative Index Materials
  • Miscellaneous

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Software

• Real-time Object Detection in Images or Signals (SD2007-265)
• Inference of Activities Supported at a Place (SD2007-136)
• Ultrashort Echo Time (UTE) Spectroscopic Imaging of Tissues with Short Transverse Relaxation Time (T2) (SD2007-131)
• Method for Identifying Drug Targets Using Sequence Data (SD2007-022)
• Method for Identification of Peptides and Post-Translational Modifications (SD2006-162 and SD2006-817)
• New Methods for Cell-based OPC (SD2006-215, SD2006-824)
• Novel Algorithms and Software for Mapping Complex Networks (SD2006-258)
• Rapid Map Learning (SD2006-210)
• FlexoPred: New Tool For Protein Engineering (SD2006-123)
• HDDERASE (SD2005-815)
• Method to Enhance Retention of Learned Material (SD2005-213)
• Creating and Maintaining New Markets for Wild Stocks Using a New Derivative Instrument (SD2005-074)
• Next Generation Traveler Information System (SD2004-817)
• Aggressive Code Parallelization and Optimization for High-level Synthesis of Digital Circuits (SD2004-824)
• Molecular Biology Toolkit (MBT) (SD2004-815)
• BMPcount: A Library of Bitmap Algorithms for Counting Active Flows on High Speed Links (SD2004-810)
• AutoFocus: Software for Analyzing Computer Network Traffic (SD2004-806)
• XKeyword: Unstructured Plain Language Database Search Engine (SD2004-245)
• Aggressive Code Parallelization and Optimization for High-level Synthesis of Digital Circuits (SD2004-135)
• Clinical Trials Management System (SD2004-082)
• SIMGRID (SD2003-816)
• Method and System for Selecting Documents by Measuring Document Quality (SD2003-280)
• GenePalette: Software For Genome Sequence Navigation And Analysis (SD2002-853)
• WRAPI (SD2002-849)
• Load/Unload Simulator (SD2002-834)
• Splicing Graph Genome Assembler Software Modules (SD2002-818, SD2002-819, SD2002-820, SD2002-821, SD2002-822)
• SQUID (SD2002-815)
• Open MMS (SD2002-814)
• WhyWhere (SD2002-812)
• SMTSIM (SD2002-810)
• The MEME/MAST System Motif Discovery and Research
  Version 3.0 (SD2002-802)
• Multiple EM for Motif Elicitation (MEME) Version 3.0  (SD2001-804)
• CE-Combinatorial Extension (SD2001-155)
• New Method for Similarity Search with Well-Characterized Statistics (SD2001-042)
• Method for Predicting Protein Binding from Primary Structure Data (SD2001-034)
• GeoPlot Web Visualization Tool (SD2000-841)
• Benchmarks for Java (Version 1.1) (SD2000-829)
• Quality of Well Being Instrument (QWB7) (SD2000-825 & SD2000-827)
• 3D Visual Modeling with Wide View Images (SD2000-128)
• High-performance I/O Using Atomic Notification and Efficient I/O Transfer by Aligning Variable-sized Packets within a Common Main Memory Region (SD2000-040)
• UCSD Pascal (SD1991-807)

Computer Related Technologyx

• A Scalable, Commodity Data Center Network Architecture (SD2008-223)
• Real-time Object Detection in Images or Signals (SD2007-265)
• A Method for Data Integration Across Heterogeneous Data Sources (SD2007-069)
• New Spatial Processing Algorithm for Sound Generation (SD2007-028)
• New Audio Analysis Method with Application for Synthesis, Editing and Compression (SD2006-177)
• New Pipelined Architecture for Tree-Based Searches with Balanced Memories (SD2006-153)
• Reality Flythrough (SD2006-080)
• Method for Improving the Sensitivity of NMR and MRI Measurements (SD2005-125)
• Binary Digit Multiplication and Applications (SD2005-046)
• Near Optimal Detector For The 2-Dimensional ISI Channel (SD2004-159)
• Topological Fingerprints for Speaker Identification (SD2003-222)
• Real-Time System for Driver's Eye-Gaze Analysis and Driver's View Capture (SD2003-003)
• Real-Time Face Recognition (SD2003-002)
• The Algebron Method of Modeling Complex Systems (SD2003-001)
• Web Server with Differentiated Quality of Service (SD2002-240)
• Novel Motion Estimation Technique (SD2002-160)
• Digital Tele-Viewer (SD2002-141)
• A Multilayer Structure to Form an Active Matrix Display with Single Crystalline Drivers over a Transmissive Substrate (SD2002-125)
• A new interactive method for the display of 2-D spatial data (SD2002-002)
• System and Methods for Knowledge-Guided Information Integration (SD2001-037)
• Information Retrieval System and Method with Format Conversion System and Method (SD2000-028)
• Digital Tickets (SD1999-115)
• VisualizeR: An Extensible Virtual Reality Open Learning Environment (1999-046)
• Direct Communication by Brain Signalling (SD1999-002)
• Bipartite Matching (SD1994-B62)

Sensors

• High Precision Carbon Dioxide Sensor for Geological Reservoirs (SD2008-251)
• Non-contact Biopotential Sensor (SD2008-143)
• Optical Fiber-mounted porous silicon photonic crystal for remote sensing of environmental toxins and volatile organic compounds (SD2007-299)
• Ultra-sensitive and Ultra-stable Chemical Sensor Based on Ultra-thin Organic Thin-Film Transistors (SD2007-176)
• Automated Facial Action Coding System (SD2007-103)
• Ultrasonic Guided Wave Monitoring of Composite Bonded Joints Using Macro Fiber Composite Transducers (SD2006-287)
• Optical Sensor for Real-time Measurement of Equivalence Ratio Oscillations In Gas Fired Turbines (SD2006-255)
• Aircraft Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (SD2006-104)
• Nanostructures as a Generic Sensor Platform (SD2006-067)
• Dry Adhesion and Patterning of Nanomaterials on Tacky Photopolymer (SD2005-190)
• 3-D Shape Reconstruction (SD2005-126)
• Novel Biosensors for the diagnoses of Cervical, Breast, and other cancers (SD2005-089)
• Biological Applications of ?gSmart Dust?h ?| Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals (SD2005-038)
• Undersea Hydrocarbon Detection (SD2005-035)
• Magnetic Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals (SD2004-206 and SD2004-270)
• Method for Enhancing Near-Surface / Interface Optical Absorption of Semiconductors (SD2004-202)
• Autonomous Underwater Accoustic Arrays (SD2004-138)
• “Smart Dust” – Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals (SD2004-032)
• Scene Imager for Tactical Applications (SD2003-249)
• A New Method for Automatic, Real-Time Face Detection and Expression Recognition (SD2003-227)
• Complex Optical Encoding of Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals (SD2003-214)
• Chemically Modified Porous Si Films for Biosensor Applications (SD2003-122)
• Photoluminescent Polymers and Copolymers Containing Metalloles for Explosives Detection in Vapor Phase or Solution (SD2003-020)
• New Catalytic Method for Synthesizing Polymetalloles (SD2002-223)
• Digital Tele-Viewer (SD2002-141)
• Rapid Detection of Explosives (SD2000-160)
• Device for Detectection of Organic Compounds, Ions, and Other Molecular Species by Optical Interference in a Porous Silicon Layer (SD1997-064)

Medical Devices

• New Surface for Accelerated Cartilage Cell Growth (SD2009-001)
• Calorie Pacer (SD2008-160)
• Non-contact Biopotential Sensor (SD2008-143)
• Ultrashort Echo Time (UTE) Spectroscopic Imaging of Tissues with Short Transverse Relaxation Time (T2) (SD2007-131)
• A Method for Controlling the Release of Drugs (SD2007-033)
• NanoCon - A New Nanotechnology for Targeted Drug Delivery (SD2007-027)
• Ultrasono-Manometry Esophageal Function Assessment (SD2007-011)
• Device for Near-Field Scanning in Microfluidic Channels (SD2006-299)
• Computation Method for Cardiovascular Modeling (SD2006-264)
• Article Comprising Large-Surface-Area Biocompatible Materials and Method of Manufacture Thereof (SD2006-261)
• Intra-Cavitary Miniature Portable Camera (SD2006-193)
• Method for manipulating and heating of discrete droplets using magnetic particles derived from porous silicon (SD2006-176)
• Method for Treatment of Post-Shock Inflammation (SD2006-068)
• Bio-Implant and Accelerated Cell Growth (SD2005-225)
• 3-D Shape Reconstruction (SD2005-126)
• Microfluidic Chemostat (SD2005-034)
• Improved Fluorescent Molecular Rotors for Viscosity Measurement in Small Volumes (SD2003-145)
• Improved perfusion imaging Using MRI or as a Standalone Product (SD2001-175)
• Method to Enhance Microhardness and Fretting Resistance of Implant Prosthesis  (SD2000-089)
• Tissue Oxygen Distribution by Pulse Oximetry (1999-027)
• Improved, real-time brain computer interface systems (SD1999-002)
• Hydrogen Peroxide Sensing Electrode (SD1998-014)
• Control of Skeletal Muscle Fatigue During Electrical Stimulation (SD1993-303)
• Adaptive Closed Loop Electrical Stimulation of Muscles (SD1985-235)

Nanotechnology

• New Surface for Accelerated Cartilage Cell Growth (SD2009-001)
• Optical Fiber-mounted porous silicon photonic crystal for remote sensing of environmental toxins and volatile organic compounds (SD2007-299)
• A Method for Controlling the Release of Drugs (SD2007-033)
• NanoCon - A New Nanotechnology for Targeted Drug Delivery (SD2007-027)
• The Carbon Nanotube Transistor (SD2006-037)
• Bio-Implant and Accelerated Cell Growth (SD2005-225)
• Dry Adhesion and Patterning of Nanomaterials on Tacky Photopolymer (SD2005-190)
• Method to Fabricate Composite Photonic Crystals of Porous Silicon and Polymers, with Highly Regular Particle Dimensions (SD2005-090)
• Porous Photonic Crystals for Intraocular Drug Delivery (SD2005-088)
• Biological Applications of ?gSmart Dust?h ?| Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals (SD2005-038 and SD2005-044)
• Magnetic Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals (SD2004-206 and SD2004-270)
• Novel Non-proximity Projection Lithography and Mask-less Lithography II with Electrons (SD2004-121)
• “Smart Dust” – Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals (SD2004-032)
• Electrolytic Nanolithography (SD2003-276)
• Self-Assembling, Self-Orienting Photonic Crystals of Porous Silicon (SD2003-257)
• Complex Optical Encoding of Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals (SD2003-214)
• Determination of Protein Size (SD2003-182)
• Photoluminescent Polymers and Copolymers Containing Metalloles for Explosives Detection in Vapor Phase or Solution (SD2003-020)
• New Catalytic Methot for Synthesizing Polymetalloles (SD2002-223)
• Optically Encoded Nanoparticles (SD2002-075)
• Rapid Detection of Explosives (SD2000-160)
• Device for Detectection of Organic Compounds, Ions, and Other Molecular Species by Optical Interference in a Porous Silicon Layer (SD1997-064)
• Adaptive Closed Loop Electrical Stimulation of Muscles (SD1985-235)

Wireless

• Motion Vector Processing with Adaptive Interpolation Scheme (SD2008-271)
• Video and Image Selective Processing (SD2008-079)
• Online Regression Method for Prediction with Application to Image and Video Coding (SD2008-039)
• A Novel Hierarchical Motion Vector Processing for Motion Compensated Frame Interpolation (SD2008-038)
• Preprocessing for Patch Based Learning and Regression Framework (SD2008-036)
• Method to Remove Motion Blur on Digital Displays (SD2008-033)
• Scalable Motion Model for Scalable Video Coding (SD2008-032)
• A New Technique to Integrate a Generic Finite Element Analysis Software into Various Software Platforms (SD2007-307)
• An Integrated Architecture Design for De-Block Filtering for VC-1 (SD2007-153)
• A Novel Multi-Stage Motion Vector Processing and Application in Motion Compensated Frame Interpolation (SD2007-150)
• Inference of Activities Supported at a Place (SD2007-136)
• Rotman Lens Incorporated into a Surface Acoustic Wave Filter (SD2007-068)
• An Improved Technique for Nonlinearity Measurement of Wireless Transmitters and Receivers (SD2007-065)
• New OFDM Receiver for Wireless Ad Hoc Network and UWB Systems (SD2007-047)
• MAESTRO: Multi Antenna Enhancements via Symbolic Timing Relative to Offsets (SD2007-010)
• Simple Mesh Network Client Mobility And Reachability (SD2007-005)
• High-Efficiency Envelope-Tracking W-CDMA Base-Station Amplifier Using GaN HFETs (SD2006-284)
• Method to Remove Motion Blur on Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) - (SD2006-219)
• Fast RF Peak Detector with Adaptive Current Biasing (SD2006-217)
• CalRadio (SD2006-045)
• A Fast and Secure Stream Cipher with Variable Key Length (SD2006-214)
• Transceiver for Low Signal-To-Noise Ratio Packet-Based Communication Channels (SD2006-196)
• Secure Communications for Networks With Different Levels of Trust (SD2006-195)
• Device for Efficient Generation of Coherent Terahertz Radiation and Radiation Detection (SD2006-172)
• New Method for Determining Reliable Motion Vectors (SD2006-142, SD2006-209)
• New Method for Measuring True Motion in Video (SD2006-091)
• Real-time Power Amplifier Distortion Compensation (SD2006-041)
• Seamless Wireless Handoffs (SD2005-154)
• Low Transmitter Complexity MIMO-OFDM With Improved Frequency Diversity (SD2005-153)
• A Customizable Input Interface for Wireless, Mobile devices (SD2005-131)
• Highly Linear Voltage Variable Capacitor (SD2005-117)
• Hybrid Video Coding (SD2005-083)
• Motion Vector Scalability Technique for Scalable Video Coding (SD2005-072)
• TASC Error Correcting Codes (SD2005-050)
• Environmentally Aware Video Coding (SD2005-032)
• Wireless Shipboard Communications Using Advanced Signal Coding (SD2004-266)
• Motion Vector Processing Technique for Video Processing (SD2004-262)
• Video Walkie-Talkie (SD2003-247)
• New Global Motion Algorithm (SD2003-210)
• Motion Vector Technique for Frame Rate Up Conversion (SD2003-181)
• Optimal Video Motion Compensation for Connections at Different Rates (SD2003-157)
• Optimal Link Scheduling and Power Control for CDMA Wireless Multi-hop Networks (SD2002-222)
• CMOS class AB power amplifier with cancellation of nonlinearity due to change in gate capacitance of a NMOS input transistor with switching (SD2001-091)
• An S-Band Low Noise Amplifier with Self Adjusting Bias for Improved Power Consumption and Improved Range in a Mobile Environment (SD1999-116)
• Chaotic Impulse Radio (SD1999-044)

Materials

• Current Differential Mode Logic (SD2007-147)
• Sensitive Chemical Sensor to Detect a Broad Range of Nitrogen-Based Explosives (SD2007-074)
• Digital to Analog Converters with Quantum Accuracy (SD2005-271)
• Method to Fabricate Composite Photonic Crystals of Porous Silicon and Polymers, with Highly Regular Particle Dimensions (SD2005-090)
• Artificial Bone from Sea Shells (SD2005-022)
• Higher Density for Magnetic Storage (SD2005-003)
• Photodetackafiable Film for Dry-Screen Phosphor Display Manufacture (SD2004-241)
• High-Electrical-Conductivity Nanocomposite Material for High Power Microwave Systems (SD2004-114)
• Improved Multilayer Vacuum Microtube Device and Method for Making Such device (SD2003-273, SD2003-274)
• Self-Assembling, Self-Orienting Photonic Crystals of Porous Silicon (SD2003-257)
• Thermoplastic Anticorrosion Coating for Metals (SD2003-063)
• Tacky Dot® Technologies (SD2002-092)
• Electrostatic Methods and Apparatus for Mounting and Demounting Particles from a Surface Having an Array of Tacky and Non-Tacky Areas (SD2002-091)
• Improved Method and Apparatus for Adhering and Centering Particles to the Tacky areas on a Surface Containing an Array of Tacky and Non-Tacky Areas (SD2002-090)
• Method and Product for Particle Mounting (SD2002-089)
• Design and Fabrication of Vibration-damped Structural Materials. (SD2002-080)
• Wear and Corrosion Resistant Layer for Metal Alloys (SD2002-019)
• Rapid Detection of Explosives (SD2000-160)
• Accurate Patterning of Hydrophobic Materials (SD2000-086)
• Novel Amide-Based Protecting Groups for the Synthesis of Complex moleculse (SD2000-030)
• Improved Materials for Lightweight Armor (SD1998-065)
• Energy Absorbing Felt Reinforced Composites (SD1997-002)

Optoelectronics

• Frequency Up-conversion via Hot Carrier Luminescence (SD2007-156)
• Ultra-High Sensitivity Photodetector for Image Sensors (SD2007-152)
• All Optical Inverter, Logic and Memory Circuits based on Vertical Cavity Semiconductor Optical Amplifier-like Devices (SD2006-305)
• STI-bounded Single-photon Detector in a Deep-submicron CMOS Process (SD2006-228)
• Exciton Optoelectronic Transistor (SD2006-186)
• Increased Energy Conversion Efficiency in Bulk and Thin-film Semiconductor Photovoltaic and Photodetector Devices (SD2006-133)
• Higher Efficiency Coupling of Fiber Optic / Opto-electronic Links (SD2006-035)
• Space-Variant Inhomogeneous Media for Polarization Control (SD2006-020)
• Scalable Monolithically Integrated Optoelectronic Circuits Without Optical/electronic Interconnects (SD2005-244)
• Wide Band Microwave Phase Shifter (SD2005-242)
• Narrowly Filtered On-Off Keying Modulation in Communication Links (SD2005-208)
• Duobinary Transmitter with Improved Properties (SD2003-266)
• Photonic Crystal Filters (SD2003-009)
• Dynamically Optimal Optical Pulses (SD2001-087)
• Electro-optic Intensity Modulator with Improved Linearity (SD2000-059)

Semiconductor

• New Method for Reading/Writing a Magnetic Memory (SD2008-265)
• New Extreme Ultraviolet Light Source(SD2008-254)
• p-type  Zinc Oxide Nanowires (SD2007-086)
• New Methods for Cell-based OPC (SD2006-215, SD2006-824)
• Exciton Optoelectronic Transistor (SD2006-186)
• Optimization of EUV Lithography Light Source from Laser-produced Plasma (SD2006-165)
• Increased Energy Conversion Efficiency in Bulk and Thin-film Semiconductor Photovoltaic and Photodetector Devices (SD2006-133)
• Carbon Nanotube based Nonvolatile Memory (SD2006-102)
• A spin-based device for the measurement of light polarization (SD2006-050)
• The Carbon Nanotube Transistor (SD2006-037)
• Surfliner: Speed of Light On-chip Signaling (SD2005-207)
• Method of Transferring an Ultra-Thin Layer of Crystalline Material with High Crystalline Quality (SD2005-205/206)
• Dry Adhesion and Patterning of Nanomaterials on Tacky Photopolymer (SD2005-190)
• Method for Enhancing Near-Surface / Interface Optical Absorption of Semiconductors (SD2004-202)
• Novel Non-proximity Projection Lithography and Mask-less Lithography II with Electrons (SD2004-121)
• A Novel Approach to Reducing Thermal Skew Across High Speed Circuits (SD2004-029)
• Electrolytic Nanolithography (SD2003-276)
• Improved Multilayer Vacuum Microtube Device and Method for Making Such device (SD2003-273, SD2003-274)
• CMOS Phase Locked Loop with Voltage Controlled Oscillator having Realignment to Reference and Method for the Same U.S. Patent # 6,683,506 (SD2002-044)
• MVDR Based Feature Extraction for Robust Speech Recognition (SD2001-138)
• A Methodology for the Design of High-Performance Communication Architectures for System-On-Chips Using Communication Architecture Tuners (SD2001-097)
• New Device Structure for GaN FETs (SD2000-154 & SD2000-155)
• Semiconductor Wafer Pattering by Scanning Probe Lithography (SD2000-002)

Security and Identification

• Optical Fiber-mounted porous silicon photonic crystal for remote sensing of environmental toxins and volatile organic compounds (SD2007-299)
• Secure Communications for Networks With Different Levels of Trust (SD2006-195)
• Method to Fabricate Composite Photonic Crystals of Porous Silicon and Polymers, with Highly Regular Particle Dimensions (SD2005-090)
• Synchronous Stream Cipher With Variable Key Length (SD2005-052)
• Totally Asynchronous Stream Cipher (SD2005-051)
• Self-Synchronizing Stream Cipher with Variable Key Length (SD2005-049)
• Biological Applications of ?gSmart Dust?h ?| Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals (SD2005-038 and SD2005-044)
• Environmentally Aware Video Coding (SD2005-032)
• Magnetic Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals (SD2004-206 and SD2004-270)
• “Smart Dust” – Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals (SD2004-032)
• Self-Assembling, Self-Orienting Photonic Crystals of Porous Silicon (SD2003-257)
• Topological Fingerprints for Speaker Identification (SD2003-222)
• Complex Optical Encoding of Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals (SD2003-214)
• Determination of Protein Size (SD2003-182)
• Photoluminescent Polymers and Copolymers Containing Metalloles for Explosives Detection in Vapor Phase or Solution (SD2003-020)
• Digital Tele-Viewer (SD2002-141)
• Optically Encoded Nanoparticles (SD2002-075)
• Rapid Detection of Explosives (SD2000-160)
• Device for Detectection of Organic Compounds, Ions, and Other Molecular Species by Optical Interference in a Porous Silicon Layer (SD1997-064)

Negative Index Materials

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Miscellaneous

• A Duplexed Multiline Multiphoton Microscope (SD2008-074)
• Periodic Electrodynamic Focusing Lens for Nanoparticles and Ions < 10 nm. (SD2006-166)
• Ocean Wave Propulsion for Marine Vehicles (SD2006-030)
• A New Ultra-wide Field, Lens-coupled CCD Detector System for Intermediate-High Voltage Transmission Electron Microscopy (SD2005-184)
• Long Baseline Acoustic Navigation of Deeptowed and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (SD2005-086)
• Biological Applications of ?gSmart Dust?h ?| Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals (SD2005-038 and SD2005-044)
• Magnetic Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals (SD2004-206 and SD2004-270)
• Phase Contrast Confocal Optical Microscope System for In-situ Imaging of Living Biological Specimens with Ultrahigh Phase Sensitivity (SD2004-264)
• Zero Offset Displays for Pen Computing (SD2004-184)
• A Dynamic Bouncing Robot for Fast Locomotion Over Difficult Terrain (SD2004-167)
• A New Single Particle Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption and Ionization Mass Spectrometer (SD2004-117)
• Automated Pollen Collection and Analysis System (APCAS) (SD2004-069)
• Universal Power Adapter for Personal Electronic Equipment (SD2004-017)
• Method for Non-Specular Photography (elimination of flash effects) (SD2003-213)
• Hyperecho Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (SD2003-177)
• New Tensioning System for Portable Racquet Stringers (SD2003-062)
• Measurement of Electric Fields via Test Particles (2000-021)
• Acoustic Daylight Imaging (SD1992-B08)