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US5704055 - DYNAMIC RECONFIGURATION OF MAIN STORAGE AND EXPANDED STORAGE BY MEANS OF A SERVICE CALL LOGICAL PROCESSOR - GEORGE JONEL; PLEASANT VALLEY, NY (US) GLASSEN STEVEN GARDNER; WALLKILL, N
- SNAP CONTROL FOR RELOCATING ELEMENTS OF A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - REDPATH SARAH D; CARY, NC (US) US5704041 - OBJECT INDEPENDENT SCOPING IN AN OPEN SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM - ALLEN WA
LEADER RECOVERY IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - BADOVINATZ PETER RICHARD; KINGSTON, NY (US) CHANDRA TUSHAR DEEPAK; ELMSFORD, NY (US) KIRBY ORVALLE THEODORE; PLEASANT VALLEY, NY (US) PER
TING A VOICE SAMPLE TO A VOICE ACTIVATED DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - CLINE TROY LEE; CEDAR PARK, TX (US) ISENSEE SCOTT HARLAN; GEORGETOWN, TX (US) POSTON RICKY LEE; AUSTIN, TX (US) WERNER JON HARALD; OC
FOR MULTIPLE SPEED DATA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - BOGGS ANDREW KEITH; RALEIGH, NC (US) HOANG QUY N; RALEIGH, NC (US) JACOBS JOE; CHAPEL HILL, NC (US) MULLEN JOHN MARK; WAKE FOREST, NC (US) PURRINGT
WAYNE FREDERICK; JERICHO, VT (US) HEDBERG ERIK LEIGH; ESSEX JUNCTION, VT (US) US5703769 - POWER SWITCH WITH INRUSH CURRENT CONTROL - MURRAY THOMAS P; QUEENSVILLE (CA) US5703734 - DISC DRIVE HAVING A
JOHN S; WINCHESTER (GB) NEUBAUER JERRY LEE; STEWARTVILLE, MN (US) US5703684 - APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL DIFFERENTIAL MEASUREMENT OF GLIDE HEIGHT ABOVE A MAGNETIC DISK - LU HUIZONG; COCONUT CREEK, FL
PETERS; COLCHESTER, VT (US) US5703582 - DAC WITH FEEDBACK CONTROL FOR CURRENT SOURCE BIAS DURING NON-DISPLAY PERIOD - KOYAMA SEIJI; YAMATO (JP) NOZAWA TOHRU; SAGAMIHARA (JP) SUZUKI YASUSUKE; KANA
CT (US) XIAO PETER HONG; MOHEGAN LAKE, NY (US) US5703498 - PROGRAMMABLE ARRAY CLOCK/RESET RESOURCE - FURTEK FREDERICK CURTIS; MENLO PARK, CA (US) GOULD SCOTT WHITNEY; SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT (US) KE
THOMA ENDRE PHILIP; COLCHESTER, VT (US) US5703331 - CIRCUITIZED STRUCTURE INCLUDING FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT WITH ELASTOMERIC MEMBER BONDED THERETO - BRODSKY WILLIAM LOUIS; BINGHAMTON, NY (US) HERARD JA
STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION - BERTIN CLAUDE LOUIS; SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT (US) HEDBERG ERIK LEIGH; ESSEX JUNCTION, VT (US) HOWELL WAYNE JOHN; SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT (US) KALTER HOWARD LEO; COLCHESTER,
US5702087 - ASEISMIC SUPPORT STRUCTURE - SUZUKI AKIRA; OHMIHACHIMAN (JP) SUZUKI HIROSHI; OHMIHACHIMAN (JP) TSUKAMOTO TAKESHI; OHTSU (JP) US5701654 - PRECISION FLUID HEAD TRANSPORT - CANESTARO MICH
LYNN; OSSINING, NY (US) US5701514 - SYSTEM PROVIDING USER DEFINABLE SELECTION OF DIFFERENT DATA TRANSMISSION MODES OF DRIVERS OF AN I/O CONTROLLER TRANSMITTING TO PERIPHERALS WITH DIFFERENT DATA
WITHIN A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION UTILIZING A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - JOHNSON WILLIAM J; FLOWER MOUND, TX (US) KELLER ROBERT SCOTT; GRAPEVINE, TX (US) MANTHURUTHIL GEORGE C; COPPELL, TX (US) WILLIA
HANDLING APPARATUS ALIEN TO THE OPERATING SYSTEM - BAKER ERNEST DYSART; BOCA RATON, FL (US) DINWIDDIE JOHN MONROE JR; WEST PALM BEACH, FL (US) GRICE LONNIE EDWARD; BOCA RATON, FL (US) JOYCE JAMES M
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS FORMATTED IN A BOOKMASTER FORMAT - GOACH KENNETH EDMUND JR; AUSTIN, TX (US) MEYER GREGORY PHILLIP; AUSTIN, TX (US) SIMS JEFFREY SCOTT; AUSTIN, TX (US) US5701495 - SCALABLE SYSTEM
YOUNGS AMY MAY; AUSTIN, TX (US) US5701489 - SYSTEM FOR PARTIAL IN-LINE EXPANSION OF PROCEDURE CALLS DURING PROGRAM COMPILATION - BATES CARY LEE; ROCHESTER, MN (US) WYMAN BLAIR; ROCHESTER, MN (US)
FOR PERFORMING DATA COMPRESSION BASED ON A LIU-ZEMPEL ALGORITHM - BENAYOUN ALAIN; CAGNES SUR MER (FR) FIESCHI JACQUES; SAINT LAURENT DU VAR (FR) LEPENNEC JEAN-FRANCOIS; NICE (FR) MICHEL PATRICK; L
RY LYNN; ROUND ROCK, TX (US) STEPHENS ALAN PALMER; AUSTIN, TX (US) US5701458 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ARBITRARY SUBSETS OF ACCESS CONTROL LISTS IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - BSAIBES MOUNIR E
SAN JOSE, CA (US) PAYTON BRIAN GERRIT; SAN JOSE, CA (US) SIWEK HOWARD ALEXANDER; SAN JOSE, CA (US) US5701455 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REORDERING COMPLEX SQL QUERIES USING A MODIFIED GENERALIZED
ALIZED INFERENCE PROPAGATION AND GENERALIZED TRANSITIVE CLOSURE - BHARGAVA GAUTAM; CUPERTINO, CA (US) GOEL PIYUSH; MONTE SERENO, CA (US) IYER BALAKRISHNA RAGMAVENDRA; SAN JOSE, CA (US) US5701451 -
IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS - ABALI BULENT; NEW YORK, NY (US) MRAZ RONALD; MILLWOOD, NY (US) US5701430 - CROSS-CACHE-LINE COMPOUNDING ALGORITHM FOR SCISM PROCESSORS - BLANER BARTHOLOMEW; NEWARK VAL
VALE, CA (US) MICHOD CAROL S; TUCSON, AZ (US) NG CHAN YIU; SAN JOSE, CA (US) SHERMAN WILLIAM G II; TUCSON, AZ (US) STEFFAN JEFFREY R; SAN JOSE, CA (US) VAN GUNDY STEVEN R; GILROY, CA (US) US5701415 - METHOD
TX (US) US5701408 - METHOD FOR TESTING COMPUTER OPERATING OR APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES - CORNELL JULIE EILEEN; FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (US) DIAZ JORGE LAZARO; THE WOODLANDS, TX (US) HO DERE
LET GUY; MONTPELLIER (FR) STEIMLE ANDRE; EVRY (FR) US5701223 - SPIN VALVE MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSOR WITH ANTIPARALLEL PINNED LAYER AND IMPROVED EXCHANGE BIAS LAYER, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING SYSTEM U
CA (US) WILHOIT DENNIS RICHARD; MORGAN HILL, CA (US) US5701222 - SPIN VALVE SENSOR WITH ANTIPARALLEL MAGNETIZATION OF PINNED LAYERS - GILL HARDAYAL SINGH; PORTOLA VALLEY, CA (US) GURNEY BRUCE A; SAN
FOAMED POLYMER - HEDRICK JAMES LUPTON; PLEASANTON, CA (US) HEDRICK JEFFREY CURTIS; PARK RIDGE, NJ (US) LIAO YUN-HSIN; W. NYACK, NY (US) MILLER ROBERT DENNIS; SAN JOSE, CA (US) SHIH DA-YUAN; POUGHKEEP
G; HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NY (US) US5700549 - STRUCTURE TO REDUCE STRESS IN MULTILAYER CERAMIC SUBSTRATES - GARANT JOHN J; HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NY (US) INDYK RICHARD F; WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY (US) US57003
NY (US) PURUSHOTHAMAN SAMPATH; YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY (US) ROLDAN JUDITH MARIE; OSSINING, NY (US) SARAF RAVI F; BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY (US) SHAW JANE MARGARET; RIDGEFIELD, CT (US) VIEHBECK ALFRED; FISHK
PLATE - GOTH GARY FRANKLIN; PLEASANT VALLEY, NY (US) KEMINK RANDALL GAIL; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (US) LOPARCO JOHN JOSEPH; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (US) SCHMIDT ROGER RAY; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (US) US5699679 - CRYOGEN
SION STACKED VIAS FOR A MULTIPLE LAYER CIRCUIT BOARD STRUCTURE - CHONG KU HO; ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (US) CROCKETT CHARLES HAYDEN JR; AUSTIN, TX (US) DUNN STEPHEN ALAN DECEASED; LATE OF GEORGETOWN
MULTIPROCESSOR - LE HUNG QUI; AUSTIN, TX (US) SO KIMMING; AUSTIN, TX (US) TRUONG BAO-BINH; AUSTIN, TX (US) US5699536 - COMPUTER PROCESSING SYSTEM EMPLOYING DYNAMIC INSTRUCTION FORMATTING - HOPKINS
DISPLAY - AMRO HATIM YOUSEF; AUSTIN, TX (US) US5699534 - MULTIPLE DISPLAY POINTERS FOR COMPUTER GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES - BARBER RONALD JASON; SAN JOSE, CA (US) FORD DANIEL ALEXANDER; SAN JOSE, C
DITTO LOUIS FRANK; RALEIGH, NC (US) STAGG ARTHUR JAMES; RALEIGH, NC (US) WARD RAYMOND EDWARD; DURHAM, NC (US) US5699511 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY VARYING LOW LEVEL FILE SYSTEM OPERATIO
DY KRISHNA KISHORE; AUSTIN, TX (US) US5699502 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING COMPUTER SYSTEM FAULTS - SWANBERG RANDAL CRAIG; ROUND ROCK, TX (US) WILLIAMS MICHAEL STEPHEN; AUSTIN, TX (US) US56
PLEASANT VALLEY, NY (US) PERSHING JOHN ARTHUR JR; BUCHANAN, NY (US) US5699427 - METHOD TO DETER DOCUMENT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PIRACY THROUGH INDIVIDUALIZATION - CHOW CHEE-SENG; BRIARCLIFF
PETER; AUSTIN, TX (US) SINGH RAJINDER PAUL; AUSTIN, TX (US) US5699266 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY RECOGNIZING REPEATED SHAPES FOR DATA COMPACTION - CHUNG VIRGINIA M; PLEASANT VALLEY, N
TANAIK SURYA; SAN JOSE, CA (US) SIMMONS RANDALL GEORGE; SAN JOSE, CA (US) US5699160 - OPTICAL APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING LASER TEXTURE - BARENBOIM MICHAEL; BOCA RATON, FL (US) BAUMGART PETER MICHAEL
BOYNTON BEACH, FL (US) LU HUIZONG; COCONUT CREEK, FL (US) PENA LANPHUONG THI; FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (US) SEING HONG S; BOCA RATON, FL (US) TAHERI ALI REZA; BOCA RATON, FL (US) TAM ANDREW CHING; SARATOG
LOCAL PARITY - WIDMER ALBERT X; KATONAH, NY (US) US5696985 - VIDEO PROCESSOR - CRUMP DWAYNE T; APEX, NC (US) PANCOAST STEVE T; RALEIGH, NC (US) US5696974 - METHODS TO SUPPORT MULTIMETHOD FUNCTION OV
PORTING MULTIMETHOD FUNCTION OVERLOADING WITH COMPILE-TIME TYPE CHECKING AND RUN-TIME DISPATCH - AGRAWAL RAKESH; SAN JOSE, CA (US) DEMICHIEL LINDA GAIL; LOS ALTOS, CA (US) LINDSAY BRUCE GILBERT; SA
MONTE SERENO, CA (US) IYER BALAKRISHNA R; SAN JOSE, CA (US) US5696947 - TWO DIMENSIONAL FRAME BUFFER MEMORY INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - JOHNS CHARLES R; AUSTIN, TX (US) RO
METHOD OF MANAGING MARKER ENTITIES WITHIN A DOCUMENT DATA STREAM - BARKER BARBARA A; ROUND ROCK, TX (US) EDEL THOMAS R; AUSTIN, TX (US) STARK JEFFREY A; GRAPEVINE, TX (US) US5696905 - SYSTEM AND M
GRAM PRODUCT FOR GROUP LEADER RECOVERY IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - BADOVINATZ PETER RICHARD; KINGSTON, NY (US) CHANDRA TUSHAR DEEPAK; ELMSFORD, NY (US) KIRBY ORVALLE THEODORE; PL
- HEKMATPOUR AMIR; BURLINGTON, VT (US) US5696879 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED VOICE TRANSMISSION - CLINE TROY LEE; CEDAR PARK, TX (US) ISENSEE SCOTT HARLAN; GEORGETOWN, TX (US) PARKE FREDER
ING DESIRED ACCURACY - KOVACS LINDA ANNE; MAINE, NY (US) US5696709 - PROGRAM CONTROLLED ROUNDING MODES - SMITH RONALD MORTON SR; WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY (US) US5696656 - HIGHLY SENSITIVE ORTHOGONA
GLAS JOHNSON; FREMONT, CA (US) US5696654 - DUAL ELEMENT MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSOR WITH ANTIPARALLEL MAGNETIZATION DIRECTIONS FOR MAGNETIC STATE STABILITY - GILL HARDAYAL SINGH; PORTOLA VALLEY, CA (U
OWATONNA, MN (US) US5696643 - DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND READ ERROR RECOVERY METHOD IN A DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - HARAKO FUJIO; FUJISAWA (JP) NAKAJIMA MICHIO; SAGAMIHARA (JP) OGASAWARA KENJI; FUJISAWA
SELKER EDWIN JOSEPH; PALO ALTO, CA (US) US5696030 - INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CONTACTS HAVING IMPROVED ELECTROMIGRATION CHARACTERISTICS AND FABRICATION METHODS THEREFOR - CRONIN JOHN EDWARD; MILTON,
TIN FRANK JOHN; NORTH KELVINSIDE (GB) US5695500 - SYSTEM FOR MANIPULATING MOVEMENT OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH COMPUTER CONTROLLED BRAKE - KIM YONG-YIL; SEOUL (KR) TAYLOR RUSSELL HIGHSMITH; OS
MO (US) EASTON JANET RHEA; WOODSTOCK, NY (US) FARRELL MARK STEVEN; PLEASANT VALLEY, NY (US) WEBB CHARLES FRANKLIN; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (US) US5694616 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRIORITIZATION OF EMAIL I
TIMED INTERFACE FOR A NETWORK OF COMPUTER PROCESSORS INTERCONNECTED IN PARALLEL - CAPOWSKI ROBERT STANLEY; VERBANK, NY (US) CASPER DANIEL FRANCIS; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (US) DESNOYERS CHRISTINE MAR
- METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING ACCESS TO A DATASTORE - CANTIN GUYLAINE; TORONTO (CA) COPELAND GEORGE P; AUSTIN, TX (US) GHEITH AHMED M; ROUND ROCK, TX (US) SESSIONS ROGER H; AUSTIN, TX (US) US5
INSTRUCTIONS FOR TEST PSW VALIDITY, LOAD WITH ACCESS TEST, AND CHARACTER TRANSLATION ASSIST - CHECK MARK ANTHONY; HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NY (US) FARRELL MARK STEVEN; PLEASANT VALLEY, NY (US) LIPTAY JO
ROBERT; APEX, NC (US) NUECHTERLEIN DAVID WILLIAM; DURHAM, NC (US) US5694583 - BIOS EMULATION PARAMETER PRESERVATION ACROSS COMPUTER BOOTSTRAPPING - DART CHARLES R II; BOCA RATON, FL (US) MERKIN ST
NOBUYUKI; SENDAI (JP) SHIMIZU SHIGENORI; KAWASAKI (JP) US5694573 - SHARED L2 SUPPORT FOR INCLUSION PROPERTY IN SPLIT L1 DATA AND INSTRUCTION CACHES - CHEONG HOICHI; TRAVIS COUNTY, TX (US) HICKS DWAIN
CAMERON; TUCSON, AZ (US) CANDELARIA SUSAN KAY; TUCSON, AZ (US) CORD JOEL HARVEY; TUCSON, AZ (US) HARTUNG MICHAEL HOWARD; TUCSON, AZ (US) HYDE JOSEPH SMITH; TUCSON, AZ (US) MCCAULEY JOHN NORBERT JR
- KAHLE JAMES A; AUSTIN, TX (US) LOPER ALBERT J; CEDAR PARK, TX (US) MALLICK SOUMMYA; AUSTIN, TX (US) OGDEN AUBREY D; ROUND ROCK, TX (US) US5694556 - DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING BUFFERING MECHA
ING MULTIMEDIA QUALITY OF SERVICE SESSIONS IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - BAUGHER MARK JOHN; AUSTIN, TX (US) VAN HORN ISABEL BERDEEN; AUSTIN, TX (US) US5694443 - APPARATUS FOR COUNTING ELECTRONIC CO
M; ROCHESTER, MN (US) ZELINSKI MICHAEL J; ROCHESTER, MN (US) US5694407 - METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING A FCS - GLAISE RENE; NICE (FR) US5694400 - CHECKING DATA INTEGRITY IN BUFFERED DATA TRAN
GEN (DE) US5694362 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH SPEED COMPARISON - LATTIMORE GEORGE MCNEIL; AUSTIN, TX (US) LEASURE TERRY LEE; GEORGETOWN, TX (US) ZHANG KEVIN XIAOQIANG; AUSTIN, TX (US) US569434
MICHAEL PATRICK; ENDICOTT, NY (US) US5694310 - THREE PHASE INPUT BOOST CONVERTER - MALIK RANDHIR SINGH; COLCHESTER, VT (US) WUNDERLICH RONNIE ARNO; ENDICOTT, NY (US) US5694170 - VIDEO COMPRESSION US
SHIRE (GB) KNOX ANDREW; KILBIRNIE (GB) US5694123 - KEYBOARD WITH INTEGRATED POINTING DEVICE AND CLICK BUTTONS WITH LOCK DOWN FOR DRAG OPERATION IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFA
- FERRAIOLO FRANK D; ESSEX JUNCTION, VT (US) GERSBACH JOHN E; BURLINGTON, VT (US) HAYASHI MASAYUKI; WILLISTON, VT (US) MASENAS CHARLES J JR; ESSEX JUNCTION, VT (US) NOVOF ILYA I; ESSEX JUNCTION, VT (US) US
MASENAS CHARLES J JR; ESSEX JUNCTION, VT (US) US5693928 - METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DIFFUSION BARRIER AND POLYMERIC ARTICLE HAVING A DIFFUSION BARRIER - EGITTO FRANK DANIEL; BINGHAMTON, NY (US) MATIEN
(US) US5692218 - SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICES HAVING SEPARATE ADDRESS SPACES IN ACCORDANCE WITH INITIALIZING INFORMATION IN ADDRESS PACKAGES (METHOD IN A DATA PROC
FLICT RESOLUTION APPARATUS - MEANEY PATRICK J; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (US) SEIGLER ADRIAN E; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (US) US5692207 - DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH DUAL MEMORY STRUCTURES FOR PERFORMIN
BEACH, FL (US) US5692205 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATION OF MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS WITHIN AN OBJECT ORIENTED USER INTERFACE (METHOD WITHIN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM) - BERRY RICHARD E; GEOR
JR; WEST PALM BEACH, FL (US) US5692195 - PARENT CLASS SHADOWING (COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT) - CONNER MIKE HADEN; AUSTIN, TX (US) MARTIN ANDREW RICHARD; AUSTIN, TX (US) RAPER LARRY KEITH; AUSTIN, TX (
- BIOS EMULATION OF A HARD FILE IMAGE AS A DISKETTE (DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM) - WILLIAMS DONALD D; BOCA RATON, FL (US) US5692182 - BUFFERPOOL COHERENCY FOR IDENTIFYING AND RETRIEVING VERSIONS OF WORK
ALLEN; SAN JOSE, CA (US) US5692180 - OBJECT-ORIENTED CELL DIRECTORY DATABASE FOR A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - LEE HENRY; AUSTIN, TX (US) US5692174 - QUERY PARALLELISM IN A SHARED DATA DBMS
BYNOW, IT’S BECOME SOMEWHAT PREDICTABLE.
The U.S. Patent Office announces the company that
received the most new patent awards, and IBM’s tech-
nical community takes a bow. In 1997, it happened again
— for the fifth straight year. These pages contain some
of the names of the technologies and the technologists
behind some of our patent awards in 1997. (We received
1,724 of them, so we have had to use small print.) But
this roster isn’t a monument to irrelevant brilliance.
We understand that capitalizing on our intellectual
property is as important as creating it, and we do that in
several ways. Fully one-third of last year’s patented
technologies have already been incorporated into IBM
products. We also enter into cross-patent agreements
that give us access to additional technologies and
strengthen our total solutions capability. Finally,
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