Patents received Dec. 2, 2003:

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. for "Low-cost atmospheric SOFC power generation system, No. 6,656,623." Inventors were Randall A. Holmes, Saltsburg, Indiana County; Paolo R. Zafred, Murrysville; James E. Gillett, Greensburg; Robert Draper and Richard A. Basel, Pittsburgh; Louis K. Lau, Robert L. Cather and Vinod B. Doshi, all of Monroeville; and James M. Toms, Irwin. This invention relates generally to improved oxidant feed plenums and power lead cooling for tubular solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) disposed in a fuel cell generator.

PPG Industries Ohio Inc. for "Coating compositions having improved scratch resistance, coated substrates and methods related thereto, No. 6,657,001." Inventors were Lawrence G. Anderson, Richard J. Sadvary, Kymarie L. Kuster, Dennis A. Simpson and Marvis E. Hartman, all of Pittsburgh; Shawn A. DeSaw, McMurray; Karen A. Barkac, Murrysville; Deborah E. Hayes, Verona; Thomas R. Hockswender and Kurt G. Olson, boh of Gibsonia; Masayuki Nakajima, Wexford; Shiryn Tyebjee, Allison Park; Truman F. Wilt, Clinton. Certain embodiments of the present invention are directed to compositions comprising at least one polysiloxane comprising at least one reactive functional group, and a plurality of particles. Embodiments of the present invention also are directed to compositions comprising at least one polysiloxane comprising at least one reactive functional group, at least one reactant comprising at least one functional group that is reactive with at least one functional group selected from at least one functional group of at least one polysiloxane and at least one functional group of the at least one reactant, and a plurality of particles. Other embodiments of the present invention are directed to substrates coated with the aforementioned compositions. Further embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods for improving scratch resistance of a substrate. It will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that specific embodiments of the present invention may be directed to some or all of these aspects of the present invention as well as other desirable aspects.

Eaton Corp. for "Shorting switch and system to eliminate arcing faults in power distribution equipment, No. 6,657,150." Inventors were John J. Shea, Pittsburgh, and Jeffrey A. Miller, Coraopolis. The invention is directed to shorting switches and, in particular, to shorting switches for eliminating arcing faults in low voltage power distribution equipment. The invention also is directed to shorting systems for eliminating arcing faults in power distribution equipment.

Texas Instruments Inc. for "Microprocessors, No. 6,658,578." Inventors were Gilbert Laurenti, Saint Paul de Vence, France; Jean-Pierre Giacalone, Karim Djafarian and Eric Ponsot, Vence, France; Emmanuel Ego, Antibes, France; Anne Lombardot, Grasse, France; Francois Theodorou, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France; Gael Clave, Antibes, France; Yves Masse, Biot, France; Armelle Laine, Antibes, France; Jean-Louism, Tardieux, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France; Herve Catan, Marc Couvrat and Eric Badi, Saint Laurent du Var, France; Vincent Gillet, Le Rouret, France; Mark Buser, Walter A. Jackson and Jack Rosenzweig, Pittsburgh; Jean-Marc Bachot, Placassier, France; N.M. Ganesh, Santa Clara, Calif.; Shigeshi Abiko, Tokyo To KIta Ku, Japan; Douglas E. Deao, Brookshire, Texas; Frederic Nidegger, Nice, France; Alain Boyadjian, Vallauris, France; Laurent Ichard, Juan les Pins, France; and David Russell, Bucks, Great Britain. The present invention relates to processors, and to the parallel execution of instructions in such processors.

Caterpillar Inc. for "Integrated and authoring and translation system, No. 6,658,627." Inventors were Sharlene L. Gallup, Morton, Ill.; and Peggy M. Andersen, Philip J. Hayes, Eric H. Riebling, Teruko Mitamura and Eric H. Nyberg III, all of Pittsburgh. The present invention relates generally to computer-based document creation and translation system and, more particularly, to a system for authoring and translating constrained-language text to a foreign language with no pre- or post-editing required.

Patents received Dec. 9, 2003:

Vladimir S. Leytes, New Brighton, Minn.; Michael J. Smith, Saint Paul, Minn.; and Xiaocong Gu, Pittsburgh, for "Self-bearing flexible curtain wall system, No. 6,658,804." The present invention relates to curtain walls, and more particularly to a self-bearing flexible curtain wall system for cladding a structure.

Thomas J. Mackey, Pittsburgh, for "Interconnecting miniature toy figurine bases with record tracking system, No. 6,659,463." The present invention relates to games and, more particularly, to building block and miniature toy gaming.

Kennametal Inc. for "Nanolayered coated cutting tool and method for making the same, No. 6,660,133." Inventors were Ronald M. Penich, Greensburg; Parag L. Hegde, Monroeville; and Aharon Inspektor, Pittsburgh. The invention pertains to a multilayered coated cutting tool and a method for making the same. More particularly, the invention pertains to a nanolayered coated cutting tool and a method for making the same. In this regard, a nanolayered coated cutting tool has a coating scheme that comprises adjacent coating nanolayers having thicknesses of about 100 nanometers or less.

Seagate Technology LLC, for "Perpendicular magnetic recording media with laminated soft magnetic underlayer, No. 6,660,357." Inventors were Dmitri Litvinov, Sakhrat Khizroev and James Kent Howard, all of Pittsburgh; and Roy Wallace Gustafson, Boxboro, Mass. The present invention relates to perpendicular magnetic recording media, and more particularly relates to media in which noise is suppressed through the use of a laminated soft magnetic underlayer. The lamination controls the magnetic domain structure of the soft underlayer.

The Procter & Gamble Co., for Medicinal uses of hydrazones, No. 6,660,737." Inventors were Ji-In Kim Almstead, Holmdel, N.J.; Nicholas John Izzo, Pittsburgh; David Robert Jones, Milford, Ohio; and Richard Masaru Kawamoto, Lebanon, Ohio. This invention is directed to compounds that are useful in methods of treating hypoxia related disorders. The invention also is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds.