All The Claims

I claim:

1. A removable frame mountable on a wall and into which a decorative annual wall calendar can be placed to protect the calendar from damage while hanging, the frame comprising (a) a main portion including decorative side panels of sufficient depth to hold the calendar, a backer board, and means for mounting the wall calendar on the backer board; (b) a transparent cover having an open position by which to insert the calendar and a closed position by which the calendar is enclosed to protect it from damage; and (c) hinge means mounting the cover to the main portion for enabling the cover to be moved to the two positions.
2. A frame according to claim 1 and further comprising a matching decorative frame surrounding and movable with the transparent cover.
3. A frame according to claim 2 wherein the hinge means are mounted on the decorative frame and one of the decorative side panels and further comprising means for normally holding the cover in the closed position.
4. A frame according to claim 1 and further comprising means for holding a writing instrument mounted on either the decorative frame, a decorative side panel, or the backer board.
5. A frame according to claim 1 wherein the backer board comprises a surface such as cork or pressboard into which tacks and the like may be inserted to hold the calendar andor other items.
6. A frame according to claim 1 wherein the backer board comprises an erasable writing surface.
7. A frame according to claim 1 wherein the transparent cover comprises an erasable writing surface.

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 storage device comprising:
a memory for storing data;
a creation module for creating a parameter block, a file allocated table, a root directory and a data area in the memory, a starting address of the data area being calculated according to at least some of parameters in the parameter block;
a status record module for storing a last writing address of a last writing access to the memory; and
a data readingwriting module reading data from the data area according to the starting address and the last writing address.
2. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data readingwriting module writes data sequentially into continuous sectors of the data area from the starting address onwards.
3. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the status record module obtains a sector number currently being wrote by the data readingwriting module and determines if the current sector number is larger than the last writing address, If so, the current sector number refreshes as the last writing address until a writing operation of the data readingwriting module completes.
4. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the parameter block contains parameters that include a volume of each sector and each cluster, a number of reserved sectors, a number of FATs, a sector number occupied by one FAT, a number of the root directory, and wherein the starting address of the data area is calculated according to:
startPosition=reserve_sect+fats\xd7fat_length+dir_entries\xd732\xf7sector_size,

where startPosition indicates the starting address of the data area, reserve_sect indicates a number of the reserved sectors, fats indicates a number of FATs, fat_length indicates the sector number occupied by one FAT, dir_entries is a number of the root directory, and sector_size indicates a volume of each sector.
5. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a USB interface.
6. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a USB controller driver and a USB mass storage protocol.
7. A method for transmitting data in a storage device that includes a memory, a creation module, a status record and a data readingwriting module, the creation module being provided to create a parameter block, a file allocated table, a root directory and a data area in the memory, the method comprising;
calculating a starting address of the data area according to parameters in the parameter block;
writing data into continuous sectors of the data area from the starting address onwards;
storing a last writing address of a last writing access to the memory before such a writing operation completes; and
reading data from the data area according to the starting address and the last writing address.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein a storing operation comprises:
obtaining a sector number currently writing;
determining if a current sector number is larger than the last writing address;
if so, refreshing the last writing address by the current sector number before a writing operation completes.
9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein calculating of the starting address of the data area is performed in accordance with:
startPosition=reserve_sect+fats\xd7fat_length+dir_entries\xd732\xf7sector_size,

where startPositionindicates the starting address of the data area, reserve_sect indicates a number of reserved sectors, fats indicates a number of FATs, a fat_length indicates a sector number occupied by one FAT, a dir_entries length is a number of the root directory, a sector_size indicates a volume of each sector.
10. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein an operation of the writing or reading obeys a USB mass storage protocol.

1. A system for reducing noise in an integrated circuit (IC) comprising:
a primary circuit including a first header communicating with a first power supply voltage for powering-up a voltage island circuit on the IC and functional circuitry on the IC;
a secondary circuit including a secondary header communicating with a second power supply voltage for powering-up the voltage island;
a programmed device for directing the primary and secondary circuits for powering the voltage island circuit and functional circuitry, the programmed device directing the secondary circuit to initially enable powering-up of the voltage island circuit to a pre-charged state, and subsequently disabling the secondary circuit while directing the primary circuit to enable powering of the functional circuitry during operation and the voltage island circuit, wherein a step response is avoided at the voltage island,
wherein said primary circuit is sized to provide required load currents for functional operation of the IC at low voltage droop,
wherein said programmed device controls said first and second headers for managing the state of the first and secondary headers of the at least one voltage island, and wherein said programmed device operates as a header control for prioritizing initial power requests for multiple voltage islands.
2. The system according to claim 1 wherein the primary circuit and the secondary circuit include primary and secondary switches, respectively.
3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the primary switch includes a primary transistor and the secondary switch includes a secondary transistor.
4. The system according to claim 1 wherein the primary circuit communicates with the first power supply via a first power path on the IC chip; and the secondary circuit communicates with the second power supply via a secondary power path on the IC chip.
5. The system according to claim 4 wherein the second power supply connects to a plurality of secondary circuits.
6. A device for eliminating step response power supply perturbation during voltage island power-uppower-down on an integrated circuit, which comprises:
an IC chip including a primary power supply and a secondary power supply, and the IC chip includes at least one voltage island;
a primary header on the voltage island of the IC chip, the primary header communicating with the primary power supply;
a secondary header on the voltage island of the IC chip, the secondary header communicating with the secondary power supply;
a control decoder communicating with the IC chip and the voltage island for regulating the state of the primary and secondary headers, and

said device further including a header control system for managing the primary and secondary header of the at least one voltage island, wherein the header control system prioritizes initial power requests for multiple voltage islands.
7. The device of claim 6 wherein the control decoder sequentially enables the secondary header on the voltage island while the primary header on the voltage island is disabled, and the control decoder disables the secondary header on the voltage island and near simultaneously enables the primary header on the voltage island.
8. The device according to claim 7 wherein the control decoder prevents disabling the secondary header on the voltage island and near simultaneously enabling the primary header on the voltage island during a period when noise is on the secondary header or the secondary voltage is not substantially equal to the primary voltage.
9. The device according to claim 6 wherein the secondary header power supply connects to a plurality of secondary headers.
10. The device according to claim 6 wherein the secondary header power supply connects to a plurality of secondary headers on a plurality of IC chips.
11. A device for eliminating step response power supply perturbation during voltage island power-uppower-down on an integrated circuit, which comprises:
an IC chip including a primary power supply and a secondary power supply, and the IC chip includes at least one voltage island;
a primary header on the voltage island of the IC chip, the primary header communicating with the primary power supply;
a secondary header on the voltage island of the IC chip, the secondary header communicating with the secondary power supply; and
a control decoder communicating with the IC chip and the voltage island for regulating the state of the primary and secondary headers, wherein the primary header on the voltage island of the IC chip communicates with the primary power supply via a primary header power path on the IC chip; and the secondary header on the voltage island of the IC chip communicates with the secondary power supply via a secondary header power path on the IC chip, said device further including a header control system for managing a plurality of voltage islands which each include the primary and secondary headers, and the plurality of voltage islands sharing the secondary power supply via the secondary header power path such that the header control system limits loading of the secondary power supply.
12. The device according to claim 11 wherein the voltages on the primary header and the secondary header are substantially the same.
13. A method for eliminating step response power supply perturbation during voltage island power-uppower-down on an integrated circuit, comprising:
providing an IC chip communicating with a primary power supply, and the IC chip including at least one voltage island;
providing a primary header on the voltage island of the chip, the primary header communicating with the primary power supply via a primary header power path;
providing a secondary header on the voltage island of the chip, the secondary header communicating with a secondary power supply via a secondary header power path;
providing a control decoder communicating with the IC chip and the at least one voltage island;
requesting an initial power-up of the voltage island;
enabling the secondary header using the control decoder;
disabling the secondary header using the control decoder;
enabling the primary header using the control decoders,
wherein a primary circuit is sized to provide required load currents for functional operation of the IC at low voltage droop,
providing a header control system for managing the primary and secondary headers of the at least one voltage island, wherein said header control system prioritizes initial power requests for multiple voltage islands.
14. The method of claim 13 wherein the secondary header is disabled and the primary header is enabled near simultaneously.
15. The method of claim 13 further comprising a power down sequence including a series of stepped reductions in current demand from the voltage island when the primary header is switched from enabled to a disabled mode using the control decoder.

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 labeling reagent for use in mass spectrometry, represented by formula I;
including a salt form andor hydrate form thereof; wherein,
Y is a 5, 6 or 7 membered heterocyclic ring that may be substituted or unsubstituted and that may optionally be cleavably linked to a support, wherein the heterocyclic ring comprises at least one ring nitrogen atom that is linked through a covalent bond to the group J;
J is a group represented by formula \u2014CJ\u20322-, wherein each J\u2032 is, independently of the other, hydrogen, deuterium, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, \u2014R3, \u2014OR3, \u2014SR3, \u2014R3\u2032OR3 or \u2014R3\u2032SR3;
K is a group represented by formula \u2014(CK\u20322)n\u2014 or \u2014((CK\u20322)m\u2014X2\u2014(CK\u20322)m)p, wherein n is 0 or an integer from 2 to 10, each in is, independently of the other, an integer from 1 to 5, p is an integer from 1 to 4 and each K\u2032 is, independently of the other, hydrogen, deuterium, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, \u2014R4, \u2014OR4, \u2014SR4, \u2014R4\u2032OR4 or \u2014R4\u2032SR4;

either
1) R1 is hydrogen, deuterium or R6 and R2 is hydrogen, deuterium or R7;
or
2) R1 and R2 taken together is a group represented by formula \u2014(CR\u20322)q\u2014 or \u2014((CR\u20322)m\u2014X2\u2014(CR\u20322)m)p\u2014 that forms a ring that bridges the two nitrogen atoms, wherein q is an integer from 1 to 10, each in is, independently of the other, an integer from 1 to 5, p is an integer from 1 to 4 and each R\u2032 is, independently of the other, hydrogen, deuterium, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, \u2014R5, \u2014OR5, \u2014SR5, \u2014R5\u2032OR5 or \u2014R5\u2032SR5;
X1 is \u2550O, \u2550S, \u2550NH or \u2550NR7;
each X2 is, independently of the other, \u2014O\u2014 or \u2014S\u2014; and
Z is hydrogen or a covalently linked analyte;

wherein,
each R3, R4, R5, R6, andor R7 is, independently of the other, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl or arylalkyl;
each R3\u2032, R4\u2032, andor R5\u2032 is, independently of the other, alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, arylene or alkylarylene; and
the labeling reagent comprises at least one isotopically enriched site.
2. The labeling reagent of claim 1, wherein the group Y-J comprises at least one isotopically enriched site.
3. The labeling reagent of claim 1, wherein the group represented by formula I#;
comprises at least one isotopically enriched site;
wherein,
K is a group represented by formula \u2014(CK\u20322)n\u2014 or \u2014((CK\u20322)m\u2014X2\u2014(CK\u20322)m)p, wherein n is 0 or an integer from 2 to 10, each m is, independently of the other, an integer from 1 to 5, p is an integer from 1 to 4 and each K\u2032 is, independently of the other, hydrogen, deuterium, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, \u2014R4, \u2014OR4, \u2014SR4, \u2014R4\u2032OR4 or \u2014R4\u2032SR4;

either
1) R1 is hydrogen, deuterium or R6 and R2 is hydrogen, deuterium or R7;
or
2) R1 and R2 taken together is a group represented by formula \u2014(CR\u20322)q\u2014 or \u2014((CR\u20322)m\u2014X2\u2014(CR\u20322)m)p\u2014 that forms a ring that bridges the two nitrogen atoms, wherein q is an integer from 1 to 10, each m is, independently of the other, an integer from 1 to 5, p is an integer from 1 to 4 and each R\u2032 is, independently of the other, hydrogen, deuterium, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, \u2014R5, \u2014OR5, \u2014SR5, \u2014R5\u2032OR5 or \u2014R5\u2032SR5;
X1 is \u2550O, \u2550S, \u2550NH or \u2550NR7; and
each X2 is, independently of the other, \u2014O\u2014 or \u2014S\u2014;

wherein,
each R4, R5, R6, andor R7 is, independently of the other, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl or arylalkyl; and

each R4\u2032, andor R5\u2032 is, independently of the other, alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, arylene or alkylarylene.
4. The labeling reagent of claim 1, wherein the group represented by formula Y-J comprises at least one isotopically enriched site and the group represented by formula I#;
comprises at least one isotopically enriched site;
wherein,
Y is a 5, 6 or 7 membered heterocyclic ring that may be substituted or unsubstituted and that may optionally be cleavably linked to a support, wherein the heterocyclic ring comprises at least one ring nitrogen atom that is linked through a covalent bond to the group J;
J is a group represented by formula \u2014CJ\u20322-, wherein each J\u2032 is, independently of the other, hydrogen, deuterium, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, \u2014R3, \u2014OR3, \u2014SR3, \u2014R3\u2032OR3 or \u2014R3\u2032SR3;
K is a group represented by formula \u2014(CK\u20322)n\u2014 or \u2014((CK\u20322)m\u2014X2\u2014(CK\u20322)m)p, wherein n is 0 or an integer from 2 to 10, each m is, independently of the other, an integer from 1 to 5, p is an integer from 1 to 4 and each K\u2032 is, independently of the other, hydrogen, deuterium, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, \u2014R4, \u2014OR4, \u2014SR4, \u2014R4\u2032OR4 or \u2014R4\u2032SR4;

either
1) R1 is hydrogen, deuterium or R6, and R2 is hydrogen, deuterium or R7;
or
2) R1 and R2 taken together is a group represented by formula \u2014(CR\u20322)q\u2014 or \u2014((CR\u20322)m\u2014X2\u2014(CR\u20322)m)p\u2014 that forms a ring that bridges the two nitrogen atoms, wherein q is an integer from 1 to 10, each in is, independently of the other, an integer from 1 to 5, p is an integer from 1 to 4 and each R\u2032 is, independently of the other, hydrogen, deuterium, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, \u2014R5, \u2014OR5, \u2014SR5, \u2014R5\u2032OR5 or \u2014R5\u2032SR5;
X1 is \u2550O, \u2550S, \u2550NH or \u2550NR7; and
each X2 is, independently of the other, \u2014O\u2014 or \u2014S\u2014;

wherein,
each R3, R4, R5, R6, andor R7 is, independently of the other, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl or arylalkyl; and
each R3\u2032, R4\u2032, andor R5\u2032 is, independently of the other, alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, arylene or alkylarylene.
5. The labeling reagent of claim 1, represented by formula III*;
including a salt form andor hydrate form thereof;
wherein,
R11 is hydrogen, deuterium, methyl, \u2014C(H)2D, \u2014C(H)D2, \u2014CD3 or \u2014R\u2032\u2033,
Z is hydrogen or a covalently linked analyte;

wherein,
R\u2032\u2033 is H2N\u2014R9\u2032\u2014, H(R10)N\u2014R9\u2032\u2014, (R10)2N\u2014R9\u2032\u2014, HO\u2014R9\u2032\u2014, HS\u2014R9\u2032\u2014 or a cleavable linker that cleavably links the compound to a support; and

wherein,
each R9\u2032 is, independently of the other, alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, arylene or alkylarylene; and
each R10 is, independently of the other, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl or arylalkyl.
6. The labeling reagent of claim 5, wherein the labeling reagent is, represented by formula M, MI, MII, MIII, MIV or MV;
including a salt form andor hydrate form thereof;
wherein,
* indicates an isotopically enriched site comprising a 13C substituted for 12C, 15N substituted for 14N or 18O substituted for 16O, as appropriate; and
Z is hydrogen or a covalently linked analyte.
7. The labeling reagent of claim 5, wherein the labeling reagent is represented by formula MVI, MVII, MVIII, MIX, MX, MXI, MXII or MXIII:
including a salt form andor hydrate form thereof;
wherein,
* indicates an isotopically enriched site comprising a 13C substituted for 12C or 15N substituted for 14N, as appropriate; and
Z is hydrogen or a covalently linked analyte.
8. A labeling reagent for use in mass spectrometry represented by formula B:
wherein the labeling reagent comprises at least one isotopically enriched site.
9. A set of isobaric labeling reagents, comprising the reagents represented by formula BI, BII, BIII and BIV:
wherein * indicates an isotopically enriched site comprising a 13C substituted for 12C, 15N substituted for 14N or 18O substituted for 16O, as appropriate.
10. A set of structurally similar labeling reagents of different gross mass, comprising the reagents represented by formula BI and BV:
wherein * indicates an isotopically enriched site comprising a 13C substituted for 12C or 15N substituted, as appropriate.
11. The labeling reagent of claim 1, wherein Z is a covalently linked analyte and a reactive group of the analyte is a carboxylic acid.
12. The labeling reagent of claim 11, wherein said covalently linked analyte is selected from the group consisting of prostaglandins, fatty acids, carnitines, and salts thereof.