Light reflector and barrier for light emitting diodes
Granted: August 8, 2006
Patent Number:
7086754
A light barrier and/or light reflector for PCB-mounted LED's has reflective walls defining interior chambers which redirect the light from the LED's in a substantially orthogonal direction and shield each LED from the light emitted by adjacent LED's. The device is particularly suited for redirecting light from LED's on a PCB to a status indicator panel thereby replacing conventional light pipes.
Use of unique XID range among multiple control processors
Granted: July 11, 2006
Patent Number:
7076689
A “high availability” system comprises multiple switches under the control of multiple control processors (“CPs”). One of the CPs is “active,” while the other CP is in a “standby” mode. Upon detection of a failure of the active CP, fail-over occurs to the standby CP. The standby CP re-issues all messages that the previously active CP had issued and which had not yet completed when the fail-over occurred. The newly active CP uses a different range of transaction…
Staged startup after failover or reboot
Granted: June 20, 2006
Patent Number:
7065673
A “high availability” system comprises multiple switches under the control of one more control processors (“CPs”). Each CP performs a staged startup process when failing-over from another CP or otherwise booting up. The staged startup process involves multiple stages of processing of various executable components of the image. Some stages may depend on the prior execution of other stages. The preferred staged startup process includes the use of a staging table which permits the…
Impedance matching of differential pair signal traces on printed wiring boards
Granted: May 23, 2006
Patent Number:
7047628
A printed wiring board having differential pair signal traces has increased spacing between signal-carrying vias and ground or power planes and/or is equipped with selectively placed ground vias to enhance the impedance matching of the signal traces.
In-order delivery of frames during topology change
Granted: May 23, 2006
Patent Number:
7050392
A method and system is provided for in-order delivery of frames in Fiber Channel communication networks during topology change. When a topology change has rendered an old path between two switches or end devices infeasible, a new path is determined to replace the old path. To ensure in-order delivery of frames, the new path is activated only after the lapse of a hold-down period. The hold-down period may be calculated as the maximum time required for frames within the old path…
Production of enzymes in seeds and their use
Granted: April 25, 2006
Patent Number:
7033627
A method of catalyzing in vitro reactions using seeds containing enhanced amounts of enzymes is disclosed. The method involves adding transgenic, non-wild type seeds, preferably in a ground form, to a reaction mixture, especially a bakery process and allowing the enzymes in the seeds to increase the rate of reaction. By directly adding the seeds to the reaction mixture the method provides a solution to the expensive and problematic process of extracting and purifying the enzyme. Methods…
Secure distributed time service in the fabric environment
Granted: April 25, 2006
Patent Number:
7036013
A secure and distributed time service is discussed for use in a network. In particular, the invention relates to Fiber Channel networks and the secure distribution of time service using a push model. In order to distribute time on a push model, one entity assumes responsibility for time in the network. Other entities in the network receive periodic time updates and check the validity of their own time by gauging the elapsed time since the previous time update. The time service is secured…
Method and system for creating and implementing zones in hardware within a fiber channel system
Granted: December 27, 2005
Patent Number:
6980525
In a system comprising a first fabric and a plurality of devices coupled to the fabric by fiber channel connections, the devices are logically grouped to form configurations and zones. A configuration includes at least one zone, and each zone includes at least one device as a member of the zone. Communications between the devices is restricted according to the configuration currently in effect. For example, one device may be permitted to communicate with another device only if they are…
Printed wiring board having impedance-matched differential pair signal traces
Granted: December 6, 2005
Patent Number:
6972380
A printed wiring board having differential pair signal traces has increased spacing between signal-carrying vias and ground or power planes and/or is equipped with selectively placed ground vias to enhance the impedance matching of the signal traces.
Management of multiple network devices using unsigned Java applets
Granted: November 1, 2005
Patent Number:
6961938
Remote management of a plurality of network devices is described wherein each device is managed with its own unsigned Java™ applet. Unsigned applets launched from different devices operate within the same shared environment of a webpage. Furthermore, a transmitting applet communicates with a recipient applet. In one embodiment, the recipient applet is a central management applet that combines data from a plurality of devices into one data pool, which can then be used to provide higher…
Rapid microbiological test for the detection of antibacterial compounds
Granted: March 15, 2005
Patent Number:
6867015
The present invention relates to a microbioligcal test method for detecting antibacterial compounds in liquid samples such as milk, meat juice, serum and urine. The method employs an acid-base or redox indicator to detect growth of a test organism and is characterised in that a thermophilic strain of Bacillus or Streptococcus, e.g. Bacillus stearothermophilus var. calidolactis C953, is employed at a concentration of above 107 CFU/ml, preferably between 2×107 and 3×108 CFU/ml.
SCSI enclosure services
Granted: August 31, 2004
Patent Number:
6785742
A method and system for a management station managing a plurality of routing devices within a fabric. In one embodiment, this management of routing devices comprising the fabric occurs in the Storage Area Network environment. Use is made of a protocol which already exists in a Storage Area Network environment, such as the Fibre Channel Protocol for SCSI (“FCP”, for managing routing devices within a fabric. Each routing device comprising the fabric is assigned a logical unit…
System and method for managing fibre channel switching devices
Granted: August 3, 2004
Patent Number:
6772207
A system for remotely managing a device over a network comprises a data sampling engine, for receiving new data from the device, the new data corresponding to a component module of the device; a model object, coupled to the data sampling engine, for comparing the new data from the device with old data; and a view object, coupled to the model object, for updating the graphical representation of the device corresponding to the component module of the device. In a preferred embodiment, the…
Method and system for creating and implementing zones within a fibre channel system
Granted: July 20, 2004
Patent Number:
6765919
In a system comprising a first fabric and a plurality of devices coupled to the fabric by fibre channel connections, the devices are logically grouped to form configurations and zones. A configuration includes at least one zone, and each zone includes at least one device as a member of the zone. Communications between the devices is restricted according to the configuration currently in effect. For example, one device may be permitted to communicate with another device only if they are…
Fibre channel switching system and method
Granted: May 4, 2004
Patent Number:
6731646
A modular Fibre Channel switch includes a data switching path and a message switching path to provide logical point to point connections between switch ports. The data switching path includes a bank of shared SRAM memory devices that are accessed in a time-sliced protocol by each switch port. A receiving switch port writes a data frame to the bank of shared SRAM and the transmitting switch port then reads the data frame from the shared SRAM thereby effecting the logical point to point…
Bread improving composition
Granted: December 2, 2003
Patent Number:
6656513
The present invention discloses a bread improving composition containing cellobiohydrolase and its use in bread making.
Selection and/or enhancement of resident microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract
Granted: March 4, 2003
Patent Number:
6528498
Improved method of enhancing a population of one or more target micoorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal, the improvement comprising providing to the animal a selected modified or unmodified resistant starch or mixtures thereof, such that the one or more microorganisms will selectively utilize the starch and/or increase in number and/or activity in the gastrointestinal tract, either uniformly throughout the gastrointestinal tract or at specific site or regions.
Process for the preparation of an antibiotic
Granted: January 7, 2003
Patent Number:
6503727
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an antibiotic, in particular cefalexin, ampicillin, amoxicillin, cefaclor, cefradin, cefadroxil, cefotaxim and the like, wherein a beta-lactam core is acylated, the antibiotic is recovered from the reaction mixture, the remaining mother liquor is subjected to a hydrolysis reaction in which the antibiotic present in the mother liquor is decomposed into its initial compounds, in particular the beta-lactam core, and the acylation…
System and method for sending and receiving frames between a public device and a private device
Granted: June 4, 2002
Patent Number:
6401128
A system and method for sending frames between a public device and a private device comprise a phantom device mapping, an address translation, a frame payload translation, and a CRC regeneration. The system and method assign a phantom AL_PA for the public device and establishes a phantom device mapping between the phantom AL_PA and the public device's Port_ID. With the phantom device mapping, the present invention directs all communication between the public device and the private…
Process for the production of alcoholic beverages using maltseed
Granted: March 26, 2002
Patent Number:
6361808
The invention relates to a process for the production of alcoholic beverages such as beer or whiskey with a mixture of enzymes comprising an endo-&bgr;(1,4)-xylanase, an arabinofuranosidase, an alpha-amylase, an endo-protease and a &bgr;-(1,3, 1,4)-glucanase, and optionally, a saccharifying amylase and/or an exopeptidase. Preferable are mixtures in which the enzymes which are necessary in the brewing process are provided by transgenic seeds. Only a minor amount of malt may be necessary…
