All The Claims

1. A method of sampling an unknown clock signal using a known clock signal, comprising:
forming from the unknown clock signal a derived clock signal;
forming a sequence of multiple delayed versions of the derived clock signal, each delayed version following a first delayed version in the sequence being delayed more than a previous delayed version in the sequence;
for each delayed version of the derived clock signal:
sampling the delayed version of the derived clock signal at successive times defined by the known clock signal to produce first intermediate values; and
performing transition detection using the first intermediate values to produce second intermediate values; and

combining the second intermediate values produced from the delayed versions of the derived clock signal to produce sample values.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein combining comprises summing the second intermediate values.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein combining comprises mapping a sum of the second intermediate values to a smaller number of values.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein mapping is performed in accordance with an anticipated frequency range of the unknown clock signal.
5. A circuit for sampling an unknown clock signal using a known clock signal, comprising:
circuitry for deriving from the unknown clock signal a derived clock signal;
a delay chain of logic elements, coupled to the derived clock signal and the unknown clock signal, for forming a sequence of multiple delayed versions of the derived clock signal, each delayed version following a first delayed version in the sequence being delayed more than a previous delayed version in the sequence;
multiple sampling chains of logic elements, each sampling chain coupled to one of the multiple delayed versions of the derived clock signal and to the known clock signal;
multiple transition detection circuits, each coupled to one of the sampling chains such that, for each time a logic level of a delayed version of the derived clock signal is different at successive sampling times of the known clock signal, a transition detection circuit produces as an output signal thereof a transition indication value; and
a combining circuit for logically combining output signals of the transition detection circuits.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the combining circuit comprises a summation element for forming a sum of transition values and decision logic for comparing the sum to a threshold value.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the threshold value is set in accordance with an anticipated frequency range of the unknown clock signal.
8. A method of forming a number stream representing frequency or phase of digital or digitized clock signals using a digital circuit, one of the clock signals being a known clock signal and another of the clock signals being an unknown clock signal, comprising:
applying to the digital circuit an alias value indicating an expected frequency range of a received unknown clock signal; and
forming the number stream in accordance with the alias value, said number stream representing the frequency or phase of the unknown clock signal.
9. A digital circuit for forming a number stream representing frequency or phase of an unknown clock signal, comprising:
a first logic section including multiple chains of flip flops, each chain producing an intermediate value for each period of a known clock signal; and
a second logic section configured to receive an alias value indicating an expected frequency range of the unknown clock signal and, in successive cycles of the known clock signal, operable to compare the alias value to sums of the intermediate values produced by said multiple chain of flip-flops to form the number stream.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A notebook computer with attached wrist support, the notebook computer comprising: a computer body having a top panel, a keyboard, and a pointing device; and the wrist support being attached to the top panel of the notebook computer whereby the wrist support does not interfere with the operation of the keyboard or pointing device, wherein the wrist support is compressible and comprises a base having one or more flat surfaces the largest of the flat surfaces having a surface area of less than 60 cm2 and a hook and loop type connector for attaching the wrist support to the top panel of the notebook computer.
2. The notebook computer of claim 1, wherein the notebook computer further comprises a video display and the notebook computer is reversibly configurable between a closed position wherein the video display is positioned immediately on top of the top panel, and an open position wherein the video display is positioned not immediately on top of the top panel, wherein the wrist support is sufficiently compressible that the notebook computer can be placed in the closed position with the wrist support attached to the top panel.
3. The notebook computer of claim 1, wherein the wrist support comprises a compressible material.
4. The notebook computer of claim 3, wherein the compressible material is synthetic sponge.
5. The notebook computer of claim 1, wherein the wrist support consists essentially of the base and the base comprises a compressible material.
6. The notebook computer of claim 5, wherein the compressible material is synthetic sponge.
7. A notebook computer with two attached wrist supports, the notebook computer comprising: a computer body having a top panel, a video display, a keyboard, and a pointing device; and a first wrist support being attached to the right side of the top panel of the notebook computer and a second wrist support being attached to the left side of the top panel of the notebook computer, whereby the wrist supports do not interfere with the operation of the keyboard or pointing device,
wherein the wrist supports are each compressible, and comprise a base having one or more flat surfaces the largest of the flat surfaces having a surface area of less than 60 cm2 and a means for attaching each wrist support to the top panel of the notebook computer,
and wherein the notebook computer is reversibly configurable between a closed position wherein the video display is positioned immediately on top of the top panel, and an open position wherein the video display is positioned not immediately on to of the top panel, and the wrist supports are sufficiently compressible so that the notebook computer can be placed in the closed position with the wrist supports attached to the top panel.
8. The notebook computer of claim 7, wherein the means for attaching the wrist supports to the top panel of the notebook computer comprises a hook and loop type connector.
9. The notebook computer of claim 7, wherein the means for attaching to the wrist supports to the top panel of the notebook computer comprises an adhesive tape.
10. The notebook computer of claim 9, wherein the wrist supports each comprise a bottom part and the adhesive tape is attached to the bottom part of the wrist supports.
11. The notebook computer of claim 7, wherein the wrist supports each comprise a compressible material.
12. The notebook computer of claim 11, wherein the compressible material is synthetic sponge.
13. The notebook computer of claim 7, wherein the wrist supports consist essentially of the bases and the bases comprises a compressible material.
14. The notebook computer of claim 13, wherein the compressible material is synthetic sponge.
15. The notebook computer of claim 7, wherein the means for attaching to the wrist supports to the top panel of the notebook computer comprise an adhesive tape attached to the bottom part of the wrist supports and the wrist supports comprise a compressible material comprising synthetic sponge.

1. A seed of hybrid maize variety X08B800, wherein representative seed is produced by crossing a first plant of variety PHEJW with a second plant of variety PH184C, and wherein representative seed of said varieties PHEJW and PH184C have been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-7767 and PTA-13248, respectively.
2. A method of collecting molecular data comprising isolating nucleic acids contained in the seed of hybrid maize variety of claim 1, analyzing said nucleic acids, and recording data based on the nucleic acids.
3. A plant, plant part, or cell produced by growing the seed of the hybrid maize variety of claim 1.
4. A method of collecting molecular data comprising isolating nucleic acids contained in the plant, plant part, or cell of claim 3, analyzing said nucleic acids, and recording data based on the nucleic acids.
5. A method of producing a commodity plant product comprising obtaining the plant of claim 3 or a part thereof and producing said commodity plant product therefrom.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the commodity plant product is starch, seed oil, corn syrup or protein.
7. A method for producing a second maize plant comprising applying plant breeding techniques to a first maize plant, or parts thereof, wherein said first maize plant is the maize plant of claim 3, and wherein application of said techniques results in the production of said second maize plant.
8. The method of claim 7, further defined as producing an inbred maize plant derived from hybrid maize variety X08B800, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) crossing said first maize plant with itself or another maize plant to produce seed of a subsequent generation;
(b) harvesting and planting the seed of the subsequent generation to produce at least one plant of the subsequent generation; and
(c) repeating steps (a) and (b) for an additional 2-10 generations to produce an inbred maize plant derived from hybrid maize variety X08B800.
9. The method of claim 7, further defined as producing an inbred maize plant derived from hybrid maize variety X08B800, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) crossing said first maize plant with an inducer variety to produce haploid seed; and
(b) doubling the haploid seed to produce an inbred maize plant derived from hybrid maize variety X08B800.
10. A seed of hybrid maize variety X08B800 further comprising a locus conversion, wherein said seed is produced by crossing a first plant of variety PHEJW with a second plant of variety PH184C; wherein representative seed of said varieties PHEJW and PH184C have been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-7767 and PTA-13248, respectively; and wherein at least one of said varieties PHEJW and PH184C further comprises a locus conversion.
11. The seed of the hybrid maize variety of claim 10, wherein the locus conversion confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, site-specific recombination, abiotic stress tolerance, altered phosphorus, altered antioxidants, altered fatty acids, altered essential amino acids, altered carbohydrates, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance and disease resistance.
12. A method of collecting molecular data comprising isolating nucleic acids contained in the seed of claim 10, analyzing said nucleic acids, and recording data based on the nucleic acids.
13. A plant, plant part, or cell produced by growing the seed of the hybrid maize variety of claim 10.
14. A method of collecting molecular data comprising isolating nucleic acids contained in the plant, plant part, or cell of claim 13, analyzing said nucleic acids, and recording data based on the nucleic acids.
15. A method of producing a commodity plant product comprising obtaining the plant of claim 13 or a part thereof and producing said commodity plant product therefrom.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the commodity plant product is starch, seed oil, corn syrup or protein.
17. A method for producing a second maize plant comprising applying plant breeding techniques to a first maize plant, or parts thereof, wherein said first maize plant is the maize plant of claim 13, and wherein application of said techniques results in the production of said second maize plant.
18. The method of claim 17, further defined as
producing an inbred maize plant derived from hybrid maize variety X08B800, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) crossing said first maize plant with itself or another maize plant to produce seed of a subsequent generation;
(b) harvesting and planting the seed of the subsequent generation to produce at least one plant of the subsequent generation; and
(c) repeating steps (a) and (b) for an additional 2-10 generations to produce an inbred maize plant derived from hybrid maize variety X08B800.
19. The method of claim 17, further defined as producing an inbred maize plant derived from hybrid maize variety X08B800, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) crossing said first maize plant with an inducer variety to produce haploid seed; and
(b) doubling the haploid seed to produce an inbred maize plant derived from hybrid maize variety X08B800.
20. A hybrid plant with all of the same morphological and physiological traits of hybrid maize variety X08B800, wherein representative seed is produced by crossing a first plant of variety PHEJW with a second plant of variety PH184C, and wherein representative seed of said varieties PHEJW and PH184C have been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-7767 and PTA-13248, respectively.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for executing business transactions, comprising:
designing a structure for a transaction diagrammatically and assigning corresponding attributes to the structure design;
creating and posting the transaction, wherein a user maintains control of the posting;
identifying a transaction of interest to a user; and
executing the transaction.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the structure design is shared among users by providing access to the structure design to users of the system.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising issuing new securities or buying or selling previously issued securities through an auction or trade process.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein new securities are issued through an on-line syndication.
5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:
drafting, preparing and finalizing documents to execute the transaction; and
conducting due diligence research on the transaction or on the issuer.
6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:
testing the structure design to evaluate the viability of the structure and identify potential issues of the transaction; and
communicating the test results and recommendations for modification of the structure to the user maintaining the posting.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the testing comprises comparing the structure design and corresponding attributes against a database or data feed of market conditions, regulatory requirements or tax requirements.
8. The method of claim 6, further comprising modifying the structure design in accordance with the test recommendations.
9. The method of claim 3, further comprising analyzing a financial statement of a company or issuer to assess the company’s or issuer’s ability to meet the financial obligations of the transaction.
10. The method of claim 3, further comprising analyzing the effect of the transaction on a company’s or issuer’s financial statement.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein analyzing the effect of the transaction comprises generating projections of future financial statements to assess the credit risk of the company or issuer.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein analyzing the effect of the transaction comprises simulating the effect of financial instruments on the company’s or issuer’s financial statements.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein analyzing the effect of the transaction comprises superimposing the effect of an instrument’s cash flows on the company’s or issuer’s financial statements.
14. A method for raising capital by executing financial transactions on the Internet, comprising:
designing a structure for a transaction diagrammatically, assigning corresponding attributes to the structure design and storing the structure design and corresponding attributes in a database;
creating and posting the transaction, wherein a user maintains the posting;
compiling and maintaining a database of user information and transaction information;
comparing the user information with posted transaction information to identify transactions of interest to a user;
communicating transaction information to the user interested in the posted transaction; and
executing the transaction.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising issuing new securities or buying or selling previously issued securities through an auction or trade process.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the new securities are issued through an on-line syndication.
17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
compiling and maintaining a database of transaction documents;
accessing a transaction document from the database or creating a transaction document;
drafting, preparing and finalizing documents to execute the transaction; and
conducting due diligence research on the transaction or on the issuer.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising on-line collaborative drafting and negotiating of documents by users of the transaction.
19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
selecting professional services through an on-line auction by providing invitations to bid to work on the transaction, the invitation communicated by a user to other users.
20. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
building an offering memorandum on-line by collating document files; and
on-line tracking of confirmations of approval of the offering memorandum from each user participating in the transaction.
21. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
on-line building of a business plan comprising document files; and
on-line tracking of status of files.
22. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
interactively assisting a user to generate the user’s final projections for a period of time into the future in the form of an income statement, balance sheet or cash flow statement.
23. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
compiling and maintaining a database or data feed of market conditions, regulatory or tax requirements;
testing the structure design to evaluate the viability of the structure and identify potential issues of the transaction by comparing the structure design and corresponding attributes against a database or data feed of market conditions, regulatory requirements or tax requirements;
communicating the test results and recommendations for modification of the structure to the user maintaining the posting; and
modifying the structure in accordance with the recommendations.
24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:
analyzing a financial statement of a company or issuer to assess the company’s or issuer’s ability to meet financial obligations of the transaction; and
analyzing the effect of the transaction on an issuer’s financial statement.
25. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
generating a bill for a completed transaction;
sending the bill to a user’s customer; and
providing a means for negotiating payment of bills between the user and the user’s customer.
26. An Internet-based system for raising capital by executing financial transactions, comprising:
workstations for receiving transaction information from users, and for displaying transaction information to users;
a database component operative to maintain a database of user information and transaction information;
a load-balancing mechanism to distribute load across the system;
a system server;
a security means, including a firewall and network segmentation; and
a communication means that transmits communications between the users of the system and the system server, including transaction information to the user interested in the transaction.
27. An Internet-based system for raising capital by executing financial transactions, comprising:
workstations for receiving transaction information from users, and for displaying transaction information to users;
a storage device;
a system server;
a processor programmed to:
maintain in the storage device a database of user information and transaction information,
compare the database of user information with the posted transaction information to identify transactions of interest to a user,
communicating transaction information to the user interested in the posted transaction; and

a communication means that transmits communications between the users of the system and the system server, including transaction information to the user interested in the posted transaction.
28. A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method for raising capital by executing financial transactions comprising:
designing a structure for a transaction diagrammatically and assigning corresponding attributes to the structure design;
creating and posting the transaction, the posting maintained by a user;
identifying transactions of interest to a user; and
executing the transaction, including issuing new securities or buying or selling previously issued securities through auction or trade.
29. The computer readable medium of claim 28, wherein the new securities are issued through an on-line syndication.
30. A method for executing financial transactions on a Web-based system, comprising:
providing a security means for controlling access to the system, the security means also comprising means for restricting access of the system to qualified users;
designing a structure for a transaction diagrammatically, assigning corresponding attributes to the structure design and storing the structure design and corresponding attributes in a database;
testing the structure design against market conditions, regulatory or tax requirements;
creating and posting the transaction, wherein a user maintains the posting;
compiling and maintaining a database of user information and transaction information;
identifying transactions of interest to a user;
communicating transaction information to the user interested in the posted transaction; and
executing the transaction, including issuing new securities or buying or selling previously issued securities through auction or trade.
31. The method of claim 30, wherein the new securities are issued through an on-line syndication.
32. The method of claim 30, further comprising:
providing an invitation to participate in a transaction, the invitation communicated by an manager to another user; and
providing an acceptance of the invitation to participate in the transaction, the acceptance communicated by the other user to the manager.
33. The method of claim 30, further comprising:
a request for permission to participate in a transaction, the request communicated by another user to the user maintaining the posting; and
a grant for permission to participate in the transaction, the grant communicated by the user maintaining the posting to the other user.
34. The method of claim 30, further comprising:
providing an offer for sale of an allocation of securities, the offer communicated by the manager or arranger to a user participating in the transaction; and
providing an acceptance of the offer, the acceptance communicated by the user participating in the transaction to the manager.
35. The method of claim 30, further comprising:
a bid to buy an instrument for sale by auction, the bid communicated by a user to the user maintaining the posting;
a means for determining the highest bid;
a communication providing the highest bid to buy to the user maintaining the posting;
an acceptance of a bid, the acceptance communicated by the: user maintaining the posting to the user communicating the bid to buy; and
an acceptance of the acceptance of the bid communicated by the user communicating the bid to buy to the user maintaining the posting.
36. A system for executing financial transactions on the Internet, comprising:
a system server;
means for storing data concerning users and transactions;
means for accessing data concerning transactions, capturing and processing data concerning the transaction attributes that are of interest to a user;
a communication means that transmits communications between the users of the system and the system server, including transaction information to the user interested in the transaction; and
means for executing the transaction, including issuing new securities or buying or selling previously issued securities through auction or trade.
37. A Web-based system for executing securities transactions comprising:
means for designing a structure for a transaction diagrammatically and assigning corresponding attributes to the structure design;
means for analyzing and testing the structure design against market conditions, tax or regulatory requirements;
means for posting the transaction;
means for identifying transactions of interest to a user; and
means for executing the transaction, including issuing new securities or buying or selling previously issued securities through auction or trade.
38. The Web-based system of claim 37, further comprising:
means for analyzing an issuer’s financial statements to assess the issuer’s ability to meet financial obligations of the transaction;
means for preparing and finalizing documents to execute the transaction; and
means for conducting due diligence research on the transaction or on the issuer.