Marc S. Hoff

US Patent 7089126 Diode discovery power level detection

US Patent 7089135 Event based IC test system

US Patent 7089136 Method for reduced electrical fusing time

US Patent 7089137 Universal test platform and test method for latch-up

US Patent 7089139 Method and apparatus for configuration of automated debug of in-circuit tests

US Patent 7089142 Method and device for monitoring the function of an output stage having pulse width modulation

US Patent 7089153 Replaceable component management tool

US Patent 7089154 Automatic machinery fault diagnostic method and apparatus

US Patent 7089158 Real-time noise-suppression method and apparatus therefor

US Patent 7092829 Instantaneous wire interruption detection system for vehicle electrical system

US Patent 7092830 Method for estimating long term end-of-life characteristics using short-term data for lithium/silver vanadium oxide cells

US Patent 7092834 Method for determination and representation of adjustment steps for an apparatus requiring adjustment

US Patent 7092837 Single platform electronic tester

US Patent 7092845 Computational design methods

US Patent 7092853 Environmental noise monitoring system

US Patent 7096123 Reformulated diesel fuel and method

US Patent 7096129 Method for calculating threshold voltage of pocket implant MOSFET

US Patent 7096130 Charging/discharging apparatus and method, power supplying apparatus and method, program storing medium, and program

US Patent 7096138 Method for demonstrating the dependence of a signal based on another signal

US Patent 7096158 Failure prediction notification printer and printer management server, failure prediction notification system employing them, failure prediction notification program, and failure prediction notification method

US Patent 7096161 Pharmaceutical hazardous waste identification and management system

US Patent 7099786 Signaling accommodation

US Patent 7099789 Characterizing distribution signatures in integrated circuit technology

US Patent 7099797 System and method of testing software and hardware in a reconfigurable instrumented network

US Patent 7099801 Medical testing internet server system and method

US Patent 7099802 Method of and system for collecting information about analyzing apparatuses, and the analyzing apparatus

US Patent 7103485 Method for compensating secondary current of current transformers

US Patent 7103492 Process independent delay chain

US Patent 7103493 Memory testing apparatus and method

US Patent 7103494 Circuit arrangement and data processing method

US Patent 7103495 System and method for burn-in test control

US Patent 7103502 Enhanced system for detection of randomness in sparse time series distributions

US Patent 7103506 System and method for object-oriented marking and associating information with selected technological components

US Patent 7103511 Wireless communication networks for providing remote monitoring of devices

US Patent 7103514 Filter turning point detection

US Patent 7107160 Use-adaptive fuel gauging for battery powered electronic devices

US Patent 7107170 Multiport network analyzer calibration employing reciprocity of a device

US Patent 7107172 Test apparatus and setting method therefor

US Patent 7107174 Disambiguating like testable objects in a functional testing tool

US Patent 7107184 Strategies for analyzing pump test results

US Patent 7110887 Residual chlorine meter

US Patent 7110890 Auto-analysis framework for sequence evaluation

US Patent 7110895 Leakage current or resistance measurement method, and monitoring apparatus and monitoring system of the same

US Patent 7110915 Multiple concurrent recursive least squares identification with application to on-line spacecraft mass-property identification

US Patent 7110920 Water monitoring systems

US Patent 7113876 Technique and electronic circuitry for quantifying a transient signal using threshold-crossing counting to track signal amplitude

US Patent 7113882 Automatic testing system

US Patent 7113883 Test configuration and data management system and associated method for enterprise test operations

US Patent 7113884 Positioning apparatus for an electrical discharge machine and a method therefor

US Patent 7113891 Multi-port scattering parameter calibration system and method

US Patent 7117101 Remote particle counter for remote measurement of the number and size distribution of suspended fine particles in the atmosphere

US Patent 7117105 Method and apparatus for ground fault protection

US Patent 7117110 Measuring method and measuring apparatus

US Patent 7117113 Automated data collection and analysis

US Patent 7117124 Trouble detection method, trouble detection apparatus, and temperature controller

US Patent 7117128 Method and apparatus for digital signal filtering

US Patent 7120550 Radio-frequency identification circuit oscillator calibration

US Patent 7120552 Method for activating the functions of an electrical apparatus

US Patent 7120558 Remotely monitoring/diagnosing distributed components of a supervisory process control and manufacturing information application from a central location

US Patent 7120563 Wire fault detection

US Patent 7124040 Method of monitoring a fuel cell unit

US Patent 7124043 Spectrum analyzer with phase noise compensation

US Patent 7124051 Data link tester

US Patent 7124056 Information transmission device for construction machine

US Patent 7124057 Method and apparatus for diagnosing a cyclic system

US Patent 7124063 Module with sensor means for monitoring industrial processes

US Patent 7127356 Sensors and methods for high-sensitivity optical particle counting and sizing

US Patent 7127370 Attitude indicator and activity monitoring device

US Patent 7127371 Customized medical equipment preventative maintenance method and system

US Patent 7127374 Electric power generating facility operation remote supporting method and electric power generating facility operation remote supporting system

US Patent 7130756 Calibration method for carrying out multiport measurements on semiconductor wafers

US Patent 7130760 Reporting invalid parameter values for a parameter-based system

US Patent 7130769 Method of dynamically designing a preventative maintenance schedule based upon sensor data, and system for accomplishing same

US Patent 7130770 Monitoring method and system with corrective actions having dynamic intensities

US Patent 7130771 System and method for optimization of and analysis of insulated systems

US Patent 7133784 Process and method for chemical manufacturing using transformation of on-line instrumentation data

US Patent 7133794 Simulator cart

US Patent 7133797 Method, apparatus, system, program and medium for inspecting a circuit board and an apparatus incorporating the circuit board

US Patent 7133799 Printhead assembly with composite support beam for a pagewidth printhead

US Patent 7133805 Load test monitoring system

US Patent 7136761 Digital flowmeter

US Patent 7136762 System for calculating remaining capacity of energy storage device

US Patent 7136768 Method and system for reliability analysis of disk drive failures

US Patent 7136773 Testing apparatus and testing method

US Patent 7136777 Coriolis mass flowmeter and method for operating a coriolis mass flowmeter

US Patent 7136779 Method for simplified real-time diagnoses using adaptive modeling

US Patent 7136781 Compressor remote monitoring system

US Patent 7139668 Wire event detection

US Patent 7139671 Semiconductor device fabrication method

US Patent 7139674 Systems and methods for filtering and smoothing data

US Patent 7139675 Apparatus and method for probabilistic population size and overlap determination, remote processing of private data and probabilistic population size and overlap determination for three or more data sets

US Patent 7139677 Methods for consistent forewarning of critical events across multiple data channels

US Patent 7142990 Machine fault information detection and reporting

US Patent 7142998 Clock skew measurement circuit on a microprocessor die

US Patent 7143008 Method of collecting and storing storage network performance information, computer system, and program

US Patent 7146286 Monitoring system, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program

US Patent 7146290 Apparatus and method for diagnosing performance of air-conditioning systems

US Patent 7146292 Method and a system for evaluating aging of components, and computer program product therefor

US Patent 7149632 On-line system and method for processing information relating to the wear of turbine components

US Patent 7149635 Seal force monitor apparatus, system, and method for in-process determination of integrity of sealed containers

US Patent 7149654 Sensor measurement method and system with universal data concentrators

US Patent 7149656 Diagnostic system for a data acquisition system

US Patent 7152002 Method and apparatus for analysis of elements in bulk substance

US Patent 7152005 System for aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power generation installation

US Patent 7152006 Multi-instrument triggering

US Patent 7152012 Four point measurement technique for programmable impedance drivers RapidChip and ASIC devices

US Patent 7152016 Usability evaluation support apparatus and method

US Patent 7152019 Systems and methods for sensor-based computing

US Patent 7155347 Pre-inerting method and apparatus for preventing large volume contained flammable fuels from exploding

US Patent 7155354 Apparatus for and methods of analyzing the spectral signature of a dynamic event

US Patent 7155365 Optimal bandwidth and power utilization for ad hoc networks of wireless smart sensors

US Patent 7155366 Apparatus and method for inspecting patterns on wafers

US Patent 7155370 Reusable, built-in self-test methodology for computer systems

US Patent 7158890 System and method for processing information related to laboratory tests and results

US Patent 7158894 Residential fuel tank monitoring system and proactive replacement program

US Patent 7158906 Test method, test system, and program therefor

US Patent 7158910 Device for calculating the quantity of light and method thereof

US Patent 7158918 Machine performance monitoring system and billing method

US Patent 7162382 Apparatus and method for calibrating signals

US Patent 7162389 Evaluation device for control unit, simulator, and evaluation system

US Patent 7162391 Remote beverage equipment monitoring and control system and method

US Patent 7162394 Generic embedded device and mechanism thereof for various intelligent-maintenance applications

US Patent 7162395 Cospas-sarsat beacon tester in a removable expansion card for a handheld computing device

US Patent 7162397 Decoding an alternator output signal

US Patent 7164996 Power breaking apparatus for prevention of electrical shock

US Patent 7164997 Bus line current calibration

US Patent 7164998 Method for determining programmable coefficients to replicate frequency and supply voltage correlation in an integrated circuit

US Patent 7165001 Operation testing method, operation testing apparatus and computer readable information recording medium

US Patent 7165013 Scuba diver electronic assistant

US Patent 7165014 Partial discharge monitoring apparatus and partial discharge remote monitoring system for rotating electric machines

US Patent 7165015 Handheld device for retrieving and analyzing data from an electronic monitoring device

US Patent 7167804 Utility meter having programmable pulse output

US Patent 7167807 Method and device for collision recognition

US Patent 7167811 Methods and apparatus for data analysis

US Patent 7167813 Water heater performance monitoring system

US Patent 7171318 PLL filter leakage sensor

US Patent 7171321 Individual data line strobe-offset control in memory systems

US Patent 7171336 Method for operating a measuring instrument

US Patent 7171340 Computer-implemented regression systems and methods for time series data analysis

US Patent 7174261 Power line sensors and systems incorporating same

US Patent 7174272 Method for detecting an element

US Patent 7174276 System and method for tracking engineering changes relating to a circuit card

US Patent 7174278 Analyzer and information management method of the same

US Patent 7177772 System and method for generating and measuring noise parameters

US Patent 7177775 Testable digital delay line

US Patent 7181360 Methods and systems for generating test plans for communication devices

US Patent 7181370 System and method for remotely obtaining and managing machine data

US Patent 7184899 Energizable electrical test device for measuring current and resistance of an electrical circuit

US Patent 7184915 Tiered built-in self-test (BIST) architecture for testing distributed memory modules

US Patent 7184916 Apparatus and method for testing memory cards

US Patent 7184917 Method and system for controlling interchangeable components in a modular test system

US Patent 7184918 Automated system and method for conducting usability testing

US Patent 7184920 Delay measurement system

US Patent 7184922 Measurement device that appears to a computer system as a file storage device

US Patent 7184930 Method and device for monitoring status of mechanical equipment and abnormality diagnosing device

US Patent 7184935 Determining and annotating a signature of a computer resource

US Patent 7188036 Internal bias measure with onboard ADC for electronic devices

US Patent 7188043 Boundary scan analysis

US Patent 7188044 World-wide distributed testing for integrated circuits

US Patent 7188051 Apparatus and methods for maintenance task analysis

US Patent 7191075 Data collection system

US Patent 7191076 Expandable intelligent electronic device

US Patent 7191080 Separation of a random component of jitter and a deterministic component of jitter

US Patent 7191081 Method for correcting an oscillator frequency

US Patent 7191083 Method and apparatus for calibrating data-dependent noise prediction

US Patent 7191096 Multi-dimensional sequential probability ratio test for detecting failure conditions in computer systems

US Patent 7191100 Method and system for predictive physiological gating of radiation therapy

US Patent 7191270 Integrated PC Card host controller for the detection and operation of a plurality of expansion cards

US Patent 7194363 Ultrasonic flowmeter

US Patent 7194371 Medical testing system and method

US Patent 7194382 Systems and methods for detection of combustor stability margin

US Patent 7197410 Predicting loss of frequency lock between a motor control circuit and a motor

US Patent 7197412 Method and integrated circuit for use by a handheld multiple function device

US Patent 7197414 System and method for identifying a manufacturing tool causing a fault

US Patent 7197416 Supporting calibration and diagnostics in an open architecture test system

US Patent 7197418 Online specification of a system which compares determined devices and installed devices

US Patent 7200497 Test system and method for portable electronic apparatus

US Patent 7200498 System for remediating cross contamination in semiconductor manufacturing processes

US Patent 7200520 Device and method for monitoring an electric power station

US Patent 7200523 Method and system for filtering statistical process data to enhance process performance

US Patent 7200524 Sensor fault diagnostics and prognostics using component model and time scale orthogonal expansions

US Patent 7200529 Automatic configuration of function blocks in a signal analysis system

US Patent 7203599 Method for acquiring transient electromagnetic survey data

US Patent 7203615 Switched flight test installation with a “packet” type data format

US Patent 7203627 Method for processing missing values in measured data

US Patent 7206705 Method and apparatus for balancing capacitors in a capacitor bank

US Patent 7206711 System and method for automatically comparing test points of a PCB

US Patent 7206713 Method of adjusting strobe timing and function testing device for semiconductor device

US Patent 7209842 Activation signal output circuit and determination circuit

US Patent 7209844 Magnetic crash sensor

US Patent 7209851 Method and structure to develop a test program for semiconductor integrated circuits

US Patent 7209860 Distributed expert diagnostic service and system

US Patent 7209863 Performance information monitoring system, method and program

US Patent 7209864 Method for collecting and reducing performance-related data in constrained environments

US Patent 7212925 Calibration data entry system for a test instrument

US Patent 7212933 Absolutely and uniformly convergent iterative approach to inverse scattering with an infinite radius of convergence

US Patent 7212936 Method, system and computer program product for automated discovery and presentation of the direction of flow through components represented in a drawing set

US Patent 7212941 Non-deterministic protocol packet testing

US Patent 7212956 Method and system of representing an acoustic field

US Patent 7216042 Management method of probe carrier, probe carrier manufacturing apparatus and probe carrier managing apparatus

US Patent 7216043 Push communications architecture for intelligent electronic devices

US Patent 7216045 Selection of wavelengths for integrated circuit optical metrology

US Patent 7216063 Method and apparatus for comparing a data set to a baseline value

US Patent 7219022 Methods and apparatus for detecting failure of an isolation device

US Patent 7219028 Apparatus for testing hard disk drive

US Patent 7219030 Connection test method and information processing apparatus performing same

US Patent 7219034 System and methods for display of time-series data distribution

US Patent 7219035 Exponential priors for maximum entropy models

US Patent 7222021 Operator guiding system

US Patent 7222035 Method and apparatus for determining changing signal frequency

US Patent 7222040 Methods and apparatus for producing an IC identification number

US Patent 7222041 High-speed digital multiplexer

US Patent 7222054 Personal ambulatory wireless health monitor

US Patent 7225084 Measuring device for a process technology

US Patent 7225089 System and method for remote identification of energy consumption systems and components

US Patent 7225096 Method of controlling and correcting an asymmetric waveform

US Patent 7225111 Monitoring apparatus

US Patent 7228242 Adaptive power control based on pre package characterization of integrated circuits

US Patent 7231302 Automated system and method for providing chemical treatment solutions for fluid system problems via structured data-entry process

US Patent 7231309 Method and apparatus for testing a bridge circuit

US Patent 7231317 Correlating power signatures with automated equipment

US Patent 7233882 Method and apparatus for monitoring process transitions

US Patent 7233883 Monitoring system for fuel cell stack

US Patent 7236912 Method and device for determining and/or monitoring a volume and/or mass flow

US Patent 7239972 Method for setting, in a motor vehicle electrical power steering system, the power steering torque set point

US Patent 7239977 Method and system for systematic evaluation of evaluation parameters of technical operational equipment

US Patent 7243030 Methods, systems and computer programs for deconvolving the spectral contribution of chemical constituents with overlapping signals

US Patent 7243040 Web-based circuit-testing system and method

US Patent 7243043 Method of testing hard disk drive and computer readable medium therefor

US Patent 7243049 Method for modeling system performance

US Patent 7243051 System for predicting three-dimensional structure of protein

US Patent 7246014 Human machine interface for an energy analytics system

US Patent 7246018 Interpolator testing circuit

US Patent 7246024 Sensor malfunction detection system for gas-turbine engine

US Patent 7246028 Method for transmitting data from sensor to a control unit, and a corresponding sensor and control unit

US Patent 7248972 Computer code for portable sensing

US Patent 7248978 System and method for routing power management data via XML firewall

US Patent 7248991 Method and device for detecting a rotational speed, especially the rotational speed of the wheel of a vehicle

US Patent 7249000 Fluid monitoring systems and methods with data communication to interested parties

US Patent 7251570 Data integrity in a mesh network

US Patent 7251579 Method, system, and software for calculating a multi factor temperature index

US Patent 7254500 Monitoring and representing complex signals

US Patent 7257515 Sliding window for alert generation

US Patent 7257517 Detection apparatus, detection system, portable device, and machine readable medium

US Patent 7260485 Method and systems for distinguishing between materials having similar spectra

US Patent 7260486 Method for operating and/or reviewing a magneto-inductive flow meter

US Patent 7260495 System and method for test generation for system level verification using parallel algorithms

US Patent 7260501 Intelligent model-based diagnostics for system monitoring, diagnosis and maintenance

US Patent 7260502 Diagnosis method for boiler degradation, diagnosis apparatus for boiler degradation, diagnosis system for boiler degradation and recording medium that records operation program

US Patent 7272539 Representation generation method, representation generation device, and representation generation system

US Patent 7275017 Method and apparatus for generating diagnoses of network problems

US Patent 7319935 System and method for analyzing electrical failure data

US Patent 7356423 Apparatus and method for reading out a differential capacity with a first and second partial capacity