Monsanto Technology LLC

Advanced Micro Devices Corporation

Globalfoundries Inc.

Luminex Corporation

Mythic, Inc.

Nova-tech Engineering, Inc.

Surgient, Inc.

Copperegg Corporation

Globalfoundries U.S. Inc.

Quest Software Inc.

Scott C Johnson

Mahbub Rashed

Suresh Venkatesan

Subramani Kengeri

David Alan Fick

Marc Laurent Tarabbia

Malav Parikh

Andrew Morten

Irene Y Lin

Chinh Nguyen

Jeff Kim

Skylar Skrzyniarz

Laura E Fick

Pei-Ci Wu

Michael Henry

Shawn Searles

Steven R Soss

John A Korte

Rebecca A Kelly

Heather M Anderson

James F Rice

Jeanna R Groat

Nicolas Arab

Doug Whitman

Ravinder Reddy Rachala

Matthew Henry Erickson

Dave D McCrory

Nathan A Blum

Jen Dillman

Jongwook Kye

Michael A Hall

Charles T Foresman

Yunfei Deng

Marc S Gorans

John A Miklos

Edward James Cargill

James K Roberts

David Doman

Yuansheng Ma

Robert B Gordon

Grace I Chuang

Jeff Deming

Donald H Walters

James J Kleven

David Francis Perdue

Seung-Hyun Rhee

Rod Augur

Greg R Swenson

Jennifer R Allen

Paul Cannon

Jennifer R Reyes

Eric Paul Anderson

Luke Ehresman

Tichafa Ri Munyikwa

James Kevin Roberts

James Robert Prudent

Jason Eugene Stephens

Jerry D Moench

Andreas Knorr

Gregory R Heck

Michael T Wisor

Soon Yoeng Tan

Ty T Vaughn

Michael James Moser

David J Marshall

Sergio Schuler

Bryant Sorensen

Tichafa R I Munyikwa

Robert A Hirschfeld

Zainab Nasreen Zaidi

Floyd L Dankert

Raul Garibay

Paul Toth

Adam Caughron

Vimal Reddy

Alex Dang-Tran

Timothy R Coombe

Jean C Goley

Ingolf Lorenz

James B Gullette

Hendry Renaldo

Steve Soss

Larry Ho

David R Reebel

Don Walters

Charles A Willman

Tracey A Cavato

James Benjamin Gullette

Tiruvidaimarudur S Ramasubramanian

Kathleen Engelbrecht

Angeline Ho

Mattew H Erickson

Tichafa RI Munyiakawa

The poultry cradle unloading systems and methods described herein provide for the unloading of birds and, in some cases, placement of the birds in a selected location among two or more possible selected locations. The unloading may be accomplished in a manner that promotes safety for the birds by releasing the birds such that they are predisposed to landing in an upright orientation after release from a cradle. The unloading may involve releasing the head before releasing the legs of the bird. The cradle and/or bird retained in the cradle may be oriented such that the bird is held at an angle such that the head of the bird is located forward of the hock joints.

Poultry cradle unloading systems and methods

Beak opening apparatus and methods of using the same are described herein. The beak opening apparatus includes a beak splitter and beak opening actuator along with a control unit used to operate the beak opening actuator to move the beak splitter between a home position and an opening position to open the beak of a bird.

Material delivery systems, beak opening apparatus and methods of use

Systems for delivering material through an open beak to a digestive tract of a bird and methods of using the same are described herein. Beak opening apparatus and methods of using the same are also described herein.

Methods for improving the efficiency and productivity of hybrid corn seed production are provided herein. Various methods to improve the transfer of pollen from male corn plants to female corn plants, and thus increase yield, are provided herein. Without being limiting, these methods include varying the height of male and female corn plants in a field, as well as varying the number, arrangement, and ratio of male-to-female rows in a field.

Methods for hybrid corn seed production

Systems and methods of configuring a fixed memory array of an integrated circuit with coefficients of one or more applications includes identifying a utilization constraint type of the fixed memory array from a plurality of distinct utilization constraint types based on computing attributes of the one or more applications; identifying at least one coefficient mapping technique from a plurality of distinct coefficient mapping techniques that addresses the utilization constraint type; configuring the fixed memory array according to the at least one coefficient mapping technique, wherein configuring the array includes at least setting within the array the coefficients of the one or more applications in an arrangement prescribed by the at least one coefficient mapping technique that optimizes a computational utilization of the fixed memory array.

Systems and methods for mapping matrix calculations to a matrix multiply accelerator

A semiconductor device is provided for implementing at least one logic element. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate. The first transistor and a second transistor are formed on the semiconductor substrate. Each transistor comprises a source, a drain, and a gate. The gate of the first transistor extends longitudinally as part of a first linear strip and the gate of the second transistor extends longitudinally as part of the second linear strip parallel to and spaced apart from the first linear strip. A first CB layer forms a local interconnect layer electrically connected to the gate of the first transistor. A second CB layer forms a local interconnect layer electrically connected to the gate of the second transistor. A CA layer forms a local interconnect layer extending longitudinally between a first end and a second end of the CA layer. The CA layer is electrically connected to the first and second CB layers. The first CB layer is electrically connected adjacent the first end of the CA layer and the second layer is electrically connected adjacent the second end of the CA layer. The first CB layer, the second CB layer and the CA layer are disposed between a first metal layer and the semiconductor substrate. The first metal layer being disposed above each source, each drain, and each gate of the first and second transistors. The CA layer extends substantially parallel to the first and second linear strips and is substantially perpendicular to the first and second CB layers. At least one via selectively provides an electrical connection between the CA or CB layers and the at least one metal layer.

Semiconductor device with transistor local interconnects

Lyophilized biological reagents, such as enzymes (e.g., PCR reagents) and antibodies, are provided that include a wax component. Thus, in some aspects, a method is provided for storing a biological reagent comprising formulating the reagent into a lyophilized composition including a wax component. Methods for using such lyophilized reagents are likewise provided.

Methods for generating stabilized lyophilized materials

A system and method for a computing tile of a multi-tiled integrated circuit includes a plurality of distinct tile computing circuits, wherein each of the plurality of distinct tile computing circuits is configured to receive fixed-length instructions; a token-informed task scheduler that: tracks one or more of a plurality of distinct tokens emitted by one or more of the plurality of distinct tile computing circuits; and selects a distinct computation task of a plurality of distinct computation tasks based on the tracking; and a work queue buffer that: contains a plurality of distinct fixed-length instructions, wherein each one of the fixed-length instructions is associated with one of the plurality of distinct computation tasks; and transmits one of the plurality of distinct fixed-length instructions to one or more of the plurality of distinct tile computing circuits based on the selection of the distinct computation task by the token-informed task scheduler.

Tile subsystem and method for automated data flow and data processing within an integrated circuit architecture

Methods and compositions for the detection and quantification of nucleic acids are provided. In certain embodiments, methods involve the use of cleavable probes that comprise a ribonucleotide position that is susceptible to endoribonuclease (e.g., RNase H) cleavage in the presence of target nucleic acid molecules. Probes of the embodiments may also comprise non-natural nucleotide linked to a reporter and/or quenching moiety.

Probes for improved melt discrimination and multiplexing in nucleic acid assays

The invention provides methods for selecting nucleotide sequences that yield dsRNA-mediated gene suppression in a target organism and enable their uptake by the target organism. The invention further provides expression constructs that confer stabilized expression of such sequences in a transgenic host cell, and methods for their use. Also provided are organisms, cells and tissues prepared by a method of the invention.

Selecting and stabilizing dsRNA constructs

A semiconductor device includes a substrate with first and second transistors disposed thereon and including sources, drains, and gates, wherein the first and second gates extend longitudinally as part of linear strips that are parallel to and spaced apart. The device further includes a first CB layer forming a local interconnect electrically connected to the first gate, a second CB layer forming a local interconnect electrically connected to the second gate, and a CA layer forming a local interconnect extending longitudinally between first and second ends of the CA layer. The first and second CB layers and the CA layer are disposed between a first metal layer and the substrate. The first metal layer is disposed above each source, drain, and gate of the transistors, The CA layer extends parallel to the first and second linear strips and is substantially perpendicular to the first and second CB layers.

Poultry injection apparatus with rotating capture members and methods of using the same are described herein. Each injection apparatus may include one or more rotating capture members and an injection unit configured to move an injection needle between an injection position and a retracted position relative to the one or more capture members.

Poultry injection apparatus with rotating capture members and methods of use

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Round Rock, TX, United States of America

Scott C Johnson