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U. S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
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5, 333, 152 _
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DOCUMENT NUMBER
DATE
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5, 533, 019
07-02-1996
Jayapalan \
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Eriksson et al . 1
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Mandal et al . t
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DOCUMENT NUMBER
DATE
NAME
05-27-1997
Robson^
5' 638' 450
q 6-10-1 997
5,641,946
06-24-1997
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5, 644, 354
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5, 647, 002
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Brunson
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5,713, 019
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5,714, 943
02-03-1998
Rasor j
5, 715, 403
02-03-1998
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5, 717, 925
02-10-1998
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Beckhardt
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Smith et al .
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DOCUMENT NUMBER
DATE
NAME
5,790, 974
08-04-1998
Tognazzini
5,799,318
08-25-1998
Cardinal et al .
5, 831, 664
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Wharton et al.
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Kikinis
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Kumomura
5, 857, 201
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McGough
6, 006, 274
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Doyle
6, 014, 429
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6. 044. 2(
03-28-2000
Reed et al .
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6,078,921
06-20-2000
Kelly
6, 084, 969
07-04-2000
Wright et al.
6, 092, 191
07-18-2000
Shimbo et al.
6,115,754
09-05-2000
Landgren
6, 119, 167
09-12-2000
Boyle et al .
6, 138, 089
10-24-2000
Guberman
6, 138, 124
10-24-2000
Beckhardt
6,138,146
10-24-2000
Moon et al .
6,161,140
12-12-2000
Moriya
6, 163,274
12-19-2000
Lindgren
6, 185,
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Birrell et al .
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02-06-2001
Henderson et al .
6,195,533
02-27-2001
Tkatch et al.
6,202,035
03-13-2001
Benson et al.
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o 0-2001
For tiuan
6, 205, 448
03-20-2001
Kruglikov et al.
6, 208, 996
03-27-2001
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6, 219, 694
04-17-2001
Lazaridis et al.
6,222,942
04-24-2001
Martin
6,233,341
05-15-2001
6,240,088
05-29-2001
Gayton et al .
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07-03-2001
Singhal
6,263,201
07-17-2001
Hashimoto et al.
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08-07-2001
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08-14-2001
Arnold
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08-14-2001
Beyda et al .
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Weiss et al.
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11-06-2001
Ramasubramani et al .
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Campana et al . |
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12-04-2001
Miyamoto et al .
6,330,244
12-11-2001
Swartz et al.
6 r 332 r 156
12-18-2001
Cho et al.
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12-25-2001
Smith et al.
6, 356, 956
03-12-2002
Deo et al.
6, 360, 272
03-19-2002
Lincke et al.
6, 363, 352
03-26-2002
Dailey et al . j
6, 370, 566
Tello^t^l 511 '
6, 381, 634
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6,389,455
05-14-2002
6 , 442, 589
08-27-2002
Takahashi et al .
£ A A Q OQl
09-10-2002
Leuca et al .
6 , 4 9 6 ,704
12-17-2002
6, 505, 055
01-07-2003
Kahn et al .
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01-07-2003
Akhteruzzaman'et al
6,580,787
06—17—2003
6,611,358
08-26-2003
Narayanaswamy
6, 701, 378
03-02-2004
Gilhuly et al .
6,763,202
07-13-2004
Maeda
2001/0001552
05-24-2001
Vong et al .
2001/0029531
10-11-2001
Ohta
2001/0040693
11-15-2001
Saito et al.
2001/0042093
11-15-2001
Shirai et al .
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12-20-2001
Discolo et al.
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Kobayashi et al .
2002/0059380
05-16-2002
Biliris et al.
2002/0099719
07-25-2002
Schwitters et al.
2003/0097361
05-22-2003
Huang et al .
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