William Hoofe specializes in the preparation and prosecution of domestic and international patent applications, patent-related client counseling, patent opinions, and strategic patent portfolio planning. His extensive experience includes preparing and prosecuting patent applications for innovations in medical devices, electronics, telecommunications, computer hardware, software, semiconductor devices and fabrication, Internet technologies, energy-based medical treatment systems, medical imaging systems, and electromechanical and mechanical technologies.

Mr. Hoofe has handled patent-related matters for clients ranging from large international and national corporations to small and medium-size closely held companies, innovative start-ups, software developers, and individual inventors and innovators. He has prepared and/or prosecuted patent applications for Apple, Applied Materials, Breathe Technologies, Covidien, IBM, Intel, Northrop Grumman, Quantum Design, RFaxis, Samsung, Siemens, Sun Microsystems, United Microelectronics, United States Surgical, Valleylab Division of Tyco Healthcare, and more.

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COVIDIEN

Serial Number	Title
14/548,919Δ	Surgical Instrument with End-Effector Assembly Including Three Jaw Members Filed: Nov. 20, 2014
14/319,869Δ	Split Electrode for Use in a Bipolar Electrosurgical Instrument Filed: Jun. 30, 2014
14/295,730Δ	Electrosurgical Instrument with End-Effector Assembly Including Electrically-Conductive, Tissue-Engaging Surfaces and Switchable Bipolar Electrodes Filed: Jun. 4, 2014
14/295,049Δ	Electrode for Use in a Bipolar Electrosurgical Instrument Filed: Jun. 3, 2014
14/152,495Δ	Systems and Devices for Treatment of Hypothermia and Systems Including Garments Adapted to Controllably Emit Energy for Warming Wearer Filed: Jan. 10, 2014
14/022,535Δ	Transmitting Data Across a Patient Isolation Barrier Using an Electric-Field Capacitive Coupler Module Filed: Sep. 10, 2013
14/017,995Δ	Devices and Methods for Optical Detection of Tissue Contact Filed: Sep. 4, 2013
14/011,438Δ	Drug-Delivery Device for Use with Ablation Device Filed: Aug. 27, 2013
14/011,414Δ	Drug-Delivery Cannula Assembly Filed: Aug. 27, 2013
13/942,883Δ	Device and Method for Heat-Sensitive Agent Application Filed: Jul. 16, 2013
13/942,864Δ	Heat-Sensitive Optical Probes Filed: Jul. 16, 2013
13/920,367Δ	Heat-Distribution Indicators, Thermal Zone Indicators, Electrosurgical Systems Including Same, and Methods of Directing Energy to Tissue Using Same Filed: Jun. 18, 2013
13/904,478Δ	Ablation Device with Drug Delivery Component Filed: May 29, 2013
13/871,142Δ	Ablation Device with Drug Delivery Component and Biopsy Tissue-Sampling Component Filed: Apr. 26, 2013
13/785,203Δ	Dialysis Catheter Assembly Filed: Mar. 5, 2013
13/539,690	Thermal Feedback Systems and Methods of Using the Same
13/469,960Δ	System and Method for Directing Energy to Tissue Filed: May 11, 2012
13/412,897	Surgical Tissue Sealer
13/369,152	Apparatus, System, and Method for Performing an Electrosurgical Procedure
13/352,909Δ	Printed Circuit Boards Including Strip-Line Circuitry and Methods of Manufacturing Same Filed: Jan. 18, 2012
13/247,043Δ	Logarithmic Amplifier, Electrosurgical Generator Including Same, and Method of Controlling Electrosurgical Generator Using Same Filed: Sep. 28, 2011
13/243,628Δ	End-Effector Assemblies for Electrosurgical Instruments and Methods of Manufacturing Jaw Assembly Components of End-Effector Assemblies Filed: Sep. 23, 2011
13/237,488Δ	Method of Manufacturing Handheld Medical Devices Including Microwave Amplifier Unit Filed: Sep. 20, 2011
13/236,997Δ	Handheld Medical Devices Including Microwave Amplifier Unit at Device Handle Filed: Sep. 20, 2011
13/228,996Δ	Surgical Generator and Related Method for Mitigating Overcurrent Conditions Filed: Sep. 9, 2011
13/227,220	Vessel Sealing Instrument with Cutting Mechanism
13/183,856Δ	Clip-Over Disposable Assembly for Use with Hemostat-Style Surgical Instrument and Methods of Manufacturing Same Filed: Jul. 15, 2011
13/114,671Δ	System and Method for Directing Energy to Tissue and Method of Assessing Ablation Size as a Function of Temperature Information Associated with An Energy Applicator Filed: May 24, 2011
13/080,383Δ	Electrically-Insulative Hinge for Electrosurgical Jaw Assembly, Bipolar forceps Including Same, and Methods of Jaw-Assembly Alignment Using Fastened Electrically-Insulative Hinge Filed: Apr. 5, 2011
13/075,847	Vessel Sealing Instrument with Electrical Cutting Mechanism
13/043,694Δ	Systems for Thermal-Feedback-Controlled Rate of Fluid Flow to Fluid-Cooled Antenna Assembly and Methods of Directing Energy to Tissue Using Same Filed: Mar. 9, 2011
13/029,594Δ	Energy-Delivery Device Including Ultrasound Transducer Array and Phased Antenna Array, and Methods of Adjusting an Ablation Field Radiating Into Tissue Using Same Filed: Feb. 17, 2011
13/029,521Δ	Energy-Delivery Device Including Ultrasound Transducer Array and Phased Antenna Array Filed: Feb. 17, 2011
12/985,155Δ	Energy-Delivery Devices with Flexible Fluid-Cooled Shaft, Inflow / Outflow Junctions Suitable for Use with Same, and Systems Including Same Filed: Jan. 5, 2011
12/981,771	Combined Unilateral/Bilateral Jaws on a Surgical Instrument
12/977,390Δ	Microwave Field-Detecting Needle Assemblies, Methods of Manufacturing Same, Methods of Adjusting An Ablation Field Radiating Into Tissue Using Same, and Systems Including Same Filed: Dec. 23, 2010
12/977,205	Pouch Used to Deliver Medication When Ruptured
12/948,144	Method and Apparatus for Vascular Tissue Sealing with Active Cooling of Jaws at the End of the Sealing Cycle
12/948,081	Method and Apparatus for Vascular Tissue Sealing with Reduced Energy Consumption
12/947,352Δ	Fingertip Electrosurgical Instruments for Use in Hand-Assisted Surgery and Systems Including Same Filed: Nov. 16, 2010
12/894,487Δ	Syringe Assembly Carrier Filed: Sep. 30, 2010
12/894,482Δ	Packaging of Delivery Device for Aseptic Filling and Distribution Filed: Sep. 30, 2010
12/894,467Δ	Syringe Assembly and Package for Distribution of Same Filed: Sep. 30, 2010
12/861,333Δ	Ablation Devices Utilizing Exothermic Chemical Reactions, System Including Same, and Methods of Ablating Tissue Using Same Filed: Aug. 23, 2010
12/861,198	Method of Manufacturing Tissue Sealing Electrodes
12/856,722	System and Method for Controlling Electrode Gap During Tissue Sealing
12/839,023	Hydraulic Conductivity Monitoring to Initiate Tissue Division
12/826,897	Adjustable Tuning of a Dielectrically Loaded Loop Antenna
12/792,947Δ	Specific Absorption Rate Measurement and Energy-Delivery Device Characterization Using Image Analysis Filed: Jun. 3, 2010
12/792,904Δ	Specific Absorption Rate Measurement and Energy-Delivery Device Characterization Using Thermal Phantom and Image Analysis Filed: Jun. 3, 2010
12/789,967Δ	Surgical Hemostatic Clip Including Work-Hardened, Movement-Inhibiting Structure and Method of Manufacturing Same Filed: May 28, 2010
12/787,639	System and Method for Chemically Cooling an Ablation Antenna
12/777,984Δ	Electrosurgical Devices with Balun Structure for Air Exposure of Antenna Radiating Section and Method of Directing Energy to Tissue Using Same Filed: May 11, 2010
12/769,457	Floating Connector for Microwave Surgical Device
12/761,267Δ	Methods for Image Analysis and Visualization of Medical Image Data Suitable for Use In Assessing Tissue Ablation and Systems and Methods for Controlling Tissue Ablation Using Same Filed: Apr. 15, 2010
12/759,551	Sealing Plate Temperature Control
12/732,508Δ	Ablation Devices with Adjustable Radiating Section Lengths, Electrosurgical Systems Including Same, and Methods of Adjusting Ablation Fields Using Same Filed: Mar. 26, 2010
12/731,247Δ	Shaped Circuit Boards Suitable for Use in Electrosurgical Devices and Rotatable Assemblies Including Same Filed: Mar. 25, 2010
12/721,651Δ	Magnetically Retained Incision Closure Devices and Methods of Incision Closure Using Same Filed: Mar. 11, 2010
12/713,515	Tunable Microwave Ablation Probe
12/713,429	Self-Tuning Microwave Ablation Probe
12/709,014Δ	Ablation Devices with Dual Operating Frequencies, Systems Including Same, and Methods of Adjusting Ablation Volume Using Same Filed: Feb. 19, 2010
12/708,974	Bipolar Electrode Probe for Ablation Monitoring
12/701,030Δ	Electrosurgical Devices with Choke Shorted to Biological Tissue Filed: Feb. 5, 2010
12/699,283Δ	Soft Tissue Graft Preparation Devices and Methods Filed: Feb. 3, 2010
12/692,810	Method of Fusing Biomaterials with Radiofrequency Energy
12/686,726Δ	Ablation Device with User Interface At Device Handle, System Including Same, and Method of Ablating Tissue Using Same Filed: Jan. 13, 2010
12/620,289Δ	Electromagnetic Energy Delivery Devices Including an Energy Applicator Array and Electrosurgical Systems Including Same Filed: Nov. 17, 2009
12/568,777	Fluid Cooled Choke Dielectric and Coaxial Cable Dielectric
12/568,524Δ	Electrosurgical Devices, Directional Reflector Assemblies Coupleable Thereto, and Electrosurgical Systems Including Same Filed: Sep. 28, 2009
12/566,299Δ	Optical Detection of Interrupted Fluid Flow to Ablation Probe Filed: Sep. 24, 2009
12/557,239	Automated Assembly Device to tolerate Blade Variation
12/542,348Δ	Surface Ablation Antenna with Dielectric Loading Filed: Aug. 17, 2009
12/535,856Δ	Directive Window Ablation Antenna with Dielectric Loading Filed: Aug. 5, 2009
12/535,851Δ	Electrosurgical Devices Having Dielectric Loaded Coaxial Aperture with Distally Positioned Resonant Structure Filed: Aug. 5, 2009
12/508,052	Open Vessel Sealing Instrument with Hourglass Cutting Mechanism and Overratchet Safety
12/493,302	Ablation Probe Fixation
12/490,719	Methods for the Placement of Sutures in Tissue
12/486,846Δ	Magnetic Compression Anastomosis Device Filed: Jun. 18, 2009
12/481,934Δ	Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Systems Capable of Vacuum Measurement Independent of Orientation Filed: Jun. 10, 2009
12/481,617Δ	Fluid Collection Canister Including Canister Top with Filter Membrane and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Systems Including Same Filed: Jun. 10, 2009
12/476,960Δ	Electrosurgical Devices with Directional Radiation Pattern Filed: Jun. 2, 2009
12/471,789Δ	Sensor with Electrical Contact Protection for Use in Fluid Collection Canister and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Systems Including Same Filed: May 26, 2009
12/434,903	Method for Ablation Volume Determination and Geometric Reconstruction
12/414,346	Automated Assembly Device to tolerate Blade Variation
12/413,011	Microwave Ablation Devices Including Expandable Antennas and Methods of Use
12/389,915Δ	Leaky-Wave Antennas for Medical Applications Filed: Feb. 20, 2009
12/389,906Δ	Leaky-Wave Antennas for Medical Applications Filed: Feb. 20, 2009
12/369,192	Surgical Introducer with Indicators
12/361,375	End Effector Assembly for Electrosurgical Device and Method for Making the Same
12/353,623	Articulating Ablation Device and Method
12/351,935	Energy Delivery Algorithm for Medical Devices
12/331,643	Vessel Sealer and Divider
12/277,951	Targeted Cooling of Deployable Microwave Antenna
12/276,598Δ	Pouch Used to Deliver Medication When Ruptured Filed: Nov. 24, 2008
12/253,457	Choked Dielectric Loaded Tip Dipole Microwave Antenna
12/250,171Δ	Antenna Assemblies for Medical Applications Filed: Oct. 13, 2008
12/250,110Δ	Antenna Assemblies for Medical Applications Filed: Oct. 13, 2008
12/249,218	System and Method for Delivering High Current to Electrosurgical Device
12/181,504Δ	Tissue Ablation System with Phase-Controlled Channels Filed: Jul. 29, 2008
11/900,874	Frequency Tuning In a Microwave Electrosurgical System
11/899,921	Cool Tip Junction
11/789,521	Cooled Helical Antenna for Microwave Ablation
11/640,673	Electrosurgical Pencil with Improved Controls
11/581,850	Ablative Material for Use with Tissue Treatment Device
11/487,297	Vessel Sealing Instrument with Pre-Heated Electrodes
11/431,449	System and Method for Reducing Leakage Current in an Electrosurgical Generator
11/409,602	System and Method for Terminating Treatment in Impedance Feedback Algorithm
11/340,912	Medical Device Package

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IBM

Serial Number	Title
12/541,760Δ	Method and Apparatus for Template-Based Provisioning in a Service Delivery Environment Filed: Aug. 14, 2009
11/844,012Δ	Method and Apparatus for Efficient Problem Resolution via Incrementally Constructed Causality Model Based On History Data Filed: Aug. 23, 2007
11/777,339Δ	Control System Architecture for Qubits Filed: Jul. 13, 2007
11/777,335Δ	Methods and Systems for Controlling Qubits Filed: Jul. 13, 2007
11/773,747Δ	Method and Apparatus for Caching of Page Translations for Virtual Machines Filed: Jul. 5, 2007
11/355,726Δ	Structure for Coupling Probes of Probe Device to Corresponding Electrical Contacts on Product Substrate Filed: Feb. 16, 2006
11/326,540	Apparatus and Method for Integrated Functional Built-In Self Test for an ASIC
11/207,333	Systems and Methods for Mutually Exclusive Activation of Microprocessor Resources to Control Maximum Power
11/204,726	Systems and Methods for Building and Implementing Ontology-Based Information Resources
11/131,946	Method of Providing Multiprotocol Cache Service Among Global Storage Farms
11/125,499	Apparatus and Methods for Constructing Balanced Chip Packages to Reduce Thermally Induced Mechanical Strain
11/102,292	Integrated Circuit Transformer Devices for On-Chip Millimeter-Wave Applications
11/043,738	Caching Controls/Policies for Structured Markup Objects
10/989,690	Data Compression Using a Nested Hierarchy of Fixed Phrase Length Dictionaries
10/913,004	On Demand TTS Vocabulary for a Telematics System
10/852,668	Data Storage Device Comprising Write Head with Carbon Element
10/842,805	Systems, Apparatus, and Method for Identifying Authorization Requirements in Component-Based Systems
10/789,234	Method and Allocation Device for Allocating Pending Requests for Data Packet Transmission At a Number of Inputs to a Number of Outputs of a Packet Switching Device In Successive Time Slots
10/734,295	Systems and Methods for Generating Applications That Are Automatically Optimized for Network Performance
10/689,091	Systems and Methods for Providing Autonomous Persistent Storage Systems
10/472,021	Data Read/Write Systems Comprising a Tip
10/389,186	System and Method of Making Location Updating Management on a Mobile Station, Mobile Station and Mobile Network
10/320,150	Method and Apparatus for Providing Fast Remote Register Access in a Clustered VLIW Processor Using Partitioned Register Files
10/046,034	System, Method, and Business Methods for Enforcing Privacy Preferences on Personal-Data Exchanges Across A Network
10/036,196	Relational Database Management Encryption System

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INTEL

Serial Number	Title
6,631,274	Mechanism for Better Utilization of Traffic Channel Capacity in GSM System
6,324,609	Method and Apparatus Providing an Improved PCI Bus System
6,317,822	Instruction Encoding Techniques for Microcontroller Architecture
6,216,247	32-Bit Mode for a 64-Bit ECC Capable Memory Subsystem
6,105,070	Method and Apparatus for Adjusting the Buffering Characteristic in the Pipeline of a Data Transfer System

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN

Serial Number	Title
14/522,447Δ	Multi-Level Security System Architecture for Enabling Secure File Sharing Across Multiple Security Levels Filed: Oct. 23, 2014
13/781,584	Aircraft Airflow Modulation System and Method
12/636,579	Aircraft Engine Airflow Modulation Apparatus and Method for Engine Bay Cooling and Cycle Flow
08/397,338	Sectional Filter Assembly Filed: Mar. 2, 1995

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SAMSUNG

Serial Number	Title
12/255,577Λ	Display Apparatus and Method of Manufacturing the Same Filed: Oct. 21, 2008
11/954,121Λ	Thin Film Transistor Array Panel for Liquid Crystal Display Filed: Dec. 11, 2007
11/952,862Λ	Data Driver and Liquid Crystal Display Device Using the Same Filed: Dec. 7, 2007
11/949,901Λ	Light Source Unit, Light Emitting Device, and Display Device Having Same Filed: Dec. 4, 2007
11/931,571Λ	Semiconductor Device and Method of Fabricating the Same Filed: Oct. 31, 2007
11/931,297Λ	Driving Method and Driving Apparatus of Liquid Crystal Display Filed: Oct. 31, 2007
11/865,827Λ	Display Panel with TFT and Gate Line Disposed Between Sub-Electrodes of Pixel Electrode Filed: Oct. 2, 2007
11/846,655Λ	Backlight Driver, Display Apparatus Having the Same and Method of Driving Backlight Filed: Aug. 29, 2007
11/760,815Λ	Display Device and Method of Driving the Same Filed: Jun. 11, 2007
11/753,259Λ	Display Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof Filed: May 24, 2007
11/747,306Λ	Display Apparatus, Device for Driving the Same and Method of Driving the Same Filed: May 11, 2007
11/746,702Λ	Optical Plate, Method of Manufacturing Optical Plate, Backlight Assembly and Liquid Crystal Display Device Filed: May 10, 2007
11/740,363Λ	Package-On-Package Structures Filed: Apr. 26, 2007
11/738,042Λ	Biopolymer Synthesis Apparatus and Method of Synthesizing Biopolymer Using Same Filed: Apr. 20, 2007
11/736,686Λ	Offset Frequency Estimation Method and Apparatus Filed: Apr. 18, 2007
11/736,051Λ	Semiconductor Device Having Interface Chip Including Penetrating Electrode Filed: Apr. 17, 2007
11/691,776Λ	Display Panel and Method of Driving Display Panel Using Inversion Driving Method Filed: Mar. 27, 2007
11/682,394Λ	Touch Screen Display Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same Filed: Mar. 6, 2007
11/671,815Λ	Apparatus for Detecting Synchronization Filed: Feb. 6, 2007
11/670,596Λ	Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Apparatus Including Temperature Measuring Unit Filed: Feb. 2, 2007
11/623,925Λ	Delay-Locked Loop Circuit of a Semiconductor Device and Method of Controlling the Same Filed: Jan. 17, 2007
11/620,236Λ	Liquid Crystal Display Filed: Jan. 5, 2004
11/620,096Λ	Semiconductor Memory Device, System and Method of Testing Same Filed: Jan. 5, 2007
11/617159Λ	Substrate Protecting Member and Method of Forming Analysis Sample Using the Same Filed: Dec. 28, 2006
11/609,411Λ	Clock Divider Filed: Dec. 12, 2006
11/608,529Λ	Method of Programming EEPROM Having Single Gate Structure Filed: Dec. 8, 2006
11/588,651Λ	Gain Controllable Low Noise Amplifier and Wireless Communication Receiver Having the Same Filed: Oct. 27, 2006
11/565,078Λ	Common Voltage Generation Circuit and Liquid Crystal Display Comprising the Same Filed: Nov. 30, 2006
11/560,452Λ	Semiconductor Circuits Using Vertical Bipolar Junction Transistor Filed: Nov. 16, 2006
11/528,041Λ	Liquid Crystal Display and Method of Driving the Same Filed: Sep. 27, 2006
11/525,229Λ	Display Driving Integrated Circuit and Method Filed: Sep. 21, 2006
11/517,239Λ	Liquid Crystal Display Panel and Method of Manufacturing the Same Filed: Sep. 7, 2006
11/517,238Λ	Semiconductor Devices, CMOS Image Sensors, and Methods of Manufacturing Same Filed: Sep. 7, 2006
11/517,223Λ	Array Substrate Operable In Dual-Pixel Switching Mode, Display Apparatus Having the Same and Method of Driving the Display Apparatus Filed: Sep. 7, 2006
11/513,299Λ	Display Driving Circuit, Display Device, Display System and Method of Driving Display Devices Filed: Aug. 30, 2006
11/512,627Λ	Display Driver Filed: Aug. 30, 2006
11/511,678Λ	Synchronous Memory Device Filed: Aug. 29, 2006
11/508,653Λ	Image Sensor Using Auto-Calibrated Ramp Signal for Improved Image Quality and Driving Method thereof Filed: Aug. 23, 2006
11/508,616Λ	Lossless Nonlinear Analog Gain Controller in Image Sensor and Manufacturing Method Thereof Filed: Aug. 23, 2006
11/506,668Λ	Method of Verifying the Power off Effect of a Design Entity at Register Transfer Level and Method of Modeling the Power off Effect Filed: Aug. 18, 2006
11/496,978Λ	Apparatus for Manufacturing Semiconductor Device with Pump Unit and Method for Cleaning the Pump Unit Filed: Aug. 1, 2006
11/484,792Λ	Delay Cells and Delay Line Circuits Having the Same Filed: Jul. 11, 2006
11/481,369Λ	Transmitting Circuit and Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Filed: Jul. 5, 2006
11/472,185Λ	Method for Forming an Electrode of a Surface Light Source, Surface Light Source Device Manufactured By Using the Same, and Display Device Having the Same Filed: Jun. 21, 2006
11/441,610Λ	Synchronization Circuits and Methods Filed: May 26, 2006
11/401,716Λ	CMOS Image Sensor Including Two Types of Device Isolation Regions and Method of Fabricating the Same Filed: Apr. 11, 2006
11/385,958Λ	CMOS Image Sensor Including An Interlayer Insulating Layer and Method of Manufacturing the Same Filed: Mar. 21, 2006
11/369,424Λ	Optical Lens, Optical Package Having the Same, Backlight Assembly Having the Same and Display Device Having the Same Filed: Mar. 7, 2006
11/360,374Λ	Color Image Sensing Device and Pixel Data Reading Method Thereof Filed: Feb. 23, 2006
11/354,462Λ	Adaptive Input Voltage Controlled Voltage Booster Filed: Feb. 15, 2006
11/354,303Λ	High Input Voltage tolerant Input/Output Circuit Being Free From Electrostatic Discharge Voltage Filed: Feb. 14, 2006
11/342,010Λ	CMOS Sensor Array with a Shared Structure Filed: Jan. 26, 2006
11/339,647Λ	Shift Register Having Low Power Consumption and Method of Operation Thereof Filed: Jan. 25, 2006
11/325,102Λ	Semiconductor Memory Device and Method of Supplying Wordline Voltage Thereof Filed: Jan. 4, 2006
11/324,951Λ	Semiconductor Device Having Delay Drift Compensation Circuit That Compensates for Delay Drift Caused By Temperature and Voltage Variations in Clock Tree Filed: Jan. 4, 2006
11/324,036Λ	Display Driving Apparatus and Method for Reducing Block Dim and Display Device Comprising the Display Driving Apparatus Filed: Dec. 30, 2005
11/316,369Λ	Virtual Emulation Modules, Virtual Development Systems and Methods for System-On-Chip Development Filed: Dec. 22, 2005
11/315,704Λ	Apparatus and Method for Controlling Supply Voltage in Multiple Interface Card Filed: Dec. 22, 2005
11/298,913Λ	Source Driving Circuit of Display Device and Source Driving Method Thereof Filed: Dec. 9, 2005
11/296,655Λ	Apparatus and Method for Testing Electrical Characteristics of Semiconductor Workpiece Filed: Dec. 7, 2005
11/281,177Λ	Method of Fabricating Semiconductor Device Including Removing Impurities from Silicon Nitride Layer Filed: Nov. 17, 2005
11/272,479Λ	Method and System for Testing a Display Panel Assembly Filed: Nov. 10, 2005
11/251,335Λ	Optical Lens System, Backlight Assembly and Display Device Filed: Oct. 15, 2005
11/243,797Λ	Multi Display Device and Method of Controlling the Same Filed: Oct. 5, 2005
11/233,700Λ	Semiconductor Memory Device with a Stacked-Bank Architecture and Method for Driving Word Lines of the Same Filed: Sep. 23, 2005
11/232,284Λ	Nonvolatile Memory Device and Methods of Forming the Same Filed: Sep. 21, 2005
11/226,564Λ	Input and Output Circuit and Method of Operation Thereof Filed: Sep. 14, 2005
11/212,237Λ	Method of Manufacturing a Semiconductor Device Filed: Aug. 26, 2005
11/207,698Λ	Power Regulator Having Over-Current Protection Circuit and Method of Providing Over-Current Protection Thereof Filed: Aug. 20, 2005
11/198,800Λ	Frequency-Mixing Method and Frequency-Mixing Device Using the Same Filed: Aug. 5, 2005
11/191,376Λ	Methods and Circuits for Generating Reference Voltage Filed: Jul. 28, 2005
11/170,944Λ	Method of forming a Well in a Substrate of a Transistor of a Semiconductor Device Filed: Jun. 30, 2005
11/158,912Λ	Apparatus for Drying Substrate and Method Thereof Filed: Jun. 22, 2005
11/127,048Λ	Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus Filed: May 11, 2005
11/124,144Λ	Method of Filling Liquid Crystal Display Panel with Liquid Crystal and Liquid Crystal Filling System Performing the Same Filed: May 9, 2005
11/107,889Λ	Contact Structure of Wiring and a Method for Manufacturing the Same Filed: Apr. 18, 2005
11/043,158Λ	Liquid Crystal Display and Driving Device Thereof Filed: Jan. 27, 2005
10/926,441Λ	Dual Port SRAM Memory Filed: Aug. 25, 2004
10/866,602Λ	Portable Storage Apparatus and Method for Freely Changing Data Bus Width Filed: Jun. 12, 2004
10/809,400Λ	Display Device and Diode Array Panel Therefor Filed: Mar. 26, 2004
10/795,677Λ	Image Data Processing System and Image Data Reading and Writing Method Filed: Mar. 8, 2004
10/785,268Λ	Method of Manufacturing a MOS Transistor of a Semiconductor Device Filed: Feb. 24, 2004
10/778,965Λ	Viewing Angle Compensating Plate and Liquid Crystal Display Panel Including the Same Filed: Feb. 13, 2004
10/752,968Λ	Panel for Display Device, Manufacturing Method Thereof and Liquid Crystal Display Filed: Jan. 7, 2004
10/725,133Λ	Thin Film Transistor Array Panel for Liquid Crystal Display Filed: Dec. 1, 2003
10/397,447Λ	Method of Forming Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) Semiconductor Substrate and SOI Semiconductor Substrate Formed Thereby Filed: Mar. 26, 2003
10/364,035Λ	Active Matrix Type Organic Electroluminescent Display and Method of Manufacturing the Same Filed: Feb. 11, 2003
10/091,059Λ	Data Recovery Device Filed: Mar. 5, 2002
09/912,522Λ	System and Method for Analyzing and Utilizing Intellectual Property Information Filed: Jul. 26, 2001

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SIEMENS

Serial Number	Title
11/687,104Δ	System and Method for Determining Product Shelf Life Filed: Mar. 16, 2007
11/590,451Δ	Systems and Methods for Automatic Change Quantification for Medical Decision Support Filed: Oct. 31, 2006
11/566,363Δ	Systems and Methods for Guidewire Tracking Using Phase Congruency Filed: Dec. 4, 2006
11/539,212Δ	Systems and Methods for Reducing Noise in Image Sequences Filed: Oct. 6, 2006
11/537,671Δ	System and Method for Shape Regulation of Segmented Target Objects Filed: Oct. 02, 2006
11/507,383Δ	Systems and Methods for Computer Aided Detection of Spinal Curvature Using Images and Angle Measurements Filed: Aug. 21, 2006
11/392,457Δ	Real-Time Virtual Endoscopy Filed: Mar. 29, 2006
11/343,128Δ	System and Method for Efficient Feature Estimation for Medical Images Filed: Jan. 30, 2006
11/236,161Δ	Image Registration Using Minimum Entropic Graphs Filed: Sep. 27, 2005
11/230,598Δ	Image Segmentation Using Isoperimetric Trees Filed: Sep. 20, 2005
11/221,025Δ	System and Method for Filtering Noise from a Medical Image Filed: Sep. 7, 2005
11/207,240Δ	System and Method for Specifying Functional and Non-Functional Requirements for a Project Filed: Aug. 19, 2005
11/154,349Δ	System and Method for 3D Contour Tracking of Anatomical Structures Filed: Jun. 16, 2005
11/122,867	System and Method for GUI Supported Specifications for Automating form Field Extraction with Database Mapping
11/036,439	System and Method for Automatic Bone Extraction from a Medical Image
10/932,573	Joint Approach of Out-of-Range Detection and Fault Detection for Power Plant Monitoring
10/849,576	System and Method for Detecting a Protrusion in a Medical Image
10/752,968	Panel for Display Device, Manufacturing Method Thereof and Liquid Crystal Display
10/370,382	Collision Detection Method for Deformable Objects in a Scene
10/358,949	A Mobile Multimodal User Interface Combining 3D Graphics, Location-Sensitive Speech Interaction and Tracking Technologies
10/370,347	System and Method for Generating Movie Loop Display From Medical Image Data
10/322,326	Automatic Navigation for Virtual Endoscopy
10/262,693	Coded Visual Markers for Tracking and Camera Calibration in Mobile Computing Systems
10/223,840	Method and System for Accessing Documents in Environments with Limited Connection Speed, Storage and Screen Space
09/943,035	Graph Cuts for Binary Segmentation of N-Dimensional Images from Object and Background Seeds
09/753,162	System for Processing Audio, Video and Other Data for Medical Diagnosis and Other Applications

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SUN MICROSYSTEMS

Serial Number	Title
6,871,323	Interactive Graphical User Interface for Television Set-Top Box
6,600,496	Interactive Graphical User Interface for Television Set-Top Box
6,336,148	Automatic Checking of Public Contracts and Private Constraints on Distributed Objects
6,335,736	Interactive Graphical User Interface for Television Set-Top Box
6,226,698	Method and Apparatus for Dynamically Calculating Degrees of Fullness of a Synchronous FIFO

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UNITED MICROELECTRONICS

Serial Number	Title
6,331,463	Method for Manufacturing Low Power High Efficiency Nonvolatile Erasable Programmable Memory Cell Structure
6,239,024	Method of Filling Gap with Dielectrics
6,153,520	Method for Fabricating Self-Aligned Silicide